Dark Shadows the Begining

Hey everyone, it's been a while.  Sooo, I'm watching someone's house and hopefully will get through the first of many Dallas sets, but I went over to Best Buy and asked if Dark Shadows the Begining had been release or if there was a release date ready.  She (the clerk said no) and so it slipped my mind but now it's time to lean on you guys again.  Do you guys know when is DSTB finally being released (somewhere in 07' I hope) and is it going to be one giant set with all the first missing epsidoes or will they split them into different sets and how many?  Thanks alot.

Also if Barnabas falls down in the woods and no one is around to hear it- does he make a sound?

As of this point in time MPI is only releasing DSTB DVD sets to their DSDVD Club members. They are not available to the general public, and probably won't be for about a year--that's speculation among many 'round these parts anyway. If someone has some concrete stuff to say, I haven't heard it or I forgot about it.

As for how they'll be released, it probably won't be in ony huge set that has all the episodes. They'll do it like they are now, releasing 6 sets of about 40 episodes each (I'm not sure how many episodes will be on the last set), just like the releases with the DS episodes that have Barnabas in them.

Hope this helps.

Well it does actually.  I think...

As of this point in time MPI is only releasing DSTB DVD sets to their DSDVD Club members. They are not available to the general public, and probably won't be for about a year--that's speculation among many 'round these parts anyway. If someone has some concrete stuff to say, I haven't heard it or I forgot about it.

So we have to wait until 2008 unless we sign up?  How much do they charge to join, or is it even worth signing up?  It's just that it's one of those buy five get the sixth free clubs which is seen in the Sunday papers and I'm a bit skeptical.  A friend of mine did that and I think they got in trouble.

As for how they'll be released, it probably won't be in ony huge set that has all the episodes. They'll do it like they are now, releasing 6 sets of about 40 episodes each (I'm not sure how many episodes will be on the last set), just like the releases with the DS episodes that have Barnabas in them.

That's what I was hoping as well. 

Thanks for responding.

So we have to wait until 2008 unless we sign up?  How much do they charge to join, or is it even worth signing up?  It's just that it's one of those buy five get the sixth free clubs which is seen in the Sunday papers and I'm a bit skeptical.  A friend of mine did that and I think they got in trouble.

I broke down and joined the club.  There is no membership fee.  The collections are $54.98 each and when you buy 5 at that price the 6th is free.  So overall it works out to be about $46 per collection with free shipping.  Collections 1-5 will have 35 episodes, the 6th, 34 (up to episode 209) plus some extras IIRC)

Also if Barnabas falls down in the woods and no one is around to hear it- does he make a sound

Yes, of course, and it's no doubt some bitch-and-moan about betrayal.....

 , Rainey!    That sounds exactly like what he would do.

Barnabas: You betree'd me! 

 , Nelson!

OMG! LMAO Rainey and Nelson!

Anyway....Cloak:

I personally don't see the benefit of joining the club. I mean you get the DVD sets sooner and stuff, but I'd rather wait for them to come out to the general public. They're not that much more expensive at MPI--once you factor in the free set and free shipping, like Nelson did, but I'm a cheapo and I want to save every penny I can. Not to mention that it's a matter of principal for me. I don't want to join a club just to get access to the material or whatever. I dunno. It's hard to explain, but someone else probably feels the same way.

I personally don't see the benefit of joining the club. I mean you get the DVD sets sooner and stuff, but I'd rather wait for them to come out to the general public. They're not that much more expensive at MPI--once you factor in the free set and free shipping, like Nelson did, but I'm a cheapo and I want to save every penny I can. Not to mention that it's a matter of principal for me. I don't want to join a club just to get access to the material or whatever. I dunno. It's hard to explain, but someone else probably feels the same way.

My problem is I don't like that kind of control freak manipulation. I'd rather thumb my nose at them and wait a year than give into this kind of power play crap. I don't mind much not having the beginning right now, I'm content with having the rest of the show. Someday I may feel differently.

Alondra

Brandon and Alondra, I am a cheapo and control freak too. but I had to balance that against have seen very very few of the pre-Barn eps and my teh sad fanboy in me won out!

Brandon and Alondra, I am a cheapo and control freak too. but I had to balance that against have seen very very few of the pre-Barn eps and my teh sad fanboy in me won out!

Oh don't take what I said as a criticism. I know what it's like to not want to wait. But I think MPI is shooting themselves in the foot over this. If I ran a store and people wanted a particular item I would try to stock as many as I could and I would not try to deny anyone that product who was willing to pay for it just because they didn't belong to some nit club. They probably think the interest will be just as stong in a year as it is now, maybe it will be. In fact it probably will be. But this kind of thing just sets my teeth on edge.

Alondra

Oh don't take what I said as a criticism. I know what it's like to not want to wait. But I think MPI is shooting themselves in the foot over this. If I ran a store and people wanted a particular item I would try to stock as many as I could and I would not try to deny anyone that product who was willing to pay for it just because they didn't belong to some nit club. They probably think the interest will be just as stong in a year as it is now, maybe it will be. In fact it probably will be. But this kind of thing just sets my teeth on edge.

Oh, no, I don't take it that way at all!  In fact, ITA that MPI is shooting itself in the foot, but who knows, perhaps their marketing arm thinks they will get more return on their investment.

Might we be able to put the MPI bashing on this issue behind us? It's totally understandable that the situation with the Beginnings DVDs may not make all fans happy - but the issue has been discussed to the point that it's become like because it's simply the way things are and there's no way it's going to change... 

Apologies, MB, 'twas not my intent to