When Paramount first released
The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series back
in 2008, many fans were upset because it included the two reunion movies
Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) and
More Wild Wild West (1980). The problem was that neither of those had been included with any of the individual season releases, and the disc they were on was never released on its own, so their inclusion on the pricey complete series was seen as a slap in the face to fans who had diligently bought each season as it was released. But now as part of their
Cyber Monday Deals Week (yes, they made up a day and then they made that made-up day a week), Amazon is offering the all-inclusive box set for a truly affordable price. What originally retailed for $100 is now
just $29.99 for
this week only! For that money, it's worth finally making the upgrade for fans who bought all the seasons but always wanted the reunion movies as well. I'm sure you can make back thirty bucks by selling off your single-season sets and break even. And if you never bought any of the individual sets, this bargain is a no-brainer.
The Wild Wild West is
one of the best spy series of the Sixties, and
The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series is an essential part of any spy library.
Speaking of essential parts of spy libraries, there's another must-have complete series set on sale today (and this one is
today only at this price):
Foyle's War: The Home Front Files Sets.
The Homefront Files collects seasons 1-6 (that's all but this year's post-war
seventh series) of Anthony (
Alex Rider) Horowitz's espionage-heavy and completely fantastic WWII mystery series starring Pierce Brosnan's Bill Tanner, Michael Kitchen, and today the set which regularly retails for $150 is just $39.99! Buy it for yourself or give someone an awesome Christmas gift... or send a strong hint to someone who's buying you a Christmas gift.
Foyle's War is great stuff.
I bought the original very bare bones seasons so I see no point in getting the box set. Those 4 high priced collections have no special extras, no featurettes, deleted footage, promo films, talk show appearances, the 90s TNT special (which a guy posted on youtube), alternate takes, etc. There's a two hour video of the Hollywood convention event in Jan 2013 with Mr. Conrad, Richard Kiel and Connie Stevens on Youtube also--bad audio but still a must see for fans.
ReplyDeleteThe season 1 set does have a few things (I greatly enjoyed the interview with Ethel Winant, former wife of one of my favorite actors, H.M. Wynant), but true, the other three seasons don't have any special features.
ReplyDeleteI only need season 4 and I'll have the whole series on DVD. I recorded the season 4 episodes off of Me TV, but I'm not sure if they're unedited. MeTV airs some shows unedited, while others are chopped up.
The Wild Wild West is a particular favourite of mine. Sounds like a rather tempting deal!
ReplyDeleteThe Wild Wild West is a particular favourite of mine. Sounds like a rather tempting deal!
ReplyDeleteI, too, Elliot, wish that there had been more extras on the later seasons, but I agree with Lucky Ladybug that there are some quite nifty ones on the first season! I love the Robert Conrad episode intros, and I really wish they'd kept doing those for later seasons.
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