That's good to know. Got Season 6 box at Xmas and finally decided to deal with getting the new box and sent in everything over a month ago. I guess by the end of the summer I'll have it.cdnchris wrote:It took for-freaking-ever for me to get my package. I believe they said 4-6 weeks, but it was more like 9. I'm in Canada, though, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it.
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There is something seriously wrong when we accept Porky's and the Die Hard movies as "classics" for that sub-forum but not these Simpsons series because they were originally broadcast on TV.
(I'm saying this mostly in jest -- not to start the discussion of what is and is not "classic" that I remember from a while ago.)
(I'm saying this mostly in jest -- not to start the discussion of what is and is not "classic" that I remember from a while ago.)
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I've purchased seasons 2-8, but didn't bother with 9. I suppose the thing to do would be getting them on netflix and burning the increasingly rare good episodes onto a single disc.patrick wrote:I'll probably buy season 10, but that's it. I honestly don't even know if I want it though. I probably wouldn't even own the last two or three sets if it wasn't for either Christmas or Best Buy marking them down by a ton the first week.
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I'm with you, except replace "children" with "Yardley Smith"flyonthewall2983 wrote:I'm with you there, as long as the quality of the commentaries stays afloat. And nobody brings their children in the booth with them.domino harvey wrote:I buy these for the commentaries, as long as they keep that up I'll keep it up
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Eh, Yardley's the only member of the cast who regularly appears on the commentaries, which says a lot. She's also the only person (besides the increasingly absent Matt Groening) who routinely asks the writers and directors questions to keep the conversation interesting. Granted, I'd rather hear from virtually any other member of the cast (preferably someone who voices more the one character!), but I appreciate her efforts.
Edit: I'm especially interested in more guest star commentaries. Jay Leno's appearance was something of a revelation as he came off like an okay--and even funny--guy, unlike the shithead act does on his show.
Edit: I'm especially interested in more guest star commentaries. Jay Leno's appearance was something of a revelation as he came off like an okay--and even funny--guy, unlike the shithead act does on his show.
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well it was more that the behind the scenes people wanted to keep the actors out of the commentaries because they don't have a lot to do with the show (they talked about this alot in the publicity for the season one DVD release) and this was when they weren't allowed to do character voices outside of the show-- when the actors renegotiated to get bigger salaries, they also got the right to do their voices on the side, which is how that Inside the Actors Studio nightmare was able to exist.Highway 61 wrote:Wow. I was totally unaware of that. Why would Fox contractually prevent them from recording a commentary? Afraid they might bash the network? Or *gasp* acknowledge the obvious fall from greatness?
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Sorry, I'm with the producers on this one, I am more interested in the process of the writing than with how that writing was read.
Their point in the interviews etc was a lot more eloquent than I've made it sound
It's funny, the only castmember I'd be remotely interested in hearing show up is the only one who hasn't, Harry Shearer.
Their point in the interviews etc was a lot more eloquent than I've made it sound
It's funny, the only castmember I'd be remotely interested in hearing show up is the only one who hasn't, Harry Shearer.
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Don't get me wrong, I want the producers, animators, writers, etc. on the track. But they've done enough commentaries now that I feel as though I have an understanding of their working process, whereas the cast has largely been overlooked. However, I probably won't be buying the discs anymore, so it doesn't really matter.
And I agree with you Shearer. He voices almost all my favorite characters, so his absence is disapointing. But I think he's become disenchanted with the show. He's the only person (at least to my knowledge) involved with The Simpsons who has admitted that the recent seasons are shit.
And I agree with you Shearer. He voices almost all my favorite characters, so his absence is disapointing. But I think he's become disenchanted with the show. He's the only person (at least to my knowledge) involved with The Simpsons who has admitted that the recent seasons are shit.
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I only own the sets up to and including season 5 so perhaps this has been included in one of the later sets - but something I would like to see included among the extras is a feature on the "Korean animators" that we constantly hear about, sometimes dismissively it seems, but whose contributions haven't been dealt with in any serious way (at least not in the first 5 seasons).
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Dammit! I'm still waiting for my mail-away sleeve.Jeff wrote:Perhaps this is old news, but Season 6 is finally available at retail locations in real packaging...no plastic head or a paper sleeve to shove it in. I came across it in an actual honest-to-goodness digipak at the Virgin Megastore in Denver today.
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I've thought about it too, and then I always get mad at myself for even thinking about doing it - but, seriously, that mail-in box is a piece of shit. Hell, I'm still mad about Fox using the cheesy "four plastic DVD trays stuck together with a piece of tape" packaging.A part of me yearns to pick it up so I can part with my imitation mail in box, but I have to get a hold of myself. I can't waste money like that.
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