Quantum Leap: The Complete Series (1989-1993)

[El_Fez]

TV Shows on DVD says that Quantum Leap is coming to Blu Ray in February! And the good news is that most of the music has been restored!

Well, guess I'm upgrading my DVDs! And between this and Knight Rider, it gives me hope that someday we'll see the A-Team on Blu!

And here's the package:



And here's the Sell Sheet from Mill Creek:

Sam Beckett has a date with destiny. Where will he end up next?

Get ready for an adventure of many lifetimes with the ground-breaking sci-fi classic, Quantum Leap. With the complete
series box set, you can now leap through all 95 thrilling episodes over 5 seasons of this Primetime Emmy® Award-winning
series back-to-back and uninterrupted!

Join Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), a time traveler lost in time, who temporarily leaps into the bodies and lives of other
people to "put right what once went wrong." Accompanied by Al (Dean Stockwell), a wise-cracking holograph that only
Sam can see and hear, Sam twists the hands of fate with each heart-pounding, action-packed adventure in the hopes that
he can someday complete the mission that will take him home.

Target Audience: Men & Women 30+, 80s TV Fans, Sci-Fi Enthusiasts
Notable Cast/Crew: Includes hundreds of celebrity guest stars including: Jennifer Anniston, Neil Patrick Harris, Teri
Hatcher, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Madsen, Jason Priestley, Bob Saget, Brooke Shields, and Dr. Ruth Westmeimer.

Key selling points:
• FIRST TIME AVAILABLE IN HIGH-DEFINITON!
• The vast majority of the ORIGINAL MUSIC has been restored for our release!
• Winner of 6 Emmy® Awards - Nominated for 26 additional awards!
• Stars Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell both won Golden Globe awards for their performances in this hit series!
• Ranked #15 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Top Cult Shows Ever!“
• The series actually traces its roots to the original Battlestar Galactica, which Donald P. Bellisario wrote and produced
for.

[Ray Jackson]

[Jobber8742]

Awesome. I don't usually buy TV shows Day 1 but I think I'll make an exception for this. One of my all-time favorite shows and have been wanting to rewatch it again soon.

[ElectricPeterTork]

It's about f**king time.

[Michael24]

Even if the music remained changed as on previous releases, I'd still buy it because it's a great show. (I probably wouldn't even notice which music was replaced anyway.) But it's great that Mill Creek was able to restore almost everything.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Originally Posted by Michael24

Even if the music remained changed as on previous releases, I'd still buy it because it's a great show. (I probably wouldn't even notice which music was replaced anyway.) But it's great that Mill Creek was able to restore almost everything.

If you didn't miss Georgia On My Mind from MIA, I don't know what to tell you.

And Good Morning Peoria got hit obviously hard, too.

[KeithVK]

Sold. This has been one of the titles I've been waiting for since I started "collecting". I'm sure something about the release will be less than ideal... but it's going to take a whole heck of a lot to keep me from purchasing this one.

[meremortal]

WTF? I just bought the entire series in hdx this week (it's on sale for $4.99 per season on Vudu).

[El_Fez]

You know, if they leave 90% of the music as-is and just manage to get Ray Charles back (it was Ray that was cut from the Al episode, right? It's been years since I've seen the showt), I'd be a happy camper.

Originally Posted by meremortal

WTF? I just bought the entire series in hdx this week (it's on sale for $4.99 per season on Vudu).

And we thank you for your service to king and country!

[ElectricPeterTork]

Originally Posted by El_Fez

You know, if they leave 90% of the music as-is and just manage to get Ray Charles back (it was Ray that was cut from the Al episode, right? It's been years since I've seen the showt), I'd be a happy camper.

There are a handful of music heavy episodes that suffer from changes. The radio station one, the frat house one, the one where Gul Dukat's white daughter was dating a black man in the middle of the Watts riots, and the Al episode with Georgia on my Mind.

You put those back together, the set is already light years ahead of the original Universal releases.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by ElectricPeterTork

If you didn't miss Georgia On My Mind from MIA, I don't know what to tell you.

And Good Morning Peoria got hit obviously hard, too.

It's not like I've had copies of those original versions that I've watched countless times over the years and had grown used to. I watched the show when it originally aired but since have only caught scattered episodes here and there in reruns and occasionally on DVD. It's probably been years since I've seen them with any original music. With older shows like this, I don't always know what music's been replaced years later, so it doesn't bother me as much as I imagine it does someone who's much more familiar with the original versions. In any event, like I said, it's great Mill Creek was able to restore so much music for those who have been wanting it.

[meremortal]

Originally Posted by El_Fez

You know, if they leave 90% of the music as-is and just manage to get Ray Charles back (it was Ray that was cut from the Al episode, right? It's been years since I've seen the showt), I'd be a happy camper.



And we thank you for your service to king and country!

I just wish I had better anticipated this coming to blu and wouldn't have bought the digital streams had I known this was right around the corner. This is definitely good news and one of my favorite shows. Hopefully Sliders will get released, too.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Originally Posted by meremortal

I just wish I had better anticipated this coming to blu and wouldn't have bought the digital streams had I known this was right around the corner. This is definitely good news and one of my favorite shows. Hopefully Sliders will get released, too.

Sliders will be a problem.

QL was shot and edited entirely on film, IIRC, so there's no need to go back and do an expensive Star Trek:TNG type restoration and reconstruction.

But Sliders... shot on film, edited on video, so you'd either get a crappy upscale of 480i video, or remastered filmed elements with bad looking SD effect shots. And that's assuming Uni would put out the money for it, because Sliders isn't TNG or the X-Files.

[PenguinMaster]

Originally Posted by El_Fez

Well, guess I'm upgrading my DVDs! And between this and Knight Rider, it gives me hope that someday we'll see the A-Team on Blu!

It already is.

[Battlestar]

I finally get to replace them damn double sided discs. Can't wait.

[El_Fez]

Originally Posted by PenguinMaster

It already is.

Okay, one that's domestic and wont break the bank. I loves me some BA - but the 200-ish is too rich for my blood. Plus I'd have to finally get that stupid region free player.

[Michael24]

I've read that The A-Team is coming to Blu-ray next year in the US. It just hasn't been announced yet. But that is another one I'm looking forward to, even though I just recently finished binging the whole series on Netflix. Will be curious to see if Mill Creek restores music to it as well, as I know of at least a few songs that are missing.

[captveg]

One of my favorites, and one of the few shows I'd be willing to upgrade from DVD. Having a lot of the original music returned is GREAT news. I can probably sell the DVD sets for $5-10 each, which means this won't event be *that* expensive. One more bonus: smaller cases save on shelf space.

[El_Fez]

Originally Posted by Michael24

I've read that The A-Team is coming to Blu-ray next year in the US. It just hasn't been announced yet. But that is another one I'm looking forward to, even though I just recently finished binging the whole series on Netflix. Will be curious to see if Mill Creek restores music to it as well, as I know of at least a few songs that are missing.

That's kind of what I figured. If we could get Miami Vice and Knight Rider on Blu, and since HD masters obviously exist, it's seems a no-brainer to release one of the most popular shows of the eighties. It was just a matter of time.

Originally Posted by captveg

One more bonus: smaller cases save on shelf space.

Yes, music replacement is great news. HD is great news. More shelf space is FANTASTIC news!

[1godzillafan]

I am so in for this. Especially if Georgia on My Mind is restored.