Category: “TimeLife Complete Collection DVD Box Set”
The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection DVD Box Set
The box set is comprised of 25 DVDs (that includes one bonus DVD), packaged in a specially-constructed firehouse-design box with lenticular panels, containing all 134 half-hour episodes of The Real Ghostbusters (including both 30-minute and 1-hour versions of “Deja Boo“) and all 13 half-hour episodes of Slimer!. In total, that’s all 140 The Real Ghostbusters stories, and all 33 Slimer! stories. The discs are collected in five separate volumes (each containing 5 DVDs, except for volume 5 which has 4 DVDs), each packaged inside an individual case, with specially-designed cover art. Also included is a 52-page book with episode synopses, trivia, and art. As if that’s not enough, there is over 13 hours of bonus material, all of which is detailed below. The bonus DVD alone contains nearly three hours of extra materials, including extended interviews, the never-before-seen promotional pilot (with commentary and storyboards), and more.
Note #1: Volumes 1 through 3 were released individually over the course of two years, starting on March 31, 2009, and ending on August 3, 2010. These sets included all of the episodes and bonus content from the same volumes included in the box set, along with a booklet inside each case. Each volume’s booklet contained the same content as the relevant section for that volume of the box set’s book, and included the same liner essay (tailored to the individual releases) and credits page as well (so I’m credited in all three booklets). However, the box set is the only way to get Volumes 4 and 5 (they were not released individually, though some people might sell them separately on the Amazon Marketplace or eBay), the bonus DVD which contains the promotional pilot, the Firehouse box, and the complete 52-page book (though individual edited-down booklets were made for each retail volume).
Note #2: When the DVD box set was first released back in November 2008, the five smaller sets (“volumes”) inside were each housed in a metal SteelBook™ case. When Vol 1. was released by itself in March 2009, it retained its Steelbook case from the box set. However, in early 2010 TimeLife begun the process of replacing the Steelbook metal cases with plastic cases that are of the same dimensions. It started with the individual release of Vol. 2 in January 2010, then within a few months after that the Complete Collection box set and the individual Vol. 1 started using the plastic cases, as well. The individual release of Volume 3 that followed was, of course, in a plastic case.
I, Paul Rudoff, am proud to say that I was involved in the making of this set as a design consultant and as a contributor of research and art materials. You will see my credits listed as such on the last page of the episode guide book and in the end credits of all five featurettes (view: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5) and all seven extended interviews (view: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7). Plus I received an extra credit in the back of the book for all of my hard work promoting the set. My four biggest contributions that are easily seen in the final product are: (1) It was my idea to use the firehouse for the outer box. (2) The containment unit background for Volume 5’s cover. (3) Janine’s color scheme on the Volume 2 cover. (4) Nine scripts on the DVD-ROM portions of all of the volumes.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Notes & Comments
Defects & Errors
For a list of more defects and errors, read this blog post – especially the user-submitted comments section.
Missing Alternate Episodes
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FULL-LENGTH ALTERNATE AUDIO
* The Boogieman Cometh – Redubbed
* Ghosts ‘R Us – Redubbed
* Mr. Sandman, Dream Me A Dream – Redubbed
* Mrs. Roger’s Neighborhood – Redubbed
* Slimer, Come Home – Redubbed
* Slimer, Is That You? – Redubbed
* Troll Bridge – Redubbed
* Short Stuff – Production Tape (voices only, no music or effects)
SMALL PORTION OF ALTERNATE AUDIO
* Knock Knock – Alternate Tahiti Music (AVAILABLE ON VHS: Vol. 1 – Knock Knock, which can be purchased in the Store)
* Venkman’s Ghost Repellers – Alternate Tahiti Music (AVAILABLE ON VHS: Vol. 4 – Venkman’s Ghost Repellers, which can be purchased in the Store)
* A Fright At The Opera – Alternate Series Music
* Play Them Ragtime Boos – Alternate Series Music
* The Bird Of Kildarby – Alternate Series Music (AVAILABLE ON DVD: Creatures Of The Night, which can be purchased in the Store)
SMALL PORTION OF ALTERNATE VIDEO
* Attack Of The B-Movie Monsters – Bridge Version
* Don’t Forget The Motor City – Grey Gremlins Version
* Lights! Camera! Haunting! – Victorian Skyscrapers Version (AVAILABLE ON DVD: Sony’s Volume 4, which can be purchased in the Store)
Note: The “Short Stuff” Production Tape isn’t an official alternate version, per se, but since it exists in fan circles, and does provide an audio track different from the final version of the episode, it’s considered an alternate version by the fans.
Multimedia
The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection – Image Galleries
The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection – DVD Packaging & Presentation
The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection – Isolated Music & Effects Tracks
The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection – Episode Masters
The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection – Episode Introductions
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