SGA - Blu Ray

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

 
I love this show so much, that I am considering buying the complete series on the newly released Blu Ray set.  So far, I've been watching the show through Netflix streaming.  While I get to see all the amazing episodes, I don't get any of the extras.  I guess what I'm hoping to find out, is if the extras are worth it.  I've found that sometimes the extras are great, and sometimes they're bogus.  What are the extras?  Are they fun to watch/good quality?  I enjoy commentaries and bloopers the most; are they included?

Btw, I think the extras are the same, no matter the format. So, even if you have regular DVDs, I'd love to know what you think of the extras.

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

Comments

[melagan.livejournal.com]

I have to admit I enjoy the commentaries a lot more than I thought I would. :)

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

I really have to be into a show to enjoy them, but that isn't a problem with this one. I can't remember the last time I fell in love with a show this intensely. Thank you for sharing your view of them. It helps.

[neevebrody.livejournal.com]

The commentaries for the first few seasons were really interesting and featured some of the actors. For Ss 4 & 5 - if memory serves - it's mostly the producers and writers and directors. Anything with Martin Wood is always entertaining, but the others are sort of dry. Still, you get a little insight into the how and what they were thinking side of things... it's just more fun with the actors. And S5 has the outtakes or gag reel and a feature on John Sheppard that I think are worth having all on their own.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the detail. I agree with being more interested in actor commentaries. I've found that in other shows. I'll keep an eye out for Martin Wood, though, and give his a try to, if I buy the series. I'm really glad to know that there is a gag reel in S5, although I wish every season had one. Still, it's good to know that. Thank you for taking the time to help me out with this decision.

Btw, love your icon.

[neevebrody.livejournal.com]

You're more than welcome! I find I don't have to "decide" as much as I have to wait on my budget. ;) I bought the regular DVDs of S1-4 but got in a snit about giving TPTB any more money during S5. I think I've gotten over that now because I can't wait to watch my favorite seasons in Blu-ray!

And the icon was done by the very talented mischief5. She does great City icons. (well, all her icons are great)

[phoenixi77.livejournal.com]

I have been thinking of buying the DVDs too. But I am confused between buying the individual season DVDs or the entire boxset. Will the extras be different?

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

They usually aren't different between individual season and the whole set. Not unless they mention an extra disk or something. Usually, it's just an incentive to buy the whole thing because it's cheaper to do it that way.

For example, I remember how upset buyers on amazon were when the complete series collection came out. People had been shelling out $25-$30 for each eleven seasons, but when the collection came out, it was only about $140 for the whole thing - almost half off the price of the individual seasons.

Okay, that was probably a lot more than you wanted to know, so I'll stop now. Good luck making your decision about this.

[phoenixi77.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your comment...

I had bought 'Friends' box set from a shop, but later I realized there was just 1 DVD for extras in the entire set. I had seen more extras in individual DVD sets. Then I had doubts if mine was fake (inspite of buying from a good shop) because of the missing extras.

But I will probably buy the boxset anyway...its cheaper

[margec01.livejournal.com]

As neevebrody said, for the first couple of seasons the extras include several audio commentaries with the actors, which is priceless. I also agree that Martin Wood is worth listening to when he does commentary. You can tell that he has admiration for the actors and understands their importance. It is incredible to me how some of the other directors can spend 41 minutes doing commentary for an episode and they almost never mention what the actors are doing.

All of the seasons have little features on various themes or parts of an episode. A couple of them are truly useless, but others are great. It is always fun to see the behind-the-scenes stuff, just to see what they were thinking when they wrote/produced the episodes.

[twinsarein.livejournal.com]

Thank you for helping me out. It's good to have neevebrody's opinion confirmed by someone else, and to know that there are several short features throughout the season. I agree that the behind-the-scenes information is almost always fascinating to learn. Thank you again.