May 6 2008It's About Time: 'Spaced' Coming to Region 1 DVD
You're heard me rave about the wonders of the British series Spaced; now hear other equally-unrelated but more notable people say the same! Previously available only in Region 2 format, the Simon Pegg/Jessica Stevenson/Edgar Wright sitcom is at last coming to U.S. shores July 22, now with extraneous commentary by Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Bill Hader, Patton Oswalt, and Diablo Cody. I don't earnestly promote that many things, so take it to heart when I say if you haven't already procured the series by other means, take this opportunity.
Thanks to Caitlin for the tip, and for sharing her thoughts: "f***ing finally!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yeah, no kidding.
Spaced - The Complete Series Press Release and Box Art [TV Shows on DVD]
Reader Comments
1. Snoodle - May 6, 2008 6:43 PM
About time!!!!!!!!!!
2. 420 - May 6, 2008 7:22 PM
Hooray!!
3. TetterkeT - May 6, 2008 8:15 PM
I actually got the first two seasons on DVD from The Mego Store for $15.85 about 6 months ago and I didn't have to stomach the shitty box art -- that looks absolutely nothing like Simon Pegg!
4. akjer - May 6, 2008 8:38 PM
nice
5. juee - May 7, 2008 2:51 AM
It will play and I know that they send some free ticket to their funs on a site named
“LovingRich.com", if you sign up for a member. I'm already get one ticket for free, It's great!
6. Dave - May 7, 2008 3:39 AM
For the life of me, I do not understand the appeal of this show. I've watched every single episode, and while I detected plenty of dry smugness and a massive overdose of that certain British brand of the grotesque (clammy faces that have never seen a ray of sun, cigarettes that look as if they're filled with molten asphalt, surroundings dreary enough to make a Smurf start looking for a weight-bearing ceiling fixture from which to hang the noose, ...) I detected no real entertainment value. It was literally a test of will to watch through to the end, in the hope that I'd suddenly understand what all the fuss was about. But alas, no laughs, no promised poignant moments, no nothing really...just an occasional feeling of slight, but not overwhelming, disgust. The one bright side: My poor-grad-student flat in the ghetto and my boring-as-the-next-guy life feel vivid and visceral and fascinating by comparison.
Obviously, lots of high-falutin people disagree, and I'm happy for them. But personally, I find the popularity of this series completely mystifying. It's as if the pilot ep of Married with Children had somehow been entered at Cannes and won the Palm d'Or.
7. ohyeah - May 7, 2008 6:01 AM
Spaced is awesome, although quite old.
Check out 'Peep Show'. It's also been around a while but they've just brought out a new series. Really awesome, British comedy at its best. Although I'm not a fan of the two actors sketch show (that Mitchell and Webb look), Peep Show is just genius.
8. bert borum - May 7, 2008 10:31 AM
what happened to the cool as shit STAR WARS-themed UK region release art?
http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ea/7f/4c60_1.JPG
also: diablo cody? why?
also also: "no real entertainment value"?
9. The Imaginary Reviewer - May 7, 2008 11:16 AM
Dave: While I understand that you might not get the references to British children's TV series (Grange Hill, for example) and Adverts, to find no humour in Spaced means that you must have a heart as cold and empty as a condom machine in the Vatican.
10. Stu - May 7, 2008 3:26 PM
Erm... I'm a little confused... The BBC didn't show Spaced over here, it was on Channel 4 which is a completely seperate network, best known for their Film4 movie production company. Can't for the life of me figure out why The BBC are releasing it over there.
Either way the director's commentaries alone are a completely unique to you guys, I'm rather jealous! ... and I completely agree about Peep Show, check it out!
11. Serene - May 7, 2008 5:43 PM
yes, I will buy this and brush up on all the reasons I love Spaced -- only for it to be destroyed by this entry you made about the impending doom of an AMERICAN REMAKE.
12. TV Revival - May 7, 2008 8:21 PM
"Spaced" was shown on BBCAmerica a while back, so thus they get to release the dvd. Makes sense to me.
What doesn't make sense is why the hell Diablo Cody is on the commentary? Unneccessary but could be fun, if the media would lemme take a break from her for a while...
13. Connor - May 7, 2008 11:53 PM
I'm so fucking excited they're releasing this finally, but the only thing I'll say...
Fifty dollars for a three disc set? That's really fucking expensive. It should be like thirty.
14. Stu - May 11, 2008 9:31 AM
Ahhhh, thanks for clearing that up TV Revival.