Police Squad!: The Complete Series - 20th April 2020

[Rixx]

Mediumrare are releasing Police Squad!: The Complete Series. Pre-orders are up.



Police Squad!: The Complete Series - Blu-ray

[CrockettandTubbs]

I loved the episode names:

[Show spoiler]A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)
Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)
The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)
Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)
Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)
Testimony of Evil (Dead Mean Don't Laugh)

[Show spoiler]And the 'Special Guest Star' who always died right at the start (Lorne Greene, William Shatner, Robert Goulet, etc)

Also, I hope the extras are carried over from the Paramount DVD:

[Show spoiler]Audio commentary on A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Robert K. Weiss
Audio commentary on The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Robert K. Weiss
Audio commentary on Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) by Robert Wuhl
Gag Reel (4:56)
Leslie Nielsen Interview (8:41)
Behind the Freeze Frames featurette (4:31)
Casting Test - Ed Williams (2:50)
Casting Test - Alan North (6:03)
Producers' Photo Gallery (1:00)

[Aclea]

Great that it's getting a UK release, but a missed opportunity that it's from an all expenses spared company with no concept of quality control. Even when they're given a good master they botch the encode.

[-shadow-]

Guess I'll have to wait until release and see which of the (currently three) releases to get.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Great that it's getting a UK release, but a missed opportunity that it's from an all expenses spared company with no concept of quality control. Even when they're given a good master they botch the encode.

I'm still hoping that the discs are being authored by CBS/Paramount as a 'one size' and that they'll just spout the relevant distributor logo when you pick the country at the start. Long shot I know, but I'll probably just get the US version anyway.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Great that it's getting a UK release, but a missed opportunity that it's from an all expenses spared company with no concept of quality control. Even when they're given a good master they botch the encode.

It's not shout over here tho...

[Aclea]

Mediumrare on their best day aren't even up to the standard of Shout on their worst. Their Sergeant Bilko DVDs look like internet downloads (they didn't even use the masters of the episodes Paramount previously remastered and released) and their Blus frequently have such low bitrates you'd get better results upscaling a DVD.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Mediumrare on their best day aren't even up to the standard of Shout on their worst. Their Sergeant Bilko DVDs look like internet downloads (they didn't even use the masters of the episodes Paramount previously remastered and released) and their Blus frequently have such low bitrates you'd get better results upscaling a DVD.

They literally bit for bit copy the shout releases they have put out (sadly)

[Yautja_Warrior]

Day one if they include the old extra features.

A new Naked Gun boxset would be great too.

[Desk.]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I'm still hoping that the discs are being authored by CBS/Paramount as a 'one size' and that they'll just spout the relevant distributor logo when you pick the country at the start. Long shot I know, but I'll probably just get the US version anyway.

Does anyone know if the US one is likely to be region locked?

Desk

[Agent Kay]

Shout always do don't they

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Desk.

Does anyone know if the US one is likely to be region locked?

Desk

If these are different encodes for each country then it may well be region locked in each instance so as to 'protect' those indies in those local markets. Not that people are going to be importing it in their thousands anyway, the disc buying market being what it is today, but these kinds of covenants are still insisted upon by many rights holders (yet they're happy to do a region-free UHD disc where applicable, go figure).

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Shout always do don't they

Shout aren't releasing it in the US, Paramount are.

[Geoff D]

I tell you what though, the US price is already very low and if it dips below the magic £15 on wow (it's currently at £15.60) then I'm in like flynn.

[pferreira]

One of my favourite jokes:

Capt. Ed Hocken:
Frank, I know you got Sally's arrest record from R & I [Records and Information] , but how did you ever figure out she was the one behind the loan office heist?

Det. Frank Drebin:
Just a little hunch back at the office.

Capt. Ed Hocken:
I thought so. Because I brought that little hunchback with me. Charlie, come out here!

[a short, 'hunchback' man walks in]

Det. Frank Drebin:
Charlie! Thanks for the tip.

Originally Posted by Yautja_Warrior

Day one if they include the old extra features.

Amazon says it will have them so...

Originally Posted by Yautja_Warrior

A new Naked Gun boxset would be great too.

Yeah even if it contains the tiny extras the DVD boxset had. Held off buying the blu-rays because it had less than the DVDs.

[Yautja_Warrior]

Originally Posted by pferreira

One of my favourite jokes:

Capt. Ed Hocken:
Frank, I know you got Sally's arrest record from R & I [Records and Information] , but how did you ever figure out she was the one behind the loan office heist?

Det. Frank Drebin:
Just a little hunch back at the office.

Capt. Ed Hocken:
I thought so. Because I brought that little hunchback with me. Charlie, come out here!

[a short, 'hunchback' man walks in]

Det. Frank Drebin:
Charlie! Thanks for the tip.

Amazon says it will have them so...

Yeah even if it contains the tiny extras the DVD boxset had. Held off buying the blu-rays because it had less than the DVDs.

Lol so many great jokes.

Good to see the extra's are included (hopefully Amazon is correct) It would be pretty annoying if they weren't included.

I was the same, just kept my Naked Gun DVD set and didn't bother with the blu-ray's. They definitely deserve better than what was released.

Hopefully this will sell well enough and they will have another go at the movies.

[Vault of Horror]

Cigarette?

[Dougling]

Originally Posted by Vault of Horror

Cigarette?

Yes I know.

[drush9999]

Cool saves getting the US or Aussie release

Edit: Maybe not, didn't realise it was Mediumrare

[Martoto]

Originally Posted by Desk.

Does anyone know if the US one is likely to be region locked?

I wouldn't know anything about it.

[Show spoiler]