Members marceline Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 LMAO! I love you too Sweetie. I really really love you but here's my issue with that approach: there have been so many times I have loved characters that I wasn't "supposed" to care about. Characters who for whatever reason got pushed to the side. (See Frankie and Natalia Hubbard.) Those edited DVDs would no doubt decide certain characters, actors or storylines didn't warrant inclusion and that IMO is a spit in the face to those of us who loved those characters. It also plays into the hands of people like Frons who think that everyone wants to see skinny, white, straight, emotionally stunted, verbally abusive alpha males and their lobotomized harem. If I were going to watch DVD's of OLTL I'd want to see Ian Armitage, Jacara Principal and Linda Soto again. On AMC I'd want to see Grace and Belinda Keifer, Adrian Sword and Tom and Livia's romance. Under your plan, what do you think the chances of that would be? I know that I'm a hyper demanding bitch where soaps are concerned but it's been bad enough having the the last few years filtered through the sewer of Frons' brain, I hate the thought of what he would do if he could edit the last few decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 Nah you are a kitten...hehe...I've seen much worse......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Days22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 What they should do is sell soap episodes/seasons of episodes on amazon. Like they do with other shows. It would be nicer to have episodes on TV yes but having eps on computer is better than none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 I do think that at the least, not having made some sort of commemorative DVD for ATWT, GL, etc, when soaps are canceled, was VERY shortsighted. I have no doubt they would have sold well enough to make P&G, or whoever, a nice little profit. Just such a missed opportunity. Soaps on DVD is a hard process--I know overseas they've sold a few early vols of Sunset Beach but I think they stopped pretty early on, and there was, I believe a Best of B&B set. Of course there's the complete Dark Shadows, but that just ran five years (and is still a massive set) and has a huge cult following, so is a special case. I mean I would joing a subscription service, or something, to buy AMC or OLTL starting with whenever they started saving them to tape (1977 I believe)--a new volume every two or three months (which is how they initially sold Dark Shadows on VHS I seem to remember), but I know many wouldn't and it's not really a feasible solution. But some sort of Best Of sets would make sense. I don't mean the compilations like we got on Video (as much as I love the All About Erica video, it often cuts the scenes just when I want to see more)--I'd want full episodes, but something like the equivalent of SoapNet's I Love Lucci marathon, sold on DVD, again I think would sell well enough, and would be welcome. Again, it might make more sense to make it a DVD on Demand system. Ideally I'd love a set that showed one or two key episodes from each year that has been saved (and some of the earlier kinescopes), but even that seems a bit too much to hope for. When Agnes started her website, she did say they were looking into DVDs, but it seems nothing happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 Oh NO NO NO. I know I should have made it clear from the get-go, but I'm talking full episodes. Not that "edited together" nonsense like they did for the Daytime's Greatest Weddings thing. No! Full episodes or nothing. Now that I think about it, it probably would be hard to truly cover a good cross-section of a show's history with that plan, but still, I see it as better than nothing. At most, I think of the DVDs as a sort of commemorative thing to cover the longer-lasting characters/couples/storylines. When it comes to going episode by episode, my favor tends to go more towards a Hulu-style thing (I'm sure Hulu loves that people use them as the prototype), where there could be a massive amount of episodes at little cost. Of course there's YouTube, but we soap fans should not have to settle for VHSs that were made in 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 Marceline, you are officially a BAD SOAP FAN. Sorry. Word. Was that written by Jamey? And no Vicki hasn't had a key storyline since the out of character philandering of Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/42324-all-an-oral-history-of-the-american-soap-opera/ Maybe it should be reposted under a new subject line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 And I just realized the original post about soaps on DVD meant selling the new PP versions of these shows every few months in a collected DVD for those who can't or won't watch online, right? Hrmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 Whoaaaa.....it did lol I saw "soaps on DVD" and had to jump on in there without even reading what was being said! Well hell, it was time for me to make another empty plea anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 Ha, and I went completely with it, so... (I admit, I'd lap up classic episodes on DVD, I'd probably even shell out for soaps I never have been a big fan of...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 To quote Oprah/Sophia from The Color Purple: "Fine wit' me." And I thought you said you were done apologizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 That was a sarcastic sorry. I guess it's true that Americans don't understand sarcasm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 Jesus Christ. Get a damn room, you two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 Oh RS, always trust you to clear the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ~bl~ Posted September 10, 2011 Members Share Posted September 10, 2011 I'd love it if the vault was opened and we'd be able to get old episodes. If Prospect Park would make their new episodes available via DVD, for those who either want to archive or don't have high speed internet that would be great. I'd pay for that so I wouldn't have to deal with advertising. In other fandoms, DVDs help promote interest and get new followers due to people passing a DVD to a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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