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johnnybear · Thingumajig Joined: 01 Feb 2021 Posts: 62

That's okay this was on the AE 17th disc! Network also have lots of these flashes on their discs! Does it prove what an amateur operation they are considering how they let these clunkers through without checking their produce?
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mousemeat · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:33 pm Post subject:

dissolute · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:33 pm Post subject:

There are a lot of flashes and distortions on the original master tapes as the process of playing in FX or film inserts created distortion. Some of the early DVD releases cut these 'bad' bits out completely, resulting in shorter episode durations.
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Frankymole · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:58 am Post subject:

Yes, there are a few errors on the original 1960s telerecordings producing "artefacts" like wobbly picture and sound after cuts or ad breaks. I'd rather have these in (especially as sometimes there are spoken lines during them) than cut out like the Contender/Kult TV releases. Optimum/Canal+ did a good job overall though I know some of the later filmed episodes still have minor issues like tops and tails of some scenes in the monochrome Peels being missing.
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mousemeat · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 4:47 am Post subject:

Frankymole · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:03 am Post subject:

New reaction video from Medusa Cascade. First time watching.

https://youtu.be/Yzot2_7iy3s
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darren · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 12:44 pm Post subject:

I had a feeling she'd get to the Avengers once I saw that she'd started on The Prisoner.

She's been enjoying the Keel episodes.

mousemeat · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 2:58 pm Post subject:

Frankymole · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:06 am Post subject:

Frankymole · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:51 am Post subject:

The boys have reached this episode now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm5iK_27Bbw
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Allard · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:08 pm Post subject:

Despite the circus setting I quite liked this one. It lacks the eccentricity or Avengerishness but judged as a thriller it is well done. With some outside camera work and some real circus shots incorporated, this wasn't done quick, cheap nor unimaginative. Combined with the absence of Steed it makes you feel even less that your watching an Avengers episode, yet some of the tone of the show is already there. Ingrid Hafner having an actual part in the case in stead of being a female onlooker is one of these and noteworthy.