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April 10 2009

Season 1 of Dollhouse available for pre-order on Amazon. The list price is $34.99, and the season will include 13 episodes, the last of which will not be aired on FOX.

Mercenary | Dollhouse | 16:34 CET | 41 comments total | tags: dollhouse, dvd

I think it might even include 14 episodes, right? Since I remember reading somewhere that they'll include the scrapped pilot "Echo" as one of the extras.

Numfar PTB | April 10, 16:47 CET

This was posted the other day.

gossi | April 10, 16:49 CET

I didn't see a product description showing which eps are included, not that I won't order it anyway. :)

ActualSize | April 10, 16:56 CET

Wasn't it listed as $50 the other day?

snakebyte | April 10, 16:57 CET

$50 was the list price (and still is). Now it's up for actual pre-order Amazon have put up their price which is $34.99. That's why it says "You save $14.99" :)

RachVG | April 10, 17:00 CET

Where does it say the last episode will not be aired on Fox????? Wasn't there a huge debate a week ago about Prison Break's schedule and it was understood taht the show will air all episodes?

Have I missed some bad news?

alexreager | April 10, 17:03 CET

This was posted the other day.

It was the blu-ray version that was posted the other day. So this entry is fine.

Have I missed some bad news?

Oh yes. There was a complete meltdown about 24 hours ago. Wasn't fun. Have a look through yesterday's archives to see what I mean.

Simon | April 10, 17:03 CET

Now, if I live in Europe and I have no credit card or US bank account... how can I actually buy this stuff?

wiesengrund | April 10, 17:13 CET

wiesengrund, set up a Paypal account

or not, I was confused with another store. Sorry!

[ edited by Krusher on 2009-04-10 17:19 ]

Krusher | April 10, 17:16 CET

Simon, the thread last week linked to the DVD page on Amazon too.

gossi | April 10, 17:17 CET

This one?

Simon | April 10, 17:20 CET

But it wasn't up for pre-order til today. The page was just for you to sign up to be notified for the pre-order.

Pre-pre-order, if you will.

Also strange - the BluRay version's Amazon page has gone back to the pre-pre-order stage.

[ edited by RachVG on 2009-04-10 17:22 ]

RachVG | April 10, 17:21 CET

This one?

Nope Simon, this one.

As the article linked to from that thread (and a further article linked to from the linked article - oh what a tangled web we weave ;) makes clear, the DVD and Blu-Ray sets were both available for full pre-order and were then taken back down to "sign up to be notified".

Currently the DVD's available for pre-order but the Blu-ray's down, seems to be bouncing around a bit at the moment.

Wiesengrund, in the UK there're a few "pay in advance" credit cards (like this one) where you buy credit on it over the counter in shops and can then use it online. There's no credit check or anything because you're obviously not actually being extended credit - if you have those in Austria it could solve your problem.

Saje | April 10, 17:42 CET

Nope Simon, this one.

Well that was more about the release date and contents. An entry about the DVD being available for pre-ordering on Amazon is fine. And who knows, maybe pre-orders will influence the PTB in some shape or fashion.

Simon | April 10, 17:50 CET

Oh man. I'm gone for 2 days and all hell breaks loose.

At first I thought there was some official notice of cancellation that I missed. So my feelings of dread changed to disappointment when I read that the wacky, stand-alone episode (that people have compared to Restless) will not air live. I'll attempt to be a "glass is half full" guy and say this is better than it could be.

I wonder if this is a ploy by Fox to sell DVD sets or if all the executives have had their minds blown by the episodes' pure awesomeness. I assume it's the latter.

alexreager | April 10, 17:58 CET

And who knows, maybe pre-orders will influence the PTB in some shape or fashion.

So you're saying Dollhouse [season 2] may get greenlit due to DVD sales ? OK, what have you done with the real Simon ?

And yep, though the previous article linked (in its first line) to an article that announced the DVD pre-order I totally agree it can't hurt to have a more direct link right on the front page. And anyway, even if I didn't agree it totally doesn't matter cos you da mod ;).

Saje | April 10, 17:58 CET

The mod with the bod. As no one here calls me.

Simon | April 10, 18:01 CET

Well, I always assumed you had a bod[y] which is what, 4 letters different ? A mere hop, skip and a jump away.

Saje | April 10, 18:11 CET

Anyone heard of when the region 2 DVD will be announced?

misssoftserve | April 10, 18:12 CET

What's Dollhouse?

The One True b!X | April 10, 18:23 CET

Yeah, still not buying it. Think I'll wait and see.

buffywrestling | April 10, 18:24 CET

Sorry to start so much controversy - I just got my e-mail reminder from Amazon this morning before heading off to school, hadn't seen a specific announcement about this, and was excited at the opportunity to finally get a post under my belt. Speaking of which, thanks for adding tags; I was a little rushed at the time.

Mercenary | April 10, 18:38 CET

You started no controversy for me, Mercenary. A tip of my hat to you. All the posts I had seen earlier did not take me to a real order page on Amazon for the DVDs. I just ordered the thing for real. So, thanks to you.

phlebotinin | April 10, 18:48 CET

If it includes only 13 episodes, including Epitaph One, does that mean that it does not include the original pilot?

Squishy | April 10, 18:53 CET

As far as I saw in another post here on Whedonesque, it will have "Echo" as well.

Edit: Here's the link posted a few days ago. Looks like they've added to the page, and I haven't read all that because I'm incredibly spoiler-phobic. XD But it does say that both the DVD and the Blu-ray versions will include the unaired pilot.

[ edited by sunshineguinn on 2009-04-10 18:58 ]

sunshineguinn | April 10, 18:55 CET

I don't see anything on the Amazon page stating how many episodes it will have.

My guess is that it will contain 13 episodes plus the original pilot as a special feature.

Septimus | April 10, 18:58 CET

"Echo" may be counted as a DVD extra rather than an actual episode. The link mentioned above from the previous thread which originally led (via another, more twisty turny route) to the DVD pre-order pages say that it does feature.

Saje | April 10, 19:00 CET

Thanks guys.

Squishy | April 10, 19:01 CET

It would make no sense for the unused pilot to be counted as an actual episode, since parts of it were cannibalized for other episodes and it no longer exists in continuity as it were.

The One True b!X | April 10, 19:09 CET

I wonder if there's going to be Easter Eggs.

Simon | April 10, 19:12 CET

Well yeah, it's Easter.

Oh, I see what you mean.

Saje | April 10, 19:14 CET

Just don't click the one Topher Easter Egg. I hear you wake up in a weird place and realize your whole life's just been a 2-day assignment.

Sunfire | April 10, 19:17 CET

I keep a careful measure of my toe-nail growth to reassure myself that's not the case.

Saje | April 10, 19:21 CET

I wonder if the DVD menus will be based on Topher's giant transparent identity creating computer display.

The One True b!X | April 10, 19:27 CET

I wonder if the transitional animations will have a flashy blue light.

ETA: Or the mindwiping grey-sketchy effect.

[ edited by Sunfire on 2009-04-10 19:39 ]

Sunfire | April 10, 19:39 CET

I vote for b!X's idea - especially if they were able to work season 2 clues into the menu structure somehow.

Mercenary | April 10, 19:41 CET

12 episodes plus unaired (as of now) episode 13. Echo is considered a DVD extra.

TamaraC | April 10, 20:07 CET

So want to order this, but need the cash. Must wait. :(

I hope they include all of the Joss-bits that Fox promo'd. I heart those.

korkster | April 10, 21:31 CET

Well they don't actually charge you until it ships, and you could cancel it at anytime before that.

I ordered the blu-ray before it reverted, so it's still on order. No idea why it's like that.

hacksaway | April 10, 21:38 CET

Should we be ordering this through the 'Whedonesque' Amazon shop? I had a little lookie and it's not listed there yet, and I do so like to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak...

missb | April 11, 00:40 CET

Will the unaired pilot be included as a bonus feature?

Edit: I just saw tamara c's post. Exciting!

[ edited by Riker on 2009-04-11 05:08 ]

Riker | April 11, 05:08 CET

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