Cameron

well march has come and gone...since deadwood was pushed, I assume this pushed the entire HBO catalog

pinata242

Someone on the Yahoo group said the latest SFU set had a flyer showing Carnivale 2 and Big Love in 2006. That's something at least... right?

Ralph Jenkins

play.com has the R2 version coming out in July.

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=s...2&title=865859

Maybe we'll get it around then?

pinata242

July 18th according to TVShowsOnDvd

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5556

bunkaroo

FINALLY! Been dying to see the second season since I missed it's initial run. Couldn't stand to watch the cropped re-runs on HBO2.

pinata242

Wait... Is this not going to include a 5.1 mix?

steebo777

I'm still watching this on HBO Demand. I'll pick this up still as it is a great season thus far.

Geofferson

Love the cover art!

bunkaroo

Is the HBO On Demand 16x9 or 4x3?

Ravenous

What the fuck? 2.0 sound? Ive been waiting and waiting for this now I may be screwed again? Gord, tell me this is a freakin typo!

Dane

Dolby Digital 5.1 on Region 2.

nitin77

please dont ruin this by making it 2.0 and not 16*9. I've been waiting so long for this.

Ralph Jenkins

Based on a review over on Amazon, it looks like this set (which comes out tomorrow) really is in 2.0. Why would the R2 have 5.1 and the R1 2.0? With the price HBO is charging, I think a 5.1 mix should be included if one exists. This just does not make sense to me.

pinata242

Ugh, this never occurred to me as a possibility. But I think you're right, DDD also lists it as 2.0. I know a 5.1 mix exists because I watched it on HBO live with 5.1. What a disgrace.

nitin77

dvdtalk review says 16*9 and 5.1 sound.

mifuneral

I just finished watching this last night and though I LOVED the entire season (even more than s1) that is a piss poor way to end it. I mean it would be great if there were another season or three on the way but as it stands that ending is just abrupt. I knew something like that would happen before I even started watching s2 but knowing that didn't really prepare me. meh.

scarredgod

i would love another season, or a theatrical film, but im fine with the way the series ended. it works fine for me.

mifuneral

How can you be fine with that? Nothing was resolved.

scarredgod

im a twin peaks fan, nothing was resolved in that one either. i think even if they had a chance to close it up, they would leave it open so people will wonder and talk about it.

mifuneral

Uh, no. They didn't leave it open on purpose. Carnivale was meant to last 6 seasons, ergo they didn't expect any need to wrap up the story after the second season. Twin Peaks wasn't left open on purpose either- that too was cancelled. However, the big difference here is that Twin Peaks was cancelled with good reason (the second season sucked) whereas Carnivale was simply a victim of the bloated and archaic Neilson system.

scarredgod

i know both shows wasnt meant to end yet. though i think lynch did know he was filming the last episode when he changed the original script into the one that aired.

im just saying, i am content with how both shows ended. of course i would love to see where it went next, but its probably not gonna happen. i have countless films with open endings, so even though thats not how it was intended, im fine with it. what other choice we got.

and i strongly disagree with the second season of TP, sure it had bad moments, as did the first season (anything with big ed and nadine sucks). but it also contained the very best episodes in TV history IMO. if i listed them, it would just be filled with spoilers and i know alot of people are waiting for the season 2 dvd to come out, so i wont do it.

TP was cancelled for the same reasons, as mentioned in the DVDtalk review, "it's still quite painful to know that quality like this is being created by talented and inspired people, and yet it is so rarely embraced by a lazy and disinterested public". i never heard the reason of TP's cancellation being that it "sucked".

pinata242

Dan Knauf has always said that he envisioned Carnivale to be 6 seasons comprised of 3 2-season "books". What we saw was the conclusion of "Book 1" and so it is natural to feel a certain degree of closure there, but it was far from a satisfactory series ending.

Ravenous

Well for those still in doubt the show is indeed 5.1. Got it sunday (for $45 )

I love this show and to me it feels like it ended alright. It just left it with more to tell; but with the main story concluded and more shit brewing.

If the guy KNOWS theres 4 more seasons left, why not have em released as novels or graphic novels?

pinata242

Is $45 a deal anyone else could get in on?

I'm all for graphic, or just written, novels. Comics, movies, rock operas, interpretive dances... I don't give a shit, anything.