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Love DVDS by mrfan	Aug 12th, 2008 04:37:45 AM

Hey Herc! Trent Reznor's maybe doing a NIN Year Zero HBO Show! by iamnicksaicnsn	Aug 12th, 2008 04:51:59 AM
YEAH! Great album, genius musician. Hope he can pull together a great Sci-Fi show that's worthy of HBO.
Caroline in the City by Bloo	Aug 12th, 2008 05:01:35 AM
ashamed to say I enjoyed that show back in the mid-late 80s but I certainly wasn't looking for it on DVD nor expecting it to come out, what's next The Single Guy, Boston Square. I just don't see the reasons behind it, but I digress, I would like to see Bob Newharts shortlived BOB again, just out of curosity I remember enjoying it
Learn that the South Park Episode of 24... by therealharold	Aug 12th, 2008 05:33:53 AM
...was shockingly lame, and that when the cast of 24 watched it at the CTU set, they turned it off half-way through.
Ziggy Sobotka in Season 5 of Wire? by John-Locke	Aug 12th, 2008 06:17:24 AM
Sorry Herc but that was Nick Sobotka.
Why do those "complete series" boxed sets... by Nasty In The Pasty	Aug 12th, 2008 06:59:29 AM
...almost always have the discs in those HORRID paper slipcases that are all but guarantees to scratch the hell out of the discs if you take them out to watch frequently?
FINALLY! MICHAEL PALIN COLLECTION! by chrth	Aug 12th, 2008 07:04:26 AM
It's about FUCKING TIME. UK has had this for like 2 or 3 years now. Totally getting it.
Where is KNIGHTS OF PROSPERITY??? by Uncle Stan	Aug 12th, 2008 07:07:50 AM

That chick in the Black Lagoon banner... by Nasty In The Pasty	Aug 12th, 2008 07:08:06 AM
...has a great ass.
The Snuke episode was disappointing. by JonQuixote	Aug 12th, 2008 09:04:16 AM
The other episodes that year were awesome. The one I'll remember though is NAGGERS. That's an all-time, all-tv classic.
Yeah No Ziggy... by Reynard Muldrake	Aug 12th, 2008 09:10:28 AM
Just Nick and Johnny 50 from the docks...woulda been a crazy cameo, I bet he's a drug mule for Avon inside, hahaa
count duckula and other "small shows" by Bouncy X	Aug 12th, 2008 09:41:19 AM
thats the problem with tv-on-dvd sometimes, you'll get very rare,obscure or just smaller shows released but then if that first season doesnt sell as well as they hope, they abandon it. sometimes they luck out and a new company picks up the rights and finishes it off but thats rare. oh and the anal, sad, must-see-tv addict that i was has to mention that Caroline in the City aired in the middle to late 90s, not 80s. But yeah i'm sad because i remember Single Guy and Boston Square. lol
Where the hell is MAX HEADROOM? by SpyGuy	Aug 12th, 2008 09:49:03 AM
Twenty minutes into the future, but twenty fucking YEARS for a DVD set.
Once again.. where is Parker Lewis Cant Lose? by Baron Karza	Aug 12th, 2008 10:25:13 AM
I know, but I like to post shit.
you're right Bouncy X by Bloo	Aug 12th, 2008 10:46:46 AM
I even knew it was the 90s I watched it in college along with the other 2 I mentioned I have no idea why I typed 80s
Dave's World by skimn	Aug 12th, 2008 11:50:51 AM
Your standard CBS sitcom (see Rules Of Engagement, ironically), which did include, I believe, the first time Patrick Warburten appeared in a series. Blue Murder...thats no woman, thats a man, baby...ahem, "Miss" Quentin, nice photo obscuring your obvious adam's apple.
Caroline in the city got this guy to watch... by EriamJH	Aug 12th, 2008 12:11:47 PM
... because of that smoking hot, dancer neighbor of hers!
Boston Square had the Invisible Man in it! by EriamJH	Aug 12th, 2008 12:12:32 PM
Vince Ventresca, that is.
Sopranos Blu-Ray? by MCPot	Aug 12th, 2008 12:43:36 PM
No mention of the Sopranos set in Blu-Ray. I hope that this is available in HD.
BAH! by VictorVonDoom	Aug 12th, 2008 12:44:35 PM
DOOM awaits "Rubik: The Amazing Cube!" Anything else is a distant second!
I hate the Scrubs covers by drewlicious	Aug 12th, 2008 04:09:24 PM
They always look like the poster to some lame improv troupe. On a related note Neil Flynn is part of a ridiculously funny improv troupe called "Beer Shark Mice."
Love the Wire by Charlie_Allnut	Aug 12th, 2008 05:09:08 PM
I only recently watched it, but I am glad I waited since I got to watch it straight through. One of the best series ever. Also love those Palin shows...good light Sunday night viewing.
Baron Karza, I'm with you! We want Parker Lewis! by MrGonev5	Aug 12th, 2008 05:29:38 PM
Damn I want that show on dvd!
Why is there a best of The Crow STH? by MrGonev5	Aug 12th, 2008 05:30:30 PM
Why is there a best of dvd? The whole series is out on dvd already.
Ah, Starlost! by DennisMM	Aug 12th, 2008 05:47:35 PM
Devon is a man of the "earth," a hardy, simple but loving man. Who will we cast? Our program's creator, Harlan Ellison, described Keir Dullea as looking like he'd been shrink-wrapped until the time the camera was pointed at him. He was, like William, Hurt, "A giant slice of Tip-Top Bread!"
Tom & Jerry Tales by Big Jim	Aug 12th, 2008 07:26:18 PM
"12 Cartoons from the kid-pleasing TV series" "kid-pleasing"? Mediocre never sounded so bland.
What about Poltergeist The Legacy Season 2? by James_O'Nasty	Aug 12th, 2008 07:37:20 PM
Anyone? Please?
Dull-yea's dispassionate acting style.... by rben	Aug 12th, 2008 07:50:46 PM
worked in "2001" because let's face it, the movie wasn't really about the characters but all of mankind and how they "evolved".Lockwood did his usual fine job mirroring his great performance in the 2nd star trek pilot. i think the only reason dullea was hired in the first place is because someone thought: "hey, instant sci-fi tie-in!" still, the worst actor ever to appear in a genre thing has to be david hedison in "voyage". i never got why irwin allen wanted him so badly. he makes actors like dullea and roy thinnis look like brando! As to whether starlost is worth 36 friggin bucks. hey, knock it down to 10 bucks, then we'll talk. (maybe it'll be at war-mart or dollar general in the discount bin someday.) it's the same reason i'm leery of getting masters of science-fiction even with the two unaired eps. 6 eps for 15 dollars? hell, you can get one of those theme x-files collections for 15.00 and they have like, what 15 eps on each of em. price realistically, folks!
Filmation JLA better than HB's Superfriends? by nyj_et	Aug 12th, 2008 07:53:50 PM
What!? SF had way better shows. "The Final Challenge", "Wanted: The Superfriends", "Seeds of Doom", "The Fear", I could go on and on.
Gonna have to buy Sports Night again by boingo2000	Aug 12th, 2008 10:21:14 PM
And from the looks of things, it's not going to be much cheaper then it was the first time I bought it. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Still, nice to have a decent set for it finally.
A DOCTOR WHO CARTOON?!?!?!?!?! by RickSlamu2	Aug 12th, 2008 11:00:41 PM
Danger Will Robinson! Scanners detect cash-in crappiness in the area!!!
Bloo & Bouncy... by hillvalley	Aug 13th, 2008 01:20:41 AM
... The anal TV geek in me has to point out that the show was "Boston Common", not square. Unless we're thinking of different shows, but "Common", "Caroline", and "The Single Guy" all shared that graveyard of cancelled NBC "Friends" clones that aired weekday afternoons on USA (sandwiched between 9 episodes of "Wings"). I'm guessing you guys watched that block of programming everyday as I did:)
Brotherhood Season 2, Band of Brothers BluRay by TheWaqman	Aug 13th, 2008 02:17:05 AM
probably only things I'm getting. Oh and that Mystery Science Theatre set too.
hillvalley by Bloo	Aug 13th, 2008 02:21:26 AM
was it Boston Common, I'll take your word for it as I'm too lazy to lok it up and yes I watched it on USA sandwhiched inbetween Wings but also watched each and every one of those first run on NBC...yeah....
hillvalley by Bloo	Aug 13th, 2008 02:22:20 AM
was it Boston Common, I'll take your word for it as I'm too lazy to lok it up and yes I watched it on USA sandwhiched inbetween Wings but also watched each and every one of those first run on NBC...yeah....
RickSlamu2: That "DOCTOR WHO cartoon" is actually pretty good by SpyGuy	Aug 13th, 2008 07:49:40 AM
David Tennant and Freema Agyeman reprise their roles as the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones and Anthony Stewart Head is the bad guy. It's definitely worth your valuable time and money.
Filmation Super Heroes by Snookeroo	Aug 13th, 2008 11:32:25 AM
Bought a copy of this. It's fun to watch if you fondly remember these old cartoons (as I do). However, very little effort has been put into the set -- the prints are in horrible shape; sloppy errors, too: Birdman (who was a character from Hanna-Barbera, a rival animation studio) is featured on the menu screen, not Hawkman. The set does, however, have a nice DVD case. These episodes were produced as filler "guest appearance" episodes for the "Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure". Even with the low production values, these still are better fare than the later "Super Friends", if for no other reason than the material is treated seriously (as seriously as the Silver Age gets, anyways), not campy/kiddie.
DarkHawke by DennisMM	Aug 13th, 2008 12:44:04 PM
Harlan Ellison believed he was too good to work on "Starlost" for good reason - he created it, poured months of sweat and research and tutoring of semi-competent writers into it, fought to push back the tide of stupidity the producers were cramming into the show - and got out of it a huge, steaming pile of shit. The pilot script ("Phoenix Without Ashes") is pretty damned good. Not fantastic, but pretty damned good, good enough to win the Writer's Guild best dramatic episodic teleplay award for that year. Take a peek at that, or read the novelization by Edward Bryant (very faithful to the original script) and compare to the pilot itself, "Voyage of Discovery." If someone treated me like that, I'd not only refuse to let them use my name, I'd bounce them off the wall for a few minutes while I reminded them why they hired the most famous SF TV writer in the world. But, yeah - STARLOST? I agree.
Starlost? Old CTV crap on DVD? by tangcameo	Aug 13th, 2008 05:36:44 PM
omg this must be a sign of the world circling the bowl. Of all of Canadian television out there, why does one of the WORST CTV/Toronto-made shows get on DVD? Why don't they bundle it with "The Trouble With Tracy" and double its value to $0. I could understand something like Swiss Family Robinson or Night Heat or even one of the Some American Movie: The Series types coming out on DVD BUT THIS?!!!! There've been better shows that had their master tapes wiped (Frightenstein, Puttnam's Prairie Emporium) than this effluence. Maybe they'll bundle it with Dullea's stinker Canadian feature film Paperback Hero. lol
Starlost: "Can I be of assistance?" by rben	Aug 13th, 2008 09:27:30 PM
Believe it or not, i can still remember the floating head of knowledge computer simulation guy who would swim into view and say coldly to the amish yokels dullea and the others: Can i be of assistance? For some reason that amused me and still does years later. i have a weird head and little things just stick inside the cranium. Alot of people will get this just out of curiousity as in: how bad can it really be and hopefully ellison will get his cut and not get screwed (again!) i still remember his article about it where the producers had the characters refering to the size of the ark as a few hundred yards instead of millions of miles long. someone needs to sneak ellison's script (or the dvd) under ronald d. moore's nose and ask: can you do anything with this? can you imagine what ellison's original script would look like under Mr. BStarG hisself? WOW....
and while we're at it..... by rben	Aug 13th, 2008 09:33:50 PM
give ellison's I Robot script to steven spielburg! by the way, i don't recall the characters in ellison's script being Amish types either. Pretty much blown opportunities all around. I'm cringing at what will be done to Asimov's Foundation. (that's right, i'm looking at you Will Smith!)
"picked it as the 11th series to debut in the last 25 years." by crayon	Aug 14th, 2008 12:45:32 AM
it was the 11th to debut? My math isn't great but that statement must make it at least 24 years old I'd say. Wow, I knew it seemed like forever between season but I didn't realise it was that much.
Amish! by DennisMM	Aug 14th, 2008 03:48:36 PM
Yup, Devon, Garth and wassername were some type of Amish. They didn't use that word so as not to offend the real, peaceful Amish who didn't condemn heretics to death. That was in Ellison's script, because he wanted the strongest conflict between the world Devon knew and the often highly technologized civilizations he'd meet while moving through the Ark. I only saw one or two episodes during the original run, tuning in because I heard Ellison was connected. Even at 13 I was very disappointed by the cheap production values and the poor acting. They made it in Toronto? For some reason I thought it was in Vancouver or Yellowknife or somewhere pretty remote at the time. Have to go back and reread "Somehow, I Don't Think We're in Kansas, Toto."
The Invaders....In Color! by rben	Aug 14th, 2008 09:48:38 PM
been slowly watching the first season eps. Entertaining even though it doesn't make a lick of sense. (the olympics has tabled alot of my watching. i'll probably resume after they are over.) i still think that thinnis was too much of a pretty boy for the role plus his obsessive motivation was never really explained i.e. no mention at least so far in my watching of his architect job, what happened to it, what he's doing for money, etc. Oct. 20 will be an interesting one for HercVault though what with The Starlost and Man From UNCLE both out that week. And as uneven as Invaders is, i still want to complete my collection so i wonder when the 2nd final season will come out?
Okay, not to be negative by heavenlykid	Aug 16th, 2008 01:50:43 AM
I try and be a positive talkbacker (I wasn't always like this, until I decided to only talkback when sober) but I have to say, if you're going to include Futurama three in the banner headline, I'm expecting a little bit more than a tiny line way near the bottom. I understand you just found out it's coming out, but since people are clicking on the link looking for it, maybe a bit of a preamble before you start the article, say...saying something like 'lots of cool stuff coming out this week, and here's the new announcements...' kind of thing. Again, all respect to those who do the work but this is like the ninth time I've scrolled for something in the banner headline that was barely a blip in the article. Okay, that's all. Keep up the good work Herc.
DennisMM by tangcameo	Aug 17th, 2008 01:20:45 AM
You can tell whether its Toronto or Vancouver by who stars in the show and whether it was CTV or CBC who aired it. Most of Robin Ward's career was in and around Toronto and CTV shows were mostly filmed in Ontario. Vancouver, BC at the time was mostly CBC (ie The Beachcombers). And Yellowknife? That's about as likely as ABC filming Lost in Nome, Alaska.

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