The official press release for the TV-on-DVD relase of the short-lived The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles has been sent out and, while I'm all for in depth special features---this is ridiculous!
You can read the press release in its entirity at: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7945
However, here's the jist of it:
The show itself consisted of 44 episodes, most of which two parters that create a total of 22 made-for-tv-movies.
Renamed as The AdventuThere will be three volumes of the TV series, with the first featuring 7 episodes.
These 7 episodes will be spread over 12(!!!!!) discs featuring 38 in-depth documentaries that will more than overshadow the actual Indy content in terms of length.
OK, I may have been remotely inclined to buy one box set containing the entire series. To be honest, I'm not too familiar with the show, but love the Indiana Jones film series enough to give into blind-buy temptation. However, there is no way I'm going to drop my hard earned money on three volumes, regardless of how good the special features may be or how awesome that box art looks...especially when the MSRP for the first volume is $117.99!!!!
Yes, the MSRP is always higher than what a sane person will actually pay in the store (Amazon is offering it for $75.99), but still there's no way I'm going to bite. While $80 is somewhat reasonable for 12 discs worth of content--it's still too damn excessive when they could've put two movies per disc (most TV on DVD has about 4 episodes per disc) and release the entire series in one 12 disc set. There even would have been room remaining for a modest amount of special features, I imagine.
I really shouldn't be surprised--this set is being put out by Paramount, the same company that loves to violate Star Trek fans' wallets with price-gouging and redundant releases.
This is why I subscribe to Netflix--so I don't have to play your game, Paramount!
Am I overreacting? Is this show really that beloved? Did the fans demand this? Share your thoughts in the COMMENTS section.
