Changes made to Review for Persuaders The: Complete Series (Blu-ray) (UK)

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Created on Friday, 23rd September 2011, 01:56
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Change #1 - scripts. [i]*Users of multiregioning software AnyDVD may want to deactivate the program when trying to open the PDFs, as it appears to clash.[/i] <newline>• Alth

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Created on Friday, 23rd September 2011, 01:50
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Change #1 - ows. <newline> <newline>The episodes themselves come on five Blurays, with the extras on a further three standard DVDs. The main extras disc is a completely reauthored edition from the previous DVD set. While much of the content is the same, a number of very pleasing additions have been made – not least the reunion of Curtis and Moore on [i]The Alan Titchmarsh Show[/i] and the inclusion of PDF material – scripts, annuals, brochures and the like. The two DVDs containing the “movie” versions (episodes edited together for theatrical release) are reissues of the H &amp; I discs of the previous set. The question was asked on Twitter whether it was worth double-dipping on this set given Network’s excellent 2006 DVD set. The answer is a resounding [i]yes. <newline> <newline>[/i]The episodes themselves come on five Blurays, five episodes to a disc and four on disc five. The HD extras (production footage, stills, alternate title sequence and the Saint episode) are included on these discs while the SD extras on a further three standard DVDs. The main extras disc is a completely reauthored edition from the previous DVD set. While much of the content on that disc is the same, a number of very pleasing additions have been made – not least the reunion of Curtis and Moore on [i]The Alan Titchmarsh Show[/i] and the inclusion of PDF material – scripts, annuals, brochures and the like. The two DVDs containing the “movie” versions (episodes edited together for theatrical release) are reissues of the H &amp; I discs of the previous set. <newline> <newline>[u
Change #2 - ble act. A word of warning to parents about this particular extra – Tony Curtis’s unparliamentary language relating an anecdote about filming with Joan Collins. <newline> <newline>[b]V
Change #3 - ets. <newline> <newline>[b]Extras:[/b] <newline>At the risk of offending Network who have put a lot of work into the extras on this set, I’d just like to point out that most importantly for me (and I suspect many fans who have hard-of-hearing family members) [i]This set has [b]subtitles[/b]!!!![/i] 20/10 on this score, Network. The exhaustive extras included in the set are: <newline>• Recently found production footage (including some behind the scenes) (mute, HD) <newline>• Extensive image galleries of rare and previously unseen stills (HD) <newline>• The Saint: The Ex-King of Diamonds (HD) <newline>• Previously unseen alternate title sequence (HD) <newline>• Viewing Notes by archive television historian Andrew Pixley <newline>• Moore and Curtis reunion on the Alan Titchmarsh Show <newline>• Contemporary French interview footage from 1971 <newline>• 1972 Sun TV Awards footage <newline>• BECTU History Project audio interview with Johnny Goodman <newline>• Commentaries with Roger Moore, Tony Curtis and production staff <newline>• The Morning After - Remembering The Persuaders! exclusive documentary <newline>• AVROSkoop documentary <newline>• Top of the Pops <newline>• European and (mute) UK promotional spots Selected episodes have audio commentaries with Roger Moore, Tony Curtis and production staff. Again, a word of caution that language can get a little salty occasionally. <newline> <newline>[b]Extras:[/b] <newline>At the risk of offending Network who have put a lot of work into the extras on this set, I’d just like to point out that most importantly for me (and I suspect many fans who have hard-of-hearing family members) [i]This set has [b]subtitles[/b]!!!![/i] 20/10 on this score, Network. <newline> <newline>The exhaustive extras included in the set are: <newline>• Recently found production footage (including some behind the scenes) (mute, HD) – some alternative takes complete with clapperboards, optical material by Chambers and Partners. Described as “Text, Textless, Process and Post”, which isn’t a solicitors’ specialising in movie law but raw episode titles in English and sometimes French, background plates for the titles and other bits and pieces. Roughly half-an-hour’s worth of stuff per each of the five discs, so quite an insight into television production of the era. <newline>• Extensive image galleries of rare and previously unseen stills (HD) <newline>• The Saint: The Ex-King of Diamonds (HD) – the previously mentioned “pilot” for [i]The Persuaders![/i] with Stuart Damon and looking absolutely amazing in HD. Please Network, a set of HD [i]Saint[/i] episodes. <newline>• Previously unseen alternate title sequence (HD) – almost identical to the final version used apart from one or two odd shots. <newline>• Moore and Curtis reunion on the Alan Titchmarsh Show – in a way rather poignant. Tony C is obviously ailing by the time this was made, but his look of amazement when Titchmarsh announces Sir Roger is priceless. <newline>• Contemporary French interview footage from 1971 – avec les subtitles Anglais. <newline>• 1972 Sun TV Awards footage – [i]The Persuaders[/i] hoover up the top awards. <newline>• BECTU History Project audio interview with Johnny Goodman – audio only. <newline>• The Morning After - Remembering The Persuaders! exclusive documentary – fascinating viewing but with the aforemention caveat about language. <newline>• AVROSkoop documentary – a Dutch programme that goes behind the scenes of the show. <newline>• Top of the Pops – Pan’s People star in a promo film for [i]The Persuaders[/i] theme. They don’t do much real dancing as such, and are all dressed in pinstripe suits so nothing really to show off what made Pan’s People the stuff of many a seventies’ adolescent’s dreams. <newline>• European and (mute) UK promotional spots – Curtis and Moore on a Chinese restaurant set (from Death In The Family) doing a series of promo pieces. <newline>•
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Change #5 - s. <newline> <newline>[b]Conclusion[/b]: <newline>This is the definitive set of [i]The Persuaders![/i] If, like me, you’re a dyed in the wool Persuaderphile, you’ve just got to treat yourself to this set. Although I’ve got these check discs, I’m saving up my pennies to get the finished product with the viewing notes book by tv historian Andrew Pixley, as Pixley’s books are always excellent reading. I wasn’t able to get hold of this for review (or the PDF material)• Script and Memorabilia PDFs – some of the really fascinating stuff included on this disc – pages from ITC promotional material, pages from various annuals which included [i]Persuaders[/i] material, and most strikingly the scripts. <newline>• Although unavailable for review, the set includes tv historian Andrew Pixley’s exhaustive 156-page viewing notes book. <newline> <newline>[b]Conclusion[/b]: <newline>This is the definitive set of [i]The Persuaders![/i] If, like me, you’re a dyed in the wool Persuaderphile, you’ve just got to treat yourself to this set. Although I’ve got these check discs, I’m saving up my pennies to get the finished product, and if that isn’t a recommendation I don’t know what is.

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Created on Monday, 19th September 2011, 03:14
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Change #1 - aking. <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000086699"][imgmc=0000150610.jpg][/url]*[i]images are not taken from the Blu-rays and are included for illustrative purposes only. They do not reflect the image quality of the discs.[/i] <newline> <newline>At the
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Change #4 - eo[/b] <newline>I have to reiterate the images I[apost]ve used to illustrate this review with are taken from the previous DVD release on account of I can[apost]t do Blu-ray screen grabs. They in no way reflect the image quality of the Blu-ray discs. <newline> <newline>The epis

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Created on Monday, 19th September 2011, 03:06
First Submitted by Mark Oates