Post by suzie on Jun 1, 2007 4:48:12 GMT -5
Hi there.
Has anyone else noticed how some of the plots/jokes in the early episodes no longer work when the episode is colourised? I was watching season one and noticed this a couple of times. In addition, it seems that the characters 'see' in black and white as well:
'My Master, The Magician' - Tony tries to do a trick which involves breaking an egg into his cap. However, it goes wrong and then he also finds that he picked up the wrong cap and it's Roger's cap that is now all eggy. In the black and white version this would have been funnier as both caps would have looked grey to the audience, but in the coloured version the audience knows as soon as the cap is handed to Tony that it's the wrong one as Roger's cap is green which kind of ruins the joke. Also you'd have thought that Roger or Tony would have noticed unless they're both colourblind. Which maybe they are!
'Bigger Than A Breadbox, Better Than A Genie' - Tony is pondering how Madame Zolta made him appear as a small boy in her crystal ball and eventually reasons that she got hold of a photograph of him which she put under the crystal ball and shone a light through. What always struck me as odd is that surely any photographs taken of Tony when he was a child (and we'd be talking, what, about 1945?) would have been in black and white. Thus, if the picture that Tony saw in the crystal ball was in black and white this would surely have clued him in much earlier that it was just a photograph. Yet it was in colour in the colourised version which is strange and of course in the black and white version it wouldn't have mattered. Although you'd have thought Tony and Roger would have noticed - unless of course they 'see' in black and white.
Am I making any sense or am I just confusing people? Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Has anyone else noticed how some of the plots/jokes in the early episodes no longer work when the episode is colourised? I was watching season one and noticed this a couple of times. In addition, it seems that the characters 'see' in black and white as well:
'My Master, The Magician' - Tony tries to do a trick which involves breaking an egg into his cap. However, it goes wrong and then he also finds that he picked up the wrong cap and it's Roger's cap that is now all eggy. In the black and white version this would have been funnier as both caps would have looked grey to the audience, but in the coloured version the audience knows as soon as the cap is handed to Tony that it's the wrong one as Roger's cap is green which kind of ruins the joke. Also you'd have thought that Roger or Tony would have noticed unless they're both colourblind. Which maybe they are!
'Bigger Than A Breadbox, Better Than A Genie' - Tony is pondering how Madame Zolta made him appear as a small boy in her crystal ball and eventually reasons that she got hold of a photograph of him which she put under the crystal ball and shone a light through. What always struck me as odd is that surely any photographs taken of Tony when he was a child (and we'd be talking, what, about 1945?) would have been in black and white. Thus, if the picture that Tony saw in the crystal ball was in black and white this would surely have clued him in much earlier that it was just a photograph. Yet it was in colour in the colourised version which is strange and of course in the black and white version it wouldn't have mattered. Although you'd have thought Tony and Roger would have noticed - unless of course they 'see' in black and white.
Am I making any sense or am I just confusing people? Anyone have any thoughts on this?
