Heroes - Season 1 DVD (R1) - released 21st August

Basq

Don't think this has been posted yet but it's getting it's Region 1 release on August 28th.



And can be bought from Amazon for about €35 right now. Pre-order that sucka now. Won't get any cheaper than that - can be purchased by clicking the image above!

Full list of specs / features below:

Seven-Disc Set Featuring the Never-Before-Aired 73-Minute Premiere Episode.

Available on DVD and HD DVD August 28, 2007 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment

"The Ride Is Thrilling"- TV Guide

Universal City, May 18, 2007 - Ordinary people with extraordinary abilities link a group of complete strangers that may determine the future of the world when Heroes: Season 1 comes to DVD and HD DVD August 28, 2007 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The most acclaimed and addictive new series of the 2006-2007 television season, Heroes: Season 1, which was created by Tim Kring ("Providence," "Crossing Jordan"), features an extraordinary ensemble cast that includes Sendhil Ramamurthy (Blind Guy Driving), Milo Ventimiglia ("Gilmore Girls"), Adrian Pasdar ("Judging Amy"), Hayden Panettiere (Bring It On: All Or Nothing), Ali Larter (Final Destination), Noah Gray-Cabey, ("My Wife & Kids"), Leonard Roberts ("Smallville"), Santiago Cabrera ("Empire"), Tawny Cypress (NBC's "Third Watch"), Greg Grunberg ("Alias"), Masi Oka, (NBC's "Scrubs"), Jack Colman ("Dynasty"), James Kyson Lee (NBC's "Las Vegas"), Zachary Quinto ("24"), Ashley Crow (NBC's "American Dreams"), Cristine Rose (NBC's "Friends"), Jimmy Jean-Louis (Monster-in-Law), Eric Roberts ("Less than Perfect") and Malcolm McDowall ("Entourage"). Electrifying intrigue, compelling mythology and soaring imagination make the NBC epic drama the must see event of the year. Praised for its "propulsive, surprisingly and emotionally charged storytelling" by Entertainment Weekly, Heroes nabbed the People's Choice Award for Favorite New Drama Series and a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Drama Series of 2007, even before completing its first season. Heroes is television's number-one new show of the 2006-2007 season.

"Heroes is one of those rare television series with such broad popular and critical appeal that it has become an instant cultural phenomenon," said Craig Kornblau, President of Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Universal Studios Digital Platforms. "With the extraordinary array of compelling bonus content offered on both the DVD and HD DVD respectively, this title, which has already generated tremendous anticipation among consumers, is well poised to be one of the greatest, must-have DVDs of the year."

The seven-disc DVD set is packed with revealing bonus features, including five featurettes, over 50 deleted scenes plus the 73-minute Tim Kring cut of the original series premiere that has never aired on television and much more. The seven-disc DVD version is priced at $59.98 S.R.P.

SUPERHUMAN EXTRAS
Heroes: Season 1 reveals some of the show's hidden secrets with interviews, mini documentaries and extensive profiles, including:

* Unaired Pilot: The Tim Kring Cut with Audio Commentary - A full 73 uninterrupted minutes of the original, unaired, extended pilot episode, as Heroes' creator Tim Kring first envisioned it, with a character never seen.
* The Making of Heroes - From concept to pop culture phenomenon, a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest new series on television
* Special Effects - The secrets behind the eye-popping visuals that give the Heroes their amazing powers.
* The Stunts - A back stage look at the show's hair-raising stunts.
* Mind Reader - Matt Parkman's mind reading abilities reveal your inner Hero with a series of simple tests.
* Profile of Artist Tim Sale - A look at the Eisner Award-winning comic book artist (Spiderman, Batman, Daredevil) behind much of the Manga-influenced artwork used in the show.
* The Score - Go behind the scenes with Wendy Melvin and Lisa Coleman (of Prince's The Revolution) as they create their ASCAP Award-winning musical score.
* 50 Deleted and Extended Scenes

SYNOPSIS
Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), a genetics professor from Chennai, picks up his late father's research and makes an astonishing discovery - a seemingly random group of people around the world are developing astonishing super powers. From a drug-addicted artist (Santiago Cabrera), who paints the future and an ambitious politician (Adrian Pasdar) who can fly, to a New York cop who hears other people's thoughts (Greg Grunberg) and a Japanese computer programmer (Masi Oka) who can distort the space time continuum, these new Heroes seem to have a shared destiny. Creator Tim Kring ("Crossing Jordan") fashions a complex new world full of hidden clues, breathtaking plot twists and suspense-filled conundrums for an exhilaratingly fresh story about average people who are confronting the existence of inexplicable super powers. Also starring Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, Ali Larter, Noah Gray-Cabey, Leonard Roberts, Tawny Cypress and Jack Colman, Heroes: Season 1 is packed with special bonuses that take viewers deeper into this rich and riveting series. Relive the excitement or discover it for the first time with Heroes: Season 1 on DVD and HD DVD.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
DVD
Street Date: August 28, 2007
Copyright: 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Price: $59.98 S.R.P.
Discs: 7
Layers: DVD9 (SD)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (1:78:1)
Rating: NR
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1

Quite a list of special features too..!

Agamemnon

Jaysus... Tim Kring is responsible for the appalling Crossing Jordan! :eek:

Ok, Jill Hennessy's a babe but that show was a televisual abomination. Kring's really redeemed himself with Heroes.

€35 is a phenomenal price for an entire season of the best show on tv.

Faith

Ah, that's YEARS away! I want it now! I'll be in the states at the time too, so there's no point pre-ordering it.

the-ging

There is no mention of having the comics on the DVD's!
I though they woudl have put them on.

Basq

Would have liked a couple of commentaries on the DVD however...

.. by far, my favourite DVD special feature.

Snake Plisken

Oh I'll be buying this on HD-DVD, hopefully it'll look great

Snake

monkeyfudge

I'll be going for the HD-DVD version too... It's out on the 28th.

Star Lord

Considering the postage, and probably VAT you'd have to pay ordering that from the states, how much would it add up to?

It's available on pre-order from CDWOW for €59.99...
http://www.cdwow.ie/detail_results_2.php?product_code=1966401

funky penguin

I can't believe theres no commentaries! :eek:

The parkman thing could be fun, but YAY! Theres a documentary on the music!

Instant Karma

Commentaries are great, too bad they are missing from this.

Faith

There is a commentary on YouTube, for the episode "Unexpected", done by Mohinder and Sylar (and some other guy). The first part is here, I'm sure you can navigate to the rest yourselves!

Star Lord

Maybe the commentaries are taken for granted? *crosses fingers*

Basq

DamoElDiablo wrote:

Maybe the commentaries are taken for granted? *crosses fingers*

I think i remember Jack Coleman (Mr Bennett) saying something about them recording commentaries for the DVD in an interview..

.. could be wrong though!

Star Lord

I think I'll order it off CDWOW on Friday (Payday!)

But I know that when I get it, it'll be hard to resist throwing my arms in the air...

\o/ Yatta!

Snake Plisken

wow just read that the HD-DVD version will have Picture in Picture Cast commentaries Not sure about standard version see here

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7340

Snake

Basq

Snake Plisken wrote:

wow just read that the HD-DVD version will have Picture in Picture Cast commentaries Not sure about standard version see here

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7340

The TVShowsOnDVD.com link states that the DVD will have 'Audio Commentaries' though...

.. great stuff!

Am ordering this week - probably will order it at Amazon. If i've to pay customs, it'll probably still work out cheaper than €60 at CDWOW.

Snake Plisken

yeah its good news about the commentaries with ability to view the cast as well is great worked very well on The Goonies DVD, so it should be good crack. For better pricing then CDWOW check out the Region 1 DVD set for 36.91 euros which is a good bit cheaper then the CDWOW 59.99. http://www.axelmusic.com/productDetails/025195008280

Big Advantage of Axel is they are based in Holland and ship all orders from within Europe, meaning no custom/import duties to pay.



Snake

Star Lord

Nice one Snake!