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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 443603" data-attributes="member: 23">That context is interesting. I hadn&#039;t realised. I can&#039;t remember how much of RH I watched, but I&#039;m fairly sure I would have caught a couple of early episodes and I know I watched the last few (the final episode was the only one I remember having recorded onto videotape, even though it mostly ended up feeling fairly standard and anticlimactic).None of what I saw really lingers in the memory. I think the location scenes with Mum Foote&#039;s farm were among the better ones but I seem to remember it feeling very studio bound with flat lighting and overly bright clothing. It&nbsp; reeked to me of trying to recreate Neighbours, but failing to capture the magic sparkle of that show.Since I haven&#039;t seen it for the best part of four decades, I may be completely misremembering. If Via Vision* release the whole thing, I&#039;d certainly be up for giving it another go in the hope of being pleasantly surprised.Which ironically seemed to do poorly in the ratings in the beginning.It&#039;s funny, isn&#039;t it. Sometimes the stats don&#039;t matter, and it doesn&#039;t matter if something is popular or has a great cast. If it&#039;s not in favour with one influential person who doesn&#039;t consider it their pet project, it&#039;s a no-win situation.I&#039;m sure I saw some of early E Street as well, but darned if I can remember a thing. The hard hitting issues and sensationalist approach of courting controversy make it seem like a bizarre cross between ACP and Number 96, so it&#039;s another series I&#039;d be curious to see again, but I have a feeling I would be an early years only kind of person. I&#039;m certainly put off by the Mr Bad thing, which seems to be something it&#039;s mainly remembered for today.* Speaking of Via Vision, I will note that the image quality on the ACP DVDs is better than I&#039;d anticipated. When I took a peek at their S&amp;D DVDs, the episodes looked unpleasantly grainy and fuzzy... much worse than the same episodes on the old Umbrella releases. Season One of ACP looked very nice indeed. Season Two so far has lost a little quality (presumably due to increasing the amount of episodes per disc) but still looks decent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 443603, member: 23"] That context is interesting. I hadn't realised. I can't remember how much of [I]RH[/I] I watched, but I'm fairly sure I would have caught a couple of early episodes and I know I watched the last few (the final episode was the only one I remember having recorded onto videotape, even though it mostly ended up feeling fairly standard and anticlimactic). None of what I saw really lingers in the memory. I think the location scenes with Mum Foote's farm were among the better ones but I seem to remember it feeling very studio bound with flat lighting and overly bright clothing. It reeked to me of trying to recreate [I]Neighbours[/I], but failing to capture the magic sparkle of that show. Since I haven't seen it for the best part of four decades, I may be completely misremembering. If Via Vision* release the whole thing, I'd certainly be up for giving it another go in the hope of being pleasantly surprised. Which ironically seemed to do poorly in the ratings in the beginning. It's funny, isn't it. Sometimes the stats don't matter, and it doesn't matter if something is popular or has a great cast. If it's not in favour with one influential person who doesn't consider it their pet project, it's a no-win situation. I'm sure I saw some of early[I] E Street [/I]as well, but darned if I can remember a thing. The hard hitting issues and sensationalist approach of courting controversy make it seem like a bizarre cross between [I]ACP[/I] and[I] Number 96[/I], so it's another series I'd be curious to see again, but I have a feeling I would be an early years only kind of person. I'm certainly put off by the Mr Bad thing, which seems to be something it's mainly remembered for today. * Speaking of Via Vision, I will note that the image quality on the ACP DVDs is better than I'd anticipated. When I took a peek at their S&D DVDs, the episodes looked unpleasantly grainy and fuzzy... much worse than the same episodes on the old Umbrella releases. Season One of ACP looked very nice indeed. Season Two so far has lost a little quality (presumably due to increasing the amount of episodes per disc) but still looks decent. [/QUOTE]

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