| ThirdMarioBro |
12-10-2005 08:18 PM |
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Originally Posted by Duke
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As much as I've grown to hate the series over the years, I don't wish to be the bearer of bad news. The chances of this series ever being released in Boxset form or any form whatsoever in the US are slim to none. There has been a boxset planned for over 5 years now, but every time they try to release it, Disney takes them to court to prevent it. They claim to have some rights on the series because it aired on their Saturday Morning block (Disney owns ABC), and as such, they block all DVD releases in the US. I hear they are planning to release it in Europe (possibly on a region free disc for American Fans who get screwed by Disney), but that's all I know. Now something odd could have happened that I don't know about and it could be worked out because I know Micheal Eisner himself was the main person blocking DiC from releasing the discs, and he's gone now. He had some kind of grudge against DiC because they were owned by Disney for a short time, but DiC bought their freedom back from Disney without his concent. After that, he seemed to make it his personal little war to put DiC down any way he could, and withholding the right to SatAM was one of the ways. He knew the demand for DVD release was there, and DiC could make an assload off of it, so he blocked it.
So I suppose now that he's gone, there is a far better chance of Disney letting go of those rights. Sega used to be the problem, but DiC paid them off as well. We'll see I guess. I could personally care less because I want Sonic to move on and be like the Genesis Hedgehod I knew and grew up with, but whatever. I'm getting my Super Show boxset, so I hope the fans can get their series. Sonic Underground *shudder* was released in Europe and a whole series set, so SatAM should naturally come next.
And Peanut, it's called SatAM because there were two Sonic series, both from DiC, running at the same time. The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (craptactular syndicated series with Scratch & Grounder and horrible animation. Its labeled AoStH by fans. I own 2 animation cells), and the other was simply Sonic the Hedgehog (the one we're talking about here). It was labeled SatAM by fans because it came on Saturday morning and they use the acronym so as to not confuse with the name of the game (and now the new Xbox 360/Ps3/Revo game comming as well that shares the name). It's a mess.
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