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The ultimate collection of Rugby League s most sensational tries. From Billy Boston to Brian Carney, Mike Gregory to Martin Offiah, these are the touchdowns that really took the breath away. Recalling the halcyon days of Eddie Waring, through to the sensational stars of Super League, they are the ones everyone remembers. Featuring length of the field tries and Challenge Cup Final classics; the international stars past and present and, of course, those unforgettable last minute winners... It s Wide to West .
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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There are wonderful tries on offer here, but they are not that well served by this DVD.
Each try is shown with between 10 and 20 seconds of footage, with the average appearing to be about 12 seconds, and the footage is accompanied with the original soundtrack. Most tries are shown once only - fairly few replays even in the era of Superleague.
Given how much screen space TV companies now take up with their logos, etc, would it have been beyond the possibilities of science to indicate on screen the name of the player who's scored? Most of the players of the last ten years you'll recognise, but maybe some of those from earlier eras have slipped from recall, so you are dependent on the commentary to identify who's scored. How do you do that in twelve seconds when the soundtrack isn't clear or doesn't even name the player, and the camera doesn't show the players face? Some tries from the black and white TV era will only be recognised by the most avid of fans.
The other annoyance is this DVD has an "A-Z feature". Good, I thought, it'll make finding a player's tries easy. It doesn't. The A-Z refers to sections of the DVD with titles like "juggling", "in-and-out", mud, glorious mud", "newcomers", and so on. There's no rhyme or reason to the choice of these. Between each of these sections there's a twenty-second montage of assorted images, but only two or three montages are used. By the time you've sat through the same montage half-a-dozen times, you wonder what the point is, and the montages take up over 10 minutes of the DVD.
There is no way of identifying where any player's or any clubs tries are - something which really would be worth having.
Don't get me wrong - this DVD has a feast of great tries, from Billy Boston down to Sam Burgess, and they are all worth watching. It brought back many memories, and I'll certainly watch it again. It's just that this DVD could have been so much better - it does a fair bit of disservice to the great play and players that are on show.
Each try is shown with between 10 and 20 seconds of footage, with the average appearing to be about 12 seconds, and the footage is accompanied with the original soundtrack. Most tries are shown once only - fairly few replays even in the era of Superleague.
Given how much screen space TV companies now take up with their logos, etc, would it have been beyond the possibilities of science to indicate on screen the name of the player who's scored? Most of the players of the last ten years you'll recognise, but maybe some of those from earlier eras have slipped from recall, so you are dependent on the commentary to identify who's scored. How do you do that in twelve seconds when the soundtrack isn't clear or doesn't even name the player, and the camera doesn't show the players face? Some tries from the black and white TV era will only be recognised by the most avid of fans.
The other annoyance is this DVD has an "A-Z feature". Good, I thought, it'll make finding a player's tries easy. It doesn't. The A-Z refers to sections of the DVD with titles like "juggling", "in-and-out", mud, glorious mud", "newcomers", and so on. There's no rhyme or reason to the choice of these. Between each of these sections there's a twenty-second montage of assorted images, but only two or three montages are used. By the time you've sat through the same montage half-a-dozen times, you wonder what the point is, and the montages take up over 10 minutes of the DVD.
There is no way of identifying where any player's or any clubs tries are - something which really would be worth having.
Don't get me wrong - this DVD has a feast of great tries, from Billy Boston down to Sam Burgess, and they are all worth watching. It brought back many memories, and I'll certainly watch it again. It's just that this DVD could have been so much better - it does a fair bit of disservice to the great play and players that are on show.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Good watchable DVD. Even better if you're a Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Bradford, Hull and suprisingly Widnes fan. Only a handful of tries for the rest of the other teams.
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