Those duplication farms run hundreds of discs through the machines at
a time. One or two passes could have thousands of side b's ruined and
not effect any other disc in the set. Considering they probably
produced a couple of million sets, the likely hood that several
thousands could be deffective would not be unheard of. Actor contracts
usually only affect release of the material they appeared in, and not
any commentary on that material. I suspect the loosey release was due
tio loosey management at universial. Look at the releases of Lost in
Space. Very little of anything there. The same with the DVD of Star
Trek TOS.

JP


--- In Buck_Rogers_25th@yahoogroups.com, "Cisco" <daddyahoh@a...> wrote:
> Well, on a few other message boards I vaiguely remember reading as
> well as two of my friends, have had the same problem I've had with
> Disk 1 Side B. It's basically that the side just skips like crazy to
> the point to that eventually it just locks up and your DVD player
> can't read anything off of it. It locks up on my Playstation 2, on
> my Panasonic DVD/VCR, and on my Mintek DVD player, so I know it's
> not any one particular player.
>
> As to Gil & Erin with wanting too much money about it all, that's
> pretty sad if it's true. When I was at the 25th anniversary showing
> if the original 1978 film back in November, Gil was absent and both
> me and my father were pretty suprised. Felix was too which was
> doubly odd. But yea, Erin showed up with her husband & daughter, all
> smiles and what not for the cameras.
>
> I just really do wish they had done so much more with the box set. I
> mean, it is literally a bare-bones box set and there's not even an
> alternate TV broadcast version of "Awakening" on the front of Disk
> 1. Fortunately, the box set HAS allowed me to go over the second
> season with a fine-toothed comb and assess that in reality, it's not
> all that bad. It wasn't honestly as good overall as the first
> season, but it had it's moments for sure.
>
> With all that said and done, I have a little piece of possible Buck
> news I'll write on another post right after this.....
>
> - Cisco
>
> --- In Buck_Rogers_25th@yahoogroups.com, richard curzon
> <hammeramicus2002@y...> wrote:
> > What kind of problem have you had with disc 1 side B? Mine works
> fine. It is fair to say that the DVD is disapointing considering
> the effort they have put into other TV sets (especially Battlestar
> Galactica). The interesting thing is that BG did not do as well as
> Buck Rogers back in the late 1970s. I suppose the reason they put
> effort into BG was because of the new mini-series which debuted
> around the same time as the DVD was sold.
> >
> > I also seem to remember reading that Universal planned a more
> lavish release, but there were problems with Gil Gerard and Erin
> Gray's agents asking for too much money (they have the same agent).
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > Cisco <daddyahoh@a...> wrote:
> > universal was REALLY cheap on the Buck Rogers box set. I mean
> think
> > about it:
> >
> > - No commentaries
> >
> > - No extras
> >
> > - Side B of Disk 1 barely works if at all (I know I'm not the
> only
> > person with this problem since I've talked to about 5 various
> people
> > with it as well).
> >
> > All I have to say is that if they can put so much darn work into
> the
> > Battlestar Galactica box set & the Knight Rider one, then why not
> the
> > same for the Buck Rogers one? It's just another perfect example of
> the
> > lack of care Universal has for their Buck Rogers property.
> >
> > - Cisco Kidd
> >
> > --- In Buck_Rogers_25th@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" <jpmotis@y...>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In Buck_Rogers_25th@yahoogroups.com, "Esther Richbourg"
> > > <earthelements_31082@y...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > buck marathon from 8til4 and the dvd is now out to buy all
> 30hrs of
> > > > buck woohoo!
> > >
> > > The DVD's are great. Too bad they took so long to get here. They
> used
> > > the theatrical version of the first episode. This left out some
> > > footage used in the broadcast version and added other footage the
> > > broadcast left out. Why couldn't they programed an option, or
> included
> > > both?
> > >
> > > JP
> >
> >
> >
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