"Batman" (Adam West TV show) on DVD Update

Agree 100%

If these things aren't pointed out then they won't get fixed. Kudos to Criterion for creating a replacement disc for 'Eraserhead' so quickly.

 

Favorite post from Blu-ray.com ( not mine ) :

" Noticed from screenshots, one of Adam West's eye lashes was missing. Order cancelled. "

 

too funny

 

Makes me wonder if Shout RUSHED that first season out of Ed to make the $$$. Hmmm.......

Lets face it, there are MANY guilty of devious crap. Rocky And Bullwinkle with the damn watermarks((IMO the WORST thing they can do even though it goes away), syndicated episodes, and the never-ending squabbles over royalties causing edits on release. Speaking of which.....I haven't seen anything through all these threads(or did I miss it?) - were the guests on the bat-climbs edited out too? I recall seeing a video of you tube with a compilation of the guests......

 

No, the guests are there. So far for me, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr., The Green Hornet, and Kato.

 

Watched the extras last night, apparently Burt Ward was a black belt, so there was more balance there than we knew. Of course now, he's a blimp, but if he could raise his arms...

 

I too had all the Batman Toys back then...they even had a paint by number Batman Painting.

 

Hornet told him not to hurt Robin. Kato replied "gung fu is gung fu"

 

Against Bruce Lee?

 

Shout is really great or they can really such big time...Their Ozzie & Harriet stuff is edited yet we get complete shows from Mill creek with commercials! their 100 Episode box is GREAT! not perfect PQ but quite good.

 

Just watched The Raiders play The Penguin's campaign for Mayor. Only played BS music to accompany a belly dancer.

Lesley, Chad, & Jeremy coming up also in Season 2. I'll report back.

 

I'm curious, at the end of each episode did they include the ABC 5-second promos, such as: "Next Week: Batman Meets...Mr. Freeze!"

 

They've been hit and miss. Bob Furmanek has been posting in great detail at HTF, for anyone wanting to dig deeper.

 

Received this email reply ealier:



Hi Steven,

Thank you for contacting Batman on DVD.


Thank you for your feedback regarding the missing scene. This has been brought to the attention of the producers of the series and we have not gotten a response as of yet as to what will be done. If replacement discs are going to be sent it will be automatic to everyone that received the collection.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Regards,

Sue
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As with Star Trek I find the use of obvious stunt doubles in the fight scenes to be highly entertaining. Stunt Robin, Stunt Penguin and Stunt Joker have been my faves so far as I work through disc one of the blu-ray set.

 

And they never fixed the Twin Peaks - I returned mine before I even opened it. If I am going to re-buy something again it better be done well. I bought all of the laserdisc boxes, DVD sets, Gold Box... Being out of sync bugs the XXXX out of me. Those mono problems on those other titles are beyond lame. These are not dollar bin titles. They are a LOT of money - Twin Peaks was $100+.

 

I love where in the first Penguin episode when they slide across the wire with umbrellas you can see a stunt guy reach out and grab Burgess Meredeth's legs as he reaches balcony and pull him in.

 

Ha! I missed that the first time. Marvelous.

A few more observations as I continue through the set: Interesting to see two stars of "All About Eve" as back-to-back villains (George Sanders and Anne Baxter). And Chief O'Hara is even dimmer than I remember him.

 

when I spend nearly $200.00 for a box set I don't want ANYTHING missing no matter how small. GET it RIGHT the first time.

 

there is a large list of screwed up CD, DVD, BR releases..The Fugitive complete season box probably was one of the largest F' ups! that was truly hell!

 

In the episode The Thirteenth Hat Batman drives off in the Batmobile and you can see that he has caught his cape in the door. You can see a couple of inches sticking out at the bottom. Man, I love this show.

 

Adam West mentioned in the infomercial a couple of flubbed lines by him that ended up in the episodes.

 

I waited on buying The Fugitive as well - one of my favorite shows.