Space:1999 coming to DVD

[jim david]

Space:1999 is being released on DVD by New Video (a division of A&E) on January 30th, 2001. The series will be released in 4 waves with each wave containing 4 DVD's & 12 episodes.
Wave 1 - 12 episodes year one (Jan.30, 2001)
Wave 2 - 12 episodes year one (Summer 2001)
Wave 3 - 12 episodes year two (2001-2002)
Wave 4 - 12 episodes year two (2001-2002)
The DVD details are as follows:
Each episode is being remastered from the 35mm originals. The image will look better than it's original broadcast. The episodes will be uncut (of course) since many stations who originally aired the series never aired an uncut episode which sometimes made the plot confusing. The only supplement for Wave 1 will be a promo piece for each episode. Depending on how sales are, more supplements will be added to Waves 2-4. There is even talk of including the hard to find Space:1999 documentary.
For those of you not familiar with Space:1999, or only remember it bits & pieces, it is understandable, in that the series aired between 1974-1976 on independent stations around the USA and all over the world. It was the most expensive televsion series of its time with movie quality special effects that can be compared to 2001: A Space Odyssey. After first runs repeats were difficult to find since the syndication cost to air 1999 was so expensive. When the Sci-fi channel aired the series in the early 90's they cut out about 8 minutes from each episode to provide additional commercials. If you are a Sci-Fi fan, then you must check out Space:1999. It has held up amazingly well for a 70's series, and these DVD's will show it in all it's glory.

[Wesly Moore]

Woo-hoo! Can't wait!

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Wesly Moore
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They mostly come at night. Mostly.

[Taxi]

Jim, in the future, please don't post the same thread in multiple forums. This post had nothing to do with "Now Playing," so I've deleted it from there.

Thanks,

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Taxi
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