One step closer to 1960s Batman on DVD?

chrisw

bleedingcool.com/2012/06/07/warner-bros-getting-ready-to-merchandise-the-heck-out-of-the-1960s-batman-tv-show/

It's not the DVDs, but it looks like some steps are taking place to clear up the rights, at least enough to let merchandising happen for now.

SolitaireRose

I sure hope so...this is one of the few remaining old TV series I want to get my hands on.

KyleMoyer

God, I hope so.

Torchsong

At the Phoenix con they had the usual vendor who sells all the bootlegs. I stood there with the full 3-season run in my hand. Knowing it would be pretty poor quality. Knowing $50 was too much considering what the quality would be. Yet still considering it, because I just don't know that we'll ever see an official release of it.

I want to believe. Man I want to believe!

LibraryBoy

Oh, man, please oh please oh please let this finally happen.

KyleMoyer

At the Phoenix con they had the usual vendor who sells all the bootlegs. I stood there with the full 3-season run in my hand. Knowing it would be pretty poor quality. Knowing $50 was too much considering what the quality would be. Yet still considering it, because I just don't know that we'll ever see an official release of it.

I want to believe. Man I want to believe!

If you're going to get bootleg copies of it, you might as well download it for free.

nweathington

I taped the whole series off the Family Channel back in the early ’90s, but those VHS tapes are deteriorating a bit. I'll watch an episode on The Hub every now and then, but I wouldn't mind getting a DVD set. The worst part about the long wait is that there's hardly anyone left to do commentaries. I would have loved a Frank Gorshin or Vincent Price commentary track for their respective episodes.

dubbat138

I hope that one day this series and the Green Hornet tv show hit dvd. But until then I will have to make due with the dvds I made of each show.

KyleMoyer

I taped the whole series off the Family Channel back in the early ’90s, but those VHS tapes are deteriorating a bit. I'll watch an episode on The Hub every now and then, but I wouldn't mind getting a DVD set. The worst part about the long wait is that there's hardly anyone left to do commentaries. I would have loved a Frank Gorshin or Vincent Price commentary track for their respective episodes.

They should just all get together and do the commentaries now and then sell them to whichever studio ends up with the rights.

dubbat138

I taped the whole series off the Family Channel back in the early ’90s, but those VHS tapes are deteriorating a bit. I'll watch an episode on The Hub every now and then, but I wouldn't mind getting a DVD set. The worst part about the long wait is that there's hardly anyone left to do commentaries. I would have loved a Frank Gorshin or Vincent Price commentary track for their respective episodes.

They should just all get together and do the commentaries now and then sell them to whichever studio ends up with the rights.

Didn't Adam West already record and release commentaries for every episode?

nweathington

Didn't Adam West already record and release commentaries for every episode?

Yeah, he did (I think it was season by season rather than episode by episode, though), but to be honest, I’m not all that interested in what he has to say. I'm more interested in hearing from the script writers, the guest-stars, the supporting cast, the directors, etc. Rudolph, Clark, and Waggner—the guys who directed the most episodes by far—are all dead. Napier, Hamilton, Repp, and Blake—the supporting cast—are all dead. Romero, Meredith, and Gorshin are all dead. Stanley Ralph Ross and Charles Hoffman—the two main writers—are dead. Like I said, there aren’t many of the key players left.

KyleMoyer

I taped the whole series off the Family Channel back in the early ’90s, but those VHS tapes are deteriorating a bit. I'll watch an episode on The Hub every now and then, but I wouldn't mind getting a DVD set. The worst part about the long wait is that there's hardly anyone left to do commentaries. I would have loved a Frank Gorshin or Vincent Price commentary track for their respective episodes.

They should just all get together and do the commentaries now and then sell them to whichever studio ends up with the rights.

Didn't Adam West already record and release commentaries for every episode?

Yeah, but I meant everybody else. The best commentaries usually have multiple people.

WetRats

At the Phoenix con they had the usual vendor who sells all the bootlegs. I stood there with the full 3-season run in my hand. Knowing it would be pretty poor quality. Knowing $50 was too much considering what the quality would be. Yet still considering it, because I just don't know that we'll ever see an official release of it.

I want to believe. Man I want to believe!

Man, I can't stand seeing the bootleggers at cons.

I want to call the FBI every time I walk past them.

Captain America would not approve!

RedRight88

I'll believe it when I see it.

Sonofthor

I am way to young to have ever seen these when they came out but I do know that I will be at the store the moment a 60's Batman DVD comes out. I love the old film and have a huge need to watch the whole series.

dubbat138

At the Phoenix con they had the usual vendor who sells all the bootlegs. I stood there with the full 3-season run in my hand. Knowing it would be pretty poor quality. Knowing $50 was too much considering what the quality would be. Yet still considering it, because I just don't know that we'll ever see an official release of it.

I want to believe. Man I want to believe!

Man, I can't stand seeing the bootleggers at cons.

I want to call the FBI every time I walk past them.

Captain America would not approve!

I really hate the bootleggers that are selling dvd-rs of stuff that is actually out on dvd. 2 years ago I saw a bootlegger selling dvd-rs of the original "V" tv series. And they wanted like 40 bucks. At that same time the legit dvd release of it was selling for 20 bucks.

For stuff that isn't out on dvd. I have bought bootlegs of them,and as soon as a legit dvd came out I would go buy that.

Torchsong

Wes

For stuff that isn't out on dvd. I have bought bootlegs of them,and as soon as a legit dvd came out I would go buy that.

This is pretty much how I treat it - When Lucas releases the Star Wars Holiday Special or when the Krofft brothers get off their asses and give me Electra Woman & Dyna Girl: The Complete Series? Then I'll wag my finger at the bootleggers. Until then? I'll pony up the dough.

chrisw

For me personally, one of the best things to come out of the internet has been the ability to download things that years ago would have required me buy from a bootlegger, something I never felt right doing.

Yes, it's still a legal gray area, but at least no one's profiting off of my desire to see or hear something that simply isn't available to me any other way.