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Posted by JAM on 01/26/06 07:19
"Jay G." <"Jay "@tmbg.org> wrote in message
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> On 25 Jan 2006 09:20:53 -0800, SoHillsGuy wrote:
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>> If you mean offering both the original B&W versions and the
>> colorized-for-TV versions to consumers, yes, it is.
>>
>> I'm not sure why you'd bother calling it crap, though. If you don't
>> like the colorized versions, no one is forcing you to buy them.
>
> Actually, for Bewitched, Sony offered subtitles in Spanish, Chinese,
> Portuguese, and Thai on the Color release, while only offering English
> captions on the B&W release. On top of that, while the US got both
> versions, they only released the color version in some other countries.
> So
> while in the US we get the option, people who speak other languages or
> live
> in other countries are "forced" to take the Color release.
>
> -Jay
I think I read somewhere that in those foreign markets the audience wanted
it colorized. That is what led to the colorization in the first place.
Since those markets got it in color, they want the DVD in color also. Does
anyone else remember hearing or reading this?
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