MadonnasManOne wrote:The massive boxed set (regardless of however many discs they have planned), is not happening this year. According to TheDigitalBits.com, America will get the 8-Disc Christopher Reeve Collection, plus the individual releases of Superman II: The Richard Donnor Cut and Supergirl. They state that the boxed set is still being planned, but, it's likely not going to come out until further down the line.
Well, until the proper Superman Returns press release is issued, I don't believe this. It's not Warner's way. I'd be very disappointed is Warners did this - its a lot to ask a consumer to buy a 14 disc set, when 8 (or 9) have already been released. I mean, I can't see them adding to the content of the Superman movies. At least with the Matrix box set, most of the discs had all new content... even the movies in the form of commentaries. Warner obviously cannot do this for the Superman films, given how supplement heavy the 8(9) disc set is.
It would create so much bad press for Warners to expect people who have bought a smaller set to then buy the bigger one 6 months later.
I find it strange Amazon don't have any of the new Superman films releases up for order, yet the other November Superman releases are (Lois and Clark S4 and the old Movie serials), despite those titles being announced later! It makes me think one big promotional push is expected when Superman Returns is finally revealed, and something big is still be be made known.
Upadate: Amazon, DVDPlanet and Deep Discount DVD - even Best Buy and Wal*Mart - do not have any of the new superman films up for pre-order (but have the other November Super-titles), or the CR Collection. There's definitely something strange going on... normally the online stores would be falling over themselves to put up a high profile boxset for pre-order.
