Actor:Rob Morrow Directors:Joe Napolitano, Randall Miller, Matt Nodella Genres:Comedy, Drama, Television Sub-Genres:Comedy, Drama, Comedy, Drama Studio:Universal Studios Format:DVD - Color,Full Screen - Subtitled DVD Release Date: 11/13/2007 Original Release Date: 07/12/1990 Theatrical Release Date: 07/12/1990 Release Year: 2007 Run Time: 84hr 51min Screens: Color,Full Screen Number of Discs: 26 SwapaDVD Credits: 26 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 5 Edition: Box set MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English Subtitles:English
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"Unfortunately, this series is *not* complete. It's been butchered for a quick buck. Only season one has the original music, as is well documented. It's such a shame to ruin what is one of TV's finest and most original shows.
Do yourself a favor and skip buying this set. I was able to obtain/bootleg all of the episodes on DVD, which I felt I had no choice in doing (I'd rather buy a factory set), recorded from Canadian TV (which, by the way, even has more footage in some of the episodes than the syndicated U.S. broadcasts). This way it's intact, the way it was intended, with the original soundtrack---not the pusillanimous generic elevator music that the studio hastily replaced it with in the DVDs. It's just not the same show without the original soundtrack.
A faux-suede satchel or fake parka case doesn't come close to making up for compromising the artistic integrity of Northern Exposure. Sorry Universal, but you aren't getting one red cent from me until you get this right."
What a disappointment!
The Professor | Ogden, UT United States | 12/03/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Great show but it needs the original music. It's too integral a part of the presentation. Kind of like watching a Fred Astaire movie with someone else doing the dancing."
Will not buy. To this show music is as important as dialogu
cooksmin | 12/17/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I would love to buy this. It would be my most prized DVD set. But I cannot until they present us the episodes in their complete and original forms. What a sad waste. They could have sold 100X this many and had steady post release sales had they not gutted this fantastic show. Sad."
DUBBED MUSIC A RIP OFF
scudder | kansas | 12/05/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"It is absolutely infuriating that this is not released as aired, original music intact. There are MANY fans that have waited years for this complete release, and now to find that they've cheaped out. I don't care about the cost...have a cheap version for those that can't afford it, and the true version for those who are willing to pay the difference. Just nuts. Any fan, not just purists, will tell you that the music in the show was instrumental to every episode. Whatever possessed these people to think this would fly? .....maybe they should drill holes in their heads to let the demons out...."
A Wonderful Series Ruined By a Shoddy Release...
Snoo-Snoo | Japan | 12/17/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I'm writing this review because I just want to echo the other reviewers displeasure by the choice of the publishers to butcher the series' soundtrack. Perhaps with enough negative publicity, the studios may take notice and do a proper release.
Purchasing the full series would be a no-brainer if it were fully intact, but many fans I've spoken to are choosing to not buy, or in some cases, purchasing bootlegged DVDs of the show as aired because they are truer to the show than the official DVDs."