I watch General Hospital about the only soap I do watch, I wish I could get DVDs and stuff, I hope someday we can. What do you think?
2007-10-12 06:18:49 · 15 answers · asked by Soda 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Soap Operas
Ugh, i hope so. I really want to see the old Passions episodes.
2007-10-12 06:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
( gee i answered a ? like this last night here LOL)
There ARE fan made Couple and SL edits available for GH ( and some other soaps) they are Not 'offical"- I have bought 12 Luke & Laura ones from the first site I will list- most of the stuff is now available on dvd as well as vhs. She has some full episodes as well as anniversary specials, Interviews and fan events.
http://www.angelfire.com/tv/curlyqgrl/gh/menu.html
there is also these sites:
http://members.tripod.com/~EldonR/ghtapesmain.html
http://www.geocities.com/annesghtapes/excellent_quality.html
http://www.lynnsgeneralhospitalplaza.com/ghedits.html
Daytime soap were rountinly Erased and the tapes used again by the networks until the late 70's so much of the Early yrs of soaps are gone.
2007-10-12 07:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by LadyMerton 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt it. It would not be very cost effective to do so. Aren't there over 100 new episodes a year? Just think what a year's worth of episodes would cost considering 22/23 episodes of shows like Lost and 24 run around $40. You'd probably be looking at upwards of $200 just for one season of episodes for some of these soap operas. I doubt many folks would be interested in spending that much on a year's worth of DVDs of their favorite soaps.
2007-10-12 06:31:13 · answer #3 · answered by eaengberg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be nice, and the cost for it is going to come around so that it will be possible. Blue-ray technology will allow entire seasons of regular shows ( 26-30 episodes) plus extras, meaning that a 5 disc set can allot a years worth of info. Only downside, is the price of the discs are around $20 a piece right now so you would be looking at with footage 150 - 200 a year. That coupled with the fact that it's been on forever they would have to release one year a week for almost an entire year to get it out, or once a month for clear to half a decade.
It would be nice though to go back and see how it started and back story for those of us that haven't been watching more than 10 years or so...
2007-10-12 07:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by yacko_one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they'll ever come out with soap opera seasons on DVD because most of these shows have been on for 20+ years, that's A LOT of seasons and A LOT of money to spend, both for the studio and the fans. If you really want your shows on DVD, I would suggest that you yourself tape them, because I think you'll be waiting a long while for the DVDs to come out. (BTW, I've watched G.H. off and on for 15 years, so I feel your pain! :) )
2007-10-12 06:25:09 · answer #5 · answered by awatchme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because the execs are too short-sighted. It wouldn't be possible to put every episode ever on DVD, but collections such as The Best Of Luke & Laura or somesuch could really turn a nice profit. But they're not willing to look into it because they see soaps as the bastard stepchild of television.
2007-10-13 06:55:13 · answer #6 · answered by Caitlin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would love to see Another World come to DVD but I think the editing it would take to get a long-term soap into a marketable form would not be cost-effective.
Until it is, I'll have to keep surfing YouTube.
2007-10-12 06:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by tazra_rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would be way too expensive. Regular 1 hour shows with 22 episodes can cost 50-60 bucks so imagine what the soaps would cost. It would be nice if they put out weddings and things like that like they used to. I have a AMC, OLTL, and GH wedding tapes from the late 80s early 90s and they did a hottest men tape too.
2007-10-12 07:13:04 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Jen♥ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a longshot for them to come out on DVDs....there would have to be countless DVDs made for all the episodes of the soaps.
2007-10-12 07:43:09 · answer #9 · answered by smileyc117 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 02:28:04 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree!! I thought it was kind of weird not being able to buy a DVD of my favorite soaps. You know like year 1970, 1971, etc :o).
2007-10-12 06:22:43 · answer #11 · answered by Jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋