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Just started rewatching the JC catalog last week. The tech seems a bit dated (big cellphones, cars, etc) but the stories generally hold up well (so far, and FW

Just started rewatching the JC catalog last week. The tech seems a bit dated (big cellphones, cars, etc) but the stories generally hold up well (so far, and FWIR). I do wish there was some effort to remaster/restore/polish up the video. What we have (and what I've seen rebroadcast) just looks a bit... washed out. Also, I watch with headphones on, and it's amazing to me how much food people eat, and how loud they are, in many TV shows. Just went through Blue Murder (also with Caroline Quentin in it) and every episode there's one or two roundtable shots of the group eating... loudly. But yeah, JC is good, and I'll be watching another one tonight :)

bgroat 5y ago
JC did something really cool in doing specials years after the original broadcasts that kind of jump back in with Jonathan and where he is in his life now. The tech in those is a bit more modern (I think the most recent is in something like 2015)
LeoPanthera 5y ago
Early Jonathan Creek is a masterpiece. In particular, the "Black Canary" special is possibly the finest two hours of television ever constructed. I often think if they had released it as a movie it would have been a hit. I agree with you about the picture quality. Black Canary from the DVD is really very noisy and grainy - to the point where I actually made my own "remastered" version by doing some basic color correction and digital noise reduction. It looks a lot better. Some modern televisions have pretty good built-in modes for doing noise reduction and improving the color, try experimenting with those. (Just don't leave it on all the time.)
- kleiba 5y ago
  I watched the DVD set on my CRT television, it looked absolutely fine to me. One advantage of being a "late adopter".
mmerlin 5y ago
The overly loud eating you hear might have been overdubbed in post-production by foley artists (sound effects technicians). Read the closing credits at the end of each show and you may find a foley artist was part of the production (and therefore the likely person who created recordings of simulated eating sound effects, to sync with the filmed visuals of the actors eating)

bgroat 5y ago

JC did something really cool in doing specials years after the original broadcasts that kind of jump back in with Jonathan and where he is in his life now. The tech in those is a bit more modern (I think the most recent is in something like 2015)

LeoPanthera 5y ago

Early Jonathan Creek is a masterpiece. In particular, the "Black Canary" special is possibly the finest two hours of television ever constructed. I often think if they had released it as a movie it would have been a hit. I agree with you about the picture quality. Black Canary from the DVD is really very noisy and grainy - to the point where I actually made my own "remastered" version by doing some basic color correction and digital noise reduction. It looks a lot better. Some modern televisions have pretty good built-in modes for doing noise reduction and improving the color, try experimenting with those. (Just don't leave it on all the time.)

kleiba 5y ago
I watched the DVD set on my CRT television, it looked absolutely fine to me. One advantage of being a "late adopter".

mmerlin 5y ago

The overly loud eating you hear might have been overdubbed in post-production by foley artists (sound effects technicians). Read the closing credits at the end of each show and you may find a foley artist was part of the production (and therefore the likely person who created recordings of simulated eating sound effects, to sync with the filmed visuals of the actors eating)