Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Fun with Polls Would you still have bought the DVD's?

There's no question that I would've bought it- would have done anything to buy them! I've cooked up some crazy plots over the years just to get ahold of any scrap of video or refrence to the series. I watched the pilot when I was ten and fell in love with it instantly. I thought I'd die when it went off air - luckily I discovered Harry Potter just a few months later. That and this fandom was what helped me deal with my "loss". Otherwise I might have gone starkers before the DVDs were ever released. Lois and Clark and Harry Potter still remain the Great Obsessions of my life. I can't magine anything ever replacing them.

I bought my Season 1 before I found all those fanfictions, that's why I've chosen "definitely"

Back when I first found this site, I was missing the series and really appreciated the stories thinking reading them was like watching the show only better written. Then I wanted to write my own stuff and found that it was hard to remember how the characters acted in each different season and that it was hard to make my story reflect the atmosphere of that season. Then Tank, who lives in the same area, offered me the VHS tapes of the shows he had and I was able to use them to get some inspiration, but then my hubby bought me season 1 as soon as it came out.

I bought season 4 last night and found someone who wanted all my VHS tapes. I think folcs will be buying these DVD's for years to come.

I loved the show 1st-3rd season, but I was so disenchanted with the ending of S3 (wedding, clone, amnesia, and then NK) that I remember thinking I didn't care if the show even came back for a fourth season. When it did, I kept watching, but I didn't love the show the way I used to.

So by 2000 it had completely fallen off my radar. It was only by accident that I discovered the fandom and started reading the fanfic. And once I started reading, the above-average level of quality here made me stay. If not for the fanfic, I would probably never have remembered the show, let alone gone out and bought the DVDs.

So I credit the fans with reviving my love for the series, and Warner Bros. can thank them for ensuring my purchase

Kaylle

I'm here because I bought the dvds as soon as they came out. I was a huge fan when the show was still on the air. Recently (like in the last month) I've been going through them episode by episode, got inspired to start fanficing, and wound up here thanks to another member.

I probably would have bought the DVD'S anyway, but then I've returned to fanfic to help me through a challenging time in my life. L&C is one of the 'safe places' for me.

Apparently, I voted on this one already. It must have been a while ago, although I can't remember what my answer was. Would I have bought the DVDs if it hadn't been for the fandom? No, probably not. ). I bought the DVDs because I often check back to the shows for quotes and details for stories. I consider the DVDs a research tool. That I get to watch the episodes over and over and over again as research, well, that's just a bonus.

When Lois and Clark aired on TV, I saw it sometimes. When it started, I was living at home with my parents and working as either a waitress or in retail and dating my husband. So, whenever my schedule permitted, I would watch it. Then, from Aug. 1993-March 1994 I was working two part-time jobs and planning a wedding. In March 1994, I got married and I just had other priorities than watching TV.

I had forgotten about this show until I saw Superman Returns. I remember thinking that Dean Cain was a better looking Superman. So, I went in search of fanfic for Lois and Clark. Then I found this board. And someone was kind enough to send me VHS tapes of the show.

So, at this point, I don't have the DVDs. Would I have the DVDs if not for the VHS tapes? No. Why? Because the only the reason I don't have the DVDs right now is because I haven't the money to get them. Everytime, I get the extra money, something else always takes priority. Like say for example, car breaks down and we need parts, or something like that.

My b-day is coming up and I still won't be able to get the DVDs. I need to buy a new tablet to replace the one that my kids broke. (I just spent my Christmas money on it! And they leave it sitting on my bed under the covers and someone sat on it.) I also need a new external hard-drive to back up the laptop.

So, it looks like it will be either Christmas or my birthday in 2014 before I will be able to get the DVDs and by then something else will probably take priority. But I will eventually get the DVDs because of fanfic. If it weren't for the fanfic, I wouldn't even worry about getting the DVDs. I wouldn't have worried about the VHS tapes either. The VHS tapes just keep me from going crazy in not be able to see the episodes to refresh my memory of what happened. The VHS tapes also make me hungry to see the extras on the DVDs, hense the reason that I will get them one day. Just as soon as I can save up to get them all. I'm not very patient and since all seasons are out, I can't just buy one season at a time. That would just make me even more crazy.

Absolutely, I would have. My DVD collection is my pride and joy and nothing gives me more pleasure than adding a new favourite to it.

Also, S4 was massacred on its first run here in the UK. It contained way too many hot scenes apparently for SKY 1. So we lost the contraception talk scenes, the "what was that?" kitchen scene, the make out scene in VD...you name it, it wasn't there. To the point where some eps made no sense until I watched the DVD.

LabRat :-)

Absolutely, I would have. My DVD collection is my pride and joy and nothing gives me more pleasure than adding a new favourite to it.

Also, S4 was massacred on its first run here in the UK. It contained way too many hot scenes apparently for SKY 1. So we lost the contraception talk scenes, the "what was that?" kitchen scene, the make out scene in VD...you name it, it wasn't there. To the point where some eps made no sense until I watched the DVD.

LabRat :-)

They left out the make-out scene in VD???!!??? That's...that's...so wrong!

That is my 'melt into a puddle of goo' scene, by the way. The second time he kisses her, and draws in a breath...

(Actually, I needed the DVDs since I'd watched several, erm, scenes/eps so many times the tapes died.)

I don't remember those scenes being left out. Actually that sounds the wrong way round. I DO remember seeing those scenes, but I wasn't watching on SKY, I was watching BBC. Strange, it was Saturday tea-time family viewing so how come BBC kept them in but SKY didn't?

Anyway, I've bought the DVDs twice now. The first time was nothing to do with fanfic, I just loved the shows. Then, in a fit of desperate cleaning rage and stupidity, I got rid of them. Finding the archives a couple of years ago and becoming addicted to LnC fanfic lead me to re-buy them. So the 2nd time was definitely because of this website and the people here.

I watched it first on BBC & then on Sky & now that you mention it I do remember changes,

I only saw them on BBC, not Sky. I think they were shown uncut but I could be wrong. I bought the DVDs almost as soon as they were available, for some reason they were much cheaper than e.g. Buffy.

Yes, I seem to recall being baffled at the time that the BBC was being less brutal with the knife than SKY. It was pretty bizarre. You'd kind of expect it to be the other way around.

I have no clue why SKY were so twitchy, but their cuts were utterly ridiculous and, even more irritating, with no attempt to disguise them or make the ep logical around them. I recall having no clue why the machine exploded in VD until the BBC/DVD showing.

I've no idea if they treated the previous three seasons in the same way because I caught those in reruns. S4 was the first season I watched 'live'.

LabRat :-)

Um... This makes me feel guilty because (obviously) Lois and Clark is one of my all time favorite tv shows... But I don't own the DVD's. I was a wee babe when the show first aired, and I mostly saw them in reruns a little later (though I know my parents watched it when it was on the air). When the DVD's came out, I was not in charge of the DVD purchasing and hadn't seen them all either. We rented them from Netflix when I was probably about 12-13 (before Instant) and I fell in love with the show (and Dean Cain!). When they came to Instant a few years later, I loved them all over again and watched them incessantly (also as an escape of sorts). I was devestated when they were taken off Netflix (I believe I've mentioned that before), but then they started showing them on the Hub this last year and so I recorded every single episode. Unfortunately, 87/88 episodes eats up a lot of space on the DVR, and that, coupled with all my Castle recordings, drove my mother crazy so I now only have my favorites recorded. I discovered fanfic somewhere in the middle of all that, though I first wrote for the Superman movies, trying to fix a whole BOATLOAD of mistakes....

Honestly, I would love to own the DVD's. I would love to own it for a lot of shows (LnC being top of the list, but Castle too), but I am a broke college student. The tv shows I do have on DVD were only because I got them cheap (i.e. "Firefly" being only the one season and the first season of "Chuck" because that was when our Blockbuster was going out of business). What helps me the most though as far as the research aspect goes is the scripts here on the site. They're accurate, they're right at your fingertips, and I love reading scripts anyways. That coupled with the episodes I do have recorded, plus the wonderful world of the internet... I can get by. Besides, if I had the DVD's too then I *REALLY* wouldn't have any time left in my day. (I barely have time for homework!)

Actually, I wouldn't call the scripts "accurate".
Apparently, from what I've heard, this *was* what some of the dubbed versions said. Not a mention of Mel Gibson or Lethal Weapon in sight. Thankfully, enough of us on the boards DO have the DVDs and can look up the correct wording of dialogue if you ask.

Which is why I still have my VCR. I have all the Buffy episodes recorded on VHS (not that I ever watch them anymore because Buffy, Angel, and Firefly are on Netflix's Instant List.

The scripts look to be shooting scripts. Which is the way that the writers had intended the episode to go. Alot of the time, during shooting, last minute changes are made or an actor might adlib something and the director decides to keep it because it works. Also sometimes the actors may rearange a line or two to make it flow more easily. Usually, those changes are very minor. It would be like changing, "Clark, hello." to "Hello, Clark." So the scripts are not 100% the way it was filmed. The scripts are still very valuable though. Someone went to a lot of trouble in typing up the scripts that they had and they are a very nice resource. I for one, would love to sit down and look at a script as I am watching an episode just to see the differences. I'm almost positive that the script would have some "deleted scenes" to add to some background. I personally, thank who ever took the time to type them up and post them on the net.

That's one of the things I actually do like about scripts-- catching all of the little edits/improvs that were made to it. For the most part, I remember them the way they were said anyways. But the little descriptors and changes actors make in dialogue from script to screen is what makes it. Of course, accuracy can suffer slightly in the research division, but it's mostly entertaining to me. Plus, I think it's interesting to see how well the actors did in comparison. It's a fascinating experiment actually. The process between writing a script and filming it are vastly different. A lot of times the things I might write down on paper sound way different/weird aloud. Also: ACTORS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. It's not just a joke. Coming from the writing/behind the scenes background, it's crazy complicated. Because you're relying on somebody else to try to make *your* vision in *your* head come true. (Hint: this is how I got into animation. TOTAL CONTROL AND WORLD DOMINATION!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!-- er, ahem. Something like that. Though I'm still considering writing/editing...)

/Psst/ Mouse. I hate to rain on your animated parade, but unless you do silent films, you still have to deal with voice actors./