LEXX<\/strong> was produced by Salter Street Films, released and released by them on DVD via KOCH. Salter Street was then gobbled up by Alliance, but the show wasn\u2019t reissued in Canada. It was licensed to Mill Creek in the U.S., who reproduced the same blah box copy typical of Alliance, and failed to indicate the show was in mono. In actual fact, they were given a shoddy master; while the Mill Creek logo which headlined each disc was in stereo, the audio for all 4 LEXX<\/strong> teleplays was mucked up.<\/p>\n Fault: Alliance, whose video division isn\u2019t ideal, particularly when it comes to promoting and publicizing product to niche and fan groups. No one seems to care that part of marketing a title is to provide the kind of details that are standard on A-list titles. It’s just common sense, and fair to buyers.<\/p>\n (In)Complete<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Case in point: The Hitchhiker: The Complete Series<\/strong>, which consists of 6 dual-layer DVDs divided into 3 volumes, and of which no details are present on the box art.\u00a0The episode tally only appears silk-screened on the DVDs, but for fan edification, what follows is a semi-retentive breakdown of what’s there, what’s been left off, and what’s still MIA on home video.<\/p>\n THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (Note: titles in bold<\/strong> denotes episodes already present on a prior Canadian 3-volume set from KOCH.)<\/span><\/p>\n Vol.1, Disc 1: Last Scene<\/strong> \/ Nightshift<\/strong> \/ The Miracle of Alice Ames \/ Ghostwriter<\/strong> \/ Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/strong><\/p>\n Vol. 1, Disc 2: W.G.O.D.<\/strong> \/ The Legendary Billy B. \/ Homebodies \/ Why are you here? \/ In the Name of Love<\/p>\n Vol. 2, Disc 1: O.D. Feelin\u2019<\/strong> \/ True Believer<\/strong> \/ Perfect Order \/ Cabin Fever \/ A Whole New You<\/p>\n Vol. 2, Disc 2: Dead Heat \/ The Curse<\/strong> \/ Out of the Night<\/strong> \/ Secret Ingredient \/ Man of Her Dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n Vol. 3, Disc 1: Man at the Window<\/strong> \/ Dead Man\u2019s Curve<\/strong> \/ Made for Each Other \/ Joker \/ Videodate<\/strong><\/p>\n Vol. 3, Disc 2: Best Shot \/ My Enemy \/ Tough Guys Don\u2019t Whine \/ Riding the Nightmare \/ Cruelest Cat<\/p>\n Total hours (as stated on box): just over 12. Total episodes: 30<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n (In)Complete, Too<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n Episodes unique to the prior Canadian DVD release (erroneously branded “The Complete First Season”) are the following 13, bringing the total released on DVD up to 2011 (in Canada) as 43<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Disc 1: When Morning Comes \/ Shattered Vows \/ Split Decision \/ Remembering Melody \/ Face to Face \/ And if we Dream \/ Petty Thieves \/ Hired Help<\/p>\n Disc 2: Murderous Feelings \/ A Time for Rifles \/ Love Sounds \/ One Last Prayer<\/p>\n Disc 3: Killer<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Episodes still unavailable on video (in Canada), as outlined in the IMDB series tally:<\/p>\n From Season 4: Minuteman \/ Doctor\u2019s Orders<\/p>\n From Season 5: The Martyr \/ In Living Color \/ Dark Wishes \/ Garter Belt \/ Shadow Puppets \/ Renaissance \/ Code Liz \/ Her Finest Hour \/ Together Forever \/ Phantom Zone \/ Spinning Wheel \/ Square Deal \/ Part of Me \/ Fashion Exchange \/ Hootch \/ Coach \/ The Verdict \/ Hit and Run \/ Studio 3X \/ Striptease \/ The Dying Generation \/ My Enemy \/ Power Play \/ Pawns<\/p>\n From Season 6: Fading Away \/ Strate Shooter \/ Hard Rhyme \/ Toxic Shock \/ New Dawn \/ A Function of Control \/ Trust Me \/ Windows \/ Working Girl \/ White Slaves \/ Tourist Trap \/ Homecoming \/ Living a Lie \/ Made in Paris \/ Offspring \/ Secrets \/ New Blood<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n To avoid getting into heavy details, The Hithhiker <\/strong>was an international co-production of which 85 episodes were made, and rolled out in seasons in an order at the discretion of member broadcasters, so while the prior Canadian 3-volume set released by KOCH in 2004 contains selections from Seasons 1-3, these seasons reportedly correspond to Seasons 1-3 + 5 in the U.S.<\/p>\n The series was (again reportedly) trimmed of violence for its syndicated run. Sampling of episodes on both the prior KOCH & new Alliance DVDs reveals little change in running times, but while the KOCH DVDs bear the Alliance logo, Alliance\u2019s Complete Collection actually replicates the same masters used by HBO for their own 2-disc, 3 volume sets from 2005, which contain only the HBO DVD logo.<\/p>\n (In)Complete Three<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n Unlike the KOCH\u00a0release,which features mono 2.0 and bullshit stereo 5.1, the Alliance Complete Collection contains mono 2.0 sound mixes on all episodes except on Vol. 2, Disc 2, which offers mono 1.0 and 2.0. Each episode also comes with English, French and Spanish subtitles.<\/p>\n The prior KOCH\u00a0DVDs contained no extras, whereas the Complete Collection, as originally produced by HBO, offers the following audio commentary tracks from a melange of directors:<\/p>\n Vol.1, Disc 1: Last Scene ( Paul Verhoeven) \/ Nightshift (Phillip Noyce & producer \/ writer Lewis Chesler) \/ Ghostwriter (Carl Schenkel) \/ Man\u2019s Best Friend (Phillip Noyce & producer \/ writer Lewis Chesler)<\/p>\n Vol. 2, Disc 1: True Believer (Carl Schenkel)<\/p>\n Vol. 2, Disc 2: The Curse (Phillip Noyce & actor Harry Hamlin)<\/p>\n Picture quality is still ringy, largy due to the original broadcast masters probably being on \u00be\u201d U-matic. The Alliance \/ HBO sets seems to have some smoother & more stable colour, but the difference is only slight.<\/p>\n Bottom line: those still in possession of the older Canadian DVDs from KOCH\u00a0should hold onto them, whereas label should be ashamed of themselves for using terms like \u2018Complete\u2019 when they\u2019re clearly not<\/em>.<\/p>\n The irony: I\u2019ve never seen<\/em> a full episode of The Hitchhiker<\/strong>. I simply loathe misleading packaging and the ensuing confusion which sets such as \u201cThe Complete Collection\u201d present when merchants are faced with queries by confounded fans, and reviewers may mistakenly presume a set is in fact complete when there is much, much <\/em>lacking.<\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor Editor’s Blog on Alliance’s “Complete Collection,” a new 6-disc set which supposedly features all the episodes from The Hitchhiker, the classic Canadian anthology series from the 1980s. I’ve done a breakdown of what’s so incomplete with this repackage of the American HBO set. 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