I've got a Season Two question I hope someone can help me with -- in the R2 release, I think there might be a snippet of dialogue missing from the episode "Maybe, Baybe." My memory from the original broadcast is that Al has one of his usual "Ziggy say everyone lives happily ever after"...
Just wanted to agree - I'm not noticing the PAL speedup at all now that I'm using my new dvd player, though I found it very noticable when I viewed the disc on my laptop. (I ended up buying a 5-disc Toshiba with PAL-NTSC conversion from regioncodefreedvd.com) Anyway, I'm extremely satisfied...
I'm half-empty as well -- while I don't doubt that it was easier/cheaper to clear music in Region 2, if Universal had wanted to spend the time & money to clear the music for Region 1, they could have done so. What they wanted was to have product in stores for the 2004 4th quarter - they wanted...
Sorry to be OT, but, my current dvd player seems to have died this morning (just says "MECHAN ERROR" when I try to open the tray) so I guess I'll be getting a multi-region player before the holidays. Any recommendations on where I should buy one?
Any word on the PAL speedup? I was so excited by the news, I went ahead and placed an order on amazon.uk this weekend -- even though I don't yet have a multi-region player or a PAL-converting television. I've always been willing to wait for Region 1 releases, as no matter how tempting a...
It's the old story of 'book smart' vs. 'street smart'. But, really, you should put that question aside for now, and save it for Season 3. It's very hard to discuss it without leading you into spoiler territory.
Yeah, I'd prefer that the tv-movies get a separate release. I'd really like Fox to throw some good extras into the series set -- Kenneth Johnson did good commentary for V and Incredible Hulk, so I hope they get him for an episode or two, and do a good retrospective featurette with all the cast &...
I'm sticking with Veronica Mars over Lost. I'll rent the Lost Season 2 dvd set next fall and see what I missed. (I can't tape one thing and watch another with my current tv/tivo/dvd player/vhs hook-ups, and so far it has been easier to just choose between shows thatn to deal with the aggravation...
Picked up my set at Costco yesterday -- they didn't have the fuzzy cover though. (I thought about hunting around other stores, but, for $26.99 and the instant gratification, I settled.) I was sorry to hear about the edits. But with the enormous amount of music-per-episode, I had never really...
I have to agree with Joel -- and aside from the mystery, some characters have gone through significant changes by episode 15 so the relationships won't make sense to you based on what they were in the pilot. I'd record (or have a friend record) season 2 when it begins and get caught up after...
Another thought for anyone on the fence about blind buying -- rent the first disc and watch the pilot. While some shows stumble through their first episodes, Veronica Mars started out strong. The pilot sets up the characters, the tone, and the season's arc extremely well, and I think you'll know...
Pleased with the new cover art. It's the same art that they used for the cardboard sleeve of the promotional-use dvd-single of the pilot that they were giving away at events over the summer. While it doesn't set up the plot in any way, it captures something of the show's spirit. And Enrico made...
If they have to put Lilly on the cover, I would have prefered they did it in some way that made it clear that she was dead or ghostly. And, since "Who Killed Lilly Kane?" is the central mystery of season 1, they could have tried to set that up in the cover art. And I would have included...
Given the fact that it's coming from Universal, I imagine at the very least we'll get zero bonus features + music replacement. My heart sank when I saw their name in the tvshowsondvd.com announcement, I'd forgotten it was their show.
He said something similar at the "Make Love The Bruce Campbell" book signing I went to. What a great, funny guy. As godawful as "Alien Apocalypse" was, if he were to do a commentary track...well, I probably still wouldn't buy it, but I'd definitely rent it. (I totally forgot to get him to...
It's a shame they didn't include Wallace or Weevil on the cover -- this cover makes the show look so incredibly WHITE. When I saw the cast at the NYC Macy's event this summer, there was a pretty equal mix of black & white fans. While existing fans are going to buy this set regardless of who is...
They lost a lot of critical songs from Roswell, as far as I'm concerned, so be careful what you wish for. The only 'critical' songs they managed to hang onto seem to be the same ones they used on the soundtrack album or the ones that were cheap enough. Heck, they replaced Beth Orton's "She Cries...
I'm listening to the commentary on the pilot episode, and there's an incredibly annoying edit. Around 18 minutes in, talking about how all the network people were convinced that nobody would believe Bruce Willis with Cybil Shepard, and finally the one female executive stood up and said "I don't...
I was a huge fan of Alias S1 & 2, and bitterly disappointed by S3 -- absolutely hated it. Season 4, I found to be an improvement. It didn't repair all of the damage done in S3 as far as character assassination and screwing up their own continuity, but it did somewhat. As for what's wrong with...
Londo and G'Kar. Such a great pair of characters, and such great casting. I've always thought it would be interesting to watch a marathon of B5 with only Londo & G'Kar's scenes cut together in a 'phantom edit' way. Or any of the characters, really. To see just the individual arc. (I am far...
There's no controversy about Angel aspect ratios that I recall, the seasons that were shot for widescreen were released in widescreen. Its Buffy that was always shot for full-screen (except for the musical ep) but was released widescreen in certain countries. I don't remember where I saw it, but...
Personally, I love these "Newbie watching all seasons of show-X" threads, they have a unique appeal, much more fun than a general discussion thread. Maybe someone can change the thread title to indicate it's now a "Kevin Watches Buffy and Angel" thread?
I don't really get the "Beer Bad" hate, that episode cracked me up the first time I saw it, and I still feel great affection for it. At the very least, after week upon week of having to watch Buffy mope about stupid Parker, I found the ending incredibly satisfying. (In dvd-time, Parker is a...
I'm choosing to take it as a good sign--at the very least it means they know where their Real Ghostbusters masters are. And maybe if they get enough customer feedback, they'll get a move on putting the series out.
FYI - Two episodes of THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS will be used as bonus features for the 8/2/05 'double feature gift set' edition of Ghostbusters 1 & 2 according to the ad in the 5/15 issue of Home Media Retailing magazine. I am ridiculously excited by this ad, and even though I own Ghostbusters 1...
I love this show too, but it seems like ABC decided the show was going to fail before they started airing it. They barely ran any promos for it, and, when you compare that to the relentless blitz of promos they used to launch Blind Justice, and the way they continue to support shows like Lost &...
I remember it being pretty hilarious too, though the sniglets are the only specific bits that I can actually recall (and only yenkel, at that). Was it a very clip-heavy or music-heavy show? While I'm not in favor of 'best-of's in general, it wouldn't surprise me if clearances for full-season...