The Two Disc Special Edition by nanite1018

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The Two Disc Special Edition

POSTED BY: NANITE1018
UPDATED: Friday, June 30, 2006 17:44
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Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:09 PM

Okay, is there anyway to get the two-disc special edition thing of Serenity (the BDM)? Apparently it's only sold in Australia and a couple European countries. So is there any way to get it here in the US? Any ideas, anybody?

I aim to misbehave.

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Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:19 PM

ROLAND19

Here ya go, chief.

https://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/784707

It even comes with a limited edition tin box! For those who are in to such. Only problem is that it can be kinda expensive. Oh well.

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Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:28 PM

DAVESHAYNE

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Originally posted by Roland19:
Only problem is that it can be kinda expensive.

And it's region 2 or 4 and PAL encoded so you'll need some nonstandard (and illegal) video equipment to play it.

C'mon Universal us Norteamericanos would really love to see this released for our market. Don't you want to make money?

David

"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de

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Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:42 PM

ROLAND19

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Originally posted by daveshayne:
And it's region 2 or 4 and PAL encoded so you'll need some nonstandard (and illegal) video equipment to play it.

If youve got a computer with a DVD/RW drive, and DVD Shrink or a program like it, you can take the Region encoding off, then burn it, and watch it anywhere.

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Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:49 PM

DAVESHAYNE

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Originally posted by Roland19:
If youve got a computer with a DVD/RW drive, and DVD Shrink or a program like it, you can take the Region encoding off, then burn it, and watch it anywhere.

Like I said nonstandard and illegal equipment. Though I guess DVD-rw is more or less standard on new compys region stripping and reburning is still illegal.

David

"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de

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Saturday, June 24, 2006 8:29 PM

UNSARDONIC

awww

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why d'"they" (YOU know... the "Powers That Be") ( oh don't try to play dumb, "You KNOW Who You Are"...) inSIST on making this kinda thing so hard for me?

WHY?!? I say, "WH-HY-YY!!!"...

I am, at best, disapp

... I mean, I'm just trying to give these folks my hard earned money - SHYTE - as they say in "Trainspotting"®, all i wanna do is Buy This Disc!! ...ANY of these discs... ALL of these discs... the BDS - the BDM - the BDAustralian-Tin-Box, I don't care... I'm just trying to give these people more money...

Of course, I admit I'd most like to give them some more of my hard-earned dollars (H.E.D. - ??) for Serenitish products that haven't been created yet but... I realize I'm "preachin' to the choir," here. If only Universal was listening...

Y'know... if Universal isn't listening to all our collective voices then... "they're just stupid, inbred stacks of meat."

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Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:12 PM

AGATSU

Just set your DVD drive to Region 4 and enjoy, legally. You can usually switch regions 5 times.
I have the Australian tin box and of course the German Limited Edition, and they both play on my region 2 players. For region 1 DVDs, I got one of my DVD drives permanently set to region 1.
It eludes me why they don't release the Limited Edition in the US. Maybe because the extra extras were added for the Australian version (a panel in Sydney, for example), when the US version was already out.
Anyways, maybe we should ask Universal to release the Limited Edition (maybe even with MORE bomus materials) in the US - the market is obviously there, as they can clearly see from S-Days success. You know YOU'd buy it.
Should be possible to release it for Christmas, if they're game.

Proud member of the FFF.net Event Team
The Serenity Summer Campaign is on, baby - prepare to kick some serious pigu!
September 30th is Serenity 'Versary! Be there or be a purple-belted poop-head. (<- not the official slogan.)
I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:31 AM

NANITE1018

Hey, thanks everyone. I really wish that they would just release it in the US though, with even more special features, lol. I don't want to do anything illegal

so i guess i'm not going to do it, lol. I bet they will soon. They'd be kind of crazy not to.

I aim to misbehave.

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:34 AM

CHOO1701

buy another DVD player and set it to another region. GENIUS!!!

especially since their going cheap

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:43 AM

It's only illegal if you get caught. *Wink*

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:17 AM

EMMARIGBY

Thanks so much to whoever first posted about this sepcial edition boxset. I bought one on Friday (plus a regular copy from Amazon, plus the BDS and the Firefly CD!)
and even including postage from Australia to UK it was cheaper than it is in the shops! Can't wait to see the special features!

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:02 PM

DAUGHTEROFDREAMS

Oooh. Anyone who's got it/seen this new 2 disc version pls post here and tell us whats on there! *Hugs one disc Serenity she owns*

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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:22 PM

SIMONWHO

*picks up and hugs his copy*

Well, there's a few extended scenes, some behind the scenes stuff, a Q&A with Joss... a nice tin too (with a reversible cover so you don't have to have the huge Australian rating bit on the front).

I'll be putting one up for auction shortly for Equality Now (I've gotten rather delayed due to unforeseen real life stuff) and if the winning bidder wants, I'll also enclose a copy of the discs made region free.

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:29 PM

LADYSHELLEY

There's supposed to be a "Shiny Edition" in the pipe for R1. Not sure when it's supposed to be released though. Word is, it will include a cast commentary, and deleted scenes, that's all I've heard so far.

Lady Shelley
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Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:42 PM

DONCOAT

IANAL (lawyer), but I don't believe it's illegal to make a for-personal-use, region-stripped copy of a DVD that you bought.

By the way, even doing that doesn't guarantee that your DVD player and/or TV will accept and play the PAL format. For example, my DVD player plays the region-stripped copy but my TV won't sync to it. I can play the Aussie DVD on my 'puter just fine, though.

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:47 PM

WEREALLJUSTFLOATING

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Originally posted by nanite1018:
Hey, thanks everyone. I really wish that they would just release it in the US though, with even more special features, lol. I don't want to do anything illegal so i guess i'm not going to do it, lol. I bet they will soon. They'd be kind of crazy not to.

I aim to misbehave.

If you buy a multi region dvd player, it wouldn't be illegal. That's what I did, it was only 40 euros(50ish dollars), I'm sure you can pick up an equally cheap one it the States. Then there's always the issue of PAL/NTSC compatibility for your TV, unless you have a HDTV - I think they display both systems . Or just buy it to play on your computer. There's always ways to make that work.

Either way I'd say buy the region 4 DVD if you can, i doubt it'd be that expensive to ship to the US - it's got so much more good stuff then the region 1 version, especially the deleted scenes and the Aussie Q and A .

I ordered my Aussie copy from www.cd-wow.com,

http://www1.cd-wow.com/searchresults.php?searchfield=serenity

they're UK based, but they ship from Hong Kong, and they deliver worldwide, FOR FREE!!
We're still flying.

That's not much.

It's enough.

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:25 PM

MOOSE

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Originally posted by LadyShelley:
There's supposed to be a "Shiny Edition" in the pipe for R1. Not sure when it's supposed to be released though. Word is, it will include a cast commentary, and deleted scenes, that's all I've heard so far.

Lady Shelley

Do you happen to have a source for that?

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Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:56 PM

PHAEDRA

Where and when will this magnificent item be auctioned?

Phaedra (a bad luck name)

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Friday, June 30, 2006 4:24 AM

WEREALLJUSTFLOATING

I just over on whedonesque that ezydvd are going to release a tin cover editon of the Firefly Box Set, it's the same set as before with a shiny tin to cover it!! Hope this isn't too OT!

We're still flying.

That's not much.

It's enough.

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Friday, June 30, 2006 4:26 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

OR you could just have a multi-system tv and dvd player like certain coughMEcough people I know.

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Friday, June 30, 2006 4:58 AM

MAVOURNEEN

I've linked a very informative page that outlines your options (both above AND below board) on DVD regions and how to get around these pesky codes. Good Luck!

http://www.acc.umu.se/~jonta/mirror/DVD.html

-Maura

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

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Friday, June 30, 2006 5:37 PM

LADYSHELLEY

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Originally posted by Moose:
Quote:
Originally posted by LadyShelley:
There's supposed to be a "Shiny Edition" in the pipe for R1. Not sure when it's supposed to be released though. Word is, it will include a cast commentary, and deleted scenes, that's all I've heard so far.

Lady Shelley

Do you happen to have a source for that?

Just rumor mill fodder from various DVD News sites and forums, hence the "supposed to be" part.

Lady Shelley
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http://www.redhawke.org

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Friday, June 30, 2006 5:44 PM

ADAPA

http://www.regioncodefreedvd.com/dvdplayers.html

I keep thinking aobut the Pioneer for $179. the thing I can't figure out is, if it'll play HD-DVD's I don't think it will tho.

I tend to think I'll wait to buy my next DVD player when the Blue-ray vs. HD-DVD issue gets played out a bit more. But then again they do have a $69 one.

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