The Marvel Animation DVD/Blu-ray News & Discussion Thread, Part 8 (Spoilers)

[James Harvey]

It's time for the 8th installment of the Official Marvel Animation DVD/Blu-ray News & Discussion Thread - the most informative Marvel Animation DVD/Blu-ray thread online! Outside of official DVD/Blu-ray talkbacks, this is the place to post all your DVD and Blu-ray news and comments! Want the latest news? Well, keep reading this thread!

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Wolverine and The X-Men: Deadly Enemies (DVD) - Now Available!
The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete First Season (DVD) - Now Available!
X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three (DVD) - September 15th, 2009
X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four (DVD) - September 15th, 2009
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The Official Marvel Animation DVD/Blu-ray News & Discussion Thread, Part 7 (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=227931)
The Official Marvel Animation DVD/Blu-ray Thread, Part 6 (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=222853)
The Official Marvel Animation DVD Thread, Part 5 (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=218924)
The Official Marvel Animation DVD Thread, Part 4 (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=210026)
The Official Marvel Animation DVD Thread, Part 3 (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=182463)
The Official Marvel Animation DVD Thread, Part 2 (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=124583)
The Official Marvel Animation DVD Thread, Part 1 (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=124580)

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[RydermanUK]

Mod Note: Discussion continued from The Official Marvel Animation DVD/Blu-ray News & Discussion Thread, Part 7 (Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=227931).
Spiderman TAS season 3:

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/MAR1014jpg.png

Release date August 5th


Looks pretty cool, even if it doesn't scream Spider-Man TAS, and at least it refers to the included episodes, unlike the X-men season 3 releases.

[Spider-Friends]

Looks pretty cool, even if it doesn't scream Spider-Man TAS, and at least it refers to the included episodes, unlike the X-men season 3 releases.

That's what I thought too. It's a pretty nice cover but if it didn't have that logo there would be nothing to specify which Spider-Man cartoon it is. It really just looks like a Spider-Man comic book cover from the 70's or 80's.

[Stu]

I'm liking that the artwork closely reflects the designs the show used. I remember being really dissapointed with some of the early R1 Buena Vista Spider-Man DVDs that were released when the movie came out.

I think we'll see Black Cat for season 4 and the Secret Wars team for season 5.

I can't believe we're so close to getting this complete show on DVD after all these years! :)

[tenderheartbear]

You make a good point Stu.

While the artwork on the Clear Vision Spider-Man releases is slowly getting further away from the animated series style*, they're a great improvement over the Buena Vista releases from a few years back. They just used that CGI style that Marvel seems to use on every packaging design these days. I'm hoping we get a Secret Wars cover for season 5.

Every time I see a new cover I get excited that these series will finally see a release here in the UK, I just hope in the US Buena Vista does you proud too. At least you're getting X-Men in 5 volumes, unlike here where it'll be something like 11!


*thankfully Spider-Woman now looks great after the design change!

[Golgo-13]

I feel somewhat hesitant in buying Spidey S3. I own every ep from season 3, from Region 1 Buena Vista. The only ep that was never officially released was the season opener 'Doctor Strange'.

[my_hero]

I'm REALLY lovin' THAT COVER!!!:D

http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/spideman/ns3.jpg

I too have the Region 1 90's Single releases, but ya can't beat havin em in a season set, with a cool cover to boot!:p

[Webbed-Wonder]

Great choice for characters to put on the cover. Nice touch seeing Daredevil up in the corner box, too.

[my_hero]

A more "Finished" version of X-MEN - Season 3, Vol. 3...

http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen7.jpg

Looks really good....But Still...It's the DARK PHOENIX SAGA episodes...(with no Phoenix on the cover..Not even in the corner box!):sad: Oh, well....

[Spider-Friends]

I'm liking that the artwork closely reflects the designs the show used. I remember being really dissapointed with some of the early R1 Buena Vista Spider-Man DVDs that were released when the movie came out.

I'm confused by what you mean by "closely reflects the designs the show used."

You're right that the early Buena Vista releases were pretty terrible. NONE of them were great or even as interesting as Liberation's worst cover. But a couple of the later Buena Vista releases look more like the designs from the show than any of the Liberation releases do.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518MPQK604L._SS500_.jpg

The Venom Saga DVD (http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Return-Green-Goblin-Animated/dp/B00006II6Q/ref=pd_cp_d_3_img) copied the designs of the show really accurately. This is the one thing I wish that Liberation's covers did as well. As it stands, I feel like they've run 25 miles of a marathon.

[tenderheartbear]

I'm confused by what you mean by "closely reflects the designs the show used."

You're right that the early Buena Vista releases were pretty terrible. NONE of them were great or even as interesting as Liberation's worst cover. But a couple of the later Buena Vista releases look more like the designs from the show than any of the Liberation releases do.

The Venom Saga DVD (http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Return-Green-Goblin-Animated/dp/B00006II6Q/ref=pd_cp_d_3_img) copied the designs of the show really accurately. This is the one thing I wish that Liberation's covers did as well. As it stands, I feel like they've run 25 miles of a marathon.

I guess it's a matter of opinion.

The Spider-Man and Venom on The Venom Saga cover look like CGI versions of the characters, like how it looks like Yoda in Episode II but not the same as Yoda in Episode V. The red/blue shadowing is missing and the blue hue is a bit off.

The characters on Season 1 are in the same style as the the animated series, but suffer the same red/blue shadowing issue on Venom and a washed out look for Spidey.

I prefer the Clear Vision releases but I'll agree that with each season, the covers are getting further and further away from the style of the series.

[andyscot]

James,

just to let you know the link ot this part 8 is broke in part 7 it relinks to part 7

[James Harvey]

James,

just to let you know the link ot this part 8 is broke in part 7 it relinks to part 7Thanks for letting me know! The broken link should now work.

Stay tuned for further updates.

[Spider-Friends]

The Spider-Man and Venom on The Venom Saga cover look like CGI versions of the characters...The characters on Season 1 are in the same style as the the animated series

I think you and Stu's choice of terminology is what is confusing me.

The Spider-Man and Venom on The Venom Saga cover are drawn REALLY closely to the animated style of the show BUT the rendering done by the colorist makes them look more three dimensional. It's the exact same thing that Disney does on their animated movie releases. They draw the line work of the characters exactly like they are in the movies then render them in coloring, making them more 3D than they possibly could in an animated movie.

The Liberation releases aren't going for animated designs AT ALL. They are comic book designs. The characters are wearing the same clothes and outfits that they wore in the cartoon, but they have feathering in their muscles and blacks are used for shading. That's called "style" not "design".

Almost nothing from the Liberation covers are from the shows they are representing. They are all from the comic books. The one exception that I can think of is the revised Spider-Woman cover. They used gray as the highlight to her hair, which is exclusive to the cartoon.

[tenderheartbear]

Thanks Spider-Friends, you make some very valid points.

To me, Venom looks like the animated Venom on both covers, one CGI, one comic book style. I guess I just prefer the comic book styling more than the 3D rendered version. I'm not keen on either Spider-Man, yet again, as I'm not a fan of 3D styling I prefer the Clear Vision version. In the same way I'm not keen on many of the new Disney Classics covers either.

Neither admitedly are completely representative of the contents, so it's down to what each of us finds more pleasing on the eye. Ultimately, there's little choice as they're UK releases, if there was a US version with a different cover I might well consider it. At the end of the day it's the episodes that count anyway, roll on season 2...

[TheVileOne]

They put Dark Phoenix on the volume 2 release even though its not the Dark Phoenix saga.

[akuma632]

Any one see a pattern for the DVD covers for the UK (Logan is on everyone)? I'm a big Wolverine fan but he is not the only member of the X-Men lol

http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen1.jpg http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen2.jpg
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen3.jpg http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen4.jpg
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmenb.jpg
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen5.jpg http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen6.jpg http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/xmen/xmen7.jpg

[Trevor]

I can't seem to find a list for asking this, because it deals with Official Marvel VHS releases, but does anyone remember how many VHS tapes Marvel and Telegenic Entertainment released on NTSC VHS in Canada (and possible the US) back in the late 90's with episodes from the 1994 Spider-Man TV series? Considering that, as of right now, it doesn't look like the 94 series is going to be released on Region 1 DVD or Region A Blu-Ray, I'd like to track down the tapes and try to find as many as I can.

So far I've been able to find out these titles:

Revenge of the Goblins
Insidious Six
Neogenic Nightmare
Tablet Of Time
The Mutant Agenda (was also re-released on DVD by Morningstar in Canada)
The Venom Saga
Secret Wars

Am I missing any titles?

Thanks for the help.

[RydermanUK]

LOL...and don't forget this...(Not Even His title!!):D
http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/images/spideman/ns2.jpg

Wolverine is the most popular x-character, sales wise it makes sense to feature him prominantly, even if the other characters do end up under used (Just like in the X-Men movies).

Also, i don't see how anyone can possibly claim that the CV covers are more representative of the shows than the old Disney volume releases ???

[Rick Jones]

I think it's to be expected. It's a miracle that he's actually in the background on a couple.

It might have been cool if each cover focused on a different team member but Wolvie equals brand recognition, I suppose. Either way, I think the last three are great covers.

[Golgo-13]

I can't seem to find a list for asking this, because it deals with Official Marvel VHS releases, but does anyone remember how many VHS tapes Marvel and Telegenic Entertainment released on NTSC VHS in Canada (and possible the US) back in the late 90's with episodes from the 1994 Spider-Man TV series? Considering that, as of right now, it doesn't look like the 94 series is going to be released on Region 1 DVD or Region A Blu-Ray, I'd like to track down the tapes and try to find as many as I can.

So far I've been able to find out these titles:

Revenge of the Goblins
Insidious Six
Neogenic Nightmare
Tablet Of Time
The Mutant Agenda (was also re-released on DVD by Morningstar in Canada)
The Venom Saga
Secret Wars

Am I missing any titles?

Thanks for the help.

As far as VHS tapes are concerned, you're missing 'The Spider Slayers' which had the two eps 'The Spider Slayers' and 'The Return of the Spider Slayers' on them along with 'Kraven the Hunter' from season 1 and 'The Return of Kraven' from season 4. These 4 eps are all on one tape. Only 5 VHS tapes were released in the US to my knowledge. I own 3 of them.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/41Q25BD28WL_SL500_AA280_.jpg

[my_hero]

Juat a quick note that local WalM*rts have the FANTASTIC FOUR - WORLD's GREATEST HEROES - Complete First Season Box Set for $19.98!;)

Look for em on an encap with ton's of other series...at reduced prices!

I have this collection and paid $39.99 when it came out!:ack:

It is really a very good show and at that price for 26 episodes + bonuses, It's well worth it! :)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ScA7fx-NL._SS500_.jpg

[James Harvey]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318) has a closer look at the cover artwork for the upcoming X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases. Click here (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318) or on the thumbnails below for a closer look.http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmen/releases/dvd/volume3/t-colors.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318) http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmen/releases/dvd/volume4/t-colors.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318)Expect more updates on these two upcoming DVD titles shortly.

[Rick Jones]

Juat a quick note that local WalM*rts have the FANTASTIC FOUR - WORLD's GREATEST HEROES - Complete First Season Box Set for $19.98!;)

Look for em on an encap with ton's of other series...at reduced prices!

I have this collection and paid $39.99 when it came out!:ack:

It is really a very good show and at that price for 26 episodes + bonuses, It's well worth it! :)

My local Wal Marts had it for $ 30 when it was released. Just looking at the packaging, which I believe was well done, and the reasonable price had me seriously contemplating it (I didn't even like the show as yet). I then managed to get it online for about $15 a month or two later though :cool:. I just hope that if Lionsgate eventually do a full season 1 release for Wolverine And The X-Men, that it's at least as good as the FF set is.

[RydermanUK]

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/10502042x.jpg

WTF?????

Not only is that the most appauling cover I've ever seen, (just who is that half a face in the corner box supposed to be?) It only has 6 episodes on it.

[Rick Jones]

Geez, that must be the fittest Doc Ock ever. I think the half face looks like Norman Osborn.

[Spider-Friends]

Wow. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give that drawing a negative 2. Doc Ock is AWFUL.

Even though they changed the logo by putting the webs in it, I kind of like it.

[Golgo-13]

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/10502042x.jpg

WTF?????

Not only is that the most appauling cover I've ever seen, (just who is that half a face in the corner box supposed to be?) It only has 6 episodes on it.

I take it this is '67 Spidey...where'd you find this?

[tenderheartbear]

Dear God, that cover is awful.

The original one shown on Play and Amazon was great, an updated image of Spidey swinging from the credit sequence of the show. The logo was great too, although the added web effect in this new one is fine too.

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/tenderheartjedi/spidey67.jpg

Original Liberation design

More to the point, if it really is season 1 volume 1 then it'll be another no sale from me. I'm supporting complete seasons or series of 90's Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and Silver Surfer. But I will not now, or ever support the part season versions of Clear Vision's Fantastic Four (Liberation's were seasons), X-Men and now Spider-Man '67. Full seasons or nothing at all I'm afraid.

[RydermanUK]

I take it this is '67 Spidey...where'd you find this?

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/10502042/Original-Spider-Man-Season-1-Vol-1/Product.html

[tenderheartbear]

I take it this is '67 Spidey...where'd you find this?

http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/index.htm at a guess.

I fail to understand the logic behind some of these releases. X-Men, fair enough. It's a massive cash cow for Clear Vision, so splitting it in to as many releases probably makes sense. 11 or 12 x £12.99 is a lot more than 5 x £17.99*

Why though, is 90's Spider-Man released as season sets (CV please note, do not get any ideas!) and not cut in half like everything else? Especially now that Spider-Man '67 is getting crucified in this way. Honestly, I'll order the R1 if this really happens.

A lot of us in R2 want to support the CV releases, but this rediculous strategy is making it very hard to do so.

R1 X-Men = 5 volumes
R2 X-Men = 11-12 volumes**

R1 '67 Spider-Man = 1 volume
R2 '67 Spider-Man = 5-6 volumes**

R2 Liberation FF = 2 volumes
R2 CV FF = 4 volumes


*at rough HMV prices.
**at a guess, give or take 1 or 2 either way.

[cram]

http://www.marctelcs.com/pics/03_60s.jpg

Isn't that bad compared to how the show looks:

http://www.marctelcs.com/pics/01_60s.jpg
http://www.marctelcs.com/pics/02_60s.jpg

[Spider-Friends]

Isn't that bad compared to how the show looks:

I don't think they deserve a pass because the show looked like crap. If someone draws Doc Ock with muscles like that it means they don't know or get the character. Not to mention the awkward pose he is in.

The more I look at it, Spidey isn't bad. He just doesn't do ANYTHING to remind me of the show. It's yet another generic Spider-Man for these covers. Apparently they are going to do nothing to differentiate between the designs of the various Spider-Man cartoons.

That Peter Parker head may be the worst sin though. NOBODY would guess that is Peter Parker without the Spider-Man mask.
http://spider-friends.com/peter.jpg

[tenderheartbear]

Isn't that bad compared to how the show looks

That's not the point. It's ironic, I was defending the CV releases of 90's Spider-Man because although the covers didn't exactly look like the style of the contents, they weren't 100% off. This is.

There are basically no similarities in style between the cover and the show. Only Doctor Octopus in purple gives it away that it's not the 80's show (which I originally thought it was) or the 90's show.

Either way, the Liberation release was going to be Complete Season 1 with 3 discs, at about £19.99*. So we can assume this will be 3 volumes at around £12.99*.

*shop prices, online will be lower for both so the difference will remain the same.

[Jon T]

It's yet another generic Spider-Man for these covers. Apparently they are going to do nothing to differentiate between the designs of the various Spider-Man cartoons.

Since there's been so much discussion on this for quite a while, with both the defunct Liberation and present Uk licensee Clear Vision undoubtedly aware of how confusing these covers can be, I can only now assume that this strategy is entirely deliberate. As in, they want to confuse the issue so that some people/parents might pick up some of these releases just in case it's the version they liked.

[Rick Jones]

Personally the Spidey on the cover ain't half bad, kinda Ditko-ish imho. Doc Ock on roids is pretty funny to see though. Outside of that and the half-face that looks like Norman Osborn to me, I think it would be a decent looking cover.

[tenderheartbear]

I'm inclined to agree with Jon-T, I think it highly likely Clear vision are making a conserted effort to make their covers all look alike for just such a reason.

In response to Rick Jones, yes, it's a nice cover there's no denying that. The colours are more vibrant than those on the 90's releases. Overall, I'm quite a fan of the style in general. It's just stunningly inappropriate for the contents.

Either way, split seasons = no sale.

[RydermanUK]

the Liberation release was going to be Complete Season 1 with 3 discs, at about £19.99*. So we can assume this will be 3 volumes at around £12.99*.


Season 1 has (I beleive) 22 X 20 minute shows in it, so it looks like it's 4 volumes and not 3.

Back to the cover, the layout is fine, Spidey (even though he's generic) is fine, the BG is fine, but that Doc Ock and the corner box just make the whole thing suck.

If that layout was kept, and Spidey was tweaked to remove the weblines from his costume and the blue was boosted, and Doc Ock and the cornerbox were COMPLETELY redrawn to reflect the stylised look of the show, the cover would look fine.

[Danzigg]

I don't think they deserve a pass because the show looked like crap. If someone draws Doc Ock with muscles like that it means they don't know or get the character. Not to mention the awkward pose he is in.

The more I look at it, Spidey isn't bad. He just doesn't do ANYTHING to remind me of the show. It's yet another generic Spider-Man for these covers. Apparently they are going to do nothing to differentiate between the designs of the various Spider-Man cartoons.

That Peter Parker head may be the worst sin though. NOBODY would guess that is Peter Parker without the Spider-Man mask.
http://spider-friends.com/peter.jpg

Whaaaaat Norman Osbon is spidey well thats a shocker!:D

Seriously though it's okayish but it could be better, especially as people have seen what was proposed cover art for the complete 1st season, also 6 episodes! how long were they anyway (short dvd methinks) talk about milking the fans for all there worth! Disapointing.

[Golgo-13]

Season 1 has (I beleive) 22 X 20 minute shows in it, so it looks like it's 4 volumes and not 3.

Back to the cover, the layout is fine, Spidey (even though he's generic) is fine, the BG is fine, but that Doc Ock and the corner box just make the whole thing suck.

If that layout was kept, and Spidey was tweaked to remove the weblines from his costume and the blue was boosted, and Doc Ock and the cornerbox were COMPLETELY redrawn to reflect the stylised look of the show, the cover would look fine.

Agreed with what needs to change about the cover.

I dunno..with this not being released until mid-august, maybe there's time to tweek it....?

[akuma632]

Original Spider-Man (1967) [Clear Vision]
s1-v1 / episodes: 1-6
http://images.play.com/covers/10502042x.jpg

Spider-Man '67 [Liberation]
season 1 / eps 1-20
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk294/tenderheartjedi/spidey67.jpg

Spider-Man '67 Collection [R1]
52 eps
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615K78KHC7L._SS500_.jpg
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/f8/0c/889a53a09da0683816ae5110.L.jpg

Not a big fan of the Clear Vision DVD cover. The Doc Ock is a bad really bad (even if that's how he looked in the show, any of the villains on the back of the R1 cover would have made a better choice). The Peter Parker on the side looks like Norman Osborn to me as well (they should have put some more like the JJ Jameson or King Pin). As far as the volume 1-6 eps deal, I feel kinda ripped off. The Liberation DVD was a full season and the R1 was a complete collection.

[tenderheartbear]

I dunno..with this not being released until mid-august, maybe there's time to tweek it....?

Unless by tweaking, it means Season 1, rather than episodes 1-6 then no amount of tweaking will be worth it.

Where every other show gets season releases, Clear Vision seems to be taking a serious step backwards.

[Golgo-13]

Unless by tweaking, it means Season 1, rather than episodes 1-6 then no amount of tweaking will be worth it.

Where every other show gets season releases, Clear Vision seems to be taking a serious step backwards.

Yeah, i hear ya.

Maybe it's a rights issue. Maybe they only have the rights to release a certain amount of eps for this series at a time..? It's not like the series is completely un-availbale anywhere. I bought the entire series a fews back from Amazon. Maybe that has something to do with it? I dunno i'm just speculating because it doesn't make sense for them to go the route they're going, especially since 1995 Spiderman is being released as a whole season.

As far as the 6 episodes they're releasing; i assume they releasing them as pairs. In other word, episode 1 would consist of the eps 'The Power of Dr.Octopus' AND 'Subzero for Spidey', so in actuality we'd be getting 12 eps total on the first release. I personally am not buying it 'cause i'm quite content with the box set that i own.....i'd advise everyone to buy the box sets from Amazon and leave this 'waste of money' alone.

[Danzigg]

Also you have the Spider-Man '67 S1 V1 at £9.99(6 episodes) and the complete 1st season of Spider-Man at £12.99(13 episodes 2 discs) what's with that CV?

[akuma632]

New Spiderman 1995 - Season 2, Volumes 1 & 2 [DVD]
http://images.play.com/covers/9553927m.jpg
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spiderman-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002BF42VK/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1245881120&sr=1-8
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9553927/-/Product.html?source=9316

This title will be released on August 3, 2009 ?!?!?!?!!?!? What happened to the July 20, 2009 release date?????

To Be Released on July 20, 2009:
Spider-Woman 1979 Complete Series [DVD]
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 2 [DVD]
Fantastic Four 1995 - Season 2, Volume 2 [DVD]

To Be Released on August 17, 2009:
New Spider-Man 1994: Season 3 - Vol. 1 & 2 (2 Discs)
X-Men: Season 3 - Vol. 3
Original Spider-Man: Season 1 - Vol. 1

[Golgo-13]

New Spiderman 1995 - Season 2, Volumes 1 & 2 [DVD]
http://images.play.com/covers/9553927m.jpg
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spiderman-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002BF42VK/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1245881120&sr=1-8
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9553927/-/Product.html?source=9316

This title will be released on August 3, 2009 ?!?!?!?!!?!? What happened to the July 20, 2009 release date?????

To Be Released on July 20, 2009:
Spider-Woman 1979 Complete Series [DVD]
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 2 [DVD]
Fantastic Four 1995 - Season 2, Volume 2 [DVD]

To Be Released on August 17, 2009:
New Spider-Man 1994: Season 3 - Vol. 1 & 2 (2 Discs)
X-Men: Season 3 - Vol. 3
Original Spider-Man: Season 1 - Vol. 1

Yeah, i got a message from Amazon too they they pushed the release date back on 1995 Spidey Season 2 also.

I can't understand why Amazon is getting these dvds weeks and weeks after they're actually released by Clear vision instead of around the same time.:confused:

[RydermanUK]

http://images.play.com/covers/10502042x.jpg

MY OPINION & SUGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THIS COVER:

Changes needed to be made:

1.) The word "Original" should be taken out of the title and maybe added at the bottom..aka: ORIGINAL 1967 Series - Season1 - Volume 1...As the title was always simply "SPIDER-MAN"
2.) Doc Ock. needs to be re-drawn to look less shorter and much stockier and not look like he is on steroids!
3.) Spidey need to have the webbing removed for part of his costume to reflect the cartoon series...otherwise this DVD series will get confused with the 90's version!
4.) The webbing that's withing the title logo isn't that appealing..should be removed and put in the background.
5.) Spidey colors need to be darker to reflect the show..aka red redder & blue bluer..
6.) The pic in the corner box needs to go...don't know if that's suppose to be Peter Parker of Norman Osborn, but it looks kinda bad..

Finally....
The layout and idea of the cover is very good...just needs some tweaking to make it look awesome...

Just saying my 2 cents in it...;)


Say, My Hero, Do you ever actually read the previous posts before posting your own comments?

[my_hero]

Say, My Hero, Do you ever actually read the previous posts before posting your own comments?

Why no Mr. RYDER ...MATE...i just look at the pictures...:p

It's all good though...

MY APOLOGIES ...

NEXT TIME I'll just say..

"AGREED"

[James Harvey]

A small update. A representative for Buena Vista Home Entertainment informed Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net) that the street date for the upcoming X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases has been moved back up to September 15th, 2009. Stay tuned for further updates.

[Spider-Friends]

Since there's been so much discussion on this for quite a while, with both the defunct Liberation and present Uk licensee Clear Vision undoubtedly aware of how confusing these covers can be, I can only now assume that this strategy is entirely deliberate. As in, they want to confuse the issue so that some people/parents might pick up some of these releases just in case it's the version they liked.

My contact at Liberation and I specifically discussed the cover art of the first release of the 1996 Incredible Hulk cartoon. I asked him why the Hulk on the cover didn't look like he did in that cartoon. He said they wanted something that "didn't alienate the film fans." (Which is baffling because that would mean that they don't mind alienating the fans of the cartoon they are buying!) So they are deliberately going for a generalized look for each character. And you may be right, they may want people who bought the 1994 Spider-Man cartoon to slip up and buy the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon. But that's a catch-22 because they may lose sales to the people who don't recognize the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon when they DO want it.

[Dayspring]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318) has a closer look at the cover artwork for the upcoming X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases. Click here (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318) or on the thumbnails below for a closer look.http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmen/releases/dvd/volume3/t-colors.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318) http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmen/releases/dvd/volume4/t-colors.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=318)Expect more updates on these two upcoming DVD titles shortly.
WOW. Whoever did the colouring on these two deserves an award. Those are absolutely beautiful, and look ..."epic" compared to the pre-coloured versions.

I wonder why they're splitting up the second half of the series over 3 volumes instead of 2, though. That makes for a max of 13 episodes per volume.

[joltman]

Amazon now has the runtimes for X-Men Volume 3 and 4. I looked at the runtimes for Volume 1 and 2 and divided it by the number of episodes, and each time it was 23 exactly, so here's the runtimes and how many episodes will be on each:
Volume 3 - 345 min (15 episodes)
Volume 4 - 322 min (14 episodes)
It's yet to be seen if they will be production order or airdate order. If it's prod order, then Volume 3 will be through Sanctuary part two and Volume 4 will be through Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas. If it's by airdate, V3 will be through Courage and V4 will be through Family Ties. Either way, it leaves 14 episodes for Volume 5.

EDIT: I just realized, V4 says it includes Beyond Good and Evil, but that would only happen if it followed airdate order, not production order. So, I'm going to bet they are going to be by airdate order.

[Jonny Modlin]

are there going to be special features in x-men volumes 3 and 4 on dvd and also along with volume 5.

JOnny

[RydermanUK]

Just had 10 minutes with nothing to do so I thought I'd redo the Spidey 67 cornerbox, It's a little basic considering I was just messing around but I still think it looks better than the original.

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/SM67Cornerbox-original.jpg


http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/SM67Cornerbox.jpg

[Spider-Friends]

RydermanUK,
That is absolutely friggin' perfect!

But Clearvision would hate it because you made it look like the show. :)

[RydermanUK]

RydermanUK,
That is absolutely friggin' perfect!

But Clearvision would hate it because you made it look like the show. :)


I just don't see what their problem is, I mean just look at the covers for the Batman TAS, Superman TAS and Justice League, they are excellent and above all on model, and I can't imagine that they have affected sales adversely.
At least Warner has more sense than to put out a Batman Tas set with artwork resembling a 1970s comic book on the front.

[my_hero]

Good job! That would be perfect!

[tenderheartbear]

I just don't see what their problem is, I mean just look at the covers for the Batman TAS, Superman TAS and Justice League, they are excellent and above all on model, and I can't imagine that they have affected sales adversely.
At least Warner has more sense than to put out a Batman Tas set with artwork resembling a 1970s comic book on the front.

First off, I love your corner box design.

Secondly, Warner isn't afraid to market each of their releases for what they are. B:TAS has appropriate artwork*, as does Superman* Justice League* The Zeta Project* and so on.

There not even afraid to have the correct models* on their Super-Friends releases, including featuring the much reviled Zan and Jayna and even Gleek appearing on the boxart.


*more or less.

[Spider-Friends]

At least Warner has more sense than to put out a Batman Tas set with artwork resembling a 1970s comic book on the front.

You just aren't getting it are you, Ryderman? Can't you see how the image on the left would have sold COUNTLESS more copies than the image on the right? Warner doesn't know what they are doing. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic.)

http://spider-friends.com/BATMANTAS.jpg

Funny thing is, if Warner had done a cover with the "wrong" Batman on the cover of a BATMAN:TAS DVD, I can guarantee you that a lot of fans WOULD NOT have bought it out of spite. Yet with these Marvel DVDs there seem to be a lot of fans saying, "Sure, the covers are wrong...but I'm JUST SO GLAD TO FINALLY HAVE THE SHOWS ON DVD!!!" The shows weren't on DVD for so long that everyone is being forgiving of almost everything.

[TheVileOne]

Spider-Friends, I will not forgive these atrocities in disc form, and Disney will not get a cent of my money for them.

[Spider-Friends]

Spider-Friends, I will not forgive these atrocities in disc form, and Disney will not get a cent of my money for them.

I consider Disney's X-Men releases to be more flawed than Clearvision's releases because we now know that Disney is making a ton of money off of X-Men. Since it sold almost twice as well as they expected it, there had better be Special Features on volume 5 at least. And above all else, the interlacing problem had better be fixed.

Hate to say it but I'm in the same boat with most of the other fans. I couldn't turn down the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends release from Liberation. I still think the cover art on it was the worst of any of the UK releases. And the over-contrast on the episodes was really inexcusable the more I think about it. But I bent over and took it because I'm a sucker like the other fans. I admire your strength!

[tenderheartbear]

I'm not convinced that people wouldn't buy Batman: TAS if it had the wrong cover, sure we'd moan about it and be disgruntled every time we picked it off of our shelves, but we would have still purchased it.

What Clear Vision are doing is more comparable to Warner's LoSH and Batman: TBatB releases. Splitting seasons across 3 releases when 1 would have done.

Sure, I'm disappointed that Spider-Man '67 had an unreprestentative cover (even if I do like it in its own right) but that's not what's stopping me from buying it. I don't want to a) spend that kind of money, b) concern they might not make it to the end, and c) I don't want a shelf with 10* volumes of Spider-Man, or X-Men or Fantastic Four for that matter when complete season sets would be less than half that amount.

A nice set of 5 Spider-Man: TAS volumes on my shelf appeals to me, 10 half season sets wouldn't have and I wouldn't be buying them.


*approx figure.

[Spider-Friends]

I'm not convinced that people wouldn't buy Batman: TAS if it had the wrong cover

Don't get me wrong. (I'm not talking about people in general.) It still would have sold like crazy. But a lot more fans would be upset with it than seem to be getting upset about the Marvel releases.

[akuma632]

Just had 10 minutes with nothing to do so I thought I'd redo the Spidey 67 cornerbox, It's a little basic considering I was just messing around but I still think it looks better than the original.

http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/SM67Cornerbox-original.jpg


http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/ryderman/SM67Cornerbox.jpg


LOL Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Danzigg]

The question is now, will CV do a U turn and change the art, ala Spider-Woman?

[Bat-Fan Beyond]

You just aren't getting it are you, Ryderman? Can't you see how the image on the left would have sold COUNTLESS more copies than the image on the right? Warner doesn't know what they are doing. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic.)

http://spider-friends.com/BATMANTAS.jpg

Funny thing is, if Warner had done a cover with the "wrong" Batman on the cover of a BATMAN:TAS DVD, I can guarantee you that a lot of fans WOULD NOT have bought it out of spite. Yet with these Marvel DVDs there seem to be a lot of fans saying, "Sure, the covers are wrong...but I'm JUST SO GLAD TO FINALLY HAVE THE SHOWS ON DVD!!!" The shows weren't on DVD for so long that everyone is being forgiving of almost everything.

Pretty cool. But because I know better, I would not buy the DVD on the left with the "wrong" Batman on it -- mostly because it does not represent the show or the design of the character as he's interpreted in the show.

BUT, if I had been living under a rock for the last 17 or so years, and had never seen the show, but I still knew who Batman was and I still had some sense of artistic taste, I would not hesitate to snatch up that DVD with the cool Neal Adams artwork on the cover before buying the one with the Bruce Timm artwork. Of course, once I got home and viewed it, I'd realize I was mislead.


And it's not that I don't like Bruce Timm (heck, I love the guy), but if Neal Adams' art style could faithfully be animated, I'd kill to see it.

[Spider-Friends]

BUT, if I had been living under a rock for the last 17 or so years, and had never seen the show, but I still knew who Batman was and I still had some sense of artistic taste, I would not hesitate to snatch up that DVD with the cool Neal Adams artwork on the cover before buying the one with the Bruce Timm artwork.

Perhaps an unfortunate choice of an artist for me to make my point then. The Clearvision artists aren't Neal Adams though. Great art will make me give cover art a pass. Disney's X-Men DVDs have such good cover art that I don't mind as much that they aren't "on model". Either way, I'd prefer everything to be "on model".

Of course, once I got home and viewed it, I'd realize I was mislead.Which is exactly what I think these Clearvision do.

[cram]

OK I started out by saying the cover for the spider-man season 1 vol1 (classic) dvd wasn't that bad. But I can understand that people would rather have covers similar to the actual show. So I just tried to take some pictures from the actual show and see how that could turn into a cover. Here some examples. Don't know if the description '1967-1970' is correct, but I think this is when the showed aired. Dont know if those would sell better, but I assume they are more true to the show itself?


http://marctelcs.com/pics/spider01.jpg

http://marctelcs.com/pics/spider02.jpg

http://marctelcs.com/pics/spider03.jpg

[Jonny Modlin]

Are they going to put special features of interviews and Pryde of the X-men in X-Men Volume 5 dvd?

Jonny

[Golgo-13]

OK I started out by saying the cover for the spider-man season 1 vol1 (classic) dvd wasn't that bad. But I can understand that people would rather have covers similar to the actual show. So I just tried to take some pictures from the actual show and see how that could turn into a cover. Here some examples. Don't know if the description '1967-1970' is correct, but I think this is when the showed aired. Dont know if those would sell better, but I assume they are more true to the show itself?


http://marctelcs.com/pics/spider01.jpg

http://marctelcs.com/pics/spider02.jpg

http://marctelcs.com/pics/spider03.jpg

Pretty good. I like the first one the best.

The more i think about the cover issue, the more i understand peoples gripe. A non-fan wouldn't really be able to tell which series of Spidey this is. It makes it hard, especially if someone is buying this as a gift for another person to know what is what.

[TheVileOne]

Are they going to put special features of interviews and Pryde of the X-men in X-Men Volume 5 dvd?

Jonny

I'd venture to say no based off the earlier volumes.

[Rick Jones]

Looking at how many episodes Spider-Man had, it will be pretty weird if Clear Vision really goes ahead with stretching the releases like that. No one in their right mind will collect all of those. Now that I think about it, I guess I can say the same for X-Men. These are big and very complete series. There really shouldn't be any releases with less than 12 or 13 episodes.

[Trevor]

As far as VHS tapes are concerned, you're missing 'The Spider Slayers' which had the two eps 'The Spider Slayers' and 'The Return of the Spider Slayers' on them along with 'Kraven the Hunter' from season 1 and 'The Return of Kraven' from season 4. These 4 eps are all on one tape. Only 5 VHS tapes were released in the US to my knowledge. I own 3 of them.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/41Q25BD28WL_SL500_AA280_.jpg

Oh yeah, I forgot that VHS. But I seem to remember that there were like 10 VHS tapes released in the late 90's for the series here in Canada. I've got 5 of the tapes, and I know of the others that I listed, but I'm trying to find out if there were actually 10 released or what the total was.

But, I must say that thanks to the VHS tapes "Insidious Six, Tablet of Time & Neogenic Nightmare", and transferring them to DVD for my own use, and the Morninstar DVD release of the "Mutant Agenda" VHS, I've got the entire Second Season of the Series on DVD in really good quality (Telegenic did a good thing when they released the VHS tapes by recording the content onto the VHS tape using the SP mode and not LP or EP).

But I also know that back in 2002 Disney released a couple of 90's Spider-Man VHS tapes around the same time as the DVD release of "Ultimate Villian Showdown", one of which, "The Hobgoblin" has been reissued by Morningstar, here in Canada. Did Disney just release one VHS at the time, or did they release a few other ones?

[my_hero]

I just received 4 MARVEL CLEAR VISION DVD's today...

X-MEN - Season 1, Vol. 1
SILVER SURFER - Complete Season
SPIDER-MAN (90's) - Complete Season 1
FANTASTIC FOUR - Season 2, Vol. 1

They are all really great just have a question about the SPIDER-MAN - season 1 set.. people on AMAZON UK are reporting that the set they got has a slipcase....Does that mean the slipcase aka same cover and you remove from the top or bottom or the kind that comes out the side aka SPIDER-MAN & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS BOXED SET, HULK 80's etc...? The one I got is the paper sleeve you remove from top or bottom like all the Clear Vision ones out so far...

The reason I ask is that this reviewer say that "Unlike those, this one also has a slipcase"...


AMAZON UK Review :
"The set itself is well presented, although the artwork is a little cheap, and clearly done in a way as to mimic the style of the 90s series. Anyone who has the recent X-Men Season releases will be familiar with this. Unlike those, this one also has a slipcase. A booklet with episode synopses is also included...."

[tenderheartbear]

To My_Hero,

The confusion is in the review. All Clear Vision Marvel releases have the 'O' ring style packaging, that's the thin cardboard sleve which slides out top and bottom.

My guess is that the reviewer had the original Liberation X-Men releases which didn't have any cardboard sleve. When CV reissued them, an 'O' ring was added and the 'The' removed from the spine title.

Liberation releases with cardboard sleeves (remove at side)...

Spider-Man &HAF Complete Season 1
Spider-Man &HAF Complete Season 2 & 3
Spider-Man &HAF Complete boxset
Fantastic Four Complete Season 1
Fantastic Four Complete Season 2
Fantastic Four Complete boxset
The Incredible Hulk 1966
The Incredible Hulk 1982
(The) X-Men Complete Season 1 & 2

Without cardboard sleeves...

(The) X-Men Season 1 Volume 1
(The) X-Men Season 1 Volume 2
(The) X-Men Season 2 Volume 1
(The) X-Men Season 2 Volume 2
The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Volume 1
The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Volume 2

All Clear Vision releases have 'O' ring packaging.

[my_hero]

To My_Hero,

The confusion is in the review. All Clear Vision Marvel releases have the 'O' ring style packaging, that's the thin cardboard sleve which slides out top and bottom.

My guess is that the reviewer had the original Liberation X-Men releases which didn't have any cardboard sleve. When CV reissued them, an 'O' ring was added and the 'The' removed from the spine title.

Liberation releases with cardboard sleeves (remove at side)...

Spider-Man &HAF Complete Season 1
Spider-Man &HAF Complete Season 2 & 3
Spider-Man &HAF Complete boxset
Fantastic Four Complete Season 1
Fantastic Four Complete Season 2
Fantastic Four Complete boxset
The Incredible Hulk 1966
The Incredible Hulk 1982
(The) X-Men Complete Season 1 & 2

Without cardboard sleeves...

(The) X-Men Season 1 Volume 1
(The) X-Men Season 1 Volume 2
(The) X-Men Season 2 Volume 1
(The) X-Men Season 2 Volume 2
The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Volume 1
The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Volume 2

All Clear Vision releases have 'O' ring packaging.

THANK FOR CLEARING THAT UP!!! ;)
I was wondering if by "SLIPCASE" he ment like the older liberation ones...

Thanks again..

[Spider-Friends]

http://marctelcs.com/pics/spider02.jpg

Excellent job on these! I wish ClearVision would take the same approach: just find a well drawn, iconic screen capture from the show then clean it up for the cover. The only other option I would like to see is a full body shot of this one:
http://www.spider-friends.com/67spidey.jpg

That one would need A LOT of clean up though, since it is a pretty bad drawing. This is one of the most memorable shots from the show to me...but the pic you chose shows Spidey off better.

[Danzigg]

Now then this is intersting
http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/original-spider-man-season-1-volume-1-dvd.html

As you can see this is the listing for the volume 1 of the Original Spider-Man you can see what episodes are included.

What is more intersting is that the corner art is missing, and it states ahem "Temporary Artwork"? was my prediction of a U turn by CV on the mark?

Hope they or prawsoda have not taken offence at our comments it's only because we love this series so much.

[Spider-Friends]

What is more intersting is that the corner art is missing, and it states ahem "Temporary Artwork"? was my prediction of a U turn by CV on the mark?

Fingers crossed.

[RydermanUK]

Now then this is intersting
http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/original-spider-man-season-1-volume-1-dvd.html

As you can see this is the listing for the volume 1 of the Original Spider-Man you can see what episodes are included.

What is more intersting is that the corner art is missing, and it states ahem "Temporary Artwork"? was my prediction of a U turn by CV on the mark?

Hope they or prawsoda have not taken offence at our comments it's only because we love this series so much.

Personally I couldn't give a damn if CV have taken offence, personally I take offence at the quality of the artwork (ahem!) that we are being stuck with.

[Danzigg]

Personally I couldn't give a damn if CV have taken offence, personally I take offence at the quality of the artwork (ahem!) that we are being stuck with.

It's possible they may be gauging feedback for potential artwork here, after all CV want this to be a big seller(and so do we all), as long as it's constructive critisim I think it's fine every one has the best intentions for CV support to release these titles. It would be interesting to have a Q & A with CV, as we all have (myself included) questions about the future titles. I'm just not trying to forget that CV have picked up the batton from Lib Ent and are doing there best to satisfy the fans.

[Jon T]

I currently have the R1 set. Is there any advantage to the R2 releases as pertaining to the first season, or only for the second season?

The only notable difference between the US and UK releases of the 90s FF season one is that the US release has the latter-day TV guidance ratings burnt into the image, whereas the UK versions feature the original unobscured footage.

[Spider-Friends]

I'm just not trying to forget that CV have picked up the batton from Lib Ent and are doing there best to satisfy the fans.

Don't paint it too rosy. They picked up the rights to a highly sought after license. Liberation's UK branch was going down with or without the Marvel titles. Clearvision didn't get the rights to help us. They got the rights so they could make money.

I like that Clearvision seems to be listening to us though. If they could just open their ears a little more, that would be great.

[Golgo-13]

Now then this is intersting
http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/original-spider-man-season-1-volume-1-dvd.html

As you can see this is the listing for the volume 1 of the Original Spider-Man you can see what episodes are included.

What is more intersting is that the corner art is missing, and it states ahem "Temporary Artwork"? was my prediction of a U turn by CV on the mark?

Hope they or prawsoda have not taken offence at our comments it's only because we love this series so much.

We are the main ones that will buying this series (the fans). The general public and the newer generation probably have never seen this series, nor do they care to. If they do it'll be only to partake in a bit of nostalgia as they have Spidey:TAS and Spectacular Spidey to contend with. Clear Vision should want to make us happy, if they wish us to make them happy ala spending our money on these releases.

[akuma632]

I finally got my box from Amazon UK that I had ordered with Spider-Man 90s - Season 1, Silver Surfer 90s - The Complete Series, Iron Man 90s - The Complete Series. I had to have Spider-Man TAS, never got to see Silver Surfer's show and picked up Iron Man for good measure.

Well when I opened the DVD case for Iron Man I found a shocking surprise. Not only did one of the DVDs release during shipping but I had two disc 3's (aka disc C)!!!!!! I checked the DVDs in my player hoping it was a mis-print and I had disc 2 (aka disc B) and it was labeled wrong, but no dice :( I live in the US so its going to take a while to fix all this up with Amazon I fear.

BTW for Iron Man 1990s, I had heard people had problems with one of the dics or episodes ? Can some one please refresh me on what the problem was????

[Golgo-13]

I finally got my box from Amazon UK that I had ordered with Spider-Man 90s - Season 1, Silver Surfer 90s - The Complete Series, Iron Man 90s - The Complete Series. I had to have Spider-Man TAS, never got to see Silver Surfer's show and picked up Iron Man for good measure.

Well when I opened the DVD case for Iron Man I found a shocking surprise. Not only did one of the DVDs release during shipping but I had two disc 3's (aka disc C)!!!!!! I checked the DVDs in my player hoping it was a mis-print and I had disc 2 (aka disc B) and it was labeled wrong, but no dice :( I live in the US so its going to take a while to fix all this up with Amazon I fear.

BTW for Iron Man 1990s, I had heard people had problems with one of the dics or episodes ? Can some one please refresh me on what the problem was????

I'm still waiting on my SpiderMan:TAS and Silver Surfer shipment from Amazon. I pre-ordered it and it said it was dispatched on the 20th.....i live in the USA too, and usually when i get things from Amazon.uk.co i get them within about 5 days. Hope mine comes in tomorrow.

[Rick Jones]

I'm still waiting on my SpiderMan:TAS and Silver Surfer shipment from Amazon. I pre-ordered it and it said it was dispatched on the 20th.....i live in the USA too, and usually when i get things from Amazon.uk.co i get them within about 5 days. Hope mine comes in tomorrow.
Wow, 5 days ? Lucky. Mines usually felt somewhere between 2 to 3 weeks.

[akuma632]

FYI Here are some new links to Amazon UK

To Be Released on July 20, 2009:
Spider-Woman 1979 Complete Series [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Woman-1979-Complete-Series-DVD/dp/B002BF42VU/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059685&sr=1-13)
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-2-DVD/dp/B002BF51AQ/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059685&sr=1-18)
Fantastic Four 1995 - Season 2, Volume 2 [DVD]
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fantastic-Four-1995-Season-DVD/dp/B002BF42W4/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059685&sr=1-15)
To Be Released on August 3, 2009:
New Spider-Man 1995 - Season 2, Volumes 1 & 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spider-Man-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002BF42VK/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-12)

To Be Released on August 17, 2009:
New Spider-Man 1994: Season 3 - Vol. 1 & 2 (2 Discs) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spider-Man-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002EIMQTY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-5)
X-Men: Season 3 - Vol. 3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-DVD/dp/B002EIMQTO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-4)
Original Spider-Man: Season 1 - Vol. 1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Spider-Man-Season-DVD/dp/B002EIMQU8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-3)

[tenderheartbear]

I still don't care what tinkering CV do to the cover.

Unless I see it say complete season 1 there's no way I'll be buying it.

[my_hero]

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN-COMPLETE SEASON 1 Comming!!!!!!!!

LIMITED EDITION! (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wolverine-X-Men-Season-1-Steelbook-Canada/12196)

SteelBook Box Set...

CANADA ONLY...

It's SOOO gonna be mine!

Amazon.Ca anyone?..:)

[Golgo-13]

FYI Here are some new links to Amazon UK

To Be Released on July 20, 2009:
Spider-Woman 1979 Complete Series [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Woman-1979-Complete-Series-DVD/dp/B002BF42VU/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059685&sr=1-13)
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-2-DVD/dp/B002BF51AQ/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059685&sr=1-18)
Fantastic Four 1995 - Season 2, Volume 2 [DVD]
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fantastic-Four-1995-Season-DVD/dp/B002BF42W4/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059685&sr=1-15)
To Be Released on August 3, 2009:
New Spider-Man 1995 - Season 2, Volumes 1 & 2 [DVD] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spider-Man-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002BF42VK/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-12)

To Be Released on August 17, 2009:
New Spider-Man 1994: Season 3 - Vol. 1 & 2 (2 Discs) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spider-Man-1995-Season-Volumes/dp/B002EIMQTY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-5)
X-Men: Season 3 - Vol. 3 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Men-Season-3-DVD/dp/B002EIMQTO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-4)
Original Spider-Man: Season 1 - Vol. 1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Spider-Man-Season-DVD/dp/B002EIMQU8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246059288&sr=1-3)

I hope they release both 1995 Spiderman Season 4 and 5 in September. I just have this fear in my gut that the longer they take to release these things, something will happen with Clear Vision, they shut down and we have to wait another billion years to get the rest of the releases....

[Kirben]

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN-COMPLETE SEASON 1 Comming!!!!!!!!

LIMITED EDITION! (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wolverine-X-Men-Season-1-Steelbook-Canada/12196)

SteelBook Box Set....:)

No mention of any extras though, and there were no extras on single volumes released in Canada. So better to wait for a season 1 DVD release from USA, if you want the extras.

[akuma632]

I hope they release both 1995 Spiderman Season 4 and 5 in September. I just have this fear in my gut that the longer they take to release these things, something will happen with Clear Vision, they shut down and we have to wait another billion years to get the rest of the releases....

I have this fear as well, I really would to hate to see Clear Vision go the way of Liberation.

I would love to see both Spider-Man season 4 and 5 come out in September!

[my_hero]

I have this fear as well, I really would to hate to see Clear Vision go the way of Liberation.

I would love to see both Spider-Man season 4 and 5 come out in September!


Me too..I wanna see FANTASTIC FOUR '78!! We were so close to getting it with Liberation.....so close...:(

[PRdude]

No mention of any extras though, and there were no extras on single volumes released in Canada. So better to wait for a season 1 DVD release from USA, if you want the extras.

I might just order the complete first season set from Canada while waiting for all of the season one volumes to be released in the US. I'm thinking that with the complete season set, I can probably see all the season 1 episodes before all of them are shown in the US on NickToons.

[akuma632]

I might just order the complete first season set from Canada while waiting for all of the season one volumes to be released in the US. I'm thinking that with the complete season set, I can probably see all the season 1 episodes before all of them are shown in the US on NickToons.

Not a bad idea at all! How much will it cost in US $ to get the Season 1 set from Canada ?

[Trevor]

Not a bad idea at all! How much will it cost in US $ to get the Season 1 set from Canada ?

The only website that I can find the cost on right now is tvshowsondvd.com, and they are saying the Liberation has an SRP of $59.95 Canadian on, which, converted to US on June 27, 2009, is about $51.99, not including shipping and import duties. And the release date is September 8, 2009.

But, I've been noticing that in Canada and the US the individual volumes have been released at or around the same dates. The 2 second volumes of the series are both being released on July 21, while both Volume 1's were released within 7 days of each other. So, maybe in the US, Lionsgate is preparing a complete season release that they just haven't announced yet, to be released anywhere from September 1-15, 2009.

[joltman]

I doubt that, considering the season set won't come out in the USA until all of the episodes have aired. There's still 13 episodes left to air, I doubt they will all air by September, unless they started doubling them up or something.

[RydermanUK]

BTW for Iron Man 1990s, I had heard people had problems with one of the dics or episodes ? Can some one please refresh me on what the problem was????

The Disc 1 episode - "Enemy Without, Enemy Within" was completely out of synch with the sound.

[my_hero]

The Disc 1 episode - "Enemy Without, Enemy Within" was completely out of synch with the sound.

My copy I bought from AMAZON.UK doesn't have that problem.....they must have corrected...BUT...I still think that the set was crammed together and was cheaply done...should have been on 4 disks for 26 episode and not 3....

[marvelfan101]

I wish they would air two episodes of wolverine and the x-men like Disney is doing with Spiderman so we can get season 1 box set sooner if Nick does not hurry it up with this show I will just watch it online I already got a site wear I can watch all of season one and I`m really tempted to just watch the rest of the season this is one of the best x-men shows I have seen yet :D

[theshakey1]

Is there any word on the CV Spider-Man sets being unedited?

There's an easy way to check. In the first episode, Night of the Lizard, there are three cuts that I know about. The first is JJJ saying he will give a bonus for photos of the Lizard and Peter asks, "Color or Black & White?". The second is the Lizard's tail striking Spider-Man and sending him flying backwards during the fight in the sewer. The third one is the Lizard's tail striking his wife when she grabs the neogenic recombinator.

Are these scenes present on the CV releases?

One of the reasons I ask is that I currently have a friend vacationing in England and I'd love to send her into an HMV to pick it uo for me.

TheShakey1

[satam55]

Is there any word on the CV Spider-Man sets being unedited?

There's an easy way to check. In the first episode, Night of the Lizard, there are three cuts that I know about. The first is JJJ saying he will give a bonus for photos of the Lizard and Peter asks, "Color or Black & White?". The second is the Lizard's tail striking Spider-Man and sending him flying backwards during the fight in the sewer. The third one is the Lizard's tail striking his wife when she grabs the neogenic recombinator.

Are these scenes present on the CV releases?

One of the reasons I ask is that I currently have a friend vacationing in England and I'd love to send her into an HMV to pick it uo for me.

TheShakey1
The U.K. Master tapes DO NOT have the same edits that U.S. Disney versions have. They have edits, but not the same ones as the U.S. Disney versions have. The reason I know is because I have all 65 episodes recorded from Fox Kids Europe on my Hard drive.

So basically the info you just gave him is useless, because those scenes are intact on the U.K. episodes.

[tenderheartbear]

Is there any word on the CV Spider-Man sets being unedited?

One of the reasons I ask is that I currently have a friend vacationing in England and I'd love to send her into an HMV to pick it uo for me.

As Satam says, there are edits, but I would in no way let these prevent you from buying it. I'm not as knowledgable as some, but to my untrained eye the episodes looked fine.

As for picking it up in HMV, I have 3 near where I live and not one of them had either this or Silver Surfer in stock. I don't know if they didn't order it or if CV only produced enough for online retailers. It certainly didn't sell out in store I know that much.

Buy it if your friend can find it, good luck!

[JeffBreakdown]

I wish they would air two episodes of wolverine and the x-men like Disney is doing with Spiderman so we can get season 1 box set sooner if Nick does not hurry it up with this show I will just watch it online I already got a site wear I can watch all of season one and I`m really tempted to just watch the rest of the season this is one of the best x-men shows I have seen yet :D

i finished watching season 1 months ago, and i still buy the dvd(s)...one of my friends who watches them as it airs said that it went a loooong time on nicktoons before a new episode came out, in that time all of season 1 aired internationally and i had all ready seen it, which was definatley a good idea.

[dmxx116]

This is a perfect time for Disney to be at the Comic Con so they can answer the fans question's in they want in The X-Men DVD Disney need the fans input big time for this and future releases.

[marvelfan101]

This is a perfect time foe Disney to be at the Comic Con so they can answer the fans question's in they want in The X-Men DVD Disney need the fans input big time for this and future releases.

I second that

[Dayspring]

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN-COMPLETE SEASON 1 Comming!!!!!!!!

LIMITED EDITION! (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wolverine-X-Men-Season-1-Steelbook-Canada/12196)

SteelBook Box Set...

CANADA ONLY...

It's SOOO gonna be mine!

Amazon.Ca anyone?..:)
SWEET. Nice find. Being Canadian, this makes me happy. Is Sept 8 also the street date for X-Men TAS volumes 3 and 4?

[PRdude]

SWEET. Nice find. Being Canadian, this makes me happy. Is Sept 8 also the street date for X-Men TAS volumes 3 and 4?

No, it's September 15th.

[CJ67]

I wonder if nicktoons will have finally gotten to ep 20 when the WATXM box set comes out? Hopefully I can order it down to the states from amazon.ca.

[Golgo-13]

I wish Amazon would get their stuff together. I've received yet another email from them stating that now the Spider-Woman dvd release date has been pushed back. A week ago it was the Spider-Man:TAS Season 3 dvd that also got pushed back, and then before that it was the Season 2 dvd.

I live in the US, so i can't get it directly from CV, and Amazon.uk is my only option. :(

[andyscot]

I wish Amazon would get their stuff together. I've received yet another email from them stating that now the Spider-Woman dvd release date has been pushed back. A week ago it was the Spider-Man:TAS Season 3 dvd that also got pushed back, and then before that it was the Season 2 dvd.

I live in the US, so i can't get it directly from CV, and Amazon.uk is my only option. :(
It is probally clear vision that is pushing there dates back to be fair to amazon. i am guessign the reason for it is because they knw amazon is the biggest shipper abroad and for rights reason they ahve to try restrict it.

that is a guess on my part do not know if it true

[Golgo-13]

It is probally clear vision that is pushing there dates back to be fair to amazon. i am guessign the reason for it is because they knw amazon is the biggest shipper abroad and for rights reason they ahve to try restrict it.

that is a guess on my part do not know if it true

Well the release dates seem to stay the same as far as CV sell it directly, it's just that they are not letting Amazon sell it, and keep moving the Amazon dates back.

I find it a tad annoying, but i have no other buying option, so i have to tolerate it.

[tenderheartbear]

It would be very unusual for any DVD company to prevent an online retailer from having their stock. A sale is a sale. I very much doubt CV care where in the world their titles go, they get the same money regardless.

I guess we'll find out, if and when, Spider-Woman and Spider-Man season 2 come out. It might be more likely that Play etc. just haven't updated their information.

Having said that, my Silver Surfer and Spider-Man season 1 arrived from Play 2 weeks ago and I haven't seen a single copy of these titles in any HMV I've been in since then. Is Fantastic Four season 2 volume 1 out yet online? I've not seen that in store either.

[TheAmazingIceman]

I just got my Silver Surfer and Spider-Man 90s Season 1 DVDs in today.
I just got through watching Night of the Lizard, ive watched that episode enough times to be able to tell that it all looks to be uncut. The color or black and white line is still there and the quality is great as well as sound.

[knightwing]

Has anyone heard a date when the DVD animated movie from Marvel titiled "Thor: Tales of Asgard" will be released?

[Golgo-13]

It would be very unusual for any DVD company to prevent an online retailer from having their stock. A sale is a sale. I very much doubt CV care where in the world their titles go, they get the same money regardless.

I guess we'll find out, if and when, Spider-Woman and Spider-Man season 2 come out. It might be more likely that Play etc. just haven't updated their information.

Having said that, my Silver Surfer and Spider-Man season 1 arrived from Play 2 weeks ago and I haven't seen a single copy of these titles in any HMV I've been in since then. Is Fantastic Four season 2 volume 1 out yet online? I've not seen that in store either.

See that's the thing; the release dates over on the CV site remain un-changed, it's just that Amazon keeps pushing the date back for when they'll have it in stock. I also can't figure out why with the case of Spiderman:TAS Season 1 and Silver Surfer did Amazon not get them in until weeks AFTER Clear Vision released them.:confused: Those two dvds were released early June, and Amazon just released them.

I wonder if play.com delivers to USA? I need to find out.

EDIT: I just tried to register and they didn't have the USA as an option.

[tenderheartbear]

I don't know about Silver Surfer and Spider-Man season 1 as I got mine from Play, but the forthcoming release dates for Spidey season 2, 3 and Spider-Woman seem to match on both sites.

I wouldn't trust what the CV website says, it claims that Spidey season 2 is June if I recall correctly and we know that's wrong.

[Trevor]

I doubt that, considering the season set won't come out in the USA until all of the episodes have aired. There's still 13 episodes left to air, I doubt they will all air by September, unless they started doubling them up or something.


Well, I was catching the series on YTV here in Canada, and I must say that I'm sort of ticked off at YTV, because they were airing the episodes one episode at a time every Saturday, and then back in March, just before airing the last 5 episodes, YTV decided to run a marathon where they ran the remaining episodes, with Part 1 of the Pilot re-running the following week. I managed to record "Aces and Eights", but then because my PVR was set to start 2 minutes before the show started, it sort of created a programming error where my PVR didn't record the other episodes. So now I'm waiting for YTV to get back to those last 4 episodes, since I really want to see the resolution to the story---and I'm so close!

[Golgo-13]

I don't know about Silver Surfer and Spider-Man season 1 as I got mine from Play, but the forthcoming release dates for Spidey season 2, 3 and Spider-Woman seem to match on both sites.

I wouldn't trust what the CV website says, it claims that Spidey season 2 is June if I recall correctly and we know that's wrong.

Match as far as CV and Amazon, or CV and Play?

Amazon has a release date of Aug 3rd for Season 2, August 16th for Season 3 of SpiderMan TAS, and July 27th for SpiderWoman...

........Whereas Clear Vision has July 8th for season 2, August 5th for Season 3 of SpiderMan TAS, and July 8th for Spider Woman.:confused:

I had mentioned it before but i don't understand why Clear Vision is releasing these weeks before Amazon gets them. Maybe Amazon gets a cut of the money, so CV is trying to maximize their profits by releasing it, and then giving it to Amazon after a few weeks of CV sales..? But then again that doesn't explain why Play.com gets them on time......:(

I dunno.

EDIT:

It seems that Play.com and Amazon have roughly the same release dates, but CV has earlier dates.

[James Harvey]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=322) has obtained official details on the next two X-Men: The Animated Series DVD releases. Buena Vista Home Entertainment has released the following press details about the upcoming X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases, including episode content details. Click here (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=322) or on the image below for more.
http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmen/releases/dvd/volume3/t-cover.jpg (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=322)
Stay tuned for further updates.

[Kirben]

Why do companies release episodes in air date order, rather than production order, especially when the air date order is so messed up?

I expect the will be the final nail in the coffin, for people that aren't happy about the current DVD releases.

The UK DVD releases from Clear Vision have the advantage of correct episode order now. The last time I waste money on DVD releases of an animated series from Disney.

[James Harvey]

Please note that Buena Vista Home Entertainment has also provided hi-res updated cover art for the upcoming X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases. View the cover art along with official press details by clicking here (http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=322).

Stay tuned for further updates.

[Kirben]

Has anyone else noticed that the episode no mutant is an island is not on the volume 3 or 4 set. It should be the very next episode after the Phoenix Saga part 5. According to the episode list on wiki a lot of the episodes are out of order.

The episode guide (http://www.tv.com/X-Men/show/3557/episode.html?season=All&tag=list_header;paginator;All) at TV.com is a better resource, since it actually lists the production number of each episode.

[TheAmazingIceman]

Has anyone else noticed that the episode no mutant is an island is not on the volume 3 or 4 set. It should be the very next episode after the Phoenix Saga part 5. According to the episode list on wiki a lot of the season 3 and 4 episodes are out of order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-Men_1992_TV_Series_Episodes


James is there any way to contact Buena Vista Home Entertainment about these errors before its to late?

[my_hero]

Has anyone else noticed that the episode no mutant is an island is not on the volume 3 or 4 set. It should be the very next episode after the Phoenix Saga part 5. According to the episode list on wiki a lot of the season 3 and 4 episodes are out of order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-Men_1992_TV_Series_Episodes


James is there any way to contact Buena Vista Home Entertainment about these errors before its to late?

No Mutant is an Island (original version) (http://www.tv.com/X-Men/No+Mutant+is+an+Island+%28original+version%29/episode/1222353/summary.html)

This is the original, rejected version of this episode. It was held back from season 3, animated by an entirely different studio, and finally made it to air in season 5. This version has only aired in international markets (such as Canada's TeleToon and Europe's Fox Kids/JETIX UK), and was released in the US on Universal's out-of-print "X-Men: Reunion Parts 1 & 2 and Out of the Past Parts 1 & 2 and No Mutant Is an Island" DVD. For a complete comparision, please read the recap. For the actual "officially aired" version, see season 5's "No Mutant is an Island" (http://www.tv.com/x-men/no-mutant-is-an-island/episode/56170/summary.html). ;)

I take it that it will show up in Volume 5 in the US.... The CLEAR VISION UK X-Men 3.2 dvd has it right though....Right after the Phoenix Saga...

[Ioz]

Seeing how they are spreading out the episodes more over the final 3 volumes, this pretty much seals the deal on no extras for Volume 5. Gotta love Disney...

[FlawedCoil82]

As far as I know, James has the only access to Buena Vista. I tried to email them long ago and could never find a email address. So James, if you can, please step in before it's too late and Disney makes yet another unforgiveable mistake. They are so out of touch with what fans are wanting, it's almost like they are joking with us. They need a SERIOUS reality check from some people who actually have some knowledge about the series, because they sure as hell don't have a clue. :shrug:
Jack

[satam55]

Everybody here is a link the correct episode for the 90's X-Men series:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050206113612/members.aol.com/melchwerx/xtasepnum.html

This list is in order by the EPISODE NUMBER assigned by the FOX Kids Network. There are NO continuity errors in this episode list. But please remember that Season 5 starts right after the "Beyond Good and Evil" 4-Parter.

[TheAmazingIceman]

James if you can make sure that Buena Vista Home Entertainment knows about this before they release the DVDs. Tell them if they want to keep the fans happy they will only buy the sets if they are in 100% correct order. The main reason the sets sold so well is because they were purchased by fans that grew up watching the show. Also go by satam55 link for the correct episode order. I hope this will get resolved.

[dmxx116]

If Disney had hold back the releases date to get the DVD done right then as fans can wait a little bit longer.

[Kirben]

This list is in order by the EPISODE NUMBER assigned by the FOX Kids Network. There are NO continuity errors in this episode list. But please remember that Season 5 starts right after the "Beyond Good and Evil" 4-Parter.


Yes, that is the production order, which matches production order shown elsewhere (on TV.com) too.

[andyscot]

See that's the thing; the release dates over on the CV site remain un-changed, it's just that Amazon keeps pushing the date back for when they'll have it in stock. I also can't figure out why with the case of Spiderman:TAS Season 1 and Silver Surfer did Amazon not get them in until weeks AFTER Clear Vision released them.:confused: Those two dvds were released early June, and Amazon just released them.

I wonder if play.com delivers to USA? I need to find out.

EDIT: I just tried to register and they didn't have the USA as an option.
try sendit.com i am sure they deliver international and will probally have the release dates right

[James Harvey]

I will gladly pass along the information, but with the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases likely already in production, I cannot guarantee anything can be done. But, as I said, I'll drop a note to Buena Vista Home Entertainment and await a response, if any.

[Golgo-13]

try sendit.com i am sure they deliver international and will probally have the release dates right
Thanks.

I'll check it out.

[James Harvey]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net) has the exclusive update! A representative for Buena Vista Home Entertainment has informed me that the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant Is An Island" will not be featured on either of the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three or X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases. However, according to the representative, it will be included on the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Five DVD release as the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD volumes respectively wrap up the third and fourth seasons of the series.

Stay tuned for further updates.

[my_hero]

Told ya:)

At least they are including all the episodes...

[Spider-Friends]

At least...

We have to start all of our sentences with "At least" when talking about Disney's set. :)

How about every time there's an announcement about them, we all just say, "At least we got them on DVD."

[my_hero]

We have to start all of our sentences with "At least" when talking about Disney's set. :)

How about every time there's an announcement about them, we all just say, "At least we got them on DVD."

I will still buy the X-Men US DVD collection but I LOVE MY CLEAR VISION X-MEN!!! Their episodes are in order and both the quality audio and video and package art is AWESOME!...at the least..:p

Having 11 single season sets as opposed to 5 volume sets does not bother me at all...the episode on each of the Clear Vision sets are kinda like a complete story arc...kinda like comicbooks!

When you think about it....the US X-Men volume sets are gonna have 10 discs when the set is completed... the UK 11....and they don't have to cram more episodes to hurt quality...

I donno....I just think that the UK MARVEL DVD realeases are a dream come true for a cartoon and comic book collector!!!

I JUST HOPE THAT THEY ANNOUNCE FANTASTIC FOUR 1978..SOON!!!!;)

[Gold Guy]

The eps are gonna be out of order? Just great!

[TheAmazingIceman]

My Hero are the UK Clear Vision X-men DVDs completely uncut?

Well at least they got back to us about the episodes. This is very bad news that it wont be in order on the set. Disney just doesnt get it. If Shout! Factory was in charge we wouldnt have this problem. Shout! should be in charge of every classic animated DVD release.

[Spider-Friends]

My Hero are the UK Clear Vision X-men DVDs completely uncut?

I believe Jon T mentioned that the first volume had edits because of some strobing effects that were used. (The UK doesn't allow them to be aired due to a possibility of epileptic seizures.)

So there's not a clear cut choice between the Clearvision DVDs and the Disney DVDs. It comes down to personal preference.

[my_hero]

My Hero are the UK Clear Vision X-men DVDs completely uncut?

Well at least they got back to us about the episodes. This is very bad news that it wont be in order on the set. Disney just doesnt get it. If Shout! Factory was in charge we wouldnt have this problem. Shout! should be in charge of every classic animated DVD release.

SHOUT! would have done an awesome job! I bought the Transformers season 1 and the setup is close to the MARVEL Clear Vision ones...They go by SEASON SETS....and also include the episode guide...Just just like the Clear Vision DVDs...

[andyscot]

I believe Jon T mentioned that the first volume had edits because of some strobing effects that were used. (The UK doesn't allow them to be aired due to a possibility of epileptic seizures.)

So there's not a clear cut choice between the Clearvision DVDs and the Disney DVDs. It comes down to personal preference.
Acutally sometimes they are aloud, granted it not often or it bvery short but there is some although through. i think it comes when the strobing light effects is similar to the pokemon episode which caused seizures then they say it must be removed or banned which i think if daft, jsut put a warnign at the begining of the episodes and there fixed.

[my_hero]

I believe Jon T mentioned that the first volume had edits because of some strobing effects that were used. (The UK doesn't allow them to be aired due to a possibility of epileptic seizures.)

So there's not a clear cut choice between the Clearvision DVDs and the Disney DVDs. It comes down to personal preference.

I just watched the CLEAR VISION X-MEN S3 V1...the Phoenix Saga....and I must say that the video was very clear...they was very little "ghosting" that the US release suffers alot from... The one thing that I kinda miss from the LIBERATION releases is the menus. The new menues are less animated and they are kinda generic as they appear in all the other releases (SILVER SURFER, SPIDER-MAN, FF). The new menu are comicbook panels and the only choices are "PLAY ALL'" and "EPISODE SELECTION"..No SET UP for audio and Subtitle menu like the Liberation DVDs. They look nice but not as nice as the other...But the quality of the video is what impresses me the most...

[Trevor]

I just saw the episode listing for Volume 3 & 4 of the Buena Vista X-Men releases, and I must say that I'm surprised that Disney didn't include the episode "No Mutant Is An Island" (original version) in the list. I've seen the episode on the old Universal Out of The Past/No Mutant Is An Island/Reunion DVD, and while the animation isn't stellar, it is still a very good episode. So, I would have to say at least, that that is a major drawback to the set.

I guess that when these Volumes 3 & 4 are released that will make that aforementioned Universal DVD title from 2001 an even scarcer and pricier DVD than before.

Of course, I still plan to get the sets, since I haven't been able to find any TV stations here in Canada playing the 90's X-Men in about 10 years, so it has been a while since I've seen these episodes, and I really want to see the ending to the Phoenix Saga, since I totally don't remember the Dark Phoenix saga.

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net) has the exclusive update! A representative for Buena Vista Home Entertainment has informed me that the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant Is An Island" will not be featured on either of the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three or X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases. However, according to the representative, it will be included on the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Five DVD release as the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD volumes respectively wrap up the third and fourth seasons of the series.


Sounds like that is going to be the re-produced version that debutted during season 5. So I doubt that we'll see the Original Version included as a bonus feature on Volume 5.

[marvelfan101]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net) has the exclusive update! A representative for Buena Vista Home Entertainment has informed me that the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant Is An Island" will not be featured on either of the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three or X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases. However, according to the representative, it will be included on the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Five DVD release as the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD volumes respectively wrap up the third and fourth seasons of the series.

Stay tuned for further updates.

well at least we are getting the episode so thats good for me I won`t complain its all good

hey Steve if you think you could get in Touch with Buena Vista and maybe get a exclusive interview wear the fans can ask them questions anything you can do would be great but if you can`t get a interview wear we the fans can ask them questions its fine

[Jon T]

Sounds like that is going to be the re-produced version that debutted during season 5. So I doubt that we'll see the Original Version included as a bonus feature on Volume 5.

I don't believe the UK ever had the original version of "No Mutant Is An Island" on TV, only the corrected version. More often than not however, even the corrected version of this episode was usally aired in its correct position right after the Phoenix Saga, sadly unlike Disney's upcoming DVDs.

Even the Batman: TAS DVD sets as first released back in 2004 ordered the episodes in production order, and that series had nowhere near the level of inter-episode continuity that X-Men had, so it's very disappointing that Disney didn't accord the same level of thought in presenting the later episodes of X-Men in chronological order.

Between that and the continuing lack of extras, it's altogether an obvious minimal effort from one of the richest entertainment companies on the planet. Given that fact, I think it's perfectly acceptable to expect much, much more from these releases, especially since inter-company squabbles have kept these series from the home video market for years.

[Trevor]

Between that and the continuing lack of extras, it's altogether an obvious minimal effort from one of the richest entertainment companies on the planet. Given that fact, I think it's perfectly acceptable to expect much, much more from these releases, especially since inter-company squabbles have kept these series from the home video market for years.

And I don't think it is about to change, since besides the X-Men series from Disney I also collect Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck & TaleSpin by Disney, and some of those releases have had 2 volumes released and some of the episodes look like they came from VHS tapes instead of broadcast masters. But the one thing with those other series that it appears that Disney is doing with X-Men is that Disney is putting the majority of the series out within a year, since with all of those Disney series I mentioned, the last time that a release was issued (in North America) for Chip 'N Dale was in 2006 leaving the series with only 51 of the 65 episodes on DVD; DuckTales last release was in 2007 making 63 of 87 episodes available on DVD; Darkwing Duck hasn't seen a release sinc 2007 making only 54 out of the 91 episodes (that's not even the entire 1st season of the show, since the 1st season contains 65 episodes) available on DVD; TaleSpin last saw a release in 2007 putting out 27 more episodes to bring 54 of the 65 episodes of this series to DVD.

So while we may be suffering quality problems with X-Men we should be grateful that Disney is trying to get all of the episodes out so quickly, instead of having released the first 2 volumes this past spring, and then not releasing Volumes 3 & 4 for another 4-5 years. And none of those other Disney created/owned properties are getting the 5-star treatment either. Each set of those series has had a bare-bones DVD treatment, just like X-Men, with issue quality problems with the video and audio.

So, while I don't like how dirty looking X-Men is (even when compared to the 2003 Disney release Legend of Wolverine), when you compare it to other Disney created/owned properties, X-Men still looks pretty good on DVD to eyes who have not seen the episodes in over 10 years.

[Spider-Friends]

So while we may be suffering quality problems with X-Men we should be grateful that Disney is trying to get all of the episodes out so quickly....none of those other Disney created/owned properties are getting the 5-star treatment either.

Then the best thing to do is to complain about the quality of the Disney owned release too and NOT to accept X-Men as is just because it is as bad as those.

[ShadowDemon]

James, could you query the appropriate authority and find out why we in the US are so far behind on "Wolverine & the X-Men"? Season 2 is either starting or about to start in Canada and we aren't (last I heard) even half way through Season 1 here in the US ON AIR, let alone in the DVD release.

[Spider-Friends]

James, could you query the appropriate authority and find out why we in the US are so far behind on "Wolverine & the X-Men"? Season 2 is either starting or about to start in Canada and we aren't (last I heard) even half way through Season 1 here in the US ON AIR, let alone in the DVD release.

I'm not trying to step on James' toes by answering this but the reason is because Nick Toons wanted to wait to air the show. They probably chose to wait to air it so that it would coincide with the popularity of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. (I also think Marvel had a little trouble finding a station for it in the US. I'm pretty sure it sold in other countries before Nick Toons got it here.) So the DVDs aren't going to be released in the US until the episodes have aired. But getting James to ask Nick Toons specifically why they made this decision is pretty pointless because it isn't going to speed up the process at this point.

[FlawedCoil82]

Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net) has the exclusive update! A representative for Buena Vista Home Entertainment has informed me that the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "No Mutant Is An Island" will not be featured on either of the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three or X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD releases. However, according to the representative, it will be included on the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Five DVD release as the X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series - Volume Four DVD volumes respectively wrap up the third and fourth seasons of the series.

Stay tuned for further updates.

Thanks for trying James. I was hoping that they would be open to reason but apparently not. All we fans can do is buy these while they are at a decent price to hold us over until a far more worthy company is allowed to come along and give these masterpieces a proper release.
Jack

[my_hero]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517ya9AwD5L._SS500_.jpg

SPIDER-WOMAN DVD has been (yet again!!) pushed back, now with a release of August 3, 2009...Of all the releases so far, SPIDER-WOMAN is the one I am most anticipating and they keep pushing it back...!!:mad:Grrrrr!!!!

[tenderheartbear]

SPIDER-WOMAN DVD has been (yet again!!) pushed back, now with a release of August 3, 2009...Of all the releases so far, SPIDER-WOMAN is the one I am most anticipating and they keep pushing it back...!!:mad:Grrrrr!!!!

I know what you mean. It's probably nothing to worry about, but remember Liberation started pushing the dates further and further away and then... Nothing. They went out of business.

[my_hero]

I know what you mean. It's probably nothing to worry about, but remember Liberation started pushing the dates further and further away and then... Nothing. They went out of business.


That's what I'm worried about!:ack:

[marvelfan101]

well lets just hope since Disney seem to be getting these X-men dvds out so quickly that it means we will see more Marvel shows from them sooner rather than latter and as for those other Disney shows how did they do sales wise ? as it all comes down to Sales if sales wear bad thats a good reason for Disney to not finish putting these shows on dvd

[Golgo-13]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517ya9AwD5L._SS500_.jpg

SPIDER-WOMAN DVD has been (yet again!!) pushed back, now with a release of August 3, 2009...Of all the releases so far, SPIDER-WOMAN is the one I am most anticipating and they keep pushing it back...!!:mad:Grrrrr!!!!

I take it you're referring to Amazon as the CV site still has July 8th.

Amazon is irritating, they pushed back both season 2 and 3 of Spiderman tas, and now Spider-woman.

[Jonny Modlin]

Why are they not going to include No Mutant Is An Island in X-Men Volume 3 or X-Men Volume 4 on DVD? I am looking forward that No Mutant Is An Island will be included on X-Men Volume 5 for a DVD release and I want Pryde of the X-Men, interviews to be included as bonus features in X-Men Volume 5. I am looking forward of getting X-Men Volume 5 on DVD when it gets released to complete the series. Will X-Men Volume 5 be released in December 2009 after X-Men Volumes 3 and 4 are released on DVD? Why are the episodes out of order in X-Men Volumes 3 and 4?

Jonny

[Apache Chief]

Forgive me - I'm sure this has been addressed previously - my search led to many results, but not the answer I was after. Perhaps my search kung-fu is rusty.

Anywho, do we know if season one of the Spectacular Spider-Man will find it's way to Blu Ray? I don't want to buy the DVD if a BR release is down the road.

ty in advance for any info.

[my_hero]

Forgive me - I'm sure this has been addressed previously - my search led to many results, but not the answer I was after. Perhaps my search kung-fu is rusty.

Anywho, do we know if season one of the Spectacular Spider-Man will find it's way to Blu Ray? I don't want to buy the DVD if a BR release is down the road.

ty in advance for any info.

Spectacular Spider-Man - Complete Season One will only be releases on regular DVD...for now...No one online....(AMAZON.COM, DVDPLANET, etc)says different....AND....don't be mislead by the recent BEST BUY BLU RAY instore flyer as they MISTAKENLY have it listed and being available on BLU RAY..I asked someone in the store and they said that if was a misprint...:shrug:

[joltman]

Why are they not going to include No Mutant Is An Island in X-Men Volume 3 or X-Men Volume 4 on DVD? I am looking forward that No Mutant Is An Island will be included on X-Men Volume 5 for a DVD release and I want Pryde of the X-Men, interviews to be included as bonus features in X-Men Volume 5. I am looking forward of getting X-Men Volume 5 on DVD when it gets released to complete the series. Will X-Men Volume 5 be released in December 2009 after X-Men Volumes 3 and 4 are released on DVD? Why are the episodes out of order in X-Men Volumes 3 and 4?

Jonny
They are being released in airdate order, not production/script order.

[andyscot]

I know what you mean. It's probably nothing to worry about, but remember Liberation started pushing the dates further and further away and then... Nothing. They went out of business.
The last time i checked a week or two ago the clear vision site has not pushed the dates back i jsut think it the other retailers. if clear vision does then i might be worried

[RydermanUK]

Anyone else spotted this?

Iron Man Volume 1 (2 DVD) £7.99 - Release date 7/9/09 - ITVDVD
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=285;5;-1;-1;-1&sku=988202


Wonder if this is the "Armored Adventures" version?

[Danzigg]

Hmmm checked play and it states box set 2 discs collecting 13 episodes, It's not clear but I would say that this is the 60's series possibly. What is strange is that it's ITV? unless ITV have there own non comic Iron Man show in the UK.

[Golgo-13]

The last time i checked a week or two ago the clear vision site has not pushed the dates back i jsut think it the other retailers. if clear vision does then i might be worried
Yeah the CV dates remain unchanged, which is why i envy you U.K guys. It's the other retailers like Amazon that keep changing the dates.

I wonder, as with the case with Amazon, is it CV that keeps making Amazon push the dates back..and why?

[andyscot]

Hmmm checked play and it states box set 2 discs collecting 13 episodes, It's not clear but I would say that this is the 60's series possibly. What is strange is that it's ITV? unless ITV have there own non comic Iron Man show in the UK.

I think it to do with the compnay maximum entertainment who where doign the releasing before possible goign bust. And itv might jsu tbe distrbuting it temporaily similar to the other marvel release whilst liberation shut down

[Trevor]

Then the best thing to do is to complain about the quality of the Disney owned release too and NOT to accept X-Men as is just because it is as bad as those.

Well then, maybe fans should start asking Disney for Blu-Ray 1080p releases of the show that were not remastered from the broadcast tapes. Maybe then Disney would address the quality and compression issues in the DVD's.

Why are they not going to include No Mutant Is An Island in X-Men Volume 3 or X-Men Volume 4 on DVD? I am looking forward that No Mutant Is An Island will be included on X-Men Volume 5 for a DVD release and I want Pryde of the X-Men, interviews to be included as bonus features in X-Men Volume 5. I am looking forward of getting X-Men Volume 5 on DVD when it gets released to complete the series. Will X-Men Volume 5 be released in December 2009 after X-Men Volumes 3 and 4 are released on DVD? Why are the episodes out of order in X-Men Volumes 3 and 4?

Jonny

There are actually 2 versions of "No Mutant Is An Island". The first version was rejected due to numerous animation errors, and it was originally slated to air between the 2 Phoenix arcs. So really Disney should include that episode as the 1st episode on Volume 3 Disc 1, but because it never aired in the US (but it did air in Canada) Disney isn't releasing it. But the episode has been on DVD before, since it was released on DVD by Universal in 2001.

I, too, can't wait for the Volume 5 release (hopefully it will be before the New Year) since I haven't seen the re-produced No Mutant Is An Island in years, so I'm curious to compare the two versions.

[RydermanUK]

There are actually 2 versions of "No Mutant Is An Island". The first version was rejected due to numerous animation errors, and it was originally slated to air between the 2 Phoenix arcs. So really Disney should include that episode as the 1st episode on Volume 3 Disc 1, but because it never aired in the US (but it did air in Canada) Disney isn't releasing it. But the episode has been on DVD before, since it was released on DVD by Universal in 2001.

I'm a little confused, the version of "No Mutant.." that appeared on the Universal DVD is the same one that aired on terrestrial telvision and on Fox Kids/Jetix in the UK, anyone know which version (A or B) this one is?

I was also a little confused about the "No Mutant..." episode,that when Jean returned (from the Phoenix Saga) at the end of the episode, that she was wearing her X-Uniform and not her Phoenix outfit, Was this one of the mistakes that was corrected?

[Rick Jones]

Hopefully it's just temporary downtime

Too bad that this twitter hasn't been updated since April
https://twitter.com/SuperheroesDVD

[Jonny Modlin]

James,
When is Buena Vista Home Entertainment going to release X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD? How many episodes will be on X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five? Will there be special features in X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five? I'm looking forward of getting X-Men Volumes Three, Four, and Five on DVD to complete the series.

Jonny

[James Harvey]

James,
When is Buena Vista Home Entertainment going to release X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD? How many episodes will be on X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five? Will there be special features in X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five? I'm looking forward of getting X-Men Volumes Three, Four, and Five on DVD to complete the series.As I have said many times, which I'll repeat here, when there is news it will be posted both on the forums and at Marvel Animation Age (http://marvel.toonzone.net). Stay tuned!

[Kirben]

The Iron Man Armored Adventures series is been released on DVD in Australia too, with first two volumes been released on 9th September:
http://www.madman.com.au/images/slicks/bigones/mma4210wp.jpg (http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=11957)http://www.madman.com.au/images/slicks/bigones/mma4211wp.jpg (http://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=11959)


Disney are continuing the DVD releases of X-Men in Australia too, still splitting each set, in order to make more money:

23rd September 2009
Marvel: X-Men Vol.3 (Disc 1) (http://www.bvhe.com.au/viewtitledetails?TITLE_ID=2466)
Marvel: X-Men Vol.3 (Disc 2) (http://www.bvhe.com.au/viewtitledetails?TITLE_ID=2467)
Marvel: X-Men Vol.4 (Disc 1) (http://www.bvhe.com.au/viewtitledetails?TITLE_ID=2468)
Marvel: X-Men Vol.4 (Disc 2) (http://www.bvhe.com.au/viewtitledetails?TITLE_ID=2469)
Marvel: X-Men Vol.5 (Disc 1) (http://www.bvhe.com.au/viewtitledetails?TITLE_ID=2470)
Marvel: X-Men Vol.5 (Disc 2) (http://www.bvhe.com.au/viewtitledetails?TITLE_ID=2471)

Strange how the DVD releases of X-Men are listed as sooner for Australia again, I expect those release dates for Volume 5 will be removed or change soon.

[Jonny Modlin]

James,
Can you please contact Buena Vista Home Entertainment to make sure that they put the episodes in correct production order for X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Four and make sure that they have special features in X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animate Series Volume Four? Also contact Buena Vista Home Entertainment and see if they can include Pryde of the X-Men in X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five. Is X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five in the works and also in production? Please keep your fingers crossed that X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Four both sell very well so that they can release X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD to complete the series. Thank you.

Jonny

[imp]

James,
Can you please [...] X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Four [...] X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animate Series Volume Four? [...] X-Men in X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five. Is X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five [...] X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Four [...] X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD to complete the series. Thank you.

I'm confused, which series are you talking about? :evil:

[PirateBeck]

I believe he's asking if the episodes in the 90's series can be put in production order, if they can include special features, one of those being Pryde of the X-Men and hopes that vol 3 and 4 sell well so that vol 5 can be released.

Also, for anyone interested, a new shop opened where I live with sells the SM&HAF and the 90's FF series (season 1 of both) for £2.99 each. If anyone is interested in buying these older releases, I could buy and send them to whoever wants them. Be warned if your American because i'd ask for P+P too and it'd be slightly more than another person living here in the UK.

[Trevor]

I'm a little confused, the version of "No Mutant.." that appeared on the Universal DVD is the same one that aired on terrestrial telvision and on Fox Kids/Jetix in the UK, anyone know which version (A or B) this one is?

I was also a little confused about the "No Mutant..." episode,that when Jean returned (from the Phoenix Saga) at the end of the episode, that she was wearing her X-Uniform and not her Phoenix outfit, Was this one of the mistakes that was corrected?

The one that appears on the Universal DVD is the rejected one. I've frozen it frame by frame when the helicopter appears, and for one frame of video, very briefly, there is a title card indicating the scene and what roll of film it is.

Also, when you are watching early on in the episode, as someone pointed out on another website, their is a sign that says "Future Sight of Platte...". In the corrected version that sign is changed to "Future Site of Platte...", otherwise the meaning of sign sounded as though it should of been made by someone who had had a vision of someone's eyesight, but had not had a vision of the property upon which the sign was on.

[RydermanUK]

The one that appears on the Universal DVD is the rejected one. I've frozen it frame by frame when the helicopter appears, and for one frame of video, very briefly, there is a title card indicating the scene and what roll of film it is.

Also, when you are watching early on in the episode, as someone pointed out on another website, their is a sign that says "Future Sight of Platte...". In the corrected version that sign is changed to "Future Site of Platte...", otherwise the meaning of sign sounded as though it should of been made by someone who had had a vision of someone's eyesight, but had not had a vision of the property upon which the sign was on.

Thanks Trevor, hopefully the one featured on the CV version will be the updated version.

[imp]

I believe he's asking if the episodes in the 90's series can be put in production order, if they can include special features, one of those being Pryde of the X-Men and hopes that vol 3 and 4 sell well so that vol 5 can be released.
Thanks, but there was no need to explain. Was just being sarcastic :D (in one post he wrote like 9 times "X-Men: The Animated Series". Aah,forget it, I'm just not funny:o)

[andyscot]

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[FlawedCoil82]

I am noticing the same thing. :shrug:

Jonny, no one knows any more about the X-Men Animated Series than what they are already reporting and posting. Please stop asking the same questions over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
Jack

[tenderheartbear]

On the basis there hasn't been any special features on any of the Disney X-Men releases (has there?) it seems unlikely that there'll be any on future releases in my opinion.

I still remember the early days of DVD when Disney's idea of special features were scene selection and widescreen presentation.

[chator]

I was wondering if anyone posted a review or a link to a review of the Region 2 Clear Vision X-men and Spiderman Dvds.

I'd like to have some idea of what i'm buying before i make the investment. I purchased several of last year's Liberation Dvds out of desperation that i'd never see these toons again offered on Dvd. I am quite satisfied with them, but have yet to purchase any of the Clear Vision releases. Are they comparable? Worse, or better than the new Disney releases? Anyone?

[Golgo-13]

I was wondering if anyone posted a review or a link to a review of the Region 2 Clear Vision X-men and Spiderman Dvds.

I'd like to have some idea of what i'm buying before i make the investment. I purchased several of last year's Liberation Dvds out of desperation that i'd never see these toons again offered on Dvd. I am quite satisfied with them, but have yet to purchase any of the Clear Vision releases. Are they comparable? Worse, or better than the new Disney releases? Anyone?

There are specifc threads for the Spiderman and X men releases, but to give you a quick run down: yes they are worth the buy. I see you too live in the USA and it's a shame that an America show has to be ordered from overseas for the likes of you or i to enjoy it. I would buy it simple for the fact that, like in the case with Spiderman TAS, it's has never been fully released on dvd, and who knows when/if Disney will EVER release it in the US. It's about on par with the Jetix dvds like The 1996 Incredible Hulk volumes, or The Mighty Thor releases - which i also own. No special features. There's an episode by episode mini comic inside. The transfer to dvd is outstanding. I got Silver Surfer too, as i never watched the entire series when it aired and i'm enjoying it very much.

On a side note: Hopefully CV will announced the release of 1995 Spiderman Season 4 for a September release and season 5 for October, as it appears so far, that they've released one season per month. I hope this trend continues.

[marvelfan101]

James,
Can you please contact Buena Vista Home Entertainment to make sure that they put the episodes in correct production order for X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Four and make sure that they have special features in X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animate Series Volume Four? Also contact Buena Vista Home Entertainment and see if they can include Pryde of the X-Men in X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five. Is X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five in the works and also in production? Please keep your fingers crossed that X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Three and X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Four both sell very well so that they can release X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD to complete the series. Thank you.

Jonny

volume 5 is in the works I`m with you on special features but we problly won`t get any Disney wants to get these out now to make money is my guess

[my_hero]

I was wondering if anyone posted a review or a link to a review of the Region 2 Clear Vision X-men and Spiderman Dvds.

I'd like to have some idea of what i'm buying before i make the investment. I purchased several of last year's Liberation Dvds out of desperation that i'd never see these toons again offered on Dvd. I am quite satisfied with them, but have yet to purchase any of the Clear Vision releases. Are they comparable? Worse, or better than the new Disney releases? Anyone?


I have all the CLEAR VISION releases so far and I live in the US also..I HIGHLY recommend them! The quality of the video and audio is outstanding...and most of all...They don't have a good chance of being release here in the states anytime soon (and if and when they do, don't look for disney to do a good job aka look what they did with the X-Men Dvd...CRAPPY!)...the episodes on the UK are all in order, very nice dvd covers and packaging.

My collection so far...

LIBERATION

Incredible Hulk (90's) - Season 1, Volume 1
Incredible Hulk (90's) - Season 1, Volume 2
Incredible Hulk ('82) - Complete Series
Incredible Hulk ('66) - Complete Series
Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends - Complete Series
Fantastic Four (90's) - Complete Series
X-Men - Complete Season 1 & 2 Box Set

CLEAR VISION

X-Men - Season 1, Volume 1
X-Men - Season 1, Volume 2
X-Men - Season 2, Volume 1
X-Men - Season 2, Volume 2
X-Men - Season 3, Volume 1
Silver Surfer - Complete Series
Spider-Man (90's) - Season 1
Fantastic Four (90's) - Season 1, Volume 1
Fantastic Four (90's) - Season 1, Volume 2
Fantastic Four (90's) - Season 2, Volume 1

OTHER UK RELEASES

Captain America ('66) - Complete Series
The Mighty Thor ('66) - Complete Series
Sub-Mariner ('66) - Complete Series
Iron Man ('66) - Complete Series
Iron Man (90's) - Complete Series

If you are gonna buy some of these PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

The LIBERATION X-MEN Seasons 1 & 2 and the FANTASTIC FOUR are the same versions (except for the Clear vision logo) as the CLEAR VISION ones...

Final Word....

I STRONGLY recommend buying these cause you will kick yourself silly when they go out of print and the US never releases them....:p

[Monarch]

don't look for disney to do a good job aka look what they did with the X-Men Dvd...CRAPPY

Except the X-Men ones are edited, whereas the Disney ones aren't.

[Jonny Modlin]

I hope Buena Vista Home Entertainment will include special features on X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD.

Jonny

[chator]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but based on the info we now have on the upcoming X-men Dvds from both Clear Vision and Disney, i've been able to figure out one more difference between these releases. While perhaps not as important as video or sound quality, or packaging. Disney is releasing the X-men episodes in order of broadcast date, while Clear Vision is releasing the episodes in order of script number. This is incidentally, the reason why "No Mutant Is an Island" isn't appearing on Vol. 3 of X-men by Disney, while it is appearing on Season 3 Vol. 2 of the Clear Vision release. This means that Disney will be releasing that episode, but it will be included on Vol. 5, as that episode was actually first broadcast in the states on Sept. 21 1996!

[tenderheartbear]

I hope Buena Vista Home Entertainment will include special features on X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD.

Jonny

As much as I shouldn't rise to you stating the same thing again and again, you must think it unlikely that volume 5 will have special features when none of the others do.

Disney is releasing the X-men episodes in order of broadcast date, while Clear Vision is releasing the episodes in order of script number. This is incidentally, the reason why "No Mutant Is an Island" isn't appearing on Vol. 3 of X-men by Disney, while it is appearing on Season 3 Vol. 2 of the Clear Vision release.

But which is the correct order more importantly?

I'm sure some of the Batman: TAS episodes were either produced or shown out of order, I don't recall which. This was rectified on DVD otherwise episodes like The Cat and the Claw would have been separated.

[chator]

But which is the correct order more importantly?


Well, i think that getting Season sets for X-men is less important given the fact that episodes intended for Season 3 ended up getting broadcast in Season 5, same goes with Season 4 episodes. Only the episodes for first two Seasons of X-men TAS were all broadcast during their intended Seasons. So i feel Disney is somewhat justified in releasing the X-men episodes as Volumes instead of Seasons. But this state of affairs may just be unique to the American scene, in which case i suppose script order would be more important.

[tenderheartbear]

So, are you saying that as the Clear Vision releases are in script order, this would be more preferable than Disney's airdate order?

As far as season sets go, I think it's less important that they're released as season 1, season 2 and so on, as long as the episodes themselves are in the correct order.

As far as the CV releases go, until such time as they're released in season sets I won't buy them. While you may think I'm going against what I said above, it's simply that I want 5 double disc sets (or so), not 11 or 12 single volumes sitting on a shelf.

[FlawedCoil82]

So, are you saying that as the Clear Vision releases are in script order, this would be more preferable than Disney's airdate order?

As far as season sets go, I think it's less important that they're released as season 1, season 2 and so on, as long as the episodes themselves are in the correct order.

Typically, it wouldn't be a big deal if the episodes were released in airdate order. However "No Mutant Is An Island" is one episode that NEEDED to be released in correct order, as it is an episode where the X-Men are grieving from the loss of Jean Grey after The Phoenix Saga ends and BEFORE The Dark Phoenix Saga began. So it's very out of place to be watching the Season 5 episodes and then, the episode of them mourning Jean from two seasons back comes out of nowhere.
Jack

[Trevor]

On the basis there hasn't been any special features on any of the Disney X-Men releases (has there?) it seems unlikely that there'll be any on future releases in my opinion.


The Legend of Wolverine disc released in 2003 did contain bonus features, which is why I'm surprised that those haven't shown up. Some of the bonuses were interviews with Stan Lee and Chris Claremount, while another couple of bonuses were audio commentary or trivia tracks on all the episodes by Chris Claremount. But the video quality was also really good, with no signs of compression on the disc. Why Disney hasn't pulled these "old" bonuses out of the closet, and included them on the volume sets, is unclear.

[JeffBreakdown]

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN-COMPLETE SEASON 1 Comming!!!!!!!!

LIMITED EDITION! (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wolverine-X-Men-Season-1-Steelbook-Canada/12196)

SteelBook Box Set...

CANADA ONLY...

It's SOOO gonna be mine!

Amazon.Ca anyone?..:)

so it's only being sold in canada? which is fine because thanks to the internet i can buy it online....this should be region 1 and play in US players.

[satam55]

So, are you saying that as the Clear Vision releases are in script order, this would be more preferable than Disney's airdate order?



I would prefer the episodes be released in production order because the Script Order has 1 Continuity Error, while Fox Kids' Production Order has no continuity errors.

[Kirben]

Disney is releasing the X-men episodes in order of broadcast date, while Clear Vision is releasing the episodes in order of script number.

No, Clear Vision are releasing the X-Men series in production order (not script order), while Disney are releasing the X-Men series in airdate order (in USA).

As far as the CV releases go, until such time as they're released in season sets I won't buy them. While you may think I'm going against what I said above, it's simply that I want 5 double disc sets (or so), not 11 or 12 single volumes sitting on a shelf.

Boxed sets are often just a bundle of the individual volumes in the UK, and could always just change the DVD casing yourself.

[marvelfan101]

I see how the no mutant is a I land can be a issue I would hope we would have no more issue like that on Disney`s X-men dvds

[tenderheartbear]

Boxed sets are often just a bundle of the individual volumes in the UK, and could always just change the DVD casing yourself.

I hear what you're saying. I have no problem buying Spider-Man as it's one case per season. I do object to having 2 or in some instances 3 cases for one season. It just takes up too much space.

I could produce some custom covers that match, I agree. The truth is I really don't want to. The cardboard 'O' ring might be tricky to recreate.

I'm not a hardcore Marvel animation fan, so I can quite easily live without the releases if they're not available in a way I want them to be.

[Jon T]

The Legend of Wolverine disc released in 2003 did contain bonus features, which is why I'm surprised that those haven't shown up. Some of the bonuses were interviews with Stan Lee and Chris Claremount, while another couple of bonuses were audio commentary or trivia tracks on all the episodes by Chris Claremount. But the video quality was also really good, with no signs of compression on the disc. Why Disney hasn't pulled these "old" bonuses out of the closet, and included them on the volume sets, is unclear.

This is an interesting point as there doesn't seem to be a solid reason why they couldn't simply grab these old extras and put then on the new discs, even if (typically) Lee and Claremont weren't really directly involved with the series.

Then again, Disney seems to have an odd attitude with regard to extras. It's known that they conducted interviews for the '67 Spider-Man Collection back in 2004, yet none of these showed up on the set itself. When a company actually has new interviews recorded for something and then decides to use none of them, I think the consumer is facing a losing battle with regard to extra content.

[Jonny Modlin]

I'm very excited and I am looking forward of getting X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD to complete the series. Is X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five going to get released on DVD in late 2009 or early 2010? Thank you.

JONNY

[JeffBreakdown]

i heard it's going to be released in 2013

[fanofheadroom]

some time ago i recieved this e-mail from liberation entertaiment uk.

You will be
pleased to hear that we do have the rights to the various Spider-Man
series mentioned in your email. There are plans to release the following:

Spider-Man Original 1967 series - March 2009 (exact date TBC)
Spider-Man 5000 (early 1980's series) - 2009, exact date TBC
Spider-Man (early 1990s series) - exact date TBC
Spider-Man Unlimited - exact date TBC
Fantastic Four 1978 - release date 10th November 2008
The Incredible Hulk 1990s release date season 2 10th november 2008


I hope that helps to answer your questions, be sure to keep an eye on the
website for updates.

www.DVDSuperheroes.com (http://www.DVDSuperheroes.com)


i have sent two e-mails to clear vision about this and asked them about the above but they have not got back to me this was several weeks ago. i hope spider-man 80s solo series comes to dvd soon to as well spider-man unlimited and the incredible hulk season 2 and the 1979 fantastic four cartoons. have any of you sent e-mails to cv

spider-man 80s solo aka 5000 next on dvd please

[FlawedCoil82]

I'm very excited and I am looking forward of getting X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five on DVD to complete the series. Is X-Men: The Animated Series Volume Five going to get released on DVD in late 2009 or early 2010? Thank you.

JONNY

Wow.... :eek:

Well I give up trying to answer your questions if you don't take the time to even read them.
Jack

[my_hero]

some time ago i recieved this e-mail from liberation entertaiment uk.

You will be
pleased to hear that we do have the rights to the various Spider-Man
series mentioned in your email. There are plans to release the following:

Spider-Man Original 1967 series - March 2009 (exact date TBC)
Spider-Man 5000 (early 1980's series) - 2009, exact date TBC
Spider-Man (early 1990s series) - exact date TBC
Spider-Man Unlimited - exact date TBC
Fantastic Four 1978 - release date 10th November 2008
The Incredible Hulk 1990s release date season 2 10th november 2008


I hope that helps to answer your questions, be sure to keep an eye on the
website for updates.

www.DVDSuperheroes.com (http://www.DVDSuperheroes.com)


i have sent two e-mails to clear vision about this and asked them about the above but they have not got back to me this was several weeks ago. i hope spider-man 80s solo series comes to dvd soon to as well spider-man unlimited and the incredible hulk season 2 and the 1979 fantastic four cartoons. have any of you sent e-mails to cv

spider-man 80s solo aka 5000 next on dvd please

What I don't understand from CLEAR VISION's point of view is why they didn't release the FF '78 since it was only a month away from being released until Liberation closed...instead they chose to re-release FF 90's which was already released as season 1, season 2 & complete boxes set..AND then RE-RELEASED in 4 single dvds!(GEEEZ!). AND....to make things even worse for CLEAR VISION...you can still purchase the LIBERATION Complete box set fo the price (or even lower!) of just one of the single FF new releases!:sad: AND....THEY ARE ALL THE SAME EXACT CONTENT!!!!!!:confused:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xCUt%2BAVtL._SS500_.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51n41NbJuuL._SS500_.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61oSh6EXzBL._SS500_.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pnI%2B7LX4L._SL500_AA240_.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YUOwGdD5L._SL500_AA240_.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VDrcCYf9L._SL500_AA240_.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Cpo-sOaXL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[Jonny Modlin]

Hi,
When is Disney going to release Spider-Man 1994 Series on DVD in season sets? When is Disney going to release The Incredible Hulk 1996 Series Complete Series on DVD, Iron Man 1994 Series Complete Series on DVD?

Jonny

[soundmonkey44]

when they feel like it. I for one am still suprised there releasing X-men. I would love to see the marvel shows on DVD. As well as Disney's newer originals such as American Dragon, Lilo & Stitch Etc.

[SpideyFan914]

Nobody knows. They probably would, but there are some sort of legal issues over who has the rights or something like that....

[Monarch]

This is incidentally, the reason why "No Mutant Is an Island" isn't appearing on Vol. 3 of X-men by Disney, while it is appearing on Season 3 Vol. 2 of the Clear Vision release.

As has been covered before in this thread (or another), the UK and all international markets ended up getting the original "incorrect" version of the episode. It's the one on the Universal DVD release from some years back (as Universal seemed to be using the international masters for some reason, might've had something to do with the fact their "rights", of which they had none, were holdovers from the days of the VHS releases in the early 90s by a different company they bought). The international version is clearly marked as episode 308, that's why the ClearVision release will have it in the right order.

The re-animated version (which in all honesty looks like crap, not too different from all other eps done by Phillipine Animation Studio, such as the final six and "Out of the Past", among others) was never shown internationally. I've seen many, many encodes and bootlegs, and every time it's the "re-animated" version, it's always a US station like our Fox Kids or Toon Disney or whatever. The original is always Fox Kids UK, or Jetix UK, or Teletoon. The reanimated one is numbered 430 instead of 308, so it certainly isn't Disney fault they got it wrong. They're going by air date because that's the only "correct" order the people putting out the DVDs know to go by. It's default mode. Yeah, yeah, "fans could tell them" this and "fans know everything" that, but they aren't doing anything more incorrect here than what was done originally to begin with, at least.

Where is ClearVision putting "Longshot"? I've looked everywhere and not seen any instance of the original 310 numbered version. All international broadcasts are of the 431 re-animated version, so they might not put it on there until near the end if they follow the numbers.

[Kirben]

Where is ClearVision putting "Longshot"?

Longshot is episode 10 of season 3, on the Season 3 Volume 2 DVD release from Clear Vision.

The Classic Marvel Animated DVDs (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/index.html) web site, lists the episode order of all the DVD releases from Clear Vision.

[chator]

so it's only being sold in canada? which is fine because thanks to the internet i can buy it online....this should be region 1 and play in US players.

Are you really gonna pay $60 for it? That's what they plan on charging. I luv the show, but that's a little steep for me.

Heroes Season 3 is going for like $40, and they want me to pay $60 for a cartoon? I guess they must not be targetting this one for the kiddies. :flapjack:

[chator]

Typically, it wouldn't be a big deal if the episodes were released in airdate order. However "No Mutant Is An Island" is one episode that NEEDED to be released in correct order, as it is an episode where the X-Men are grieving from the loss of Jean Grey after The Phoenix Saga ends and BEFORE The Dark Phoenix Saga began. So it's very out of place to be watching the Season 5 episodes and then, the episode of them mourning Jean from two seasons back comes out of nowhere.
Jack

I didn't remember what that episode was about, but now that you put it that way, yes i can see how that is a real problem. But i will buy the Disney/U.S. versions nonetheless because it is cheaper than waiting to buy all the CV releases, if they end up releasing the entire series. I hope CV's finances are in order btw.

[my_hero]

I didn't remember what that episode was about, but now that you put it that way, yes i can see how that is a real problem. But i will buy the Disney/U.S. versions nonetheless because it is cheaper than waiting to buy all the CV releases, if they end up releasing the entire series. I hope CV's finances are in order btw.


I know what you mean....Clear Vision has been "quiet" the past few weeks...all of their websites (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/index.html) show nothing new....even the prawnsoda (http://www.prawnsoda.co.uk/marvel/index.htm) site is at a standstill....and with amazon pushing the release dates farther (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Woman-1979-Complete-Series-DVD/dp/B002BF42VU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246924123&sr=8-1), I hope these aren't signs that their dvds aren't selling well!:(

Are you really gonna pay $60 for it? That's what they plan on charging. I luv the show, but that's a little steep for me.

Heroes Season 3 is going for like $40, and they want me to pay $60 for a cartoon? I guess they must not be targetting this one for the kiddies. :flapjack:

If you buy the individual WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN DVD it will cost you more than $60 at 7-8 single releases at $9.99-$14.99 each!:p So we lose either way!:o

[Golgo-13]

Well, Spider-Woman and season 2 of Spidey 1995 comes out this Wednesday......:)

[FlawedCoil82]

I know that this is from back in Part 7, but I wanted to thank PrometheusUFO for the idea of re-purchasing X-Men Volume 1 and X-Men Volume 2 for the slipcovers and then returning them. I purchased them both at Wal-Mart to get the slipcovers, carefully removed both the price stickers and "First Time On 2 Disc DVD" stickers and put them on the shrink-wrapped packages and then returned them today and they accepted them. :D Unfortunately the Volume 1 cover was slightly messed up a little bit however I repaired it as best I could. But overall it worked so thanks again for the idea.
Jack

[RydermanUK]

Well, Spider-Woman and season 2 of Spidey 1995 comes out this Wednesday......:)

According to Play.com (which is the most reliable) both are due for release on 3rd August, BTW UK DVDs tend to be released on Mondays, it's highly unlikely that they would ever have been given a mid-week release.

[Danzigg]

Just spoke to Clear Vision about the Spider-Woman title to confirm the release date, it appears that the title is coming out in retail stores 3rd August…But they will have it available to buy on line through them in July (Sorry have not got date) so that may explain why there are 2 dates. In light of this I may look at buying this direct through them? I also asked about the FF 1978 series but they said they have nothing listed for the rest of the year matching that description.

I would have liked to ask about the other titles Incredible Hulk S2, Spider-Man 5000, Pryde of the X-Men etc but thought I would not try my luck, Will let you know If I hear any more news.

[Chaz]

I'm so sad. I purchased Spider-Man Season 1 from Amazon UK thinking I'd be able to play it on my Blu-Ray player, but it looks like my player is not region-free. :( Completely wasted my money and excitement.

[RydermanUK]

I'm so sad. I purchased Spider-Man Season 1 from Amazon UK thinking I'd be able to play it on my Blu-Ray player, but it looks like my player is not region-free. :( Completely wasted my money and excitement.

If your PC has a DVD-ROM drive, try downloading Slysoft AnyDVD, It will allow you to play any region coded discs on your PC without changing the drives region.
Hope this helps

[Spider-Man]

I'm so sad. I purchased Spider-Man Season 1 from Amazon UK thinking I'd be able to play it on my Blu-Ray player, but it looks like my player is not region-free. :( Completely wasted my money and excitement.I was just about to buy the release of Amazon UK but thanks to you I may wait until I can either get a region-free player or the computer program that RydermanUK mentioned.

[my_hero]

If your PC has a DVD-ROM drive, try downloading Slysoft AnyDVD, It will allow you to play any region coded discs on your PC without changing the drives region.
Hope this helps

Thats what I use....also most PHILIPS brand DVD players (http://www.amazon.com/review/R29YDR9E7VPXKE/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R29YDR9E7VPXKE) (39.99 at WALMART) is able to be converted to an all region player...

[Spider-Man]

Well I may wait out just a little bit longer before placing my order for the UK Spider-Man (1990s) release just to be sure. Glad to know that I'll probably be able to watch these without any problems.

[tenderheartbear]

DVD43 I believe it's called will make your computer region free.

At least CV still insist the titles are coming out. It's a shame about Fantastic Four '78, I would have thought that Liberation would have pressed those discs before cancellation and a few of them would have turned up on eBay or something, in the same way Fantastic Four season 2 did.

I still haven't seen a single CV release of Spider-Man or Silver Surfer in any high street store. They're not the sort of thing WHSmith would stock (how they keep going I don't know) but HMV should have had them. It's things like that that'll reduce sales. I don't mind 2 titles every couple of months, 2 or 3 a month always seemed pretty high.

[RydermanUK]

I still haven't seen a single CV release of Spider-Man or Silver Surfer in any high street store. They're not the sort of thing WHSmith would stock (how they keep going I don't know) but HMV should have had them. It's things like that that'll reduce sales. I don't mind 2 titles every couple of months, 2 or 3 a month always seemed pretty high.

I have 3 HMV's locally, 1 has X-Men 3.1, 1 has X-Men 3.1 and Silver Surfer, and the other doesn't have any of them, Just as well they are about £8 cheaper online for the season sets and £3 cheaper for the single volumes.

[tenderheartbear]

I have 3 HMV's locally, 1 has X-Men 3.1, 1 has X-Men 3.1 and Silver Surfer, and the other doesn't have any of them.

Yeah, I have 3 near me too. 1 has all the CV X-Men releases, and Fantastic Four season 1 volume 1 and season 1 volume 2. I think they're about £13 each, stupidly they have Fantastic Four complete season 1 sitting next to them for £15. Still, on the basis that they've all been there since their release I guess it makes little difference.

The other HMV's have absolute zip.

[Golgo-13]

According to Play.com (which is the most reliable) both are due for release on 3rd August, BTW UK DVDs tend to be released on Mondays, it's highly unlikely that they would ever have been given a mid-week release.

Hmmm.:confused: I pre-ordered mine from CV directly, and am having it sent to a relative of mine who lives in the U.K, who will then forward it to me. Both 1995 Spider-man:Season 2 and the Spider-Woman dvds are still listed on the CV site as coming out 8th of July, which is tomorrow. I guess we'll see......

[tenderheartbear]

I'm not sure what date it says when you get to the ordering page, but on the main Spider-Woman information page it says August.

To be honest, Wednesday would be a funny day to release it. Even taking into account it was say, due Monday next week, Wednesday would be a very early day to post it.

[Danzigg]

Just spoke to Clear Vision about the Spider-Woman title to confirm the release date, it appears that the title is coming out in retail stores 3rd August…But they will have it available to buy on line through them in July (Sorry have not got date) so that may explain why there are 2 dates. In light of this I may look at buying this direct through them? I also asked about the FF 1978 series but they said they have nothing listed for the rest of the year matching that description.

I would have liked to ask about the other titles Incredible Hulk S2, Spider-Man 5000, Pryde of the X-Men etc but thought I would not try my luck, Will let you know If I hear any more news.

I've ordered the Spider-Woman DVD online through the Clear Vision Website so I'm hoping I will have this shortly before the 3rd August later this month. Will let you know when it arrives.

[Golgo-13]

I'm not sure what date it says when you get to the ordering page, but on the main Spider-Woman information page it says August.

To be honest, Wednesday would be a funny day to release it. Even taking into account it was say, due Monday next week, Wednesday would be a very early day to post it.

When i go to the CV site, it clearly states as shown from the screencap below, that it's available for pre-order for a release in July.....

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/ggg-3.jpg

..when i hit the 'more' button, to view all the episodes, at the bottom it say 08/07/09..........

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/ffffff.jpg

We'll find out tomorrow.:)

[Trevor]

Hi,
When is Disney going to release Spider-Man 1994 Series on DVD in season sets? When is Disney going to release The Incredible Hulk 1996 Series Complete Series on DVD, Iron Man 1994 Series Complete Series on DVD?

Jonny

I've been wondering that myself, since I've been wondering if, when Disney titled the X-Men DVD's, they meant them to read as Marvel Comic Collection Volume (1 or 2): X-Men, which would suggest that the "Volume 6" would be the first disc from one of the other shows, mayber the 94 Spider-Man.

[RydermanUK]

When i go to the CV site, it clearly states as shown from the screencap below, that it's available for pre-order for a release in July.....
We'll find out tomorrow.:)

Don't hold your breath ;)

[my_hero]

I donno.....Even the official Superheroesondvd.co.uk (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/spider-woman-complete-season-dvd.html) site now lists the release in August!

http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/DVD/MAR1010.png
Spider-Woman Complete Season DVD
(2 Discs)
MAR1010

Our Price: £13.99
RRP £19.99
You save: £6.00

http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/DVD/CertPG.png

Available: August <-------
Region: 2
Languages: English, German
Approximate running time: TBC minutes

[joltman]

Amazon Canada now has a listing for WatX first season (http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B002GJBS5O?tag=tviv-20&link_code=as2&creativeASIN=B002GJBS5O&creative=374929&camp=211189). I put it in the cart, and it came to $52 US including shipping.

I personally think that's way too much, especially considering it probably won't have any special features. My current plan is to get the US volumes, but only when I can get them for ~$5 (I already got the first one for $5 and change used) which means I'll be paying about $30 for the whole season with special features.

[Breck]

Just spoke to Clear Vision about the Spider-Woman title to confirm the release date, it appears that the title is coming out in retail stores 3rd August…But they will have it available to buy on line through them in July (Sorry have not got date) so that may explain why there are 2 dates. In light of this I may look at buying this direct through them? I also asked about the FF 1978 series but they said they have nothing listed for the rest of the year matching that description.

I would have liked to ask about the other titles Incredible Hulk S2, Spider-Man 5000, Pryde of the X-Men etc but thought I would not try my luck, Will let you know If I hear any more news.

Hmmm. I've pre-ordered from Play and they're saying August. What with all the confusion regarding release dates I'll keep my Play order and watch this forum with an eagle eye to see if Clearvision are dispatching direct in July. If so I can cancel the Play order and go with Clearvision! ;)

[Golgo-13]

Don't hold your breath ;)

Just checked the site, and it still has today as the release date...but also still has it under the 'pre-order' status.:( I sent them an e mail to find out the exact new date.

They need to update their site, if they weren't planning on releasing this the day they clearly have posted up there.:mad:

I remember 1995 Spiderman Season 1 and Silver Surfer being released 20th of June on Amazon, but was available from CV weeks earlier.....to be continued..........

I donno.....Even the official Superheroesondvd.co.uk (http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/spider-woman-complete-season-dvd.html) site now lists the release in August!

http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/DVD/MAR1010.png
Spider-Woman Complete Season DVD
(2 Discs)
MAR1010

Our Price: £13.99
RRP £19.99
You save: £6.00

http://www.superheroesondvd.co.uk/DVD/CertPG.png

Available: August <-------
Region: 2
Languages: English, German
Approximate running time: TBC minutes

I wouldn't trust this site. They have 1995 Spiderman S2 still listed as being released in JUNE....we know that's a crock of you know what....

[Trevor]

Amazon Canada now has a listing for WatX first season (http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B002GJBS5O?tag=tviv-20&link_code=as2&creativeASIN=B002GJBS5O&creative=374929&camp=211189). I put it in the cart, and it came to $52 US including shipping.

I personally think that's way too much, especially considering it probably won't have any special features. My current plan is to get the US volumes, but only when I can get them for ~$5 (I already got the first one for $5 and change used) which means I'll be paying about $30 for the whole season with special features.


You might also want to note that Amazon has it discounted right now from the $59.99 CDN down to $41.99 CDN, so you are saving nearly $20 bucks if you place your order now, plus if Amazon drops the price between now and the September release date, then it'll be even lower.

[ShadowCat2000]

X-Men Evolution season 4 DVD - How bad do you want this and what will you do when it's announced???

[Danzigg]

Hmmm. I've pre-ordered from Play and they're saying August. What with all the confusion regarding release dates I'll keep my Play order and watch this forum with an eagle eye to see if Clearvision are dispatching direct in July. If so I can cancel the Play order and go with Clearvision! ;)

Just called Clear Vision to find out when the order for Spider-Woman yesterday will be shipped due to the website changes, They are going to call me tomorrow so as soon as I hear back from them I will post an update, fingers crossed!

[Golgo-13]

Just called Clear Vision to find out when the order for Spider-Woman yesterday will be shipped due to the website changes, They are going to call me tomorrow so as soon as I hear back from them I will post an update, fingers crossed!

JUST got the email below from CV guys! Great news! Spidey 1995 S2 and Spider-Woman are due out TODAY! And if you pre-ordered them, they were already sent out!

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/rere.jpg

[Trevor]

X-Men Evolution season 4 DVD - How bad do you want this and what will you do when it's announced???


I'd really like to get X-Men Evolution Season 4 to finish off the collection.

When and if it is ever announced, as soon as it was listed on Amazon.ca, I'd put in a pre-order for it.

[Danzigg]

JUST got the email below from CV guys! Great news! Spidey 1995 S2 and Spider-Woman are due out TODAY! And if you pre-ordered them, they were already sent out!

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s42/indirav1/rere.jpg
Hey if this is true thats great news, hopefully we will hear some news on new releases for September soon and maybe some preview art from Prawnsoda?

[Golgo-13]

Hey if this is true thats great news, hopefully we will hear some news on new releases for September soon and maybe some preview art from Prawnsoda?

I hope so too. i'm eagerly awaiting on the release of S4 and S5 of 1995 Spiderman to get it out the way. Hopefully Spiderman 5000 will be released sometime this year.

I'll let you guys know when my Spidey S2 and Spider-Woman dvds get here!

Edit:

Update guys. There's already two placeholders for 1995 S4 SpiderMan and S2 of the '67 SpiderMan series over on the Prawnsoda site!

[Danzigg]

Nice, just seen they've got a space for the next X-Men Release as well on Prawnsodas site, full steam ahead from CV! Still interested to see if the change the artwork for the Original Spider-Man release?

[tenderheartbear]

Nice, just seen they've got a space for the next X-Men Release as well on Prawnsodas site, full steam ahead from CV! Still interested to see if the change the artwork for the Original Spider-Man release?

Well things still look promising then.

I doubt they'll change the '67 Spider-Man artwork, except for the corner box. I still really wish it was the complete season 1. I really don't understand the logic. Why didn't CV make Spider-Man '95 part sets like X-Men? Thank God they didn't!

[marvelfan101]

well if Warner won`t put season 4 of evolution on dvd then we just have to hope that some other company can and will maybe Disney will since they are airing the show one can hope :D

[Rick Jones]

I'd rather Marvel put it out themselves through Lionsgate or something before Disney. Who knows how the rights are tied up though. Is it likely that WB would relinquish rights to another company ?

[my_hero]

Well things still look promising then.

I doubt they'll change the '67 Spider-Man artwork, except for the corner box. I still really wish it was the complete season 1. I really don't understand the logic. Why didn't CV make Spider-Man '95 part sets like X-Men? Thank God they didn't!



As far as to why they didn't release the SPIDER-MAN in single discs.....to me it looks as though that CLEAR VISION will only put out sets up to 2 discs ..the X-Men season 3 would have been 4 discs...original Spider-Man would have been 3 disc for Season 1... NEW SPIDER-MAN they can do because all the seasons are 13-14 episode aka 2 disc sets...might be do to Cost issues cause if they have such sets, with 3-4 discs would anyone really buy them at a higher price...seems like they are aiming at a kid friendly audience....just a theory....

[JeffBreakdown]

X-Men Evolution season 4 DVD - How bad do you want this and what will you do when it's announced???

i want it pretty bad, i cant wait to buy a good copy

Mod Note: Discussion of bootlegs and illegally obtained copyrighted material is not allowed here.

[Trevor]

I'd rather Marvel put it out themselves through Lionsgate or something before Disney. Who knows how the rights are tied up though. Is it likely that WB would relinquish rights to another company ?


Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but I had heard that when X-Men Evolution was being produced, because it was shortly after the Marvel Films bankruptcy, Marvel itself licensed the right for another studio to create the series, but retained all the rights including rights for owning the original film negatives and the distribution rights, so if Warner Brothers has dropped the series, then wouldn't it be very simple for Marvel to license the series to another company? I think we've seen that in the US with iTunes, since as far as I know, the episodes on iTunes are not licensed from Warner Brothers and Marvel together, but just from Marvel, plus Marvel has got a few of the episodes on their own site, with no mention of Warner Brothers. So, could it be that Marvel is just waiting until all the 90's and 80's, and even post-2005 series are out on DVD, before they'll go back and reissue the Evolution series on DVD?

[Trevor]

i want it pretty bad, i have a terrible bootleg of season 4 and cant wait to buy a good copy

I guess Season 4 hasn't been released on DVD anywhere in the world yet? There hasn't been a release in Europe or Australia somewhere?