DVD Diffs *spoiler alert* S3.2 "May"
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Originally posted by Camelyn:
Camelyn
Who laboriously bought each DVD release of series 2, and is mildly miffed.
All I can say is that the box set idea wasn’t mine. I’ve not been a fan of it since it was proposed, especially seeing as how the sales people had the bright idea of putting it together *after* all the DVDs were released. It was done at the suggestion of a number of Acorn’s retail customers (Borders, etc.) who wanted a “gift pack” to be available as well as the individual discs.
It was initially supposed to contain a 38-page booklet/episode guide, but Salter thought that this constituted merchandise rather than promotional material (never mind that it wouldn’t have been made available separately, that it was only 38 pages, that it devoted barely any more information on the episodes than what was featured on the backs of the video boxes…my belief is that after they failed to follow through on anything that would have made Valdron’s book happen, the notion of *any* printed material sent them into spasms of fear that someone was muscling in on any potential merchandising license), and refused to allow it to see print. Never mind, of course, that the very nature of the booklet was to encourage people to buy the other DVD releases as they came out, thereby *making* Salter money. Of course, I worked on the thing furiously under ridiculously tight deadlines, having to turn in copy on S4 episodes to the designers as they were broadcast (and winging it as far as “Dutch Treat” goes, since I missed that episode completely) since Salter couldn’t send me advance screeners of any S4 episodes (they didn’t seem to raise the question of the merchandising aspect of my writing this thing when I asked for the screeners).
Sorry, got into rant mode.
Anyway, yeah, there’s a S2 box set out. Will there be a S3 box? Heck, I haven’t heard one way or the other, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
–Aleck