The Ray Bradbury Theater - Complete Series (65 Episodes)

Buy This Item The Ray Bradbury Theater - Complete Series (65 Episodes) by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment  Available from Amazon  $30.99  on 8-30-2008     Featuring 65 Episodes! Entranced by magicians, comic strips, and science-fiction magazines, Ray Bradbury began "educating" himself at the Los Angeles Library three to five times a week. By twenty-seven years of age he "graduated," having written over several million words. In his early twenties, he supported himself by selling newspapers on street corners and writing for radio programs such as Suspense, Escape, CBS Radio Playhouse, and X Minus One. Bradbury has now written over one thousand short stories--400 of which have been published in such magazines as The New Yorker, The New Republican, The Saturday Evening Post, Amazing Stories, Colliers, Dime Detective and McCall's. He has also written for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and for Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. And now, showcased in this 5 DVD set are some of Ray Bradbury's finest works. Reader Reviews This is a nice collection of the Ray Bradbury series that was on cable TV some years back. I had missed most of them, so it is nice to get them all in one package. However, the video transfer to DVD is about the worst I've ever seen. The box says "digitally mastered", but since DVDs are digital, EVERY DVD is mastered digitally! It looks as though they used old VHS tapes as the masters, then digitized them at very low bit rates. Lost of pixelation, especially in motion scenes. In addition, there was obviously no attempt at color control during the mastering process, as things can range from oversaturated to washed out from one scene to the next. I guess this is to be expected when they put 28 hours on 5 discs (5.6 hours per disc), when a movie is usually around 2 hours per disc. That being said, it is nice to have all of these stories that haven't been done elsewhere. A couple (The Long Rain, and The Veldt) were both previously done by different actors/directors in the movie " The Illustrated Man". As with any series, some episodes are better than others, but they give you a great insight into the creativity of Ray Bradbury. So, I'd give 5 stars for content, and 1 star for quality, averaging to 2.5. I'd buy it again, but be prepared for the poor transfer.

The Ray Bradbury Theater - Complete Series (65 Episodes) Available from Amazon Price: $30.99 Updated on 8-30-2008.

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