Real Ghostbusters Coming to DVD -- Completely!

[Sage Ninja]

my financial situation is so crummy right now I really can't afford to splurge on huge indulgences like this. I'm really living off of pay check to pay check. Which is a shame because I love the Real Ghostbusters and I want this so bad. Hopefully this oputunity will stay around for a while so I can maybe get when I little more finicially secured.

CrazyCowboyDion di you at least get your money back?

[CudleyCowlick]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

CrazyCowboyDion di you at least get your money back?

Don't I wish! I pre-ordered the book on Ebay from a powerseller with almost 100% positive feedback, at which point the book was supposed to come out in just a few weeks. Then it got delayed. And then it got delayed again. I ask the seller what's going on a couple times and all they can tell me is that the publisher isn't telling them anything and they will let me know when it comes out. At this point, they offer me a refund, which I should have taken then, but I passed it up because I really want the book and now it has a definite release date. A couple months pass and finally the book comes out, but I don't get my copy.

So... I contact the seller again to see why I don't have one. They tell me there is no record of my order. The real hassle is that I paid with a money order (didn't have a PayPal account yet) and I cannot find the receipt or the printout I made of the order details when I checked out on Ebay. This part is my fault, I know, but these things happen. It wasn't enough for these folks that I had my name, my address, ebay username, and approximately the date I had ordered. Of course, after 60 days, Ebay has deleted all info about the auction from my own My Ebay page and theirs as well. I couldn't even leave negative feedback after all that time.

I even CALLED these guys and tried to straighten it out, but still got nowhere and the last time it pretty much ended with them being real bitchy and me yelling more than a little. At this point I got so frustrated I just gave up.

[gobo]

That royally blows, Dion. 'Least you know how to protect yourself better in the future.

Here's a little assistance should you decide to order this DVD set from Time Life: if you order with the coupon code AFPUMPKIN (expires 17 Nov), you can get it for $153 + a $5 shipping option or you can pool your order with a friend's to save an additional $4 (or $8, if you wanna be a creep) by using coupon code AFPILGRIM (same expiration). If you want to wait for Sony to release the individual volumes to retail (Volume 1 in January, and it might take up to Summer 2010 to release the other four) you'll miss out on the awesome firehouse packaging, the SteelBook cases, the big 52-page collectible booklet and the bonus DVD (disc #25), which contains the very rare pilot.

[turkishproverb]

Originally Posted by CrazyCowboyDion

Don't I wish! I pre-ordered the book on Ebay from a powerseller with almost 100% positive feedback, at which point the book was supposed to come out in just a few weeks. Then it got delayed. And then it got delayed again. I ask the seller what's going on a couple times and all they can tell me is that the publisher isn't telling them anything and they will let me know when it comes out. At this point, they offer me a refund, which I should have taken then, but I passed it up because I really want the book and now it has a definite release date. A couple months pass and finally the book comes out, but I don't get my copy.

So... I contact the seller again to see why I don't have one. They tell me there is no record of my order. The real hassle is that I paid with a money order (didn't have a PayPal account yet) and I cannot find the receipt or the printout I made of the order details when I checked out on Ebay. This part is my fault, I know, but these things happen. It wasn't enough for these folks that I had my name, my address, ebay username, and approximately the date I had ordered. Of course, after 60 days, Ebay has deleted all info about the auction from my own My Ebay page and theirs as well. I couldn't even leave negative feedback after all that time.

I even CALLED these guys and tried to straighten it out, but still got nowhere and the last time it pretty much ended with them being real bitchy and me yelling more than a little. At this point I got so frustrated I just gave up.

Ah, thats the problem. Never preorder on ebay. you only lose

[NameGoesHere1066]

what was so special about the pilot that it was never aired?

[gobo]

Spoiler:

It mimics the movie universe more closely. The guys all look like characatures of their respective actors.

It was aired, at least in part, on an ABC Fall Preview program.

[gobo]

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Out of curiosity, has anyone seen a suggestion floating about that this set will be Region 0? I figure that's just a case of wishful thinking from overseas fans. Guess I'll know for sure in two or three weeks...

[Jon]

Have a small delay in the shipment of this Set--

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Real-Gh...e-Change/10845

Due to further work on it, and a change of shipping method.

[gobo]

Certain big names in GB fandom have received their sets already (surely just because they are most likely to document what potential customers want to know about the sets and give beer-goggled reviews at the same time). Anyone who had the notion that the never-before-seen pilot was in any way a complete episode should be told that it's half as long as a Looney Tunes cartoon. Not a big let down, but that's enough to tell me it's likely to have no cohesive plot but instead be a sample of action shots to shop the series off to networks. Still a cool little piece of preproduction history, eh?

[DrSpengler]

"Pilot" is a bit of a misleading name to give it, certainly.

They claim it's "never before seen", but the animation used for the pilot was released twice. First as a Fall preview commercial for ABC and then again as a trailer for Magic Window's video releases (I have both of these commercials in cruddy quality). Some of the animation was even reused to make the opening sequence of the show-proper.

The "pilot" was never anything more than a collection of animated gags used to make trailers, but the word "pilot" tends to imply a complete episode, which is most certainly isn't.

I'm still looking forward to seeing it without all the static and snow of my VHS copies.

I can't wait for my set to arrive. Time Life has finally billed my account, so it should be arriving some time very soon.

Once it does, you might not be seeing me again for quite some time.

[Jon]

I just got the DVD-Set a short time ago.

So far I've only opened it, and have been going through the Episode Guide booklet. Along with checking out the Trivia and Features listings, noticed an interesting piece in the episode listing. The Set gives us both versions of the Clipshow "Deja-Boo" (the full 'hour', and the slimmed down 'half-hour').

[gobo]

Hour and a half ago for me... One more post to make, then I've got some childhood memories to revisit.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

The "pilot" was never anything more than a collection of animated gags used to make trailers, but the word "pilot" tends to imply a complete episode, which is most certainly isn't.

I've seen plenty of pilots like that in my day, actually. Family Guy had several of those, and they were nothing close to full episodes... and I think Mucha Lucha had something that was basically 30 seconds of a classroom sequence and random bits with other characters. And Mega Man apparently had one which was visible in different commercials, using game art instead of the final series look. I wouldn't be surprised if most animated pilots were just short commercials like these. They are much cheaper to produce than a full half hour, and the get the point across just as well.

[DrSpengler]

I've beenw atching my set all day and in all honesty, it's worth every penny I spent on it.

The production values on this thing are positively tremendous. The interviews havebeen absolutely enthralling. I've watched 3 hours of them and I'm STILL not through with them all!

The promo "pilot" was a lot more than I had expected, actually forming a semi-coherent "story" (though, as the storyboarder described it, more of a "stream of consciousness" scenerio). The animation was fantastic and I'm really happy to at last watch it in its full form, having only ever seen it in its chopped up state.

And dude, Evil Slimer freakin' rocks.

I've been skipping through most of the special features so far and haven't watched many episodes (outside of the ones with visual commentaries). The quality looks great, though.

Mangles really put everything but the kitchen sink into this set. Just about the only conceivable special feature I noticed missing were the alternate audio recordings for select season 1 episodes featuring Peter and Janine redubbed by Dave Coulier and Kath Soucie. But that's hardly a drawback; I can live without them.

There's so much content in this set it's overwhelming. It's going to take me a couple months to get through it all.

Absolutely amazing. $188 bucks well spent.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

The promo "pilot" was a lot more than I had expected, actually forming a semi-coherent "story" (though, as the storyboarder described it, more of a "stream of consciousness" scenerio).

You're right. That was pretty coherent. Color me surprised... I'm just glad they didn't leave it all fuzzy and jittery like the TSoD's YouTube videos made it seem. But, oddly enough, they left it all jittery in the Visual Commentary's Picture-In-Picture. Weird...

[DrSpengler]

Yeah, I noticed the disparity in picture quality between the versions een in the documentary and the full version on the bonus disk. I guess the cleaned it up for the bonus disk. From what I understand, they got the copy from Altieri, who had it sitting on his shelf at home. So it's a miracle we even have the thing in its entirety at all.

Still plodding through the set. Finally finished Tin #1 and am getting ready to start Tin #2. Is it just me, or does JMS seem to be getting grumpier with each successive episode introduction?

Finally watching all the episodes of the syndicated season in order, I'm really surprised at how many are clearly done by TMS. Their hand in that season was far greater than I recalled, at least so far, anyway. Though their episodes tend to have very washed-out colors, they betray a great framerate, attention to detail and some visably "Japanese" sight gags and expressions. Even episodes that are conceptually mediocre ("Ghost Busted" for example) really benefit from their touches.

Alas, the Korean animated episodes I remember looking bad have aged even worse with time. Getting through some of them can be a little difficult. Still, even when the animation is sub par, the writing and vocal performances are always snappy enough to keep me hooked.

Also, Everett Peck's monster designs are amazing. Seeing what the Sandman and the Boogieman *could* haved looked like is shocking (particularly the Sandman, who Peck originally designed as some kind of undead viking zombie monster). These special features are a dream come true.


On a side note, there's an error on my disk that I wanna know if anybody else has come up against. On Vol. 1 Disk 1, when I try to play the introduction with Michael C. Gross for "The Boogieman Cometh", it immediately skips to the beginning of the episode. I can rewind back to the intro, put when I hit "play", it automatically skips to the beginning of the episode, not allowing me to see it.

Not a major error by any means (most of these episode intros are pretty uninformative), but I'm jsut curious if its a problem exclusive to my disk or if anybody else has noticed it.

[gobo]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

On a side note, there's an error on my disk that I wanna know if anybody else has come up against. On Vol. 1 Disk 1, when I try to play the introduction with Michael C. Gross for "The Boogieman Cometh", it immediately skips to the beginning of the episode. I can rewind back to the intro, put when I hit "play", it automatically skips to the beginning of the episode, not allowing me to see it.

I just went to check. I don't have that issue. Try it on a different player maybe?

[gobo]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

Is it just me, or does JMS seem to be getting grumpier with each successive episode introduction?

I was actually watching episodes only yesterday, but since reading this comment, I went back and found out what you mean. I thought these very words, then he admitted as much in the intro to X-MAS MARKS THE SPOT": "I'm a big Dick[ens fan]. *ROTFLMAO*

[DrSpengler]

Nerts. I'll try my disk on a different player, but I dunno if it'll make a difference. I'ts not a major error, so I won't bother going through the trouble of requesting a replacement disk from customer service or anything. Hopefully none of the other disks have similar problems.

I kinda wanted to see Gross' intro for "The Boogieman Cometh" because in the interviews he came off as being very excited and fond of that episode, regarding it as being very frightening and risky. Ah well.

[Drtooth]

Retail release for Volume 1?!?!?!

I still think I would like to save up and order it from Time Life and get it all together... may be cheaper down the road.... but if anyone only wanted some of the series, or they think that ordering from Time Life is too iffy, I guess this is for you.

(no word on if it has the same special features, or if they'll pull a Get Smart and release the episodes alone)