The Marvel Animation DVD/Blu-ray News & Discussion Thread, Part 8 (Spoilers)

[marvelfan101]

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but I had heard that when X-Men Evolution was being produced, because it was shortly after the Marvel Films bankruptcy, Marvel itself licensed the right for another studio to create the series, but retained all the rights including rights for owning the original film negatives and the distribution rights, so if Warner Brothers has dropped the series, then wouldn't it be very simple for Marvel to license the series to another company? I think we've seen that in the US with iTunes, since as far as I know, the episodes on iTunes are not licensed from Warner Brothers and Marvel together, but just from Marvel, plus Marvel has got a few of the episodes on their own site, with no mention of Warner Brothers. So, could it be that Marvel is just waiting until all the 90's and 80's, and even post-2005 series are out on DVD, before they'll go back and reissue the Evolution series on DVD?

I highly don`t think marvel would do that

[my_hero]

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[tenderheartbear]

As far as to why they didn't release the SPIDER-MAN in single discs.....to me it looks as though that CLEAR VISION will only put out sets up to 2 discs ..the X-Men season 3 would have been 4 discs...original Spider-Man would have been 3 disc for Season 1... NEW SPIDER-MAN they can do because all the seasons are 13-14 episode aka 2 disc sets...might be do to Cost issues cause if they have such sets, with 3-4 discs would anyone really buy them at a higher price...seems like they are aiming at a kid friendly audience....just a theory....

That's the thing, CV are willing to put 2 discs in a case, as Silver Surfer, Spider-Man '95 and the forthcoming Spider-Woman show. So what about Fantastic Four? Liberation had 1 release per season and 2 seasons, both 2 disc sets. CV could have simply copied this format but they didn't.

Now, I understand it could all be about making money, why sell 2 FF volumes when you can sell 4? Fine in priciple, except I'll wait for a reissue or for the sales* . Obviously X-Men and The Incredible Hulk '96 followed this splitting method, I admit, Liberation started it.

So, my question is this... Why is Spider-Man '95 getting season sets, not 1.1, 1.2 etc.? Surely this title would be more ripe for turning into a cash cow than FF. On the menus for Silver Surfer, and I'd guess Spider-Woman, it clearly says season 1 volume 1 and season 1 volume 2. This is a clear indication that they were originally intended for separate releases, otherwise it would say season 1 disc 1 and disc 2. To be honest, if they only did 2 disc releases I wouldn't mind if X-Men had season 3 volume 1 and season 2.

There's no reason why a 3 disc release for Spider-Man '67 should have to cost that much more. All UK Doctor Who DVDs cost roughly the same, the 3 disc War Games (10 episodes) release was only £2 more expensive than the 1 disc Delta and the Bannermen (3 episodes) from a couple of weeks earlier.



*I have the Liberation release, but you get my point.

[my_hero]

I agree that this single disc stuff is getting WAY OUT OF HAND! both with the UK Clear Vision and the US WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN single DVDs!:mad:

[Breck]

JUST got the email below from CV guys! Great news! Spidey 1995 S2 and Spider-Woman are due out TODAY! And if you pre-ordered them, they were already sent out!

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/rere.jpg

Ooo! That's good enough for me! I've cancelled my Play order and just bought from CV. Don't fail me now!!

[Danzigg]

Had a phone call from CV today they advised they will have this in there stock on the 22nd July.

[Golgo-13]

Had a phone call from CV today they advised they will have this in there stock on the 22nd July.

The 22nd?:confused:

So the email they sent me was a lie..?

[Spider-Man]

Does anyone know if Morningstar Entertainment is releasing any more Marvel DVDs in Canada any time soon? I understand they weren't the best quality but they did put on some nice stuff that would never be released otherwise.

[Spider-Friends]

Does anyone know if Morningstar Entertainment is releasing any more Marvel DVDs in Canada any time soon? I understand they weren't the best quality but they did put on some nice stuff that would never be released otherwise.

I don't think they have stopped releasing. It hasn't been that long since Spider-Woman came out, has it? I think they were releasing their titles four months apart.

Just curious, what do you think they have that "would never be released otherwise"? I'm pretty sure Clearvision has the '81 solo Spider-Man cartoon scheduled and I expect the '78 Fantastic Four cartoon will come out as long as Clearvision is making money on the other titles.

I'd rather take the chance that Clearvision would release the titles than waste money on Morningstar's releases. Morningstar is copying VIDEO TAPES and putting them on DVD. That should tell you how bad the quality is.

[Trevor]

Does anyone know if Morningstar Entertainment is releasing any more Marvel DVDs in Canada any time soon? I understand they weren't the best quality but they did put on some nice stuff that would never be released otherwise.

I haven't heard of anymore releases. And as for the quality of the DVD's, it looks like the only tapes that Morningstar was able to get there hands on were VHS copies of the old Prism Library, Telegenic & Disney releases.

But some notable releases are: Spider-Man Vs. The Vulture-contains the vs. the Vulture episode from the 1981 Spider-Man series as the main cartoon, with 2 '67 Spider-Man cartoons (if you have the Buna Vista release of the 67 Spider-Man collection, then those versions of the cartoons are superior in quality than the ones on this DVD)

Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom-contains the 1981 Spider-Man episode "Canon of Doom" as a bonus.

Captain America vs. The Red Skull-contains the 1981 Spider-Man episode "Arsenic and Aunt May" as a bonus.

Spider-Man: Mutant Agenda-reissue of the old Telegenic VHS which features the famous Spider-Man/X-Men crossover. The three episodes on this DVD/VHS are parts 4, 5 & 6 from the 2nd season (Neogenic Nightmare) of the 1994 Spider-Man series.

Spider-Man The Hobgoblin-reissue of the 2002 Disney VHS. (Note: it is odd how Morningstar didn't reissue the 1996 Telegenic VHS Revenge Of The Goblins that featured the 2 Hobgoblin episodes from the 2002 Disney release, as well as Enter The Green Goblin and Goblin War from the 1994 Spider-Man TV series.)

[Trevor]

I don't think they have stopped releasing. It hasn't been that long since Spider-Woman came out, has it? I think they were releasing their titles four months apart.



Spider-Woman came out on October 14th, 2008. But that was the last of the solo releases, which were being released monthly.

After Spider-Woman was out, Morninstar decided to release a couple of box sets of the remaining DVD's that they had announced (with The Incredible Hulk DVD getting a double dipping, having been the 2nd DVD released, and then being reissued in the boxset) being in the Heroes and Villains sets that came out in November and December. Then, around February 2009 Morningstar decided to release "Spider-Man Vs. Doctor Octopus" by itself, since the DVD had originally been included int he Villains boxset.

[my_hero]

I have most of these releases and the quality on some of them are so bad that you can even see the "tracking lines" from the VHS transfer.....I wouldn't recommend them at all.....Like mentioned above, Clear Vision should be releasing most of these Cartoons in much much MUCH better quality...:)

[James Harvey]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=329) has a first look at the menu system for the upcoming Wolverine and The X-Men: Deadly Enemies DVD title. Click here (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=329) or on the images below for more.

http://marvel.toonzone.net/wolverinexmen/reviews/releases/volume2/t-m01.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=329) http://marvel.toonzone.net/wolverinexmen/reviews/releases/volume2/t-m02.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=329) http://marvel.toonzone.net/wolverinexmen/reviews/releases/volume2/t-m03.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=329)Images from the Canadian Wolverine and the X-Men: Season One, Volume Two DVD release from Liberation Entertainment are also available below.
http://marvel.toonzone.net/wolverinexmen/reviews/releases/s1v2lib/t-m01.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/wolverinexmen/reviews/releases/s1v2lib/m01.jpg) http://marvel.toonzone.net/wolverinexmen/reviews/releases/s1v2lib/t-m02.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/wolverinexmen/reviews/releases/s1v2lib/m02.jpg)Stay tuned for further updates.

[Prawnsoda]

Just started working on New Spider-Man complete season 5, very exciting! It'll hit the shops mid-October. And no box sets are currently planned so I think that's it for 'new' Spidey.

Also started on X-Men 4-1, also released in October.

The Original Spider-Man 1-1 does have the split Spidey face, I'm not sure why it isn't on the Super Heroes On DVD site. Sorry it got a poor reception here (it got the best reception so far from the non-purests). The characters were stylized to make them better match the rest of the Marvel catalog and because the charters in the cartoon are crudely drawn - they look nice moving but as a sleeve they looked a bit cheap.

Original Spider-Man 1-2 features the Rhino. For you to hate.

Some seasons are spit because of the cost of the rights, this stuff is very expensive, which goes some way to explaining why they haven't been released before. It would be nice if you could get the Original Spider-Man season 1 for £12.99 but in reality it would cost about £30.00 which isn't competitive, £10.99 per month over 3 months is a lot more affordable.

[Spider-Friends]

Original Spider-Man 1-2 features the Rhino. For you to hate.

I love that you post here and explain things to us without taking our comments personally. The financial moves all make good sense now that you've explained it. I disagree in that I think a good drawing could be made in the style of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon. But, honestly, I personally don't want you guys re-doing ANY drawings if it could hurt our chances of futures releases. I'm REALLY hoping that 1981 Spider-Man cartoon gets released!

[tenderheartbear]

Thanks for the heads up Prawnsoda, it's great to have some inside information.

I'm torn on the covers. I like the layout and think they all look rather spiffy on the shelf. The purist in me would rather have the right models on the covers, even if they were redrawn with a slightly more modern feel. Modern shading perhaps on classic designs if you know what I mean? The other half of me likes the pictures anyway. They may be off-model but there's nothing actually wrong with the art.

It's a pity that CV can't give the consumer the choice. Personally I'd rather pay £30 for a 3 disc Spider-Man than have it spread across 3 separate releases. For me it's all about space really. That and the fact I hate split releases of anything, CSI being a case in point.

It's good that you've started Spider-Man season 5, that feels me with great hope. Keep up the good work.

[Golgo-13]

Just started working on New Spider-Man complete season 5, very exciting! It'll hit the shops mid-October. And no box sets are currently planned so I think that's it for 'new' Spidey.

Also started on X-Men 4-1, also released in October.

The Original Spider-Man 1-1 does have the split Spidey face, I'm not sure why it isn't on the Super Heroes On DVD site. Sorry it got a poor reception here (it got the best reception so far from the non-purests). The characters were stylized to make them better match the rest of the Marvel catalog and because the charters in the cartoon are crudely drawn - they look nice moving but as a sleeve they looked a bit cheap.

Original Spider-Man 1-2 features the Rhino. For you to hate.

Some seasons are spit because of the cost of the rights, this stuff is very expensive, which goes some way to explaining why they haven't been released before. It would be nice if you could get the Original Spider-Man season 1 for £12.99 but in reality it would cost about £30.00 which isn't competitive, £10.99 per month over 3 months is a lot more affordable.

Great news all around. I take it then that New Spiderman S4 will be released in September..? :)

The 'Splitting' the dvd's into volumes makes sense now that you've explained it. That being said, 1981 Solo Spider-Man having 26 episodes to it will surely be coming in two volumes (whenever it does come)- 13 eps per volume..just guessing.....


Had a phone call from CV today they advised they will have this in there stock on the 22nd July.

The more i think about this release date the more it hurts my head. 22nd is on a Wednesday also, and from what i understand dvds are usually released in the U.K on a Monday...?

I've e mailed CV again using the pre-order confirmation number i was given, so when they get back to me, and let me know it has actually 'shipped', then i'll feel better about this.

[tenderheartbear]

Great news all around. I take it then that New Spiderman S4 will be released in September..? :)

The 'Splitting' the dvd's into volumes makes sense now that you've explained it. That being said, 1981 Solo Spider-Man having 26 episodes to it will surely be coming in two volumes (whenever it does come)- 13 eps per volume..just guessing.....

I suppose CV could do 2, 2 disc sets and call it season 1 and season 2.

I know that would technically be wrong but it would make me happy.

[Golgo-13]

Does anyone know who actually re-masters these old shows? I was really surprised at how well '67 looked when i bought the box set a few years back, compared to the quality of the eps in their original format.

In the case of CV releasing all these shows....are they the ones re-mastering the original prints? Marvel? Who exactly................?

[Spider-Friends]

The 1967 Spider-Man cartoon was remastered by Disney back before the lawsuits with Marvel. (Here's a re-post of the original article about it. (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=55021)) The other cartoons have not been remastered. Clearvision may be doing some digital enhancements to the other cartoons but "remastering" is a much more extensive, EXPENSIVE process.

[Golgo-13]

The 1967 Spider-Man cartoon was remastered by Disney back before the lawsuits with Marvel. (Here's a re-post of the original article about it. (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=55021)) The other cartoons have not been remastered. Clearvision may be doing some digital enhancements to the other cartoons but "remastering" is a much more extensive, EXPENSIVE process.

Ah, thanks.

I guess the New 1995 SpiderMan and Silver Surfer dvds didn't need re-mastering 'cause they're relatively recent. I'm sure, however, 1981 Spider-Man will need re-mastering (as was done with Spiderman and Friends). The vhs tapes i have look really dated; i just hope this doesn't delay any plans to release it soon.

[Spider-Friends]

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends was not remastered. It had some digital enhancement* done to it for the DVD release but it was not remastered. The only show that has been remastered is the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon.

*Digital enhancement is nothing other than converting the episode to a digital format and adjusting the picture settings and/or filters such as "brightness", "sharpness", "tint", etc.. It is pretty limited in the amount of improvement it can make.

The 90's cartoons really don't need to be remastered. They should look fine. Judging from the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends DVD, I'd say that the 80's cartoons could use a remastering. They probably wouldn't make enough money back to justify the expense though.

[Golgo-13]

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends was not remastered. It had some digital enhancement* done to it for the DVD release but it was not remastered. The only show that has been remastered is the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon.

*Digital enhancement is nothing other than converting the episode to a digital format and adjusting the picture settings and/or filters such as "brightness", "sharpness", "tint", etc.. It is pretty limited in the amount of improvement it can make.

The 90's cartoons really don't need to be remastered. They should look fine. Judging from the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends DVD, I'd say that the 80's cartoons could use a remastering. They probably wouldn't make enough money back to justify the expense though.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Do you know why, i think about, 5-6 eps of the '67 Spidey Box set weren't re-mastered? You can really see how wonderful the re-mastering process is when you watch one of the non re-mastered eps that they have on that box set against the re-mastered eps.

[Trevor]

I just read that article, and maybe people should be trying to see if Disney or in Europe, Clear Vision or whoever has the rights, should bring the 67 series to Blu-Ray, since the article did say that Disney had remastered the series to High-Definition standards.

As for the Digital Enhancement, I'm not exactly a fan of that, especially when you are talking about doing it on stuff that was shot on the film, and then transferred to analog broadcast video tape (Betacam or SVHS), how do you know that during the transfer years ago someone didn't do something correctly, and if you are trying to lighten up a scene, then you could be washing it out. So I really think that the shows that were shot or even photographed on film, need to be taken back to their film negatives and restored from their. I realize that it is an expensive thing, but a lot of times for the studio it turns into a tremendous success because people will watch it and then tell their family and friends about it, which would lead to some people renting it, while most would go out and just buy the DVD.



Do you know why, i think about, 5-6 eps of the '67 Spidey Box set weren't re-mastered? You can really see how wonderful the re-mastering process is when you watch one of the non re-mastered eps that they have on that box set against the re-mastered eps.

I know that I've noticed that a couple of the last episodes of the box set look sort of faded and not as good as the early episodes, but I think there it comes from the fact that the second animation company just reused the old film for the episodes and they just copied it and the episodes look faded from generational loss.

[Spider-Friends]

Do you know why, i think about, 5-6 eps of the '67 Spidey Box set weren't re-mastered?

I don't know for sure...but I bet it was because they ran out of time. They wanted the DVD release to come out in time for the 2002 Spider-Man movie and probably would have sacrificed those episodes to make sure it got out "on time". (Mark Evanier stated on his website that he was interviewed for a documentary that was being made for the DVD. He later said that it didn't appear on the DVD because they ran out of time when making it. So I assume the same thing happened to the episodes you mentioned.)

Has anyone ever checked to see if those episodes actually WERE remastered after the DVD release? I don't even know if they have aired anywhere since. If they were remastered that would give some incentive to buy the corresponding Clearvision releases.


As for the Digital Enhancement, I'm not exactly a fan of that...how do you know that during the transfer years ago someone didn't do something correctly, and if you are trying to lighten up a scene, then you could be washing it out.

That's exactly what happened on the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends DVD release: someone set the contrast too high. It probably looked good on the scene where they set it...but the film's contrast jumped around so much that it was too high overall. Skin tones, yellows and light blues were all washed out. It was a pretty serious error. Digital enhancements are something that really need to be done on a scene-by-scene basis...but they probably consider that too time consuming, i.e. expensive.

[Danzigg]

I guess this means anyone holding out for a box set(like me) for New Spidey may want to think about getting the season box sets now and maybe the X-Men ones as well? I've already got the 67 Spider-Man box set but will probably get the single releases as well. I wonder how may more potential X-Men DVD dvd's will be released. Very exciting yay!

[Golgo-13]

I guess this means anyone holding out for a box set(like me) for New Spidey may want to think about getting the season box sets now and maybe the X-Men ones as well? I've already got the 67 Spider-Man box set but will probably get the single releases as well. I wonder how may more potential X-Men DVD dvd's will be released. Very exciting yay!

I'm not gonna bother with the CV '67 Spidey myself. The Box set i own is beautifully re-mastered, except for those few eps that weren't. I am however considering buying the later volumes that probably contain re-mastered versions of the episodes that the Buena Vista's release didn't get around to completing.

[Kirben]

Just started working on New Spider-Man complete season 5, very exciting! It'll hit the shops mid-October. And no box sets are currently planned so I think that's it for 'new' Spidey.

Any news on when we can expect the Spiderman Unlimited series to be released on DVD?

[Golgo-13]

Any news on when we can expect the Spiderman Unlimited series to be released on DVD?

I'm not knocking anyone that liked that show, but do you think it would actually sell?

[tenderheartbear]

I'm not knocking anyone that liked that show, but do you think it would actually sell?

Every show has its fans. Did anyone really expect to see Silver Surfer come out? Personally I didn't. Sure, there's appeal in retro shows like Spider-Man &HAF and Hulk '82. Of course, Spider-Man is probably a big selling point at the moment so The Animated Series is a fairly hot property.

I suspect by the time Spider-Man Unlimited hits the shelves, the cover art and especially the logo will have been tinkered with enough to look like CVs current Spidey releases. The word Unlimited will probably be pretty small like the word Original is on the '67 show.

[Breck]

Had a phone call from CV today they advised they will have this in there stock on the 22nd July.

Now that's a total bummer. I paid a whole £1 extra to buy from CV after cancelling my Play order!! WHY I OUGHTA...!! :mad:

[Golgo-13]

I just got this SECOND response from CV:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/jdjdjdj.jpg

I wish they would get their act together. Just the day before the sales rep told me my item had already been shipped, and now this...

I'm done with directly ordering from them. I'm gonna cancel this order and just get it through Amazon.:mad:

[andyscot]

Trying to find out just now, but it seems the iron man 90s possible 60's collection will be relreleased but probally unedited this time. (this is purely a guess on my part, but it seem the one who had the rights have finally went bust maximum entertainment) and it seems lace who where just distrubting before and now acutalyl releasing them themself. I will post more information when i get it, migth takea whole took ages to get a respomse from lace the last time

[RydermanUK]

The [Spider-Man 67] characters were stylized to make them better match the rest of the Marvel catalog and because the charters in the cartoon are crudely drawn - they look nice moving but as a sleeve they looked a bit cheap.


Okay, the show is old, and the artwork was at times crude, but I don't see why a "talented" artist couldn't keep characters on-model without making the sleeves look cheap.

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/super2_wall_1280x1024.jpg

Nuff said! (?)

[Spider-Friends]

Okay, the show is old, and the artwork was at times crude, but I don't see why a "talented" artist couldn't keep characters on-model without making the sleeves look cheap.

Nuff said! (?)

Excellent example...and a point well made.

[James Harvey]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net) has a first look at the disc art for the upcoming The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete First Season - Collector's Edition DVD two-disc release. Click on the thumbnail below for an exclusive first look.

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[Trevor]

I'm not knocking anyone that liked that show, but do you think it would actually sell?

Well, don't also "knock" those people who haven't seen the show yet and would like to get it on DVD since they know that a show with only a 13 episode run, even an animated show, doesn't have that much of a chance of showing up in syndicated reruns.

[marvelfan101]

[QUOTE=Trevor;3307891]I just read that article, and maybe people should be trying to see if Disney or in Europe, Clear Vision or whoever has the rights, should bring the 67 series to Blu-Ray, since the article did say that Disney had remastered the series to High-Definition standards.

I don`t think such a old show would look very good on blu ray but hey if they put it on blu ray I would buy it as long as it looked good

also does anyone know wear I can buy this show on dvd Amazon does not seem to have it in stock

[Zorak Masaki]

Marvel pulled it from print due to copyright reasons. Your best bet is ebay (but prepare to pay a mint) or pawn shops/used cd stores.

[andyscot]

[QUOTE=Trevor;3307891]I just read that article, and maybe people should be trying to see if Disney or in Europe, Clear Vision or whoever has the rights, should bring the 67 series to Blu-Ray, since the article did say that Disney had remastered the series to High-Definition standards.

I don`t think such a old show would look very good on blu ray but hey if they put it on blu ray I would buy it as long as it looked good
if it has been properly remastered like other old films it willlook good, but clear vision wont do blu-ray releasses there to small a company and blu-ray is still new and expesnive

[Pepperidge]

The Spectacular Spider-Man season 1 is currently sitting somewhere over 2,000 in Amazon.com sales rankings. That's better than previously, but I find it a bit alarming that it's being significantly outranked by the Green Lantern DTV which is being released on the same day. Are people going to come out of the woodwork at the last minute to buy it, or are super hero fans just going to spend their money elsewhere?

On the other hand, the set is absolutely kicking ass on Amazon.ca, where it's remaining pretty steady in the top 200 best selling DVDs.

[CJ67]

The Spectacular Spider-Man season 1 is currently sitting somewhere over 2,000 in Amazon.com sales rankings. That's better than previously, but I find it a bit alarming that it's being significantly outranked by the Green Lantern DTV which is being released on the same day. Are people going to come out of the woodwork at the last minute to buy it, or are super hero fans just going to spend their money elsewhere?

On the other hand, the set is absolutely kicking ass on Amazon.ca, where it's remaining pretty steady in the top 200 best selling DVDs.

Pepp the American market may have already purchased the single sets and may be passing on the season set.

[Trevor]

[QUOTE=Trevor;3307891]I just read that article, and maybe people should be trying to see if Disney or in Europe, Clear Vision or whoever has the rights, should bring the 67 series to Blu-Ray, since the article did say that Disney had remastered the series to High-Definition standards.

I don`t think such a old show would look very good on blu ray but hey if they put it on blu ray I would buy it as long as it looked good

Well they've put the original Star Trek on Blu-Ray, and while the original special effects of the ships don't look to good in 1080p, the live action does.

So, if an old live-action sci-fi show from the same time period as the 1960's Spider-Man looks really good when remastered in HD (before the adding of the new special effects), then I'm pretty sure that an animated cartoon, like Spider-Man, would just "glow" on Blu-Ray.

[Trevor]

Marvel pulled it from print due to copyright reasons. Your best bet is ebay (but prepare to pay a mint) or pawn shops/used cd stores.


Do you know what some of the reasons were? Music, rights to different voices?

[Pepperidge]

Pepp the American market may have already purchased the single sets and may be passing on the season set.
The singles were released in Canada as well.

[my_hero]

[QUOTE=marvelfan101;3309866]

Well they've put the original Star Trek on Blu-Ray, and while the original special effects of the ships don't look to good in 1080p, the live action does.

So, if an old live-action sci-fi show from the same time period as the 1960's Spider-Man looks really good when remastered in HD (before the adding of the new special effects), then I'm pretty sure that an animated cartoon, like Spider-Man, would just "glow" on Blu-Ray.


I've been playing the '67 Spider-Man on my Up-Convert 1080P DVD player and it looks fantastic...If they put in on BLU RAY it'll probably look about the same...:shrug: With the BLU RAYS that I have, older movies and shows don't look any better than if they were on dvd & played on an UP convert DVD player...

[Rick Jones]

I usually see a copy or 2 on Ebay for 60 something bucks

[Trevor]

[QUOTE=Trevor;3310017]


I've been playing the '67 Spider-Man on my Up-Convert 1080P DVD player and it looks fantastic...If they put in on BLU RAY it'll probably look about the same...:shrug: With the BLU RAYS that I have, older movies and shows don't look any better than if they were on dvd & played on an UP convert DVD player...

Well, just this morning I was watching The Menace Of Mysterio on Teletoon Retro, and right after I put the Disc 1 of the Spider-Man '67 Collection in my Blu-Ray player and I couldn't believe the difference betwee the two. (I've got my Blu-Ray set to 4:3 480i output, since my TV is only a 4:3 tv.) The version on Teletoon R was so washed out and extremely-extremely-extremely dark, to the point where I thought that Mysterio's cape was either black or a bluish-black, while on the DVD you could actually see that his cape was purple. Plus when Mysterio slides across the bar, just at the end of his slide there is a keg of something in the background. On the Teletoon R version that keg was so dark, it looked like it was a metal keg of something and that it might've had something written on it; but on the DVD you could actually see that it was wooden keg and it had "Beer" written on it. (I wonder how many cartoon shows, aimed at kids, nowadays, would be able to get a keg marked with "Beer" by the censors?)

Anyway, I must say, to the people at Disney, you did a really great job with the Spider-Man '67 Collection, and hopefully when you bring out the other Spider-Man shows that you have in your library, you'll do a similar job of remastering them as you did on the 67 set.

[Golgo-13]

I'm looking at my Jetix Marvel released dvds, and i'm looking at my CV released dvds, and i'm noticing the quality seems far superior on the CV releases for some reason. That being said, i hope CV ends up releasing the entire 90's Hulk Season 1, instead of picking up where Jetix left off and just releasing season 2. I've noticed edits in the Jetix version. Especially within the ep 'Return of the beast'. I'd like CV to release it un-edited.

[Trevor]

Oh yeah, one thing that I also noticed when I was watching the Menace Of Mysterio today, that slipped my mind during the last post, was that on the DVD, right after the end credits the Buena Vista/Disney castle logo pops up with "Servicing the distribution of this programme" (I'm not too sure why Disney used the British spelling of "program" on a Canadian/US release), whereas on Teletoon Retro the logo that pops up right after the credits is for New World Alliance, and there was no mention of Buena Vista or Walt Disney Studio's owning New World Alliance or anything. So, it looks like the tapes that are in the hands of stations up here in Canada were made before the Disney buy-out of New World Alliance and the only place that you'll find any mention of Disney owning the shows are on the 67 collection.

[Spider-Friends]

...on the DVD, right after the end credits the Buena Vista/Disney castle logo pops up with "Servicing the distribution of this programme" (I'm not too sure why Disney used the British spelling of "program" on a Canadian/US release)...the only place that you'll find any mention of Disney owning the shows are on the 67 collection.

Buena Vista International handled the restoration with intent to televise the show in Europe and other countries. That's why the Bristish spelling was on the release; they had already started showing them on TV before the DVD came out.

Sounds like Teletoon must have made an arrangement to air the cartoon before Disney/Buena Vista was in the picture.

[Trevor]

Sounds like Teletoon must have made an arrangement to air the cartoon before Disney/Buena Vista was in the picture.


I guess that it's possible that Teletoon has had the tapes since it started broadcasting in 1997, and when Teletoon Retro began broadcasting in 2007 the old tapes were just used on the new station. So that would explain the New World logo.

[joltman]

Per TVShowsonDVD.com (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Iron-Man-Armored-Adventures-Volume-1/12286), the first DVD for Iron Man: Armrored Adventures is coming. Volume 1 will come out on DVD and Blu-ray on October 20 and include the first six episodes.

[ShadowStar]

Stay tuned for a look at the DVD menu system, images from the release, reviews, and much more from The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete First Season - Collector's Edition.

When do you think we'll get to see screenshots of the menu?

[James Harvey]

The WF DVD Report (http://www.wfdvdreport.com/index.php?action=fullnews&id=1018) has the first review for the upcoming Wolverine and The X-Men: Deadly Enemies DVD release. Click here (http://www.wfdvdreport.com/index.php?action=fullnews&id=1018) to check out the review.

Stay tuned for further updates later this week.

[Gold Guy]

As I expected, it got a great review.

[Trevor]

Looks like, once Deadly Enemies and Season 1 Chapter 2 are released, the US and Canada will have the exact same episodes out on DVD.

[Spider-Man]

I plan on picking up The Spectaculat Spider-Man - Season One and I was wondering what to do with the volume releases I got. I was thinking of keeping the first release because of the movie format but I'm not sure about the other ones. Any thoughts?

[dmxx116]

I plan on picking up The Spectaculat Spider-Man - Season One and I was wondering what to do with the volume releases I got. I was thinking of keeping the first release because of the movie format but I'm not sure about the other ones. Any thoughts?If it was me I would sell them to get something back in return.

[joltman]

Looks like, once Deadly Enemies and Season 1 Chapter 2 are released, the US and Canada will have the exact same episodes out on DVD.
Nope, Canada will still be one episode ahead (3 + 5 for USA and 4 + 5 for Canada)

[James Harvey]

Check out it, The Spectacular Spider-Man fans! Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net) has a first look at the menu system for the upcoming The Spectacular Spider-Man - The Complete First Season: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD release while The WF DVD Report (http://wfdvdreport.com) has the first review of said title! Click on the thumbnails below to view the menu system!

http://marvel.toonzone.net/specspidey/releases/dvd/seasonone/t-m01.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=332) http://marvel.toonzone.net/specspidey/releases/dvd/seasonone/t-m06.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=332)To read the first review for the The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete First Season - 2-Disc Collector's Edition release, click here (http://wfdvdreport.com/index.php?action=fullnews&id=1019) to check out The WF DVD Report (http://wfdvdreport.com/index.php?action=fullnews&id=1019)!

Stay tuned for further updates!

[ShadowStar]

So no deleted scenes for the season 1 release of The Spectacular Spider-Man after all... I really want to know whether the unseen footage will eventually see the light of day or not.

[Bat-Fan Beyond]

Cool review. Thanks, James.

I can't wait for this, although I am a bit disappointed that the music video for the full length theme song by Tinder Box isn't included on this set like it was on the Attack of The Lizard dvd.

[Pepperidge]

I prefer the TV-length version of the song myself.

James, I know you cited no serious video or audio problems on the set, but were they up to par compared to the previous releases?

[James Harvey]

James, I know you cited no serious video or audio problems on the set, but were they up to par compared to the previous releases?To answer the question, I added this to the review (http://wfdvdreport.com/index.php?action=fullnews&id=1019):

To compare, the audio and video quality here is equal to any of the previous individual The Spectacular Spider-Man DVD volume releases.

[Pepperidge]

That's great to hear! I just hope that Sony doesn't cheap out on the season 2 set and actually uses two DVD-9s, especially given the way the arcs are laid out. Also hope they include the deleted scenes (even if as extras) and make some effort to get uncut sound effects in, since that is going to make a big difference in many second season episodes.

I'll definitely be picking this up, even though I really want to see a blu-ray release. After all, Iron Man: AA is getting one, and Marvel Animation sure as hell didn't invent the damned format. Of course, seeing as how SSM has a pretty dragged out future (at this point, there's no way we'd see a potential third season until September 2010) it's likely going to be a loooong time before we actually see it. We'll definitely need to see a few more shows set a precedent for kid's shows on blu-ray first. So if you're planning on holding out for a BD release... you might be better off just grabbing the DVD set for now. If a BD release does come, you can always just sell your DVD copy to a friend for cheap and make a new fan for the series. :)

[Amazing Friends]

Hi there,
I've been following this forum keenly for many months but this is my first post. Glad to be here!:)

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/11099278/Original-Spider-Man-Season-1-Vol-2/Product.html#

[my_hero]

Hi there,
I've been following this forum keenly for many months but this is my first post. Glad to be here!:)

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/11099278/Original-Spider-Man-Season-1-Vol-2/Product.html#

KOOOL! I LIKE IT!:)....and WELCOME AMAZING FRIENDS to the forum!

http://images.play.com/covers/11099278x.jpg

[Webbed-Wonder]

That cover is great; like the addition of the fifth avenue phantom in the corner box.

[Golgo-13]

KOOOL! I LIKE IT!:)....and WELCOME AMAZING FRIENDS to the forum!

http://images.play.com/covers/11099278x.jpg


Nice! Funny that prawnsoda doesn't have it on their site yet though..............

[tenderheartbear]

Well, I like the cover in the same way I've liked all ther covers. Great in their own right but totally unrepresentative of the content therein. This one looks even less like the '67 series than the last one!

I'm still torn on whether to purchase them or not. That whole split season thing still bothers me, yes, I read the reasoning behind it from Prawnsoda. Maybe I'll crack on the day, we'll see.

Welcome to the forum Amazing Friends, always good to 'see' a new face around these parts.

[Spider-Friends]

Hi there,
I've been following this forum keenly for many months but this is my first post. Glad to be here!:)

Welcome Amazing Friends! (I love your name, BTW :))

Same song as before on the cover but, since we aren't going to be getting covers that look like the show, it's a nice drawing with a cool design.

[marvelfan101]

I`ve checked Ebay they don`t have any copys Marvel should let Disney release this show again on DVD

[Spider-Friends]

I`ve checked Ebay they don`t have any copys

I don't know what you are doing wrong but there are quite a few copies on eBay. Click here (http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=spider-man+67+collection&_sacat=See-All-Categories).

[my_hero]

WOW!


Original Spider-Man - Season 1, Volume 2
Spider-Man - Complete Season 4
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 4

http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/3dpackshots/os12.jpg
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/3dpackshots/ns4.jpg
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/3dpackshots/x34.jpg
:)

[Danzigg]

I'm not sure, the original Spidey one is the best of the three.

I wonder if Disney may use the SDCC as a place to announce future Marvel DVD's?

[Trevor]

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/images/B0029RW0F0/sr=1-1/qid=1247793005/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=917972&s=dvd&qid=1247793005&sr=1-1

(in case the image doesn't show up, here's the url just for the picture: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/images/B0029RW0F0/sr=1-1/qid=1247793005/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=917972&s=dvd&qid=1247793005&sr=1-1)


I don't know if anyone's seen this yet, but it looks like Canada might be getting a slightly different cover for the Spectacular Spider-Man set. This was on amazon.ca, where they are also listing the American version as an import. Main difference is that everything is duplpicated on the cover so that the cover is bilingual (English/French).

But I also noticed that for the X-Men 3 & 4 Amazon.ca has two listings for each set, but only artwork on one posting of each. Are these two sets also getting a French packaging, or what is going on?

[Pepperidge]

The packaging is bilingual, like most Canadian DVD releases. It was the same case for volumes 2-4. Of course, I try to import American releases as much as possible. Bilingual packaging can lick me.

[Golgo-13]

WOW!


Original Spider-Man - Season 1, Volume 2
Spider-Man - Complete Season 4
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 4

http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/3dpackshots/os12.jpg
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/3dpackshots/ns4.jpg
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/3dpackshots/x34.jpg
:)

Nice 1995 New Spiderman S4 cover. Great that they got Blade on there!

[andyscot]

I see wolverine still amnages to sneak in there ;) not i have problem with it jus tnoticed he now on all covers

[RydermanUK]

WOW!
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 4


http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/3dpackshots/x34.jpg
:)

Wasn't "3.17* Orphans End" the final episode of season 3? (or 3.18 depending on where Longshot fits in)

[akuma632]

I see wolverine still manages to sneak in there ;) not i have problem with it just noticed he now on all covers

Yea I see that! I posted about to a while back but I'm glad I'm not the only one that has noticed the Wolverine love on all dvd covers lol

Not thats a bad thing, I just wish we saw more of the X-men... you know those guys with Wolverine lol jk

[marvelfan101]

I'm not sure, the original Spidey one is the best of the three.

I wonder if Disney may use the SDCC as a place to announce future Marvel DVD's?

lets hope Disney does it would be a great place for them to tell us cause I bet their is still alot of people out their who do not know about the x-men dvds from Disney had I not know about this site I might not have know about them myself

[Golgo-13]

Well the dvds are quite promimantly displayed in my local Target stores, but i know what you mean. There hasn't been any real promotion for this series from Disney. I guess Disney just 'throws' these old shows out and see's if they 'stick'.

In the case of X:TAS it's been selling pretty well.

It's like Disney is looking for reasons not to release the other titles from Marvel they own.

[Trevor]

It's like Disney is looking for reasons not to release the other titles from Marvel they own.

Does Disney still own the series, or has Marvel managed to buy the series back, and just one of the clauses in the purchasing contract was that Disney had the exclusive right to release the shows in North America for a set period of time?

But I definitely would like to see all the Marvel Spider-Man/X-Men properties that Disney has the license/owns put out, since some of it just hasn't been on TV for years.

[Spider-Friends]

Does Disney still own the series, or has Marvel managed to buy the series back, and just one of the clauses in the purchasing contract was that Disney had the exclusive right to release the shows in North America for a set period of time?

None of us know for sure.

[satam55]

Wasn't "3.17* Orphans End" the final episode of season 3? (or 3.18 depending on where Longshot fits in)


Nope! The last 3 episodes of season 3 after "Orphan's End" are:

"The Juggernaut Returns"
"Nightcrawler"
"Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape"

[my_hero]

http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/graphics/header-bg3.png

Well...CLEAR VISION's MARVEL line (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/index.html) is up to 20 releases!..(ok,ok..10 have been released with 10 more scheduled..for now..) but the future looks very promising! I gotta tell you, I never thought that I'd see the day that one company would release all my favorite MARVEL toons on DVD! THANK YOU CLEAR VISION!


MAR1001 - X-Men 1.1
MAR1002 - X-Men 1.2
MAR1003 - X-Men 2.1
MAR1004 - X-Men 2.2
MAR1005 - X-Men 3.1
MAR1006 - Silver Surfer
MAR1007 - Spider-Man (New) 1
MAR1008 - Fantastic Four 1.1
MAR1009 - X-Men 3.2
MAR1010 - Spider-Woman
MAR1011 - Spider-Man (New) 2
MAR1012 - Fantastic Four 1.2
MAR1013 - X-Men 3.3
MAR1014 - Spider-Man (New) 3
MAR1015 - Fantastic Four 2.1
MAR1016 - Spider-Man (Original) 1.1
MAR1017 - X-Men 3.4
MAR1018 - Spider-Man (New) 4
MAR1019 - Fantastic Four 2.2
MAR1020 - Spider-Man (Original) 1.2

{Would love to see the FF '78, Spidey 80's, Hulk 90's (Season 2!) and the 60's MARVEL HEROES* put out soon too!}


* I know some of the 60's MARVEL HEROES DVDS are still available but since Jetix is no longer around, would love to see CLEAR VISION put em out with new matching covers!!!:p

[andyscot]

http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/graphics/header-bg3.png

Well...CLEAR VISION's MARVEL line (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/index.html) is up to 20 releases!..(ok,ok..10 have been released with 10 more scheduled..for now..) but the future looks very promising! I gotta tell you, I never thought that I'd see the day that one company would release all my favorite MARVEL toons on DVD! THANK YOU CLEAR VISION!


MAR1001 - X-Men 1.1
MAR1002 - X-Men 1.2
MAR1003 - X-Men 2.1
MAR1004 - X-Men 2.2
MAR1005 - X-Men 3.1
MAR1006 - Silver Surfer
MAR1007 - Spider-Man (New) 1
MAR1008 - Fantastic Four 1.1
MAR1009 - X-Men 3.2
MAR1010 - Spider-Woman
MAR1011 - Spider-Man (New) 2
MAR1012 - Fantastic Four 1.2
MAR1013 - X-Men 3.3
MAR1014 - Spider-Man (New) 3
MAR1015 - Fantastic Four 2.1
MAR1016 - Spider-Man (Original) 1.1
MAR1017 - X-Men 3.4
MAR1018 - Spider-Man (New) 4
MAR1019 - Fantastic Four 2.2
MAR1020 - Spider-Man (Original) 1.2

{Would love to see the FF '78, Spidey 80's, Hulk 90's (Season 2!) and the 60's MARVEL HEROES* put out soon too!}


* I know some of the 60's MARVEL HEROES DVDS are still available but since Jetix is no longer around, would love to see CLEAR VISION put em out with new matching covers!!!:p

From the informaiton i am getting it might be Lace that has them, everything that was released by maximum entertainment seems to be getting handled by lace now, i still waiting on email back about iron-man. you will fidn all maximum entertainment dvds goign out of print soon

[my_hero]

When LIBERATION went out, the marvel cartoons(that Clear Vision owns now) went to Lace ,which they did nothing with, and then to Clear Vision...I would guess the same thing will happen again...It would make good sense for Clear Vision to get the rights...

[Silly McGooses]

There are used copies getting bids in the single digits there.

[Michael24]

Also lots of used copies through Amazon Marketplace (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0001I55O2/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1247877823&sr=1-8&condition=all), though the few new ones are pretty pricey.

[Golgo-13]

Does Disney still own the series, or has Marvel managed to buy the series back, and just one of the clauses in the purchasing contract was that Disney had the exclusive right to release the shows in North America for a set period of time?

But I definitely would like to see all the Marvel Spider-Man/X-Men properties that Disney has the license/owns put out, since some of it just hasn't been on TV for years.

Yes Disney owns alot of the Marvel properties here in the U.S - i'm not sure about the expiration dates. I was absolutely surprised that they even released the XTAS, but was not suprised that it had no extras. And the only reason they put that out was 'cause of the Wolverine movie, imo. They only seem geared towards making a quick buck as oppose to putting out content that fans would actually want to own and cherish.

I'm glad CV is putting out 1995 Spiderman, cause i think Disney won't even consider putting this out (if they ever do) until Spiderman 4 comes out.

[Spider-Man]

The packaging is bilingual, like most Canadian DVD releases. It was the same case for volumes 2-4. Of course, I try to import American releases as much as possible. Bilingual packaging can lick me.
http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/51xG2HkoSmL._SS500_.jpg

I think I'll import my copy because the bilingual text really messes up the cover. I really can't wait for this release! I plan to pre-order to hopefully get it on the release date.

[my_hero]

I find it funny that next weeks BEST BUY & TARGET ads don't advertise the Wolverine and the X-Men: Deadly Enemies (http://www.amazon.com/Wolverine-X-Men-Artist-Not-Provided/dp/B000CS63D8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247884614&sr=1-5) DVD! Kinda sucks from a selling point of veiw...:sad:

[marvelfan101]

has their been any word on if Disney will even be at comic con :confused:

[Storm Eagle]

I find it funny that next weeks BEST BUY & TARGET ads don't advertise the Wolverine and the X-Men: Deadly Enemies (http://www.amazon.com/Wolverine-X-Men-Artist-Not-Provided/dp/B000CS63D8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247884614&sr=1-5) DVD! Kinda sucks from a selling point of veiw...:sad:

Isn't it a bit early for us to know what Best Buy and Target's ads advertise next week?

[my_hero]

Isn't it a bit early for us to know what Best Buy and Target's ads advertise next week?

I have friends who work for both TARGET & BB...They get advance ads...No WOLVIE & X-MEN Vol 2. in either one:sad:

[RydermanUK]

I know some of the 60's MARVEL HEROES DVDS are still available but since Jetix is no longer around, would love to see CLEAR VISION put em out with new matching covers!!!:p

As long as you dont want the covers to have any relevance to the actual episodes, I can see it now, the Iron Man cover would probably feature War Machine and Blizzard.

[andyscot]

When LIBERATION went out, the marvel cartoons(that Clear Vision owns now) went to Lace ,which they did nothing with, and then to Clear Vision...I would guess the same thing will happen again...It would make good sense for Clear Vision to get the rights...
All i know is there releasing MASK and Heathcliff just now and they are releasing them in series sets unlike what maximum entertainment done so it defintely different stuf fhtey are releasing, but a tthe moment i am not sur ewhat of what maximum entertainment they have the rights to

[sdp]

Well not sure if anyone is still interested but I've got more details on the 26 episode box set for Wolverine and the X-Men from Mexico.


Its 5 discs, packaging is just a slipcase over a DVD case that is about two dvd cases thick. Nothing too special but gets the job done. From what I can tell no extras but it does indeed include english track as well as subtitles. Its region 1 and 4. Best thing is on Tower Records its on sale and it costs you about 25$. Pretty sweet deal thats a bit less than 1 dollar per episode. Also it includes a free (full sized) Wolverine comic book I think it may even be a TPB but not sure. Of course the comic is in spanish.

So yeah I guess if anyone wants to take advantage of that sale (I'm not sure how much it costs regular price but its more along the lines of $35 I think) you can PM to get it for you. Of course I have no idea how much shipping is to the US. I also don't know of any site that ships to the US, though I believe you can get it from mercadolibre.com which is basically a Mexican ebay, but I've never ordered from there.

Quick question:

How is Wolverine and the X-Men? I'm probably going to get it unless the general consensus is negative.

[Storm Eagle]

I have friends who work for both TARGET & BB...They get advance ads...No WOLVIE & X-MEN Vol 2. in either one:sad:

At least at 3am my time (Eastern standard time), I'll know if there's anything about Voltron volume 8. Not exactly something Marvel, but it's something I'm interested in.

I understand that Best Buy and Target will have SSM season 1 on sale for $18.99 when it comes out on July 28th, though. Anyway I'll be ordering mine from DeepDiscount since their 25% off sale will still be valid by the time its out.

[chator]

I don't know if this has already been discussed in this thread, but if someone could tell me why the x-men dvds by clear vision have the Jetix logo only for the first two seasons and not for season 3?

[Stu]

Quick question:

How is Wolverine and the X-Men? I'm probably going to get it unless the general consensus is negative.

I'd highly recommend it. It works better as a serial than a single episode arc - if you can get it as cheap as you'd say then I'd definatly pick it up.

I don't envy the people watching it on Nicktoons - the series has a slow pace, and the week long waits between episodes is simply disrubtive.

I myself am waiting until the full season box set is released before I even watch the show again, I can't wait to get my hands on it!

[andyscot]

I don't know if this has already been discussed in this thread, but if someone could tell me why the x-men dvds by clear vision have the Jetix logo only for the first two seasons and not for season 3?
There si two version one by liberation uk and one by clear vision the clear vision ones i believe do not have the jetix logos but if they do they are jsut using the liberation box art which did, all clear vision exculsive not done by liberation do not have the jetix logo i think partially because jetix had already been bought by disney not sure the exact why though

[my_hero]

The PRAWNSODA MARVEL page (http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/) is gone!:eek:

[tenderheartbear]

The PRAWNSODA MARVEL page (http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/) is gone!:eek:

I'm sure it's nothing to be too concerned about, no doubt it's some site maintainence or similar. Prawnsoda will probably be along shortly to tell us if there's anything to worry about.

On a side note, I went into my local HMV today and they finally had Spider-Man: The complete first season, after what, a month? Still no sign of Silver Surfer though, glad I picked them up online.

[my_hero]

Guess I just panic alot! Just don't want these releases to stop like they did with Liberation!

Just ordered Fantastic Four S2 V2 & X-Men S3 V2 from Amazon UK! Then in a few more days...Spider-Man S2 and.....SPIDER-WOMAN!!(AT LAST!!!!!!):)

[Prawnsoda]

Don't panic, all sleeve artwork will now premier on either Play or Amazon.

Sorry I haven't replied to any private messages, been a bit busy, but I will.

[Kirben]

The X-Men Season 3 Volume 3 (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/x-men-season-3-volume-3-dvd.html) DVD release from Clear Vision includes up to season 3 episode 19, and X-Men Season 3 Volume 4 currently isn't listed on their web site.

So how many episodes will be included on the X-Men Season 3 Volume 4 DVD release from Clear Vision? are the seasons split up differently in the UK? I hope there are more than two episodes,
(http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/x-men-season-3-volume-3-dvd.html)

[my_hero]

The X-Men Season 3 Volume 3 (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/x-men-season-3-volume-3-dvd.html) DVD release from Clear Vision includes up to season 3 episode 19, and X-Men Season 3 Volume 4 currently isn't listed on their web site.

So how many episodes will be included on the X-Men Season 3 Volume 4 DVD release from Clear Vision? are the seasons split up differently in the UK? I hope there are more than two episodes,
(http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/x-men-season-3-volume-3-dvd.html)

X-Men Season 3 Volume 4 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-4-DVD/dp/B002HSKUTO/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248100041&sr=8-22) has Episodes 20-25.

[Kirben]

X-Men Season 3 Volume 4 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-4-DVD/dp/B002HSKUTO/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248100041&sr=8-22) have Episodes 20-25.

Amazon isn't a reliable source for specific DVD details though, and season 3 was only 21 episodes. Clear Vision are using production order for episodes so far, and season 4 should start with 'Love In Vain'.

[my_hero]

Amazon isn't a reliable source for specific DVD details though, and season 3 was only 21 episodes. Clear Vision are using production order for episodes so far, and season 4 should start with 'Love In Vain'.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/5683/72660701.jpg
(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq2vZTr)

[chator]

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/5683/72660701.jpg
(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq2vZTr)

So Vol. 4 will have like 5 episodes?

[my_hero]

So Vol. 4 will have like 5 episodes?

6 episodes...

20---1
21---2
22---3
23---4
24---5
25---6

Run Time: 125 minutes

[Danzigg]

So my guess is then that Season 4 & Season 5 of X-Men will probably be split into 2 volumes for Season 4 & 5, Still hoping for Pryde of the X-Men though.

With any luck I should have Spider-Woman this week.

[joltman]

Amazon isn't a reliable source for specific DVD details though, and season 3 was only 21 episodes. Clear Vision are using production order for episodes so far, and season 4 should start with 'Love In Vain'.
I'm wondering if they are using Wikipedia for their order. The Wikipedia list (here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-Men_episodes)), which is based on script order and not production order, has 26 episodes under season 3, although it did have only 25 (I just fixed it) because someone moved one of the episodes (Love in Vain, which should have been 319) under season 4.

[Golgo-13]

So my guess is then that Season 4 & Season 5 of X-Men will probably be split into 2 volumes for Season 4 & 5, Still hoping for Pryde of the X-Men though.

With any luck I should have Spider-Woman this week.

I envy you.:p

Did you order 1995 Spiderman S2?

I have to wait until Amazon gets it in August.

Btw, i hope CV re-releases the 60's Thor series, and the enitre 1996 Hulk. I notice the picture sharpness quality difference between Jetix's releases and CV's, and whatever CV is doing, it's superior to what Jetix did.

[Danzigg]

I envy you.:p

Did you order 1995 Spiderman S2?

I have to wait until Amazon gets it in August.

Btw, i hope CV re-releases the 60's Thor series, and the enitre 1996 Hulk. I notice the picture sharpness quality difference between Jetix's releases and CV's, and whatever CV is doing, it's superior to what Jetix did.

Nope just Spider-Woman for the moment, will let you know when it turns up.

[Kirben]

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/5683/72660701.jpg
(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq2vZTr)

I noticed the cover art, and runtime listed at Amazon UK, but how can we be sure that is finalized? that episodes 20 - 25 part on the cover art is very strange.

I really wonder why Clear Vision didn't split season 3 (21 episodes) into three DVD volumes, with 7 episodes for each disc. Then use four DVD volumes for season 4, which is longer (23 episodes). With one final volume for season 5 (only 6 episodes).


I'm wondering if they are using Wikipedia for their order. The Wikipedia list (here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-Men_episodes)), which is based on script order and not production order, has 26 episodes under season 3, although it did have only 25 (I just fixed it) because someone moved one of the episodes (Love in Vain, which should have been 319) under season 4.

No, the episodes on X-Men Season 3 Volume 3 (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/x-men-season-3-volume-3-dvd.html) don't match the script order, listed on the wikipedia.

[akuma632]

Released on August 3, 2009
Spider-Woman 1979 Complete Series [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Woman-1979-Complete-Series-DVD/dp/B002BF42VU/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138112&sr=1-23)
New Spider-Man 1995 - Season 2, Volumes 1 & 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spider-Man-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002BF42VK/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138112&sr=1-24)

Released on August 17, 2009
New Spider-Man 1995 - Season 3, Volumes 1 & 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spider-Man-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002EIMQTY/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138112&sr=1-14)
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 3 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-DVD/dp/B002EIMQTO/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138112&sr=1-15)
Original Spider-Man - Season 1, Volume 1 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Spider-Man-Season-DVD/dp/B002EIMQU8/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138112&sr=1-16)


~ JUST ADDED ~

Released on September 14, 2009
Original Spider-Man - Season 1, Volume 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Spider-Man-Season-DVD/dp/B002HSKUU8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138079&sr=1-4)
New Spider-Man 1995 - Season 4, Volumes 1 & 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spider-Man-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002HSKUTY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138079&sr=1-5)
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 4 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-4-DVD/dp/B002HSKUTO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248138079&sr=1-6)

[FlawedCoil82]

Concerning the Clear Vision releases, I am rather surprised to see Omega Red (who only appeared in two episodes) appear on two seperate covers, while more common villains such as Apocalypse or Magneto have been left off the covers. :confused:
Jack

[my_hero]

Has anyone heard how well the CLEAR VISION X-MEN Dvd's are selling? I know the U.S. X-Men did really well...and according to Amazon UK, New Spider-Man Seasons 1 and 2, AND Spider-Woman are on the top 100 most wanted and bestselling dvd lists but no X-Men...

I'm really enjoying the Clear Vision releases so far (Yes I have em all!:D), just hope they continue...;)

[tenderheartbear]

I know I bang on about it but...

I wouldn't be at all surprised if people in the UK were simply importing the US releases of X-Men, the R1 versions will be 5 double disc sets, you can get them for around £13-£15*, so at worst they'll cost you £75 for 5 seasons. The R2 are split over about 15 single disc sets costing around £10* so that's £150, let alone the massive amount of space the CV releases take up.

I haven't purchased the R2 versions for this very reason, it's not that I don't want to support CV, I do. But it's frankly too expensive and not space-saving enough to do so. If every release was 2 discs I'd probably still get them, even though a couple of seasons would still be split. Obviously the US is a bigger market for these types of releases than the UK anyway which dramatically effects the sales figures.

I'm waiting to see if they're re-packaged (unlikely I know) once the whole range is out and the money has been made. If not, I'll get the R1 versions in one go.


*online prices, give or take.

[Kirben]

The DVD releases of the X-Men series by Clear Vision and Disney seem to offer advantages, and disadvantages though:

Clear Vision DVDs:
+ Better audio/video quality?
+ Episodes in production order
- More DVD volumes (12 for series?)
- Some episodes are edited (Anyone keeping track?)

Disney DVDs:
+ Lower price
+ Less DVD volumes (5 for series)
+ Uncut episodes (so far)
- Episodes are in airdate order (for USA)
- Worse audio/video quality?

I switched to UK DVD releases, due to the episode order.

[Golgo-13]

The DVD releases of the X-Men series by Clear Vision and Disney seem to offer advantages, and disadvantages though:

Clear Vision DVDs:
+ Better audio/video quality?
+ Episodes in production order
- More DVD volumes (12 for series?)
- Some episodes are edited (Anyone keeping track?)

Disney DVDs:
+ Lower price
+ Less DVD volumes (5 for series)
+ Uncut episodes (so far)
- Episodes are in airdate order (for USA)
- Worse audio/video quality?

I switched to UK DVD releases, due to the episode order.

I've definitely noticed that the audio and video quality of CV releases to be better than Disney, and Jetix. Whatever they're doing differently to those two other studios as far as the transfer to dvd is concerned is producing better results.

[James Harvey]

Two separate DVD releases are scheduled to hit shelves today, including Wolverine and The X-Men: Deadly Enemies and the Canadian-exclusive Wolverine and The X-Men - Season One, Volume Two. Click on the links below to check out the talkbacks for these two new releases.

-Wolverine and The X-Men: Deadly Enemies DVD Talkback (Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=232842)
-Wolverine and The X-Men - Season One, Volume Two DVD Talkback (Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=232841)

Stay tuned for further updates.

[joltman]

I noticed the cover art, and runtime listed at Amazon UK, but how can we be sure that is finalized? that episodes 20 - 25 part on the cover art is very strange.

I really wonder why Clear Vision didn't split season 3 (21 episodes) into three DVD volumes, with 7 episodes for each disc. Then use four DVD volumes for season 4, which is longer (23 episodes). With one final volume for season 5 (only 6 episodes).



No, the episodes on X-Men Season 3 Volume 3 (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/x-men-season-3-volume-3-dvd.html) don't match the script order, listed on the wikipedia.
Actually, that DOES match what was on Wikipedia. As I said, I literally JUST edited that Wikipedia page before I posted that, because Love in Vain was listed in season 4 when it was supposed to be in season 3. We'll see what the next release has, if it's by production order, it will start with Nightcrawler, if it's by script order, it will start with A Deal with the Devil.

[Trevor]

I've definitely noticed that the audio and video quality of CV releases to be better than Disney, and Jetix. Whatever they're doing differently to those two other studios as far as the transfer to dvd is concerned is producing better results.

Now then I haven't seen any of the Clear Vision releases, but I must say that even when you are comparing the Out Of The Past Parts 1 & 2 episodes that Disney recently re-released to the version that Disney released back in 2003 on the Legends Of Wolverine DVD and even further back when Universal released their 2001 Reunion Parts 1 & 2, Out of the Past Parts 1 & 2, No Mutant Is An Island DVD, the video doesn't look as compressed as it does on the new Volume 2 set. Infact, I think out of the 3 versions, the 2003 version by Disney looks even more sharper and the colors are richer than the Universal DVD (on the Universal, it looks like when the episodes were put on the disc the copies used were the network masters, but were digitally enhanced as to lighten the picture a tiny bit). But on the new Volume 2 set, I think Disney used the same masters for the 2 episodes as they did in 2003, except what is making them look a lot darker and not as sharp as they looked back then is the amount of compression applied to the video inorder to allow for the other 7 episodes on the disc.

(I just realized something, but Out Of The Past Parts 1 & 2 must be Marvel's favorite episode for DVD of the whole series here in North America, since it is the only episode that I can think of, that has had 3 seperate DVD releases---first in 2001 by Universal, then in 2003 and now again in 2009, both times by Disney.)

[chator]

I've definitely noticed that the audio and video quality of CV releases to be better than Disney, and Jetix. Whatever they're doing differently to those two other studios as far as the transfer to dvd is concerned is producing better results.

I beg to differ, although i don't have any of the Disney releases, i don't believe the video quality on the Clear Vision releases are better than the Liberation releases. I purchased Season 1 from Liberation last year in two volumes, and Season 2, Vol. 1. I also recently purchases Season 2, Vol. 2 of the Clear Vision release and upon viewing releases from both companies, i believe the Liberation video quality is superior, at least, in some respects like the opening credits, what i would really need to compare are the same episodes from both companies, but i'm not going to re-purchase Season 1 again from Clear Vision just to do that.


I know I bang on about it but...

I wouldn't be at all surprised if people in the UK were simply importing the US releases of X-Men, the R1 versions will be 5 double disc sets, you can get them for around £13-£15*, so at worst they'll cost you £75 for 5 seasons. The R2 are split over about 15 single disc sets costing around £10* so that's £150, let alone the massive amount of space the CV releases take up.

I haven't purchased the R2 versions for this very reason, it's not that I don't want to support CV, I do. But it's frankly too expensive and not space-saving enough to do so. If every release was 2 discs I'd probably still get them, even though a couple of seasons would still be split. Obviously the US is a bigger market for these types of releases than the UK anyway which dramatically effects the sales figures.

I'm waiting to see if they're re-packaged (unlikely I know) once the whole range is out and the money has been made. If not, I'll get the R1 versions in one go.


*online prices, give or take.

I purchased all of Season 1 and the first Vol. of Season 2 from Liberation last year and just recently purchases Vol. 2 of Season 2 from Clear Vision to complete that set, but i will not be purchasing any more Clear Vision releases. While i do think the packaging is superior with the Clear Vision/Liberation releases, it's too expensive to purchase four volumes for another season, so if i decide to keep purchasing more episodes i will begin purchasing the Disney releases. IMO it's ridiculous to spread out a season into four volumes. And since i am in the U.S. i have to pay more since the dollar is worth less than the pound and import it.

[RydermanUK]

The DVD releases of the X-Men series by Clear Vision and Disney seem to offer advantages, and disadvantages though:

Clear Vision DVDs:
- Some episodes are edited (Anyone keeping track?)

I only have Seasons 1 and 2 and (as far as i'm aware) the only cuts are-

Night of the Sentinels, Part 2 - Cut Storm vs. Sentinel footage towards the end of the episode.

Repo Man - The word "bleeding" is cut from the line "None of your bleeding business". (Anyone know if this is cut on the Disney release?)

[Trevor]

I was just over on another website (tvshowsondvd.com) and they have a report over there that Lionsgate "is making plans for" a November 3, 2009 release date for the 3rd volume of Wolverine and the X-Men episodes. They don't have any episode listings yet, since they say that they got it from some retailer sources that they know and not directly from Lionsgate.

But, considering how the past 2 releases for Wolverine and the X-Men have hit store shelves at roughly the same time in both the US and Canada, I would expect Liberation to also be announcing a 3rd volume for release around or on November 3, if the Season 1 set is only going to be out for a Limited Time.

[my_hero]

And since i am in the U.S. i have to pay more since the dollar is worth less than the pound and import it.

I know what you mean ....the single Clear Vision dvds come out to about $17.50 each US $ (including shipping from Amazon UK)...BUT.. I'm gonna continue to get em...They are great quality, Great packaging, and Dammit they look OH SO BEAUTIFUL on my shelf!:)

[Golgo-13]

I beg to differ, although i don't have any of the Disney releases, i don't believe the video quality on the Clear Vision releases are better than the Liberation releases. I purchased Season 1 from Liberation last year in two volumes, and Season 2, Vol. 1. I also recently purchases Season 2, Vol. 2 of the Clear Vision release and upon viewing releases from both companies, i believe the Liberation video quality is superior, at least, in some respects like the opening credits, what i would really need to compare are the same episodes from both companies, but i'm not going to re-purchase Season 1 again from Clear Vision just to do that.

I'm using the Silver Surfer and 1995 Spiderman season 1 by CV, to make my comparison vs The Liberation release of 1996 Hulk series season 1. All 3 of those series were produced in the mid to late 90's, so their quality should be pretty even. Yet, i noticed with the CV release the colors and lines of both the series i mentioned are bright and sharp, yet the 1996 Hulk from Liberation isn't as sharp. In fact i own 4 eps of the 1996 Hulk series released over here in the US by Disney, and the quality of the Disney released eps looks alot crisper and sharper than the same eps from the Liberation release.

[Trevor]

I'm using the Silver Surfer and 1995 Spiderman season 1 by CV, to make my comparison vs The Liberation release of 1996 Hulk series season 1. All 3 of those series were produced in the mid to late 90's, so their quality should be pretty even. Yet, i noticed with the CV release the colors and lines of both the series i mentioned are bright and sharp, yet the 1996 Hulk from Liberation isn't as sharp. In fact i own 4 eps of the 1996 Hulk series released over here in the US by Disney, and the quality of the Disney released eps looks alot crisper and sharper than the same eps from the Liberation release.

You also have to remember that with shows released on DVD in the UK and other countries that use the PAL format, there is going to be some lose of crispness due to PAL's 25.97 fps, whereas NTSC DVD's run at 29.97 fps. So saying that an NTSC DVD of The Hulk is sharper than a PAL DVD of The Hulk doesn't lend a lot of credence.

[FlawedCoil82]

Repo Man - The word "bleeding" is cut from the line "None of your bleeding business". (Anyone know if this is cut on the Disney release?)

The word 'bleeding' in "Repo Man" is included on the Disney releases. I just checked.
Jack

[andyscot]

You also have to remember that with shows released on DVD in the UK and other countries that use the PAL format, there is going to be some lose of crispness due to PAL's 25.97 fps, whereas NTSC DVD's run at 29.97 fps. So saying that an NTSC DVD of The Hulk is sharper than a PAL DVD of The Hulk doesn't lend a lot of credence.
its 25fps not 25.97fps big mistake that made when talkign about pal :) people think it the same as ntsc and has . after it it doesnt it jsut 25 :)

Dnt take it personal against you i was not trying ot be jsut correct you :)

It appears the shows that gettign released by lace are for cookie jar, so i aint sure what shows they have apart from DIC shows?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mask-1-Box-Set-DVD/dp/B002FP5ML0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248266518&sr=1-9

[Golgo-13]

You also have to remember that with shows released on DVD in the UK and other countries that use the PAL format, there is going to be some lose of crispness due to PAL's 25.97 fps, whereas NTSC DVD's run at 29.97 fps. So saying that an NTSC DVD of The Hulk is sharper than a PAL DVD of The Hulk doesn't lend a lot of credence.

Well then, how do you explain 1995 Spiderman the animated series' episodes then? I have NTSC episodes of 'The Venom Saga', and a few other eps released from season 1 by Disney, and i have the CV release of 1995 Spiderman to compare it to. Again, the CV release that is in PAL format looks alot crisper and sharper, both the audio and video, than the same eps released by Disney which are NTSC, so i don't see your point.

Again, whatever CV is doing which the transfers, i like it and i hope they keep it up.

[RydermanUK]

The word 'bleeding' in "Repo Man" is included on the Disney releases. I just checked.
Jack

Thanks for checking Jack,
Looks like I might be getting the Disney releases as well :shrug:

[Trevor]

its 25fps not 25.97fps big mistake that made when talkign about pal :) people think it the same as ntsc and has . after it it doesnt it jsut 25 :)

Dnt take it personal against you i was not trying ot be jsut correct you :)

I'm not, but I when I wrote that I was trying to remember the different frame rates between NTSC, PAL and Secam, since I've done most of my work in television with NTSC equipment, and have only dubbed stuff down to PAL or Secam a couple of times. I just double checked a text book that I have and it says that both PAL and Secam run at 25 fps.

[my_hero]

SPIDER-MAN AMAZING FRIENDS - Season 1 DVD (http://cgi.ebay.com/Spiderman-and-His-Amazing-Friends-2-Disc-DVD-Set-New_W0QQitemZ350230351022QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray?hash=item518b5b0cae&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A2122%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)
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Found these on EBAY. Were these released here in the states?:eek:
The Listing lists them from a company called Ino Productions and "SEALED & ORIGINAL BRAND NEW & FACTORY RELEASE (NTSC) !!:ack:

[Spider-Friends]

They are just high quality bootlegs.

[ShadowStar]

James Harvey, do you know if there are any dual layer pauses on the season 1 DVD of The Spectacular Spiderman? Attack of the Lizard seemed to have a few, which bothered me.

[Danzigg]

Good news looks like my Spider-Woman DVD may have arrived today will let you know later.

[James Harvey]

James Harvey, do you know if there are any dual layer pauses on the season 1 DVD of The Spectacular Spiderman? Attack of the Lizard seemed to have a few, which bothered me. I did not notice any pauses upon watching the The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete First Season DVD release.

Please note I will have the talkback posted up for The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete First Season posted on Tuesday.

[my_hero]

Good news looks like my Spider-Woman DVD may have arrived today will let you know later.

Lucky!;)

[joltman]

James Harvey, do you know if there are any dual layer pauses on the season 1 DVD of The Spectacular Spiderman? Attack of the Lizard seemed to have a few, which bothered me.
There can't be a few dual layer pauses, there can be at most one dual layer pause on a DVD. It must have been something else.

[Trevor]

James Harvey, do you know if there are any dual layer pauses on the season 1 DVD of The Spectacular Spiderman? Attack of the Lizard seemed to have a few, which bothered me.


Are you sure that your DVD wasn't suffering from DVD rot? Or maybe it just had some dust/fingerprints on the disc that your player was having trouble reading through?

[Golgo-13]

Good news looks like my Spider-Woman DVD may have arrived today will let you know later.

I'm angry:mad:............with envy!:p

[Danzigg]

Enjoy
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[my_hero]

WALOPING WEBSNAPPERS!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Golgo-13]

Enjoy
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Nice.

Let me know how the video quality is.:)

[Danzigg]

Nice.

Let me know how the video quality is.:)

Grainy I'm afraid, but you kind of look past this I've only watched the first episode so far and it's a joy to own.

[Golgo-13]

Grainy I'm afraid, but you kind of look past this I've only watched the first episode so far and it's a joy to own.

Very grainy? Is it on par with Spiderman and His Amazing friends and/or the 1982 Hulk releases from Jetix? Basically does it look like there have been any enhancement techniques applied to it?

[Breck]

WOOHOO!! My Spider-Woman dvd arrived yesterday too! Really liking the packaging and very excited about sitting down and watching some episodes tonight. Haven't had a chance to check the quality, but the grainy-ness doesn't worry me. Having the eps on dvd for the first time ever is more than a trade off for lack of remastering. It'll look better than my battered Video Gems vhs, that I'm sure of!! Roll on Fantastic Four '78!!:)

[Spider-Man]

I still don't know if I should keep my The Spectacular Spider-Man Volumes 2 - 4 DVDs. I am just waiting for my copy of the season one set to ship and I can't wait to get it. I can't remember the last time I was this excited for a TVonDVD release.

[ShadowStar]

There can't be a few dual layer pauses, there can be at most one dual layer pause on a DVD. It must have been something else.


Are you sure that your DVD wasn't suffering from DVD rot? Or maybe it just had some dust/fingerprints on the disc that your player was having trouble reading through?

Hmm, that's strange. It's odd that Attack of the Lizard and Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo are the only DVDs I have that seem to have this problem... Well, I hope I don't experience the same hassle with the season 1 set...

[my_hero]

November 3rd Wolverine & The X-Men Vol. 3 is set to be released in the USA .Lionsgate will also be releasing a Wolverine & the X-Men - Giftset, packaging all three volumes up to that point into one case.

When will they learn that we want a COMPLETE box set?...:sad:
Oh well,...I'm getting the Canadian Complete steelbook case (http://www.amazon.ca/Wolverine-X-Men-S1-Co/dp/B002GJBS5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248470959&sr=8-1) set so that I don' have to wait 3 years for one to come out here in the states!

[satam55]

.

When will they learn that we want a COMPLETE box set?...:sad:
Oh well,...I'm getting the Canadian Complete steelbook case (http://www.amazon.ca/Wolverine-X-Men-S1-Co/dp/B002GJBS5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248470959&sr=8-1) set so that I don' have to wait 3 years for one to come out here in the states!


I wouldn't. When the complete series is finally released in the U.S., there should be plenty of special features galore. While the Canadian version has no special features.

[Trevor]

November 3rd Wolverine & The X-Men Vol. 3 is set to be released in the USA .Lionsgate will also be releasing a Wolverine & the X-Men - Giftset, packaging all three volumes up to that point into one case.

When will they learn that we want a COMPLETE box set?...:sad:
Oh well,...I'm getting the Canadian Complete steelbook case (http://www.amazon.ca/Wolverine-X-Men-S1-Co/dp/B002GJBS5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248470959&sr=8-1) set so that I don' have to wait 3 years for one to come out here in the states!

Well, I've got the steelbook case on order, since I really want to see the last couple of episodes of the show. I am still really TICKED at YTV for their marathon a few months back. As far as I know, they didn't advertise that they were airing a marathon and I was just expecting a new episode that week.

But I just got the Heroes Return Trilogy, and I must say that I'm surprised that Lionsgate got the DVD rights to the series in the US since I watched Part 1 and I noticed that there was no mention anywhere on in the episode about Lionsgate being involved in any part of the production or distribution of the show. So, it sort of leaves the question why the Liberation releases don't have any bonuses since Liberation has a co-production credit in the show, and appears to be the broadcast distributor in both the US and Canada.

[akuma632]

Enjoy
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Awesome !!!! can we get some bigger screen shots please !!!! and some screen shots of the video please?

[marvelfan101]

have we heard anything from Marvel or Disney at Comic Con about other marvel shows from 90s coming to dvd :confused:

[Amazing Friends]

I'm confused - are we not still just over a week away from Spider-Woman being released in the UK? How did you manage to get it so early?

PS. You have probably all seen this already (or not interested, with the foreign DVDs being more popular) but PLAY now has the cover for Wolverine & the X-men Volume 2.
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9556443/Wolverine-Vol-2/Product.html

(Sorry - I don't know how to post images on here...)

[Trevor]

PS. You have probably all seen this already (or not interested, with the foreign DVDs being more popular) but PLAY now has the cover for Wolverine & the X-men Volume 2.
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9556443/Wolverine-Vol-2/Product.html



How do you guys manage to get 7 episodes in one package, while the rest of us in Canada and the States have to suffer with only 3-5 episodes every 3 months!

[Amazing Friends]

It's maybe because of the lack of special features on the UK releases? I guess 3-5 episodes every 3 months is bad, but it's also pretty bad waiting 6 months for 7 episodes.:)

[Golgo-13]

I'm confused - are we not still just over a week away from Spider-Woman being released in the UK? How did you manage to get it so early?

PS. You have probably all seen this already (or not interested, with the foreign DVDs being more popular) but PLAY now has the cover for Wolverine & the X-men Volume 2.
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9556443/Wolverine-Vol-2/Product.html

(Sorry - I don't know how to post images on here...)

I think those that got it early PRE-ORDERED it from Clear Vision directly. The pre-orders usually go out a few days earlier than the actual release date.

[Amazing Friends]

I thought it might be that, but when I checked the CV website it still said "release: August." I wouldn't have been so surprised if it had been been posted a few days earlier, but over a week in advance is amazing. I might start ordering direct from now on.

[Golgo-13]

I thought it might be that, but when I checked the CV website it still said "release: August." I wouldn't have been so surprised if it had been been posted a few days earlier, but over a week in advance is amazing. I might start ordering direct from now on.

Yeah, CV is pretty lousy at updating their release date but that could be said about the Superheroes on Dvd site; they still have 1995 New Spider-Man Season 2 listed as being released in June.........

[Trevor]

It's maybe because of the lack of special features on the UK releases? I guess 3-5 episodes every 3 months is bad, but it's also pretty bad waiting 6 months for 7 episodes.:)

You also have to remember that the Canadian releases also don't have any bonuses, so so far we've been treated to 2 DVD releases consisting of 4 episodes each over a 4 month span, and we aren't even half-way through the season, even though the entire season has been aired here in Canada.

But I guess the complete season release in September is going to remedy that, although I just wish Liberation had maybe released the season set in May or June, just after YTV and Teletoon had finished airing the whole series. I think that would've made more sense, just like it makes sense to release the series in small chunks in the US because the US is only seeing the show in small chunks.

[Breck]

I'm confused - are we not still just over a week away from Spider-Woman being released in the UK? How did you manage to get it so early?

PS. You have probably all seen this already (or not interested, with the foreign DVDs being more popular) but PLAY now has the cover for Wolverine & the X-men Volume 2.
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9556443/Wolverine-Vol-2/Product.html

(Sorry - I don't know how to post images on here...)

Yeah I ordered direct from CV and I'm nearly half way through watching mine now! I don't think the picture quality is bad at all. In fact it's pretty damn good for a 30 year old cartoon that wasn't that popular at the time of its release! Stereo sound is great too. A no brainer of a purchase. ;)

[Breck]

I've been thinking. So far the Clearvision Marvel releases have been very good, image and sound quality wise.

A big problem with the original Liberation SMAHAF release was that the picture had been "remastered" (meaning the brightness had been raised to mask dust and debris on the film. So no actual remastering took place).

Sooner or later, the original print run of the SMAHF dvds will end. Does anyone think that when this happens, Clearvision will release their version of the series, with no tampering regarding picture quality?

I'm thinking it's a pipe dream, but wouldn't it be great if it was re-released with all the extras that fans originally wish listed? I'd buy it anyway! :confused:

Hi, me again!

I know there are several other forum threads about the 90's X-men dvd releases, but I thought I'd ask here as my question applies to all the releases and not individual volumes.

I've been following the many debates regarding the differences between the UK and US release of the 90's X-Men dvds, but I've still not come to any conclusions.

UK seems to have better quality picture, but are split into volumes and are cut (this really bothers me and may finally sway my decision towards the US releases).

On the other hand I'd much rather have nicer picture quality than suffer the "ghosting" that's been talked about on here, so the UK sets seem to be the best ones for this.

Does anyone have both versions, and if so would it be possible to post some comparison screen grabs to show the differing quality? My instincts tell me to go for the US releases as they are uncut and you get more bang for your buck, but the image quality problem is a real bug-bear for me.

Thanks in advance.

[Spider-Friends]

Does anyone think that when this happens, Clearvision will release their version of the series, with no tampering regarding picture quality?

I'm thinking it's a pipe dream, but wouldn't it be great if it was re-released with all the extras that fans originally wish listed?

I wish! I think it is a pretty slim chance that they would go to trouble though. I never realized how much trouble it is to get a show on DVD until it was explained to me by a guy at Liberation. The second a company decides to put a show on DVD, it is almost too late to make any changes to it because there is such a long line of things that need to be done. (The conversion to digital, then the subtitling, the foreign languages, closed captioning, etc.. ) When the people in charge decide to put a show on DVD, it then gets a release date which is just enough time to get all of the necessary work done. It takes a company that is willing to think "outside the box" from the beginning to give them time to find unedited episodes and "missing pieces" such as SMAHAF's missing Stan Lee narration. And the time it would take them to find such things is a big risk factor. If they don't immediately know where that stuff is, it is too risky financially to bother.

Of course, Clearvision could contact ME to get almost everything missing from SMAHAF...but I suspect that having everything already done for them (even if it is edited) is too sweet of a deal for them to consider paying to have everything done again.

[FlawedCoil82]

Hi, me again!

I know there are several other forum threads about the 90's X-men dvd releases, but I thought I'd ask here as my question applies to all the releases and not individual volumes.

I've been following the many debates regarding the differences between the UK and US release of the 90's X-Men dvds, but I've still not come to any conclusions.

UK seems to have better quality picture, but are split into volumes and are cut (this really bothers me and may finally sway my decision towards the US releases).

On the other hand I'd much rather have nicer picture quality than suffer the "ghosting" that's been talked about on here, so the UK sets seem to be the best ones for this.

Does anyone have both versions, and if so would it be possible to post some comparison screen grabs to show the differing quality? My instincts tell me to go for the US releases as they are uncut and you get more bang for your buck, but the image quality problem is a real bug-bear for me.

Thanks in advance.

I have tried to stress over and over again on here that the ghosting issue is just as bad on the UK releases as on the US editions, but no one seems to read my posts. :shrug: I would happily post screen captures on here if I could to prove my point, but unfortunately I only have Windows Media Player to watch my dvds on and it doesn't let me do screen captures. I think the audio on the UK editions might be a tad louder than the US editions (I can't tell the difference though since I do not have surround sound). But it's frustrating that people keep saying the UK editions have superior picture quality, because I can see plain as day the exact same interlacing issue on the UK editions as the US editions and just wish I could post screen captures to prove it.
Jack

[Breck]

and just wish I could post screen captures to prove it.
Jack

Hi there. Have you tried VLC player? It lets you take screengrabs really easily and it'll also let you play pretty much any file format. A great thing to have! Thanks for the info.

[RydermanUK]

the ghosting issue is just as bad on the UK releases as on the US editions

In my opinion, Liberation's X-Men 1.1 was pretty awful for digital interlacing, but the problem doesn't seem quite so bad on 1.2 and is hardly noticable on 2.1 and 2.2.
I can't speak for 3.1 as i don't own it yet.

[FlawedCoil82]

In my opinion, Liberation's X-Men 1.1 was pretty awful for digital interlacing, but the problem doesn't seem quite so bad on 1.2 and is hardly noticable on 2.1 and 2.2.
I can't speak for 3.1 as i don't own it yet.

I can only speak for Liberation's 1.1 and 1.2 as I didn't buy anything past that. So if you say the digital interlacing problem was corrected after that, then you could be right. I just know (as you said) 1.1 was pretty bad and 1.2 I recall having less, but still enough to be bothersome.

Breck, is this VLC Player you talked about a free download or is it something that has to be purchased? You guys are fairly cool on here, but I don't really wanna pay anything just to prove a point. ;)
Jack

[Trevor]

Hi, me again!

I know there are several other forum threads about the 90's X-men dvd releases, but I thought I'd ask here as my question applies to all the releases and not individual volumes.

I've been following the many debates regarding the differences between the UK and US release of the 90's X-Men dvds, but I've still not come to any conclusions.

UK seems to have better quality picture, but are split into volumes and are cut (this really bothers me and may finally sway my decision towards the US releases).

On the other hand I'd much rather have nicer picture quality than suffer the "ghosting" that's been talked about on here, so the UK sets seem to be the best ones for this.

Does anyone have both versions, and if so would it be possible to post some comparison screen grabs to show the differing quality? My instincts tell me to go for the US releases as they are uncut and you get more bang for your buck, but the image quality problem is a real bug-bear for me.

Thanks in advance.

You also have to remember that that "ghosting", whether it is interlacing problems or whatever, may be on the master tapes that Disney and Clearvision are using (considering that Disney, whether they own the rights or are the exclusive distributor of the masters for the shows, is most likely the place where Clearvision is getting their copies from) and may be an error that cropped up while the film was being converted to videotape back in the 90's, so it might just be a result of the technology of the time and wouldn't be resolved until Disney or Marvel went back to the original film negatives and converted the shows to digital. And that is most likely not going to happen for quite a while.

But as for the cuts in the British versions of the episodes, as someone else said on this forum those were made because the Television authority in Britain doesn't allow for bright flashes of light to appear on screen, so that people with seizures won't get a seizure. So, I guess Clearvision is most likely issuing the "uncut" British versions of the show.

[andyscot]

I can only speak for Liberation's 1.1 and 1.2 as I didn't buy anything past that. So if you say the digital interlacing problem was corrected after that, then you could be right. I just know (as you said) 1.1 was pretty bad and 1.2 I recall having less, but still enough to be bothersome.

Breck, is this VLC Player you talked about a free download or is it something that has to be purchased? You guys are fairly cool on here, but I don't really wanna pay anything just to prove a point. ;)
Jack
Its free and by far miles better than WMP, if i remeber likely it open soruice to, there also media player classic


You also have to remember that that "ghosting", whether it is interlacing problems or whatever, may be on the master tapes that Disney and Clearvision are using (considering that Disney, whether they own the rights or are the exclusive distributor of the masters for the shows, is most likely the place where Clearvision is getting their copies from) and may be an error that cropped up while the film was being converted to videotape back in the 90's, so it might just be a result of the technology of the time and wouldn't be resolved until Disney or Marvel went back to the original film negatives and converted the shows to digital. And that is most likely not going to happen for quite a while.

But as for the cuts in the British versions of the episodes, as someone else said on this forum those were made because the Television authority in Britain doesn't allow for bright flashes of light to appear on screen, so that people with seizures won't get a seizure. So, I guess Clearvision is most likely issuing the "uncut" British versions of the show.
There has only been one cut and it a minor one where storm says something in episdoe 2. The other cut is jsut for siezures

[my_hero]

I have both the US and the UK X-Men DVDs..

They both suffer from the "ghosting" problem but the UK editions is far less than the US one...The colors in the UK are much brighter and vivid than the US one. The sound is also much crisper in the UK one...

The Advantages?

US will have 5 DVD Box Sets VS UK 12 (or so) Individual sets.
US is Much cheaper at about $18.00 per set VS UK at about the same for 1 disc..
PICTURE & SOUND quality...UK..hands down
Bonuses?... Neither.

In the end, each set will end up with the same amount of discs 10-12..
I really don't mind the single releases as the BOX art is pretty good in most of em..

AS FAR AS "SPIDER-MAN & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS" being re-released by Clear Vision...

Don't look for anything new...they re-released season 1-2 of x-men EXACTLY THE SAME..As they did with the 90's FF..menus and all...I hope I'm wrong but it looks very unlikely that they would.

[Breck]

I have both the US and the UK X-Men DVDs..

They both suffer from the "ghosting" problem but the UK editions is far less than the US one...The colors in the UK are much brighter and vivid than the US one. The sound is also much crisper in the UK one...

The Advantages?

US will have 5 DVD Box Sets VS UK 12 (or so) Individual sets.
US is Much cheaper at about $18.00 per set VS UK at about the same for 1 disc..
PICTURE & SOUND quality...UK..hands down
Bonuses?... Neither.

In the end, each set will end up with the same amount of discs 10-12..
I really don't mind the single releases as the BOX art is pretty good in most of em..

AS FAR AS "SPIDER-MAN & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS" being re-released by Clear Vision...

Don't look for anything new...they re-released season 1-2 of x-men EXACTLY THE SAME..As they did with the 90's FF..menus and all...I hope I'm wrong but it looks very unlikely that they would.

Thanks for the info folks. Seems that some people think the quality differs and some don't. I'm going to have to toss a coin I think, though buying from Clearvision is very tempting as I'd really like to show my support to the UK distributors. A tough decision, one that I think my wallet may have the final say on :mad:

VLC player is free and open source. A really invaluable bit of software and the screenshot utility is a great addition.

I thought the re-release of SMAHAF was pretty doubtful. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to own the Liberation dvds! I've spent over a decade playing the 3 episodes I had on my UK Leisure View VHS releases (two episodes on the SMAHAF vhs - http://www.spider-friends.com/Memorabilia/merchandise/Videos/video7.html and another episode, the classic 'The X-Men Adventure' on my Leisure View X-Men vhs - http://www.spider-friends.com/Memorabilia/merchandise/Videos/video8.html which also contains Pryde of the X-Men :D) so to have the complete series is wonderful.

Just looking forward to The Fantastic Four '78 to come out! It's the same with that series where I have to watch the few episodes that were released on VHS in the UK. Video Gems released 1 video (Phantom of Film City - video quality awful), as did Leisure View Video (A Monster Among Us & The Mole Man) and another vhs released by The Video Collection (The Impossible Man and The Olympics of Space). Great to have, but I want them on dvd!!!

[James Harvey]

The all-new The Spectacular Spider-Man - The Complete First Season: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD release is now available to own! Click on the link below to check out the new talkback dedicated to this much-anticipated release!

-The Spectacular Spider-Man - The Complete First Season: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD Talkback (Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=233196)

Stay tuned for further updates.

[my_hero]

The all-new The Spectacular Spider-Man - The Complete First Season: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD release is now available to own! Click on the link below to check out the new talkback dedicated to this much-anticipated release!

-The Spectacular Spider-Man - The Complete First Season: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD Talkback (Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=233196)

Stay tuned for further updates.

Just got my SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN - Season 1 at best Buy...$18.99! It's $19.99 at the store, but, just tell the BB people to price match their own website BestBuy.Com (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9381251&st=spectacular+spider-man&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1995688) or Target.com (http://www.target.com/Spectacular-Spider-Man-Complete-First-Season/dp/B002A5EBLW/sr=1-1/qid=1248809828/ref=sr_1_1/188-9876732-8150020?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-index&frombrowse=0&index=dvd&rh=k%3Aspectacular%20spider-man&page=1) where its $18.99.;)
Now....if you'll excuse me...I have over 5+ hours of SPIDER-WHATCHING to do! :)

[RydermanUK]

Was in my local HMV and Forbidden Planet today and was quite surprised to see Spider-Woman, X-Men 3.2 and Fantastic Four 2.2.

HMV has also finally got Spider-Man Season 1 in stock (although they only had one copy).

[my_hero]

Finished whatchin' SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN - Complete Season 1......
FANTASTIC! great video and audio quality! Pretty decent extras. Nice packaging. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Anyone else pick it up?;)

[Golgo-13]

Finished whatchin' SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN - Complete Season 1......
FANTASTIC! great video and audio quality! Pretty decent extras. Nice packaging. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Anyone else pick it up?;)

I'm gonna order mine from Amazon this weekend. I've only seen 1 ep of this entire series, so i'm pretty excited to watch the entire show and see what all the fuss is about.

[Trevor]

Finished whatchin' SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN - Complete Season 1......
FANTASTIC! great video and audio quality! Pretty decent extras. Nice packaging. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Anyone else pick it up?;)

Up here in Canada there seems to be a release problem with the set since a number of stores are being told that it's been "Deleted" or it won't be available for another 2-3 weeks. Even Canadian websites for the different stores are saying that the set is listed as being "Temporarily Unavailable" (which essentially means that its been deleted or backordered) or a wait of more than 14 days.

[my_hero]

Up here in Canada there seems to be a release problem with the set since a number of stores are being told that it's been "Deleted" or it won't be available for another 2-3 weeks. Even Canadian websites for the different stores are saying that the set is listed as being "Temporarily Unavailable" (which essentially means that its been deleted or backordered) or a wait of more than 14 days.


Just order it from amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Spectacular-Spider-Man-Complete-First-Season/dp/B002A5EBLW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248882282&sr=8-1) in the US..it's region 1 and has the same content.:)

[Pepperidge]

Up here in Canada there seems to be a release problem with the set since a number of stores are being told that it's been "Deleted" or it won't be available for another 2-3 weeks. Even Canadian websites for the different stores are saying that the set is listed as being "Temporarily Unavailable" (which essentially means that its been deleted or backordered) or a wait of more than 14 days.

Which stores are you talking about, exactly?

[Trevor]

Which stores are you talking about, exactly?

Wal-Mart, cdplus, amazon.ca, just to name a few.

[TheVileOne]

Hey guys, just to clarify,

is Sony going to be releasing all the Marvel anime in Japan and the US?

Sony's logo was in front of both the anime teasers at SDCC.

[Danzigg]

I hope so see's silly not to.

[Pepperidge]

Wal-Mart, cdplus, amazon.ca, just to name a few.

It seems that Wal-Mart isn't carrying the title. Nor are Zellers, Future Shop or Best Buy. Personally, I think this is outrageous, especially considering how few copies most HMVs are getting in. Waiting on Amazon.ca is going to be your best bet. They'll get it in.

[Trevor]

It seems that Wal-Mart isn't carrying the title. Nor are Zellers, Future Shop or Best Buy. Personally, I think this is outrageous, especially considering how few copies most HMVs are getting in. Waiting on Amazon.ca is going to be your best bet. They'll get it in.

Yeah, where I am we've only have Wal-Mart, cdplus (close to me) and then Zellers way, way at the other end of town.

But, considering just how poor the distribution for the Volume sets that were released over the past year were, I'm not surprised.

[Sonic_Eclipse]

Since Disney is releasing the 90's X-Men series on DVD, I was wondering when or if they have any plans on releasing the 90s Spider-Man series on proper season DVD sets as well?

I think it would be foolish of Disney not to release this series, surely it has higher demand than the X-Men series. Or are they holding out for now to cash-in on Spider-Man 4, which is still a few years away?

[marvelfan101]

we don`t know at this point Disney so far only seem to be releasing X-men on dvd

[FlawedCoil82]

I think it would be foolish of Disney not to release this series, surely it has higher demand than the X-Men series.

I don't know about that.... :sad: From my understanding, X-Men was (and still is) the single most successful Marvel animated show thus far.
Jack

[varsas]

Since Disney is releasing the 90's X-Men series on DVD, I was wondering when or if they have any plans on releasing the 90s Spider-Man series on proper season DVD sets as well?

I think it would be foolish of Disney not to release this series, surely it has higher demand than the X-Men series. Or are they holding out for now to cash-in on Spider-Man 4, which is still a few years away?
They already are in the UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_d_h_?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=new+spider+man+1995&x=0&y=0

[Trevor]

Since Disney is releasing the 90's X-Men series on DVD, I was wondering when or if they have any plans on releasing the 90s Spider-Man series on proper season DVD sets as well?

I think it would be foolish of Disney not to release this series, surely it has higher demand than the X-Men series. Or are they holding out for now to cash-in on Spider-Man 4, which is still a few years away?

Well I've got a theory that Disney is probably planning on releasing the series after the X-Men series, since I'm wondering if with the DVD releases so far if Disney meant for the DVD's to read Marvel Comic Books Collection Volume 1/2: X-Men, instead of the more spoken way of saying Marvel Comic Book Collection: X-Men Volume 1/2. So it might be possible that Disney is making this a line that they'll be adding a title or two to every couple of months until all the Marvel shows that they own are released.

[Danger08]

Re-registering to this place after losing my password was a royal pain.

Not been keeping abreast with the Marvel animated shows DVD release schedule for the last two months, then randomly checked for Spider-Woman a few days ago and FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spider-Woman on DVD 3rd August.

Awesome!

So anyway I gotta couple of questions, if anyone could answer that would be great.

1- How does the Spider-Woman DVD picture quality compare to SMAHAF DVD's which featured the contrast levels turned up to far and Firestar's yellow costume looking all washed out.

2- Same question again about HULK 82 DVD which I have yet to pick up.

3- What is the picture quality like on SM TAS season 1 DVD?

Mod Note: Inappropriate language edited out. Watch the language, please.

[Breck]

Re-registering to this place after losing my password was a royal pain.

Not been keeping abreast with the Marvel animated shows DVD release schedule for the last two months, then randomly checked for Spider-Woman a few days ago and FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spider-Woman on DVD 3rd August.

Awesome!

So anyway I gotta couple of questions, if anyone could answer that would be great.

1- How does the Spider-Woman DVD picture quality compare to SMAHAF DVD's which featured the contrast levels turned up to far and Firestar's yellow costume looking all washed out.

2- Same question again about HULK 82 DVD which I have yet to pick up.

3- What is the picture quality like on SM TAS season 1 DVD?

Mod Note: Inappropriate language edited out. Watch the language, please.

Hi there, and welcome back!

To answer your questions:

1) Spider-Woman doesn't seem to have been "enhanced" like SMAHAF. The picture is really good for a cartoon that's 30 years old. There's obvious age to it, but seeing as it's never been released on dvd before, it's a great buy and well worth the cash. I'm no expert, but I'm very happy with it.

2) Hulk 82 looks great. No messing about with contrast there either. A must have.

3) Do you mean Spider-Man (90s) ? Sorry, it's Friday and my brain's fried. If so the picture and sound are great. Again it's not available anywhere else, so I'd go for it. Check previous posts on here for more info about the releases too.

Hope that helped!

[Danger08]

Helped a lot!

Much thanx, and yea I was talking about the 90's Spidey show, great to see it finally getting released properly in it's entirety.

[Golgo-13]

The 1982 Hulk cartoon WAS enhanced. It shows the video enhancement (before and after shots) on the extras on the dvd itself. As far as getting it, Jetix has discontinued it but it's available through a few Amazon sellers. I'd get it before it disappears altogether.

[marvelfan101]

Well I've got a theory that Disney is probably planning on releasing the series after the X-Men series, since I'm wondering if with the DVD releases so far if Disney meant for the DVD's to read Marvel Comic Books Collection Volume 1/2: X-Men, instead of the more spoken way of saying Marvel Comic Book Collection: X-Men Volume 1/2. So it might be possible that Disney is making this a line that they'll be adding a title or two to every couple of months until all the Marvel shows that they own are released.

that sounds interesting hope this is what Disney is planing on doing :eek:

[Prawnsoda]

The 1982 Hulk cartoon WAS enhanced. It shows the video enhancement (before and after shots) on the extras on the dvd itself. As far as getting it, Jetix has discontinued it but it's available through a few Amazon sellers. I'd get it before it disappears altogether.

Once the Liberation version has sold out it will be re-released through Clear Vision... So don't pay silly money for it.

[Golgo-13]

Once the Liberation version has sold out it will be re-released through Clear Vision... So don't pay silly money for it.

I actually bought mine at the beginning of the year, so i already had it. Same with SMAHAF.

Got an estimated time frame on that Prawnsoda? Working on a cover maybe...;)

[Trevor]

Hi there, and welcome back!

To answer your questions:

1) Spider-Woman doesn't seem to have been "enhanced" like SMAHAF. The picture is really good for a cartoon that's 30 years old. There's obvious age to it, but seeing as it's never been released on dvd before, it's a great buy and well worth the cash. I'm no expert, but I'm very happy with it.

2) Hulk 82 looks great. No messing about with contrast there either. A must have.

3) Do you mean Spider-Man (90s) ? Sorry, it's Friday and my brain's fried. If so the picture and sound are great. Again it's not available anywhere else, so I'd go for it. Check previous posts on here for more info about the releases too.





I take it these two sets were mastered from something other than a VHS tape? I'm just asking since Spider-Woman Vs. The Fly and The Incredible Hulk: When Monsters Meet (1980's episode) have both been released here in Canada by Morningstar (infact Morningstar "double-dipped on the Hulk disc, since the released it as a single release, and then re-released it as part of the "Heroes" box set) and all the episodes on the discs, unless you are playing them by composite video (yellow cable, but even the Hulk DVD looks bad this way) look extremely bad via S-Video or Component because the master was an old VHS. Plus the DVD release of The Hobgoblin and Mutant Agenda were from VHS as well.

[Spider-Friends]

I take it these two sets were mastered from something other than a VHS tape? I'm just asking since Spider-Woman Vs. The Fly and The Incredible Hulk: When Monsters Meet (1980's episode) have both been released here in Canada by Morningstar...

Yes. All of Liberation and Clearvision's releases are coming from the UK masters which are probably film. Regardless they are MUCH better sources than video tape.

[satam55]

Yes. All of Liberation and Clearvision's releases are coming from the UK masters which are probably FILM. Regardless they are MUCH better sources than video tape.


http://www.realestniggas.com/board/images/smilies/smilies/confused0006.gif.......Since the masters are film prints (Hopefully, 35mm film prints), couldn't Clearvision or Liberation make Blu-ray sets? I would love to have 90's Spider-Man in 1440 x 1080p HD.

[andyscot]

http://www.realestniggas.com/board/images/smilies/smilies/confused0006.gif.......Since the masters are film prints (Hopefully, 35mm film prints), couldn't Clearvision or Liberation make Blu-ray sets? I would love to have 90's Spider-Man in 1440 x 1080p HD.
Luiberation have nothing to do with the marvel now, clear vision could od it but it cost thema lot i doubt they will, there probally not be a bigger enough demand for the hd version but i to would love it

[Trevor]

Yes. All of Liberation and Clearvision's releases are coming from the UK masters which are probably film. Regardless they are MUCH better sources than video tape.

You would hope that it is film. Of course, considering that quite a bit of the 90's Spider-Man was done on computers, that part might only be available on videotape. But that would be something interesting to maybe ask some one at Disney about in terms of the condition of the series. (Think about what's happened with Babylon 5 being released on DVD because the computer files for the CGI special effects have been lost. Of course, if they had printed the CGI to film, then it would be something else.)




.......Since the masters are film prints (Hopefully, 35mm film prints), couldn't Clearvision or Liberation make Blu-ray sets? I would love to have 90's Spider-Man in 1440 x 1080p HD.

It would be intersting to see the series on Blu-Ray. And even with 16mm film you could still master the show into 1080p, since with film you are not dealing with pixels.

Of course, even on Blu-Ray the 90's Spider-Man would most likely be like Star Trek: if it was shot in 4:3 you'll have the pillar-box effect, unless they crop the picture to a 16:9 frame.

[Trevor]

Luiberation have nothing to do with the marvel now, clear vision could od it but it cost thema lot i doubt they will, there probally not be a bigger enough demand for the hd version but i to would love it


Actually there would probably be a pretty big demand in the broadcast market (and even the home market). Even now people a constantly praising Walt Disney for shooting most of his 1950's TV series in color, even though back then they were only broadcast in black and white, since ever since color-TV was introduced Disney has been able to charge more for those shows/episodes than they could for black and white shows. And it would be the same with HD content. If a studio remasters something into HD (like CBS did with the 60's Star Trek), they can ask pretty much what they want for the HD versions of the show, because TV Stations that are looking for HD shows only have a small amount of content to choose from right now.

It would be interesting to see if Disney has been able to make a lot of profit off of the remastered 1967 Spider-Man series which was, according to different articles, remastered in 4:3 1080p, or if any TV stations have licensed HD versions of the remastered eps.

[Golgo-13]

Speaking of re-master, is there any news on whether CV is gonna re-master 67 Spidey for it's release? I know Disney re-mastered most of the series but 6 eps were not; is CV gonna finish off the remastering process?

[satam55]

Speaking of re-master, is there any news on whether CV is gonna re-master 67 Spidey for it's release? I know Disney re-mastered most of the series but 6 eps were not; is CV gonna finish off the remastering process?


Those 6 episodes did eventually get remastered, but they didn't make to the dvd release. If Disney ever releases a Blu-Ray of 60's spider-man, then you can see those 6 episodes remastered.

There is no need for CV to remaster them, all they need to do is use the new masters that Disney made for 60's spider-man.

[andyscot]

Actually there would probably be a pretty big demand in the broadcast market (and even the home market). Even now people a constantly praising Walt Disney for shooting most of his 1950's TV series in color, even though back then they were only broadcast in black and white, since ever since color-TV was introduced Disney has been able to charge more for those shows/episodes than they could for black and white shows. And it would be the same with HD content. If a studio remasters something into HD (like CBS did with the 60's Star Trek), they can ask pretty much what they want for the HD versions of the show, because TV Stations that are looking for HD shows only have a small amount of content to choose from right now.

It would be interesting to see if Disney has been able to make a lot of profit off of the remastered 1967 Spider-Man series which was, according to different articles, remastered in 4:3 1080p, or if any TV stations have licensed HD versions of the remastered eps.

yeah disney could do it, but i doubt clar vision could it wouldnt be profitable i tihnk to them but i agree with what you say and i would lvoe it

[my_hero]

Just a reminder....


SPIDER-WOMAN DVD IS FINALLY OUT!!!! (on Amazon uk and play.com):p
(mine's been shipped today along with "New" Spider-Man Season 2!)

[Golgo-13]

Hey! How did yours dispatch before mine when i ordered mine via Priority Mail (UPS)................:mad:


:p

[marvelfan101]

Spiderman 67 and Spiderman tas both would be great to own on blu ray :eek:

[my_hero]

Hey! How did yours dispatch before mine when i ordered mine via Priority Mail (UPS)................:mad:


:p
Donno..says been shipped...usually get it from uk in about 5 days to OHIO usa. normal shipping

I don't get it...What's up with the superheroesondvd.co.uk (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/index.html) site...They haven't
updated it in a long time...you'd think they would with them selling these dvds and people going there to look...I know I would.:sad:

[Chaz]

My 94 Spider-Man Season 2 shipped Saturday. I already preordered seasons 3 and 4. So close to having the entire series!

[Golgo-13]

I've pre-order S3 and S4 already.

Edit: just got confirmation that mine has shipped via UPS and will be here wednesday!

[Amazing Friends]

Just a reminder....


SPIDER-WOMAN DVD IS FINALLY OUT!!!! (on Amazon uk and play.com):p
(mine's been shipped today along with "New" Spider-Man Season 2!)
I'm just having no luck...
I was jealous of all those who had Spider-Woman over a week early, then those who even SAW it in the shops, so I cancelled my Amazon order and went with Sendit, who seemed to have it in stock last week, and slightly cheaper too! It was posted and I received it today - I opened it up to find Spider-Man complete season 2 sent by mistake!

All I wanted was Spider-Woman on release day...:(

[Danger08]

I'll be ordering Spider-Woman & season 1 & 2 of SMTAS tmr so I'm pretty excited... I have a question tho-

Does anyone think there is now more of a chance of Spider-Man 1981 getting a full DVD release? Is this show owned by the same people?

[Spider-Friends]

Does anyone think there is now more of a chance of Spider-Man 1981 getting a full DVD release? Is this show owned by the same people?

Yes, Clearvision has the rights to it and they say that it is on their "to do" list. As long as the other Marvel titles sell well, we should see Spider-Man 1981 down the line.

[kow626]

here's to hoping it doesn't suck. :)

[Trevor]

yeah disney could do it, but i doubt clar vision could it wouldnt be profitable i tihnk to them but i agree with what you say and i would lvoe it


Well, why couldn't Clearvision just ask Disney to make some Hi-Def PAL copies of the show(s) for broadcast and Blu-Ray distribution in the UK and other PAL countries, considering, as some have pointed out in the past on this forum, that the reason that the 67 collection was released and remastered was because Buena Vista International (possible out of the UK) paid for the remastering.

Think about it, Disney either owns or controls (with Marvels permission) the rights to the original film negatives for all the pre-2000 Marvel shows, so it is highly logical that, while Disney no longer has the international rights to the shows, Disney would still be the company that Clearvision would be getting any new PAL masters from, if any of the old masters were worn to the point that they needed to be replaced.

[Trevor]

Yes, Clearvision has the rights to it and they say that it is on their "to do" list. As long as the other Marvel titles sell well, we should see Spider-Man 1981 down the line.

You know, here in Canada I'm surprised that we haven't heard anything from Morningstar Entertainment about them possible releasing other Marvel cartoons on DVD, considering just how many Marvel VHS tapes were released in the 1980's and 1990's (I've mentioned quite a few on this forum).

Sure the quality is only VHS quality, but still it shows that Disney doesn't seem to have the full Canadian rights to the shows. Otherwise Morningstar wouldn't have been able to release the DVD's.

Of course, another possibility is that Disney did allow Morningstar to release the DVD's, but only if they used VHS copies.

[Pepperidge]

Of course, another possibility is that Disney did allow Morningstar to release the DVD's, but only if they used VHS copies.
I believe that is exactly what the case was.

[Golgo-13]

I'll be ordering Spider-Woman & season 1 & 2 of SMTAS tmr so I'm pretty excited... I have a question tho-

Does anyone think there is now more of a chance of Spider-Man 1981 getting a full DVD release? Is this show owned by the same people?

It should eventually. My only concern now is that since Spider-Woman wasn't enhanced/re-mastered in any sort of way, it could mean we may get a notch above VHS like quality for the release of Spider-man 1981 also.:(

[chator]

Just a reminder....


SPIDER-WOMAN DVD IS FINALLY OUT!!!! (on Amazon uk and play.com):p
(mine's been shipped today along with "New" Spider-Man Season 2!)

Personally, more interesting in Spiderman TAS Season 2.

[Danger08]

Yes, Clearvision has the rights to it and they say that it is on their "to do" list. As long as the other Marvel titles sell well, we should see Spider-Man 1981 down the line.

AWESOMENESS!!!!
That's my fav Spidey show ever.

Guess what I got through the post today?

SAHAF seasons 2 & 3. Anyone who bought season 1 stand alone,- there is a guy on amazon.co.uk selling Season 2 & 3 factory sealed.

Don't know how many of these got printed but I'm thinking it was not many!

Anyway, I'm off to order Spider-Woman and SMTAS.

[andyscot]

Well, why couldn't Clearvision just ask Disney to make some Hi-Def PAL copies of the show(s) for broadcast and Blu-Ray distribution in the UK and other PAL countries, considering, as some have pointed out in the past on this forum, that the reason that the 67 collection was released and remastered was because Buena Vista International (possible out of the UK) paid for the remastering.

Think about it, Disney either owns or controls (with Marvels permission) the rights to the original film negatives for all the pre-2000 Marvel shows, so it is highly logical that, while Disney no longer has the international rights to the shows, Disney would still be the company that Clearvision would be getting any new PAL masters from, if any of the old masters were worn to the point that they needed to be replaced.

Clear vision are getitng there msters from teh ex jetix, now own by disney uk. It would probally cost clear vision more to get disney to do it than od it themself disney are greedy.

Dnt ask me why disney uk would still need ot pay disney itnernational it a weird amrket

[Breck]

It should eventually. My only concern now is that since Spider-Woman wasn't enhanced/re-mastered in any sort of way, it could mean we may get a notch above VHS like quality for the release of Spider-man 1981 also.:(

The Spider-Woman dvd is WAY better quality than VHS, no question. I'd compare it in quality to some of the original late 60s Scooby Doo Where Are You? releases that came out on dvd a while ago.

There's obvious dust floating around the cells on those what with age, but the footage it still great and much better than any VHS release I've ever seen.

I hope to put some screengrabs of Spider-Woman up here asap. Fingers crossed for a Spidey '81 dvd release soon!

[RydermanUK]

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/9826357x.jpg

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9826357/Iron-Man-Vol-1-Box-Set/Product.html

[ShadowStar]

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/9826357x.jpg

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9826357/Iron-Man-Vol-1-Box-Set/Product.html


This is surprising, considering that Nick Toons hasn't finished the first 13 episodes yet (as far as I'm aware) but they'll be done before September. And ITV is releasing this DVD? They have the rights to show Iron Man: Armoured Adventures as well...?

[Danzigg]

Did not expect that wow, Will still wait for the Blu-Ray though.

Still curious if the show will continue on Disney XD when it launches 31st August and Jetix ends here in the UK.

[Trevor]

For those of you who watch the Region 2 DVD releases of the various Marvel shows here in North America (US/Canada), do you watch them on your computer, and if so, what program do you use to allow you to watch the discs on Region 1 DVD drives?

[Kirben]

For those of you who watch the Region 2 DVD releases of the various Marvel shows here in North America (US/Canada), do you watch them on your computer, and if so, what program do you use to allow you to watch the discs on Region 1 DVD drives?

AnyDVD can be used to watch DVDs from other regions under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, and includes options to allow skipping past the forced warnings/trailers at the start of discs too.

[Golgo-13]

For those of you who watch the Region 2 DVD releases of the various Marvel shows here in North America (US/Canada), do you watch them on your computer, and if so, what program do you use to allow you to watch the discs on Region 1 DVD drives?

VLC is the program i use. I have a Mac with two drives installed. One is set to region 1, and the other region 2.

[andyscot]

Did not expect that wow, Will still wait for the Blu-Ray though.

Still curious if the show will continue on Disney XD when it launches 31st August and Jetix ends here in the UK.
it remains after the rebrand


This is surprising, considering that Nick Toons hasn't finished the first 13 episodes yet (as far as I'm aware) but they'll be done before September. And ITV is releasing this DVD? They have the rights to show Iron Man: Armoured Adventures as well...?
nicktoosn does nto have the rights to it here in the uk that only ion america

[Danger08]

Just watched season 2 & 3 of Amazing Friends in one day yesterday for the first time in 20 plus years.

I thought the Firestar and Spidey origin shows were done well, I'm just not a fan of the Jap animation style. I prefer the look of the episodes that were done in USA.

My fav episode of the show as a child was Attack of the Arachnoid and that one was still awesome, I love the Arachnoid's voice, totally creepy!

I know it was a kids show, but one plot hole that was just plain dumb was how in 'Spidey meets the girl from tommorow' webhead decides on the spot to go live in another universe FOREVER- with some chick he had just met, without even a phone call to Aunt May! Heheh

As for Liberation's craptastic attempt at 'remastering', that's a shame.
As far as I can see all this amounted to is turning the contrast up too high in an attempt to cloak the dust on the film but the result is that the colors are often washed out. Fair enough if they did not have access to the original cels, in which case I'd prefer they left it as it was like the Spider-Woman DVD.

Anyway I'm really looking forward to watching HULK 82, Spider-Woman & SMTAS without the same sucky image quality. Will post opinions when I've watched em.

[Trevor]

AnyDVD can be used to watch DVDs from other regions under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, and includes options to allow skipping past the forced warnings/trailers at the start of discs too.

Does it allow you to switch between the different Regions all the time, or after 5 or 6 uses does it cause your DVD drive to "lock" into one region?

[tenderheartbear]

Does it allow you to switch between the different Regions all the time, or after 5 or 6 uses does it cause your DVD drive to "lock" into one region?

It just makes it region free, that's it. I use DVD43, free download from various sites, never had a problem.

[Spider-Friends]

Does it allow you to switch between the different Regions all the time, or after 5 or 6 uses does it cause your DVD drive to "lock" into one region?

I use ANYDVD too. It's pretty much a dream.

You don't have to do anything. When you put in a DVD, anydvd will automatically scan it for a few seconds, then you can play the disc on any DVD program of your choosing.

[joltman]

I watch my region 2 DVDs on my linux-based MythTV PC hooked up to my TV, and to my surprise I never had to change anything regarding regions or format (PAL vs NTSC)

[chator]

Can someone who bought the Spider-Woman Dvd by Clear Vision post a review about it? I'm on the fence about buying it and i want to get someone else's thought about the release before making a commitment.

[Golgo-13]

Can someone who bought the Spider-Woman Dvd by Clear Vision post a review about it? I'm on the fence about buying it and i want to get someone else's thought about the release before making a commitment.

Get it! Get it! Get it!

Mine arrived today. The packaging and CV episode booklet are cool. But what i'm most pleasantly suprised about is how great the quality is despite it not being re-mastered or enhanced in any sort of way. I guess if a studio prints these dvds straight from the masters, then the quality is gonna be pretty good regardless.

Order it NOW my friend!

A few screencaps:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/spiderwoman5.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/spiderwoman2.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/spiderwoman3.jpg

[akuma632]

Thanks for the screen caps!!!!


get it! Get it! Get it!

Mine arrived today. The packaging and cv episode booklet are cool. But what i'm most pleasantly suprised about is how great the quality is despite it not being re-mastered or enhanced in any sort of way. I guess if a studio prints these dvds straight from the masters, then the quality is gonna be pretty good regardless.

Order it now my friend!

A few screencaps:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/spiderwoman5.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/spiderwoman2.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/spiderwoman3.jpg

[sdp]

Well the Mexican first season of WatX is on sale for about $19 (better than the past sale which was about $25 at another store, no comic book on this one though), I went ahead and bought it even if I haven't watched the show its a pretty sweet deal. Its in fullscreen, audio spanish/english, subtitles, menus are static but not bad played perfectly on my Region 1 player, quality is good 5 episodes per disc. Here is a link if anyone wants to order them.

http://www.sanborns.com.mx/sanborns/product.asp?sku=7502220542726&subdept_id=30213&dept_id=3

[marvelfan101]

Well the Mexican first season of WatX is on sale for about $19 (better than the past sale which was about $25 at another store, no comic book on this one though), I went ahead and bought it even if I haven't watched the show its a pretty sweet deal. Its in fullscreen, audio spanish/english, subtitles, menus are static but not bad played perfectly on my Region 1 player, quality is good 5 episodes per disc. Here is a link if anyone wants to order them.

http://www.sanborns.com.mx/sanborns/product.asp?sku=7502220542726&subdept_id=30213&dept_id=3

fullscreen that sucks !

[satam55]

Well the Mexican first season of WatX is on sale for about $19 (better than the past sale which was about $25 at another store, no comic book on this one though), I went ahead and bought it even if I haven't watched the show its a pretty sweet deal. Its in fullscreen, audio spanish/english, subtitles, menus are static but not bad played perfectly on my Region 1 player, quality is good 5 episodes per disc. Here is a link if anyone wants to order them.

http://www.sanborns.com.mx/sanborns/product.asp?sku=7502220542726&subdept_id=30213&dept_id=3






You should return it ASAP!!!! WatXM is animated and Produced in Widescreen. You should buy the Canadian version or wait for the U.S. release.