DVD SET COMING SOON??

I want my "China Beach" DVD!!! No word yet on a release date. I was checking on amazon.com and when you look it up it will tell you it hasn't been released yet, but enter your email address and they will notify you when it does become available, PLUS they will let the studio know how many people are interested in having it released... Tell others!

I would really like to see this outstanding series preserved on DVD. This was one of the best shows to ever air on television. It was moving and thought provoking. I hope it's release isn't too far off.

China Beach was truly a great series...
Dana Delaney, Robert Picard, Michael Boatman, Marg Helgenberger, Brian Wimmer, Nan Woods, and so many other great actors... I miss them all.
Seeing Robert Picardo in Voyager and Marg in CSI and Michael in Spin City
these past few years has been a great treat.

I just cannot understand the mindset that keeps such talent under wraps.
Why don't they put out the DVDs for this series already? There is so much
DVD product produced that falls so far below the quality of China Beach to be kind in saying so.

Who holds the strings to getting this done anyway? and how can the average
individual fan influence the process? Is there any means to influence
getting this series to DVD? Who needs to be convinced that they will reap profits from their efforts here?

The same thing applies to the Perfect Strangers TV series (1986)...
Some of the best comedy of the current era and it's left to catch dust.
Go figure... how frustrating.

The main reason China Beach isn't available on DVD is the same reason that a lot of other wonderful shows aren't available: music rights.

One of the (many) things that seperated China Beach from the rest of the pack was the authentic period songs that served as background music for each episode. Unfortunately, the music rights to those songs were never negotiated to include the rights to their use on DVD's--DVD's didn't exist back in the late 80's when China Beach was being produced.

Music rights issues are frequently the culprit when popular TV shows aren't available on DVD. Moonlighting, for example, was delayed for years because series creator/executive producer Glen Gordon Caron refused to re-record the background music to get around rights issues--the music of Moonlighting was frequently the lynchpin of an episode. It took forever for the rights to be negotiated for Moonlighting, but it was finally accomplished and the show will be released on DVD later this year. Hopefully, John Sacret Young and William Broyles, Jr. will someday negotiate the same rights for China Beach.

Pafilafika did you go and forget Jeff (aka Dodger) too?? : ) Can you tell which of our China boys I had a crush on in the 8th grade when he was pushing 40 unbeknownst to me?

Wakener I've been wondering about Nan too ever since I first came on here years ago and found zippo on her too. I also have just left a post on the message board with her page here with the show. I am glad I'm not the only one wanting to know what happened to our girl during all of these years. I may try a search online but I doubt I'll find anything, if I do I'll pass it along to you. And I'll agree with you about having them do things slow and right with the show. I just caught it right before 9/11 happened so I'm not terribly eager to go another round with the whole gang just yet but I wouldn't mind seeing the My Fair Lady episode again especially since Robert sings in it. And I still love hearing Reflections every time they play it on the radio.

I have all but 4 episodes on tape. If they don't release, I may. But proceeds will go to the VietNam Helicopter pilots assn.

I recall reading an interview with Dana Delaney where they had a bit of an impromptu cast reunion, about the time Marg Helgenberger was starting CSI, if I recall correctly. As I remember, Dana said that no one had stayed in touch with her, and that she had gone back to Chicago. I guess maybe Hollywood just didn't suit her? At any rate I think it is wonderful that she could make such a contribution to one of the most memorable shows that I have ever seen. Few people are so lucky as to leave that kind of a mark in entertainment. :)

I COMPLETELY agree that if China Beach *could* only be released if the music were changed, then it should NOT be released at all. I am heartbroken as to how Tour of Duty and Wiseguy -- two of my other favorite shows -- were ruined by altering music. Fortunately, I have all of them on vhs from the initial television broadcasts which are in good condition. I have purchased the dvds in each case and have thought about syncing the vhs tracks to the better dvd images when playing the episodes.

Y'know what would be easier? Charge an additional ten bucks per dvd season set to pay for the music rights! But they won't do that. Most older shows have a limited audience (so the powers that be believe) and won't pay additional for a dvd boxed set.

There are of course flashy exceptions such as Miami Vice (costlier dvd set) with full music intact. Like C.B. & T.o.D., period music IS integral to that show. Imagine Miami Vice and C.B. with dubbed over elevator music! Now imagine a season set of C.B. with all music intact; an hour long documentary on the making of the show and interviews with the creators and the major principal actors and audio commentaries on selected episodes. Worth an extra ten bucks to you??