The final Sopranos: Season 5 thread!
02-26-05, 07:33 PM
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The final Sopranos: Season 5 thread!
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2931
That should stop any more weekly "When's Sopranos: Season 5 coming out" threads
Can't wait!
That should stop any more weekly "When's Sopranos: Season 5 coming out" threads
Can't wait!
02-26-05, 08:21 PM
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Well, I thought we had already had that thread. If you do a search, what you are posting is not new, but a rehash. Idon't think it was titled as such, it was just posted in the most recent "when..." thread.
02-26-05, 08:27 PM
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Sopranos, The - Tony's getting your dad a present for Father's Day
Posted by Gord Lacey
2/17/2005
Our good friend David Bianculli at the New York Daily News got an exciting scoop on the fifth season of The Sopranos. With the sixth and final season of The Sopranos not airing until 2006, and the release of the fourth season to DVD way back in 2003, HBO has decided to step up the release of The Sopranos - Season 5. Instead of releasing it just before the start of season 6, they've instead set June 7th as the new street date (just in time for Father's Day). That is much sooner than the "fourth quarter, 2005" plans HBO revealed to Video Business last Fall.
Today's Daily News article mentions the planned extras for this release, too! Here's a quote:
Four directors will provide commentary for the fifth-season box, including Mike Figgis and "Sopranos" fifth season recurring guest star Steve Buscemi.
Sopranos, The - Tony's getting your dad a present for Father's Day
Posted by Gord Lacey
2/17/2005
Our good friend David Bianculli at the New York Daily News got an exciting scoop on the fifth season of The Sopranos. With the sixth and final season of The Sopranos not airing until 2006, and the release of the fourth season to DVD way back in 2003, HBO has decided to step up the release of The Sopranos - Season 5. Instead of releasing it just before the start of season 6, they've instead set June 7th as the new street date (just in time for Father's Day). That is much sooner than the "fourth quarter, 2005" plans HBO revealed to Video Business last Fall.
Today's Daily News article mentions the planned extras for this release, too! Here's a quote:
Four directors will provide commentary for the fifth-season box, including Mike Figgis and "Sopranos" fifth season recurring guest star Steve Buscemi.
02-27-05, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by evitagen
Such as commentaries?
02-27-05, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kingtopher
With a MSRP as high as the Sopranos discs are, they could do a little more than that, especially since I'm sure there are plenty of interesting stories and information that could be told.
Seriously though, my favorite Sopranos extra, if you can call it that, is the English subtitles on Season Four. I hope Season Five continues the trend.
02-27-05, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by evitagen
Fair enough, but I bet if they threw on some cast and crew biographies, tv spots, and maybe some phoney-baloney "behind-the-scenes" documentaries, then you'd probably be pleased. Maybe some interactive menus, too.
Seriously though, my favorite Sopranos extra, if you can call it that, is the English subtitles on Season Four. I hope Season Five continues the trend.
Seriously though, my favorite Sopranos extra, if you can call it that, is the English subtitles on Season Four. I hope Season Five continues the trend.
Nah, I'd probably not watch any of that, but I would like to see cast and crew interviews or an in depth documentary about the show and its creation, inspiration, acting, all that stuff.
03-01-05, 04:04 PM
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Small update from DVDAnswers:
Extra material will include four audio commentaries with directors Steve Buscemi, Peter Bogdanovich (Oscar Nominee for The Last Picture Show), Mike Figgis (Oscar Nominee for Leaving Lost Vegas) and Rodrigo Garcia (Six Feet Under).
03-02-05, 06:03 AM
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03-02-05, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Geofferson
Small update from DVDAnswers: Extra material will include four audio commentaries with directors Steve Buscemi, Peter Bogdanovich (Oscar Nominee for The Last Picture Show), Mike Figgis (Oscar Nominee for Leaving Lost Vegas) and Rodrigo Garcia (Six Feet Under).
03-02-05, 02:38 PM
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These sets are simply WAY too much money. I am glad I am not a Sopranos fan enough to own the sets, even at $80 (which is the lowest anyone can sell it for), thats $6.15 an episode for the 13 episodes. Compare that to any other TV set generally going for a maximum of lets say $50 at mostly 24 episodes thats $2 an episode. Some sets are just too much.
03-03-05, 11:52 AM
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HBO makes movie quality television shows, and their shows are the best on TV if you ask me. Their actors get paid a lot, and it costs a lot of money to produce these things. The Sopranos being the cream of the crop, I have no problem paying the money for this show. Don't get me wrong, it would be really nice if it was cheaper, but I can understand why they charge so much.
03-03-05, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatGuamGuy
Did Bogdanovich direct an episode, or is he just on there because he's the doctor's doctor?
03-03-05, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mzupeman2
HBO makes movie quality television shows, and their shows are the best on TV if you ask me. Their actors get paid a lot, and it costs a lot of money to produce these things. The Sopranos being the cream of the crop, I have no problem paying the money for this show. Don't get me wrong, it would be really nice if it was cheaper, but I can understand why they charge so much.
Production costs probably aren't a much of a factor in the pricing; if HBO was losing money on the series they wouldn't be making it. And they recently sold the syndication rights to A&E for $2.5 million per episode.
The Sopranos is also one of the top-selling television DVD titles, so there really isn't much of a reason for HBO to sell the season sets for less.
I'm just hoping that they take a little of the filthy Sopranos lucre and throw it Carnivale's way to keep that show afloat until the story is finished.
