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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Everyone should watch Wiseguy regardless of their Profit-viewing status.
Unfortunately, the music rights fiasco on the DVDs has made me hesitant to get them (how can you have the climax of the Sonny Steelgrave saga WITHOUT "Knights in White Satin"!?!??!?).
Everyone should rent Wiseguy and look on the internet to find out when to put "Nights in White Satin" on their stereos.
Seriously, yeah. That's one of the biggest blunders ever in terms of music licensing problems. I've only seen through a certain point on the DVDs because there's a whole arc missing, due to music licensing difficulties.
I've only seen through a certain point on the DVDs because there's a whole arc missing, due to music licensing difficulties
Wait, they took out the episodes? That's WORSE than just dubbing in some generic music.
Of course, Wiseguy got trashed by CBS back in the day anyway - I remember a big continuity gap either during or right after the Mel Profit saga where they basically skipped a bunch of episodes or reordered them so they made no sense or something. Not QUITE as bad as Firefly where they showed the pilot last, but it was pretty frelling stupid all the same.
The way they've released the DVDs is really bizarre. They don't group them into seasons, they group them into arcs. So there's the "Sonny Steelgrave and the Mob" arc and the "Mel Profitt" arc. Fairly intuitive.
The one with Stanley Tucci and Jerry Lewis (!) is called "Prey for the City." And sometimes, if they have room left over on the last disc, they'll toss in a completely unrelated non-arc episode, sometimes from a completely different season.
I've stalled out at the "Dead Dog Records" storyline, because they haven't released those on DVD, even though the next arc has been released.
Confused yet?
Wow, that is very confusing.
They don't group them into seasons, they group them into arcs.
That almost makes sense.
And sometimes, if they have room left over on the last disc, they'll toss in a completely unrelated non-arc episode, sometimes from a completely different season.
This doesn't.
I've stalled out at the "Dead Dog Records" storyline, because they haven't released those on DVD, even though the next arc has been released.
This makes the kind of sense that is non. Meh.
I still think Roger LoCocco should have had a spin-off. Oh, Roger.
Oh my god, seriously!
Signed,
Down With the LoCocco
The arc thing totally makes sense! They're still consecutive episodes, they're just selling them in half-season sets. It's no different than the Galactica half-seasons sets, except more self-contained.
And the extra ep (that I've seen, anyway) is clearly marked as a bonus episode; they don't just throw it in like it's actually part of that season. DVDs of Magnum (shut up!) do the same thing -- throwing in an episode from a later season as a teaser. Which is how I was able to traumatize some friends by showing them the Sharon Stone 2-parter.
Down With the LoCoccoOo, let's start a rumor that Tim's new thing is the Roger LoCocco show.
And the extra ep (that I've seen, anyway) is clearly marked as a bonus episode; they don't just throw it in like it's actually part of that season.
Uh-huh. And if you're renting the DVDs and interested in watching the series in order, it's CRAZY. And "Prey for the City" is a stupid name.
But are those one-off eps also in the set for the season they belong in? I've only seen that one set, but I'm not getting why it's confusing.