Thanks for the info, Matt. Since the price is the same on both I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners, the cost doesn't seem related to the multiple versions of ILL episodes.
The bonus material was my initial thought too but the vast majority of it was already on the DVDs (though some of it is upgraded to HD). I'll give you that multiple episodes might boost the cost but how could basically adding commercials and the original intros and outros cause that kind of...
Sorry, I should have been more specific but I meant Star Trek: The Next Generation. Since McCrutchy and I were discussing ST: TNG, I figured that saying Star Trek would be enough.
That's not a fair comparison because you're using the MSRP of a Criterion title and the sale price of the I Love Lucy Blu-ray. If you compare the MSRPs of both, a Criterion title is $40 MSRP and this set is $130 MSRP so the cost is more than three times the price of a Criterion disc. With the...
When I said that they went back to the negative for Star Trek, I was using that as a shorthand (though an incorrect one) for them having to re-edit the show on film since it was originally finished on tape since I assume there is a pretty serious cost associated with that.
That being said, my...
I can see charging/paying $75-ish for Star Trek: The Next Generation because they've had to go back to the original negative, they've added CG effects and because they know that Trek fans are willing to spend money. However, what is it about this set that has caused it to be so much more...