I'm at a loss as to why anyone would buy the Black & White Bewitched DVD as opposed to the colorized version.

Colorized versions allow you the option of turning your TV set to B&W while maintaining the possiblity of bringing the color back anytime you wish.

I fail to see any similar advantage to purchasing the B&W DVD.

Am I overlooking something here?

:confused:

Not only that, but also every store I've been to only carry the colorized version.

I'm at a loss as to why anyone would buy the Black & White Bewitched DVD as opposed to the colorized version.

Colorized versions allow you the option of turning your TV set to B&W while maintaining the possiblity of bringing the color back anytime you wish.

I fail to see any similar advantage to purchasing the B&W DVD.

Am I overlooking something here?

:confused:

No, that is not the case. The gray scales are compromised that way, it doesn't simply return it to the original look by draining the color off with the remote.

For example, if you drew a pencil drawing with many shades of light and dark, then colored it with crayons, and finally took a black and white picture of the result, it wouldn't look like the original drawing, but rather a muddy mess.

When the Hallmark channel first aired Bewitched, I was surprised to see the first two seasons of "Bewitched" in color. I HATED it, so I would turn the color off on the TV to have it look more original.
The colorization was bad on most parts, and I liked it better when the first two seasons were just left alone, like Nick at Nite did. At least Nick at Nite had the original 1964 cartoon opening shot rather than the 1966 grayscale shot that is currently being used.
It's really best to buy the B&W version of Bewitched on DVD to have the original episodes on hand. It also makes you want to get the third season, which was originally in COLOR, so at least we have something to look forward to.

I was watching a colorized episode of Bewitched last night, it was funny that in some shots they forgot to add red to the brick on the side of the house.:D

There's no doubt that colorization has come a long way over the years. Back in the mid-80's when they began colorizing movies, the results were nauseating---horrible pastels and unrealistic skin tones. For some reason, which still escapes me, they even colorized some film noir movies like The Maltese Falcon. That was a real travesty since film noir purposely made use of light and shadow effects that were completely destroyed. Today, I have to admit, the colorization process is really very good-----but I still prefer to see movies and television the way they were originally produced. Also, maybe it's my imagination, but there seem to be more differences between the first two seasons and the rest of the series than just B&W vs. color----the "feel" of the show is different: the pacing, the style, etc.

Seeing the first Mrs. Kravitz in color always seems very strange to me too.

Some people are traditionalists and they want the show the way they grew up watching it. I felt the same way until I saw absolutely no copies of the B&W version anywhere and ended up buying the color version. I have to say they did a great job with it, and some scenes look pretty nice in color (like the scene in Season 1 with Samantha icing a cake).

It's just a matter of personal preference really.