Alt Tv Rewind

larry grenierNov 16, 2003, 1:27 AM ET

How come King of the Hill and Futurama get released faster than The Simpsons? I mean I got KOTH 1 & 2 seasons within a year.What's the holdup at fox?

David SibleyNov 16, 2003, 12:47 PM ET↩ larry grenier

[email] (larry grenier) wrote in message news:...

It's not FOX that's holding everything up. It's the show itself. They want to make sure that they have commentaries and other extras on there. I'd rather wait and get really good releases than get crappy ones as soon as possible.

Paul HyettNov 17, 2003, 1:22 AM ET↩ David Sibley

In alt.tv.simpsons on Sun, 16 Nov 2003 at 09:47:35, David Sibley wrote :

I'd rather get releases ASAP, forget commentaries.

Perhaps we should hold a straw poll?

Mark GoldNov 17, 2003, 7:41 PM ET↩ Paul Hyett

Paul Hyett wrote:

Same here; who listens to mommentaries?

Benjamin RobinsonNov 20, 2003, 11:19 PM ET↩ Mark Gold

In alt.tv.simpsons, on the "Re: DVD releases" thread, Mark Gold wrote:

I do -- they're one of the primary reasons I get the DVDs. Otherwise, longtime viewers could just keep rewatching their tapes. Or downloading episodes of the internet. Whatever. The commentaries add value, as opposed to just slapping together anthologies on the cheap, with the attitude that the fans will just lap up anything that Fox Home Entertainment deigns to give them.

I, too, would like to see any outtakes that survived. Rumor has it that many outtakes were left out for a reason (i.e., they really weren't *that* funny), but odds are the staff has some really good material that was left lying on the cutting room floor.

By the way, if you were referring to "stuff that was cut out" for syndication, that's already included on the DVDs.

larry grenierNov 23, 2003, 12:02 AM ET↩ Benjamin Robinson

No not the syndicated cuts but the cuts like they had on KOTH DVD set. I'm actually looking forward to Seasons 3 of KOTH and Futurama.

Matt GarveyNov 26, 2003, 12:09 AM ET↩ Benjamin Robinson

Benjamin Robinson wrote:

...mostly. Ironically (and I use this in what I think is the true sense), some stuff that IS missing or altered on the DVDs actually are seen in syndication; for anyone who cares, I'm planning to make a list of this sort of stuff for snpp - should be within a few months, but we'll see how my schedule goes.

Zion RedNov 18, 2003, 12:32 PM ET↩ Paul Hyett

Paul Hyett wrote in message news:b15AZ7A+kGu$[email]...

AMEN!

larry grenierNov 18, 2003, 7:20 PM ET↩ Zion Red

I know and will they let Mike Scully on the commentaries or Conan O' Brien? I'd rather see the outtakes or the stuff that was cut out.On the lighter side The Critic will be out on dvd- Jan 27th.