Could there ever be a Blu-Ray of Jeeves & Wooster?

[closetofheroes.livejournal.com]

Okay, I was just looking around on Amazon and saw that they have released a BluRay version of Pride and Prejudice (the Colin Firth one). For skeptics, they even show you some before/after images so you can see the enormous improvement in picture quality. Not only was the picture clearer, but it was also in widescreen. Take a look:




So this obviously made me wonder - if they can do this with Pride and Prejudice, why not Jeeves and Wooster? I'm not 100% sure, but I believe J&W, like P&P was shot on 16mm. Therefore, the same remastering ought to be possible.

The DVD copies of both P&P and J&W on DVD look really grainy and washed out. I had both these series on VHS for a long time, recorded directly from the TV, and the quality was honestly far better than the DVD quality. We deserve better!

I don't know what can be done to get A&E Home Video to give us a BluRay Jeeves & Wooster; the best I could think of was to send them a comment in the 'Product Suggestions' section. I urge you all, if you love the HL/SF series, to do the same - and if you can think of any other way to persuade them, let's do it! Think of the dazzling screencaps we could make!

Contact A&E with product suggestions here. It takes only a moment and can be completely anonymous:
http://store.aetv.com/productfinder.php

Comments

[georgeodowd.livejournal.com]

I left a little message via the link - I do hope they have the means and consider it. I've always been a bit skeptical about all this high-definition/blu-ray business, but I must say finally seeing some side-by-side comparison is rather compelling. Thanks for raising the call to arms and whatnot!