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I've not watched all episodes, but have thoroughly enjoyed what I have. I'm impressed with Paladin's "talk first, shoot later" approach to resolving most disputes, his unapologetic self interest ("here's what this will cost you"), his creative approach to solving problems, his loyalty to Hey Boy and his good taste in real estate (who wouldn't want to live in a nice hotel in San Francisco?) I especially like the 30-minute format into which each episode is packaged--no fluff, no filler, just the meat.
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First of all I love Have Gun Will Travel!
This disk set is nice but there are a number of video and audio problems.
1. By judging the video quality from how the telecine transfer process was done (film to digital tape transfer), the episodes did not come from the original picture negatives. This makes for a poor quality picture.
2. There are several video tape problems that should have been caught in quality control and were not. They should have been retransferred again instead of leaving these tape problems in. This is very disturbing and shows that the people in charge and the techs who did the jobs really did not take pride in this project.
3. The audio should have been transferred from the original magnetic film masters instead of the optical sound tracks that are on the positive picture prints. By using these it leaves the sound very noisy and crackly. These should have not been used either for this project. If they had to use these optical audio tracks, they should have gone through the digital audio sweetening process to clean them up properly. This should have been done also to the magnetic film masters if they had been used.
4. There should have been some picture editing to clean up the bad edits in the black commercial holes and finding a consistent end credit for the CBS logo that was clean and could have been used for all episodes.
In the final analysis, I am still glad to have the first three seasons but, overall, I am disappointed in the quality. I still want the final three seasons to complete the entire series. I can only hope that CBS/Paramount will do a much better job on these.
B. "Wolf" Pinkstaff
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The first three seasons are universally strong, not counting the fact that some of the episodes have apparently had to use the syndicated (read: crappy) version at least of the introduction.
It's well past time to release at least the next season, if not the rest of the series.
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I echo my fellow reviewer's praise over this superb series, which starred probably the most craggy-faced actor of all time (these days it would have to star some pretty-boy!). I remember watching this series late at night when I was a kid, hoping my parents didn't realise I was still up! In the UK we probaly didn't get all five-six(?) series, so come on Paramount (or whoever owns you) let's have the remainder. Not just so us 50 - somethings can wallow in nostalgia but also so that younger viewers can see some decent, non-soap, TV acting for a change!
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I was impressed with the overall quality of the DVDs. If you were a fan of Paladin then you will really enjoy these DVDs, especially since there are no commercials. My hope is that seasons 4-6 will eventually become available on DVD.
If you are not familiar with the Have Gun Will Travel TV show then you should be. It was one of the most classic western TV shows I ever watched. Paladin is a gunfighter for hire but definitely not your typical one. He has morals, intelligence, experience and bravado. His method of solving perplexing situations is quite unique and always on the side of right (which is quite interesting for a gunfighter!).
Highly recommended if you were/are a Paladin fan or love the old Westerns.
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