CBS to air colorized "I Love Lucy" episodes

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tomarin said:
Certainly. I’m not particularly offended by a sitcom being colorized, although I think it would hurt a more suspenseful or mysterious show such as Twilight Zone.
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Or maybe Alfred Hitchcock
 
PaulfromIowa said:
Color video from the I Love Lucy set:

youtube.com/watch?v=rHFCcinszos

25 color photos from the I Love Lucy set:

buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/25-rare-photos-of-i-love-lucy-in-color#.qpYK4JE51
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Just looked at the colorized photos! Those were so good. Thanks for those memories. The colorized version makes them seem more alive.
Dezi and Lucy looked so happy in their younger years and they were a smart business couple. It is sad to see them in their later episodes where the tension and conflict is evident.
 
agnes_therese said:
I believe I said “colorized.”
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How many movies do you think have been colorized that you need to avoid like the plague? Probably not that many. It wouldn’t stop me from watching a movie if I liked it.

I am watching an old black and white movie now called Arizona. I was thinking how nice it would be if it were colorized and showing the beauty of the Tucson desert in color.
 
7_Sorrows said:
How many movies do you think have been colorized that you need to avoid like the plague? Probably not that many. It wouldn’t stop me from watching a movie if I liked it.
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Well, there may be a lot more than you think. But it’s my preference, and I’m not trying to impose it on anyone else, so . . . 🤷
 
meltzerboy said:
I say “let it be.” Some things should not be tampered with, such as when modern technology brought out the CD to replace the LP record: it was NOT an improvement in most cases. Most of Alfred Hitchcock’s black-and-white films should not be colorized: they would lose their haunting effect. The same with many B movies, including film noir and sci-fi. Besides, colorized versions generally look awful. “I Love Lucy” is a product of the 1950’s Golden Age of Television and should remain so.
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Alfred Hitchcock is a good example because some of his earlier movies were in black and white and he had later ones that were in color. North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rear Window were all 3 in color. I don’t know that they lost any effectiveness.
In the years that movies were filmed in black and white, movies were made better I think and the acting was better.
 
7_Sorrows said:
Alfred Hitchcock is a good example because some of his earlier movies were in black and white and he had later ones that were in color. North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rear Window were all 3 in color. I don’t know that they lost any effectiveness.
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Meltzerboy said the ones that were originally in black-and-white lost their effectiveness when they were colorized. I don’t see where he said anything about the ones that were made in color in the first place.
 
agnes_therese said:
Meltzerboy said the ones that were originally in black-and-white lost their effectiveness when they were colorized. I don’t see where he said anything about the ones that were made in color in the first place.
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I don’t believe any of Alfred Hitchcock’s black and white films have been colorized.
My point is that his films are just as good in color as the ones that were filmed in black and white. Hope this clarifies for you the point I was making. I was not arguing with my friend meltzerboy - simply pointing out that the great director filmed in black and white and later in color and his films were just as suspenseful.
Have a great day agnes therese! 🙂
 
tomarin said:
I prefer classic series in their original black and white.
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Agreed. So do I. Colorized always looks fake, and it’s a distraction. Even so, better to show it colorized than not to show it at all, IMHO.
 
BartholomewB said:
Agreed. So do I. Colorized always looks fake, and it’s a distraction. Even so, better to show it colorized than not to show it at all, IMHO.
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Another poster claims the colorization process has improved since the early colorization began.
 
7_Sorrows said:
Another poster claims the colorization process has improved since the early colorization began.
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Yes, I expect it has, but even so I would still go for the authentic B&W!

Let me make it clear, though, that I’m only objecting to colorized B&W movies. As I said, it’s a question of authenticity. Movies that were originally shot in color are fine by me. I fully agree with what you said in your post #34 – I like Hitchcock’s color movies such as Rear Window and Vertigo. My personal top Hitchcock of all, I think, is Family Plot, which I believe was his last.

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Bart
 
This is one of those situations where you see the B&W first then transition to colored. It’s like seeing the original and then the remake.
 
BartholomewB said:
Yes, I expect it has, but even so I would still go for the authentic B&W!

Let me make it clear, though, that I’m only objecting to colorized B&W movies. As I said, it’s a question of authenticity. Movies that were originally shot in color are fine by me. I fully agree with what you said in your post #34 – I like Hitchcock’s color movies such as Rear Window and Vertigo. My personal top Hitchcock of all, I think, is Family Plot, which I believe was his last.

Regards
Bart
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Huh. That’s interesting. I’ve never heard anyone praise one of Hitchcock’s later movies before. I’ve never seen Family Plot (I think it has Bruce Dern in it?) but I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Topaz, another late entry.
 
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