LEXX S4 DVD News
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Originally posted by Fifinonhairy:
Slightly off topic but still curious. Acorn’s become one of my favorite distributors for DVD. Between Lexx, the two Discworld mini-series, and salivating over the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy box set, you guys have picked up some great stuff. Is there any chance like in the case of other Terry Pratchett Acorn offering that you might pickup the animated version of his book Truckers which was done by Cosgrove films. I’m guessing that since this is really bloody obscure, it’s doubtful, but maybe just as a catalog item…
We’d actually looked into that a while ago, and I’ve been pushing for more Pratchett when and wherever possible, but so far no dice. The problem is that [i]Truckers[/i] is outside the Discworld realm, and isn’t nearly as known in the states. This could all change, though, what with Pratchett’s deal with Dreamworks, and I’m fairly certain that we still have a good relationship with Cosgrove/Hall Productions. So it’s still a possibility, but I’d not hold my breath.
quote[quote]On the LEXX DVD’s, I totally agree that it is a bit of a slap in the face to shell out 20 – 30 bones a pop for 4 or 3 eps only to see it really discounted when the box comes out. I was fuming when the Bowie Borders first put that S2 box on the shelves after I had picked up two of the tapes and the rest of the S2 DVD’s a la carte over the past year or so.[/quote]
See, this is exactly what my argument was when the idea was first proposed. People are going to end up being upset when they see that a box set comes out after the fact for a cheaper price. It’s like when Anchor Bay put out their Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci 2-packs after already releasing the individual DVDs, and made it cheaper to just have gotten the set. Sure, there were people who were more willing to plunk down money for a “gift pack” since it seemed like more of a bargain, but fans who’d eagerly snatched up the individual discs felt cheated. And also, it causes people to say “why should I pay for (insert disc here) now, when I know that a box set will be out eventually for cheaper sometime later?” We should have either gone with a box set to begin with (more time-consuming, but feasible) or just stuck with the individual releases. But what’re you gonna do? The sales folks have spoken, and the chains have cried out for the box set. So now we’re stuck with an individual release schedule which is followed by the sets. *shrug*
Bowie, MD? You’re right down the street, practically.
And, off-topic, [i]Smiley’s People[/i] in January.
–Aleck