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THE 4400!! SUPER FRIENDS!! POPEYE!! WEEDS!! SPAWN!! DEXTER!! ROME!! FUGITIVE!! HercVault!!
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I am – Hercules!!
For those unfamiliar? “The 4400” – overseen by former “Deep Space Nine” showrunner Ira Steven Behr - is an engaging and imaginative sci-fi series about 4,400 people who were abducted – “Close Encounters”-style - over the last 60 years. They’re all returned at once, and each for some mysterious reason has been granted a superpower. Eventually we learned that they were taken and endowed by forces from the future.
Season three of “The 4400”
began right after the abductees learned the U.S. government was using chemicals to inhibit their superpowers. A superpowered terrorist cabal called the Nova Group emerged. The series began to utilize longer story arcs and tighter continuity. Characters from the first season – disgraced G-man Dennis Ryland and the Jesus-y superhuman Jordan Collier – returned. 4400 infant Isabelle grew up overnight into a hot, nudity-prone young adult and began acting all horny and evil. The Jeffrey Combs character, Kevin Burkoff, began trying to give himself superpowers with the substance called promicin, which is found in the blood of all of the 4400.
As “X-Men” knock-offs go, this third season represents a strong effort. Not as well-budgeted as NBC’s “Heroes,” certainly, but leagues better than Avi Arad’s syndicated crapfest “Mutant X.”
Extras on the new set include commentaries on six of the 12 episodes, four featurettes, a gag reel and a video introduction.
Season four begins June 17 on USA.
Jason of Star Command, streeting today, originally hit television the same autumn as “Battlestar Galactica,” as the unprecedented success of “Star Wars” continued to grip the popular imagination. “Jason” was crazy expensive for a '70s kid show, but TV execs could not be trusted to think clearly in the new age of Jedi mind trickery.
A spin-off of the Saturday morning kid show "Space Academy," “Jason” began life in 1978 as a weekly 15-minute component (and the only live-action component) of the jam-packed hourlong “Tarzan and the Super Seven” (which also housed “The New Adventures of Batman,” “Web Woman,” “Superstretch and Microwoman,” “Manta and Moray” and "The Freedom Force."). Sixteen of the 15-minute “Jason” segments, co-starring “Star Trek” regular James Doohan, were shot. The following season “Jason” became a standalone series of 12 half-hours.
Sid Haig, fresh from his roles in the blaxploitation actions “Coffy” and “Foxy Brown” and a quarter century before he tackled the role of Captain Spaulding in “House of 1000 Corpses” and “The Devil’s Rejects,” played the main villain of the series, the tyrant Dragos. Dragos was always good enough to provide a steady stream of unmanned drones for Jason to blast.
The packaging on Cagney & Lacey: The True Beginning, streeting today, lies to you. The six-episode first season of “Cagney & Lacey,” like the original TV movie, starred Meg Foster as Chris Cagney. This package contains the show’s second season, the first to star Sharon Gless as Cagney.
Herc’s Popular (And Supersized) Pricing Pantry
Greatest American Hero for $10/Season??
Roseanne for $11/Season??
Profit: The Complete Series for $13.50??
THE AMAZON 2-FER SALE IS BACK, BABY!!
Buy one, get a cheaper or equal one free. Titles to choose from:
Astro Boy
Carry On
The Commish
Crime Story
Doogie Howser
Greatest American Hero
Grounded For Life
Hercules
Highlander
Hunter
Profit
Renegade
Roseanne
Silk Stalkings
Sledge Hammer!
3rd Rock From The Sun
Thomas The Tank Engine
Three’s Company
Titus
Tripping The Rift
21 Jump Street
Xena
For some reason there are a few cool movie box sets spotlighting foreigners like Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness, Paul Verhoeven, Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog in there too …
$13.49 FOR HILL STREET 1.X!!
$17.99 FOR MURDER ONE 1.X!!
$22.49 FOR BOSTON LEGAL 1.X!!
55% Off Fox First-Season Sets!!
Grab them now. History tells us these prices won’t be this low a few days from now.
$4.49 The Simple Life 1.x
$13.49 Hill Street Blues 1.x
$13.49 In Living Color 1.x
$13.49 King of the Hill 1.x
$13.49 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1.x
$13.49 NYPD Blue 1.x
$13.49 Reba 1.x
$13.49 Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea 1.x Vol. 1
$13.49 Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea 1.x Vol. 2
$17.99 Angel 1.x
$17.99 Arrested Development 1.x
$17.99 The Big Valley 1.x
$17.99 Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1.x
$17.99 Dark Angel 1.x
$17.99 Futurama 1.x
$17.99 Millennium 1.x
$17.99 Murder One 1.x
$17.99 The Pretender 1.x
$17.99 Remington Steele 1.x
$17.99 Roswell 1.x
$22.49 Boston Legal 1.x
$22.49 Family Guy 1.x/2.x
$22.49 X-Files 1.x
$26.99 Prison Break 1.x
$26.99 The Shield 1.x
$26.99 Tru Calling 1.x
$26.99 24 1.x
$35.99 Lost in Space 1.x
And look! A non-season-one mistake!
$13.49 The Bob Newhart Show 2.x
I highly highly HIGHLY recommend that “Murder One” season-one set for $17.99. One of the best seasons of anything ever, and the same hunk of O.J.-inspired Daniel Benzali greatness was going for $27.99 last week and $53.98 a year ago!!
Universal launches three package deals today. Each goes for $52.49. What save you?
$35.49 Battlestar Galactica 2.1-2.10
$33.99 Battlestar Galactica 2.11-2.20
$68.98
$52.49 Battlestar Galactica 2.x Value Pack
$44.99 House 1.x
$40.99 House 2.x
$85.98
$52.49 House 1.x/2.x Value Pack
$39.99 Las Vegas 1.x
$39.99 Las Vegas 2.x
$79.98
$52.49 Las Vegas 1.x/2.x Value Pack
Laura Prepon fans may care to note that the first five seasons of “That ‘70s Show” are all - at least momentarily - 50% off.
And, finally, all the M*A*S*H season sets are 50% off.
TV-on-DVD Calendar
Last Week
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters: Best Of
Beverly Hills 90210 2.x
Def Poetry Jam 5.x
Dinosaurs 3.x/4.x
The Girls Next Door 2.x
Hee Haw Vol. 7
Jason King: The Complete Series
The King of Queens 8.x
Melrose Place 2.x
Michael Palin: Around The World In 80 Days
Ozzie & Harriet: Best Of
Three's Company: Janet's Favorites
What I Like About You 1.x
Will & Grace 6.x
This Week
Battlestar Galactica 2.x Value Pack
Cagney & Lacey: The First Gless Season
Clatterford 1.x
Daniel Boone 3.x
Everybody Loves Raymond 8.x
The 4400 3.x
House 1.x/2.x Value Pack
Jason of Star Command: The Complete Series
Las Vegas 1.x/2.x Value Pack
McLeod's Daughters 2.x
Mission Magic: The Complete Series
That '70s Show 6.x
Voltron Vol. 3
The Waltons 5.x
The Waltons 1.x-5.x
Next Week
American Dad Vol. 2
Banacek 1.x
Coach 2.x
Curious George: Rocket Ride
ER 7.x
ER 1.x-7.x
Frasier 9.x
Home Improvement 6.x
Martin 2.x
M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
Masters of Horror: Right To Die
Monarch of the Glen 6.x
Monarch of the Glen 5.x/6.x
Playboy After Dark Vol. 2 <--- NEW!!
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Vol. 6
The Rockford Files 4.x
Tex Avery's Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection
Tom & Jerry Tales Vol. 2
Wanted: Dead or Alive 2.x
The War at Home 1.x
Wings 4.x
May 22
Afro-Samurai: The Complete Miniseries
Afro-Samurai: The Complete Miniseries: Director's Cut
Airwolf 3.x
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2.x Vol. 3
Hero High: The Complete Series
Instant Star 1.x
Kitchen Confidential: The Complete Series
Kyle XY 1.x
Legend of the Dragon Vol. 4
The Magnificent Seven 2.x
Mythbusters Vol. 1
The OC 4.x
The Real McCoys 1.x <--- NEW!!
Roots: 30th Anniversary Edition
Scrubs 5.x
Stuart Little: All Revved Up
Stuart Little: Fun Around Every Curve
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1.x Vol. 1
24 1.x (Slimset)
24 2.x (Slimset)
24 3.x (Slimset)
24 4.x (Slimset)
May 29
The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series
Big Train 1.x/2.x
Charlie & Lola Vol. 4
The Closer 2.x
The Closer 1.x/2.x
F-Troop 2.x
Kids in the Hall: Best Of Vol. 2 <--- NEW!!
Rawhide 2.x Vol. 1
Weeds 1.x (Blu-ray)
June 5
The Bill 1.x
Chappelle's Show: Best Of
CHiPs 1.x
The Cosby Show 3.x
The Cosby Show 4.x
Dante's Cove 2.x
Dark Angel 1.x (Slimset)
Dark Angel 2.x (Slimset)
The Dead Zone 5.x
Doctor Who - Castrovalva
Doctor Who - Logopolis
Doctor Who - Keeper of Traken
Doctor Who: New Beginnings
The Fall Guy 1.x
The Fall Guy 1.x Vol. 1
The Fall Guy 1.x Vol. 2
The Henry Rollins Show 1.x
Henry Rollins: Uncut From NYC
Hex 1.x
Hogan's Heroes 6.x
Inside The Actors Studio: Leading Men
Kenny The Shark Vol. 1
Kenny The Shark Vol. 2
Mission: Impossible 2.x
The Outer Limits 1.x Vol. 1
Prehistoric Park
Rescue Me 3.x
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Thank God for DVR's!
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To anticipate the question, it's due Aug. 7. It's just isn't available for pre-order yet.
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Very cool of you letting us know so I can finally stop posting that every time.
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from IMDB:
Even in the fashion-tragic 80's, Matthew Star (Peter Barton), the Alien prince of Quadris looked foolish. The white jumpsuit, the Farrah hair, the pseudo-Michael Jackson glove. Midway through the run of the series, the producers took a good, long look at their Star. Their solution? Matthew became a secret agent. Better solution? Cancellation. -
I remember getting caught up in it when A & E started running it about seventeen years ago. Actually I was thinking about it in regard to Lost (i.e. how long should a series run for, no pun intended). The only gripe I (and probably a lot of other people) had was a somewhat contrived ending (I don't want to spoil it, but it's actually similar to one of the major complaints people had with Spider-Man 3 - the "utler-bay").
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HEROES VOLUME ONE available 8.28.7. Someone has to give some dap to HEROES up in here.
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... is the sad fate of aging Starfleet employees like Scotty. Laid off because their salaries were too high, they collected too many benefits and were promised pensions that were too generous. In the modern, globalized United Federation of Planets, Starfleet decided that most positions could be more cost-effectively outsourced to the Delta Quadrant or filled with illegal immigrants from the Mirror Universe, who accept much lower wages. Poor Scotty... forced to work for a low-rent operation like Star Command... the Wal-Mart of galactic peace-enforcement organizations. Low salary, long hours, no health benefits, no plush extras like visits to the Pleasure Planet or free Saurian brandy, and a thankless job trying to run a space station built out of ping pong balls, L'Eggs pantyhose containers and cast-off model airplane parts!
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i have missed you my old friend
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was stripped off HBO?
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The 3rd season of 4400. Was it any good, should I invest y hard earned money (hard earned trolling AICN at work) for it (and the other 2 which I don't have yet either)
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Fucking! Excla-fucking-mation! Marks!
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...sets listed above, but... that Popeye set looks like it will be a really well put together DVD set.
Much like the first two seasons of NYPD Blue were... then they started going the cheap route and became a total disappointment... packaging wise anyway.
Thanks for the heads up on The Simpsons 10th season set Herc.
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Until she went all Favraeu on us.
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...the first thing I saw when I went to DVDAficionado.com was an ad for Amazon...
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Watched Battlestar Galactica Season 3 and Rome Season 2 off of DVD-Rs my buddy d/l'd and put together for me.
Don't get me wrong, I totally want to buy these series on DVD, but I don't have the patience to wait upwards to a year to watch them, nor put up with the too high price (ROME, for instance) when it does come out. I don't watch TV so I don't want to invest in cable TV just for 1 or 2 shows. What I wish they would do is, like on iTunes, you pay $33 for a season pass where you get to download the episodes the day after it airs, but when the season is complete, they mail you the season on DVD (basically you pay for the DVDs in advance, get to enjoy the download files in the meantime similar to Amazon.com digital locker). But what do I know.... -
rules. My fav. summer show. Jordan Collier in one bad mofo. That's all!
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...Mmmmmaaaaannnnn! Arrrawwk! arraaawwrrrk!
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Just read over on TVShowsOnDVD.com that WB announced that there aren't any plans for SUPERBOY Season 2, which is extremely disappointing. I need more digital Stacy Haiduk goodness.
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Come on! I love that show. And still no dvds.
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morning fare back in the early 80s .. it might be JoSC. The Tarzan cartoon rocked heavily, except they recycled a lot of animation. Anybody remember the Superkid Power Hour with Shazaam?
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C'mon - these gems with their zaniness (and the Red Guy in the former) can't get no DVD love?
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... and HBO wonders why people pirate their shit (not that I pirate their shit -- I'm on dial-up for Christ's sake).
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Great post - I snorted homemade Romulan ale out of my nose (equal parts grape Kool-aid, vermouth, liquid smoke and skunk squeezins) and had to be hospitalized, but it was worth it... Brilliant!
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I guess there's no love for the early seasons of Sliders on this site. Universal recently encheapened the Sliders Season 1 and 2 Box set to $26.98 retail, and it can be found for $19.99 on the web pretty easily. In a few weeks they will be lowering the price of Season 3 to $26.98 as well, with a similar $19.99 street price likely. The first two and a half seasons of Sliders are just great episodic fun and has aged very well.
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"L'Eggs pantyhose containers" LOL!
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became a crapfest and yet showed so much promise with its mini series. the baby turning into an adult was the begining of the end. those two agents became more like mulder and scully. the changing of department heads, who am i kidding. the storyline turned into pointless rubbish
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And in comparison, I'd say Adric acted better too.. :)
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Nice column Herc...but please kick down and write up GG again!! The ending of tonights episode was amazing...
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All my friends are swept away by the long locks of Peter Petrilli and the fancy FX of Heroes. 4400 did pretty much the same thing but went a bit more realistic , Heroes tries to be more comic booky. Both great shows, glad to have the 3300 on in the summer when everything else takes a break. OOO and Rescue Me will be starting up soon too.
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Couldn't you muster a little more excitement about that Popeye set? These are the original Fleischer Brothers cartoons, finally fully restored, and presented unedited in chronological order. Add to that four hours of extra features including a history of the Fleischer Brothers studio. If the cover art alone isn't enough to make you drool, it says on the back of the box "This Compilation is Intended for the Adult Collector and May Not be Suitable for Children." So you can tell they've taken pains to do this set properly.
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THere is something seriously odd bout his hand there scroll back up n look at it.
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Been waiting forver for this one. Don't have Shotime but seen the first two ep.s online hooked from the start.
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I love Dexter. Talk about a weirdass show. I feel like I've been waiting for years for these dvds.
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Why do you find it so hard to believe?
Why do you find it so easy?
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Get it up!
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Bitch bitch bitch! Why won't AICN put some light in my grey little life by posting a Lost talkback?
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May 09, 2007 12:24:23 PM CDT
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