#4088 From: Carrie Huebner Date: Thu Nov 2, 2006 3:45 am Subject: Re: Scanner replica prices? Anyone, then, come up with an idea how Lockwood got to be 'Probe 1?' He obviously wouldn't have been the first, as there's that fella who mentored Bianco who had that older monitoring device in his ear (sorry, not good on remembering ep names) and was getting ready to retire. Then there's that other whole part of that ep which made me bang my head against the wall. Like he could be this world-wide assassin and World Wide Securities never picked up on it? #4089 From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Thu Nov 2, 2006 4:53 am Subject: Lockwood: Probe One Carrie wrote: >... Anyone, then, come up with an idea how Lockwood got to be 'Probe 1?' He obviously wouldn't have been the first, as there's that fella who mentored Bianco who had that older monitoring device in his ear and was getting ready to retire. ================= Hmmm. Good question. Perhaps he was promoted in relation to the success rate the cases he was assigned? ================= >... Then there's that other whole part of that ep which made me bang my head against the wall. Like he could be this world-wide assassin and World Wide Securities never picked up on it? ================= Yeah. It kind'a makes everyone save Bianco look a little like stooges. ;) Jim Alexander #4090 From: "ronaldheld" Date: Fri Nov 3, 2006 3:41 pm Subject: Re: Lockwood: Probe One Perhaps that Is how he got to be Probe 1. -- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Alexander" wrote: > > Carrie wrote: > >... Anyone, then, come up with an idea how Lockwood got to be 'Probe 1?' He obviously wouldn't have been the first, as there's that fella who mentored Bianco who had that older monitoring device in his ear and was getting ready to retire. > ================= > Hmmm. Good question. Perhaps he was promoted in relation to the success rate the cases he was assigned? > ================= > >... Then there's that other whole part of that ep which made me bang my head against the wall. Like he could be this world-wide assassin and World Wide Securities never picked up on it? > ================= > Yeah. It kind'a makes everyone save Bianco look a little like stooges. ;) > > Jim Alexander #4091 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Fri Nov 3, 2006 9:29 pm Subject: RE: Re: Lockwood: Probe One Hello Carrie That's a good question. The first novelisation clearly shows Lockwood's concern with the implants and being reassured he wasn't being controlled by them so obviously not the only one. I suspect his PROBE ranking has to be based on how successful Lockwood is. Considering how World Securities is based on financial reward, Lockwood's worth to the organisation gains him rank and pay. He's they're best PROBE in other words. This brings an interesting point in regards to the beach bum Stand-By Probe CR Grover. With little in the way of successes, his first missions being shown on the show, Grover lacks experience. Does that mean all new PROBEs are stand-by until they are blooded?? Bianco belongs to the Omega Detective Division which is supposed to police World Securities in general. It makes you wonder how much they are linked into PROBE Control. Just because they have the implants doesn't necessarily mean they are always linked in. Cameron being shown going through other PROBE reports does suggest most PROBEs work independently and only link in if they want info, which probably explains how the Iceman managed to avoid giving himself away. Lockwood, being PROBE One gets the most expensive cases that need the quickest results so has the full attention of the best team at PROBE Control all the time. By the by, GNP Crescendo have released an updated version of 'The Outer Limits Companion' by David Schow. Better paper, clearer pictures and only a para on 'Search'. Gotta go Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4092 From: Date: Fri Nov 3, 2006 9:53 pm Subject: RE: Re: Lockwood: Probe One Geoff wrote: >By the by, GNP Crescendo have released an updated version of 'The Outer Limits Companion' by David Schow. Better paper, clearer pictures and only a para on 'Search'. ============== Hey, Geoff-- I thought GNP CRESCENDO only released music on CD. Do they publish, as well? I have that original edition of the OUTER LIMITS COMPANION book, and it's an exhaustively-detailed work. EXCELLENT reading! Jim Alexander #4093 From: "Skip Brown" Date: Sat Nov 4, 2006 6:20 am Subject: OT: Leslie Steven's Incubus at WalMart I was in my local WalMart SuperStore tonight (boy I love to hate them), and was browsing through a bin of Two for $11.00 closeout DVDs. Leslie Steven's "Incubus" (starring William Shatner) was there for the cheap $5.50 deal. (Unfortunetly, Leslie isn't around to give us a Director's Audio track, but good ol' Captain Kirk, gets a stab at it). If you are interested, you might want to hunt it up at your local MalWart. After watching a few times, you might even be able to speak Esperanta! Skip #4094 From: "Skip Brown" Date: Sat Nov 4, 2006 6:24 am Subject: RE: Lockwood: Probe One I think it had to do with looks. Yeah. That's it. He and the others were paraded before Angel, and she scored them High to Low, and awarded Lockwood "Number 1". (Of course it might have been Cameron that decided, but we won't go there.) Skip From: probe_control@yahoogroups.com [mailto:probe_control@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Alexander Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:53 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Lockwood: Probe One Carrie wrote: >... Anyone, then, come up with an idea how Lockwood got to be 'Probe 1?' He obviously wouldn't have been the first, as there's that fella who mentored Bianco who had that older monitoring device in his ear and was getting ready to retire. ================= Hmmm. Good question. Perhaps he was promoted in relation to the success rate the cases he was assigned? ================= >... Then there's that other whole part of that ep which made me bang my head against the wall. Like he could be this world-wide assassin and World Wide Securities never picked up on it? ================= Yeah. It kind'a makes everyone save Bianco look a little like stooges. ;) Jim Alexander #4095 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Sat Nov 4, 2006 11:01 pm Subject: RE: Re: Lockwood: Probe One gfwillmetts Offline Offline Send Email Send Email Hello Jim So did I and was most surprised to find a copy of the book amongst the review copies they sent us. 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Date: Thu Nov 9, 2006 11:54 pm Subject: Supersale Time At DeepDiscount www.deepdiscountdvd.com 20% off all titles. Runs 11/10 - 11/18 Enter the code SUPERSALE at checkout and you will see the dollars drop away. Free shipping. And I only just got the bill paid off from the last 20% off sale. Of course that was on an interest free credit card. Start ordering. Reply | Forward | Messages in this Topic (1) #4097 From: actingman6@... Date: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:44 pm Subject: Search Midis Neil Strawbridge at www.tvsgreatesthits.com has added midi sequences of Probe and Search to his site. * ***** #4098 From: "actingman_jc" Date: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:10 pm Subject: I Will Try It Here On a Time Tunnel list someone who visited 20th Century Fox as a kid is sharing photos he took back then, and answering questions about the studio (his dad was in the business working on Peyton Place at the time.) I asked the following question, but have not gotten an answer, so I want to throw it here to our Hollywood friends: ------------------------------------------------- I have always assumed that the soundstages out in California were on ground level. There have been shows where the actors had to regularly on-camera go below the surface of the standing set (Flying Sub hatch on Voyage, the elevator and the ladder on the upper deck of the Jupiter 2, the tunnel entrances on Hogan's Heroes,the corner triangular ladder in the corridor of the Enterprise in Trek TOS, etc.) If the soundstage was on ground level, did they excavate the area under the stage to make the appropriate space? Were the sets built on tall platforms to allow enough space underneath to allow hatches, elevators, ect? Did the soundstages have certain areas that were already dug out and so they had to plan the sets around these "trap-door areas" When you look at the Jupiter 2 from the outside, the ship sitting there does not look high enough off the ground to allow for people to go all the way down the ladder, much less the elevator. I question the platform theory because it would cost extra money to build the set strongly enough so that it was properly soundproofed to allow walking and dialog at the same time without echoing footsteps. Digging up the floor and excavating a "basement"? That has obvious problems as well. --------------------------------------- Anyway...that is my question as I posed it on the other list. Any takers? #4099 From: "Scott White" Date: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:55 am Subject: Re: I Will Try It Here I'll take a shot at this........ The easy answer is that not all sound stages were built at ground level. There are some with pool areas under them that have been used for basements, lower decks,you name it. Some sets have been built on platforms so they could have trap doors or evevators. Sound is a problem but as any theater major will tell you padding between the floor beams and the floor will cut the noise to exceptable levels. Then there is the stairway to nowhere...a good example of that is "That 70's Show".. the basement set has stairs going up to the ground floor, and steps down from the outside to the basment floor. In the real world the stairs up ended with a platform that included the stairs down. Scott --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "actingman_jc" wrote: > > On a Time Tunnel list someone who visited 20th Century Fox as a kid is > sharing photos he took back then, and answering questions about the > studio (his dad was in the business working on Peyton Place at the time.) > > I asked the following question, but have not gotten an answer, so I > want to throw it here to our Hollywood friends: > > ------------------------------------------------- > > I have always assumed that the soundstages out in California were on > ground level. > > There have been shows where the actors had to regularly on-camera go > below the surface of the standing set (Flying Sub hatch on Voyage, the > elevator and the ladder on the upper deck of the Jupiter 2, the tunnel > entrances on Hogan's Heroes,the corner triangular ladder in the > corridor of the Enterprise in Trek TOS, etc.) > > If the soundstage was on ground level, did they excavate the area > under the stage to make the appropriate space? > > Were the sets built on tall platforms to allow enough space underneath > to allow hatches, elevators, ect? > > Did the soundstages have certain areas that were already dug out and > so they had to plan the sets around these "trap-door areas" > > When you look at the Jupiter 2 from the outside, the ship sitting > there does not look high enough off the ground to allow for people to > go all the way down the ladder, much less the elevator. > > I question the platform theory because it would cost extra money to > build the set strongly enough so that it was properly soundproofed to > allow walking and dialog at the same time without echoing footsteps. > > Digging up the floor and excavating a "basement"? That has obvious > problems as well. > > --------------------------------------- > > Anyway...that is my question as I posed it on the other list. Any takers? > #4100 From: yorktowncmdr@... Date: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:31 pm Subject: Re: Re: I Will Try It Here I can cite this as an example: The Jupiter 2's upper and lower deck were both on the same level on the stage. When shooting an actor on the elevater we see him/her descending on the platform. In reality it leads to a lower room used for a work and maintenance. The shooting follows with the actor being shot descending the duplicate elevator platform on the adjacent set. The J2 upper and lower decks were not stacked as they lead us to believe. David -----Original Message----- From: swhite228@... To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:55 PM Subject: [probe_control] Re: I Will Try It Here I'll take a shot at this........ The easy answer is that not all sound stages were built at ground level. There are some with pool areas under them that have been used for basements, lower decks,you name it. Some sets have been built on platforms so they could have trap doors or evevators. Sound is a problem but as any theater major will tell you padding between the floor beams and the floor will cut the noise to exceptable levels. Then there is the stairway to nowhere...a good example of that is "That 70's Show".. the basement set has stairs going up to the ground floor, and steps down from the outside to the basment floor. In the real world the stairs up ended with a platform that included the stairs down. Scott --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "actingman_jc" wrote: > > On a Time Tunnel list someone who visited 20th Century Fox as a kid is > sharing photos he took back then, and answering questions about the > studio (his dad was in the business working on Peyton Place at the time.) > > I asked the following question, but have not gotten an answer, so I > want to throw it here to our Hollywood friends: > > ------------------------------------------------- > > I have always assumed that the soundstages out in California were on > ground level. > > There have been shows where the actors had to regularly on-camera go > below the surface of the standing set (Flying Sub hatch on Voyage, the > elevator and the ladder on the upper deck of the Jupiter 2, the tunnel > entrances on Hogan's Heroes,the corner triangular ladder in the > corridor of the Enterprise in Trek TOS, etc.) > > If the soundstage was on ground level, did they excavate the area > under the stage to make the appropriate space? > > Were the sets built on tall platforms to allow enough space underneath > to allow hatches, elevators, ect? > > Did the soundstages have certain areas that were already dug out and > so they had to plan the sets around these "trap-door areas" > > When you look at the Jupiter 2 from the outside, the ship sitting > there does not look high enough off the ground to allow for people to > go all the way down the ladder, much less the elevator. > > I question the platform theory because it would cost extra money to > build the set strongly enough so that it was properly soundproofed to > allow walking and dialog at the same time without echoing footsteps. > > Digging up the floor and excavating a "basement"? That has obvious > problems as well. > > --------------------------------------- > > Anyway...that is my question as I posed it on the other list. Any takers? #4101 From: actingman6@... Date: Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:27 pm Subject: Re: Re: I Will Try It Here I know the two levels were seperate units (in fact I think they were even on different sound stages). But again, for the upper level, you had the ladder and the elevator, which went way below the level of the studio floor...so was it an opening that already existed in the sound stage floor (and they had to construct the ship set around that opening)? Did they chop open a hole in the studio floor and dig up the ground and create a space for the elevator and the ladder area? (There was enough room down there they put in a wine rack and called it Guy Williams private wine cellar.) On 11/14/06, yorktowncmdr@... wrote: > > I can cite this as an example: > > The Jupiter 2's upper and lower deck were both on the same level on the > stage. When shooting an actor on the elevater we see him/her descending on > the platform. In reality it leads to a lower room used for a work and > maintenance. The shooting follows with the actor being shot descending the > duplicate elevator platform on the adjacent set. The J2 upper and lower > decks were not stacked as they lead us to believe. > > David > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: swhite228@... > To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:55 PM > Subject: [probe_control] Re: I Will Try It Here > > I'll take a shot at this........ > The easy answer is that not all sound stages were built at ground > level. > > There are some with pool areas under them that have been used for > basements, lower decks,you name it. > > Some sets have been built on platforms so they could have trap doors > or evevators. Sound is a problem but as any theater major will tell > you padding between the floor beams and the floor will cut the noise > to exceptable levels. > > Then there is the stairway to nowhere...a good example of that > is "That 70's Show".. the basement set has stairs going up to the > ground floor, and steps down from the outside to the basment floor. > > In the real world the stairs up ended with a platform that included > the stairs down. > > Scott > > --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com , > "actingman_jc" > wrote: > > > > On a Time Tunnel list someone who visited 20th Century Fox as a kid > is > > sharing photos he took back then, and answering questions about the > > studio (his dad was in the business working on Peyton Place at the > time.) > > > > I asked the following question, but have not gotten an answer, so I > > want to throw it here to our Hollywood friends: > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > I have always assumed that the soundstages out in California were on > > ground level. > > > > There have been shows where the actors had to regularly on-camera go > > below the surface of the standing set (Flying Sub hatch on Voyage, > the > > elevator and the ladder on the upper deck of the Jupiter 2, the > tunnel > > entrances on Hogan's Heroes,the corner triangular ladder in the > > corridor of the Enterprise in Trek TOS, etc.) > > > > If the soundstage was on ground level, did they excavate the area > > under the stage to make the appropriate space? > > > > Were the sets built on tall platforms to allow enough space > underneath > > to allow hatches, elevators, ect? > > > > Did the soundstages have certain areas that were already dug out and > > so they had to plan the sets around these "trap-door areas" > > > > When you look at the Jupiter 2 from the outside, the ship sitting > > there does not look high enough off the ground to allow for people > to > > go all the way down the ladder, much less the elevator. > > > > I question the platform theory because it would cost extra money to > > build the set strongly enough so that it was properly soundproofed > to > > allow walking and dialog at the same time without echoing footsteps. > > > > Digging up the floor and excavating a "basement"? That has obvious > > problems as well. > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > Anyway...that is my question as I posed it on the other list. Any > takers? #4102 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:42 pm Subject: RE: Don’t dig holes, raise the set Hello John We have fun and games with this with some British shows. If you ever get to see 'Tomb Of The Cybermen', a Pat Troughton/Dr Who story, you'll see half a dozen actors go down through a hole in the ground which considering it was on ground floor isn't exactly possible through concrete. What is masked is them walking down and out through a hidden exit but the illusion is held. I suspect the same thing holds for the American shows. As Seaview's set, at least the control room, was for film originally and was going to be shook up, logic says it had to be built above the studio floor which would have made it easier to add on the descent into the Flying Sub, even if that set was elsewhere. Look at how the submarine set was done in Mission: Impossible. Mind you, the cast threw themselves around when they were attacked which reduced the set shaking. Interestingly, the area where they put on aqua-gear and left the sub was on plain concrete studio floor. The size of the Jupiter II interiors clearly don't match the exterior set. I mean, you have to ask yourself just where are the engines, especially as there is also a basement where the Robot was originally housed in the first episode. Star Trek had a lot of standing sets and shaking crew was done like Seaview. It's a lot easier to raise a set than to knock holes in the floor. Considering how much of it is plywood, it’s not exactly heavy. 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Date: Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:59 am Subject: Re: RE: Don’t dig holes, raise the set They don't carve up the floors here in the US. Most 2 level sets are built as 1 level sets. You just change sets and your there. Most all of the Hollywood studios have 1 or 2 sound stages built with a "pool " area. If not then there is an outside pool area (think Star Trek 4) where 2 stage sets can be built. What you see on VttBS, LIS,The Munsters....... is 2 different sets with steps to nowhere. Most sound stages are big enough to hold a 2 story set if needed, but that is something that isn't called fore often. As for the floors, the last stage I was on at Paramount was made of 4x4 boards 6inches long standing upright, bonded to a cement floor. I was told the only things they ever did to the floors was to replace the wood when it was full of nail and screw holes. ------------- Original message from "Geoff Willmetts" : -------------- > Hello John > > We have fun and games with this with some British shows. If you ever get > to > see 'Tomb Of The Cybermen', a Pat Troughton/Dr Who story, you'll see half a > dozen actors go down through a hole in the ground which considering it was > on ground floor isn't exactly possible through concrete. What is masked is > them walking down and out through a hidden exit but the illusion is held. > > I suspect the same thing holds for the American shows. As Seaview's set, > at > least the control room, was for film originally and was going to be shook > up, logic says it had to be built above the studio floor which would have > made it easier to add on the descent into the Flying Sub, even if that set > was elsewhere. Look at how the submarine set was done in Mission: > Impossible. Mind you, the cast threw themselves around when they were > attacked which reduced the set shaking. Interestingly, the area where they > put on aqua-gear and left the sub was on plain concrete studio floor. > > The size of the Jupiter II interiors clearly don't match the exterior > set. > I mean, you have to ask yourself just where are the engines, especially as > there is also a basement where the Robot was originally housed in the first > episode. > > Star Trek had a lot of standing sets and shaking crew was done like > Seaview. It's a lot easier to raise a set than to knock holes in the floor. > Considering how much of it is plywood, it’s not exactly heavy. > > Geoff #4104 From: "Keith" Date: Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:32 am Subject: Re: I Will Try It Here You'd be surprised at how much stuff is hidden underground at a production studio. Cables, ventilation, drains, etc. The floor that you see is rarely ground level in the first place. They blimp sound in some cases by filling the deadspace with sand or laying the floor on concrete joists. Some ground level, drive-in stages are built over basement spaces -- strong enough to take the weight of a truck (and EMPTY truck), 20 feet above the real floor. If you think that's bad, look UP sometime. --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, actingman6@... wrote: > > I know the two levels were seperate units (in fact I think they were even on > different sound stages). But again, for the upper level, you had the ladder > and the elevator, which went way below the level of the studio floor...so > was it an opening that already existed in the sound stage floor (and they > had to construct the ship set around that opening)? Did they chop open a > hole in the studio floor and dig up the ground and create a space for the > elevator and the ladder area? (There was enough room down there they put in > a wine rack and called it Guy Williams private wine cellar.) > > On 11/14/06, yorktowncmdr@... wrote: > > > > I can cite this as an example: > > > > The Jupiter 2's upper and lower deck were both on the same level on the > > stage. When shooting an actor on the elevater we see him/her descending on > > the platform. In reality it leads to a lower room used for a work and > > maintenance. The shooting follows with the actor being shot descending the > > duplicate elevator platform on the adjacent set. The J2 upper and lower > > decks were not stacked as they lead us to believe. > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: swhite228@... > > To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:55 PM > > Subject: [probe_control] Re: I Will Try It Here > > > > I'll take a shot at this........ > > The easy answer is that not all sound stages were built at ground > > level. > > > > There are some with pool areas under them that have been used for > > basements, lower decks,you name it. > > > > Some sets have been built on platforms so they could have trap doors > > or evevators. Sound is a problem but as any theater major will tell > > you padding between the floor beams and the floor will cut the noise > > to exceptable levels. > > > > Then there is the stairway to nowhere...a good example of that > > is "That 70's Show".. the basement set has stairs going up to the > > ground floor, and steps down from the outside to the basment floor. > > > > In the real world the stairs up ended with a platform that included > > the stairs down. > > > > Scott > > > > --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com , > > "actingman_jc" > > wrote: > > > > > > On a Time Tunnel list someone who visited 20th Century Fox as a kid > > is > > > sharing photos he took back then, and answering questions about the > > > studio (his dad was in the business working on Peyton Place at the > > time.) > > > > > > I asked the following question, but have not gotten an answer, so I > > > want to throw it here to our Hollywood friends: > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > I have always assumed that the soundstages out in California were on > > > ground level. > > > > > > There have been shows where the actors had to regularly on-camera go > > > below the surface of the standing set (Flying Sub hatch on Voyage, > > the > > > elevator and the ladder on the upper deck of the Jupiter 2, the > > tunnel > > > entrances on Hogan's Heroes,the corner triangular ladder in the > > > corridor of the Enterprise in Trek TOS, etc.) > > > > > > If the soundstage was on ground level, did they excavate the area > > > under the stage to make the appropriate space? > > > > > > Were the sets built on tall platforms to allow enough space > > underneath > > > to allow hatches, elevators, ect? > > > > > > Did the soundstages have certain areas that were already dug out and > > > so they had to plan the sets around these "trap-door areas" > > > > > > When you look at the Jupiter 2 from the outside, the ship sitting > > > there does not look high enough off the ground to allow for people > > to > > > go all the way down the ladder, much less the elevator. > > > > > > I question the platform theory because it would cost extra money to > > > build the set strongly enough so that it was properly soundproofed > > to > > > allow walking and dialog at the same time without echoing footsteps. > > > > > > Digging up the floor and excavating a "basement"? That has obvious > > > problems as well. > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > Anyway...that is my question as I posed it on the other list. Any > > takers? #4105 From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:03 am Subject: OT: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. "The Love Affair" By any chance, does anyone have a copy of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. episode entitled "The Love Affair" that aired yesterday evening on AMERICAN LIFE TV? I missed recording it, unfortunately. Any assistance would be VERY appreciated! Thanks-- Jim Alexander probecontrol@... #4106 From: actingman6@... Date: Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:22 pm Subject: Re: OT: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. "The Love Affair" The one stinking channel I would love to have and Directv doesn't carry it. This channel is even running the mid 60's color Honeymooners sketches from the Jackie Gleason show. Hopefully Jim, American Life is like other channels and they will run that episode another 50 times. On 11/16/06, Jim Alexander wrote: > > By any chance, does anyone have a copy of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. > episode entitled "The Love Affair" that aired yesterday evening on AMERICAN > LIFE TV? I missed recording it, unfortunately. Any assistance would be VERY > appreciated! > > Thanks-- > > Jim Alexander > probecontrol@... #4107 From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:16 am Subject: R.I.P. Milton Selzer probecontrol Offline Offline Send Email Send Email THE INVADERS FAN FORUM Jeff T. from THE INVADERS Yahoo Groups list posted the following on that particular list regarding "One of Our Probes is Missing" guest star Milton Selzer-- Jim Alexander ================ 'INVADERS' ACTOR MILTON SELZER PASSES AWAY!!!!! Posted by: "thinnes67" jtalbot45_@... thinnes67 Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:36 pm (PST) On a sad note it has just come to my attention that veteran screen and television actor Milton Selzer (born on October 25th, 1918) who appeared as A.J. Richards in THE INVADERS (ABC 1967-68) episode "Quantity: Unknown" (07/03/1967) recently passed away on Saturday, October 21st, 2006 of what was diagnosed as being pulmonary complications and stroke at 87 years of age...something that is only being reported just now! Mr. Selzer's other tv work includes THE TWILIGHT ZONE ("Hocus-Pocus and Frizby" with Peter Brocco seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Leeches" and Dabbs Greer seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Experiment" and "The Masks"), THE AQUANAUTS ("The Jeremiah Adventure" and "The Guilty Adventure" with Dabbs Greer seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Experiment"), ROALD DAHL'S WAY OUT! ("20/20"), THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. ("The Green Opal Affair"), VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA ("The Blizzard Makers" with William Boyett seen in THE INVADERS episode "Summit Meeting," Part One), BEWITCHED ("Darren Goes Ape"), THE WILD WILD WEST ("The Night of the Death Masks" with Bill Quinn seen in THE INVADERS episode "Labyrinth), SEARCH ("One of Our Probes is Missing" with series regular Burgess Meredith seen in THE INVADERS episode "Wall of Crystal") in addition to the made-for-tv movies ALONG CAME A SPIDER (1970) with Andrew Prine (seen in THE INVADERS episode "Dark Outpost"), Richard Anderson (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Enemy"), Wright King (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Condemned") and Barry Atwater (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Organization") and CROWHAVEN FARM (1970) with Ross Elliott (seen in THE INVADERS episodes "Moonshot" and "Counterattack"), Milton Selzer was in the films THE LAST MILE (1959) with Michael Constantine (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Possessed"), Frank Overton (seen in THE INVADERS episode "Genesis") and Ford Rainey (seen in THE INVADERS episodes "Panic" and "Summit Meeting," Part One), THE YOUNG SAVAGES (1961) with Edward Andrews (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Experiment") and Larry Gates (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Organization"), THE YELLOW CANARY (1963) scripted by Rod Serling (December 25th, 1924 - June 28th, 1975) based on the novel "Evil Come, Evil Go" by Whit Masterson, with Harold Gould (seen in THE INVADERS episodes "The Experiment" and "The Trial"), MARNIE (1964) directed by Alfred Hitchcock (August 13th, 1899 - April 29th, 1980) with Diane Baker (seen in THE INVADERS pilot episode "Beachhead") and Louise Latham (seen in THE INVADERS episode "Genesis"), THE CINCINNATI KID (1965) with Theodore Marcuse (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Leeches"), IN ENEMY COUNTRY (1968) with Michael Constantine, Virginia Christine (seen in THE INVADERS episode "Labyrinth"), Murray Matheson (seen in THE INVADERS episode "The Ivy Curtain") and Simon Scott (seen in THE INVADERS episodes "Storm," "Condition: Red!" and "The Pit"), LADY SINGS THE BLUES (1971) with James T. Callahan (seen in THE INVADERS episodes "Nightmare" and "Labyrinth") and CAPRICORN ONE (1978) with James Sikking (seen in THE INVADERS episode "Valley of the Shadow"). At present there is (regrettably) no online announcement of this from any of the information news services. Rest in Peace Milton Selzer! As a tribute to Milton Selzer provided is a weblink to an online videoclip showcasing the featured guest-star line up in "Quantity: Unknown": http://www.the-invaders.com/guestarchive/videoclip20506.wmv Still trying to convince a disbelieving world. **Bakersfield Control Out!** Jeff T. #4108 From: "Robert J. Sawyer" Date: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:03 pm Subject: Re: I Will Try It Here I mention this only because Probe Control was modeled after the Apollo-era Mission Control Center in Houston. I was fortunate enough to get to visit that room, which is preserved as a historic site, last year. Like Probe Control (in the early episodes when it was dimly lit) Mission Control always had a subterranean feel to it, as seen on TV. But it turns out that it's on the second floor of the Johnson Space Center -- because of the need to run all sorts of cables, etc., underneath the consoles. (It's also in the middle of the building, with no outside walls, to protect it from hurricane damage.) Cheers, Rob ---------------- ROBERT J. SAWYER, Science Fiction Writer Hugo Award winner for HOMINIDS Nebula Award winner for THE TERMINAL EXPERIMENT John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for MINDSCAN http://www.sfwriter.com * sawyer@... ---------------- --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" wrote: > > > You'd be surprised at how much stuff is hidden underground at a > production studio. Cables, ventilation, drains, etc. The floor that > you see is rarely ground level in the first place. > > They blimp sound in some cases by filling the deadspace with sand or > laying the floor on concrete joists. Some ground level, drive-in > stages are built over basement spaces -- strong enough to take the > weight of a truck (and EMPTY truck), 20 feet above the real floor. > > If you think that's bad, look UP sometime. > > > --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, actingman6@ wrote: > > > > I know the two levels were seperate units (in fact I think they were > even on > > different sound stages). But again, for the upper level, you had > the ladder > > and the elevator, which went way below the level of the studio > floor...so > > was it an opening that already existed in the sound stage floor (and > they > > had to construct the ship set around that opening)? Did they chop > open a > > hole in the studio floor and dig up the ground and create a space > for the > > elevator and the ladder area? (There was enough room down there they > put in > > a wine rack and called it Guy Williams private wine cellar.) > > > > On 11/14/06, yorktowncmdr@ wrote: > > > > > > I can cite this as an example: > > > > > > The Jupiter 2's upper and lower deck were both on the same level > on the > > > stage. When shooting an actor on the elevater we see him/her > descending on > > > the platform. In reality it leads to a lower room used for a work and > > > maintenance. The shooting follows with the actor being shot > descending the > > > duplicate elevator platform on the adjacent set. The J2 upper and > lower > > > decks were not stacked as they lead us to believe. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: swhite228@ > > > To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:55 PM > > > Subject: [probe_control] Re: I Will Try It Here > > > > > > I'll take a shot at this........ > > > The easy answer is that not all sound stages were built at ground > > > level. > > > > > > There are some with pool areas under them that have been used for > > > basements, lower decks,you name it. > > > > > > Some sets have been built on platforms so they could have trap doors > > > or evevators. Sound is a problem but as any theater major will tell > > > you padding between the floor beams and the floor will cut the noise > > > to exceptable levels. > > > > > > Then there is the stairway to nowhere...a good example of that > > > is "That 70's Show".. the basement set has stairs going up to the > > > ground floor, and steps down from the outside to the basment floor. > > > > > > In the real world the stairs up ended with a platform that included > > > the stairs down. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com > , > > > "actingman_jc" > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On a Time Tunnel list someone who visited 20th Century Fox as a kid > > > is > > > > sharing photos he took back then, and answering questions about the > > > > studio (his dad was in the business working on Peyton Place at the > > > time.) > > > > > > > > I asked the following question, but have not gotten an answer, so I > > > > want to throw it here to our Hollywood friends: > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > I have always assumed that the soundstages out in California were on > > > > ground level. > > > > > > > > There have been shows where the actors had to regularly on-camera go > > > > below the surface of the standing set (Flying Sub hatch on Voyage, > > > the > > > > elevator and the ladder on the upper deck of the Jupiter 2, the > > > tunnel > > > > entrances on Hogan's Heroes,the corner triangular ladder in the > > > > corridor of the Enterprise in Trek TOS, etc.) > > > > > > > > If the soundstage was on ground level, did they excavate the area > > > > under the stage to make the appropriate space? > > > > > > > > Were the sets built on tall platforms to allow enough space > > > underneath > > > > to allow hatches, elevators, ect? > > > > > > > > Did the soundstages have certain areas that were already dug out and > > > > so they had to plan the sets around these "trap-door areas" > > > > > > > > When you look at the Jupiter 2 from the outside, the ship sitting > > > > there does not look high enough off the ground to allow for people > > > to > > > > go all the way down the ladder, much less the elevator. > > > > > > > > I question the platform theory because it would cost extra money to > > > > build the set strongly enough so that it was properly soundproofed > > > to > > > > allow walking and dialog at the same time without echoing footsteps. > > > > > > > > Digging up the floor and excavating a "basement"? That has obvious > > > > problems as well. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Anyway...that is my question as I posed it on the other list. Any > > > takers? #4109 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:07 pm Subject: NASA PROBE Hello Rob I wonder if NASA would consider running PROBE agents as a side-line?? :-) Seriously, can anyone confirm that PROBE control was in the basement of World Securities?? The lift never indicated up or down. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4110 From: Date: Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:25 pm Subject: Probe Control Placement Geoff asked: >Seriously, can anyone confirm that PROBE control was in the basement of World Securities?? The lift never indicated up or down. ================= 'Moment of Madness' placed Probe Control on an upper floor of World Securities, didn't it? Patrick O'Neal enters by way of a painting scaffold. Correct? Jim Alexander #4111 From: "Richard D. Perez" Date: Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:46 am Subject: Re: NASA PROBE I assumed it was close to the top floor of the building. Geoff Willmetts wrote: > Hello Rob > > I wonder if NASA would consider running PROBE agents as a side-line?? :-) > > Seriously, can anyone confirm that PROBE control was in the basement of > World Securities?? The lift never indicated up or down. > > Geoff #4112 From: yorktowncmdr@... Date: Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:36 pm Subject: Re: Probe Control Placement Send Email Send Email Mostly I've had the sense Probe Control was in the basement of World Securities. However, Patriack O'Neill contradicts this in the final episode. David #4113 From: "Stephen Russell" Date: Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:09 am Subject: Space IslandGroup.com hiring?? See website SPACEISLANDGROUP.COM Planning mega structures in Orbit & can use Plans/copies etc of the PROBE CONTROL ROOMS for actual Ops in Space Island. Send data to this Company. Thanks. Send any decent photos, plans etc. Copies please. Looking for Techhies, IT IS Electronics, Aerospace, Marketing, Mgmt. US the Probe Fans. #4114 From: actingman6@... Date: Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:18 am Subject: Re: Probe Control Placement If we really want to make ourselves crazy, it does not do any such thing. One can argue that we do not know how far down the elevator cable Byron slid. Or if he only slid until he got to the car, and took it the rest of the way. Whether he went to another floor above ground, or went into a basement level...who can say? Now if someone wants to closely study the pilot, Live Men, and Moments to see if the elevators are showing any kind of indicator lights to give a clue... On 11/17/06, yorktowncmdr@... wrote: > > Mostly I've had the sense Probe Control was in the basement of World > Securities. However, Patriack O'Neill contradicts this in the final > episode. > > David #4115 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:31 pm Subject: Re: Probe Control Placement Hello Jim and David Maybe there were two Probe Control rooms. It would explain why one was lit differently. Maybe the basement one was being decorated. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4116 From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:51 pm Subject: Re: Probe Control Placement Geoff wrote: > Maybe there were two Probe Control rooms. It would explain why one was lit > differently. Maybe the basement one was being decorated. ============== You know, I kind of LIKE that idea. Well, maybe not the 'decorated' part, but... ;) It would be nice to know--in the context of the series--that the 'original' Probe Control might still exist, so to speak... and that the brightly-lit Probe Control was just kind of a back-up, or something. ;) I mean, the series alluded to multiple control rooms, anyway. Jim Alexander #4117 From: "Skip Brown" Date: Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:03 am Subject: RE: Re: I Will Try It Here I never took much care to wonder about the maps, diagrams, or designs of the Jupiter II on "Lost In Space". I was just a kid, enjoying a cool science fiction show. Besides, I was too busy having my first crush on Angela Cartwright (Penny Robinson). Alas, a 5 year old, with a crush on an older woman! Skip From: probe_control@yahoogroups.com [mailto:probe_control@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of yorktowncmdr@... Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:32 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [probe_control] Re: I Will Try It Here I can cite this as an example: The Jupiter 2's upper and lower deck were both on the same level on the stage. When shooting an actor on the elevater we see him/her descending on the platform. In reality it leads to a lower room used for a work and maintenance. The shooting follows with the actor being shot descending the duplicate elevator platform on the adjacent set. The J2 upper and lower decks were not stacked as they lead us to believe. David -----Original Message----- From: swhite228@... To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:55 PM Subject: [probe_control] Re: I Will Try It Here I'll take a shot at this........ The easy answer is that not all sound stages were built at ground level. There are some with pool areas under them that have been used for basements, lower decks,you name it. Some sets have been built on platforms so they could have trap doors or evevators. Sound is a problem but as any theater major will tell you padding between the floor beams and the floor will cut the noise to exceptable levels. Then there is the stairway to nowhere...a good example of that is "That 70's Show".. the basement set has stairs going up to the ground floor, and steps down from the outside to the basment floor. In the real world the stairs up ended with a platform that included the stairs down. Scott --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com , "actingman_jc" wrote: > > On a Time Tunnel list someone who visited 20th Century Fox as a kid is > sharing photos he took back then, and answering questions about the > studio (his dad was in the business working on Peyton Place at the time.) > > I asked the following question, but have not gotten an answer, so I > want to throw it here to our Hollywood friends: > > ------------------------------------------------- > > I have always assumed that the soundstages out in California were on > ground level. > > There have been shows where the actors had to regularly on-camera go > below the surface of the standing set (Flying Sub hatch on Voyage, the > elevator and the ladder on the upper deck of the Jupiter 2, the tunnel > entrances on Hogan's Heroes,the corner triangular ladder in the > corridor of the Enterprise in Trek TOS, etc.) > > If the soundstage was on ground level, did they excavate the area > under the stage to make the appropriate space? > > Were the sets built on tall platforms to allow enough space underneath > to allow hatches, elevators, ect? > > Did the soundstages have certain areas that were already dug out and > so they had to plan the sets around these "trap-door areas" > > When you look at the Jupiter 2 from the outside, the ship sitting > there does not look high enough off the ground to allow for people to > go all the way down the ladder, much less the elevator. > > I question the platform theory because it would cost extra money to > build the set strongly enough so that it was properly soundproofed to > allow walking and dialog at the same time without echoing footsteps. > > Digging up the floor and excavating a "basement"? That has obvious > problems as well. > > --------------------------------------- > > Anyway...that is my question as I posed it on the other list. Any takers? > #4118 From: "Stephen Russell" Date: Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:31 pm Subject: My Lost in Space crush was I too grew up on Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Stingray, UFO, Jonny Quest, Herculoids, Space Ghost, & I had a crush (still do) for Judy Robinson. But I fell way from Lost in Space for Star Trek. The 1998 movie Lost in Space lacked pizzaz (fine Tech FX) but hokey Jupiter 2 sets. Love to see Gerry Andersen Stingray redone as a CGI Live action movie, See Flags of Our Fathers: best Live action & CGI movie ever. ALL Living History. For Probe Controlfiles. #4119 From: yorktowncmdr@... Date: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:05 am Subject: Re: Re: I Will Try It Here For me it was Marta Kristen as Judy. David > I never took much care to wonder about the maps, diagrams, or designs of > the > Jupiter II on "Lost In Space". I was just a kid, enjoying a cool science > fiction show. Besides, I was too busy having my first crush on Angela > Cartwright (Penny Robinson). > > Alas, a 5 year old, with a crush on an older woman! > #4120 From: "Bob Greenberger" Date: Sun Nov 19, 2006 4:29 pm Subject: RE: Re: I Will Try It Here I hated Lost in Space and much preferred its competition on ABC - Batman! And my first crush was, you guessed it, Yvonne Craig as Batgirl. #4121 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:36 pm Subject: RE: Re: Internal logic Hello Jim Explaining the changes is really more me applying internal logic to the series than the TV company politics. It's such a simple solution really. Even having bright lights can have an internal logic. When the lights are down, it makes it easier for Gloria to make remarks without getting a stare from Cameron. Maybe some of the others were eating popcorn while they were watching. :-) Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4122 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:41 pm Subject: configure video to copy to DVD Hello chaps and chapettes Today, I finally figured out how to configure video to copy to DVD - the secret is in scart arrangement rather than the three wire links. Now my DVD recorder is set for multi-region but my computer DVD is still on Region One (long story). Anyway, I thought let's put it in and see what happens. Blow me down, but it worked through the WXP media player I ended up watching the PROBE pilot on computer. Anyone else had that kind of luck?? Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4123 From: "Jim Alexander" Date: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:38 pm Subject: Configure video to copy to DVD > Today, I finally figured out how to configure video to copy to DVD - the > secret is in scart arrangement rather than the three wire links. Now my > DVD > recorder is set for multi-region but my computer DVD is still on Region > One > (long story). Anyway, I thought let's put it in and see what happens. Blow > me down, but it worked through the WXP media player I ended up watching > the > PROBE pilot on computer. Anyone else had that kind of luck?? =============== A year or two ago, I picked up an inexpensive DVD Player that I was able to easily hack and make an All-Region out of it, Geoff. *My* new trick is uTorrent downloading; Now that DOCTOR WHO is on hiatus, I'm currently downloading your excellent TORCHWOOD series and enjoying it immensely. :) This morning, I downloaded the new 'New Voyages' episode (with Walter Koenig) in Quicktime, and converted it in real time to DVD. Not quite what you were asking, but I thought I'd chime in. ;) Jim Alexander #4124 From: "len1552" Date: Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:03 pm Subject: Re: Configure video to copy to DVD Messing about with torrents? Naughty, naughty. Next thing you know someone will upload all the Search episodes on Demonoid and then where will we be? Breaking the law, that's where. I keep checking regularly just to make sure no-one has done anything so awful. So far no-one has. But I keep checking just in case. And just to make sure I also check eMule and several DC++ hubs. If anyone has uploaded Search episodes they must have slipped past me. If anyone has a naughty friend who has uploaded episodes somewhere I hope they will warn us so that we can avoid the temptation of illegal downloads. --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Alexander" > =============== > A year or two ago, I picked up an inexpensive DVD Player that I was able to > easily hack and make an All-Region out of it, Geoff. *My* new trick is > uTorrent downloading; Now that DOCTOR WHO is on hiatus, I'm currently > downloading your excellent TORCHWOOD series and enjoying it immensely. :) > This morning, I downloaded the new 'New Voyages' episode (with Walter > Koenig) in Quicktime, and converted it in real time to DVD. > > Not quite what you were asking, but I thought I'd chime in. ;) > > Jim Alexander > #4125 From: "Skip Brown" Date: Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:11 pm Subject: RE: Configure video to copy to DVD I use Azureus instead of uTorrent. I find the interface easier to use, and more versatile. I downloaded and saw the full 2005 - 2006 series of Doctor Who before they were available in the US, and to be fair and legal, even though I burned them to disc, I bought the DVDs for the series after I decided that I liked them. (2005, because the 2006 series is not available in the US, yet). Other series I have seen: Torchwood (I agree, its interesting - did you know Torchwood is an anagram for Doctor Who?), Life On Mars, LOST, Jericho, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate:S1, Stargate: Atlantis, Threshold, 44,000, and Star Trek Enhanced. I tend to download programs that are inaccessible, or to see them in HD quality on my computer. I am getting quite adept in converting video to DVD. I prefer downloading HD video with XVID codec, and initially, I had trouble converting it to DVD. Then I found an GNU program that converted the files to DVD. Another problem I initially had was cross converting PAL video, to NTSC for the DVD to play in my DVD player (it worked great in my computer, but not in the player). Has anyone converted SEARCH episodes to digital and made them available by torrent? Skip From: probe_control@yahoogroups.com [mailto:probe_control@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Alexander Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 4:38 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Configure video to copy to DVD > Today, I finally figured out how to configure video to copy to DVD - the > secret is in scart arrangement rather than the three wire links. Now my > DVD > recorder is set for multi-region but my computer DVD is still on Region > One > (long story). Anyway, I thought let's put it in and see what happens. Blow > me down, but it worked through the WXP media player I ended up watching > the > PROBE pilot on computer. Anyone else had that kind of luck?? =============== A year or two ago, I picked up an inexpensive DVD Player that I was able to easily hack and make an All-Region out of it, Geoff. *My* new trick is uTorrent downloading; Now that DOCTOR WHO is on hiatus, I'm currently downloading your excellent TORCHWOOD series and enjoying it immensely. :) This morning, I downloaded the new 'New Voyages' episode (with Walter Koenig) in Quicktime, and converted it in real time to DVD. Not quite what you were asking, but I thought I'd chime in. ;) Jim Alexander #4126 From: "kevin_searchprobe" Date: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:23 am Subject: "Search" on DVD Hi, I've been away from the group for a while. (Job changes, divorce, etc ...) Does anyone know the status of the "Search" series as far as a possible DVD release? I can't believe it's far off. Practically everything else has been put out on DVD. I bought "Planet of the Apes -- The TV Series" earlier today, for God's sakes! Aside from another favorite of mine, "Batman", it seems that practically every other series aside from "Search" has been released. If not, did you guys ever recover all the "SEARCH" episodes on VHS? In the beginning of this group, I thought myself & Actingman were the only ones who remembered Probe/Search. How wrong I was! And WOW, the piece that was done a while back about presenting the "SERACH" tapes to Hugh O'Brian (my favorite Probe) absolutely blew me away!! It was magical. If I may say so, that in itself was worth the effort you guys have put into this thing. Also, it's incredible to see how many others fondly recall this series. Thank you all! #4127 From: "Jeffrey P Rush" Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:59 pm Subject: RE: Configure video to copy to DVD Could someone, anyone walk me through the process of going from a .avi file to a file compatible to play on a DVD player – a rather old one but still working. I’ve got into a DIVx file but I’m guessing that won’t work. Many thanks. 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If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this information in error, please notify the sender and delete this information from your computer and retain no copies of any of this information. _____ From: probe_control@yahoogroups.com [mailto:probe_control@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Skip Brown Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 11:11 AM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [probe_control] Configure video to copy to DVD I use Azureus instead of uTorrent. I find the interface easier to use, and more versatile. I downloaded and saw the full 2005 - 2006 series of Doctor Who before they were available in the US, and to be fair and legal, even though I burned them to disc, I bought the DVDs for the series after I decided that I liked them. (2005, because the 2006 series is not available in the US, yet). Other series I have seen: Torchwood (I agree, its interesting - did you know Torchwood is an anagram for Doctor Who?), Life On Mars, LOST, Jericho, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate:S1, Stargate: Atlantis, Threshold, 44,000, and Star Trek Enhanced. I tend to download programs that are inaccessible, or to see them in HD quality on my computer. I am getting quite adept in converting video to DVD. I prefer downloading HD video with XVID codec, and initially, I had trouble converting it to DVD. Then I found an GNU program that converted the files to DVD. Another problem I initially had was cross converting PAL video, to NTSC for the DVD to play in my DVD player (it worked great in my computer, but not in the player). Has anyone converted SEARCH episodes to digital and made them available by torrent? Skip From: HYPERLINK "mailto:probe_control%40yahoogroups.com"probe_control@-yahoogroups.-com [mailto:HYPERLINK "mailto:probe_control%40yahoogroups.com"probe_control@-yahoogroups.-com] On Behalf Of Jim Alexander Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 4:38 PM To: HYPERLINK "mailto:probe_control%40yahoogroups.com"probe_control@-yahoogroups.-com Subject: [probe_control] Configure video to copy to DVD > Today, I finally figured out how to configure video to copy to DVD - the > secret is in scart arrangement rather than the three wire links. Now my > DVD > recorder is set for multi-region but my computer DVD is still on Region > One > (long story). Anyway, I thought let's put it in and see what happens. Blow > me down, but it worked through the WXP media player I ended up watching > the > PROBE pilot on computer. Anyone else had that kind of luck?? ============-=== A year or two ago, I picked up an inexpensive DVD Player that I was able to easily hack and make an All-Region out of it, Geoff. *My* new trick is uTorrent downloading; Now that DOCTOR WHO is on hiatus, I'm currently downloading your excellent TORCHWOOD series and enjoying it immensely. :) This morning, I downloaded the new 'New Voyages' episode (with Walter Koenig) in Quicktime, and converted it in real time to DVD. Not quite what you were asking, but I thought I'd chime in. ;) Jim Alexander #4128 From: Nic Olinsky Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:15 pm Subject: Re: Configure video to copy to DVD If you are on a Mac, you can do it in a one step process with VisualHub. On Nov 27, 2006, at 4:59 AM, Jeffrey P Rush wrote: > Could someone, anyone walk me through the process of going from > a .avi file > to a file compatible to play on a DVD player – a rather old one but > still > working. I’ve got into a DIVx file but I’m guessing that won’t > work. Many > thanks. -- Nicholas M Olinsky Sunnyside School District Manager of Information Systems Phone: 509.836.8412 FAX: 509.836.8423 "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special." - Stephen Hawking #4129 From: jeff rush Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:44 pm Subject: Re: Configure video to copy to DVD I'm working from a PC. Any and all help would be great! Thanks. -----Original Message----- >From: Nic Olinsky >Sent: Nov 27, 2006 10:15 AM >To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [probe_control] Configure video to copy to DVD > >If you are on a Mac, you can do it in a one step process with VisualHub. > >On Nov 27, 2006, at 4:59 AM, Jeffrey P Rush wrote: > >> Could someone, anyone walk me through the process of going from >> a .avi file >> to a file compatible to play on a DVD player ? a rather old one but >> still >> working. I?ve got into a DIVx file but I?m guessing that won?t >> work. Many >> thanks. > >-- > >Nicholas M Olinsky >Sunnyside School District >Manager of Information Systems >Phone: 509.836.8412 >FAX: 509.836.8423 > >"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very >average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us >something very special." - Stephen Hawking Jeffrey P. Rush, DPA 205.368.6893 WARNING: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. #4130 From: actingman6@... Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:18 pm Subject: Re: Configure video to copy to DVD Some of the newer, non brand names (maybe the brand name ones will as well) play avi files...even the cheaper ones. If you have the money to spend, Nero 7 will convert avi to dvd format and burn it for you. You can create pretty menu screens and place chapters, or have no menu screens. For free options, try this link, which searches the articles on Videohelp.com: http://www.google.com/search?domains=videohelp.com&sitesearch=videohelp.com&safe\ =off&as_q=avi+to+dvd&SUBMIT=Search Videohelp.com is also a good site to see if your dvd player and dvd rom have a keypad hack, or a firmware hack. I always check this site before I buy a unit. On 11/27/06, Jeffrey P Rush wrote: > > Could someone, anyone walk me through the process of going from a .avi > file > to a file compatible to play on a DVD player – a rather old one but still > working. I've got into a DIVx file but I'm guessing that won't > work. Many > thanks. > #4131 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:33 pm Subject: RE: Cry UNCLE Hello everyone While we're on the subject of TV series being released, according to December Starlog, Robert Vaughn says 'The Man From UNCLE' should be released next year. Guess that means we all pay a visit to deFlorio's steam press. You'd think it would look odd seeing all those people walking into his shop and not coming out as being a tad suspicious, wouldn't you. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4132 From: Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:12 pm Subject: RE: Cry UNCLE >While we're on the subject of TV series being released, according to December Starlog, Robert Vaughn says 'The Man From UNCLE' should be released next year. Guess that means we all pay a visit to deFlorio's steam press. ============= I hope Vaughn is correct. I won't get my hopes up 'til I read it on www.tvshowsondvd.com. ;) Vaughn apparently jumped the gun when he mentioned it a couple of months back-- and there was NOT a DVD deal in place at the time. I'm very, VERY much looking forward to U.N.C.L.E. being released on DVD. ============ >You'd think it would look odd seeing all those people walking into his shop and not coming out as being a tad suspicious, wouldn't you. ============ Yup! Well, seeing as in the friggin' PILOT, enemy agents (was it THRUSH?) infiltrated Del Florio's shop... you'd have thought they'd have changed it to something else, lickety- split. ;) Jim Alexander #4133 From: "Keith" Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:04 am Subject: Re: Cry UNCLE It was made clear in the pilot and in the books that THRUSH knew exactly where UNCLE HQ was, and how to get in. --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Willmetts" wrote: > You'd think it would look odd seeing all those people walking into his shop > and not coming out as being a tad suspicious, wouldn't you. #4134 From: "Keith" Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:07 am Subject: Re: Cry UNCLE You have obviously never tried to get a phone line moved in NYC. Much less hundreds of them. They issued the move order in September of 1963, and are waiting for the union phone crew to arrive. That's why the secretary is there 24/7 -- they wouldn't give an eta. --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > Yup! Well, seeing as in the friggin' PILOT, enemy agents > (was it THRUSH?) infiltrated Del Florio's shop... you'd have > thought they'd have changed it to something else, lickety- > split. ;) > > Jim Alexander > #4135 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:07 pm Subject: RE: Cry UNCLE Hello Jim The interview mentioned that the firm releasing it hadn't got permission but the other one had but he did am audio commentary which will be used by whichever so someone is footing his bill. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4136 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:13 pm Subject: RE: Re: Cry UNCLE Hello Keith and the rest of you Did any of you read the Beauty And The Beast TV series novelisation. There was a sly reference to UNCLE in the story and even the people under the city avoided the area. No doubt because of all the klaxtons going off whenever anyone entered the building. UNCLE HQ almost seemed to be a honeytrap to capture infiltrating THRUSH agents so SOLO could shoot them down for practice. Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4137 From: Brooks Cook Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:25 pm Subject: Re: Re: Cry UNCLE On Nov 28, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Geoff Willmetts wrote: > Hello Keith and the rest of you > > Did any of you read the Beauty And The Beast TV series > novelisation. There > was a sly reference to UNCLE in the story and even the people under > the city > avoided the area. No doubt because of all the klaxtons going off > whenever > anyone entered the building. > > UNCLE HQ almost seemed to be a honeytrap to capture infiltrating > THRUSH > agents so SOLO could shoot them down for practice. > > Geoff There was a clever piece on the old "secret" entrance in "The Return of the Man from UNCLE" if you watch it on tape (in re-runs in syndication this scene and others are edited for time). Brooks #4138 From: Brooks Cook Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:24 pm Subject: Re: Cry UNCLE On Nov 28, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Geoff Willmetts wrote: > Hello Jim > > The interview mentioned that the firm releasing it hadn't got > permission but > the other one had but he did am audio commentary which will be used by > whichever so someone is footing his bill. > > Geoff Hi Everyone, Can't wait for the UNCLE series on DVD. I didn't care for UNCLE near as much as SEARCH, but some episodes were a lot better than others. And particularly since there's really been nothing like these shows since that time, they seem to age much better IMO. And regardless of the various episode quality, Vaughn, McCallum and Carroll's performances were always pretty cool. Did everyone see "The Return of the Man from UNCLE"? It was rushed, clumsy & ultra-budgeted, but Vaughn & McCallum were very good in it - and they have a very good fight scene in the Russian Tea Room in NY (both gents were around 50 when they did this - and are both obviously doing their own stunts). Plus it's always great to see MacNee (although he was wasted pretty much) as the new head of UNCLE. And at the end of the film, it does leave the viewer wanting to see what happens next. It was a proposed pilot for a new series - what a shame it didn't get picked up. Take care, all! Brooks #4139 From: "Geoff Willmetts" Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:06 am Subject: ‘One Of Our Probes Is Missing’ - glitch or solution Hello everyone Considering all the re-makes Hollywood is spinning at the moment, you'd have thought someone would be attempting a UNCLE film. Maybe the real UNCLE wouldn't give them permission. I was watching ‘One Of Our Probes Is Missing’ last night and hit an apparent plotting glitch although I did come up with a solution but want you lot to have a ponder first. Even without his scanner, Arthur Burrell could have contacted PROBE Control, so why didn’t he?? After all, he had his tooth contact and earjack. As to being in the presence of people, tooth grinding would still be a valid option. Have a think, people. End run Geoff ********* GF Willmetts **************************** Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER WE DON’T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:- AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ *************************************************** #4140 From: "Mike" Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:09 am Subject: Re: ‘One Of Our Probes Is Missing’ - glitch or solution Hello Jim and All, Hope everyone had a nice and safe Thanksgiving. Hmmm, so many post since I checked in last. Well, here it goes..... Steven Hawkins quote. He mighta come from a ape - I didn't! lol U.N.C.L.E. - I have been watchin them on In2tv. http://television.aol.com/in2tv/full_list_tv/full_list_4_tv Also, lets not forget The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.(Stefanie Powers), It ran similtainously with Man from U.N.C.L.E. also on In2tv. http://television.aol.com/in2tv/full_list_tv/full_list_3_tv. For coverting AVI s to DVD, you can also make it a VCD (fake DVD)on a CD, that most all DVD units will play, depends on the size - not that gooda quality either. Moot point now I guess? I hope I don't see Search on one of those illegal sights such as torrent and the like. My crush also, Judy Robinson (Marta Kristen). And of course Catwoman (July Newmar)- The hotest, best Catwoman of all time. Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) was pretty hot too. The floor Probe Control was on in The World Securities Building? Hmmm, never gave that much thought. I will try to take note when I watch the epis again. I been goin through some of them again for inspiration. You know, the 35 year anniversary is coming up. One Of Our Probes Is Missing tooth contact to communicate with Probe Control? I'll have to take note of the situation, again next time I watch the epis. Not sure I covered it all? Gave it a good try though. ;) I'll try to check in more often, been really busy lately, have a very full plate these days. Not to mention the Holidays that make it even a busier time. Glad to see all the activity on the board. :) Well, Good Day Jim an All, Mike S. --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Willmetts" wrote: > > Hello everyone > > Considering all the re-makes Hollywood is spinning at the moment, you'd > have thought someone would be attempting a UNCLE film. Maybe the real UNCLE > wouldn't give them permission. > > I was watching `One Of Our Probes Is Missing' last night and hit an > apparent plotting glitch although I did come up with a solution but want you > lot to have a ponder first. Even without his scanner, Arthur Burrell could > have contacted PROBE Control, so why didn't he?? After all, he had his tooth > contact and earjack. As to being in the presence of people, tooth grinding > would still be a valid option. Have a think, people. > > End run > Geoff #4141 From: Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:13 pm Subject: OT: No U.N.C.L.E. Film >Considering all the re-makes Hollywood is spinning at the moment, you'd have thought someone would be attempting a UNCLE film. ============= Agreed. I'd heard that Quention Tarrantino has been quite interested in getting an U.N.C.L.E. project off the ground for many years now. ============= >Maybe the real UNCLE wouldn't give them permission. ============= ;) Jim Alexander #4142 From: Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:09 pm Subject: 'One Of Our Probes Is Missing' - glitch or solution Thanks for your thoughts and ruminations, Mike. :) Always a pleasure to hear from you. Jim Alexander =============================== > > Glad to see all the activity on the board. :) > > Well, > Good Day Jim an All, > > Mike S. #4143 From: "holmes_ivd" Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:25 pm Subject: Current availability of digital episodes of Search... SOME Search episodes are currently available on-line. To date, the pilot and six episodes have been uploaded in divx AVI format to the newsgroup "alt.binaries.classic.tv.shows". Search episodes posted to date in alt.binaries.classic.tv.shows by highfade: (note: HIS numbering and titling, not mine...) 100 Probe 14-Nov 102 One of Our Probes is Missing 14-Nov 103 Short Circuit 14-Nov 104 Moonrock 21-Nov 105 Live Men Tell Tales 21-Nov 106 Operation Iceman 26-Nov 107 The Bullet 26-Nov I use EasyNews for my newsgroup service, and they have a 40 day retention on that group, so the first episodes will still be available on their servers until approximately Dec. 24th. I watched the pilot on my 56" screen, and it held up VERY well. Your Mileage May Vary... Michael W. Annis... aka The Toad "Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it." #4144 From: "Stephen Russell" Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:13 am Subject: DVDs out now Miami Vice Season 1 Wild Wild West Season 1 BW Year only Stingray, Gerry Andersen UK. Thunderbirds, Gerry Andersen. Pirates Caribbean 2, Dec ?? See Critics Choice Video.com Best deals For Gerry Andersen, FabgearUSA.com Have Fun Merry Christmas ALL. #4145 From: actingman6@... Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:50 am Subject: Re: "Search" on DVD We do have, in various conditions, all 23 episodes. Don and Jim take care of distribution. And we have various versions of the pilot with both the Probe and Search titles. As far as "that was released???!!" my nominee is still Good Morning World. Depending on your memory, you may have to look it up. On 11/26/06, kevin_searchprobe wrote: > > Hi, I've been away from the group for a while. (Job changes, divorce, > etc ...) Does anyone know the status of the "Search" series as far as > a possible DVD release? I can't believe it's far off. Practically > everything else has been put out on DVD. I bought "Planet of the Apes > -- The TV Series" earlier today, for God's sakes! Aside from another > favorite of mine, "Batman", it seems that practically every other > series aside from "Search" has been released. > If not, did you guys ever recover all the "SEARCH" episodes on VHS? > In the beginning of this group, I thought myself & Actingman were the > only ones who remembered Probe/Search. How wrong I was! And WOW, the > piece that was done a while back about presenting the "SERACH" tapes > to Hugh O'Brian (my favorite Probe) absolutely blew me away!! It was > magical. If I may say so, that in itself was worth the effort you guys > have put into this thing. Also, it's incredible to see how many others > fondly recall this series. Thank you all! > > > Reply | Forward | Messages in this Topic (23) #4146 From: "Richard D. Perez" Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:28 am Subject: Re: DVDs out now Critic's Choice is too expensive. Try their sister site, Deep Discount DVD. Their prices include shipping. Stephen Russell wrote: > > Miami Vice Season 1 > Wild Wild West Season 1 BW Year only > Stingray, Gerry Andersen UK. > Thunderbirds, Gerry Andersen. > Pirates Caribbean 2, Dec ?? > > See Critics Choice Video.com > > Best deals > > For Gerry Andersen, FabgearUSA.com > > Have Fun > > Merry Christmas ALL. > > #4147 From: STEPHEN RUSELL Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:00 am Subject: Re: DVDs out now Thanks. ----- Original Message ---- From: Richard D. Perez To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:28:09 PM Subject: Re: [probe_control] DVDs out now Critic's Choice is too expensive. Try their sister site, Deep Discount DVD. Their prices include shipping. Stephen Russell wrote: > > Miami Vice Season 1 > Wild Wild West Season 1 BW Year only > Stingray, Gerry Andersen UK. > Thunderbirds, Gerry Andersen. > Pirates Caribbean 2, Dec ?? > > See Critics Choice Video.com > > Best deals > > For Gerry Andersen, FabgearUSA.com > > Have Fun > > Merry Christmas ALL. #4148 From: "Jeffrey P Rush" Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:56 am Subject: RE: Current availability of digital episodes of Search... Could someone tell me off list is fine, how all this binaries, usenet, etc. works? What’s the cost? Thanks. Lock and Load - Denny Crane, Crane, Poole and Schmidt; Attorneys at Law "The friend of my friend is my friend, The friend of my enemy is my enemy, The enemy of my friend is my enemy, The enemy of my enemy is my friend" Russ and Dee online, HYPERLINK "http://voiceofalabama.com/"http://voiceofalabama.com/ They hit one of us, they hit us all - Horatio Caine, CSI Miami More is lost through indecision than no decision - Carmela Soprano I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them - John Bernard Books, The Shootist Nobody hands me my own guns and says run, nobody! - Brit, one of The Magnificent Seven Jeffrey P. Rush 205/368-6893 Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential information and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named in the address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this information in error, please notify the sender and delete this information from your computer and retain no copies of any of this information. _____ From: probe_control@yahoogroups.com [mailto:probe_control@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of holmes_ivd Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:25 PM To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com Subject: [probe_control] Current availability of digital episodes of Search... SOME Search episodes are currently available on-line. To date, the pilot and six episodes have been uploaded in divx AVI format to the newsgroup "alt.binaries.-classic.tv.-shows". Search episodes posted to date in alt.binaries.-classic.tv.-shows by highfade: (note: HIS numbering and titling, not mine...) 100 Probe 14-Nov 102 One of Our Probes is Missing 14-Nov 103 Short Circuit 14-Nov 104 Moonrock 21-Nov 105 Live Men Tell Tales 21-Nov 106 Operation Iceman 26-Nov 107 The Bullet 26-Nov I use EasyNews for my newsgroup service, and they have a 40 day retention on that group, so the first episodes will still be available on their servers until approximately Dec. 24th. I watched the pilot on my 56" screen, and it held up VERY well. Your Mileage May Vary... Michael W. Annis... aka The Toad "Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it." #4149 From: Jack Bagley Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:14 am Subject: Re: "Search" on DVD All 23 episodes? Has "Ends of the Earth" turned up? Did I miss something? Jack --- actingman6@... wrote: > We do have, in various conditions, all 23 episodes. Don and Jim take care > of distribution. And we have various versions of the pilot with both the > Probe and Search titles. > My Blog: http://www.xanga.com/coloneljack What are you waiting for? Buy my writing stuff: http://www.cafepress.com/coloneljack #4150 From: Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:42 pm Subject: Re: "Search" on DVD Jack wrote: > All 23 episodes? Has "Ends of the Earth" turned up? > Did I miss something? ==================== Hope no one minds if I jump in. :) Yes--No official announcement was made on the list regarding finding 'Ends of the Earth.' A few months ago, a Spanish- soundtrack version of 'Ends' was located in Spain. This video was matched with Don Harden's audio recording of the episode, and voila--we now have 'Ends of the Earth'-- completing our long quest for that last, elusive hour. :) The video is pinkish, but the source seems to be a 16mm print- -which is good, because there are no over-the-air recording artifacts (and no stop-start for commercial breaks). And Don used an ultra-sophisticated method of matching the audio to video: a vari-speed Karaoke Machine. ;) It may not be synched up on every single syllable--but it's great 98% of the time. Don did an excellent job! Me? I'm very picky--and I'm thrilled with the results. I'm tickled to finally have 'Ends of the Earth.' :) If Don or John have anything to add--please feel free, of course. I just saw this post and thought I'd respond. Jim Alexander #4151 From: Nic Olinsky Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:16 pm Subject: Re: "Search" on DVD Are the episodes on Usenet from these sources? On Nov 30, 2006, at 6:42 AM, probecontrol@... wrote: > Jack wrote: > > All 23 episodes? Has "Ends of the Earth" turned up? > > Did I miss something? > ==================== > Hope no one minds if I jump in. :) > > Yes--No official announcement was made on the list regarding > finding 'Ends of the Earth.' A few months ago, a Spanish- > soundtrack version of 'Ends' was located in Spain. This > video was matched with Don Harden's audio recording of the > episode, and voila--we now have 'Ends of the Earth'-- > completing our long quest for that last, elusive hour. :) > > The video is pinkish, but the source seems to be a 16mm print- > -which is good, because there are no over-the-air recording > artifacts (and no stop-start for commercial breaks). And Don > used an ultra-sophisticated method of matching the audio to > video: a vari-speed Karaoke Machine. ;) It may not be > synched up on every single syllable--but it's great 98% of > the time. Don did an excellent job! > > Me? I'm very picky--and I'm thrilled with the results. I'm > tickled to finally have 'Ends of the Earth.' :) > > If Don or John have anything to add--please feel free, of > course. I just saw this post and thought I'd respond. > > Jim Alexander > > -- Nicholas M Olinsky Sunnyside School District Manager of Information Systems Phone: 509.836.8412 FAX: 509.836.8423 "Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule." - Stephen King Reply | Forward | Messages in this Topic (23) #4152 From: Jack Bagley Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:42 pm Subject: Re: "Search" on DVD Jim... How does one get a copy of the episode to complete the collection? JB > Hope no one minds if I jump in. :) > > Yes--No official announcement was made on the list regarding > finding 'Ends of the Earth.' A few months ago, a Spanish- > soundtrack version of 'Ends' was located in Spain. This > video was matched with Don Harden's audio recording of the > episode, and voila--we now have 'Ends of the Earth'-- > completing our long quest for that last, elusive hour. :) > > The video is pinkish, but the source seems to be a 16mm print- > -which is good, because there are no over-the-air recording > artifacts (and no stop-start for commercial breaks). And Don > used an ultra-sophisticated method of matching the audio to > video: a vari-speed Karaoke Machine. ;) It may not be > synched up on every single syllable--but it's great 98% of > the time. Don did an excellent job! > My Blog: http://www.xanga.com/coloneljack What are you waiting for? Buy my writing stuff: http://www.cafepress.com/coloneljack #4153 From: Brooks Cook Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:28 pm Subject: Re: "Search" on DVD Yes Jim... THAT'S the million dollar question! Brooks :) On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Jack Bagley wrote: > Jim... > > How does one get a copy of the episode to complete the collection? > > JB > > > Hope no one minds if I jump in. :) > > > > Yes--No official announcement was made on the list regarding > > finding 'Ends of the Earth.' A few months ago, a Spanish- > > soundtrack version of 'Ends' was located in Spain. This > > video was matched with Don Harden's audio recording of the > > episode, and voila--we now have 'Ends of the Earth'-- > > completing our long quest for that last, elusive hour. :) > > > > The video is pinkish, but the source seems to be a 16mm print- > > -which is good, because there are no over-the-air recording > > artifacts (and no stop-start for commercial breaks). And Don > > used an ultra-sophisticated method of matching the audio to > > video: a vari-speed Karaoke Machine. ;) It may not be > > synched up on every single syllable--but it's great 98% of > > the time. Don did an excellent job! > > > > My Blog: http://www.xanga.com/coloneljack > What are you waiting for? > Buy my writing stuff: http://www.cafepress.com/coloneljack #4154 From: C denova Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:15 pm Subject: Re: Current availability of digital episodes of Search... I have been unsucessful in getting to these episodes. The link takes me to google and then I am completely lost. Could you provide more explicit instructions? holmes_ivd wrote: SOME Search episodes are currently available on-line. To date, the pilot and six episodes have been uploaded in divx AVI format to the newsgroup "alt.binaries.classic.tv.shows". Search episodes posted to date in alt.binaries.classic.tv.shows by highfade: (note: HIS numbering and titling, not mine...) 100 Probe 14-Nov 102 One of Our Probes is Missing 14-Nov 103 Short Circuit 14-Nov 104 Moonrock 21-Nov 105 Live Men Tell Tales 21-Nov 106 Operation Iceman 26-Nov 107 The Bullet 26-Nov I use EasyNews for my newsgroup service, and they have a 40 day retention on that group, so the first episodes will still be available on their servers until approximately Dec. 24th. I watched the pilot on my 56" screen, and it held up VERY well. Your Mileage May Vary... Michael W. Annis... aka The Toad "Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it." #4155 From: "actingman_jc" Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:44 pm Subject: Re: Current availability of digital episodes of Search... Here is an FAQ to start with: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/1131/ua.htm I had Earthlink for years, but dropped it because their Usenet servers became almost useless...ended up with a cheaper DSL that has a much better Usenet server. But maybe Earthlink fixed it. --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Jeffrey P Rush" wrote: > > Could someone tell me off list is fine, how all this binaries, usenet, etc. > works? What's the cost? Thanks. > > > > Lock and Load - Denny Crane, Crane, Poole and Schmidt; Attorneys at Law #4156 From: actingman6@... Date: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:36 pm Subject: Re: "Search" on DVD Even though Don was able to do such an amazing sync job with really difficult technology, I was never sure if we had decided it was complete. At least that is why I never set off the rockets announcing the news. It is really strange because in one or two places the sound will be perfectly synched, and then suddenly it will go off. If someone wants to try doing the sync job on a computer...give it a shot. I kept promising myself I would do it, but I was never able to find a software that could do it for me...that and the amount of time it would take for me to figure out how to do it...ugh. So does this make everyone's end of year more joyous? On 11/30/06, probecontrol@... wrote: > > Jack wrote: > > All 23 episodes? Has "Ends of the Earth" turned up? > > Did I miss something? > ==================== > Hope no one minds if I jump in. :) > > Yes--No official announcement was made on the list regarding > finding 'Ends of the Earth.' A few months ago, a Spanish- > soundtrack version of 'Ends' was located in Spain. This > video was matched with Don Harden's audio recording of the > episode, and voila--we now have 'Ends of the Earth'-- > completing our long quest for that last, elusive hour. :) > > The video is pinkish, but the source seems to be a 16mm print- > -which is good, because there are no over-the-air recording > artifacts (and no stop-start for commercial breaks). And Don > used an ultra-sophisticated method of matching the audio to > video: a vari-speed Karaoke Machine. ;) It may not be > synched up on every single syllable--but it's great 98% of > the time. Don did an excellent job! > > Me? I'm very picky--and I'm thrilled with the results. I'm > tickled to finally have 'Ends of the Earth.' :) > > If Don or John have anything to add--please feel free, of > course. I just saw this post and thought I'd respond. > > Jim Alexander