April 16 2008
Vote in the "Greatest Franchise on DVD ever" poll.
The Buffyverse goes head to head with the likes of Doctor Who and Stargate in the semifinals of Agent DVD's poll. The choices have be considered on the criteria of quality and "cultural impact, longevity, spinoff potential and breadth of influence".
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April 02 2008
Buffy, Firefly, and Angel 50% off at Amazon.
Get the Buffy Chosen Collection for $100, Firefly Complete Series for $25, or Angel Complete Collection for $70 as part of Amazon's sale on sci-fi television.
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March 31 2008
Firefly DVD boxset for under 10 pounds (UK).
The Firefly boxset is currently up for grabs at play.com & amazon.co.uk for just under 10 pounds sterling- so there's no excuse for all those Serenity movie fans from buying the series it was based on (link to play.com with free delivery).
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March 05 2008
Bid for a Serenity DVD signed by Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk.
All proceeds go to the Kids Need To Read charity project and the auction ends on March 7th. So if you really want to own it, you better get your skates on.
March 03 2008
"Buffy & Angel DVD collection" partwork official website.
The UK-based Buffy/Angel Collection has its own website with plenty of information about the new DVD/magazine title.
February 26 2008
Angel Complete Series Collector's Set for only $55.99 at Amazon.com.
It's their Gold Box Deal of the Day so get in there quick.
February 24 2008
Buffy/Angel DVD magazine "partwork" launches in parts of UK.
2.99 will get you the first four episodes on DVD along with a magazine - here's a grainy phone camera shot of what the cover looks like.
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January 28 2008
"What to watch on DVD".
The Chicago Tribune weighs in on what to watch while the Strike's going on. There are a lot of Browncoats making themselves known in the Windy City. This evidently includes the Author of the Article. :)
January 02 2008
Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica Coming to DVD in March.
Universal Studios finally released an official date (March 25) for the third season R1 DVD release of "Battlestar Galactica" after months of keeping fans in the dark. This set will include Jane Espenson's premier episode.
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December 17 2007
Firefly DVD Box Set for $19.99 at Target this week.
Believe it's an in-store special only; not online. Search the racks; it may not be shelved where you would think.
December 14 2007
Angel Complete Series DVD - Amazon Lightning Deal $65.99.
Sale started 4:00 p.m. PST, runs to 6:00 -- grab 'em quick, they're going fast!
November 10 2007
You let our child watch what?!?
A Wired blogger explains why he let his 10 year old watch Buffy Season One.
November 06 2007
Pre-order the Buffy Collector's Set for less than 65 pounds at Amazon.co.uk!
Plus, an Angel version too for less than 50 pounds!
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September 18 2007
(SPOILER)
Adam Baldwin talks about Superman / Doomsday DVD.
And he has a few nice words about browncoats.
September 12 2007
Some DVD release details and cover for Nathan Fillion's "Waitress".
Just in time for Halloween, which might have something to do with pies after all.
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August 24 2007
Serenity is Cinematical's DVD of the Week.
Really nice Commentary and Review of the CE. I don't Think this one's been posted yet...
August 21 2007
"I Am Geek" celebrates the new Serenity DVD Release.
One of the 'verse's best Comics waits impatiently for the BDCE, just like us.
Another Serenity Collector's Edition review.
That one from Pop Syndicate. But wait, there's more! Digitally Obsessed and DVD in My Pants (yes, really) offer up reviews as well.
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May 22 2007
Buffy and Angel Season 2 Slim Sets for $17.99 at Amazon.
Also Tru Calling Season 2 for $12.14. Amazon follows up on last week's Season 1 sale.
May 17 2007
Complete Buffy Box on sale at Amazon UK.
All seven seasons of Buffy on Region 2 DVD for 80.97.
May 07 2007
Impatient? You can now pre-order the 'Serenity' collector's edition DVD.
When it was posted here the other day that a 21 August release date had been set for the Serenity Collector's Edition DVD, many posters noted the pre-order link didn't work. It does now, with a listed shipping date of 19 August.
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May 04 2007
Serenity Collector's Edition DVD gets release date.
According to the Universal website, it'll be out in the States on the 21st of August.
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April 17 2007
Amazon's deal of the day - The Chosen Boxset for 99 dollars.
That's like 69 cents per Buffy episode. ETA: Boxset now sold out.
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March 26 2007
White Noise 2 on DVD in May.
Entertainment in Video have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of White Noise: The Light for 8th May 2007 priced at 19.99.
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March 06 2007
"Kitchen Confidential" DVD to be Widescreen.
According to TVShowsOnDVD, Fox have confirmed that their original press release was wrong.
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March 02 2007
Serenity: Special Edition DVD to be released in July.
Well that's the news over at The Digital Bits' Rumor Mill . And Joss posts about it (with details!) in the comments section of this Whedonesque blog entry.
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February 09 2007
Nick Brendon's 'Kitchen Confidential' finally to be released on DVD.
The release date is May 22, and it looks like the only special features will be some interviews and a trailer.
January 11 2007
The Serenity DVD needs your vote at DVD Reviewer!
In the category of "best disc of the year".
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December 08 2006
Buffy makes Yahoo's TV on DVD top picks list.
Yahoo! also chose Alyson Hannigan's sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" for their "TV on DVD" gift guide.
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December 01 2006
Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Select Fox Box Sets.
Including Buffy, Angel, and Firefly! Offer ends 12/15/06 and includes free S&H.
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November 28 2006
Angel slimset DVDs.
All seasons of Angel re-released as slimsets for a cheaper price.
November 26 2006
The Chosen Collection for Under $96!
Just in time for the holidays, get The Chosen Collection for $95.90 at Buy.com after $20 off using Google Checkout.
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November 23 2006
Amazon.com's top 100 bestselling DVDs of 2006.
Firefly comes in at #10, Serenity #18.
November 13 2006
The Chosen Collection at Future Shop.
I understand you can sometimes find The Chosen R1 DVD collection at Costco and other places for 99 bucks, but here's another place that has it fairly cheap ... just in time for Christmas! (Only available to Canadians).
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November 10 2006
Nathan Fillion chats about Slither on DVD.
Comparing its boxoffice performance and critical acclaim to Serenity, the Captain predicts success on DVD for Slither.
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October 12 2006
Buffy and Angel complete series R2 DVD box sets reissued for Halloween.
This'll be the second time that the "limited" Buffy collectors edition has been re-released in the UK. Still no word on whether the Angel boxset will ever get released in the States.
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October 05 2006
Sendit.com Fox promotion includes Buffyverse shows.
UK site Sendit.com's latest Fox TV sale lists the Buffy and Angel slim season sets at 14.89. Tru Calling and Point Pleasant are also on offer.
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September 16 2006
A Browncoat talks with Universal about Serenity's Perfomance [perhaps].
A browncoat says he's contacted a wearer of a larger than standard wig at Universal and spoke of the Serenity Numbers with him directly. Take it for what it's worth. It might be true, might be so much internet hoey. But it seems legit, and the poster has a long history.
August 19 2006
Angel R1 DVD boxsets to go slim set in November.
But where oh where is the North American release of the "Angel - complete DVD collection" that came out in the UK last year?
August 16 2006
The Chosen Collection available again
after apparently disappearing from most U.S. retailers.
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July 18 2006
Done The Impossible starts shipping TODAY.
Jeremy posted this from digg.com: "The discs arrived back from the replicator TODAY! There's nothing quite like holding a years worth of work in your hands. :) We will begin shipping discs out later today, in the order in which they were received. We should have them all out the door in about a week. Also to those that have already ordered, thank you. Be sure to check out the DVD-ROM."
June 30 2006
EzyDVD will release special Tin package for Firefly DVD box set in September.
From the same Aussie store that brought us the tin packaged Serenity earlier this year.
May 23 2006
Fox DVD Blowout at Amazon!
Great prices on some Whedonverse related shows.
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Serenity DVD of the week on FreeRecordShop.nl.
My, what marvelously good taste some stores have.
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May 19 2006
Serenity DVD Japanese Edition.
Japanese DVD of Serenity released on 11th August. As I don't think it got a theatrical release in Japan or Korea, this might be the first best chance for people based over in those countries to get to see it.
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May 08 2006
Brazilian Region 4 Serenity DVD to be released on June 1st, 2006.
It basically keeps the Australian and UK box art, with a BBC quote on top of it. Check the Larger art.
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May 05 2006
IGN's Top 25 TV Shows on DVD.
Firefly and Buffy both make the top five with the latter getting described as "one of the best TV series of all time".
April 25 2006
Serenity DVD released today in France.
It's ranking 18 at amazon.fr, and it is the "semi-complete" version, i.e. the one DVD version with all the extras (but not the Q&A of course).
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April 23 2006
Firefly series starter DVD out soon in Germany.
It will feature the first two episodes. And there will also be Buffy and Angel series starter DVDs out at the same time as well at a bargain price of 5 Euros each. Cool items for collectors and a good way to get newcomers into the fandom. Stay tuned to see if this will happen in the rest of Europe.
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April 19 2006
It's all about Themes.
Article talks about the repackaging of shows on DVD, and mentions BtVS. After the series ends and the season dvds have been released. What do the studios do then? "It's classic catalog marketing," says 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's Steve Feldstein. "You never run out of product."
April 12 2006
Cover art for the Serenity R1 HD-DVD.
So how different is it from the normal DVD cover? Well...
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April 07 2006
Serenity DVD out in Finland.
Comes with the (non-US) extra features "Film makers Journey" and "Anatomy of a Firefly".
April 01 2006
Firefly listed in top 10 DVD sets on FOX.com.
FOX.com lists their top ten DVDs on their home page, including a familiar looking brown cover. How many of those things have they sold, anyway?
March 15 2006
"How I Met Your Mother" DVD on the way.
No date or anything, just confirmation that it's in the works.
March 11 2006
Curious Serenity DVD on Amazon.
To be released this April: Serenity/The Chronicles of Riddick.
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March 03 2006
"Firefly" DVD price has dropped.
As part of their "up to 50% off" sale of television series DVDs, Amazon.com (US) has just lowered the price of "Firefly" to $24.96, a savings of about $10 off their usual price.
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February 28 2006
Serenity makes Amazon UK #1 spot
on day of release. Huzzah. It's number 3 at HMV's charts, which are syndicated as the UK DVD Retail charts elsewhere, and #2 at Play.
February 27 2006
Successful Serenity DVD Sales becomes one of Diggnation's Weekly Top Stories.
A very popular podcast (~150 thousand listeners) discussed a story about Serenity apparently making more money on DVD then in theaters while giving some love to both the 'verse and Joss himself.
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Serenity released on DVD in the UK today.
So to mark this occasion, here's some glowing reviews from SFX magazine, Empire Magazine and Total Film as well.
February 24 2006
Short negative review of Serenity on dvd from The Guardian.
"It plays more like a Dark Angel episode in space with a few bits grafted on from The Matrix, Minority Report and Star Wars."
February 22 2006
Serenity DVD Out Today in Italy
with a nice red cover. The contents should be just like the uk version (with Italian audio). Firefly also debuted on Italian television last week, but translators made a very bad decision: they dropped the Chinese.
February 15 2006
Firefly R2 Boxset DVD for under 12 pounds.
ChoicesUK.com are selling the Firefly set for 11.95 as part of a sci-fi boxsets promotion. That's the cheapest I've ever seen it anywhere.
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February 10 2006
Slimmer Buffy R1 DVD boxsets announced.
And at a cheaper price too. These'll ship on May 30th.
February 07 2006
Details on the HMV Exclusive Serenity R2 DVD.
The HMV version features six Serenity artcards. That sigh you heard was fans worldwide wondering if they should get this version as well.
February 06 2006
Another Serenity DVD cover.
(Link opens a PDF) Patrick Foster of Hired Gun Design has produced his own version of the Serenity DVD cover. Check it out!
January 25 2006
German Serenity DVD details revealed.
Check out the details and the rather nice cover for the limited edition 2 disc set.
January 24 2006
EzyDVD now offering a chance to win one of five Serenity posters signed by Joss.
I know this site has been linked to before, but I thought maybe this competition might be of use to those who have yet to order theirs. Unfortunately it's Australian residents only.
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January 23 2006
Amazon announces German DVD release for Serenity.
Not that release dates on amazon.de are gospel, but it's supposed to be March 2. No cover art yet.
January 17 2006
DVDFile posts a review of Serenity DVD... finally!
Normally I'd think we'd probably had enough of these reviews, but this is a great one from a reviewer completely unfamiliar with Firefly.
January 12 2006
Serenity drops to #9 in overall DVD sales.
The BDM is still the highest selling Sci-Fi DVD.
Universal Officially Announce R2 Release of "Serenity" on DVD and UMD.
Available to buy and rent from the 27th of February.
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January 10 2006
UK Serenity DVD Cover.
Amazon.co.uk has a new picture of the UK Serenity DVD.
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January 08 2006
DVD Times on Serenity - "I adore this film".
Back last April, a quote from DVD Times ended up on the first Serenity trailer. Find out how much they liked the DVD release in this extremely well written, highly comprehensive review.
January 07 2006
The DVD Archives' Glowing Review of Serenity.
Our very own UnpluggedCrazy (Arlo J. Wiley) reviews Serenity for the new DVD review branch of My Film Website, The DVD Archives, citing it as, "just about as perfect a film as could be."
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January 05 2006
Serenity DVD sales drop to #6 for week ending Jan 1.
Per Hollywoodreporter.com. Behind Bandcamp and Into the Blue.
January 03 2006
Buffy Complete DVD collection is one of the top 10 DVDs of 2005.
As the DVD Active reviewer rightly puts it "Buffy is one of those TV shows that will stick around for a long, long time".
December 29 2005
Serenity lands 25th in rental chart
taking $1.64m in first week. Anybody remember the DVD artwork petition? Although it does look like retailers under ordered Serenity: "(Retailer) conservatively ordered 15 copies of Universal's Serenity, then had to get another 60 sent overnight to meet demand.". UPDATE: VideoBusiness reports 12th position for rentals with $3.53m.
Robot Chicken Cover Art.
DVD cover art for Seth Green's stop-motion cartoon mechanically clucks its way to TVShowsonDVD.com.
December 28 2005
Eye Weekly DVD review of Serenity.
Another good review. Warning - yet more Lucas bashing.
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December 26 2005
After last week's cryptic but out of context article, EW reviews "Serenity" DVD.
"(...)the wild, wide-open universe that Joss Whedon has created is freewheeling enough to keep things interesting".
December 21 2005
CHUD review of "Serenity" DVD.
A newbie's take on the BDM. And a glowing review from DVD verdict. And this is hereby the Serenity DVD review thread.
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December 20 2005
Inside the Serenity DVD.
If you didn't already know, the Serenity movie is out to buy today in three glorious formats. Anyhow, Moviefone has some deleted scenes (plus clips from the gag reel) you can watch and a Q&A with Joss as well. Apparently Wonder Woman could beat Buffy and River in a fight.
IGN's Sci-Fi Brain has interviews with Wash, Book, and Saffron
regarding their hopes for the DVD release. This starts their weeklong Serenity coverage. Also, IGN DVD angers Star Wars fans by their review of the Serenity DVD.
December 19 2005
Joss chats about Serenity, fan encounters and the franchise's future.
A new interview at Comcast.net about the DVD release.
December 18 2005
Check out the Serenity Amazon Ranking Tracker.
Haken from Fireflyfans.net has quietly added a Serenity Tracker in addition to the one he made for Firefly.
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December 16 2005
Serenity DVD - "Not enough extras"
says the reviewer at About.com. Alternatively Clint at Moviehole.net says the extras are "fat, funky and full of browncoaty goodness". And in somewhat related news, Serenity is one of Total Film Magazine's Top 20 Movies of 2005.
December 15 2005
Want to see some exclusive clips from the Serenity DVD?
Firstly pop over to Sci Fi Wire who've obtained a preview of an extended scene. And then go to the official Serenity movie site which has a clip of a deleted scene with an introduction from Joss.
Final packaging for region four "Serenity" DVD.
Look Ma, no zombies!
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December 14 2005
DVD Talk reviews "Serenity" DVD.
Movie: 4.5/5, Extras: 3.5/5, Replay: 5/5
December 13 2005
IGN reviews the "Serenity" DVD
and likes it, scores it at 9/10.
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Serenity website relaunched
for the DVD. Holidays are comin', holidays are comin'.
December 09 2005
Empire report Joss loves the UK.
Or something to do with the Serenity DVD, anyway.
December 08 2005
Why did Serenity go to DVD so quickly?
Flickchick at TV Guide gives some interesting insights into why studios are putting movies out on DVD faster than ever.
December 07 2005
DVDWorldUSA shipping Serenity now.
It's nice to know studio release dates are important. A great many people report orders being dispatched within 24 hours of ordering the region 1 DVD. It is, however, much more expensive than elsewhere. Edit: Apparently they have mistaken December 20 with December 2 for release date.
November 28 2005
TIME Magazine DVD reviews, including the Buffy CHOSEN collection.
"The finest episodes come in the more mature later seasons--especially the Sondheimesque musical "Once More, with Feeling" in Season 6."
November 25 2005
'Likely' details of the Australian & Benelux Serenity disc (s).
Universal Pictures Australia have "confirmed the likely disc configuration in terms of content."
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November 21 2005
Series Might Be Dead but Buffy Keeps Vamping.
Long review of the series as part of the box set announcement, including references to continuing fandom and academic activities.
November 20 2005
TV.com has special feature clips from the Chosen box set.
A couple of new clips from the special features of the Chosen box set including Buffy: An Unilkely Role Model, plus some we've seen before.
November 19 2005
She Saved Pop Culture - A Lot!
"But the "Buffyverse" still shines in the hearts and minds of its fans and creators, living on in novels, comic books, video games, action figures and countless other collectibles-and maybe even enjoy a live-action revival in the not-too-distant future."
November 18 2005
Australian Serenity DVD Release Details.
The details of the Australia only special features have been released - woo hoo! Sydney Q and A!!
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