Coloring Black and White film/TV
 

There's a discussion on the I Love Lucy board at imdb about this. They've colored a select few episodes recently and of course there's gotta be some hard headed purists that believe coloring is unethical, dishonorable and should never be done no matter what. Seriously...They used those words.

The thing is they are not coloring the originals, nor is B&W being replaced. That would never happen. They're making colored versions because well...its I Love Lucy. Who hasn't wondered what it'd be like in color.

I think they're pretty cool. Except the faces seem kinda off. Which is probably expected since they move and show expression but given cgi and stuff nowadays coloring should be a cinch I'd think.

Anyway my point is I see nothing wrong with creating separate colored versions. It's just meant to be fun to see. I'd buy both B&W and colored series if they end up doing it.

I just hate when people get all pretentious about stuff...Oh so-and-so how dare they do this. To quite literally make a federal case over it. Nothing is being ruined or replaced.

Kinda like how you got so upset that someone called Ghostbusters superheroes that you made a thread on a separate forum just to validate your own opinion & make them look bad? :lol:

Yeah, seriously. Get off of IMDB, also.

Why what's wrong with imdb? It's no different from other forums where people argue or whatever. I mean not more than usual. Most are typical. Everything has its own board.

Some things are just better left as it is, if I Love Lucy came out with a in colored version when they started coloring TV shows, it would have probably made less fuzz.

One example is, here in Norway it's tradition to show the Dinner for One comedy sketch every December 23rd. One day they showed the colored version of the sketch and the TV station got a nation wide anger for showing showing the wrong version.

Ya I get that but these colored one have just been specials so far. Just one shot novelties of some memorable episodes. Maybe they plan on doing it all.

I would never want B&W replaced though. If they were phasing them out of existence then I'd be mad too.

These people are claiming defamation of the series and it's creators. They are really making it out to be some kind of crime. It's just absurd. Most posters are ok over it, there's only a few on there saying this but still.

As long as you can get the originals then there is no problem, that doesn't mean the new versions can't be criticized for being bad.

It'd look so weird to me, I'm so used to seeing the episodes in Black and white, Lucy with red hair on my TV, what? :lol:

I saw a pair of never before seen in color episodes of I Love Lucy are set to air this Sunday. I like the idea. I love classic TV,heck it may be mostly chessy sitcoms,but its arguably better than stuff aired since the mid 90s'. I know Ted Turner spent a notable amount to colorize Gilligan's Island first season. I liked it better in color though purist think it takes away from the original product. Andy Griffith Show is classic in its five black and white seasons and okay to subpar in its three color seasons. It has nothing to do with adding color in '65-'66 season. It was the loss of Don Knotts's Barney Fife. Another fan favorite Gomer had his own show and Otis had only two more appearances with lesser quality characters taking their places. Its the best example of a TV Show that is divided into black and white and in color with mostly praise vs mostly passable episodes. It had nothing to do with the color or remastering that caused a dip in quality but the above.