Green Hornet DVDs...worth getting?

[MrGranger]

I've been waiting for Green Hornet on DVD for a while. I saw that HKFlix has some up now. Anyone get them already? Why does the series start with Volume 4? Thoughts?

[tdb]

There is no official R1 (U.S) release of the Green Hornet TV show. What you're looking at are bootlegs. Don't know about the UK releases, but suspect they fall under the same category.

We'll see the Green Hornet on dvd when we see Batman (1966) on dvd.

[DAJIZZARIZZA]

i have both gentlemen.
i have batman 1966 every episode ,.. made from a pro from canada.
it is a 28 or 29 dvd set uncut and unedited digital recordings from tvland from canada.
professional menus with music,.. and every episode in order.

the same with Green Hornet ,... on 4 dvds with menus,.. very nice set.

[Bruce]

Wasn't impressed, overall. I like the covers, the few extras are kind of fun, & they are pretty inexpensive, but I have better picture quality on the copies I taped off of cable (The Action Channel, part of Encore, I think, showed the entire series without commercials) a few years back. As an example of how poor the picture quality is on these new dvds, during a fight scene in the last episodes, a two part story dealing with bad guys pretending to be space invaders (no one claims the plots were anything special), you couldn't even distinguish Bruce from the guys he was kicking around, the picture was dark & undefined, disappointing because, for me, this particular sequence was one of Bruce's best as Kato.

I'm not kicking myself over this purchase, they weren't that costly, but I probably should've waited. I'd bet when the new Green Hornet movie (the one with Stephen Chow) comes out the old series with Bruce will finally get a respectable dvd release. When's that movie supposed to hit theaters anyway, next year?

[MrGranger]

Thanks for the review. I think I'll wait then and hope for something better.

[Carter Wong]

Wait an official liscensed version is worse quality than a version you taped off tv?
what company is this tell us so we can all stay away. :X

[SamuraiDana]

Wait an official liscensed version is worse quality than a version you taped off tv?
what company is this tell us so we can all stay away. :X

As tdb already pointed out, the DVDs in question are bootlegs.

[Way of the Dragon]

i was going to get these on HKFlix too but by what you said i dont think i should. its anoying because these are the only releases of the green hornet series i could find.

[tdb]

Sometimes all you can do is be patient.

[Raul4510]

There are many different bootleg releases of Green Hornet. The best available are the ones that use the studio masters to make their sets. Kind of pricey but worth it if you cannot wait for an official release. http://www.sell.com/23FDZP

[SamuraiDana]

There are many different bootleg releases of Green Hornet. The best available are the ones that use the studio masters to make their sets. Kind of pricey but worth it if you cannot wait for an official release. http://www.sell.com/23FDZP

How do bootleggers get access to studio masters? Especially from a well-guarded entity like 20th Century Fox, the owner of "Green Hornet." That's a story I'd like to hear.

[Mr. Vampire]

They get access from the reels that some TV stations had in storage.

I got one word for you if you don't want to feed the bootleggers: "Torrents"

Pretty decent quality but onscreen cable ID

XD

[Asmo]

I'd bet when the new Green Hornet movie (the one with Stephen Chow) comes out the old series with Bruce will finally get a respectable dvd release. When's that movie supposed to hit theaters anyway, next year?

Filming begins in May, so probably sometime towards the end of next year.

[SamuraiDana]

They get access from the reels that some TV stations had in storage.

XD

That may be so, but those aren't "studio masters."

[Neil]

That may be so, but those aren't "studio masters."

The best way is to wait to see if it get released on dvd.
or you can see if it on tv some where in TV land.
I got on my PVR from when it was lat on in Canada 2006.

Neil

[DAJIZZARIZZA]

i do not understand the fetish some have about buying a certain show from a retailer ?
i'm a person who looks around for the best possible quality.

if a so-called bootleger are selling them and it high quality,.. and there is no retail version of it ,.. it's a no brainer. but i won't be taken to the bank either.

to me the best people you can get these high quality sets are from fans of the show, personal collectors and some rare times even bootlegers.

if anyone reads this in the future and is interested in Green Hornet ,... just "pm" me.
i have the finest prints of these avalible.
a few here purchased them from me here,.. and they were really appriciative.

some people like to wait till they are blue in the face for a retail set of a favorite show.
i never understood this concept.

take care ALL

[Blood Sword]

I bought yesterday 2dvd pack,4 episodes of Green Hornet.Official release by UK prism leisure,
Pal format,widescreen 1.85:1 ratio.
Try to check them out soon and post here later is it good stuff or not.

[dionbrother]

Be patient and Fox will release them next year to cash in on the movie. That's how the market works these days.

[dionbrother]

Also, the prints shown on Satellite tv a few years back blow away those tv tapes marketed as studio masters.