I’ve been waiting a while for this.
Finally. FINALLY. They are releasing Ally McBeal on DVD–in the the U.S. region. England has been taunting me from across the great blue for years, as they had the entire series out and available for purchase when I was there in 2002. When would the U.S. catch up already?
Well, they finally are. Amazon has officially posted pre-orders for two Ally McBeal box sets. Two, you ask? Yes. You can either buy the season 1 box set, or you can just jump in feet first and get the entire series.
I liked this show at its conception. It was cute and inventive. Of course, it did premiere in the ’90s, at the same time when it was “sex sells” more than the usual amount, so when it became all about the escapades in the bedroom (or say, the car wash?), I was turned off a little. But then Billy died and Robert Downey, Jr. came on the scene. And then there was Bon Jovi…
You have to admit, season 6 was good. And really, every season had its standout episode. It was great. Plus, even Hayden Panettiere made an appearance on the show. Before she was a cheerleader.
So I’ll reiterate. I’ve been wanting this for a while now. But to have to decide now whether I’ll go all the way with the series…
Here’s the issue: I’m going to want to get the entire series. But I’m one of these people that tends to need to watch the entire series in the time period allotted before returns, just in case there’s a flawed disk. And that’s a lot to watch. So maybe individual sets would work. And it wouldn’t be that much saved money.
But I know I’m going to want to get the entire series, and who knows how long it will take for them to release all six seasons individually? Granted, I don’t actually know the release dates for those sets on pre-order, so the complete series could still be a bit off.
Sigh. It’s a hard decision. I might just have to wait to see how this might recession is going–or more likely, see how these things are packaged. As I learned from my NewsRadio complete series, sometimes the packing sucks. I mean, that’s a spindle with ten disks on it. It sucks. What if Ally did that?
I’d hope they wouldn’t. There’s been such neat packaging as of late–like Gilmore Girls. That was cute. Full House looked like it might be cute, too. Perhaps that really will be a deciding factor.
Anyway, if you have suggestions, please do let me know. I’m really excited about the release, and if anything, I’ll post the dates on Twitter if I don’t do a post here. And you know, I just heard that Barry White song on the radio the other day.
You’re my first, my last, my everything.
