Why no more Barney Miller? - Page 2

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That would be 1978's Crash, a.k.a. Crash of Flight 401.

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I just pre-ordered Season 3 on Amazon, finally coming out...
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Good deal. glad it's coming out. I'll get Season 2 before DeeDee's ends their b1g1f.


@ Dan
CRASH!! I remember that now. I was really into airline disaster movies since seeing Airport '77 in the theater. Loved CRASH. Of course, saw it in the 90s (I think) and pretty much laughed through it MST3K style.

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Is S3 when Steve Landesberg gets added to the cast as "Deitrich"? I think so, if my memory's working

How about when Officer "Levitt" (the detective wannabe) is added? Seems to me that was after Deitrich was already a regular on the show.

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I've pre-ordered season 3 as well. Am I excited? No, not really because I have a strange feeling that the studio will soon issue a complete series of this show after releasing season 3 and I'll have to double dip on the show to get the rest of the seasons. It's the mood that has been created by the likes of Fox (see posts on Mary Tyler Moore).

Now, the question I ask: should I cancel the order or TAKE A CHANCE? Why should we all be taking chances with these products anyway? It's insane.

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Considering that it's a very rare situation (has any show gone from individual season releases to a series set besides Mary Tyler Moore?), I don't see a reason to worry about it happening with this show.

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Ah, TravisR, but what if this is the "new in-thing" for studios to do? The point of my post was merely to express the fact that I'm thinking this way. Why I have been manipulated into a situation that created such apprehension of whether I should purchase or not? Marketing 101 should provide comfort for the customer. All the customer should think about is whether: I need the product; and whether it's priced fairly. Now the studios have created a new path in the decision tree - will this product be obsolete, inferior in the near future?

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Another option is not to pre-order, but wait a few months for the inevitable price drop on season 3. For example, right now you can get the first two seasons of "Barney Miller" at DeepDiscount for $22.61 shipped as part of a "buy one, get one free" sale that they're currently running on selected Sony TV series. I bought my season 2 copy at Amazon this past October and it was only $12.49. Yes, you're still stuck with some early seasons of the series if Sony decides to go the full series route, but your outlay is comparatively minimal.

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The problem with not buying Season 3 of Barney Miller because they [i]might[i] one day in the distant future release a complete series set, is that if lots of folks do the same thing, and Season 3 doesn't sell, Sony might conclude that the show doesn't have a strong enough fan base to justify future releases, let alone a complete series set years from now.

Honestly, I think Mary Tyler Moore show is an isolated case. A lot of fans and TV critics have been hounding Fox to finish the show, and I think that public display of dissatisfaction forced Fox to do something. I don't think Barney Miller enjoys that sort of high visibility to prompt Sony to do the same.

But like the saying goes, You pays your money and you takes your chances.

Ok Bringing this Back up. Maybe when Shout Factory is done with All in teh Family they can revisit this series for season 4-8.. Here's hoping.

I'm in for this one, hope they can pick this up at Shout.
 

RIP Actor Steve Landesberg, who passed away this week at age 65 from cancer.

I would love to have S4-S8 on dvd. I also like Jack Soo's character as well.

 

I still have whatever CH released on tape aout 10 years ago, pretty sure the stopped before the entire run was finished.

 

Sad about Steve Landesberg, his Dietrich is my second favorite character after Kramer.

Well I'll go even Further, shout could mine gold with all the unfinished Series Sony has ongoing... c'mon shout put Sony on Speed Dial !

 

 

It looks like they heard you,

 

Just announced today on TSOD- Shout! Factory has acquired the rights to the series and will be putting out a Complete Series set on October 25, 2011

 

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Barney-Miller-The-Complete-Series/15636

 

 

 

I would like to know why this series is getting a complete series release yet others like Kojak, The Facts of Life and Simon & Simon are only getting season releases??  Am I to believe that this show has more fans then those other ones- why then did it take Sony 5 years to put out three seasons?!  This looks like another Shout! head scratcher to me, what is the rationale for a series getting a CS release vs a season set release?!

Beats me...but I'll personally take this one over the others that you mentioned. As far as Sony goes, it is hard to tell sometimes what any of the studios are doing regarding their release schedules.

I just hope they follow a simple case design like "Leave it To Beaver" with a box cover over standard DVD cases and not something that doesn't protect the disks.