Updated October 19, 2003!

Roswell DVD Announces Release Date!

With the anniversary of TVShowsOnDVD.com just a couple of weeks away, what better gift can we give all of you besides this one? Yes, we now have an official announcement from the studio of the #1 most-requested, most-voted-for T.V. Series that all of YOU have asked for: ROSWELL!!

Fox Home Video has announced today their list of specs for the Roswell - Season 1 DVD giftset. No cover art was provided yet, so stay tuned and we'll bring it to you just as soon as we get it.

The street date is February 17, 2004. According to the early info, all 6 DVDs in this set will be presented in 1.33:1, as seen in the U.S. on standard broadcast. Soundtrack is English 2.0 Dolby Surround, and subtitles are provided. The running time is 968 minutes, and this bad boy will go for a list price of $59.98 in the U.S., and CA$89.98 in Canada.

There has been no more mention about the music use on this set, but you can read our story from last week which describes how the music rights issues have affected this release.

Here is the complete content of each disc in the set, both episodes and extras:

Disc 1
Episodes: "Pilot", "The Morning After", "Monsters", "Leaving Normal"
Commentary on "Pilot" by David Nutter and Jason Katims
Deleted scenes with optional commentary

Disc 2
Episodes: "Missing", "285 South" (Part 1), "River Dog" (Part 2), "Blood Brother"
Commentary on "285 South"
Commentary on "Blood Brother" with David Nutter and Colin Hanks
Deleted scenes w/optional commentary

Disc 3
Episodes: "Heat Wave", "The Balance", "The Toy House", "Into the Woods"
Commentary on "Heat Wave"
Deleted scenes w/optional commentary

Disc 4
Episodes: "The Convention", "Blind Date", "Independence Day", "Sexual Healing"
Commentary on "Independence Day"
Deleted scenes w/optional commentary

Disc 5
Episodes: "Crazy", "Tess, Lies and Videotape", "Four-Square", "Max to the Max"
Commentary on "Max to the Max"
Deleted scenes w/optional commentary

Disc 6
Episodes: "The White Room" (Part 1), "Destiny" (Part 2)
Commentary on "Destiny"
Deleted scenes w/optional commentary
3 Featurettes
Gag Reel
Actor Audition "Tess, Lies and Videotape"
Sensefield's "Save Yourself" music video

You may have noticed that theDDD was down for a few days back in March. And now the video clips of Max and Liz are gone from the site. The DDD's web host received complaints from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) that theDDD.net was in violation of copyright laws and so the web host said that if the clips weren't removed immediately the site would be shut down. So I removed the video clips. How the MPAA discovered theDDD is beyond me! Maybe I should be flattered.

A NEW BEGINNING

Reported in The Hollywood Reporter on March 17, 2003
'Heights' rising with ensemble

NEW YORK - Miramax Films has cast "The Battle of Shaker Heights" - the second installment of its Project Greenlight filmmaking contest - with Kathleen Quinlan, Shia LaBeouf, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, William Sadler, Shiri Appleby and Anson Mount. "Heights," in production, was penned by Erica Beeney and is being helmed by Kyle Rankin and Efram Potelle. LivePlanet's Chris Moore and Jeff Balis are producing "Heights" with exec producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Miramax vp production Rick Schwartz is overseeing, reporting to co-president of production Bob Osher.

Shiri Appleby ("Swimfan" ) has joined Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas and Jamie Bell in the cast of "Undertow" for helmer David Gordon Green ("All the Real Girls" ) . Pic is set to lense in April in and around Savannah, Ga. Film, penned by Joe Conway and Green, will be produced by Terrence Malick, Ed Pressman and Lisa Muskat for New York-based production stable ContentFilm.

Reported in Variety Mar. 24, 2003

Robyn Burnett Answers Questions
just for theDDD about her new Book!
Crash Into Me

TheDDD: With that said perhaps you would like to tell us what gave you the idea or inspiration to write a book about Roswell and it's fans?

Robyn: I am a huge fan of Roswell. I had just finished working on a biography and was having lunch with my editor when the discussion of television shows came up. She is a huge fan of Buffy. I convinced her that Roswell was worth checking out. Then, I brought up the idea of a Roswell book. ECW has done a variety of different television books, so... A few months later, my agent presented the idea to ECW formally and it went from there! As for the fans, once I learned of all of their efforts to not only save the show but raise money for charity, I knew that I wanted to document their story.

TheDDD: Does your book touch upon the controversy regarding 'chads' and 'storylines' and 'change of direction' the show took over it's short life and how the fans seemed to be an integral part of that?

Robyn: I do touch on the storyline controversies and the change of direction in the episode guide. I don't get into the "chad" list as much but I do bring up some of their issues. There wasn't enough room to go into explicit detail like the "chad" list did. The book does go into detail about the role the fans played in keeping the show on the air.

TheDDD: Roswell fans have been (and continue to be) amazingly generous and hardworking for several charities over the years - is this a new phenomena? Or did Roswell fans pick up where other fan groups left off?

Robyn: I personally feel the Roswell fans were very unique on many fronts. The amount of money that has been raised for charities is phenomenal. Sending in the Tabasco sauce was truly a unique effort, and even more impressive was the amount of bottles actually received... twice! From that standpoint, I would say it was a new phenomena. An organized fan campaign was not a new idea, however. Over the years, different fan letter writing campaigns have saved shows including Star Trek and Cagney and Lacey.

TheDDD: What sources did you use when putting together your book? Obviously the internet (thank you again!) but were the 'people' behind Roswell at all forthcoming in helping you with your book?

Robyn: I read a lot of news articles and had great help from various fans when writing the book. While I would have loved to approach the people involved with the show, it may have presented some difficulties for them considering that this is an "unofficial" book and not one directly associated with Fox or the WB.

TheDDD: I'm sure you've answered all these questions before but anything you would like to tell theDDD visitors would be terrific. I hope sales of your book are going well!

Thank you for your kind words. The chemistry between Max and Liz was both compelling and inspiring and it is understandable as to why people continue to embrace it even though Roswell has been cancelled. When we connect so strongly to characters, whether in literature, television or film, the feeling can last for a lifetime. I was a huge fan of North and South, the television miniseries from the 1980's, and Orry and Madeleine are still two of my favorite characters. Max and Liz's romance was one of those stories that will not be forgotten.