GL on DVD!

[RogerNewcomb]

Rita was my favorite so keep hoping she'll show up on these episode. The Alan/Hope wedding was my choice for the first DVD but two pop songs bumped it. We may be able to use it later or stream it but the songs will have to be cut. If this had been an Alan disc instead of Phillip, Jennifer's confession was at the top of my list.

Rita is on the other 1977 episode. There are a couple from 1976 I haven't screened yet. Hope she can be featured because she was my personal favorite character and hasn't made it at all yet.

bl, the mid 90s seem to be in deep storage as I've tried and failed to locate some of those including a wedding I had wanted to include on the first disc. Eventually it will all get encoded and made available.

[soapfave06]

I am starting to get really mad at all these pop songs! Its so unfortunate Alan and Hope's wedding can't be included as well as everything else being blocked to them, but I know it can't be helped.

Hopefully more of the 70s episodes are in good enough condition to be used.

Also, thanks for sharing with us what was close to being included. I love knowing so I am not left wondering.

[~bl~]

I was just spitballing, no worries Roger. A lot of what I mentioned in the 90s especially I already have on VHS. I'd just like clear copies eventually, and I was trying to come up with a theme that is accessible even to viewers who are newer to GL.

I'd like a Bauer BBQ set, (actually I'd love if we'd get the whole 1987 week though I doubt that many people would be interested.)

A lot of what silas mentioned I do like. It was posted that we are going to get a Christmas disk for GL. I'm hoping there is one Bert episode…The Roger disk I'd like, but how much is available as some is pre-Oct 79. From what little I've seen of Lenore Kasdorf, I do like her, so no qualms on that. I've also wanted a trials & tribulations set, which pretty much sounds like what silas calls the murder & courtroom confessions. The Nola/Floyd non-wedding is on the Morgan/Kelly wedding episode, so it has been released.

The idea of first episodes depending on content could be a good or a bad one. Some actors had awful first shows or they were barely in them. I liked the idea of Emmy winning moments, where episodes that actors used to get Emmys would be featured. The one episode on the Reva disk (aftermath of Slut of Springfield was on both Larry Gates and Kim Zimmer's reels when they won.)

We got to see one of the masked ball episodes as a freebie…

The blackout disk I would love, but who knows how many people would be interested.

[silascrocker]

Actually, The Nola & Floyd Non Wedding Episode I'm Referring To, aired the Day before Kelly & Morgans Wedding.

Nola looks like she is in Pure Agony having to Marry Poor Floyd. I believe Pictures are took of The Happy Couple & Nola

looks miserable in them, I remember My Mom laughing so hard over Miserable Nola, who she never liked Because Nola Tired

to Break up Kelly & Morgan. Lisa Brown Was awesome as Nola.

[~bl~]

Oh so that is a two episode thing with Nola and Floyd I had no idea...yes then I would like to see it. I had no idea obviously...

[jam6242]

I would love to see that again too! I loved Nola and didn't want her saddled with Floyd so I was so happy when she said "I can't."

[greens_dupres]

I can speak a little about these "newer fans." I'm 25 and wasn't even born during the glory days of the Bauers, the Four Musketeers etc. I was an ABC fan from the time I could talk, but I picked up GL sometime in 1998 during a snow day when to my surprise I discovered there was a 10am soap and ATWT right before Hogan Sheffer took over when I tuned out of OLTL during a bad period. I'm happy to watch older shows with classic characters (like Phillip), but I couldn't get through Quint and Nola's wedding or some of the really old stuff on the 4-DVD set because I had no idea who anyone was and the episodes made little sense out of context. I bought the Carly/Jack ATWT set immediately because while I didn't love this couple, I knew I would recognize everyone, which made it more fun to watch. I realize the older fans want as old school as possible, but I appreciate that soapclassics realizes that some fans that started later want to see more recent stuff. While I fully admit that Ellen Wheeler GL and the last few years of ATWT were horrible, I loved late 90s GL (Manny, Beth/Phillip/Harley and little Lizzie, early Richard and Cassie before San Cris ate the show, ANNIE DUTTON!!) and Hogan's early years on ATWT were brilliant- I remember taping everday and running home from school to watch. While I certainly enjoy an old school Phillip or Reva episode, I want some DVDs of my favorites too- I wouldn't buy a DVD of entirely 80s stuff because its just not the show I remember (even if it maybe was a better show then). Here's to hoping Soapclassics keeps the releases coming so fans of all generations can relive their favorites.

[DRW50]

I can see your point. When I watched the older episodes for the first time, I sort of saw them as an adventure (and given GL's massive cast turnover it IS an adventure), but when people are paying money I can see why they would not want to watch anything they don't already know.

[YRBB]

While I see the point being made, I think I probably would be equally as excited to be able to discover new stuff... Sometimes I think it's best to pay money for something I've never seen before (all new stuff) instead of episodes I've already seen. But, then again, rewatching some of my fave eras does have a certain appeal to it...

[~bl~]

I would have no problem with episodes from the time frame you mentioned greens_dupres. I do appreciate hearing another side.

I only picked up GL in 1992, so a lot of the 1980s material I've only heard about. I made friends with people who watched forever, which gave me insight. Some of the older episodes are confusing if you are only working from a paragraph description. The Dobson and Marland versions of the show are very different, and some of the older episodes I like more than others.

The reason I want to see 1979 is due to the actors who I watched years later. I'll sit through a lot of people I don't recognize just to see Roger, Holly and/or Ross. And I have, and started liking people I've only seen in old archives like Rita (who has been mentioned earlier in this thread.) So wanting to see people you already know makes sense, but it can be fun to discover new things you may like.

When I buy a compilation I don't expect to like everything, and in the 20 disk sets I didn't like all of them. That said I would rather take the chance with watching an old episode I never saw before, than watch one I've seen that I didn't really care for on the first go round.

[Soaplovers]

I think dvds featuring a mix of recent and classic episodes is the best compromise... that way, both parties are satisfied.. imho.

One of my friends hadnt started watching GL until about 2001 or 2002 and he admitted to not knowing any of the characters in the earlier set though he happened to fall in love with them (his fave characters were Nola and Quint). He also loved the Roger/Holly/Ed stuff in Santa Domingo especially how realistic it was.

I'm thinking that it's smart to have Reva/Phillip sets since they were around for so many years so they could put classic and more recent episodes as well... I'd love if they did a Roger/Holly retrospective (since they had some great episodes i.e. Rogers unmasking, acapulco episodes, the cliff house episodes, the Daniel St. John/Holly near wedding episodes... even her Nursey Rhyme stalker episodes were interesting..)

Though I'd love to see a Rita episode (even if she isnt the main focus... I wonder if the Alan/Rita affair has music issues as well?). I mean they have two or three episodes with her sister Evie (who I didnt know had short black hair.. I always figured she had long blonde hair) so I'm sure there has to be some episodes where Rita is featured.

[Chris B]

See, as a big PGP soap fan, I don't mind watching episodes I haven't seen, because I want to see more of the show. If they only released stuff I'd already seen I probably wouldn't buy the DVD, since I've seen it. I want new stuff, especially when it comes to streaming it. And this is coming from someone who started watching in 2001! For the most part I'm only watching the stuff I've never seen. I guess everyone is different.

[MichaelGL]

I remember viewing some scenes of Hope and Alan on the island on YouTube, and wishing to the soap gods that there was a better quality for it. The score and script seemed so rich. Those scenes and the trial where Jennifer admits she is Amanda's mom would make a excellent addition to a dvd collection of GL.

[~bl~]

Yesterday I got an email that my copy of the Phillip DVD is on its way. Has anyone else received confirmation?

[rlj]

Yes, yesterday I recieved an email confirmation email that my DVD was shipped outas well