In the spirit of the
Angel news we just posted, you guys will be wanting to know what the announcement insert card in next Tuesday's
Roswell set says about the second season. Right?
"Right!," you all shout back at me. Okay, well here's what I know: A fellow in Europe who goes by the name of "Benno" prefers to import the Region 1 releases of DVDs, and he ordered
Roswell - The Complete 1st Season from the USA. In order to get it to him by street date, his retailer apparently shipped it early, and it seems that the Customs Dept. didn't slow things down as long as they usually do. Lucky Benno already has his set!
Benno tells us that the insert says this about
Roswell - Season 2:
Continue your collection....
Roswell Season Two.
Return to the town where the term 'Alien
Encounter' takes on a whole new meaning.
Season Two available this Summer
on DVD... And nowhere else!
Wow...if Benno's not playing some cruel joke on us (and he's been reliable for us in the past), then that's awfully fast! On the other hand, Fox knows how hot this show is, and it wouldn't surprise us to hear that they've put it on the fast track. Since the first release is happening now, in Februrary, then a six-month release pattern like other Fox shows on DVD means August would work out. Nice, after waiting so long to get the first season!
Benno got this news to us the other day, actually, and we held off passing it along because we wanted to try to get ahold of someone at Fox to give us a more specific release date, if possible. That didn't work out for us, but we'll keep trying. In the meantime, we thought we would pass along Benno's information to all you
Roswell junkies, and give you something to look forward to in your release next Tuesday.
Don't forget, though, that Fox (like every other studio) sometimes moves their releases around, so fans should be aware that the timeframe may change. Stay tuned for more info, just as soon as it lands.
Update: A reader who only identified himself as "Robert" wrote in to point out that Fox's
official Roswell DVD web page says that sets for seasons "Two & Three" are "Coming Soon". It's just a subtle sentence in a line near the top, with no further info than that, and easily overlooked. So thanks to Robert for the catch, and the tip!
