Vindication
A few years ago, Hit Entertainment started bringing out the Fraggle Rock seasons on DVD box sets, and those boxes were nothing short of glorious, filled with lots of extra bits for the raging Henson fan (such as myself). And then, roughly a year ago, they went and stuck their corporate heads up their corporate asses and decreed that there would be no 4th & final season box. Instead, they released a "complete series" box set, forcing those of us who'd bought seasons 1-3 to either go without the final season, or cough up even more cash to have two sets of the first 3 seasons.
At the time, Hit did promise to make the complete series box one loaded with lots of extras, one that (and I am pretty much quoting the Email they sent back to us when Mel asked about this kerfuffle) "would honour the spirit of Jim Henson and his works."
Spoiler: it didn't. In fact, it failed. Hard.
Needless to say, the backlash from fans was impressive. No one liked the idea of having re-buy seasons 1-3, but the series box had jack-all to offer in terms of the promised extras. More to the point, it was still worth keeping the original season boxes since they had extra things that the complete series didn't include. I think the fanbase ended up being divided down the middle: half didn't buy the complete series out of protest, and the other half bought the series box if only to have the final season. Amazon's feedback on the complete series was particularly scathing: most everyone posting on it stated they were buying the box to support the show, but they despised the way Hit had done this.
I ended up falling more or less with the former crowd. I waited, partially because I despised what had happened and partially because I had no the finances to buy the $120 series box.
Today makes me happy. And here's why:
http://www.amazon.ca/Fraggle-Rock-Complete-Final-Season/dp/B002OHROA6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1253273777&sr=1-2Some days one can't help but smile. The inner Henson geek in me rejoices.
Hold on...Mel has just informed me there's nothing inner about my Henson geekery. She's also informed me that whenever Henson is involved in the conversation, I can't shut up about it. She's also informed me that yes, she rejoices with me, but my geeking is drowning out her Katamari Damacy.
I'll revel on the couch in the meantime.
Labels: Fraggle Rock and Roll
posted by Phillip at 4:25 AM
