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Today I got "Babylon 5: The Complete Universe" boxset (UK edition) and there are some moments I'd like to share 
1. This is not a real boxset: it's just a pack of already available R2 boxsets and discs all together + carton box.
2. This box still contains "wrong aspect" pressings of "And The Sky Full Of Stars" and "The Paragon of Animals", however they fixed "The Fall of Centauri Prime" and "The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father".
3. "Crusade" still contains JMS commentary, but it is still original cut version.
4. Season 1 still renames "Midnight on the Firing Line" as "Sabre Rattling" (in the listing of first DVD disc box).
5. Nice fold-out in the carton box contains list of all episodes. But they misspelled "Z'Ha'Dum" as "Za'Ha'Dum", and "Sleeping In Light" as "Sleeping In Night"
6. The movie pack contains only 3 movies, and they managed to write that all 3 movies contain comments by same 4 people: Bruce, Jesus, Patricia and Steven (Furst) - which is wrong obviously.
7. "The Gathering" and "In The Beginning" are separate and without comments. And "The Gathering" is original 1993 version!!! (but the packaging tells that it is 1998 version - and this is bizarre, because the packaging is updated, it is now normal DVD box, and not "book-type" oldie box that was with original pressing of "The Gathering".
8. "Legend Of The Rangers" has different (better) cover from what I saw for standalone DVD on Amazon.co.uk - and no comments.
9. As previously - seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4 boxes have slightly different look from season 5. Argh!
Summary: this is just a cheaper box of all R2 boxsets (with most flaws still in place) with 2 flaws fixed and "Legend Of The Rangers" added. Plus original "The Gathering" (I consider it an advantage actually). And with 36 antipiracy pieces of paper (almost in every individual disc package + 1 for each boxset).
Well, at least I have B5 again. And this weekend I will see "Legend Of The Rangers" for the first time!
1. This is not a real boxset: it's just a pack of already available R2 boxsets and discs all together + carton box.
2. This box still contains "wrong aspect" pressings of "And The Sky Full Of Stars" and "The Paragon of Animals", however they fixed "The Fall of Centauri Prime" and "The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father".
3. "Crusade" still contains JMS commentary, but it is still original cut version.
4. Season 1 still renames "Midnight on the Firing Line" as "Sabre Rattling" (in the listing of first DVD disc box).
5. Nice fold-out in the carton box contains list of all episodes. But they misspelled "Z'Ha'Dum" as "Za'Ha'Dum", and "Sleeping In Light" as "Sleeping In Night"
6. The movie pack contains only 3 movies, and they managed to write that all 3 movies contain comments by same 4 people: Bruce, Jesus, Patricia and Steven (Furst) - which is wrong obviously.
7. "The Gathering" and "In The Beginning" are separate and without comments. And "The Gathering" is original 1993 version!!! (but the packaging tells that it is 1998 version - and this is bizarre, because the packaging is updated, it is now normal DVD box, and not "book-type" oldie box that was with original pressing of "The Gathering".
8. "Legend Of The Rangers" has different (better) cover from what I saw for standalone DVD on Amazon.co.uk - and no comments.
9. As previously - seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4 boxes have slightly different look from season 5. Argh!
Summary: this is just a cheaper box of all R2 boxsets (with most flaws still in place) with 2 flaws fixed and "Legend Of The Rangers" added. Plus original "The Gathering" (I consider it an advantage actually). And with 36 antipiracy pieces of paper (almost in every individual disc package + 1 for each boxset).
Well, at least I have B5 again. And this weekend I will see "Legend Of The Rangers" for the first time!
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