McHale's Navy: Season Three
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Movie Reviews of McHale's Navy: Season Three
Movie Review: All three are well done
Summary: 4 Stars
I have all three seasons now of McHale's Navy and I think they are all well done. I have had none of the audio out of sync or other issues some have complained of. The only annoying thing is that on the first DVD in each season you have to watch a bunch of ads each time you use it. There are 5 DVD's and this only applies to the first one. So if I can't insert the DVD 5 min before I'm ready to watch I just watch something from discs 2-5. Otherwise I would have given it 5 stars.
There are about 35 episodes so you are only paying about $1 per episode.
Movie Review: McHale's Navy: Season Three
Summary: 3 Stars
Don't get me wrong, I've been a big fan of McHale's Navy from the very beginning when it premiered on ABC. It's been many years since I've seen the vast majority of any of these episodes. There's little doubt that being a child slanted my memories of this. But I have found that to be true most of the time. McHale's Navy: Season One was such a joy to see. Season two saw a drop in quality but not much. Season three is reduced to the level of a child & features Tim Conway much too prominently; this set borders more on slapstick.
Once again, don't get me wrong, most television series have a common denominator, they tend to cater to a simpler taste. That, in itself, isn't a bad thing, but it appears the quality control department just quit on this season. Oh, it still has entertainment value but the series is way too predictable in this season. McHale's Navy is NOT a reality show & that's a part of it's charm. Season three simply relies too much on Tim Conway & that's not a good thing. Mr. Conway has always been better in a supporting role but in many of these episodes they all but make him the star.
With all that being said I still enjoyed it. Just beware, the age quotient dropped several years for season three. Unlike the previous season sets there aren't any bonus features available here. And look for a young Raquel Welch in one of the episodes!!!
P.S. I noticed a considerable amount of difference in volume between some of the episodes. At times I had to raise the volume by ten or twelve points when playing the next episode.
Movie Review: Season 3
Summary: 3 Stars
Not as great as the first season. Gets a little silly at times but all in good fun.
Movie Review: Avoid Mchales Navy at all costs!
Summary: 1 Stars
While this is one good series,I am not happy at what I have learned and what I have to pass on to you all out there.
If you have read any of my past reviews on these sets you will know I have brought to your attention picture problems associated with them.Those problems,coupled with three more that appear in this set compelled me to finally write to Shout Factory to get to the bottom of things and they more than confirmed suspicions I have had about these sets.
Along with those past problems I have always noticed that when a scene fades in it is terribly out of focus until the film reaches its' proper illumination point.Come this Season Three set,two more problems were in evidence.First was on an ep early on,on Disc three when all figures suddenly develop severe jagged edges.It comes and goes until it finally disappears.This is something I have seen in conjunction with video tape.The second but most glaring problem occurs right off the bat on Disc One,ep#1.Throughout the ep there are numerous appearances of VIDEO TAPE LINES.Yes,I said video tape lines! They also appear to a lesser degree in other eps on Disc one but the first ep is the worst by far.
This did it for me,so I contacted Shout Factory and to their credit I got two responses from a David Landau and Melissa Boag.My questions to both and their subsequent answers were virtually the same so I'll give you an answer from both.To Mr.Landau I asked about the video lines I was seeing.His response:
"Hello
We used the best available masters given the nature of this release.
These little tape rolls were noticed and we were unable to find an
alternate source. Most of the time we can find something to replace
these, but in some instances we had to use a master with one or two
minor glitches to replace an episode that was unwatchable. Hope this
information helps. Thanks
-Shout!
Factory"
My second querie was to confirm then that indeed Shout factory had NOT gone back to the original film elements and had not remastered the series.Melissa Boags' response was:
"Hi Bob,
Yes you are correct in your assumption. I checked with production and
here is what I understand:
"What they are experiencing are brief tape rolls that exist on the video
source. I, along with NBC, sourced the best masters. Unfortunately,
there was no other source for ep 1."
"Yes, this means these have not been remastered, but rather best source
available used. We felt it better to include these rather than cut down
the shows."
I hope that clarifies your situation and explains the history. Please
let me know if you have any additional questions.
Regards, Melissa"
So there you have it folks.To satify yourselves,look on all of your three sets of Mchale's Navy and no where will you see the words "Remastered". However never in my wildest dreams did I ever think they would ever release something of such low credibility and standard.Tape lines!!?? Why this is the very same issue I took Hallmark video to task on in one of my earlier reviews of their release of a Laurel and Hardy compilation on DVD.
Melissa's answer that "We felt it better to include these rather than cut down the shows" makes it sound like we,as consumers,should be grateful that our hard earned money was plunked down to buy such junk.Sorry Melissa,I respect your answer and honesty,but this kind of product is the kind that should never see the light of day.It is Mickey Mouse,pure amateurism,and NO one should have to accept this.It is totally unforgiveable.
As an aside,it should be stated(to be fair)that Shout isn't the only company that releases product that hasn't been remastered from original source elements.Many times DVDS are released just using the available masters,which at the time the company deems "acceptable".You will also see later that a company will pull that release and issue a newly remastered one."Acceptable" is a relative term,depending on your point of view.Another point here is cost.Remastering,when done properly,does adds to the cost of a release.Priorities?
There you have it friends.
My recommendation,if it isn't obvious by now,is to AVOID this,past and future releases of Mchale's Navy at all costs.It has NOT been remastered and the video lines extant here in Season Three,along with the other problems I have listed here and in previous reviews,pretty much tell the entire sorry story by themselves.There is no way we should accept or encourage such releases by purchasing sub standard product such as this.
The responses by Mr.Landau and Ms.Boag of Shout are appreciated but they are just icing on a cake that is bad to begin with.