Last year's Season 3 Thread

Sorry if this seems like jumping the gun, but I just couldn't wait.

Personally, I think that this release sounds VERY interesting as season four is one of the best 

I'm looking forward to the commentaries. I'd like to hear from Oakley and Weinstein, although they might not get them. And what d'you think are the odds that they'll get Conan in? 

Yeah, I agree about the Season 3 DVD. I mean I liked the couch gag menus but it really feels like they made absolutely no effort whatsoever with the rest of the menus, which is a shame considering those of the first two DVD sets were good.

I can't wait for both seasons 4 and 5, and I hope they both come out within the next year, although it's pretty unlikely.

 

Originally posted by evan:
I'm looking forward to season 4, even though it might be the last Simpsons' season I buy. It definately is my favorite season. Although, I hope it comes out sometime before the summer/has better special features.

Any particular reason you might not go past season four?  Just curious.

And it aint' coming out before the summer, I can almost guarantee that.  Fox has settled into a yearly August/September time period by now.

Except that once the show goes off the air (if ever), the DVD release speed will probably pick up. Maybe. 

Season 4 will probably be the last one I absolutely have to have immediately when it comes out. It's simply the most consistent season in my book, and it's not too sugary (like Seasons 1 and 2 can be sometimes) and not too cynical (like Seasons 5+).

so is there no date for season 4 release, then?

Yes, S4 should be very good. Matt said that S3 makes S2 look like S1. I think S4 blows everything else out of the water. Everybody making the show hit's they're stride and the episodes are gold. It's like an entire season of the best of the later S3. Just great stuff.

Season 4 probably has alot of 'classic' episodes, and that's part of what makes it great. Just out of curiousity, what episodes are you dying to see, and which ones do you want to hear commentaries for? I'd like to hear the one for "So it's Come to This:A Simpsons Clip Show" simply because I want to here how they decided what clips to use, how they go about writing a clipshow (and for what reason) and how they produce them.

Shadowstar: I think I've said this before, but the notion that the commentaries are holding up the dvds is completely false.  At least, its hardly an acceptable answer as to why these are taking so long.  Season three's commentaries were recorded around late 2002, early 2003, yet the set didnt come out til August 2003 (and given the actual quality of the set itself I doubt they broke their backs making it).  Plus, Al Jean would be the ONLY one holding these things up according to that theory (remember that Matt Groening has had almost nothing to do with The Simpsons past season three, its just fact).  And if Mr. Jean can't schedule six hours worth of commentary time within an entire year, he needs to get a better scheduling system.  Ending the show would not get these things out any faster, especcially after season four when Jean wouldn't even need to do commentaries anymore.

Fox is holding these things up for other reasons, simple as that.  I'm pretty sure one of them is that they don't want to cut into their syndication revenue too much (as much as they make off the dvds, they make so much more off of reruns, and people who buy dvds don't exactly need to watch the episodes on tv anymore)

Also, as irritatingly long as this is taking, it is worth noting that if another format comes out before they're finished they'll probably just continue the seasons on that format.  Its not like VHS where they've had to overhaul everything to a completely different format.  I would imagine the next technology would be very similar to dvds (and that the next player form will be able to play dvds), so they'll just continue them onto that next format.

User: Oakley and Weinstein said a long while back that they'd be glad to do commentaries if they are asked.  That was a very old interview though.  But, I doubt they'd have any kind of objection.

The Scully commentaries might be more interesting though.   I wonder how he'll defend "Kill the Alligator and Run" and so forth.   

Oh great, now I feel like an idiot... again.

 

Originally posted by DotheBartman:The Scully commentaries might be more interesting though.   I wonder how he'll defend "Kill the Alligator and Run" and so forth.     

Actually, I'm kinda hoping it'll be like the Kevin Costner mocking in one of the later Simpsons eps. It'll just be six solid hours of him apologising for what he was thinking.   

*ahhhh*

(And if no other member either here or on NoHomers hasn't said the same thing, I'd be very suprised.   )

Also, on a slightly related note, if the next storage medium (e.g. Blu-Ray) is optical, I'll be severely annoyed).

I would have agreed its been on tv too much but commentaries make it worth it, Plus There's not much else to spend money on, Its probably not worth hoping for but if season 4 is out by june
then there will be 6 months to december and it would allow season 5 a christmas release.
But I dont think thats going to happen

I speculate that they will set a release date, then delay it two weeks before hand.  It seems like there's always a delay with these things, even though it's been quite a while since the last release.

According to http://TVShowsOnDVD.com, at least some commentaries have already been recorded.  Participants include Jon Lovitz (on "A Streetcar Named Marge," I guess) and Conan O'Brien.

 

Originally posted by FishyJoe:
As much as I love classic seasons of The Simpsons, I refuse to give my hard-earned money to FOX, and inflate The Simpsons' sales numbers. I'll wait until a few more seasons come out, and the previous seasons drop in price. Hopefully they will eventually be sold used on ebay for dirt cheap.

I'm definately buying season 4 when it comes out on DVD, since that is my favorite season. As for season 5, I'm still pretty up in the air about buying that one. After that, I highly doubt I'll buy any more seasons. Seasons 6 to present have been run in the ground through syndication.

And Jeff, it'll probably take years for the Simpsons DVDs to drop in price. After all, they seem to be releasing only one season a year.

I'd be willing to pay a higher price for Seasons 6 and 7, because I love them so much.

I've wondered about that too (and I guess we won't know til 2006).  My bet would be that they release at seperate times though.  We'll just have to wait (til 2007) for Part 2.  God this waiting is annoying.

I doubt it too. They aired them with a long gap to form a cliffhanger, and that'll probabaly happen on DVD also, but with an even longer gap...

 

Originally posted by DotheBartman:
 They can't afford to take 11 years to get all these things out.

That's the problem, they can afford to. They seem to be taking the long, padded out route to get as many sales as possible before the next release, as opposed to the quick buck route. Unfortunately, they can afford to do this, and every time they'll be able to afford it even more...