The first half of Stargate Universe‘s debut season will be out on DVD and Blu-ray high definition this February, TVShowsOnDVD.com is reporting.
“SGU 1.0” will be available on February 9, 2010, with a heaping helping of bonus material and an extended version of the 3-part series premiere, “Air.” The DVD edition will reportedly carry a suggested price of $49.98 U.S. ($59.98 CAN), and the Blu-ray $69.99 ($89.99 CAN) — but of course, retailers will discount those.
Pre-order the DVD set now for just $27.99 (price subject to change) at Amazon.com.
As we reported back in September (story), it’s the first half-season release for the Stargate franchise, following the footsteps of shows like Battlestar Galactica. Because Season One is airing in two batches separated by some four months, the multiple release plan will allow fans the opportunity to catch up on the story so far — and give the show a bit of extra promotion — just before the spring premiere.
It’s also the first complete Blu-ray release for a season of the Stargate franchise. Only the original film, the two SG-1 movies, and a single-disc release of Stargate Atlantis (with the series premiere and series finale) have been released in high definition so far.
The three DVD discs and two Blu-ray discs will include ten episodes (counting “Air” Parts 1 and 2 as two episodes, though they aired together), and an audio commentary for every episode. Commenters are:
- Air, Parts 1 & 2 – Brian J. Smith, David Blue and Elyse Levesque
Air, Part 3 – Executive Producer Robert C. Cooper, Director Andy Mikita and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela
Darkness – Actors Brian J. Smith, David Blue and Elyse Levesque
Light – Actors Brian J. Smith, David Blue and Elyse Levesque
Water – Director William Waring and actor Louis Ferreira
Earth – Actors Brian J. Smith, David Blue and Elyse Levesque
Time – Executive producer Robert C. Cooper and David Blue
Life – Actors Ming-Na and Brian J. Smith
Justice – Director William Waring and actors Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque and Jamil Walker Smith
Featurettes include a series of Kino Video Diaries, “Destiny SML” videos with each cast member, and the “Stargate 101” videos presented by Daniel Jackson, which Eli watches in the first episode.
The Blu-ray edition will include a few additional bonus features, including “Kawoosh 2.0” and a featurette on the White Sands, New Mexico shoot. Check out the full list at TVShowsOnDVD.com.
Episodes will be presented in anamorphic widescreen format, with English Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and Spanish Dolby Surround. Subtitles will be available in English, Spanish and French.
Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the full story, and watch GateWorld for more in the weeks to come.
(Thanks to Madwelshboy, Robert and Quade for the tip!)
Holy FRAK! To even ask that people shell out $50-$70 for HALF OF A SEASON of a TV show is an affront to our current economic crisis. Of course, I’m going to buy it (for the commentaries and Ivon’s BTS ONLY)… when it goes on sale for $20 or less.
Nice.
LOLROTF Where do I get in line Mr. Barnum?
I like the show but not that much. I will gladly wait until the price drops or they have the whole season in one pack.
Bit expensive for coasters. Please let me know when SG-1 is ready.
As I made clear when this was first talked about, I WILL NOT be buying it. I will not pay for half a season. I probably would buy a full season but never a half. Way to screw it up.
This would have to be under $10 for me to buy. I bought Atlantis Season 5(the whole season, not half) for $21 on Amazon. This is just what Universal did with BSG season 2 and I never bought it. This is like 7 years ago TV season prices. Get real MGM
50 bucks for 1/2 a season…….you can get a whole season of SG-1 or Atlantis for less than that! I’m NOT buying these if it’s gonna be $100 a season
BSG did this and it was annoying.
I’ll wait for a full season…
BYE
I hate the half season releases. Especially for that price. Yikes. $35 (probably) on Amazon? For half a season? I don’t think so.
Heck, I just bought the Atlantis box set for $90 (Amazon CyberMonday deal). Why would I pay $50 for a HALF season of a show I don’t like nearly as well? And if they’d release SGA on Blu-Ray, I’ll buy it, too. Then I’d own each season on DVD (which I’ll farm out to my sisters to get them hooked), the box set on DVD, the Fan’s Choice Blu-Ray, and all five seasons on Blu-Ray. And yes, I own all 10 seasons of SG-1, the SG-1 movies, and a couple versions of the original movie. There’s no way I could… Read more »
That pricing is disappointing. I have paid $30-35 (US) for every season of SG-1 and Atlantis and they want me to pay that for just half a season? And companies wonder why the DVD market is ‘drying up’. Lower the price to $20 (which would mean a full season is $40– which is still 5-10 more than what I have been paying), and then I’ll buy it. Very disappointed at this release, it feels like MGM (or FOX, or whoever made this decision) is more interested in getting more revenue than customers. Every time I see a company more interested… Read more »
“SGU 1.0″ will be available on February 9, 2010…
Move the first 0 and you get 90210 – ha!
Half the season, for all of the cost!
Thanks MGM ;)
Well, that’s something I won’t be buying.
A lot of you don’t seem to realize that the MSRP isn’t what you usually pay from sites like Amazon.com
The MSRP is what their ‘listed’ price is, and they’ll generally be 30 or 40% cheaper. So they’ll be $35 to $50 for the Bluray, most probably.
Omg what use could I possibly have for half a season? And then they’re asking a whopping load of cash for it as well. This is just ridiculous. What’s even more ridiculous is that the second half of season 1 has apparently already been shot, so why make everybody wait for four months. It’s bad enough when they don’t air an episode of a show because of the superbowl or thanksgiving or whatever.
@uncle al
very observant ;)
Sigh. Not very smart if they want to sell these DVDs and blu-rays. Especially blu-rays. Come on MGM, if you must put this out now, do it cheaply and get people into the show, then release part 2 and complete season at once. People won’t be buying otherwise.
Wait, not only do they feel they’ve gotta mimic Battlestar in every way possible on-screen, but now they’re even copying Battlestar’s DVD release strategy and even NAMING SCHEME? This reminds me of that part of Steven Spielberg’s A.I. film where the little robot kid stared at the Blue Fairy statue for thousands of years, every moment of which spent wishing with all his might he could become a real boy, not realizing or caring that the world went on in his absence, and the family he was hoping to be with as a real boy had already lived out the… Read more »
Are they completely nuts now? Eureka 3.0’s suggested price is $29.99 and Amazon discounts even that! And Eureka is much more successful show that SGU! And SGU wants $49.99 for 1.0? Hahaha, it’s April 1st and I haven’t noticed or what? No way, no how!
I also love the “but of course, retailers will discount those.” Even the author of this article understands that the price is bonkers. Nuts. Crazy!
To be honest even I wouldn’t pay that.
I would never get half a season anyway what’s the point? Your better off getting the full season when its released.
What made BSG even worse was that they did the half season releases only every other season. 1 and 3 released as full seasons while 2 and 4 were split in half. Is that what one could expect with SGU as well?
It’s about as bad as changing the dvd packaging after season 7 of SG1. I would imagine that all everybody really want is some consistancy on there part.
It’s almost as if they have civil servants working at MGM :P
I am surprised, nay, astounded, that no one’s calling us haters or not true fans of the franchise, for not rushing out in droves to buy this.. err.. SciFi show, on Blu-ray, (so that we could be dissapointed over and over again, in high Definition) LOL!!!
I question this move. I don’t remember this being done with Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis. This may put off both the hardcore fans and the casual fans as well. I will not buy a half season for that amount. Half a season should be half the price. Just my opinion.
This is not for fans. This is for money. It gives them revenue twice when they used to only get it once.
They want people to buy the first half of the season on DVD right before the second half starts back up on Syfy. Then buy the second half right before season 2 starts. If they would show the season straight through this would not be an issue.
@jermdavid: Good observation. It’s all about cash flow. I went on record from Day 2 that I’d never translate into DVD sales. One person in a million viewers or a few emails doesn’t make much of a difference but the loss of $89.00 (MSRP, dealer may sell for less LOL) is a much better way of telling them what you think of their new series. Let me stir the pot adding that the whole SGU trip seems to lack any consideration for fans. I’m not a lemming and I bailed fairly early. Rolling out the actors to conferences pre-production seems… Read more »
They most likely want to just make money. Its troubling times for the DVD market (Much more so than it was for SG-1 & Atlants) so an increase in price is understandable. Though maybe not worth it, even to us fans.
@Scott Watson: I agree that the DVD market is not what it used to be. But that doesn’t in any way justify milking fans for twice as much money for the same/similar product. Look at Eureka – $29.99 SRP for half a season. $49.99 SRP for half a season of SGU. That does not compute. I understand that MGM is deep in red numbers but this won’t get them new customers. $49.99 is what a whole season of SG-1 and SGA costs – compare it with the $99.98 SRP they will want for one season of SGU. The DVD would… Read more »
Economics 101: Demand and Suppy. No one Jacks the price up skyhigh for ANY product, untill there’s an actual demand. So the “Increase in price” is NOT understandable, “even for us fans”. Trying to sell DVD’s at a standard market price will obviously get you more money than trying to sell the same same product that obviously doesn’t have the same following as before, for double the price. After all, stamping out plastic disks doesn’t cost them a whole lot of extra dough, because the series was not re-made for DVD, as is evident from release timeline. It’s like someone… Read more »
Well I guess I won’t be purchasing SGU ever. This is the exact same thing BSG did and I liked BSG a whole lot more then I ever thought of liking SGU. I never purchases BSG all because of this half season junk. I purchased every single season of SG-1 and SGA, along with the movies, but won’t be purchasing this. Way to screw it up MGM and Sci-Fi (or whatever they want to call themselves now).
Stargate SG1 by far the best, this SGU not good.
To slow and not much action.
Will not be buying this, would rather wait for the next instalment of SG1 movie!!!
Half seasons bad idea, to much to pay for only 10 episodes.
HOLY HANNAH!!!
The first half of Universe BD here in Brazil is selling for the equivalent of US$ 200 (R$ 344), imported yes but wow!!!!!