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Post by cwm on Jan 20, 2017 14:00:00 GMT -5
Hello there. Some of you may remember me from way, way, way back in the day. Just wanted to pop in here to see if there's any word of when (or if) we might get a DVD/Blu-ray release of the Netflix series as that's the only way I'm going to get to see it?
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Post by Hermes on Jan 20, 2017 14:12:59 GMT -5
Hi cwm!
There are ways. Dante had suggested one, and some other people have suggested another.
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Post by Dante on Jan 20, 2017 15:21:19 GMT -5
It is my understanding that Netflix shows do or can eventually get physical releases, but I don't recall us having any information on the subject at present. Should the day come, I'd be interested to hear what you make of the show.
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Post by cwm on Jan 20, 2017 19:00:42 GMT -5
Just had a quick look - another Netflix exclusive, Jessica Jones, got a DVD release about a year after it premiered. House of Cards seems to bear a bit better, with physical releases a few months after they drop online. So I might have to wait a bit, but I fully intend to let you know what I think of it someday.
(Just in case I fall into hibernation again immediately after writing this post, I'll stick a link to my blog in my signature, where I currently mostly write about obscure fantasy literature from the 1980s.)
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Post by occono on Jan 21, 2017 2:11:31 GMT -5
Hello there. Some of you may remember me from way, way, way back in the day. Just wanted to pop in here to see if there's any word of when (or if) we might get a DVD/Blu-ray release of the Netflix series as that's the only way I'm going to get to see it? In case you didn't know, Netflix has ASOUE available worldwide, you can watch it from any country, just in case you thought that was a barrier.
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Post by cwm on Jan 21, 2017 5:18:27 GMT -5
Oh yes it's just getting access to Netflix that's a problem.
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Oct 24, 2017 21:43:30 GMT -5
Sorry to bump an old thread but I just wanted to add that while not all Netflix shows are released on home video, the few that have been were usually released about 1-2 years after the show had aired. Netflix doesn't usually like to release their shows on DVD/Bluray too soon after they air since they make most of their money from the exclusivity of their original shows.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Oct 25, 2017 16:21:57 GMT -5
that takes me back to the VHS days, where a movie would come out on home video some 2 years after its theater release, as I remember it.
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Post by cwm on Oct 21, 2018 10:38:52 GMT -5
So. Is there *still* no word on a DVD/Blu-ray release? I want to see the show, and I feel really, really sad that I've not been able to discuss it on 667 at the time of release, but I simply can't justify getting Netflix in my current financial situation.
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Oct 21, 2018 13:01:16 GMT -5
So. Is there *still* no word on a DVD/Blu-ray release? I want to see the show, and I feel really, really sad that I've not been able to discuss it on 667 at the time of release, but I simply can't justify getting Netflix in my current financial situation. As has been said before, the trouble with Netflix is that their financial model really does preclude them actually releasing a product on home video. They make their money by having people sign up to them because of the exclusivity of their originals. Because of this, only a few of their earliest originals had deals that let them be regularly released on DVD/Bluray (House of Cards, Orange is the New Black etc...). There are of course a few current exceptions like Stranger Things, but that was already so massively popular Netflix likely didn't see any financial risk. Another problem is that most Netflix originals are actually produced by an outside company with funding from Netflix -for example, The Crown is technically made by Sony- which means that it is also up to those companies to decide when and how to release their shows if they can. The ASOUE Netflix show has the misfortune of being produced by Paramount which has a somewhat notorious reputation in cinephile circles for incredibly lacklustre and infrequent home video releases. So I wouldn't keep my fingers crossed, at least, not for a while. (Although I hope I'm wrong.)
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Post by cwm on Oct 21, 2018 14:00:04 GMT -5
Black Mirror gets fairly prompt DVD releases (I think both the Netflix series have been released a year later), as do Better Call Saul (which is exclusively distributed on Netflix in the UK) and The Crown. So I don't think that's entirely true.
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Oct 21, 2018 15:02:05 GMT -5
Black Mirror gets fairly prompt DVD releases (I think both the Netflix series have been released a year later), as do Better Call Saul (which is exclusively distributed on Netflix in the UK) and The Crown. So I don't think that's entirely true. Black Mirror and Better Call Saul are both co-productions between Netflix and another major broadcaster so those play by different rules. Something like ASOUE is made by Paramount for Netflix. Again, releasing a show on home media isn't just on Netflix, all they likely do is tell the production company to leave a window of about a year or so after the release before they can put the show on DVD/Bluray. After that, it's entirely on the production company. Some -like Sony- have prompt and high-quality home video releases, while Paramount... doesn't. Just look at 13 Reasons Why (another show Paramount made for Netflix). It was one of the most popular TV shows of 2017 and its first season only just got a bare-bones DVD release this summer. Sony's the Crown, on the other hand, has a far smaller following than 13 Reasons Why but got an incredibly luxurious blu-ray set barely a year after it aired.
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Post by cwm on Oct 21, 2018 15:07:23 GMT -5
Hmm. Well, that's disappointing, but it looks like the series is out of bounds to me until I'm earning more money than I am at the moment. Thanks for your help.
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Oct 21, 2018 15:28:35 GMT -5
Hmm. Well, that's disappointing, but it looks like the series is out of bounds to me until I'm earning more money than I am at the moment. Thanks for your help. Happy to help, and I honestly wouldn't despair, the show will most likely get a home media release sooner or later.
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Post by mizbizsav on Oct 21, 2018 23:18:00 GMT -5
So. Is there *still* no word on a DVD/Blu-ray release? I want to see the show, and I feel really, really sad that I've not been able to discuss it on 667 at the time of release, but I simply can't justify getting Netflix in my current financial situation. Not sure if it's something you'd be interested in, but Netflix distributed For Your Consideration DVDs for the series when it was time for Emmy nominations. There is a set for season one and a set for season 2. Neither has the full season (season 1 has both parts to The Bad Beginning and The Wide Window - Part 1; season 2 has 4 episodes - the first parts to The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, and The Carnivorous Carnival). I got them for collector's purposes and they are actually pretty neat - they are just one disc each and just in a little sleeve, but season 1's is particularly nice - it's made like a little book. Anyway, again, not sure if it'd be worth it because by the time you pay for half of each season, you could just wait for the full release. But... there are some on eBay and they are not that much if you are!
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