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October 05
2008
All Seasons of Buffy and Angel for $20 each including a DVD of the Cast Reunion Panel at Best Buy.
Buy one or more of these DVD sets and get the panel DVD for free (otherwise it's $4.99).
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SoddingNancyTribe | October 05, 05:55 CET
karosurly | October 05, 06:00 CET
chazman | October 05, 06:12 CET
Lioness | October 05, 06:21 CET
Enisy | October 05, 06:26 CET
chazman | October 05, 06:34 CET
I'm dying inside. I wish I could buy it.
maxsummers | October 05, 06:36 CET
Best Buy only ships to USA...? Darn. There goes my enthusiasm.
*bookmarks eBay* :P
Enisy | October 05, 06:39 CET
garda39 | October 05, 06:46 CET
FunkyBeccaBecca | October 05, 07:08 CET
I just ordered Season three because I've loaned out my whole set and it's the only season I didn't have more than one of.
I really hope it's going to be the slim set though. Those are so much better than those bulky, irritating originals.
[ edited by Xane on 2008-10-05 16:09 ]
Xane | October 05, 07:09 CET
deadbessie | October 05, 07:14 CET
Simon | October 05, 07:18 CET
deepgirl187 | October 05, 07:32 CET
hitnrun017 | October 05, 07:39 CET
I also picked up Season 3 of HIMYM which is due to come out on the same day! Woo hoo! Now if someone could just gift me the time to sit down and watch them...
OzLady | October 05, 07:46 CET
Thanks for this post! I just ordered the bonus disc since I have all seasons.
[ edited by xander fan on 2008-10-05 16:46 ]
xander fan | October 05, 07:46 CET
But only if you're in the USA right?
Grrr... I guess I'll be looking at ebay shortly then.
The Do That Girl | October 05, 07:47 CET
Nolan | October 05, 08:13 CET
Oops! I didn't read the disc cover. My bad.
[ edited by Capt. Logic on 2008-10-05 22:21 ]
Capt. Logic | October 05, 08:25 CET
No, it says here: "Participating in a revealing panel discussion, the cast and writers of the demon-demolishing series reunited this year to answer your questions."
Keywords: This year.
Enisy | October 05, 08:29 CET
[ edited by chazman on 2008-10-05 17:31 ]
chazman | October 05, 08:30 CET
NurseBobbi | October 05, 08:47 CET
Amanda0 | October 05, 08:54 CET
SteveP | October 05, 08:57 CET
They should of just not let fans ask questions. Like when it was announced there would be one more question, the person doesn't even ask one and just confesses their love.
hitnrun017 | October 05, 09:02 CET
I hope all the Conventions start to realize they is a market out there for this.
[ edited by Anonymous1 on 2008-10-05 18:14 ]
Anonymous1 | October 05, 09:12 CET
This just depresses me. :(
Litwall | October 05, 09:13 CET
Point is, pretty-box art>>>>>>>>>>>>> slim packs.
Also, I'd like to see the Paley Fest DVD available in Canadian Best Buys, thank you.
Illyria | October 05, 09:24 CET
And even if some of the questions to the panel were poor, I hope they don't edit anything!
jam2 | October 05, 09:25 CET
Amanda0 | October 05, 09:35 CET
As for the idea of a two-disc Dr. Horrible DVD set including the panel, I don't know if Best Buy will issue that, but let's hope someone made a good video of that panel to make it happen.
impalergeneral | October 05, 09:39 CET
badwolf | October 05, 09:47 CET
xander fan | October 05, 09:48 CET
Doesn't work anymore with the "Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Collector's Set (40 discs), which is just so expensive at the moment (I still got mine at I thin 120 dollars years ago when it came out!)
Creat | October 05, 09:51 CET
exej | October 05, 09:52 CET
Anne 5_by_5 | October 05, 09:55 CET
Both of my local Best Buys had them -- I asked and was told I had to buy a DVD set to get the bonus DVD, which didn't have a price listed. I had all the Buffy sets, but just Angel S1, though, so I picked up S2 and the Paley DVD.
J.Monique | October 05, 10:52 CET
hitnrun017 | October 05, 11:18 CET
OzLady | October 05, 11:23 CET
IrrationaliTV | October 05, 13:05 CET
xanderharris | October 05, 13:10 CET
Rowan Hawthorn | October 05, 14:01 CET
@theonetruebix | October 05, 14:08 CET
Haven't a chance to watch it fully yet, but a quick review reveals that there are no special features/extras, other than the advertised event. That appears to be shown in full, however, beginning with the Paley L.A. Director Barbara Dixon's welcome, Matt Roush's funny panegyric, and Marti Noxon's introduction of "Once More With Feeling," (not shown, naturally). And then Matt Roush comes back out to introduce the cast, Marti, David Greenwalt, and Joss. Visual and sound quality seem to be very good, and there are some pan shots of the audience too, so you can spot people you may know . . .
SoddingNancyTribe | October 05, 14:16 CET
jnr616 | October 05, 14:23 CET
When I've had my own personal boycotts like this, I've ended up making a tiny exception for something awesome, so... you know, principles, schminciples.
nanceoir | October 05, 14:26 CET
hacksaway | October 05, 14:29 CET
ETA: I just thought of something - if the on-line disc has free shipping, I'll bet that's what the $4.99 is for, instead of actually charging for the disc.
[ edited by Rowan Hawthorn on 2008-10-05 23:35 ]
Rowan Hawthorn | October 05, 14:32 CET
spiralout9 | October 05, 14:57 CET
Rowan Hawthorn | October 05, 15:04 CET
Buffyfantic | October 05, 15:05 CET
I loan them out all the time. The only season I had only one set of was three, and I fixed that today. I'm a little disappointed though that they didn't include the showing of OMWF I would have liked to hear the audience reaction.
Xane | October 05, 15:32 CET
Enisy | October 05, 15:57 CET
Any chance of selling on Amazon as well? I'll keep an eye on ebay too. Damn it. :(
rafaboreanaz | October 05, 16:04 CET
Would any kind soul be prepared to reship it to Australia for me?
I will of course pay for the discs and the (re)shipping.
In fact, I reckon I could easily find 10-20 people who would love this, so a bulk order would be even better if possible. (Just thinking out loud here.)
Anyone?
crystalsinger | October 05, 17:07 CET
I would have picked up an Angel S5 set for $20, since somehow the first disk, which has some of my favourite episodes of the series on it, got scratched and doesn't always play right any more. If anyone wants to pick up the extra DVD for me, I'll gladly pay for shipping.
samatwitch | October 06, 00:22 CET
Numfar PTB | October 06, 00:54 CET
*pretty please*
The Do That Girl | October 06, 01:00 CET
Numfar PTB | October 06, 01:17 CET
So - If I bought you presents, do I get to call you Canucks? ; >
*ETA: Oooops - which was three (3).
ETAA: Oh, crapsie - I just remembered another fine Canadian friend that'll need one. Waah!?! I don't wanna give up my copy. *lip trembles.* Do I have to? Oh, double waah! No good deed goes unpunished...
ETND: m'cookies actual took care of my third Canadian friend, so we're all hunky funky. Thanks also, jcp - you folks are all great gobs of wonderfullness, which is, um, better than it sounds.
[ edited by QuoterGal on 2008-10-07 00:13 ]
QuoterGal | October 06, 02:20 CET
They were absolutely inundated with e-mails from fans at the time of the reunion, asking when this DVD was going to be released to the public. There were many of us who were willing to shell out $20 a pop for it.
And they go and just give it away! Tut tut.
missb | October 06, 05:37 CET
jcs | October 06, 08:16 CET
Paley isn't giving it away, Best Buy is. I'm sure they paid a hefty sum for the right to use it as they chose. And, really, they are going to make more money moving DVD box sets with this than you can imagine. You may disagree with it, but I am sure that there is nothing foolish about this move.
zeitgeist | October 06, 08:44 CET
IrrationaliTV | October 06, 10:13 CET
[ edited by fav on 2008-10-06 19:54 ]
fav | October 06, 10:53 CET
I can appreciate that this kind of marketing has a purpose, and in fact Best Buy did the same kind of deal with the 'Supernatural' panel DVD a few years ago.
Paley knew there was a strong local and international interest in the Buffy reunion, and they'd already filmed it for their own archives. Manufacturing DVD copies is as cheap as chips and something they've done in the past as a revenue raiser.
The crux of the matter is-if Paley were so pleased with this tie in, why has there been NO advance publicity? For the MANY of us who took the time to send emails asking about the DVD release of the reunion, we were fobbed off with emails saying it would be made available 'soon', but never told there was a deal in place. I remain on Paleys mailing list, with cash at the ready, but have had no further communication from them about this.
With Best Buy not accepting international orders it seems that international fans, yet again, get the short stick. And, with the current financial situation, I don't think the US can afford to be quite so picky about whose money it takes!
missb | October 06, 11:00 CET
And if you don't have international distribution, you can't really just turnkey the thing into existence overnight unless your business is entirely virtual (a la Hulu). I have faith that the rest of the world will see it (likely for free via P2P) just like everyone sees everything from everywhere while entertainment businesses are slow to stop clinging to regional release schedules..
zeitgeist | October 06, 11:19 CET
This is a total myth. It simply isn't true. DVDs are much much cheaper than VHS tapes ever were, but don't perpetuate the myth that they are made, shipped, and distributed for pennies. It simply is not true. Best Buy is most likely taking a sizeable loss on this disc in order to create traffic in their stores and sell other DVDs.
IrrationaliTV | October 06, 11:19 CET
@theonetruebix | October 06, 11:32 CET
The Do That Girl | October 06, 11:53 CET
zeitgeist | October 06, 11:53 CET
Saje | October 06, 12:00 CET
zeitgeist | October 06, 12:18 CET
Saje | October 06, 13:07 CET
No probs zeitgeist- just give me a little notice before the next persecution and I'll bring the tar and feathers myself.
Given that 24% of Whedonesque users come from outside the US I am sure there are many others who feel the way I do. It's high up here on this horsey but I stand by everything I have said- trying to impose regional restrictions in a global economy is an act of madness- especially as many people, given the option, will just torrent rather than wait to pay a fair price. (Perhaps US based peeps who wonder why I'm fussing could imagine the outcome of the Becoming Part 2 saga if it happened today, or recall their efforts to procure the R4 Serenity disc after it was released with lots of extras!)
Bix- On my last 'crusade' which was to put closed captioning on DVD commentary, I ended up going all the way to Joss himself. Rather than just 'complain on a message board' about this, I have in fact written nicely to Paley, who sent back a terse reply saying that I was more than welcome to visit them in person to privately view the panel. I'm hardly going to dash off complaints to Best Buy when they are in fact doing so many fans a huge favour by offering this disc gratis and are stirring up continued interest in the
cultfandom!In this case, the squeaky wheel may get the oil, but I don't want them to stop making wheels altogether just 'cos people don't like the noise!
Now, if only someone, anyone, would set up a region free, ad free, pay per view, online TV channel, I'd literally throw money at them. Or, possibly, underwear.
/resume angry mob.
missb | October 06, 19:09 CET
zeitgeist | October 06, 20:27 CET
[ edited by drvmyslfcrzy on 2008-10-07 23:50 ]
drvmyslfcrzy | October 07, 14:49 CET
scarecroe | October 07, 21:53 CET
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner | October 08, 10:26 CET
And I always had to sit in the back of the class, damnit.
QuoterGal | October 08, 15:46 CET
Lioness | October 08, 18:27 CET
holypotatoes | October 10, 07:15 CET
Xander | November 02, 10:00 CET
I ordered 3 online (the limit) on October 6th, right after it was posted here, for the $4.99 shipping price each. Heard for the next two weeks about people walking into Best Buys and getting them handed out like candy, no purchase required, etc.
Got a Best Buy email order confirmation, got an email the next day saying they were backordered, and then last night I, like Xander got the Best Buy email subject line: "Don't let your Best Buy order get cancelled."
That was a big WTF, so I called them immediately, got someone who looked up my order, who carefully explained to me what the email already implied - they couldn't fulfill my order and didn't "know when or if" they ever could.
I said, "You're gonna have to do a little better than that. I'm one of, I'm sure, tons of folks who ordered these online & were willing to pay, while people walked into Best Buy and got them just by asking. Your email says you'll do your best to fulfill my 'options more quickly.' Have you no copies of these available anywhere? I would like Best Buy to either help me locate one or more copies, or explain to me why they can't."
Of course the poor kid had no answer, but he did some clickety-clicking on his keyboard ("computer says no") and said there were no copies anywhere, that they were all out and had no plans to make anymore.
I asked that a manager call me back with an explanation - though I really don't expect that to pan out.
This is lame. It's beyond lame. I'm beginning to wonder what this was all about. The day after I placed my email, I got another email saying it was backordered for about two weeks, and then this. I ordered early and was willing to pay shipping. I'm also willing to wait, and pay a reasonable DVD charge in addition to shipping, if I can get some assurance that more will be made and I'll receive my order.
But what the hell? Best Buy is just all, "We don't have any, we don't know why, and that's it for you, little ordering lady."
Meanwhile, they continue to hand them out for free at stores... Arrgh.
QuoterGal | November 02, 14:18 CET
m'cookies actual | November 02, 15:10 CET
HolyPotatoes got one on Oct. 10th but that is only 4 days after you ordered.
Not that I am not also mad as hell! I have a vested interest in QuoterGal getting her copies.
Lioness | November 02, 18:47 CET
Anyone know if there are any plans for Paley to sell this? I didn't see anything on their site, but my search skills are sub-par today.
Syren | November 03, 07:00 CET
I'm going to try to get down to my local store sometime soon and see if I can still snag a copy...
Easier said that done, which was the point of ordering it in the first place.
[explicit words!]
sunshineguinn | November 07, 10:21 CET