“Stargate: Universe” Season One Split for DVD Release
Following the tradition of previous entries in the franchise, the first season of “Stargate: Universe” will air in two halves.
The first half kicks off this Friday at 9 p.m. EST on SyFY. The second half will return at some point in 2010, according to SyFy.
The model is nothing new for the network. However, when it came to the DVDs, fans were made to wait until the full season aired before the episodes were released.
Not so for “Stargate: Universe.”
Gateworld reports that the season will be split into two halves when its released on DVD.
“Stargate Universe has been tons of fun so far in the first half,” DVD Special Features Producer Ivon Bartok told Gateworld. “And this year what we’re doing is a little bit different. As far as I know, we’re going to be doing volume one and two DVDs.”
It seems the plan is to release the first ten episodes as Volume One, together with a sizeable amount of special features, and then release the back ten episodes as Volume Two, presumably after the episodes air on SyFy in 2010.
I guess they are taking the BSG route and screwing fans by releasing HALF seasons on DVD, just so they can grab a few more bucks. Because I know that when BSG came out those half-season box sets sure were not half priced!
If I can’t buy the entire season for 20 bucks, I’m not buying. I have all 10 seasons of SG1 and the first four of Atlantis, all for 20 or less.
Looks like I won’t be adding SGU to my collection.
All this story deserves from me is a *sigh*
Oh, COME ON!
And people wonder why I wait years to buy the DVDs.
No way. The only way I’m going to buy this is if they make each individual episode on its own DVD……Maybe sometime in the near future, they’ll be able to figure out how to split them by commercial break as well.
“Stargate Universe has been tons of fun so far in the first half,” - What?! It hasn’t even premiered yet…
@#$%$’n marketing.
::grrrr:: Why must they do this to us? I hate half-season sets. I’d much rather wait for the full season to air. I’ve been doing it for the Stargate franchise for the better part of a decade. It’s worked just fine so far.
And, uh, Brian? If you’d read the bit after that quote, you’d noticed that it was said by the Special Features producer. He works on the show. He watches them filming. He’s seen the first half of the season because it’s part of his job.
I just wanted to know when you can buy it and on what date it will become avaiable stop whining if you want it buy it