Season 8 DVD Boycott/Petition

[chyron]

If you haven't heard, early reports indicate that the Season 8 DVD boxed set contains an edited version of the episode 'THREADS'. (Here in the US at least). Given that the episode is ONE of the critical episodes of the entire series AND that the extended version is the version aired originally on Sci-Fi, I've started a petition to notify the producers that of a boycott of the boxed set. I for one will not be buying it because of the issue. Thankfully, I didn't preorder it. (Of course, if you have you may want to return it as soon as it arrives to let the merchants know of the issue.)

http://www.petitiononline.com/SG1S8DVD/petition.html

David H

[Daniel Jackson]

I'll be buying the DVD set as I've never seen Season 8. I guess I'll never see the 63-minute cut of "Threads."

[jebus]

umm i there's minor typo:

To: Producers of Stargate SG-1

We, the undersigned, are refusing to purchase the Stargate SG-1 Season 8 DVD Boxed set on the grounds that it contains an edited version of the episode 'THREADS' (Episode #820). We ask that all subsequent boxed versions include the original edit of the episode as it aired on the Sci-Fi channel or that a separate DVD including the extended cut be made available.



Threads is epsode 818, not 820.

[chyron]

Season 8 should have just started in Syndication. Syndication is always 1 year behind.

[Lt. Colonel Ryu Gaia]

Get over it, they invented TiVo for a reason.

[chyron]

umm i there's minor typo:Threads is epsode 818, not 820.

That was per www.stargateSG1.com. When I just doubled checked, the two part'ers are being counted as singled episodes. Those being 'RECKONING' and 'MOEBIUS'.

[Madeleine]

Get over it, they invented TiVo for a reason.

Are you serious? They invented TiVo for a reason... but 'they' also invented boycotts for a reason, invented petitions for a reason...

If you're teasing, it's a good idea to use a smiley or six so that it's clear.

[jebus]

That was per www.stargateSG1.com. When I just doubled checked, the two part'ers are being counted as singled episodes. Those being 'RECKONING' and 'MOEBIUS'.

yes, but that site lists the eps in wrong order...

816: Reckoning pt. 1
817: Reckoning pt. 2
818: Threads
819: Moebius pt. 1
820: Moebius pt. 2

[Resident-Seven]

If you haven't heard, early reports indicate that the Season 8 DVD boxed set contains an edited version of the episode 'THREADS'. (Here in the US at least). Given that the episode is ONE of the critical episodes of the entire series AND that the extended version is the version aired originally on Sci-Fi, I've started a petition to notify the producers that of a boycott of the boxed set. I for one will not be buying it because of the issue. Thankfully, I didn't preorder it. (Of course, if you have you may want to return it as soon as it arrives to let the merchants know of the issue.)

http://www.petitiononline.com/SG1S8DVD/petition.html

David H

You're kidding right?

First they **** up the Australian release, by only including 5 audio commentaries (we got the long version of threads on the dvd, we only got the short version on tv though), and then this, they really dropped the ball with this boxset.

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

Just sign it

[KatG]

Get over it, they invented TiVo for a reason.

Why should we get over it? Sure I TIVO'd it, but that doesn't mean that I don't want my DVD to contain the full version that I TIVO'd, along with a commentary. If I just wanted what I TIVO'd I wouldn't buy the box set to begin with.

[chyron]

Why should we get over it? Sure I TIVO'd it, but that doesn't mean that I don't want my DVD to contain the full version that I TIVO'd, along with a commentary. If I just wanted what I TIVO'd I wouldn't buy the box set to begin with.

How did I stick my TiVo into my DVD player?

[KatG]

How did I stick my TiVo into my DVD player?

Huh?

Do you mean how do you burn DVDs from TIVO? My TIVO player has a burner as part of it.

Now my husband has our old TIVO hooked up to a computer with a tv card and DVD burner in it, which is also linked to the cable, so he burns them that way. After all, TIVO is just a computer. It interacts with other computers quite well.

And if that isn't what you were asking, then maybe it will help someone else. *shrugs*

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

Ep 7: Affinity and ep 8: Covenant are in the wrong order on the DVD set. Covenant should be first, then Affinity.

- They were the N.I.D., then "rogue elements within the N.I.D.," then "former rogue elements of the N.I.D." Eventually, they became completely disassociated from the N.I.D. and we needed a new name for them. Easier said than done, of course, because it turned out every name we thought of had been used on Alias. Eventually, we came up with the Trust -- and it wasn't until weeks later that we learned it, too, had been used on Alias. In the end, it was either stick with the Trust or go with our back-up: The Former Rogue Elements of the N.I.D. Now Working for Private Interests Bent on Global Domination. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

- And speaking of naming them: Originally, this episode was intended to air after "Covenant." As a result, Daniel (in the van scene) already knows their new name.

Link: http://gateworld.net/sg1/s8/making/807.shtml

[blueiris]

Are you serious? They invented TiVo for a reason... but 'they' also invented boycotts for a reason, invented petitions for a reason...

If you're teasing, it's a good idea to use a smiley or six so that it's clear.

You would think they made that longer version for a reason, too. Like being able to view it. Unless, of course, when it aired it came with a content warning: All contents may not be broadcast again, EVER.