ROOM 222: Season Two January 19th - Page 2

They took the cheap route with the packaging for the season 2 set. Gone are the two slip cases and there is no episode booklet this time either. It is the exact same DVD case CBS DVD used for The Lucy Show season 1. Cheap plastic case with crummy disc holders that make it nearly impossible to remove the discs from the holders. I know Shout Factory is wanting to cut corners with these "exclusive" releases of theirs, but they at least could keep the packaging the same like the 1st season was. Now I know what the packaging of The Bill Cosby Show season 2 is likely going to be. Same cheap plastic case with the crummy disc holders.

These new cases seem to be becoming the standard across the industry, so don't blame Shout! Factory for cutting corners. 

I actually like the trend.  Less cardboard in the packaging means less possibility of damage during shipping. 

I also like the trend, because these sets take up less space on a shelf.

Judging by the Ironside set I bought, the only thing missing from these new Shout sets is an episode synopsis, but I can live without that.

Some people might be satisfied with these cheap plastic DVD cases, but I'm not. And the disc holders are made so poorly, you have to push, pull, and pry to get the discs out while being careful at the same time not to let the disc slip or fall from your grasp for fear the disc will get scratched. The season 1 DVD of Room 222 has the same size case as season 2, but the quality of the packaging is better. I'm glad the 2nd season came out, the episodes are great. All I'm saying is they should have made the packaging the same as the 1st season set.

I do have to agree with you on that point.  I am not fond of the disc holders used in these plastic cases.  The design is quite poor. 

I can agree that some of the disc holders are a pain in the ass, but none of 'em are extremely difficult to remove the discs from, IMO. I just tried out Ironside 3, and the worst one to remove was actually the disc on the back cover of the case.

And this packaging is much better than the other attempts at reducing the amount of plastic used in DVD packaging, like the Simpsons season 11-12 and 20, or Mill Creek's envelopes, or the packaging like the Futurama movies that you just slide the disc into a little slot.

My Room 222 order came through for me this evening.  I look forward to checking these episodes out. Regardless of presentation quality, I only hope Shout! will continue to keep them all coming!!!!!!!

I received my set a few days ago and only watched the first two episodes so far.  The quality doesn't bother me because I wasn't expecting anything remastered.  These two episodes were great episodes already and am looking forward to watching the rest of the set. 

I'm actually finding the color on the season two prints to be somewhat better than they were on season one. No, they don't look like Hawaii Five-0 for instance, but for 30+ year old 16mm tape transfers, they don't look to me to be as brown and reddish as the first season. And I do think that there is hope for the remaining 3 seasons to come out. I'm pretty certain that when an indy company licenses from a major, they buy the whole series, not season at a time. Hell, the Bill Cosby Show sold horribly for Shout and yet we are (finally) getting it finished. I think that unless this sells really badly, we should get it completed eventually as well.

I watched the first three episodes from Season Two last night.  They were excellent.  Yes, the quality is not stellar, but the story lines are quite good.  I do hope that the remaining seasons are eventually available on DVD.

I agree.  Would love to own the whole series

Someone else may have posted this but already but in a press release I remember Shout stating that there would be no more Room 222 releases due to poor sales on Season 2.

Oh well, I guess those old cut USA Network copies will have to do for the last 3 seasons. At least Shout did 2 years anyway.

Is anyone surprised after the horrible transfers they were given?

I think there are far bigger reasons why the show didn't sell. Other than the USA run in the mid-80s, the show has not been seen anywhere for over 30 years. Its an intelligent drama and those shows don't do well on DVD. The things that sell seem to be dopey sitcoms, westerns, children's cartoons and scifi. Good drama is just a tough sell. Do you really think if the shows were remastered it would have sold thousands more? A few dozen is more like it, certainly not enough to justify them continuing the releases.

Room 222 was aired for a couple of years on TVLand back in the late 90's.

 

I didn't really care for it, although I liked the girl teacher and liked the theme music of the introduction.

I love the show.  Season two is full of wonderfully-written episodes.

 

So last night, our family returns from karate class, and we watch the episode "Dreams Of Glory."  It was great seeing Chuck Norris in an early television role (perhaps his earliest, excluding films?), and more importantly (to me at least), seeing him in his prime.  His speed was amazing.  And what was a lot of fun for our children was his emphasis on kata and kions.  As an added treat, the kata that was being shown during the episode (one that is similar to Heian Nidan) is one that most of us had just learned within the past few months.  That was quite nice! :)

I'd like it if they would get a move on releasing the rest of the seasons of room 222

^^^

 

You and me both.

Tell more people to buy S2 and maybe they'll reconsider and come out with another season.    But many of the people who think it is "overpriced" likely influenced that decision.