message to studios to stop splitting seasons into sets!
 

I couldn't find a specific thread about this so here goes. Has anyone started a petition of any kind to send to the various studios to try and get them to stop splitting seasons of TV shows into sets? This does nothing but soak the consumer and create rage! Ok, I may be exaggerating the rage part, but it's not cool.

If this thread isn't necessary, or is a dupe I apologize. I did a search and couldn't find anything.

Thanks for reading!

Yeah I hate the Battlestar Galactica "Season 2.5", etc. crap. I know they split the season when it airs, but it's still one season. It's simply a way to wring more money out of us.

It sucks but its also nice when we get stuff like The Job The Complete Series, Moonlighting: Seasons 1 & 2, It's ALways sunny in Philadelphia: Seasons 1/2 ,Seinfeld: Seasons 1/2, etc.
Battlestar did suck but they made up for it with season 3 which was a great value for everything you got with that set.

I know why they do it, but that doesn't stop me from being pissed off about it.

I don't buy split season sets. It's not really a boycott, it's just there there are enough DVDs that I want that it doesn't take much to push a show off my "must buy" list.

It wouldn't be as bad if they were priced correctly for the half of a season they are, so $20 or so. It's when both Season __ Part 1 and 2 are $50 a piece that it becomes ridiculous.

This is the sole reason I never bought the "Entourage" sets. I know I'm only one person but we have to send a message.

1. Not all the Entourage seasons were split into two. Just season 3.

2. If you wait for the right sale you can get the seasons for <$20 each.

3. If you want to continue to boycott you can always buy used. That way you're getting the DVD's and also sticking it to the man at the same time.

With me... if you're going to split the season in 2 the chances of me buying it will be lower, obviously. When this happens I just wait it out until I can get it during a good sale or buy used.

I know all of that. It's just principle. I'm hoping also that I can wait long enough that I'll get a complete series set.

I just finished Battlestar 2.0 an hour ago and it PISSES me off that I 'll have to go out and buy 2.5 for even more money than it costs for a full season of Friday Night Lights. What pisses me off even more is that I know I'll give in and pay the money anyway.

It sucks even more when the prices drop on the sets. So, instead of over-paying for one TV boxed set, you've over-paid for two seperate boxed sets.

From what I here Battlestar season 4 will be split also

Crazy studios. Trying to make money and what not.

If I like a show enough to actually buy it on DVD, I guess it probably wouldn't bother me too much to have the season split up.

I hate best of sets even more. The morons who released the New Outer Limits as "best of" sets ought to be shot. The morons who do the bean counting there ought to be stabbed, then shot, because they concluded that terrible sales of "best of" sets means that proper season sets won't sell. They only released season 1 of the show long after fan interest had been dissipated by the release of *&$#($#$ "best of" sets.

Or worse is when they lose the rights to the show, in which they had only realeased some seasons (G.I. JOE for example)...if they get rights to shows, they should just release the whole damn thing.

I don't understand how they would lose money by releasing all the seasons at once??? If a person wants a dvd they will buy it - simple as that. People see DVDs the same way as finding a book in a library/bookstore. It's like releasing Encyclopedia Britanicas A through C - and then you have to wait some more years to get D through Z...

You do realize that's how a lot of encyclopedias are sold, right?

The Bus, I understand that the encyclopedias are split...but do you mean that it actually does take years to get the next letter?

Seriously, why can't I have my 65 episode season 1 of DuckTales or my 39 episodes of the Smurfs?


... on the other hand, I guess cartoons work better split. Those would be some mighty expensive seasons.

People still buy encyclopedias in book form?

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LOL, thanks for setting me straight with that blast from the past, Snowmaker! -wink-

Is this really even an issue? There really aren't that many TV series that have seasons split into 2 parts?

The only ones that I have can think of recently are BSG Season 2, The Streets of San Francisco and maybe The Love Boat. Other than that, it seems like 80-90% of the product released is full complete seasons.

I don't mind 'Season 1 Part 1' one-seventh as much as I mind "Season 1-Best Of' or "Our Favorites from the Whole Series." As long as the pricing is reasonable.

When I watch a season set it usuallly takes about 4 weeks but when its split it takes forever and you lose interest in the second volume.I hope they release s4 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in a complete set if they release it at all.

I think the "best-of" battle still needs to be won here, as noted by some folks, there are far too many piecemeal releases, and not to mention syndication edits and music replacement.

Splitting seasons can be a little aggravating, but it's not that important in the long run.