Kung Fu - classic '70's TV series starring D. Carradine - Blu-ray Forum

AnamorphicWidescreen · 06-12-2014, 01:18 PM

Hey everyone. As a kid back in the day, I remember watching re-runs of the early '70's series Kung Fu on the weekends. This is definitely one of my all-time favorite shows, and was an excellent (and unusual) combination of the American Western & Eastern mysticism. D. Carradine did a great job as the stoic Caine, and it was interesting to see how he would deal with the various aggressors who would come after him in each episode. Also really enjoyed the flashbacks to his younger years, which not only had a lesson/moral, but were relevant to the current storyline in the given episode.

When the DVD sets started coming out about ten years back, I was extremely dissapointed that S1 was presented in the incorrect aspect ratio - i.e., they incorrectly converted a show that was initially presented in the fullscreen format to widescreen, which resulted in the top & bottom of the picture being cropped. This really butchered the picture, and as such made this tough for me to watch. IIRC, they corrected this in S2 & S3, but that still left S1 in incorrect & truncated format.

It would be great if they would re-release the series to Blu (or even re-release it to regular DVD) in the correct fullscreen format for all three seasons...

Any other fans of this series?

06-12-2014, 01:18 PM	#1
AnamorphicWidescreen Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2014	Kung Fu - classic '70's TV series starring D. Carradine Hey everyone. As a kid back in the day, I remember watching re-runs of the early '70's series Kung Fu on the weekends. This is definitely one of my all-time favorite shows, and was an excellent (and unusual) combination of the American Western & Eastern mysticism. D. Carradine did a great job as the stoic Caine, and it was interesting to see how he would deal with the various aggressors who would come after him in each episode. Also really enjoyed the flashbacks to his younger years, which not only had a lesson/moral, but were relevant to the current storyline in the given episode. When the DVD sets started coming out about ten years back, I was extremely dissapointed that S1 was presented in the incorrect aspect ratio - i.e., they incorrectly converted a show that was initially presented in the fullscreen format to widescreen, which resulted in the top & bottom of the picture being cropped. This really butchered the picture, and as such made this tough for me to watch. IIRC, they corrected this in S2 & S3, but that still left S1 in incorrect & truncated format. It would be great if they would re-release the series to Blu (or even re-release it to regular DVD) in the correct fullscreen format for all three seasons... Any other fans of this series? Last edited by AnamorphicWidescreen; 07-04-2014 at 02:54 PM.

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