Angel DVDs

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DVDs of the television show Angel were produced by 20th Century Fox and released beginning in 2001. These sets contained not only the episodes, but extra features, such as: audio commentaries by the shows makers, documentary features, blooper reels, shooting scripts and so on.

Contents

[edit] Release dates

DVD Original release date
US UK
The Complete First Season 11 February 2003 10 December 2001
The Complete Second Season 2 September 2003 15 April 2002
The Complete Third Season 10 February 2004 3 March 2003
The Complete Fourth Season 7 September 2004 1 March 2004
The Complete Fifth Season 15 February 2005 21 Feb 2005

[edit] Differences between versions

The Angel DVD sets were released in at least three encoding formats:

Unlike the Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVDs, the choice of widescreen versus standard screen does not vary by region. In all regions, season one of Angel is presented in the standard format (4:3), and seasons two through five are presented in widescreen (16:9). This matches the way the show itself was broadcast from seasons 3-5, although in the U.S. season 2 was presented as standard format but was changed to widescreen for the DVD. This change did lead to some issues on the season 2 DVD release, such as instances where objects that would have remained outside of the broadcast image on the standard format become apparent, creating evident mistakes (e.g. Angel's usually-invisible reflection being visible in the extremities of a number of shots in the first episode).

Aside from the region encoding (and the packaging), the Region 2 and Region 4 DVDs are identical. However, there are several content differences between the Region 1 DVDs and the Region 2 / 4 DVDs.

[edit] Scenes from previous episodes

The Region 2 and 4 DVDs include the scenes from previous episodes ("Previously on Angel") at the beginning of each episode; the Region 1 DVDs do not, except in Season 5.

[edit] 4% speed difference

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The Region 2 and 4 DVDs play the episodes at 4% faster than the Region 1 DVDs. This reduces the running time of each episode by about two minutes (not counting the "scenes from previous episodes"). It also causes the sound to be raised by two-thirds of a semitone. For example, a C note is raised to a note two-thirds of the way from C to C♯.

The speeds of the different region DVDs match the speeds used during the original television broadcasts in the respective countries. Thus the Region 1 DVD plays the video at the same speed as the American broadcasts (which is the speed at which the show was taped), while the Region 2 and 4 DVDs plays the video at the slightly faster speed that was used during the original British broadcasts. This effect is not particular to the Buffy and Angel DVDs, but rather applies to all television shows, because the NTSC standard uses 30 frames per second in interlaced adjusted to play at correct speed by the 3:2 pulldown process and 24 frames per second when played back in progressive while PAL uses 25 frames per second. Since the masters for Angel were not deinterlaced by the authoring house the R1 DVDs of Angel play much better in interlace as there is too much combing when trying to play them in progressive. While Buffy was not pure progressive those discs do play well in progressive. But since the signal from a DVD player is ultimately analog, the Region 2 and 4 DVDs will still play at the faster speed when played on an American television with a multi-region DVD.

[edit] Subtitles

In the Region 2 and 4 releases, episodes with commentaries include two English subtitles: the show itself, and the commentary. The Region 1 releases do not offer subtitles for the commentaries.

The Region 1 DVDs also offer a smaller choice of non-English languages subtitles than the Region 2 and 4 DVDs.

[edit] Season 1

Angel, Season 1:

Angel (David Boreanaz), the dashing vampire from "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," embarks on his own supernatural adventures in Los Angeles. City of Angels. City of Broken Dreams. Between pervasive evil and countless temptations lurking beneath the city's glittery facade, L.A. is the ideal address for a fallen vampire looking to save a few lost souls and, in turn, perhaps redeem his own.

[edit] Disc 1

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 2

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 3

Episodes

Special features

  • Featurette: "Season 1"
  • Cast Bios
  • Still Gallery

[edit] Disc 4

Episodes

[edit] Disc 5

Episodes

Special features

  • Script for "Five by Five" and "Sanctuary"

[edit] Disc 6

Episodes

Special features

  • Featurette: "I'm Cordelia,"
  • Featurette: "Introducing Angel"
  • Featurette: "The Demons"

[edit] Season 2

Angel, Season 2. Angel continues to seek redemption, but a fatal mistake makes him realize that racking up the body count isn't the way to go. So with a renewed sense of purpose, and Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn at his side, Angel sets out to make the streets of Los Angeles a little safer for everyone - unaware that Wolfram & Hart has summoned someone from his past to make sure he fails.

[edit] Disc 1

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for "Are You Now or Have you Ever Been" by Writer/Producer Tim Minear

[edit] Disc 2

Episodes

Special features

  • Script for "Darla"

[edit] Disc 3

Episodes

Special features

  • Featurette: "Making up the Monsters"
  • Featurette: "Inside the Agency"
  • Still Gallery
  • Blue Prints

[edit] Disc 4

Episodes

[edit] Disc 5

Episodes

Special features

  • Script for "Disharmony"

[edit] Disc 6

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for "Over the Rainbow" by Director Fred Keller
  • Featurette: "Stunts"
  • Featurette: "Season 2 Overview"

[edit] Season 3

Angel, Season 3. Even as Angel mourns the death of Buffy, Darla makes her way to L.A. with a mysterious new life growing within her. Now thrust into a role he never imagined, Angel needs the assistance of the Angel Investigations team more than ever. But while Cordelia, Gunn and Fred rally round the new dad, an ancient and deadly prophesy convinces Wesley to commit the ultimate betrayal.

[edit] Disc 1

Episodes

[edit] Disc 2

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for “Billy” by Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell

[edit] Disc 3

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for “Lullaby” by Tim Minear and Mere Smith
  • Deleted scenes from “Birthday” with commentary by Tim Minear and Mere Smith
  • Featurette: “Darla: Deliver Us From Evil”
  • Angel Series Outtakes

[edit] Disc 4

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for “Waiting In The Wings” by Joss Whedon
  • Deleted scenes from “Waiting In The Wings” with commentary by Joss Whedon

[edit] Disc 5

Episodes

[edit] Disc 6

Episodes

Special features

  • Featurette: “Season 3 Overview”
  • Featurette: “Page to Screen”
  • Screen Tests: Amy Acker and Vincent Kartheiser
  • Still Gallery

[edit] Season 4

[edit] Disc 1

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 2

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 3

Episodes

[edit] Disc 4

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for "Orpheus" by Terrence O'Hara and Jeffrey Bell

[edit] Disc 5

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 6

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for "Home" by Tim Minear
  • Featurette: "Prophesies: Season Four Overview,"
  • Unplugged: Season Four Outtakes,"
  • Featurette: "Last Looks: The Hyperion Hotel,"
  • Featurette: "Fatal Beauty And The Beast,"
  • Featurette: "Malice In Wonderland: Wolfram & Hart."

[edit] Season 5

[edit] Disc 1

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for "Conviction" by writer/director Joss Whedon
  • "Hey Kids! It's Smile Time" featurette

[edit] Disc 2

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 3

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 4

Episodes

Special features

[edit] Disc 5

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for "Underneath" by director Skip Schoolnik and writers Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain and Adam Baldwin
  • "Angel: Cheography of a Stunt" featured

[edit] Disc 6

Episodes

Special features

  • Commentary for "Not Fade Away" by co-writer/director Jeffrey Bell
  • Featurette: "Angel: The Final Season,"
  • Featurette: "To Live & Die in LA: The Best of Angel,"

"Halos and Horns: Recurring Villainy"

  • "Angel Unbound: The Gag Reels."

[edit] Collections / Blu-Ray Hi-def

The complete series box set of Angel (seasons 1-5) has been released in the UK, on October 30, 2006. However, despite strong outcry from fans,[verification needed] the U.S. release was delayed a full year. They have also been released in Australia, in 4 episode, half season, full season, and complete series box sets.

The Angel Season Boxsets were later re-released in the UK, at a lower price point and in cheaper, plastic boxes. Seasons 1 and 2 were released on 3 October 2005, seasons 3 and 4 on 6 March 2006, and finally season 5 on 8 May 2006.

The U.S. Angel Collector's Set was released on October 30, 2007. [1]

The entire series will finally be released on Blu-Ray Hi-def, towards the end of 2008/ early '09.

[edit] References

  • The DVD sets themselves

[edit] Release dates

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