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Rating:  -
Route 66 Vol 2 has better video but does have some cropping problems. But honestly, after watching the episodes on Vol 2, the video is very very good. And throughout most of each episode, you don't even notice the cropping problem. If your a true Route 66 lover and want to own this entire series, then don't just listen to others who are suggesting that you return Vol 2 to the manufacturer or to not buy it at all. That's a real disservice to many many viewers and you're only getting one side when someone tells you that.
Instead, better advice is to keep the set then go ahead and write and complain about the cropping, and hopefully the manufacturer won't do that again.
And for those who are super technical about every DVD they might own, that's fine, but here's another reason why returning or not buying Vol 2 is one sided advice: The manufacturer of Vol 2 is NOT going to re-release this set. And even if they do re-release Set 2, or someone else does, it will be years and years before that happens - judging by the past of the DVD industry.
So for now, I know I'm keeping my Vol 2 set. Later if these episodes are re-released in full video ratio, I'll replace this set. But there is no way I'm letting this set go. Come on reviewers, remember, it's the only game in town regarding Route 66. I say, true Route 66 lovers will want to purchase and keep this set, until something better comes along. Again, that's what I'm doing.
Anyway, it is still so much fun to see these Route 66 episodes and in good clear video condition. One of the early episodes in this set (Disk 1: "Sleep on Four Pillows"), has a lot of footage filmed on the UCLA Campus - in 1961 no less. The beautiful old buildings look the same. Except in this episode, Buzz and Todd drive right up to some of the old UCLA buildings that are today off limits to cars (2008). In this episode Todd is taking a computer class and is standing next to a computer that's taller than him. And they call it a calculator. What a kick.
Also, on the same disk is a two part episode ("Fly Away Home") that co-stars Dorothy Malone. I didn't even know she appeared in Route 66. This episode was filmed a couple of years before she starred in the wildly popular Payton Place TV Series in 1964. And here's a personal side note. When Mrs. Malone gave up on Hollywood back in the 1960's, she sold her beautiful home in Beverly Hills (that's still there), rented a trailer and drove all the way back to her home in Dallas, Texas - she actually had to drive on parts of Route 66 to get back home. I wonder if she got her kicks on Route 66 along that long long drive home. I certainly hope she did. She was a fun actress to watch.
In another episode, Dan Duryea is also a main star. Mr. Duryea was not only one of the great charater actors in movie history, but probably the best character actor in the Film Noir era 1940-1955.
Yeah, I'm keeping my DVD set and enjoying and loving it - enjoying it a heck of a lot better than the set of old VHS tapes of the entire Route 66 Series that I purchased years ago from someone who made the tapes from a copy of a copy of a copy. I couldn't even watch the tapes with their oh so grainy video. So....for now, I'm watching these new Route 66 DVD's.
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In my opinion the quality of this DVD is slightly betrer than the 1st release of part 1 season 1. The audio still leaves something to be desired. Overall if your a Route 66 fan, pick up a copy.
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For all folks who care about the importance of maintaining the original aspect ratios of films and television programs I urge you to avoid this set. IMO, the cropping of the original 4:3 aspect ratio destroys this visual aesthetics in spite of using better source prints for picture transfers over the first boxed set.
Others may differ, but ignoring or overlooking the problem doesn't mean that there isn't one. The visual damage from cropping the 4:3 image to fit a 16:9 screen without window-boxing combined with the packaging deception is at the very least tragic, and arguably criminal, since consumers are purchasing butchered product that distorts the artist's original intent; the franchise holder should be ashamed. Note: The excuses I've read in respect to this botched effort don't inspire confidence that Infinity Entertainment Group will take responsibility and ameliorate the situation.
These should be returned to the vendor for a refund in the hope that the rights holder(s) will get the message and either correct the existing sets by a recall and replacement offer or at least release future seasons in the proper aspect ratio. Another reason to consider returning the second set as defective is the fact that consumer outrage over the practice of "tilt & scan" may be the only means of insuring that other series avoid a similar fate.
The one star rating is given because it's important to clearly delineate an advocacy position on these issues. Those who care about the BIG picture should say My Way or the Highway to Route 66.
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Just an alert to those looking at the packaging for Season 1, Volume 2. The back of the case advertises that the enclosed episodes feature guest stars such as Suzanne Pleshette, Lee Marvin, and Jack Warden. WRONG. Those guest stars appeared in the previously released Season 1, Volume 1.
Does no one perform simple proofreading of the product casing before they go to print????
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Route 66, like all TV shows of its era, was filmed in a squarish 1.33:1 aspect ratio. But for this "Volume 2" DVD set, the manufacturer has shamefully CROPPED the top and bottom of the image to about a 1.77:1 frame. Essentially, you are missing part of the picture and it ruins the original photography.
Sure, it fills a "widescreen" TV, but at what expense? Tops of heads are frequently "cut off", and the cropping further deletes some of that wonderful Americana from 1960 that provided the mesmerizing backdrop of this classic series. The packaging does not warn you of this image tampering, so buyer beware! Maybe one day we'll see a re-release of the FULL image that was filmed and shown back in the '60s.
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