The Newsroom: The Complete Second Season - November 4, 2014

[noirjunkie]

Just announced for a November 4 release. HBO is taking its sweet time releasing this.

Bonus Features:

Audio Commentaries - four audio commentaries with Aaron Sorkin, executive producer Alan Poul, cast members Jeff Daniels, Sam Waterston, Emily Mortimer, Olivia Munn and more!

Inside the Episodes - get the inside perspective on each of the episodes with revealing interviews from Aaron Sorkin.

Deleted Scenes

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[PenguinMaster]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Just announced for a November 4 release. HBO is taking their sweet time releasing this.

Presumably it will be releasing shortly before the next season (just like most shows).

[TQType]

The special features are a bit underwhelming. I

I don't understand the episode recaps bonus feature. If you own the season, I'd assume you're going to watch the episodes (and not need recaps).

Still, I enjoyed the season. I was sad to hear this show is only going for 3 seasons, but what can you do?

[Bobsays]

Day one for me. One of my favourite shows.

[Emcg0211]

I love this show but this season (particularly the ending) left me really disappointed. That being said, I still preordered.

[DearGodNo]

Excellent show. Excited about this set as well. The first season had some nice extras so I'm pretty excited to see these.

[d514]

Originally Posted by TQType

The special features are a bit underwhelming. I

I don't understand the episode recaps bonus feature. If you own the season, I'd assume you're going to watch the episodes (and not need recaps).

Not everyone watches the entire season within a few days. And a week later a recap can be helpful. On TV they are also only a week apart. I also hate it when the recap is always played when you watch 2 or 3 episodes in a row. But as a selectable feature it's a nice addition.

That being said I'm also underwhelmed by the special features. I've read that they shot 10 episodes for season 2 but completely reshot the first one. Would have been nice to see the original version.

I also liked the first season more than the second one. I think it was a dumb idea to reveal early in the season how one storyline will end. But the second season was still pretty good and I hope for a great final season.

[Coasterghost]

Originally Posted by d514

Not everyone watches the entire season within a few days. And a week later a recap can be helpful. On TV they are also only a week apart. I also hate it when the recap is always played when you watch 2 or 3 episodes in a row. But as a selectable feature it's a nice addition.

That being said I'm also underwhelmed by the special features. I've read that they shot 10 episodes for season 2 but completely reshot the first one. Would have been nice to see the original version.

I also liked the first season more than the second one. I think it was a dumb idea to reveal early in the season how one storyline will end. But the second season was still pretty good and I hope for a great final season.

They actually re-shot big portions of the first 2 episodes and rewrote the entire third episode. From the Hollywood Reporter from 6/19/13: "Sorkin rewrote the season's third episode and found a way to reshoot large swaths of episodes one and two. The season order also was cut from 10 episodes to nine. "There was a certain amount of surgically organized reshooting whereby we kept everything that we possibly could, but some of it was a bit repurposed or moved to a different place," explains Poul of a move that cost HBO several million dollars. "

[gettodamoofies]

Can't say I'm liking Amazon's idea of the price for release day. Best Buy has it for $39.99 and usually Amazon will have matched it by now...

[Canada]

It is one of my favourite shows, it's a shame that there is only going to be one more season comprised of 6 episodes. I am asking for season 2 for Christmas.

[gettodamoofies]

Mine is now preparing to ship from Amazon. I've requested cancellation. The fact that they won't even match Best Buy's $39.99 is crazy. $57.49 on release day for one season when every other HBO show goes for between $29.99 and $39.99. Not on...

[BrandonJF]

Originally Posted by atexp80

Mine is now preparing to ship from Amazon. I've requested cancellation. The fact that they won't even match Best Buy's $39.99 is crazy. $57.49 on release day for one season when every other HBO show goes for between $29.99 and $39.99. Not on...

Yeah, Amazon has given up, it seems. This year will be the least I've spent at Amazon in over a decade. I used to order from Amazon feeling safe that they'd match the lowest price advertised at Best Buy/Target/Wal-Mart, but they seem to have stopped that. Combine that with the horrible packaging and lack of a price match policy and Best Buy has now been getting almost all of my business.

They still have time to match Best Buy. There was a time when I'd post that it would 100% happen. I can't say that anymore, though.

[Rhoq]

Originally Posted by BrandonJF

Yeah, Amazon has given up, it seems. This year will be the least I've spent at Amazon in over a decade. I used to order from Amazon feeling safe that they'd match the lowest price advertised at Best Buy/Target/Wal-Mart, but they seem to have stopped that. Combine that with the horrible packaging and lack of a price match policy and Best Buy has now been getting almost all of my business.

They still have time to match Best Buy. There was a time when I'd post that it would 100% happen. I can't say that anymore, though.

They finally just dropped the price to $39.99.

[Coasterghost]

Nice for them to do it now, after I canceled my order 2 days ago. Hitting up BB for it later if they don't have it, I am back to Amazon.

[gettodamoofies]

Mine had already gone to preparing for shipment so I had to email them to cancel manually. Fortunately I gave it one last try in the email and asked them to match the price and if not cancel it. They didn't match but did advise they would refund me $17.50 from my order. With the way they set it up (not adjusting the item price, but rather doing a refund) it looks like I may actually end up with it for $22.49 now that it's dropped to $39.99.

[Rhoq]

Originally Posted by atexp80

Mine had already gone to preparing for shipment so I had to email them to cancel manually. Fortunately I gave it one last try in the email and asked them to match the price and if not cancel it. They didn't match but did advise they would refund me $17.50 from my order. With the way they set it up (not adjusting the item price, but rather doing a refund) it looks like I may actually end up with it for $22.49 now that it's dropped to $39.99.

The refund would have been automatic anyways. Amazon's policy is to honor a price match up until 11:59:59 PM on the day of release. I'm just glad they didn't do the shitty thing they've done in the past and and price match on Wednesday leaving the folks who pre-ordered stuck with whatever higher price they paid.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Rhoq

The refund would have been automatic anyways. Amazon's policy is to honor a price match up until 11:59:59 PM on the day of release. I'm just glad they didn't do the shitty thing they've done in the past and and price match on Wednesday leaving the folks who pre-ordered stuck with whatever higher price they paid.

I think you misunderstand. They've applied a separate refund of $17.49 to my order which is NOT the pre-order price protection one. So, when dispatching (as it still hasn't yet) I should be charged $39.99 and then get the $17.49 refund on top.

[Coasterghost]

I got my copy today, for those who are wondering here is a breakdown of the discs.

Disc 1: Episodes 1-3

Episode 1:
Recap
Inside the Episode
Commentary
Deleted Scene

Episode 2
Recap
Inside the Episode

Episode 3:
Recap
Inside the Episode

Disc 2: Episodes 4-6
Episode 4:
Recap
Inside the Episode

Episode 5:
Recap
Inside the Episode
Commentary

Episode 6:
Recap
Inside the Episode

Disc 3: Episodes 7-9
Episode 7:
Recap
Inside the Episode
Commentary

Episode 8:
Recap
Inside the Episode

Episode 9:
Recap
Inside the Episode
Commentary
Deleted Scene

[gettodamoofies]

Depressing news if you're a Sorkin fan: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...ry.html#page=2

[laz305]

Wow sad indeed. It was fun while it lasted. Well I guess I'll watch it from the beginning again. That's the great thing about this series is you can watch it multiple times and catch something new evertime.