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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Feb 23, 2005 12:05:14 GMT -5
Received the Japanese DVD Box Set #2 for G.A.H. yesterday. It contains The Best Desk Scenario and the first 8 episodes from season two. Watched Operation Spoilsport yesterday. Quality is AWESOME and all music is intact (and sounds great). Something to consider for those (like me) who are furious about the music changes. The packaging is very nice too, and even contains a 'comic book' sketch of Pam's face. One warning though... it ain't cheap!
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Feb 23, 2005 15:09:40 GMT -5
More info on the Japanese DVD box sets, if anyone is interested. I believe the layout of the episodes goes like this:
BOX #1:
The Hit Car
Here's Looking at You Kid
Saturday on Sunset Boulevard
Reseda Rose
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Fire Man
BOX #2:
The Best Desk Scenario
The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball
Operation Spoil Sport
Don't Mess Around With Jim
Hog Wild
Classical Gas
The Beast in Black
The Lost Diablo
Plague
BOX #3:
Train of Thought
Now You See It...
The Hand-Painted Thai
Just Another Three Ring Circus
The Shock Will Kill You
A Chicken In Every Plot
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
It's All Downhill From Here
Dreams
BOX #4:
There's Just No Accounting...
The Good Samaritan
Captain Bellybuster and the Speed Factory
Who Woo in America
Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell
Divorce Venusian Style
The Price is Right
The Resurrection of Carlini
Heaven is in Your Genes
BOX #5:
This is the One the Suit Was Meant For
The Newlywed Game
Desperado
Live at Eleven
Space Ranger
Wizards And Warlocks
Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo
It's Only Rock and Roll
Vanity, Says the Preacher
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Post by gna530 on Feb 23, 2005 19:07:00 GMT -5
Does anyone know whether the Japanese DVD set 1 had original music intact, or whether there was the same music replacements as the Region 1 DVD? And if the original music WAS intact on the Japanese version, what's the difference in licensing standards that screws up the U.S. versions?
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Post by Ginge on Feb 23, 2005 19:39:01 GMT -5
If this is the case, that the Japanese releases have the original music intact... I am placing my order immediatley!
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Post by The J-Man on Feb 23, 2005 20:46:51 GMT -5
What about "Classical Gas", all the original music intact? What about the other episodes?
BTW, as we've discussed elsewhere, we have seen some evidence that "Eve of Destruction" will remain intact on the Season Two DVD. Look at (and listen to) the brief clip of "Operation: Spoilsport" during the Season One special features interviews. You can hear the original music.
The same can not be said of the clips from "Classical Gas" or "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea".
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Feb 23, 2005 21:17:53 GMT -5
Well, Operation Spoilsport is just the way we remember it. And I've been told from a friend that owns the first 4 boxes that ALL the music is intact - unchanged, from what all know and love.
I have another set (Box #4) on the way. I'll see if the cover songs are intact there too but, so far, it appears that the Japanese DVD releases contain everything we were hoping for from the USA releases (minus the pilot, which they did not include - don't ask me why).
-Frank
[glow=red,2,300]P.S.[/glow] Another thought - it appears the people behind the Japanese DVD release might also feel that the latter half of the third season is below average, as they stuck The Resurrection Of Carlini and Heaven Is In Your Genes on box #4 and then are waiting for box #5 to include This Is The One The Suit Was Meant For and The Newlywed Game. Smart move, as it levels the 'quality' of the episodes on both of those sets, don't you think?
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Post by Ginge on Feb 24, 2005 14:50:09 GMT -5
I prefer the episodes to be presented in the order in which they were produced, not the order in which some Japanese video company thinks they should be viewed.
However, it's a small price to play to have the original music included.
I am really interested in these sets, but they are pricey. How is the quality of the first season episodes compared to the version released here? Do they look they were taken from the same source? Was the pilot released separately?
I am going to wait and see if seasons two and three are changed before I go nuts.
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Feb 24, 2005 15:51:38 GMT -5
The video is just as good. In fact, on a couple of episodes (The Best Desk Scenario is a good example) the intro and the episode are slightly brighter, and even clearer. They appear to be from the same source. Audio quality is also the same.
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Post by enovak on Feb 24, 2005 17:12:55 GMT -5
Where we would order these from, if we wanted to?
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Feb 28, 2005 12:29:15 GMT -5
Anyone interested in more detail about the Japanese DVDs and how the original music is 100% intact, please contact me at:
kolchak@ameritech.net
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Post by magicjammies on Mar 3, 2005 17:36:32 GMT -5
Was wondering.Does the japanese DVDs have the option of listing to the episodes in japanese as well as english
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Mar 7, 2005 12:03:42 GMT -5
You mean can you choose Japanese sub-titles and Japanese language? If so, then yes to both.
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Post by magicjammies on Mar 7, 2005 14:09:03 GMT -5
Yep thats what i mean .Thanks for the info uncle Bill ;D
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