Members zanereed Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 THIS. Very well summarized. The primary fault of the demise of ATWT and TGL falls directly at the feet of P&G. I'm still livid that they pulled the DVD license from Soap Classics, just as they were releasing some really wonderful stuff (the "Bauer Family" DVD, "Jennifer Richards Trial", etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 James Stenbeck and Reva one are good as well. I am glad I didn't wait and got all of the dvds that were released. It is great to pop in a classic ATWT or GL dvd when I want to. I wish we would have gotten a Craig M. one, a Lucinda one, a Barbara Ryan and so on. I would have gotten those as well. I also have the Bold & The Beautiful ones that were released as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 I'm still pissed that I didn't get the Jennifer's Trial DVD and the only accessible one has some dummy trying to sell it on Amazon for $400 dollars. Thank God someone uploaded the episodes on YT so I can watch them that way. I wish they would've released a set of AW, EON, TX, and SFT DVDs before P&G's lame ass pulled the licensing away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 I think the cheapest ATWT or GL DVD is now going for $100. I remember there were rumors that AW and SFT were going to be next to be released on DVD but then the releases stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 Well I got the rest of the collection except for Jennifer's Trial. That's the only DVD I am missing. P&G is so stupid from stopping their sale of these shows. Soaps fans will pay serious money for DVDs like that. Even streaming sites. Just so stupid.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 I'll trade you Jennifer Richards for Reva or The Bauers. Hubby managed to snag the J.R. trial on DVD for me for Christmas before the site went down, but no such luck with Reva or The Bauers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 *gasps* Not uh! I want them all. I don't want to be missing one from my collection. There's a Bauer DVD being offered for $25 dollars on Amazon right now. Someone is offering a Reva one for almost $300, which is ridiculous. As much as I'll hate to, I might just piece the episodes from Jennifer's trial from YT and burn them to a disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 Gotta have Reva yelling "I'm Coming BUD!!" That's a great buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted September 30, 2016 Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 I still wonder had the P&G soaps went to Hulu like AMC and OLTL. I'm still crushed that those two while really successful couldn't keep up online, especially considering how Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted October 2, 2016 Members Share Posted October 2, 2016 I really think you all over estimate the desire for soaps on DVD. I mean companies don't usually run away from money so in all likelihood these collections weren't selling that well, thus losing P&G money. Just my theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 2, 2016 Members Share Posted October 2, 2016 I don't think they were big sellers, but the We Love Soaps people (who seemed pretty honest) suggested they were doing alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members watson71 Posted October 2, 2016 Members Share Posted October 2, 2016 I'm not sure why P & G doesn't release past episodes on Hulu or Nextflix, like they started doing on AOL video for awhile. Also, P & G could sell their shows in a block to MeTV, Antenna TV, or Retro TV- I guarantee they would garner an audience on one of these channels- 12:30 SFT, 1:00 ATWT, 2:00 AW, 3:00 GL, 4:00 EON and air Texas as well. I just cannot figure out why they refuse to release these programs in some form or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted October 2, 2016 Members Share Posted October 2, 2016 I hope.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheilaforever Posted October 3, 2016 Members Share Posted October 3, 2016 Don't get your hopes up, guys. Seems the week of October 10, The Talk is going to celebrate 30 year of CBSDaytime at #1... The ATWT/GL reunion would therefore fit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 3, 2016 Members Share Posted October 3, 2016 I think the issue was more along the lines of music rights. The most popular eras (at least the one the ATWT hadn't 'wiped' away) was during the 80s and it was an era that used a lot of popular music. Speaking of WLS, I remember chatting with Roger Newcomb and at the time he was consulting with the SoapsClassics folks and mentioned, not only the laborious task of transferring the Master reels but also the issue of music rights. I don't think it was all about the DVDs because SoapClassics was also streaming episodes through their site and could've easily done downloads or a streaming distribution system ( a la Netflix or Amazon) since they had the technical infrastructure in place. I truly do think that the music rights issue was a big obstacle and simply over-dubbing the specific music cues with generic music (which is what they were doing) made for a clumsy mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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