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Rove
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Which makes me crave Dallas on Blu-Ray even more. I want it bad...really, really bad
southfork88
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'That's why I love Dallas more, it was more larger than life'.
By Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Bravo !
Furthermore, there were scenes in the miniseries (1978) in which a glance from an actor or short sentences were enough to be more significant than long speeches.
I would like to cite the following as examples among many:
1) JR at the end of the first episode looks at the camera admitting he underestimated Pamela.
2) Digger looks at her daughter after learning she married one Ewing.
3) Bobby with a furious expression who attacks JR to defend Pamela after the deception hatched by his brother together with Ray or Bobby with a foolish face when announces the arrival of an heir to his parents.
4) Ray Krebbs as a perfect coward Pamela admitting he helped JR in the scene of seduction for Bobby.
5) Lucy smiling at Pamela telling the story of her birth and parents, Gary and Val.
6) Sue Ellen nearly raped looking disgusted at JR after being humiliated wearing Miss Texas costume.
7) Miss Ellie looking with concern at the newly wed Bobby and Pam, imagining what the future of her family will be.
8) Pamela watching with wounded pride her drunken father hurt at the Ewing's Barbecue.
9) Jock admitting family faults at the bedside where Pamela lies after losing her son.
All true masterpieces of screenplay and interpretation.
By Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
Bravo !
Furthermore, there were scenes in the miniseries (1978) in which a glance from an actor or short sentences were enough to be more significant than long speeches.
I would like to cite the following as examples among many:
1) JR at the end of the first episode looks at the camera admitting he underestimated Pamela.
2) Digger looks at her daughter after learning she married one Ewing.
3) Bobby with a furious expression who attacks JR to defend Pamela after the deception hatched by his brother together with Ray or Bobby with a foolish face when announces the arrival of an heir to his parents.
4) Ray Krebbs as a perfect coward Pamela admitting he helped JR in the scene of seduction for Bobby.
5) Lucy smiling at Pamela telling the story of her birth and parents, Gary and Val.
6) Sue Ellen nearly raped looking disgusted at JR after being humiliated wearing Miss Texas costume.
7) Miss Ellie looking with concern at the newly wed Bobby and Pam, imagining what the future of her family will be.
8) Pamela watching with wounded pride her drunken father hurt at the Ewing's Barbecue.
9) Jock admitting family faults at the bedside where Pamela lies after losing her son.
All true masterpieces of screenplay and interpretation.
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bmasters9
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Quite true-- I have the whole run of The Streets of San Francisco on DVD, while only having 9 seasons' worth (though not consecutive [the ones I have are the first eight, and then the final one, the twelfth one from 1979-80]) of the Jack Lord Hawaii Five-O.
The reason I say that is because for quite a while, Five-O would be something I would never miss on DVD (I would always be looking to get the latest release when it came out). When I got to around 2/3 of it (after season 8), I decided I didn't want any more, because I had heard that the series started going downhill (I did get that final one as a curiosity piece to see just how low it went by the end).
OTOH, I got the all-in-one (complete series) on DVD of Streets, and it must have had that special something that had me in it for the long haul (even in the fifth and final go [1976-77] w/Hatch as Robbins), and I believe that it was the late, great Karl Malden as Lt. Mike Stone-- he and Michael Douglas (the latter as Insp. Steve Keller) had that uncanny ability to work together and get the job done through thick and thin (so much so that even when he had Richard Hatch, I still stayed with it, just because, to me, he was very much someone I would have wanted to work with if this was real life).
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Yesterday from the Beatles
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Just because a show was more popular doesn't mean it's better. Plus Dallas was shown all around the world and it's on DVD. Knots suffered a lot. Bad time airing, or no airing at all, and only 2 seasons on DVD. Maybe it would be more popular, or the same, if it had a better treatment.
Oh well, I love both shows. And they're part of the same family, so no need to be rivals. But yes - I'll always love Knots more, and for me it's better than Dallas because it is more consistent.
P.S. I like this trivia about Knots: "Screenwriter Marc Cherry confirmed the show was an inspiration to him when he created the hit series Desperate Housewives, describing it as a cross between Knots Landing, American Beauty and Twin Peaks"; also (and my favorite one): "Screenwriter Alan Ball declared the show had been an inspiration to him when he created the hit series Six Feet Under, describing his show as "Knots Landing set in a funeral home"
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lost-in-time
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I swear I saw an article saying WB plan on doing Blu-ray sets for 20 of its show for the 100th anniversary celebrations (please correct me if I’m wrong) and so tried to work out what 20 it could be and struggled to think of more than ten so I don’t see why Knots couldn’t be in that line up. If they market it heavily as being the Dallas sign off I don’t see why they would get sells.
Miss Texas 1967
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HD is raining on the parade of some 80s makeup artist who generously bronzed and blushed Marilee's face for a boat scene 
Rove
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Marilee Stone in HD? Oh....bring it on
Matthew Blaisdel
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Wow, Sasha Mitchell looks even hotter in HD. 
But the last picture of Kelly doesn't look like HD, i guess that's one of the scenes where they couldn't find the film elements.
But the last picture of Kelly doesn't look like HD, i guess that's one of the scenes where they couldn't find the film elements.
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Grangehill1
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It looks HD to me. The lighting on her is very softWow, Sasha Mitchell looks even hotter in HD.
But the last picture of Kelly doesn't look like HD, i guess that's one of the scenes where they couldn't find the film elements.
Mel O'Drama
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Wow, Sasha Mitchell looks even hotter in HD.
Those high definition nipples are rather... hypnotic.
southfork88
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After HD mastering all characters appear tannedHD is raining on the parade of some 80s makeup artist who generously bronzed and blushed Marilee's face for a boat scene
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing
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HD is raining on the parade of some 80s makeup artist who generously bronzed and blushed Marilee's face for a boat scene
It makes her look almost human!
Seriously though Fern Fitzgerald as Marilee was one of the best of the recurring characters on the show.
Taylor Bennett Jr.
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I wish they'd treated her more seriously as a character.. I mean, she was a legit oil baron - why relegate her to 'comic relief horny cougar' status?It makes her look almost human!
Seriously though Fern Fitzgerald as Marilee was one of the best of the recurring characters on the show.
Snarky Oracle!
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We didn't get to know most of the cartel -- and, if anything, we got to know Marilee better than the others. I liked her as a brittle man-hungry beast.
I do wish, as DALLAS lost its identity in its closing seasons, that it had not also lost the cartel (who just began disappearing). If they had to go, have them be the axe-murder victims of Lady Jessica (instead of Clayton's business acquaintances whom we didn't know) in Season 13 (dvd).
I'm one who disagrees with this. No, Miss Michaels didn't look like she was Victoria, but she certainly could pass as a sister -- which is all that was required. Plus, Michaels was well-coached in Pam's general mannerisms.
So it mostly worked -- except for the fact that, by that time in the series, the Lakin-era writers didn't really know what to do with anything.
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Toni
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Chris2, I get what you mean, but I think that was made on purpose. So IMHO the idea was Jeanne trying to look more and more like Pam when she got fond of Bobby (=she realized he was a good catch!) leading to her very last scene, where she truly looks like Principal (see photo below) and Bobby dumps her! I think that this storyline was underrated because it seemed to be the umpteenth homage to "Vertigo", but there was more thought to it actually (saying goodbye to Pam finally, Bobby dating "her" again, etc). Odd that he didn´t marry her!! Lol
@Garry thanks a lot for so many awesome pictures!!
Do you know if this (dvd) deleted scene has been restored too?