TV On DVD
I feel like at this point I should stop being surprised when _______ TV series appears on DVD. I guess there are some shows that I never imagined there was a big enough market for to justify releasing full season box sets.
I’ve found that while I love having full runs of all of Joss Whedon shows on hand, TV on DVD takes the fun out of catching reruns in syndication. It used to be cool to catch that great episode that you hadn’t seen in several years by chance, but now you remember you have it in much better quality with commentary sitting on your shelf. Not to mention the loss of fandom status from having caught every episode when it aired, if you’re one to care about such things. Keeping up with TV shows has just become to easy these days.
On a semi-related note, I was glad to see that on the Gargoyles Season 1 DVD, Disney included a feature on fan conventions that acknowledged fanfiction and cosplay as not only existing, but keeping fandom alive and strong. Good for them.