website down anyone know whats up?
Will it be back or can we access somewhere else?
Or better yet anyone know how to get old episodes on dvd or download? Thanx.
I know! I was so gutted to see the page was down (the link I had bookmarked is http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/balcony.htm l)
I really hope the video reviews have been archived somewhere else, there are quite a few on YouTube, but not all of them.
I predicted back in Aug that the website would be taken down by Christmas. I did copy a lot of reviews but I only got the late 80's/early 90's. It was a lot of work but now I wish I would have stuck with it and copied everything.
shareI sure hope it's not gone for good. It's among my favorite sites and I consider those reviews to be priceless. Siskel and Ebert were and always will be the greatest film reviewers of all time.
shareI'm pretty sure the site is gone for good. The only advertising they had at the end was "Regis and Kelly" and Disney has no financial incentive to keep it online. I'm just glad I was able to copy most of the big reviews like Schindler's List, Platoon, Cop and a Half, Sling Blade, Saving Private Ryan, etc.
Funny, I think the site with archived reviews was only up for about 3 or 4 years. All that work into something and now it's gone. Who would have thought Disney would ever turn into this?
Considering how excited Roger Ebert was about the reviews going online, do you think he will help support a website to put the reviews back on the Internet? I'm sure he's wealthy enough to buy back the master tapes and if not, well, maybe Oprah can help or something.
"If your life had a face, I would punch it." - Kim Pine
I never thought about Roger buying the archives but I guess its possible. This kind of reminds me when Howard Stern bolted for Sirius, I think he got all his archives from CBS radio for 2 million.
Anyway, like I said it's possible but I have a feeling we're going to be without the archives for a long, long time. Roger didn't leave Disney on the best of terms and it's almost a given that a lot of those Disney people - possibly young, immature, and mean spirited interns - wouldn't lift a finger to help Roger with anything.
It's a shame as it was so nice to do a search on practically any review from 1986. Now that it's gone it makes me realize what a great treasure they really are.
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