tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199605672012-01-12T04:04:14.792-07:00Ramblings about TV shows on DVD, and whatever else.Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-14598653854940904252007-10-03T19:45:00.001-06:002007-10-03T19:52:26.304-06:00

This is probably the very last entry at this blog. It's over. Done. Finished.Since TV Guide bought TVShowsOnDVD last February, the plan was always to eventually move the blogs over to TVGuide.com at some point. Gord's been posting over there for a while now, in his "Commentary Track" blog. Now I've officially moved over there starting tonight, with my new blog "DVD Guy". It wasn't my first

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-70759093989036936892007-10-01T15:43:00.000-06:002007-10-01T16:32:12.753-06:00

So, we've had a full week of the new fall season and the various series and season premieres. I am not a "TV critic" as far as this stuff is concerned; I watch them on the tube the same way as anyone else does. Or catch them online at the network websites, or whatever. So I haven't seen every show, and I'm not here to get judged on my choices of what I did or didn't watch. Just, as a "regular

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-65578092653580060842007-09-27T13:57:00.000-06:002007-09-27T14:17:09.559-06:00

Do my eyes deceive me, or did our friends over at sister site TVGuide.com just post word that NBC is re-inventing classic show Knight Rider as a new telefilm that might lead to another series?And tossing in a Transformers angle to boot? Err....I see that Doug Liman is attached to direct. He directed the Mr. and Mrs. Smith film, along with Bourne Identity. He was a Producer on all three Bourne

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-60898410009905439372007-09-26T21:09:00.000-06:002007-09-26T21:35:18.398-06:00

I just got through watching the first episode of NBC's new series, Life, a little while ago. If you missed it, I recommend it...I enjoyed it a lot. It's about a former cop, Charlie Crews, who went to prison for over a decade, was exonerated for the crime and let go, then got a ton of money (some say millions) as a settlement for the false imprisonment. Along the way, his wife divorced him and

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-42780109655976555082007-09-24T05:09:00.000-06:002007-09-24T05:24:01.872-06:00

I'm seeing this more and more lately, where we get a reader e-mail that really calls for a response, and we give a nice, detailed response, and then we hit the send button, and a couple of minutes later we get this auto-reply:I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand. If you would like to be

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This was posted over at the Home Theater Forum by Tom Tagliente, and is just so friggin' hilarious that I had to share! It seems to be a QUITE imaginative ad for the original Battlestar Galactica's new (re-)run on Canada's Space cable channel. Enjoy!

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-26318726555145418682007-09-06T19:41:00.001-06:002007-09-06T22:00:31.185-06:00

CEDIA is the "Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association", and this week (Sept. 5-9) they're holding their annual Expo in Denver. There's a lot of hi-def media talk going on there since it started yesterday, with each side claiming better hardware sales than the other, depending on what point of view they use. We've been deep in the middle of a hi-def home video format war for over a

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-44309544790991809482007-08-24T09:09:00.000-06:002007-08-24T09:21:06.440-06:00

For those of you who don't know, I quit recently. Resigned. Oh, not from TVShowsOnDVD.com. In fact, I quit my old job, in order TO move to TSoD on a full-time basis! Yes, now I'm all yours, all day long. Won't that be fun?I HAD been working full time as a Business Systems Analyst and Developer at the Memphis, TN location of a global technology-based firm. I had been there for close to 11

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-11451542237358910562007-07-04T08:54:00.000-06:002007-07-05T04:19:30.722-06:00

Every Fall sees the biggest number of DVD releases in general, but it's especially bad for TV-on-DVD releases. Not only is the the "back to school"-ish time of year, when foot traffic in stores is still high while folks get school supplies (even though school starts in August in many places, including where I live). Not only is it the run-up to the holiday season, where studios want to start

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Where is "TV on Hi-Def Disc" at the moment? Well, today's news about Battlestar Galactica - Season 1 being rumored (so it's NOT official yet!) for HD-DVD release on 9/18 means that the number of TV-on-HD-DVD releases and TV-on-Blu-ray-Disc releases are pulling even, at 10 each, and each format has 3 releases unique to it. Here's the current list, including release dates:Blu-ray Disc12/19/2006:

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-66235488008011198872007-03-20T16:14:00.000-06:002007-03-20T16:21:53.043-06:00

I wanted to let everyone know that "Premonition" is a very, very, very horrible movie! I saw the previews and thought it looked okay, and my girlfriend showed interest in seeing it, so we went on Sunday afternoon. Wow, what a waste of time and money. It wasn't that this was a bad movie, it was the worst movie I've seen in the past few years, and I've seen many bad movies.Here's the concept of the

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1168271063274988182007-01-08T08:42:00.000-07:002007-01-08T08:44:23.313-07:00

I've been running the site for over 5 years now, and in that time I've received a LOT of email. I thought I'd seen it all, until this request came in today:***** *** has sent the following email:I am interested in obtaining a copy of the lottery drawing for November 8, 2006. Please adviseThanksYeah....wow....I guess I should add "Lottery Drawings" to the site as a show. Think she'd want a "Best

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1167795881952418032007-01-02T20:34:00.000-07:002007-01-02T20:45:09.953-07:00

Some days I wake up and I think "How can I piss people off by posting news to the website" - and it looks like I succeeded thanks to Jim's angry email below:Jim has sent the following email:"Kwanzaa" is not a legitimate holiday--was in fact postulated in the 1960s by a militant Negro convict who was incarcerated for assault and kidnapping. To even mention it, as you do on your website in

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1166669948018583562006-12-20T19:44:00.000-07:002006-12-20T19:59:08.063-07:00

Yep, I shaved my head. Yes, that photo above is PhotoShopped, but only to add the background and circular effect. In other words, to spice it up with an interesting background (taken from my Bahamas cruise this past Summer). So I *really* have no hair on my head! Here is a "before" shot for you to compare to:Some folks who are familiar with Ronald Epstein, co-owner of the great Home Theater

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1163938106999748532006-11-19T05:06:00.000-07:002006-11-19T05:08:27.026-07:00

I'm heading to Mexico for a week in the sun - I'll be back on the 26th. My girlfriend's coworker is getting married, so we're heading down for the wedding, some sightseeing, and whatever else there is to do. If I get a chance I may post an update on the blog, but I'm going to be staying away from the computer for most of the trip.See you guys (and a TON of email) when I get back - I'll take

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1162403349639508032006-11-01T10:46:00.000-07:002006-11-02T19:15:52.560-07:00

We just turned 5 today, and we're asking you guys to come to the (virtual) party. Later today we'd like you to put your favorite (or one of your favorite) TV-DVD sets in your player and watch an episode or two. When you're done come to this thread and create a post letting others know what you watched.Hmmm....now I have to pick a set to watch....GordUpdate: I decided it was easier for me to post

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com126tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1159587037370215042006-09-29T19:22:00.000-06:002006-09-29T21:30:37.506-06:00

Look at this package. It's a thing of beauty:On December 5th, BCI is releasing Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Series, the classic 1983 animated series based on the legendary adventures-by-the-roll-of-the-dice game. If you played this game yourself in the '80s, then you will easily recognize the design and layout of the DVD packaging above as being based on the design of the adventure modules

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Alright, this may be a bit tricky, but I want to know what your favorite series finale is WITHOUT including any spoilers.My favorite series finale right now would be "Six Feet Under." It was a great combination of wrapping the series up and awesome music. I went out and bought the Sia CD because I wanted to own "Breathe Me," the song used in the final few minutes.So, what's your favorite series

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1158233392378070142006-09-14T04:56:00.000-06:002006-09-14T05:29:52.523-06:00

Some of our regular readers may have noticed that Gordo's been posting most of the news lately, and wondering just where in the heck I am. Well, I'm here, and I'm not sick or anything. Just busy.You see, TVShowsOnDVD isn't my full-time job. I help out Gord as much as possible, but my first priority of course has to be earning a paycheck for me and my family, and I've got a full-time job as a

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1157846428621580082006-09-09T17:56:00.000-06:002006-09-09T18:00:28.623-06:00

Flickr recently introduced geotagging to their website, and I'm hooked! It's so easy to drag a photo to the little map, and the **POP** there is it! I don't have very many photos uploaded to Flickr, but I've become obsessed with tagging the ones on there. I took some photos of graffiti in downtown Edmonton; that's on the map. I snapped photos when I was in Hawaii last summer; they're on the map

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1156018263189460642006-08-19T14:09:00.000-06:002006-08-19T14:37:53.643-06:00

So, has anyone here tried "Second Life"? It's massive world where people hang out, do things, own land, buy stuff....it's crazy. I just signed up the other day (for FREE), and I'm exploring the place. I can't believe some of the stuff I've seen in there.Try it out - http://www.secondlife.com - and look for me as "Krolik Taka" on there.Gord

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1155698607005865272006-08-15T21:20:00.000-06:002006-08-15T21:23:27.046-06:00

Has anyone repaired a scratched DVD? I have one here that I'd like to fix, and I'm looking for the names of some products to try.So, hit me with some products you've tried and know work well.Gord

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1154286812437072802006-07-30T12:58:00.000-06:002006-07-30T13:13:32.463-06:00

I'm a fan of "Flip This House" an A&E show featuring Trademark Properties buying houses, fixing them up, then selling them for a profit. It's a great show, and you're really missing out if you haven't seen it. Wait....I meant I WAS a fan of the show. Season 2 premiered last Sunday, but Trademark Properties isn't part of the new season, and isn't part of the show at all. I noticed Richard C Davis,

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1153546273559657502006-07-21T23:26:00.000-06:002006-07-21T23:31:13.616-06:00

This is going to be the hot show of the fall season. "Heroes" is a story about a bunch of normal people that discover they have "powers." No, they don't run around in costumes and fight crime. you'll want to find out more about this show, so I know you'll click over to 9thWonders.com - the official unofficial website run by our buddy Craig (he also runs KryptonSite.com).I went to the Comic Con

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1153383303667410162006-07-20T01:43:00.000-06:002006-07-20T09:15:34.083-06:00

I had the pleasure of running into some of the most inept people today. Yes, this is a rant.My day was shit, right from the start. I sat down in my seat and my eyes started to itch, and I started sneezing. This was odd because that only happened when I was around cats. A few minutes later I heard a long, low growl which sounded like a pissed off cat. I've seen dogs on airplanes, but never a cat.

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1152467035739930372006-07-09T11:30:00.000-06:002006-11-13T08:27:10.330-07:00

We often get emails from people thinking that we're somehow connected to a TV show. We're baffled by it, because I can't think of anything on the site that would lead someone to believe we work on any show. By far the number one show people think we're connected to is "Pimp My Ride," the MTV series where they take crappy cars and pimp them out with new paint jobs, killer sound systems, and TVs in

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1152166319599594272006-07-06T00:08:00.000-06:002006-07-06T00:11:59.643-06:00

I just got back from seeing a movie, and I was sickened by the number of people that were using their cell phones while the movie was on. There were 17 people (older movie, not popular at all), and at least 4 of the people were either talking on their phones, or using them for text messaging. What's wrong with these people?! Can't they go 2 hours without talking/messaging people? Apparently not.

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1151022087389279392006-06-22T18:08:00.000-06:002006-06-28T09:32:45.866-06:00

The last blog post started off as a discussion on why we aren't seeing continued releases of certain shows on DVD, and drifted into talk of piracy, censorship and what the definition of a blog is.We created this blog as a way to discuss slightly off-topic material that wasn't being covered on the main site. It's also a way for us to get feedback from our users in a public forum. It was not set up

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1149817956284359382006-06-08T19:49:00.000-06:002006-06-08T19:52:36.316-06:00

I'm interested in getting either a Slingbox, or Sony's Location Free TV, and I want to hear what you guys think, especially if you have one, or both, of the products.I have friends in Hong Kong right now, and they're missing shows from over here, especialy some of the sports broadcasts. Tyler has a PSP, so he could take advantage of the Location Free TV thing, and there's Mac player software

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1149074904253891542006-05-31T05:02:00.001-06:002006-06-22T05:16:41.556-06:00

Since Gord shared his lightning photo, I thought I'd share my baby birds with you all. About a month or two ago we noticed that a bird's nest had been built under our front porch. We wondered if there were eggs in it, but decided not to peek in lest we scare the mama bird away from wanting to keep up with her babies. There was no bird poop on our porch to speak of until about a week or so ago,

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1148449938241323092006-05-23T23:49:00.000-06:002006-05-24T00:04:44.816-06:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Blue Lightning 2, originally uploaded by Gord Lacey. This isn't really about DVDs, but I was watching one when this storm began. I wanted to see if I could snap something decent, and this is what came of it.I messed around

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1147833129562795782006-05-16T20:29:00.000-06:002006-05-16T20:32:09.580-06:00

I had the opportunity to do an interview with Frank Spotnitz today. You know Frank from The X-Files, Lone Gunmen, Harsh Realm and Night Stalker. He's doing interviews with tons of people to promote Night Stalker (out on May 30), and he took time to chat with me about the show, its cancellation, and what else he has in store. I hope to type it up in the next week (or so) and post it for everyone

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1147549901250834592006-05-13T13:50:00.000-06:002006-05-13T13:51:41.286-06:00

We hit a major milestone on the site yesterday; our 250,000 registered user! I remember being so excited when we hit 10,000 users, then 25,000, 50,000, 100,000, but when I started this site less than 5 years ago I didn't think we'd ever get to 250,000 users. Thanks to everyone that has registered and told their friends and family about the site. Maybe in a few years I'll be posting about our

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1142042734822681532006-03-10T18:41:00.000-07:002006-03-10T19:05:38.553-07:00

Here's some cool stuff to see if you are a fan of TV shows. Just thought I'd share some with you, in case you've missed it:Live-action Version of The Simpsons Opening Credits, From a British Promo.Felicity (Desperate Housewives) Huffman is transported into episodes of Leave It To Beaver, The Munsters and The Brady Bunch (I recommend you view them in that order; the story flows better).EZ Streets

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1141929929970745212006-03-09T11:41:00.000-07:002006-03-09T11:45:29.993-07:00

Hey, check out this cool podcast:http://www.cinemajourney.com/They have 2 episodes "in the can," with a third on the way. I like the banter between the two hosts; it sounds like a conversation, not something that's heavily scripted (which I hate). Best part - they talk about some TV releases.Does anyone listen to podcasts? What are your favorites?Gord

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1140904980014747172006-02-25T14:48:00.000-07:002006-02-25T15:04:37.466-07:00

I've been considering getting a fancy remote for awhile, but the one I wanted (Harmony 880) was a bit more than I was willing to spend. I couldn't justify spending $300 CAN on a remote, so I kept my eyes open for a sale. Last week I spotted the remote on for $180 (CAN), still a bunch of money, but luckily I have some money from Christmas that I haven't spent yet. The remote arrived on Tuesday,

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1140131279269806522006-02-16T16:03:00.000-07:002006-02-16T16:07:59.270-07:00

I'm watching an unnamed set (don't want to offend anyone), and I started thinking about what the worst bonus feature is on a set. I'm talking about the thing you could care less about, and never watch. I'm going to remove two things from the list; Interactive Menus and Scene Selection - those aren't bonus features. A non-interactive menu is simply a still frame; companies that put "interactive

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1140037716431930932006-02-15T13:56:00.000-07:002006-02-15T14:08:36.456-07:00

Ahh, the Olympics are on! I'm interested in hearing what you think about the coverage by NBC. In Canada we have coverage on a few networks, the largest being CBC. They've virtually wiped their slate clean so they can bring us the latest from Turin. We get stuff broadcast live, as well as stuff broadcast in primetime. Do you enjoy the recap in primetime on NBC, or would you want to watch

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1139682932948722372006-02-11T11:27:00.000-07:002006-02-11T12:05:43.926-07:00

I'm not sure where to start with this story, so I'll try to start at the beginning.I got interested in DVDs late in 1999, or early in 2000, and one of the first sites I went to was DVDReview.com; I actually bought my first DVDs because of them. I found their list of "Out of Print" titles, and noticed Army of Darkness was on there. That was one of my favorite movies, and the thought that I could

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1138924835304770632006-02-02T15:37:00.000-07:002006-02-02T17:01:01.480-07:00

Last Friday I reported that Speed Racer - Volume 4 from Lionsgate, which is going to come out on March 14th, is confirmed by information on the back of the box to have only 8 episodes on it.Silliness.The "Volume 1" DVD release, from Artisan (now owned by Lionsgate, bought by them back when they were Lions Gate), had 11 episodes on it. Volume 2 had 12 eps. Volume 3 had 13 eps. All three of those

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1138345565878898892006-01-27T00:01:00.000-07:002006-01-27T00:06:06.016-07:00

My buddy Marc has launched two new video podcasts that I thought some of you may be interested in checking out. His name may sound familiar to some of you; he produced the amazing documentary on the 24 season 2 DVD set, as well as documentaries on The Shield. Not only is Marc very talented, he's also a really cool guy. Here's the email he sent out...GordDear Friends, Family and Associates,I am

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1138149889865158642006-01-24T15:56:00.000-07:002006-01-24T17:44:50.150-07:00

So, let me ask you something...Do you think that the downloading of TV shows to iPods will affect the sales of TV-DVDs?I say no, it won't affect it, and here's why...The shows sold on the Apple iTunes store are about a quarter the size of DVD resolution. They're also not in widescreen, and they don't have Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. We're on the verge of Blu-ray and HD-DVD, yet the threat

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1137903897699523132006-01-21T21:16:00.000-07:002006-01-21T21:24:57.736-07:00

Nothing big; I just thought I'd share this!I just found out that TVShowsOnDVD.com is an entry in Wikipedia now! Wow, cool. Wesley Mead - a British student who Gord and I enjoy talking to and can usually be found at the Home Theater Forum - wrote up the original entry, and tonight I flushed it out a bit with more info and history. It's very neat to find our site listed there, and y'all be sure

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1137468019157097872006-01-16T20:16:00.000-07:002006-01-16T20:20:19.180-07:00

So, I'm in Toronto this week with my girlfriend on a little vacation and something weird happened. We decided to go to dinner at the Hard Cafe and while we were waiting for our waiter to come over this familiar guy walked in and sat at the bar. It was my friend Pablo; we go to the same gym. He had just flown in to Toronto and went for a drink with some people he knew... and it just happened to be

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1137201689402616512006-01-13T18:14:00.000-07:002006-01-13T18:21:29.426-07:00

This impacts DVDs a bit, so it's not THAT far off-topic...I just sat in on the HBO panel at the Television Critic's Association gig in LA, and I have some interesting news for fans of The Sopranos. I don't know if this has been reported elsewhere, but the final season will be broken in two (like Sex and the City was). The first 12 episodes will air starting in March, 2006, with the final 8

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1137093591307909452006-01-12T11:59:00.000-07:002006-01-12T12:19:51.680-07:00

So, last night I decided that I'm flying to LA on Friday morning. It's very last-minute, but there's a great opportunity there on Saturday.For two years I've been bugging Warner Bros to release "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr" on DVD. We've posted the news that it's coming out, but now I'm getting a bit more involved in the set, with the blessing of Warner Bros. I want to promote this set

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1136865889775464962006-01-09T20:20:00.000-07:002006-01-09T21:04:49.913-07:00

We're getting a lot of e-mails right now about how Birds of Prey is slated for release in Region 2 ("Europe"); you can find a listing for it at Play.com if you're wanting that. There are NOT plans announced yet for a Region 1 (USA/Canada) release.Joey is out on DVD in the United Kingdom, much to the chagrin of fans of the show who can't understand why it gets released there first before it shows

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1136520676867740052006-01-05T20:32:00.000-07:002006-01-05T21:12:47.663-07:00

John Cawley is a Line Producer at Cartoon Network (you may know his work from such shows as Bobby's World, Dexter's Lab, Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi among others), and has volunteered to act as our occasional Animation Consultant. He saw our recent news about All Dogs Go To Heaven, and has written this guest blog topic for us to ponder about how similar on VHS this

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1136070798563575412005-12-31T16:05:00.000-07:002005-12-31T16:13:18.586-07:00

Is anyone interested in a live chat area of the site? It's an idea I've been toying with for awhile, and now that we have our own server we can install anything we want on it. It would be cool to be able to chat with some of the users of the site when time permits it, but are the users interested in this?Would you want to chat on the site? Not only with me (I say "me" because Dave has a lot more

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135917458596549762005-12-29T21:00:00.000-07:002005-12-30T09:05:34.376-07:00

"You know, by the time (insert studio name here) gets to the (insert number higher than 10)th season of (insert TV show title here), DVD will be long dead."For long-running TV shows that aren't getting out as quickly as fans would like (The Simpsons, ER, Dallas, Married...with Children, Happy Days, Murder She Wrote, etc.), we keep hearing the above or something very similar to it. Frankly, I'm

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135643666436905862005-12-26T17:08:00.000-07:002005-12-26T17:34:29.073-07:00

Jim Harvey, who is one of our friends over at ToonZone.net and the associated World's Finest site, had asked us to help him out a bit and see if we could find out the answer to a question he hadn't been having any luck with. He was wondering if we knew whether the upcoming X-Men 3 film would prompt Disney to release any box sets of the animated X-Men series from the 1992 Fox Kids Saturday

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135555217486407722005-12-25T16:56:00.000-07:002005-12-25T17:00:17.486-07:00

Since moving to the new server on November 1st we've only been down 8 times... and 6 of those times have been since we installed the blog.The blog was part of the website, and the files resided on the server. The files would be updated when we posted news to the site; Blogger would connect to the FTP server and add new files. Well, something HAS to be screwy, because the server shouldn't be dying

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135477320451056152005-12-24T19:02:00.000-07:002005-12-24T19:22:01.960-07:00

Gord made sure everyone knew that we would be posting news over this holiday weekend. As we have for the past few years. Heck, the last time we had a day without a news post was Oct. 11, 2003 (and we like to mention that frequently, too...it's a statistic we're proud of!).But at the same time, Gord's spending time with his family and his girlfriend, and I'm spending time with my wife and son of

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135308567794848032005-12-22T20:21:00.000-07:002005-12-22T20:29:27.806-07:00

It seems like Gord and I both have gone blank today, without much to say here on the blog. So let's open up the floor to you guys. With the holiday gift-giving season coming up - no matter what you celebrate, there's probably a gift in it somewhere for you! - what TV-DVDs do you hope to find wrapped up in pretty paper? I know that I'm hoping to find the Leave It To Beaver lunchbox set waiting

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135230160078969592005-12-21T22:23:00.000-07:002005-12-21T22:42:40.086-07:00

IGN Film Force has been posting exclusive material over the past few weeks, and today they posted a gem of a show from across the pond.The show is QI (Quite Interesting), a bizarre game show where the right answer doesn't always matter. I watched the clip on Film Force and laughed my ass off, and now I'm wondering who I can talk into licensing the show for DVD. Seriously, go and watch the clip at

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135195060358451042005-12-21T12:49:00.000-07:002005-12-21T12:57:40.366-07:00

Here's the first of many "whatever else" posts to the blog. This has nothing to do with TV shows on DVD, except that I ate it while watching TV :DA few years ago my brother came across a great recipe for cajun chicken. He lost the recipe, but my mom came across it a few weeks ago while cleaning, and I asked for a copy. It's a tad on the spicy side, but it's so darn good!You'll need:2 - Garlic

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135110953344530062005-12-20T13:14:00.000-07:002005-12-20T14:42:15.893-07:00

There are SO many shows that come on television these days, especially since the advent of Cable TV, and it's impossible to try them all when they first broadcast. I'm reminded of that today as this is the street date for the big-screen film Serenity, the theatrical follow-up to a show I only discovered after its release on DVD: Joss Whedon's Firefly. Great show, good stuff, and one of those "

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1135049363806499842005-12-19T19:19:00.000-07:002005-12-19T20:38:28.673-07:00

Most of TVShowsOnDVD's registered members vote in favor of Season Sets just about every time on our TV Show Voting. It's rare to find a show's "Best Of's" vs. "Season Sets" choices where the voting in favor of Season Sets is less than 95%. Gord and I favor season sets ourselves, and we're sure that's no surprise to anyone.But there must be SOME people out there who like single-disc best-of

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1134958801777485052005-12-18T19:05:00.000-07:002005-12-18T19:20:01.780-07:00

RSS has been a love/hate thing on TVShowsOnDVD.com; the users love it, and I hate it. "But Gord, why do you hate RSS?" Glad you asked, imaginary person.The RSS feed on the site is created using a script that queries the database and requests the previous news items (I think it's 15). Then the script writes out an XML file for the feed. Sounds simple, right? Well, we used to generate the RSS feed

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1134923779954304782005-12-18T09:35:00.000-07:002005-12-18T09:36:19.966-07:00

I will be a guest on "The Allan Handelman Show" tonight, and I figured I'd give everyone a heads up (hey, this blog thing is handy!). I was a guest on Allan's weekday show a few weeks ago, and he liked me enough to have me back. Allan emailed me early in the day and said he'd really like to have me on the show for about 45 mins. I agreed (because I'm a media whore) and he set the time. The show

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1134915379970262172005-12-18T06:56:00.000-07:002005-12-18T07:16:19.976-07:00

If you're here because of Gord's "Come blog with us" post at TVShowsOnDVD, then welcome! As you saw, he invited me to be a part of this, and I never could turn down Gord for much of anything. So I set up a blog account, and here I am!Speaking of that profile, I hunted all over my hard drive for a decent pic of me, so you all could know what I looked like. I couldn't find one, so I used the one

David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1134881519713711852005-12-17T21:30:00.000-07:002005-12-17T21:51:59.723-07:00

Recently it seems as though I've been talking to a lot more celebs, and I have to say it's a bit strange. Yes, I realize they're just people, but it's a bit odd to be watching TV and get an email from the person you're watching on TV, or being a fan of an actor for years, then having a conversation with him.The most recent "talking to celebs" incident features Kenny Hotz from "Kenny vs Spenny." I

Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1134860294206342112005-12-17T15:55:00.000-07:002005-12-17T21:29:18.230-07:00

I say "again" because this is my second attempt at a blog. Hopefully this time it'll last a bit longer than my previous attempt. I'm sure I would have kept posting at the old blog if people actually visited the thing. Oh well, sometimes the second attempt is better than the first (right?).I'll post lots of off-topic material here; stuff that just doesn't fit on the site.Gord

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