Closer Look - Rockford Files on DVD and Blu-ray
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Join the Official World of Zaranyzerak discord server: / discord Taking a Closer Look at The Rockford Files Complete Series Blu-ray set put out by Mill Creek, along with the movie collections that aren't part of the set, and taking a peek at the art of the previous Universal DVD releases of the series.
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The Rockford Files Complete Series Blu-ray Set amzn.to/2PaHnJ5
The Rockford Files Movie Collection 1 DVD amzn.to/2X97bI5
The Rockford Files Movie Collection 2 DVD amzn.to/2VL7LeW
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"Mr Rockford. This is the School of Dance and Etiquette. This is the last time we will call you, Mr. Rockford! Do you want these damn free lessons or not?!"
Best. Answering Machine. Message. Ever.
LOL!!! Love those answering machine messges.
Thank you very much for this video Zaranyzerak, I picked up the bluray set and both movie volumes since you brought it to my attention.
I always enjoy watching your closer look videos even when I’m not familiar with what you’re covering
the Angel ones are the funniest 🤣🤣🤣
Definitely! Such a hilarious character, I love him :)
Great that comments are back
David Chase gave us both Rockford and the Sapranos
Chase didn’t have us Rockford that was Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell. Chase only wrote for the show.
This was a good show, haven't seen it in years. One episode in particular stands out for me, something about a Cripple Creek sausage factory. Excellent stuff.
The worst thing about the Mill Creek set is that, in an effort to save some money on remastering the episodes, the opening credits of early season 1 are cloned and reused on all of seasons 1, 2 & 3. Midway through season 1, the show settled on the most iconic opening credits. This opening was tweaked for Seasons 4 & 5. So, the best and most iconic version of the opening credits is simply not available in HD. The answering machine messages remain the same but the video that goes with the answering machine messages has been switched from the stable pan across the desk to shaky handheld camera shot used in the earliest episodes.
You can blame whoever did the HD remasters for that, not Mill Creek. Mill Creek simply releases the masters that are provided by the studio, they don't do the remastering themselves.
I prefer the Universal releases for the series. At least you get the brief extras from the first 2 seasons, James Garner and Stephen Cannell interviews were nice little extras to have.
Have you noticed that some bits of scenes are missing from the mill creek dvds? A reviewer on Amazon says there is about 23 seconds missing from them vs his Universal Studios ones.
Is there a big difference between the blue ray vs standard Rockford dvds?
Thanks for the review, but you skipped the video quality. As someone who owns nearly 4,000 movies and over 230 TV shows on DVD and blu ray, and as someone who already owns Rockford Files on DVD (which is pretty decent quality), does the blu ray look any better or significantly better?
I know some might say, "It's blu ray, so it must be better." Not necessarily. An example would be the fairly recent "I Dream of Jeannie" blu ray set from Mill Creek. The video quality on the blu ray is noticeably worse than the original seasonal I Dream of Jeannie DVD releases.
We compared the same scenes from several seasons of Jeannie on several different TV/blu ray play set ups (all Sony and Samsung equipment) - and as a former AV professional, the connections were with the best connectors. And, lo and behold, the DVD's looked better. They interlaced the DVD prints to get the blu ray, and it has produced a jagged picture.
So, thoughts on whether the blu ray from Mill Creek for Rockford actually looks better?
I didn't "skip" the video quality, that isn't what these videos are about. They're strictly about the contents and packaging so collectors know which editions have what, and can get a nice close look at the packaging, disc art and any pack ins. There are plenty of other sites that do detailed picture quality comparisons, these have a different focus rather than simply repeating information already available elsewhere in far more detail than I would be able to provide. I have several of the Mill Creek Blu-rays of Universal shows (specifically this, Miami Vice and Knight Rider), all the masters were provided by Universal themselves and look great to me.
Miss My First Car Badly! 77 Firebird Like the Rockford Files. Had to sell it when Moving BIG Regret.
He was in the great escape
Dude?? what in the world took you so long?? It is a fabulous show.
I know? I used to watch the repeats, watched it with my parents when it was originally on, and had the DVDs a while back. This was an upgrade, not my first time seeing the show by a long stretch!
Also there were two Rockford novels during the mid 90's that took place during the time of the reunion movies. Both were written by Stuart Kaminsky.
Oooh, thanks for the heads up! I'll have to try to track those down.
Excellent review Sir! 👍 I was thinking the other day it would have been cool to have had a Rockford Files/Cannon crossover episode? Would have been amusing to see their contrasting techniques and lifestyle.
I've been told that the region 2 land of Season one on Blu-ray has vastly superior image. It was put out by a company called Fabulous films, and the few critics there are on Amazon uk point to the general uptick. Unfortunately there's no indication that they're gonna follow through with the rest of the seasons, so I guess buying season one now is a risk, and I don't think sales have been that huge. It originally carried a hefty price tag of almost 40 pounds for season one, it's now down to almost half that. At the same time they put out first seasons for "Murder She Wrote" and Columbo, also on the high end price tag.
GOOD JOB ;-) KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Any news on releases of The Fall Guy or Moonlighting? Third Watch would be nice as well.
You missed his card on the bottom of the case
Nope. 13:35
your the king sean
Very cool video! I've just bought the bluray set. One thing you didn't touch upon was the pilot; I have the old UK dvd set of season 1 which has the two part version of the pilot, whereas the US dvd set of season 2 has the 70 min. version of the pilot (according to dvdcompare). I haven't checked my bluray yet and wonder which version is included.
dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=16055
Is it mill creek 's intention to put out their Blu-ray discs stacked?
Not sure what you mean by their "intention." Every few years, Mill Creek changes up their packaging. It used to be the boxes with paper sleeves. They go with whichever packaging manufacturer gives them the best deal. This is part of how they are able to keep the prices of their sets low. So yes, for now, the packaging they use for these Blu-ray TV Show sets have cases in which two discs are stacked on the same spindle.
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Do they purporsely put out the stacked discs or does someone tell them to package them this way?
@@lookingforahookup I'm not really understanding your confusion here. The type of packaging that they use is intended for two discs stacked on each spindle. This is simply the type of packaging they are using at this time. There's no big mystery or conspiracy about it. This was the type of packaging they went with because it was the most affordable for them to use, and thus allows them to keep the price of the sets lower because they don't have to use as many of these types of cases to house all of the discs in the set. It lowers the cost of production. Mill Creek has always done this, with different types of packaging over the years. This is just what they are currently using for their Blu-ray sets. DVD sets of the same shows use cardboard sleeves. Again, because they're cheap to produce.
Why can't I find the 8 movies streaming or playing on cable from time to time?
No idea, just not in circulation right now I guess. That's why I bought the DVDs, so I'd never have t worry about it and could watch them any time. :)
@@zaranyzerak Thank you for your answer. Just curious why was the ending of the very last movie disappointing?
will Blu-Ray play on a DVD player? should I buy Blu-ray? Or will it make a difference since I'm using a DVD player?
No, Blu-ray will not play in a DVD player. While they are both on the same size of disc, they are completely different formats. You can, however, play DVD on a Blu-ray player.
@@zaranyzerak thanks for Fast Response. I didn't think Blu-ray would make a difference on shows that were recorded in standard definition....? But you say it looks better. Don't want to invest in a Blu-ray player yet I'm going to order the DVD's now. Best TV show ever. and it helps loving the 70's, cars, music and my teenage years.
@@waymanrosshurley3141 It was shot on film. Film is much higher quality than even Blu-ray can reproduce. Anything shot on film will look better on Blu-ray than on DVD.
@@zaranyzerak oh, I've been wondering for years. Good info. Cheers!
You missed showing the two discs in the Season 6 Blu-ray set. Also it annoys me that is a Viva Elite case and the rest are Vortex cases.
Shorter season, only two discs so they didn't need the bigger spindles to stack them. Not uncommon for season sets to use different size cases for different seasons, depending on the length/number of discs. As for not showing the discs...oops. But by then you should get the general idea. Same design on all, the only difference being the main pic of Rockford, which you see on the covers, being on the disc art as well.
Stacked discs?
Does it include bonus futures
No, it's just the episodes. Pretty sure I covered that in the video...
I ended up getting the set mentioned at 12:08 because it was hard trying to find movie collection 2 stand alone at a decent price. Though, a warning to people on the movies; the last movie had one of the most disappointing endings I've ever seen and I've decided to pretend it never happened. The other factors I weighed in were the extras, and the option of subtitles, which the blu-ray doesn't have unfortunately. Personally, I didn't mind sacrificing picture quality for this trade-off but maybe if more people discover TRF, then another iteration will be in the future that has the best of both worlds.
That, and it's always interesting watching the interview with Garner on what led to the show's cancellation, since he lays out how ridiculous his employers were when it all went down and how they still wanted him to work despite being injured.
How is the transfer for this?
It's very good, didn't notice any issues, no evidence of digital tampering. Lots of detail, nice film-like texture to the image, I'm very happy with it.
@@zaranyzerak , that's good to hear. I assume Bluray.com had different discs?
@@TannerBartko Doubtful, there is only the one set/discs. I don't consider them a very reliable source of info for reviews. Mill Creek doesn't do any digital tampering with their releases, they leave the transfers as they are received from the studio. It's never going to look any better than this. I was happy with it and have no complaints.
First... Somehow.
He was looking old by 79 by 1994 he looked in bad shape to many cigarettes and booze