DVD finally coming!
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ghostfan — 15 years ago(October 02, 2010 12:14 AM)
You said it - it's FANTASTIC! I've watched through disc 2 so far - though I do know the show well - lived on bootlegs for the last few years. They didn't have the hook.
(glad to know there's another Jeremy Brett fan on this board, too)
The thing I am happiest about is the guy who has been selling boots for $100 a set (they were taped off the Mystery channel a few years ago, I believe) is out of business. -
autour — 15 years ago(January 23, 2011 05:27 PM)
The question was:
"is the hook before the show included? You know, so and so is about to be murdered
and are the copies nice and pristine?"
I didn't notice an answer, so if you're still awaiting one, the answer is yes, they start each with the hook . . . which was then, and still is now, a unique start (as far as I know). Like the unique break right before the rap-up, where he breaks the forth wall and asks the audience if they have it figured out, and offers a clue or direction.
As for the rest of the question, it looks clean and pristine on my system.
I started watching this series off NetFlix a short while ago and am really enjoying it. Wish it had lasted longer. -
FlaxyMartin — 15 years ago(March 08, 2011 05:29 AM)
I too recently purchased the DVD and they did a great job with remastering this series and the quality of the box set.
When you watch it today, it makes you wonder what the network was thinking canceling it- and even the viewers who chose NOT to tune in. This show definitely deserved a second season to prove itself, and give the writers more time to come up with clever stories. There easily should have been up to 100 episodes of this show. -
buckndi — 15 years ago(October 10, 2010 07:57 PM)
I had a mad crush on Jim Hutton, and finally getting the DVD's reminds me why. This show was SO well done, and the DVD's are complete with all the elements that made me love it. I was heartbroken when it was canceled (same year my dad passed away, that may have had something to do with it), I launched a bitter letter writing campaign against the network.
"Don't worry. On a new job it's quite common for things not to go well at first." -
misspaddylee — 15 years ago(October 12, 2010 05:18 AM)
I had a mad crush on Jim Hutton, and finally getting the DVD's reminds me why.
I wanted my daughter (age 20) to get a sense of the feel of the show, so I paused before Ellery/Jim's challenge to the viewer. When the clip ended, she was grinning at me and said "You love him, don't you?" What could I say, but Yes, ever since
The Horizontal Lieutenant
. She's taken the time to watch a couple of episodes with me and I sense love in bloom.
I was heartbroken when it was canceled (same year my dad passed away, that may have had something to do with it), I launched a bitter letter writing campaign against the network.
The cancellation of
Ellery Queen
marks the only time I ever wrote a letter of protest to a network.
"Madame meets many people, but she usually avoids the mad ones." -
ghostfan — 15 years ago(October 18, 2010 10:31 PM)
I was also crushed when this show was cancelled
When I was a kid-teenager back in the late 60's and early 70's, I only developed crushes on three actors - Edward Mulhare from the Ghost and Mrs. Muir back in 1968-1970, Patrick Macnee on re-runs of the Avengers, (show was already cancelled) and Jim Hutton in Ellery Queen in 1974-75. I was devistated when GAMM and Ellery were cancelled, and I STILL think they were gone way too soon! Thank goodness for Ellery making it to DVDs - now if GAMM could only make it to a legitimate release, I will never ask for another old show in my whole life! -
shlubby_has_taste — 15 years ago(March 10, 2011 04:17 PM)
This is one fine show. Musta been bad timing, maybe, that it didn't get the success it deserved. Too bad. I'm enjoying watching these episodes more than anything else on TV.
I watch alotta TVbut that doesn't mean I don't have a job. -
FlaxyMartin — 15 years ago(March 17, 2011 08:15 PM)
I can't figure out if it was bad timing or the audience that season (75-76). It is hard to watch these shows remastered for DVD and know there is only ONE season. The show was done so well with the quality sets, 40s hair, make up and fashion, cars etc. Yes, I know getting everyone together to reveal the murderer would have gotten old, but Murder She Wrote ran 12 seasons with the premise that a middle aged mystery writer stumbles across a murder or two every episode (and doesn't need therapy!). It's sad to know Jim Hutton died a few years later. When I watch the show, I love his character. He's likable, funny, charming, and I love the story lines within the story that involve him and a lady friend. He had good chemistry with those women, it worked. I know if the series was given a second season, it would have only gotten better. This easily should have been a show that stopped because of the death of Jim Hutton, not because of ratings.
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shlubby_has_taste — 15 years ago(March 18, 2011 04:31 PM)
Nicely said. I've made the same comparison myself to Murder She Wrotewho's creator also produced EQ. A VERY close premise, but I think EQ was simply a much better show. It just didn't make sense that it didn't fare better ratings-wise. People's taste is a funny thing.
I watch alotta TVbut that doesn't mean I don't have a job. -
MsELLERYqueen2 — 12 years ago(March 25, 2014 05:41 PM)
But weren't the mystery shows more popular in the eighties than in the seventies?
In the eighties and early nineties, we had Miss Marple, Poirot, Lord Peter Wimsey, Campion, etc.
Murder She Wrote
was one of many mystery shows running at that time. I know of only a few which were popular in the seventies.
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JimHutton (1934-79) & ElleryQueen