The Wonder Years is finally coming to DVD in its entirety

[Storm Eagle]

First Batman and now this.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wonder-Years-The-Complete-Series/19455

I wonder just how much of the music they can retain for this release. I'm also glad that they're doing a complete series set and not making people wait for the seasons to be released little by little. It's just about dang time.

The year 2014 seems like it'll be a great year for DVDs. :)

[Eiko]

As much as I loved this show when I was a child watching it now it seems sorta dull and boring.

[Storm Eagle]

I'm still pretty sure people will want this. I'm personally not as inclined to buy the set at this point myself to be honest, but when it came to cable in reruns over here in the states in 2010, checked it out and I personally still think it holds up. So I just think it's about time it came to DVD, and I'm sure many people will be happy to finally be able to have this in their collection.

[Jelly Bean]

ugh, re-watching his series I have got to say I can't stand Winne Cooper...I don't know why I thought she was so pretty and great when I was younger...

[Shred87]

This entire series is on netflix as well... If anyone is interested

[Storm Eagle]

This entire series is on netflix as well... If anyone is interested

Yes, with only a HANDFUL of the original music intact. (They don't even have the original theme song.) StarVista/Time-Life are busting their asses trying to retain as much of the original music as possible.

[Wildcat]

Awesome. I knew it would happen eventually. All major shows get a DVD release...even ones not that major.

I was watching the reruns a couple years ago on HUB and it definitely holds up imo.

[Darth Knuckles]

Finally! This is great that they are getting this show released on DVD after all of these years. I knew the reason was because of the music rights to all of the songs in the series but I thought something would have gotten done in that regard by now. And it finally looks like it has. I've been waiting forever for this show, Dear John, and Step By Step to come out on DVD. At least it looks like I'll be getting one of those three this year! I'll definitely be getting this.

[Refractive Reflections]

Yes, with only a HANDFUL of the original music intact. (They don't even have the original theme song.) StarVista/Time-Life are busting their asses trying to retain as much of the original music as possible.

Yeah, that's a HUGE reason why so many past television shows with a lot of music are being delayed in their DVD releases (aka music licensing issues). One example is the TV series Ally McBeal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_mcbeal#DVD_releases), when it finally was released on DVD in 2009 within the U.S., compared to the rest of the world that had it by 2005.

[TonySiegel]

recently re-watched the entire series on netflix...

series still holds up (could be the nostalgia talking)...

it resonates with life events more so when your older i think...

[Storm Eagle]

Yeah, that's a HUGE reason why so many past television shows with a lot of music are being delayed in their DVD releases (aka music licensing issues). One example is the TV series Ally McBeal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_mcbeal#DVD_releases), when it finally was released on DVD in 2009 within the U.S., compared to the rest of the world that had it by 2005.

Would you happen to know if the international releases have the original music intact?

I know WKRP in Cincinnati is one show that had music issues with its release. That's probably why there haven't been any season releases since the first one.

It's also understandable why people would want the music in DVD releases for The Wonder Years intact. It's one of those "period" shows and its music defined its era. So why not make this release as official and authentic as possible, right?

I'm just glad that Freaks and Geeks was one of those shows that made it to DVD with ALL of its original music intact. Also, while on the subject of Freaks and Geeks, I've always thought of that show as The Wonder Years meets That 70s Show.

[Icebot]

Looking forward to it!

[The Cheese Phone]

I have been waiting on this for a while. I was about the same age as Kevin Arnold in the series except I was growing up in the 80's. Will definitely buy this.

[Refractive Reflections]

Would you happen to know if the international releases have the original music intact?

I know WKRP in Cincinnati is one show that had music issues with its release. That's probably why there haven't been any season releases since the first one.

It's also understandable why people would want the music in DVD releases for The Wonder Years intact. It's one of those "period" shows and its music defined its era. So why not make this release as official and authentic as possible, right?

I'm just glad that Freaks and Geeks was one of those shows that made it to DVD with ALL of its original music intact. Also, while on the subject of Freaks and Geeks, I've always thought of that show as The Wonder Years meets That 70s Show.

Sorry, there isn't enough info (from what I could scrape up) about the international releases about The Wonder Years though... Even if we did have info, we'd have to consider those DVD region codes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code):tgrumble:; and those DVDs wouldn't work on U.S. DVD players.

It's weird in general how some shows like Miami Vice don't have this problem, but shows like Ally McBeal and The Equalizer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer#DVD_releases) are able to get full music licensing rights much earlier or easier outside of the U.S.

[Storm Eagle]

Sorry, there isn't enough info (from what I could scrape up) about the international releases about The Wonder Years though... Even if we did have info, we'd have to consider those DVD region codes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code):tgrumble:; and those DVDs wouldn't work on U.S. DVD players.

It's weird in general how some shows like Miami Vice don't have this problem, but shows like Ally McBeal and The Equalizer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer#DVD_releases) are able to get full music licensing rights much earlier or easier outside of the U.S.

I was asking about Ally McBeal DVDs anyway, when I was asking if the international DVDs had all the music intact.

[Refractive Reflections]

I was asking about Ally McBeal DVDs anyway, when I was asking if the international DVDs had all the music intact.

Oh, whoops! Sorry about that :toops:, I didn't know we were going in that slightly off-tangent direction. :P But anyways, yeah, I believe so that the international DVDs for Ally McBeal have the original music because I never read any issues about it not being there (in articles or fan comments).

[Storm Eagle]

Information on the approximate disc count for the set and targeted time of release:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wonder-Years-The-Complete-Series/19527

[Storm Eagle]

Time-Life now has a pre-order listing for this. It looks like the first 500 pre-orders will be autographed.

http://timelife.com/products/the-wonder-years-experience-signature-edition/?utm_source=WY_SignaturePreSale713_EM10&utm_campaign=Y14GWONUSA&utm_medium=email&utm_content=CTA

[LeoNerdo]

I love this show, but I don't think I'd pay $500 for any tv show... Just wait and see what the standard release costs.

[Storm Eagle]

I love this show, but I don't think I'd pay $500 for any tv show... Just wait and see what the standard release costs.

That would be $249.95, and $299.95 for the extra stuff that the signature version has, except without the signatures of course.

http://timelife.com/products/the-wonder-years-complete-series

It would be nice if the signature version had an installment plan like the other versions do.

[Wildcat]

Thats great. The locker and school books are cute. They really went all out which is nice since it took so long.

[mexichrist83]

This is one of my all time top favorite shows. I grew up with it as a kid and I'm definitely picking this up at some point soon. I would love to have one of the limited edition autographed sets but that's a lot of cash to drop. Even the standard version of the set is expensive at over $200 but I have been waiting ages for a complete set with original music and hopefully film/tv clips included. At that price I kind of hope there won't be a double dip bluray release.

[Wildcat]

Ya know thats one of the things I was wondering. All these shows that took a long time to get DVD sets...shouldnt they be getting Blu Ray releases too?

I wanna hold out and see. I remember reading I Love Lucy was going to get an epic Blu Ray release...season 1 anyway. Im glad I never got the original DVD series set.

[mexichrist83]

Ya know thats one of the things I was wondering. All these shows that took a long time to get DVD sets...shouldnt they be getting Blu Ray releases too?

I wanna hold out and see. I remember reading I Love Lucy was going to get an epic Blu Ray release...season 1 anyway. Im glad I never got the original DVD series set.

My guess is that they want to see if this is going to sell well and if it does it might warrant a bluray release which makes no sense marketing wise because if they are going to this extent to release the product they should just make both formats available and not run the risk of pissing off fans who bought the dvd set thinking that would be the only possible release format.

[Storm Eagle]

Ya know thats one of the things I was wondering. All these shows that took a long time to get DVD sets...shouldnt they be getting Blu Ray releases too?

I wanna hold out and see. I remember reading I Love Lucy was going to get an epic Blu Ray release...season 1 anyway. Im glad I never got the original DVD series set.

My guess is that they want to see if this is going to sell well and if it does it might warrant a bluray release which makes no sense marketing wise because if they are going to this extent to release the product they should just make both formats available and not run the risk of pissing off fans who bought the dvd set thinking that would be the only possible release format.

Some older shows weren't even filmed in a way that would be suitable for high-definition, and The Wonder Years might be one of those shows. It's like something I read about how the original He-Man series was going to be a part of a 30th anniversary set, and people wondered if there would be a Blu-ray version of the set. This is what was said about it:

Q: Will any of the He-Man series be available on Blu-ray?
A: Unfortunately, no. We have exhaustively explored this option, but there are no HD elements available for any of the series. The only possibility would be to up-convert the Standard Definition elements, but the end result would not be true, 1080p High-Definition quality.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/He-Man-Masters-Universe-30th-Anniversary-Commemorative-Collection/17549

I can also tell you that the same was said of episodes from the first seventeen seasons of Power Rangers.

[Wildcat]

Just read some reviews of the I Love Lucy Blu Ray, didn't realize it was out already. Silly me. They say there is a noticeable difference despite some grain and whatnot at certain points but thats expected. I am very happy to read that because some people didnt think it'd be a significant difference since its in black and white.

I understand with He-man since its a cartoon. In general I don't know how great a cartoon can look. They're colored drawings afterall. CGI cartoons I can see improving. Kinda weird with Power Rangers and Wonder Years though. You'd think itd be possible if was possible for I Love Lucy.

[mexichrist83]

Same thing with "The Twilight Zone". I have the series on bluray and it looks fantastic in HD so far. I'm currently rewatching the series and have yet to get to some of the episodes that were filmed differently like "Night of the Meek" so I'm not quite sure how much better they will look in the HD. If the original source material for "The Wonder Years" is not usable for an HD transfer I can understand that and I certainly would not want to double dip for an up convert that is not a true HD upgrade. I just wish we could get an answer from Time Life and Starvista about why there is not yet a bluray set planned.

[Storm Eagle]

Percentage of the music that made it to the sets: 96%

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wonder-Years-The-Complete-Series/20174

Not too shabby I guess.

[Storm Eagle]

A list of the music that didn't make the final cut.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wonder-Years-The-Complete-Series/20182

[Storm Eagle]

Time-Life is offering the first three seasons in a bundle.
http://timelife.com/products/the-wonder-years-collection

The first season will also be available on its own.
http://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Years-Season-1/dp/B00L9OPFTC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1411502119&sr=1-1&keywords=Wonder+Years

[Storm Eagle]

Someone who has received the complete series set has done a nice unboxing video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkQH7vzZi0k

A 30-minute infomercial aired on TV last night, and I watched it with my mother when I was at her house. It's actually making me want to own the set. I DVR'ed the infomercial, and then I copied it to a blank VHS tape.

When I made the switch to DVDs in 2002, I used to think it would be cool to have this show on DVD and I thought I'd even buy the sets if they came out. Then I watched all the episodes on The Hub when they started showing it in 2010 and found the show to still hold up after all these years, yet I thought "nah, I don't need DVDs". Now after seeing all this press, I still think the same thing at times, yet there are times where I think I really ought to get the DVDs. If I should end up doing so, and even if I might not watch them a whole lot, it would still be like owning a time capsule of pure awesomeness.

[Darth Knuckles]

It looks like the first season of The Wonder Years is coming out tomorrow October 7, 2014. It seems to have less special features though than the entire series set will have in all. I noticed one of the special features for the individual season one set has "highlights" of the reunion and not the entire reunion special. So my guess is if you want all of the special features you'll need to get the entire 26 disc series set.

[mexichrist83]

Someone who has received the complete series set has done a nice unboxing video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkQH7vzZi0k



Thanks for posting the unboxing video. I'm going to watch it tonight. I'm definitely buying the locker set at the end of this week or at the end of next week (thank you, work overtime!). I hear that the video and sound quality is not so great as there have been no remaster efforts for this set which is a shame but I don't need a show like this to be super cleaned up as the original broadcasts were not the greatest visually to begin with. The tons of extras alone and the fact that the show is getting a real release is enough for me to pick this up!

[Storm Eagle]

Thanks for posting the unboxing video. I'm going to watch it tonight. I'm definitely buying the locker set at the end of this week or at the end of next week (thank you, work overtime!). I hear that the video and sound quality is not so great as there have been no remaster efforts for this set which is a shame but I don't need a show like this to be super cleaned up as the original broadcasts were not the greatest visually to begin with. The tons of extras alone and the fact that the show is getting a real release is enough for me to pick this up!

Just as long as the picture quality doesn't make the episodes total eyesores, it should be fine. Besides, I'm sure I've seen worse.

[Storm Eagle]

The complete series set will actually become available in general retail on October 6th. You'll even have a choice of getting a shelf-friendly version that would cost less. That version, however, won't have the locker, magnets, or the yearbook.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wonder-Years-The-Complete-Series/21429

I kind of still want to get the version with the yearbook. In fact, I'd actually like the one that has the casts' signatures on it. They seem to still be available, but it's cool if they're sold out by the time I'm ready to get it though.

For the record, up to season 3 is available individually as of now.