Despite the lack of indication, I'm not ruling out the chances of a Region 2 release just yet - if I cast my mind back, I remember not too long ago when European releases of
Frasier DVDs had come to abrupt halt whilst continuing on course in Region 1. A great sense of doom and gloom filled
Frasier fans all over the UK. For a while, the general consensus seemed to be that, "they obviously didn't sell well enough over here, if you want to complete your collection, then importing will be the only way to go from now on". For a while, my Season 5-nostaligic self was tempted to follow this advice. Then suddenly, the R2 release of Season 5 was announced, and things were once again back on track as quickly as they'd departed. ???
If the worst comes to the worst I
can import - my personal computer handles multiple DVD regions easily enough - it's just that I'd prefer not to. I do own a couple of Region 1 DVDs, but I'd rather have discs which I know will play on any DVD player around me, so that I don't have to sit squinting at my PC screen every time I want to watch them, and I can easily share them with my friends. As far as Foster's goes, I'm willing to wait until the summer before I take any further action. With the amount of work I currently have to get through, I wouldn't really have time to watch them much until then, anyhow.
Of course, this whole messy process could have been easily avoided if they'd never felt the need to impose these galling, kick-in-the-knickers DVD regions in the first place. Damn you, you mercenary major film studios. I never have any of this trouble when I want to import CDs.
