complete series DVD (Amazon made on demand service) - Doug (1991) Discussion

[–] jptf2 10 years ago

So I guess they're finally going to have the two stories missing from season 4 available on DVD?

It's only too bad they don't organize the complete series by separate seasons (i.e. episodes from different seasons are on the same DVD).

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[–] Vodkie 10 years ago

yep. They're available on Amazon Prime instant video

idk why they weren't included at the time of the season 4 release

They might have had a problem mastering it or something

Rocket power, while it had 3 seasons on TV, the sets are being broken down into 4 seasons and season 4 came out before season 3

Nickelodeon told TVSHOWSONDVD.com that they had to re-encode an episode from the original master.

maybe the same happened with Doug season 4 and they just never got around to doing it

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[–] tdl797 10 years ago

Good news. If someone gets it and knows enough to tell me that they did everything right, I will probably buy this. The individual sets seemed a little high to me, and then one season was incomplete, so I decided to wait.

They just started releasing complete AYAOTD? seasons in the US, and now this.
Now if they will only do Salute Your Shorts and release Season 3 of Pete & Pete.
Sounds like someone smart just got involved and realized that people want this stuff and money can be made from it.
In an interview within the last few years, the creators of Pete & Pete said that Season 3 DVDs were manufactured and they're sitting in storage somewhere. I can't believe they wouldn't it out. The cast even filmed extras for it.

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[–] Vodkie 10 years ago

i heard pete & pete season 3 was pulled after not having rights to certain music used and the dvds were printed with that music intact

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[–] tdl797 10 years ago

If The Wonder Years can figure it out, surely Nickelodeon can figure if out.

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[–] rexcrk 10 years ago

Totally AWESOME!

Now I can finally say that I have all of my favorite Nicktoons on DVD.

Thank you, Amazon, for FINALLY getting your act together (well to be fair, I don't know if that was an issue on Nickelodeon's part by not making the episodes available or Amazon's for not trying harder to get the episodes).

The issue with Doug wasn't TOO bad, because it was only two 11-minute episodes. Rugrats season 2 was the bigger offender, with missing the entire second half of the season.

I would've liked it if they were separated by season, but honestly with a show like Doug it doesn't even matter (as long as they're all in order). Besides, with six discs it, it'll fit in one regular-sized DVD case, I'll free up a pretty good bit of shelf space!

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[–] AlwaysSunnyIsAlwaysFunny 10 years ago

Just put in an order for it. I'm surprised by the price! $22 and change. Wow. It wasn't that long ago when the individual seasons were $35-$40 each on Amazon. But even with their price reductions, it's still way too much compared to the complete set. I've got all the Hey Arnold DVDs, and now I'll have Doug. Both of those shows, for me, are the only "must haves" from Nickelodeon.

Now if Disney would release the whole Even Stevens series on DVD, rather than just season one, and the movie, then I'll be set!

The day when buying music, movies and TV shows goes completely digital is the day I go postal.

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[–] TVShowGuy 10 years ago

I just placed an order for these as well. Looking forward to getting them in.

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[–] jptf2 10 years ago

So a couple questions for those who ordered the set:

1. Does this set have the intro included before the start of each of the episodes, or is it just at the beginning and then never again like in the old MOD sets?

2. How does the picture quality on this complete series compare to the picture quality on the old MOD sets (color saturation, resolution, consistency, etc.), if you happened to have ordered any of those old, individual season ones?

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[–] Pantherpaw 10 years ago

Yeah that's what I hate on my season 1. It only shows the intro once.

I say Jerome's in the house Watch ya mouth?

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[–] rexcrk 10 years ago

The intro plays before each episode, and as far as I've noticed, the picture isn't really any better or worse than the original sets.

I never really minded that they only showed the intro once per disc on the old sets, because the intro is the same for *every* episode. The only time I mind not having the intro before each episode is when it's different. That's actually why I didn't keep buying AAAHH!!! Real Monsters when only Amazon was offering them (turned out to be for the better, because shortly after, Shout! Factory offered the seasons at much better prices).

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[–] jptf2 10 years ago

The only reason I care is I've thought about one day trying to simulate the old Nickelodeon somehow by ripping the episodes to my computer and then programming an authentic older schedule, complete with the menus, bumpers, promos, and commercials I've found. Sort of like they do on NickReboot.com, only without the early 00s shows. And I'd have it as a set schedule with the stuff aligned correctly, as opposed to randomly generated. It would make that task a lot easier if the intro played before each episode (as I'd want the intros there to make it authentic), so that's good to hear that it does.

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[–] jptf2 10 years ago

I'm wondering if anybody who ordered the set can confirm or deny that these screen shots are from the set:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101084/mediaindex?ref_=nmmd_rg_lk1

In particular, could you check the one from the top left corner that is from "Doug Way Out West" (Doug and Patti by the barn/horse)? If so, it's strikingly different in brightness/contrast from the prior individual season sets.

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