Hi guys,

maybe some of you know that here in Europe there is already a Complete Set of all 6 Seasons out which costs around 139-150 € (more than $200).

At amazon.co.uk it costs £90

http://www.allreleasedates.co.uk/product...DateCatName=DVD

But I wonder why it is already out here, because I read that according to Chase and HBO the Complete Set will come out first at Christmas 2008 or so.

So does that mean we in Europe won't get the official set which comes out at Christmas?

I'm confused and pissed by this stupid Warner Bros. policy. The Complete Set we have here (see above link) doesn't have any new features. It only contains the current released season single boxes and a poster. But Chase and HBO said that the box will contain (plenty of?) new features.

So do you know anything about it? Do you know anything about this actual Box from above link?
Is that a "pre"-box? Or is it the final box for Europe? That would be stupid to be honest!

Do you have additional information about the so called Christmas box set (links, anything)?

Thanks

Finally it's official

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-06-22-sopranos-dvd-main_N.htm?csp=34

But is it going to be available here in Europe, too? Big question

These damm companies, releasing special editions!!

Looks like a great box-set but i wont be buying as ive got them all ..

It is a shame that this has been released now.

Maybe if it ends up on EBay or in the classifieds real cheap, people may want to look.

I suppose i will have to get this even though i already have all the series.

Just call me obsessive

yeah but this has bonus stuff on it Yogi so technically ya just bein' a huge fan

ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY: HBO'S COMPLETE 'SOPRANOS' DVD SET IS A TOTAL WHACK JOB

By LOU LUMENICK, New York Post

In addition to every episode, "The Complete Series” offers David Chase discussing the show’s final scene.

Handsomely packaged in a linen-backed, wedding-style album that weighs in at 10 pounds, "The Sopranos: The Complete Series" may be an offer you can't refuse - even at a retail price of $400 (discounted to $260 at some retailers).

In addition to all 86 hours of the pop masterpiece about a New Jersey crime family that's arguably better than every feature film released over the past decade, this limited collectors' edition, out Tuesday, is loaded with hours of extras not seen in the hugely popular previous DVD iterations of "The Sopranos."

The album includes three previously released CDs of music from the series, a 16-page episode guide and a smattering of "lost" outtakes from all 6½ seasons, which stretched over eight years.

There are also two dinner conversations with cast members (not including James Gandolfini), writers and producers, presided over by "Sopranos" creator David Chase. Edie Falco reveals that when it came to shoot the final scene - with Tony and the family at Holsten's diner - she forgot to wear Carmela's wedding ring for the first and only time. Nobody on the set noticed it; nor, much to the relief of Falco and the filmmakers, did any of the bloggers who analyzed every detail of the episode.

Much discussion is devoted to the foreboding-filled final scene, which suddenly and controversially fades to black at the end. "It fits the pattern of the show, which was unpredictable," says one of the directors, Allen Coulter. "It was the only possible ending you couldn't predict."

At one point, Chase, commenting on the ending for the first time, seems to hint that indeed, the Sopranos did get whacked at the diner. "A lot of people weren't going to be happy unless Tony's brains were splattered on the table," he says. "But did we really want to see that?"

On the other hand, Chase isn't flatly ruling out the much-rumored "Sopranos" feature film. "If somebody has a great idea for a 'Sopranos' movie and everybody want to do it, we'd do it," he says.

Chase also goes one-on-one for two interviews with fan Alec Baldwin, who unsuccessfully lobbied for a role on the series. Chase discusses the series' genesis - a feature film script that he once pitched, without luck, as a series to Fox.

He talks about how he signed a seriously ill Nancy Marchand to play Tony's horrible mother Lidia (inspired by Chase's own mom), who at one point orders a hit on her own son. The original plan, Chase says, was for Tony to whack Lidia himself. But he changed his mind and plotted a reconciliation - which didn't happen because Marchand passed away in real life.

Nathan Lane was considered to play Tony at one point. Lorraine Bracco was originally offered the role of Carmela. Bracco felt she had played a similar part in "Goodfellas" - she was one of 16 performers from that movie who turned up on "The Sopranos" - and felt the role of Tony's perpetually conflicted shrink, Dr. Melfi, was more challenging.

Another eye-opening extra is an hourlong panel discussion filmed at the Museum of Broadcasting near the series' conclusion in 2007. This gathered Vincent Pastore, Steve Buscemi, Drea de Matteo, David Proval and Annabella Sciorra - all of whose characters were whacked.

Chase admits that while the guys often met gory deaths on screen, with rare exceptions he just couldn't bring himself to directly depict a woman's demise on "The Sopranos."

Is this also going to be released on blu-ray?