For fark's sake!!! >_< I used to be able to follow and tape TV shows in the old video days. Before everything (telly show wise) began to come out in complete DVD box sets I would tape everything that I found interesting. Why? Well, cos I figured this psychotronic stuff would probably never be shown again, it would be lost! So I followed and taped stuff like THE X-FILES & MILENNIUM for years and years, and I had complete seasons taped off TV. For me, taping complete shows goes all the way back to the 80s when I remember taping complete runs of (the truly fabulous) WIDOWS and THE YOUNG ONES (on Betamax). And I had complete runs of THE SIMPSONS and SEINFELD (and my cousin taped ALL episodes of the original STAR TREK series from German tv in LP but then discovered that LP wasn't as good as SP so he then taped ALL episodes AGAIN when they were re-run, hahaha). However, some years ago it all became too much and I threw in the towel. Stopped completely. A couple of weeks back a Danish TV channel began running a French crime show called ENGRENAGES (released as Spiral in English) and I though the trailer looked really cool so I decided to start taping the show (alright, so I'm an old dude as I still say "tape" even tho it's via a dvd recorder now!). I knew the show would probably become available on dvd in France but with these things you can never be sure if the English speaking territories are gonna pick them up, and I need English or Scandinavian subs as my French basically consists of knowing how to say merde and sacre bleu (apparently the French don't even say the latter anymore, LOL). Also one other very important aspect is how GOOD the subtitles are! Unfortunately many subtitles on DVDs and video tapes released in the English speaking territories are terribly executed simply because in contradiction to places like Scandinavia these places haven't had a long tradition of making subtitles. They're simply not aware of the ins and outs of how to translate and put them on the screen. Sometimes you'll see retarded features like a translator repeating someone saying "I think, ehh, well, I think..." which is a normal way of speaking but it makes for terrible subtitles (and the written line should just be "I think..."). Also, I don't want subtitles from some clown who doesn't think subtitles shouldn't have punctuation marks! I want proper subtitles goddammit! So this was another reason I wanted the show off Danish tv as I knew the subs would be good. Well, episode #1 went well. The show was really good and a highly welcome to the American and British crime/cop shows. Episode two also went well (taping wise) but with number three I fucked it up. For fuck's bloody sake! As I said I used to tape shows on end and now I can't even keep focus enough to tape a series with a limited episode run! >_<
I set the recorder to tape but forgot to change the date as it started after midnight. >_<
I was so pissed off I went straight for Amazon to check if it were on DVD, found it, and ordered it right away! I guess I could wait for the re-run but you never know with Danish television, it could be another 6 months before we see a repeat, and I hate missing an episode. I haven't received the box yet but I hope the subs are good. I didn't see anyone complaining about them in the user sections but unfortunately there were quite a few people complaining about the subs on the Australian release of season 2! Season 2 and 3 are also out on DVD in the UK and I hope they've made their own translations and that they're good. Some people would rather watch films and tv shows in brilliant dvd picture quality altho the subs are crappy then watch propper subs via a tv rip. Well, I beg to differ: I'll choose the tv rip any day. :D
The only trailer that I could find for season one is dubbed into, eh, some eastern Euro lingo:
NB. The headline: Yes, I'm sure some would regard this as insane. Jebuz, calm down, it's just a tv show. Sure, but I want my proper subs, why can't I have my proper subs, arrrgh gimme my proper subs!
*foaming mouth, spastic convulsions, twitching, green puke on shirt*
Did you record Lost In Space when it was re-shown on British TV for the first time in 17 years by Channel 4 in 1988 ?.
ReplyDeleteIn 1988? No, I didn't. The first part of 1988 I had a vcr but was in Denmark and couldn't watch UK tv, and during the second half of '88 I was in the UK but didn't have a vcr, haha.
ReplyDeleteBecause it hadn`t been on British TV for 17 years (since it ended its original run on ITV in February `71) and hadn`t been made available on VHS (not as far as i know anyway) there was an incredible magic about it when it was finally re-shown, i think it was getting 4 or 5 million veiwers a week on Sunday afternoon on Channel 4 ! ! ! (just to put that into perspective, the show that preceded it in that timeslot "Network 7" used to get about 200,000 veiwers). There was always something extra special about Lost In Space (and there still is now) but the fact that it had been unavailable for 17 years seemed to make it even more magical, i just wondered whether it was one of your all-time favorite shows ?.
ReplyDeleteLocal TV here wasn't in the habit of re-running anything once it had been broadcast once (we're talking the 1960s and 70s here) so the experience you're talking about is something I've experienced with quite a few other shows; shows that I hadn't seen for many years. SPACE 1999 is one show that comes to mind. I watch the original broadcast in '76 and didn't get to see it until the early 2000s. We didn't have LOST IN SPACE here so no I can't say it was one of my favourites. I've watched some of it as an adult but I guess it's not quite the same. But a good show.
ReplyDeletelost in space was on the telly here in australia up until the early 90s and it's been since released on vhs and dvd several times over.several of the stars of LIS such as jonathon harris, marta kristen and mark goddard have come out to australia for some meet & greet events organised by LISA(lost in space australia) fan club.
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It was actually on TV in OZ that I watched it in the early 90s. :D
ReplyDeletedid you tape any shows or films whilst you were in australia ? I haven't taped anything for a while, the last thing was a russian sc-fi movie that was on sbs about five years ago.
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p.s. glad to hear that your headaches have settled down !!
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Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I got to tape a couple of things. The original, subtitled and uncut GODZILLA from SBS - this was before it was released ANYWHERE. I made quite a few copies of that tape for other collectors and I believe it was traded quite a bit in the underground! And Jackie Chan's ARMOUR OF GOD (subtitled + the long HK version + intro by Jackie made for SBS). I also got a docu on HK films and I don't even know if it's been released at all: FILMS WITHOUT BOUNDS. And my ex-girlfriend's sister taped lots of Addams Family episodes for me. :D
I also bought some vhs bootlegs from a label called Psycho Voodoo Video. They had some of the Japanese animé films from Japanese vhs (and again: long before they were released anywhere else). Laputa, Nausicaa, The Walkabout Kid, some other stuff. Oh, and the Gore Gore Girls, LOL. Good stuff.
I use to tape lost in space,land of the giants tv series, surf movies,films like the big cube,the cage pilot for star trek,sweet ride,elvis films, fantastic planet,violent playground, music programs,sci-fi films and early rock'n'roll movies. Also, i taped about half a dozen turkish films off sbs with english subs. The movies i wanted to tape the most were the witches with clint eastwood in italian with eng. subs as well as several spaghetti sci-fi films that i missed out on with english subs and the chinese ghost story movies too. i remember watching a whole heap of martial arts and godzilla type movies on sbs but i didn't tape those either.
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