thegreatman Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What I have seen of it I have been impressed. WWII in Color was done beautifully. I also like the new process much better than the 90's one. I have a small collection: King Kong The Thing Earth vs. Flying Saucers It Came From Beneath The Sea White Zombie The Most Dangerous Game Terror By Night Dressed To Kill Woman In Green She Things To Come Scrooge I know there are people who object to this. Its like tinting on silent movies. Sometimes the tinting is done too heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heuriger Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I know I have a difficult time watching the first two seasons of The Flintstones (1960-1966) in black and white. I wonder if they are available in a colorized version? What were the producers thinking? Black and white? We are Flintstones Kids..............ten million strong.........and growing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBackTransformer Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 To my knowledge the entire series is in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heuriger Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 The first two seasons were in black and white. As James Thurber wrote, "You Could Look it Up." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 The WWII footage that you saw was not colorized, it was filmed in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heuriger Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I know the series The Color of War on the Military Channel is footage shot in color. I believe Apocalypse: The Second World War on Smithsonian is black and white stock that is colorized. Are you referring to World War II in Color ? According to IMDb, the series is indeed colorized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 The Flintstones were first in black and white probably for two reasons. Originally, it was an animated "sitcom" intended for "grown-ups". The producers weren't sure if the concept would catch on, so why waste the expense for color? In the early '60's, 80% of American households still had black and white TV sets, so why waste the expense for color? I do know that THOSE first seasons were eventually color treated, although I don't know the proccess used. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I have seen "The World At War" on one of the channels where it has been colorized. It doesn't look right. Nearly all, if not all, of the interviews were in color but the war footage is B/W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBackTransformer Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I've seen all the early Honeymooners-esque episodes and they are all in color...I have them on VCDs. Perhaps they were merely broadcast originally in black & white?...but were made in color. Take an early episode like "The Flintstone Flyer". It's in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBackTransformer Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I know that ABC certainly was not broadcasting in color in 1960 but the episodes must've been made in color anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heuriger Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 The link you provided for the Flinstones' commercials were in black and white. That broadcast was in black and white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 About The Flintstones, reading the wiki entry (and also reading about The Jetsons) all of the shows were done in color but the first two seasons were first broadcast in black and white because many tv stations couldn't broadcast in color. Once the shows were rerun in syndication they were always shown in color. Hanna Barbera did the Flintstones and earlier did Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, etc and all were in color. Edited by: mrroberts on Sep 22, 2013 12:49 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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