Comments on: IT Crowd DVD boxed set, complete with fantasy RPG! http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Blue http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901125 Blue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901125 Mighty Boosh wasn't recorded in HiDef so why does it need Burry again? <blockquote> Nelson.C • #21 • 1 Channel 4, not the Beeb.</blockquote> Ah, but we Brits all look the same with our 'bad teeth' and bowler hats. Mighty Boosh wasn’t recorded in HiDef so why does it need Burry again?

Nelson.C • #21 • 1
Channel 4, not the Beeb.

Ah, but we Brits all look the same with our ‘bad teeth’ and bowler hats.

]]> By: Niklas http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901142 Niklas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901142 Of course I was using plural of die, plural of die is dice. There are more than one. Seeing half? ;) Of course I was using plural of die, plural of die is dice. There are more than one.

Seeing half? ;)

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901143 foobar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901143 Oh come on, how can you not love a papercraft d20? Oh come on, how can you not love a papercraft d20?

]]> By: snakedart http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901147 snakedart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901147 Eifel Tower!!! Eifel Tower!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901660 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901660 Thames Television is distributing the DVD, not Channel 4. Thames Television is distributing the DVD, not Channel 4.

]]> By: adonai http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901162 adonai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901162 Damn, I just hope they release the boxset without the show, seeing as I already have them all :\ Must. Have. Maurice. The. Destroyer. Also, can I point the Americans to multi-region DVD players, which we in the rest of the world have had to get in order to buy the awesome things from Amazon which never got distributed? Very handy. Damn, I just hope they release the boxset without the show, seeing as I already have them all :\ Must. Have. Maurice. The. Destroyer.

Also, can I point the Americans to multi-region DVD players, which we in the rest of the world have had to get in order to buy the awesome things from Amazon which never got distributed? Very handy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-902445 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-902445 So in regards to the D20 being an abomination...what are the odds of someone buying this (someone who actually cares about the RPG swag) that doesn't already having a desk drawer full of actual D20's? So in regards to the D20 being an abomination…what are the odds of someone buying this (someone who actually cares about the RPG swag) that doesn’t already having a desk drawer full of actual D20′s?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-978733 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-978733 Only disk 1 and 2 are region 2 encoded. The Season 4 & 5 disks are Region 0 Only disk 1 and 2 are region 2 encoded. The Season 4 & 5 disks are Region 0

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901190 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901190 Alas, AFAIK VLC lost its ability to play other-region-coded DVDs on Macs once the locking was done in the drive itself probably over half a decade ago. Alas, AFAIK VLC lost its ability to play other-region-coded DVDs on Macs once the locking was done in the drive itself probably over half a decade ago.

]]> By: tuckels http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901193 tuckels Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901193 I must have a poster sized image of Maurice the Destroyer. I must have a poster sized image of Maurice the Destroyer.

]]> By: Niklas http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900940 Niklas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900940 That dice is an abomination! Every geek know that the sum of the opposite sides of a d20 is 21. That dice is an abomination! Every geek know that the sum of the opposite sides of a d20 is 21.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900948 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900948 Every geek also knows that the singular of "dice" is "die" Every geek also knows that the singular of “dice” is “die”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900949 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900949 One, That DIE is an abomination, and two, also, THERE ARE TABS ON EVERY EDGE WTF. Couldn't they have put a real d20 in the box? sheesh. One, That DIE is an abomination, and two, also, THERE ARE TABS ON EVERY EDGE WTF. Couldn’t they have put a real d20 in the box? sheesh.

]]> By: grikdog http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901724 grikdog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901724 I. Am. Agog. I. Am. Agog.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901213 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901213 "I've got a sword! I've got a ruddy sword!" “I’ve got a sword! I’ve got a ruddy sword!”

]]> By: Todd64 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-903013 Todd64 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-903013 The IT Crowd was released in the US in Region 1 format http://www.amazon.com/Crowd-Complete-Seasons/dp/B002PDZK7S/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1286295112&sr=8-4 $49.98 there are special features The IT Crowd was released in the US in Region 1 format
http://www.amazon.com/Crowd-Complete-Seasons/dp/B002PDZK7S/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1286295112&sr=8-4
$49.98
there are special features

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900966 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900966 yah hah! the cutout version has different faces than the complete one in the foreground. /moss yah hah! the cutout version has different faces than the complete one in the foreground.

/moss

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900973 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900973 FOR THE LOVE OF DOUGLAS REHNHOLM, let me buy this in the US and play it???????? FOR THE LOVE OF DOUGLAS REHNHOLM, let me buy this in the US and play it????????

]]> By: facetedjewel http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901232 facetedjewel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901232 Mmmmmmm . . . Richard Ayoade. I've tried turning it off, but I just get turned on again. Mmmmmmm . . . Richard Ayoade. I’ve tried turning it off, but I just get turned on again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-962931 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-962931 -waves hand in the air- I want the special edition simply for the game. And whilst I could get a D20 from one of my friends, I don't have any of my own. They had better release this edition in Australia. -waves hand in the air- I want the special edition simply for the game. And whilst I could get a D20 from one of my friends, I don’t have any of my own.

They had better release this edition in Australia.

]]> By: Steiny http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901495 Steiny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901495 I don't believe DVD Shrink can overcome the region encoding issue. You'll get a "region mismatch" error when you try a disc that doesn't match the drive. The one to use is DVD Decrypter. It won't do any shrinking, but you can feed its output to Shrink later if you so require. I don’t believe DVD Shrink can overcome the region encoding issue. You’ll get a “region mismatch” error when you try a disc that doesn’t match the drive.

The one to use is DVD Decrypter. It won’t do any shrinking, but you can feed its output to Shrink later if you so require.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900984 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900984 Unless it's a turn-counter D20, I've seen an enormous one used for that. Designed so that incrementing it is easier. OTOH, this one is wrongwrongWRONG and I have a d20 that seems to be randomly assigned and it makes my head hurt every time I use it. Unless it’s a turn-counter D20, I’ve seen an enormous one used for that. Designed so that incrementing it is easier.

OTOH, this one is wrongwrongWRONG and I have a d20 that seems to be randomly assigned and it makes my head hurt every time I use it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900990 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900990 Is there any way we can put pressure to get these awesome shows released in all-region format, or at least region-1 format for those of us in the united states ? I love the IT crowd, but thanks to these DVD region restrictions, I can't even play their disks legally if I want to. So, yeah, for now, I'll have to be one of the ones who continues to illegally download, until the DVD Copyright Control Association can get their collective heads out of their asses and you know... let me play media I buy on devices I own. Is there any way we can put pressure to get these awesome shows released in all-region format, or at least region-1 format for those of us in the united states ?

I love the IT crowd, but thanks to these DVD region restrictions, I can’t even play their disks legally if I want to.

So, yeah, for now, I’ll have to be one of the ones who continues to illegally download, until the DVD Copyright Control Association can get their collective heads out of their asses and you know… let me play media I buy on devices I own.

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900993 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900993 I hope they remembered to send a complimentary boxed set to the Elders of the Internet. I hope they remembered to send a complimentary boxed set to the Elders of the Internet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-900996 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-900996 Note that these are region 2 encoded and will not play in the United states. Note that these are region 2 encoded and will not play in the United states.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901008 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901008 And one for "The Hawk." And one for “The Hawk.”

]]> By: petsounds http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901023 petsounds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901023 What is up with UK TV shows seemingly unaware that the Blu-Ray format exists? Mighty Boosh is only available on DVD as well. Is this some sort of BBC directive? What is up with UK TV shows seemingly unaware that the Blu-Ray format exists? Mighty Boosh is only available on DVD as well. Is this some sort of BBC directive?

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901025 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901025 I wonder if the US will get a nice boxed set like this. The show is mostly obscure here so i don't see the BBC bothering to package something great for fans. Wonder if i can play the UK version in my PS3 despite the region lock... probably not ): I wonder if the US will get a nice boxed set like this. The show is mostly obscure here so i don’t see the BBC bothering to package something great for fans.

Wonder if i can play the UK version in my PS3 despite the region lock… probably not ):

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901026 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901026 It's Channel 4, not BBC. It’s Channel 4, not BBC.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/02/it-crowd-dvd-boxed-s.html#comment-901033 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-901033 If there is a BBC directive it won't affect The IT Crowd since that's neither made or shown by the BBC. I suspect that neither show was shot in HD and thus a Blu-Ray release would be pointless. That's almost certainly the case for the earlier series anyway. The first series of Mighty Boosh was made in 2004, long before the HD push. First series of The IT Crowd was 2006. Also, I don't know what the budget of The IT Crowd production was like, but The Mighty Boosh budget was small. The budget for the second series was smaller than the first. If there is a BBC directive it won’t affect The IT Crowd since that’s neither made or shown by the BBC.

I suspect that neither show was shot in HD and thus a Blu-Ray release would be pointless. That’s almost certainly the case for the earlier series anyway. The first series of Mighty Boosh was made in 2004, long before the HD push. First series of The IT Crowd was 2006. Also, I don’t know what the budget of The IT Crowd production was like, but The Mighty Boosh budget was small. The budget for the second series was smaller than the first.

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