DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '07 I => Topic started by: Nelson Collins on January 15, 2007, 04:16:34 PM
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Has is been published anywhere? I can't seem to find it on MPI's site.
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NOT To my knowledge. i've also been looking as well. i've also been looking & hoping they would SOON announce when vol 27 will be out in stores. buut no such luck on my end. anyone else find out anything yet?
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i've also been looking & hoping they would SOON announce when vol 27 will be out in stores. buut no such luck on my end. anyone else find out anything yet?
Volume 27? The first (of 6) in the DS: The Beginning series shipped this week (which, via media mail, might take a while) only to MPI club members, and Bloopers and Treasures came out at the end of least year. But DVD Collection 26 had the final eps of DS.
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Bloopers and Treasures came out at the end of last year.
I'm still trying to figure out what the treasures are. :P Chapter breaks for each of the songs in the music video segment would've been nice.
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I'm still trying to figure out what the treasures are. :P Chapter breaks for each of the songs in the music video segment would've been nice.
I'm thinking the gameshow segments are the 'treasures'? ;) But I agree, would it kill MPI to have chapter breaks? ::)
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The first (of 6) in the DS: The Beginning series shipped this week (which, via media mail, might take a while) only to MPI club members,
Even so, one wonders why there is no cover art published anywhere.
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Perhaps MPI wants its club members to be the first to see it? [idontknow]
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Perhaps MPI wants its club members to be the first to see it? [idontknow]
Perhaps, since they are catering to their members. Still, it's Marketing 101 if you are selling somthing that you show us that something. It would not have taken much for MPI to big up the Beginning series on their site, show off the product (cover art for all the Beginning releases pointing out "Buy the first five and the sixth FREE - Show, don't tell) and just maybe entice some peeps to join the club that that may not have bothered before or be on the fence about joining.
The die hards are the easy ones to get, but with only a little bit of extra effort, they might have gotten a bigger response from the more casual fan.
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I understand your point and it's a valid one - especially where casual fans or fans who are on the fence about buying the pre-Barn eps are concerned. And at some piont something tells me MPI will most probably do everything you've said.
Changing the subject slightly, personally, I'm probably a marketer's worst nightmare when it comes to packaging something that I might otherwise not be interested in to try to entice me to buy it. For instance, DVDs that have flashy packaging might get me to look at them, but all the great packaging in the world still won't get me to buy something if I strongly suspect or specifically know that it's not something that would probably appeal to me. On the other hand, often in spite of lackluster packaging, I will buy something if I suspect or know it's probably something I will enjoy. I suppose I'm a content over facade kind of guy. ;) (Which is probably why no matter how pretty/handsome an actress/actor might be, just watching them simply to appreciate their looks seems like a waste of time to me if they're lacking in talent and/or they're not bringing anything to their role beyond their looks. The same thing goes for movies, TV shows, etc. that are all flash and no real substance. (Do you hear that producers of Las Vegas?! But I digress... :D))
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... personally, I'm probably a marketer's worst nightmare...
No, MB, I am their worst nightmare. No amount of marketing or commercials or newspaper/magazine ads can entice to buy something I'm not already interested in. The ads might make me take a second look at something by alerting me to its availability, but just because the ad tells me the product is the best. . .well, I say prove it--give me a FREE demo to use in person, I say, and then maybe I'll CONSIDER
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Speculation only, but go to www.darkshadowsdvd.com and see the picture of Vicky running on the Collinwood lawn. I have a hunch that this will be the main cover art photo, as the eyes of Barnabas was on Vols. 1-26. Each collection should have a bottom photo that is relevant to the espisodes in that collection, just as was done on Vols. 1-26. In about a week, I guess we'll know if I'm right or not.
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Speculation only, but go to www.darkshadowsdvd.com and see the picture of Vicky running on the Collinwood lawn. I have a hunch that this will be the main cover art photo, as the eyes of Barnabas was on Vols. 1-26. Each collection should have a bottom photo that is relevant to the espisodes in that collection, just as was done on Vols. 1-26. In about a week, I guess we'll know if I'm right or not.
I'd sooner think it would be the main photo of the first set, with perhaps a silhouette of Collinwood where Barn's eyes were. At a guess, I would suspect that the main photos would be: Vol 1 - Vicky; Vol 2 - Burke, Vol 3 - Roger Vol 4 - Vicky and Matthew? Vol 5 - Laura (and David?) Volume 6 - Elizabeth and Jason
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Well, we'll know soon enough. I received an e-mail notification from MPI that the volume has shipped.
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I received mine in the mail today. Took seven days from shipdate which I think is pretty good for media mail. The cover is of Vicki running from Collinwood on the bottom half of the case. The top half has a nightview of Collinwood that is pretty much obscured by the DS logo. An orange-ish banner with the words The Beginning in it separates the two images.
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Sounds pretty much like the artwork that's on MPI's site.
Thanks for the report, dom. :)
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Sounds pretty much like the artwork that's on MPI's site.
It is, except it's not the exact same shot. The one on the site has Vicki giving us a peep show, the shot on the cover shows the trench coat closed.
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Hmmm - is it the same photo that was used on Volume #1 of the Collector's Series? The same photo was used as #66 in the first Philadelphia Gum Co. series of cards and as the cover of MPI's 1994 catalogue.
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Hmmm - is it the same photo that was used on Volume #1 of the Collector's Series? The same photo was used as #66 in the first Philadelphia Gum Co. series of cards and as the cover of MPI's 1994 catalogue.
Yes, now that I have the VHS in front of my face, the DVD cover is pretty much a carbon copy of VHS Collector's Series Volume One. The difference is that the DVD shot is a little closer up to the image so we see less of the original (Vicki's legs are cut off at the calves) and the DVD image has a sepia tone to it. But the photos are the same and it is the one you mentioned.
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The cover is of Vicki running from Collinwood on the bottom half of the case. The top half has a nightview of Collinwood that is pretty much obscured by the DS logo. An orange-ish banner with the words The Beginning in it separates the two images.
Cool! Not to far away from my guess then! :) Looking forward to adding it to my collection one day
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What color is the lettering on the spine?
How does the menu look/sound?
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you guys who have this are making me so jealous!
i know i'm going to join the stupid club just to get these episodes.
i haven't seen them in years and no longer have some of the "collector's series" tapes.
what is the commentary from alexandra like?
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Will someone PLEASE upload an image of the DVD cover? If you do have the first set, how about scanning the complete wraparound cover and showing it here?
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i know i'm going to join the stupid club just to get these episodes.
Oh don't cave mscbryk! You've waited this long, you can wait another year. ;)
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Will someone PLEASE upload an image of the DVD cover? If you do have the first set, how about scanning the complete wraparound cover and showing it here?
I second that emotion :D
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I second that emotion :D
Thirded! ;D
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I still have not gotten the dvds yet. i have just sent my 3rd e-mail complaing to mpi it should not take this long for the dvds to come!! iam so excited to see the extras if there is any!! loll
evan
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My "Dark Shadows: The Beginning DVD Collection 1" arrived today. It was shipped on Friday and arrived today via media mail. Pretty quick, I think.
Here are my observations of the packaging (some of this might already have been published). There are four discs containing 35 episodes. The artwork on the discs match the DVD case artwork, such as was done on Collections 1-26. There is the booklet insert, which contains a very brief synopsis of each episode. It lists nine episodes on Disc One; nine episodes on Disc Two, with a bonus interview with Alexandra Moltke; nine episodes on Disc Three, with a bonus interview with Ms. Moltke; and eight episodes on Disc Four, with a 1966 ABC promo and Episode 1 with original commercials. The front cover of the insert matches the DVD case artwork and the back cover has a photo of Liz and Carolyn standing in front of the window in the Collinwood drawing room. There is a picture of Roger and David standing outside of Collinwood on the inside of the insert. The collector's card has a photo of Victoria wearing the same coat as shown on the front of the DVD case. In this photo, Vickie is stepping out of what appears to be metallic double doors or a metallic gate.
The biggest differences in the DVD cases are as follows. The script "Dark Shadows" on the cover is much larger (taking up two lines) and is white. Underneath, in a goldish banner, are the words "The Beginning" (with a unique font). Behind the words "Dark Shadows" is a night shot of Collinwood with a prominent light in one window. It is pretty much covered by the words "Dark Shadows." Underneath the words "The Beginning" is the previously mentioned photo of Vickie running from the house. It is definitely a different shot from the one on the website, but is very similar. At the bottom, across Vickie's legs, are the words (in white) "DVD Collection 1" and underneath this are the words (again in white) "35 complete episodes plus bonus features on 4 discs."
The spine of the DVD case is black at the top and fades into a bluish color toward the bottom. The MPI logo is at the top. The words "Dark Shadows" are in blue. Underneath are the words "The Beginning," which matches the same words on the front. Above the DVD logo at the bottom are the words "Collection 1" on a goldish banner, with the numeral below the word "Collection."
The back of the DVD case is pretty much the same as on Collections 1-26. The biggest differences are that the photo is in the upper right instead of the upper left; and there is no giant eyeball in the background, but, instead, a faint photo of Collinwood is in the upper left. There is a small blurb about the show in general, a synopsis of the episodes in Collection 1, the list of actors, and the bonus features. The approximate running time is listed as 14 hours.
Whew. I think that about covers it. I don't plan to start watching thes episodes until June 27th (the 41st anniversary), since I watch each episode on the date it originally aired. That will give me a break between April 2nd (when episode 1245 aired) and when I start "The Beginning" episodes. Therefore, it will be awhile before I know what the menus look like.
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I could not wait any longer. My curiosity got the best of me. I also knew that many of you were eager to know about the menus.
Each disc begins with the FBI warning, the MPI clip, and the disclaimer about not editing the episodes' imperfections.
The menus have the words "Dark Shadows" in the upper left corner and "The Beginning" in the upper right corner. The lower left has a link to an episodes sub-menu and link to any bonus features on the disc. The background music is the same medley of muscial cues that is on Collections 21-26.
Instead of an animated menu, there are video clips from the series. These appear to be edited with a reddish-goldish canvas filter. The clips, in order, are: a shot of Collinwood at night, Liz looking out of the drawing room window and opening it, Vickie exiting a metallic gate and crossing the driveway, Vickie going down some steps, a shot of waves and then Vickie on the edge of Widows Hill with Roger coming up behind her, Roger getting into a car and driving off, and the headlights of an approaching car.
When you click on the episodes link, there is a brief transition to the sub-menu. The transition contains the same type of video, but of David. The episodes sub-menu lists the episode number and original air date. It has a still photo of Liz.
Disc Four has the bonus feature of Episode 1 with the original commercials, so there are two versions of Episode 1.
The interview with Alexandra Moltke (at least by about 3 seconds of viewing) appears to be recent.
I watched a few seconds of Episode 10 (as a sample) and saw that it contains the episode slate and announcer's voice-over.
I'm still going to wait until June 27th to begin watching these episodes.
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Thanks so much for your reports I Ching! I'm very excited about these new DVD collections, and the menus sound AWESOME. Sounds like they put a little more work into doing them this time around. I hope that it doesn't take too long for them to become available to a wider market, because I don't want to join the MPI club to get them.
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Where I said "lower left" in Reply 27 above (referring to the menus), I meant to say lower right. I actually had that reply typed and for some reason it disappeared when I tried to add a smiley icon to it. Thus I had to retype the whole thing and was a little tired by then.
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OK, but where's the COVER ART??? If you've got it, upload it for us now!!
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OK, but where's the COVER ART??? If you've got it, upload it for us now!!
Yeah, I was gonna say, descriptions, though appreciated, really do nothing for me because I'm a 'visual' person. Please can someone who has these DVD's, who has a scanner, please upload a pic of the coverart? Thanks! ;)
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I have scanned the front and back/spine of the new coverart. However, this forum will not upload them. It keeps saying the folder is full. I've scanned the photos in jpg format and neither pic is more than 14kb. I'll try uploading again later. Sorry.
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Uploading Attachments/Avatars Has Been Suspended Temporarily...
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(http://www.dsboards.com/images/dvd1.jpg)
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That's an attractive cover. Thanks for posting it Midnite. :)
Alondra
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You're very welcome.
The collector's card has a photo of Victoria wearing the same coat as shown on the front of the DVD case. In this photo, Vickie is stepping out of what appears to be metallic double doors or a metallic gate.
I Ching, that door she's exiting is to the right of Alexandra's head on the DVD cover.
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I thought that the uploading embargo had now been lifted so that I could now post the spine and back, but, alas, it has not been.
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I Ching, MB would have announced it in the topic he linked to above. (It's not that we're preventing you from using the attachment feature; it's a problem that needs to be fixed.) I didn't attach the cover image; I uploaded it to the web and used image tags to make it show up in the post.
BTW, I stopped short of posting the spine and back cover because of concerns about pirating.
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Any 'The Beginning' DVD owners think the picture is way too dark? I'm talking about the show it's self, not Midnite's scan above.
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I Ching, MB would have announced it in the topic he linked to above. (It's not that we're preventing you from using the attachment feature; it's a problem that needs to be fixed.) I didn't attach the cover image; I uploaded it to the web and used image tags to make it show up in the post.
BTW, I stopped short of posting the spine and back cover because of concerns about pirating.
I understand. I had concerns about copyright issues myself. I guess I resolved it by thinking that the cover images would promote interest in the new sets and encourage fencesitters to join the club and buy the sets. MPI would certainly benefit by that.
Using your method, I'm linking to an image of the spine and back. It is large enough to give an idea of what it looks like, but it is small enough that no one should be able to copy anything from it. If it is deemed inappropriate by the moderator, let me know and I will remove it or just remove this post or delete the image link.
(http://216.221.189.54/images/dscsb.jpg)
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It is large enough to give an idea of what it looks like, but it is small enough that no one should be able to copy anything from it.
Thanks, that's much appreciated!
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Wow that cover art is quite attractive. I like it a lot.
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yes THANK you for posting the cover art Midnight & I Ching. i don't know IF anyone posted about this on this board, but i read on home theatre forum THAT there was some problems with disc 4. some of the episodes got cut off. & apparently it was of course a screw up. & it got fixed so for those who bought it before i think feb. 7th i think it was? you can send your copy back & get it for free. well the replacement i mean. i think that's what i read. anywys as for this set, the cover art i mean. I LOVE IT! & i think they should have just called it. Vol. 27 which is what it is. & it's got commentaries? how many & on what episodes? are they any good or are they boring?
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i don't know IF anyone posted about this on this board, but i read on home theatre forum THAT there was some problems with disc 4. ...
The topic, currently on this board's p. 4, starts here:
Re: DS The Beginning DVD Disc Problems?
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well thanxs. ;D thanxs for the info. i dunno about anybody else buuuuut damn MPI I WISH they'd release the sets to stores in (2007) NOT prolly (2008)! ya know?
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I received volume two yesterday (3/30). If you haven't yet, it's on the way!
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I received volume two yesterday
Which picture did they use on the cover?
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Cover photo same as photo used here (DSCSV3) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/6303100228/sr=1-29/qid=1175344731/ref=dp_image_0/002-8536893-4310443?ie=UTF8&n=404272&s=video&qid=1175344731&sr=1-29/) ~ Photo on DVD is wider showing more of Collinwood and cuts off at Vicki's calves.
Back cover of insert same photo used here (DSCSV9) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/6303100287/sr=1-9/qid=1175344795/ref=dp_image_0/002-8536893-4310443?ie=UTF8&n=404272&s=video&qid=1175344795&sr=1-9/)
Inside insert photo same as photo used here (DSCSV24) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/6303100430/sr=1-39/qid=1175347107/ref=dp_image_0/002-8536893-4310443?ie=UTF8&n=404272&s=video&qid=1175347107&sr=1-39/) ~ Photo in DVD insert is a larger frame showing all of David from right elbow up and we see more of Collinwood.
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t56/supremezfan/JL.jpg) **
An almost identical shot of this is on the back case cover - A small photo in upper right corner.
(http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t56/supremezfan/MEDVDPC.jpg) **
DVD Post Card is same as above (without the dreadful border & signature) & extends down to the bend in the elbows and is a bit wider. It is bordered with a transparent pale blue hue (same as the blue mist on top DVD cover Collinwood photo - I know - too much info, lol.)
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That cover art is gorgeous! I'll definitely be buying those once I've got all the Barnabas episodes - only 12 move DVD sets to go ;D
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I know - too much info, lol
No way, great post - thanks for all the info!
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ya know what sucks fellow "DS" fans that not ONE store out by where i live sells "DS" anymore! i HOPE they sell the NEW sets though. ya know? buut how can i catch up to past volumes when they don't sell them ya know? [angry9] & ayuh i DO buy them online. i just prefer to get them in the in the stores so i can THAN go & watch them AS SOON as i get home ya know? ;D buut as for the prices i doubt they WILL be lowered than the previous sets ya know?