These were copies that were given to the people who screened the movie(yes, they had regular movie screenings for it just like any upcoming Hollywood release), and some of them put their copies up for sale on Ebay even before the movie was shown on tv for the first time.

What *I* would love would be a "special edition" DVD of GWH, with extra footage or scenes that didn't make the final cut due to the time constraint(or perhaps worries that they would be too intense), plus extras, like say, an hour-long interview of the main man by either Barbara Walters or Oprah, as well as commentaries on him and that adventure by some of the other characters, including Jordan. Seriously, GWH is worthy of its own DVD, given its popularity.

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Well heck pbl, all the "movies" of like Fairly Oddparents and Billy and Mandy etc have gone to DVD. I have to wonder why HOB (on its own I mean) and GWH haven't. Apparently CN intends to only release the specials in the season sets. I think they should have been released separately. But perhaps they didn't think that would have made enough money. Or they think having the specials on them is the only way they'll sell lots of the season sets. But what do you expect? After all, CN seems to think skinny teen girls are the only ones who want to buy Foster's t-shirts. ;) And that Cheese is the star of the show.

If Good Wilt Hunting has to be sold in a Season set, it should come in it's own DVD, with everything on it, if not sold alongside the season set like some things do. =P

I just saw this thread active again and got excited that there might be some news. Bummer. :sadbendy:

I'm keeping my eye out for any news about CN's annual "Upfront" conference, in which we may hear not only about the future release of S3 DVD, but the show in general. It should be coming up sometime in the next month or so. I'm hoping there'll be some good news. As I'm sure, we all are.

Indeed. There are times when I want to tell the network and/or merchandisers, "Hell-oooo, I don't fit into a large but I'd like to buy a Foster's shirt! I'm willing to give you money in exchange for a shirt-- you should be jumping on this opportunity!" (Ah, but I go on!)

I agree-- if GWH has to be released with a season set, at least give it its own DVD with some good bonus features.

You and me both. You had me at interveiws and commentaries-- I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on the events of the episode in retrospect.

I hope someone from the "putting-the-show-on-DVD" department is paying attention to all this-- we're giving them some pretty good ideas...

I did, too. It looks more and more likely that we may have to fight for the next DVD. :macwor: I'm predicting a late spring or early summer release for Season 3 at the earliest.

I don't understand why the dvd release of future seasons is so iffy. The show is so popular that you would think the dvds would just fly off the shelves. I just hope that CN doesn't consider Foster's yesterdays news and set it aside to capitalize on the popularity of newer shows.
Transformers Animated has proven to be a runaway hit and the upcoming Spider-man toon is bound for similar success. I just hope it's not at Foster's expense...

That, unfortunately, is more than likely; they've done it before with other shows, they'll probably do it with Foster's, too. Hopefully the show will have already run it's course by then and it won't matter as much. And, hopefully, it won't happen for a few more years. :frankiemad:

Hopefully I'm just being paranoid. But I really don't want to settle for an incomplete Foster's collection on the dvd shelf.

Which is why I burn my own. Most of the more recent episodes are missing the end credit sequences and are riddled with those aggravating splash ads (thanks a lot for both, CN) but it's better than nothing.