Dawson's Creek - The Complete Series - December 6th, 2022

[mastafishere]

Amazon just cancelled my order out of nowhere due to "unavailability". I preordered it on 10/1 so this sucks. Deepdiscount it is then.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by KyahCA

If I decide to fully replace my DVD set with this BD set... I have to admit, I'll miss Run Like Mad as the theme song.

Originally Posted by vicious_boy

Yeah, as much as I missed IDWW I got used to hearing Run Like Mad.

Same here, but I actually can't stand IDWW and skip the opening credits because of it. Run Like Mad is much better.

[NormanBatesStuffedBird]

Is pq pretty solid there for what it is?

[infiniteCR]

So it is original music again?

[PrestigeWorldwide]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

So it is original music again?

I don't think it has officially been confirmed, but according to the one review I watched, it appears to be the same as the current HD streaming version. There is some original music, but not all.

[lildemon666]

Any pics for comparison from the dvd to blu?

[KyahCA]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Same here, but I actually can't stand IDWW and skip the opening credits because of it. Run Like Mad is much better.

Same here. IDWW sounds so... whiny.

[garyd97]

I couldn't imagine buying this without IDWW.

[filmbuffTX]

"I Don't Want to Wait" was one of the bigger pop hits of the late 90s. You heard it everywhere and it was already popular on the radio and MTV several months before Dawson's Creek premiered. The lyrics fit the themes of the show perfectly.

[DMRI2006]

Was sampling a little of this last night...it's pretty much what you would expect from Mill Creek. The encoding isn't the best but it's far from the worst they've done with Sony titles, especially of late.

The weird thing is why they devote so much space to the audio. Like the bit-rate for the video is usually in the 10-20 mbps range, while the 5.1 audio is ridiculously over the top at 3 mbps, and doesn't need that kind of space (at least this is the first disc I was sampling). For a show like this, allocating more resources to the video would help their compression out and the presentation as a whole, but I've seen this happen on other MC titles where it's like they put a priority on the audio for some odd reason and the transfer suffers instead.

[samukas]

I hope I'm not saying anything wrong, but... If the audio is lossless, it will just take whatever space it needs to take, you can't really limit the bitrate of DTS-MA.

So there's not much that could be done there, except releasing with lossy audio. Or increasing the number of discs, of course.

For a show like this, shot on film, it pains me to imagine that they squeezed up to 8 episodes on a single disc ... I hope down the line this gets a more generous release somewhere else.

[jpkocot]

I got the set today and can confirm that the series finale is in 2 parts and not the extended cut. Total running time is just over 85 minutes. The commentary is there, but I haven't listened to it. It does seem to sync up at the end though.

[TheThomasTrinity]

Is the series finale the only extended episode?

[HorrorBlu]

Still waiting on mine, but here's an updated breakdown based on what I can see in the unboxing videos:

Season 1 (2 Discs):

- Disc 1 - Episodes 1 - 6
* Filmmakers Audio Commentary (Pilot)
* Bonus Features: DAWSON'S CREEK: FROM DAY ONE, TIME CAPSULE
* Original Pilot Ending, Deleted Scenes From Pilot
- Disc 2 - Episodes 7 - 13
* Kevin Williamson & Cast Audio Commentary (Breaking Away)

Season 2 (3 Discs):

- Disc 3 - Episodes 1 - 7
* Audio Commentary (The Kiss)
- Disc 4 - Episodes 8 - 15
- Disc 5 - Episodes 16 - 22
* Audio Commentary (Parental Discretion Advised)

Season 3 (4 Discs):

- Disc 6 - Episodes 1 - 6
- Disc 7 - Episodes 7 - 12
* Audio Commentary (First Encounters Of The Close Kind)
- Disc 8 - Episodes 13 - 18
- Disc 9 - Episodes 19 - 23
* Audio Commentary (True Love)

Season 4 (4 Discs):

- Disc 10 - Episodes 1 - 6
* Audio Commentary (Coming Home)
- Disc 11 - Episodes 7 - 12
- Disc 12 - Episodes 13 - 18
- Disc 13 - Episodes 19 - 23
* Audio Commentary (The Graduate)

Season 5 (3 Discs):

- Disc 14 - Episodes 1 - 8
- Disc 15 - Episodes 9 - 16
- Disc 16 - Episodes 17 - 23

Season 6 (4 Discs):

- Disc 17 - Episodes 1 - 6
- Disc 18 - Episodes 7 - 12
- Disc 19 - Episodes 13 - 18
* Bonus Features: ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION
- Disc 20 - Episodes 19 - 24
* Commentary with creator Kevin Williamson and executive producer Paul Stupin (...Must Come To An End)
* Bonus Features: CREEK DAZE: A CONVERSATION WITH KEVIN WILLIAMSON

* Discs 17 & 18 Unconfirmed

[samukas]

Originally Posted by TheThomasTrinity

Is the series finale the only extended episode?

It was the only extended episode.
A few episodes from S05-S06 had scenes cut on DVD due to music and I'm guessing those are also not part of this release.

Originally Posted by HorrorBlu

Still waiting on mine, but here's an updated breakdown based on what I can see in the unboxing videos:

Cheers for the update! I'm personally very curious:
- how they edited the commentary from the extended finale;
- if the commentary tracks still have "Run Like Mad" in the background;
- I specifically remember Paul Stupin mentioning in some episodes that "Run Like Mad" had to be used to cut costs, yada yada (in one of the season 3 commentaries, and possibly in Season 4 as well)

[KyahCA]

Very disappointed to hear it does not include the extended finale. Andie's scenes were such a great addition.

[VeronicaSawyer]

So sounds like some of the original music is intact, but that was the case with the DVDs too. Do we know for sure if this bluray set has more than the DVDs did?

[GoldMotel]

Originally Posted by VeronicaSawyer

So sounds like some of the original music is intact, but that was the case with the DVDs too. Do we know for sure if this bluray set has more than the DVDs did?

I haven't seen a review that's confirmed one way or the other, besides that IDWTW has been restored across all seasons.

[Joe Black]

I can confirm the set is region B compatible. But unfortunately even though it is marked on the box that there are English subtitles, these do not work. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

[frederiickx]

Amazon cancelled and now it's completely sold out? I hope they get it back in. Shocked it's sold out. It's now being sold by another seller instead of Amazon on there.