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In case you South Park fans haven't been over to The Digital Bits today... BestBuy.com has a bonus disc available if you pre-order South Park season 2. The disc contains the original all-cutout version of the pilot, "Cartman Gets An Anal Probe"! There are some notable differences in this version of the pilot, so die-hards (like me) should jump on this immediately!
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I thought it could be found on the regular product page, but I guess it's a special promo link:
South Park Bonus link
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Anyone know if they'll have it in the stores too?
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| I paid an extra $10 for Xena at Best Buy for the exclusive. |
Xena got anally probed too? Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi!
I liked the Xena exclusive but wish they hadn't splashed the banner "EXCLUSIVE DISC ENCLOSED" across the top of the package (it wasn't even a sticker - it was a different print run with the banner actually imprinted on the DVD box set itself).
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I jumped through so many hoops to get that Commentary CD set for the first season of South Park, I don't have the time to waste on some stupid unaired episode.
I like South Park and all, but this is becoming ridiculous. I agree with The Digital Bits, this should have been on the DVD from the get go.
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Unless Best Buy is JUST NOW changing the way they've handled these bonus discs all along, the bonus disc will be available in stores.
It will be available via
Suncoast, via
MediaPlay, and via
Sam Goody. FutureShop and Best Buys in Canada will surely also have it, since it all comes from the same central warehouse stock.
Best Buy still has an
online price policy that states "...if you purchase an item online...and choose in-store pick up, and the item is offered at a lower price when you pick it up, you will be charged the lower price." So don't worry about that...even if it applied to this case, which I can assure you it won't.
Mark, it won't be that low of a price in-store...anywhere that I can tell. Come see me on Sunday at the Weekly Roundup and I'll tell you what I think will be the best way to handle this. Per HTF policy I can't say anything until then. I will not be preordering it online, though...I'll bank on getting it in-store to get the best price.
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Okay, Best Buy's in-store ad for that week shows bonus discs will be available in-store for South Park S2, Die Another Day, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S3, and The Fast And The Furious - Tricked Out Edition.
Relax.
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| why aren't there the original Spirit of Christmas shorts on this bonus DVD?? |
We're likely to never see them due to musical rights issues.
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I'll be waiting to see reviews before I buy this set. The last set was one of the worst in almost every way. Bad picture, popping sound, forced intros, no chapters, deleted commentaries, repetitive commercials, etc.
I love the show and wish it had gotten better treatment. Bonus disc or not, WB is going to have to prove themselves before I plunk down my moolah on another set.
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True, but I don't think that decent picture, sound, and CHAPTER STOPS are too much to ask. Do we have the episodes? Yes. Are they watchable? Barely. Is the set worth anywhere near what they are charging for it? Not by a longshot.
Hopefully Season 2 will be better.
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To be fair to Warner Bros, the early South Park episodes don't look much better on the air, either. If you see some clips from the first season put next to more recent ones, there is a big difference in detail sharpness and grain.
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| And isn't it feasible to remove the song(s)? |
I think because the two Spirit of Christmas shorts were done with no money and with no intention they would ever be released to the public, the materials needed to change the soundtrack probably don't exist anymore. Well, unless they go back and re-record everything.
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| he actually has a Father in the show. |
And a sibling!
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Jodee, you are so wise! Either that or you are lucky...like the number 7. It makes a big difference, eh?
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| For anyone interested in ordering the disc online from Best Buy it's not going to be any cheaper on Tuesday. |
...but you might get them to price-match someone who is. :wink:
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