TWILIGHT ZONE Blu!! Direct-To-Blu CAPRICA!! JUSTIFIED!! MAN IN A SUITCASE!! THE SHIELD!! LOONEY...

I am – Hercules!! The biggest fish in the TV-on-Disc pond this week is unquestionably the Blu-ray release of “Twilight Zone: The Complete Second Season, remastered from the original 35mm into high definition. (I must say, with “Star Trek,” “The Prisoner” and now “Twilight Zone,” they’re really picking the right old series to issue in high definition. And, as I’ve said of the DVD versions of these sets, these Blu-ray editions use an absurd number of extras to target even those viewers who have already seen these episodes a zillion times. Press release:
Chatsworth, CA – Genies, malevolent machines, Santa Claus and The Devil himself. Get ready for more excursions into the fantastic when Image Entertainment releases The Twilight Zone: Season 2 on Blu-ray November 16th. All 29 episodes from the legendary series’ second season have been remastered and will be presented in pristine 1080p high-definition and uncompressed PCM audio. In addition, the 4-disc set also includes many of the bonus features from the Definitive Collection DVD release, along with hours of new bonus features, specially created for this Blu-ray™ release. SPR is $99.98, and pre-book is October 19th. Season Two Episodes King Nine Will Not Return The Man in the Bottle Nervous Man in a Four-Dollar Room A Thing About Machines The Howling Man Eye of the Beholder Nick of Time The Lateness of the Hour The Trouble with Templeton A Most Unusual Camera The Night of the Meek Dust Back There The Whole Truth The Invaders A Penny for Your Thoughts Twenty-Two The Odyssey of Flight 33 Mr. Dingle, the Strong, Static The Prime Mover Long Distance Call A Hundred Yards over the Rim The Rip Van Winkle Caper The Silence Shadow Play The Mind and the Matter Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? The Obsolete Man. EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY FEATURES • 25 New Audio Commentaries, featuring The Twilight Zone Companion author Marc Scott Zicree, author/film historian Gary Gerani, author/music historian Steven C. Smith, author/film & TV historian, Martin Grams Jr., writer/music historian Jon Burlingame, writer Len Wein, writer/producer Joseph Dougherty, writer/producer Matthew Weiner, writer/director Michael Nankin, writer Marv Wolfman, authors/historians Scott Skelton and Jim Benson and writer George Clayton Johnson. • Interviews with actors Joseph Ruskin and H. M. Wynant. • Suspense episode “Nightmare at Ground Zero” written by Rod Serling. • Vintage Audio Interview with director of photography George T. Clemens. • Vintage Audio Interview with makeup artist William Tuttle. • 15 Radio Dramas featuring Daniel J. Travanti, Jim Caviezel, Jason Alexander, Ed Begley Jr., Fred Willard, Jane Seymour, Michael York, Chris McDonald, Henry Rollins, Stan Freberg and others! ALSO INCLUDES • Audio Commentaries by actors Donna Douglas, Don Rickles, William Idelson, Bill Mumy, Cliff Robertson, Dennis Weaver and Shelley Berman. • Vintage Audio Recollections with Buzz Kulik, Douglas Heyes, Maxine Stuart, George Clayton Johnson and Robert Serling. • 22 Isolated Music Scores featuring the legendary Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, Fred Steiner and others! • Sponsor Billboards • Rod Serling Promos for “Next Week’s” Show • And much more!

Caprica 1.5 was announced for Dec. 21 before Syfy decided to yank “Caprica” from its schedule, so it was thought that this set would be rescheduled to 2011, after its final five episodes hit Syfy. Not so. Those five final unaired episodes will arrive on the 1.5 set BEFORE they air on Syfy. Note the headline of the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEATURING SYFY'S FINAL FIVE YET-TO-BE AIRED EPISODES ON DVD FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT Caprica Produced by Universal Cable Productions ALLIANCES ARE CREATED AND LIVES ARE CHANGED AS THE BATTLE CONTINUES BETWEEN HUMANS AND CYLONS UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 11 - The critically acclaimed drama from executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick comes to a thrilling climax in "Caprica" Season 1.5. Fifty-eight years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, mankind is wrestling with the question of what makes one human, and sealing its own fate of certain destruction. Alliances are made, secrets are revealed and lives are forever changed while the conflict between man and machine takes shape. As the season races towards its stunning conclusion the seeds are sown for the inevitable, brutal clash between the newly-born Cylon race and its human creators. "Caprica" Season 1.5 stars Golden Globe-nominee, Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction), Esai Morales ("NYPD Blue"), Paula Malcomson ("Deadwood"), Alessandra Toressani ("Happy Campers"), Magda Apanowicz ("Kyle XY"), Sasha Roiz ("In Plain Sight"), Brian Markinson ("The L Word") and Polly Walker (Clash of the Titans). Debuting on DVD on December 21, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, "Caprica" Season 1.5 features the series' final five episodes, yet-to-be aired in the U.S., as well as video blogs, podcasts and commentaries. BONUS FEATURES: DELETED SCENES RE-CAPRICA: Viewers can catch-up on the recap of "Caprica" Season 1.0 7 VIDEO BLOGS: GLOBAL DEFENSE: Join Agent Duram (Brian Markinson) as he lifts the lid on the GDD. NEXT GENERATION: The cast and crew discuss the emerging talent and technology on the show. ONE TRUE GOD?: Viewers take a journey into the religious aspects of the show as the cast and crews discuss the creation of the STO and how it shapes the world of "Caprica." CAPRICAN EVOLUTION: Executive producers David Eick and Jane Espenson take fans on a journey back to where it all began at the creation of "Caprica." SOUNDS OF CAPRICA: Go behind the scenes with executive producer David Eick and music editor Michael Baber to hear how the unique sounds of "Caprica" are created. THE MUSIC OF CAPRICA: Composer Bear McCreary discusses the sounds of "Caprica" and the music that forms the show. VISUAL EFFECTS: A discussion with e xecutive producer David Eick and visual effects supervisor Gary Hutzel on the techniques involved with creating the world of "Caprica." PODCASTS with executive producer David Eick, director and series stars, Eric Stoltz, Magda Apanowicz, Esai Morales and Sasha Roiz. FEATURE EPISODE COMMENTARY with executive producer Kevin Murphy. UNVANQUISHED oAPOTHEOSIS "Caprica" Season 1.5 Street Date: December 21, 2010 Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment Running Time: 6 Hours, 34 Minutes Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Languages: English Digital Dolby 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French

Precedents for this include the “Battlestar Galactica” TV-movie “The Plan” and the feature-length "Caprica" pilot, both of which turned up on DVD before they aired on Syfy.
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