Television shows on DVD may peter out after the first few seasons, but not “Lost.”
The celebrated TV show’s sixth and final season debuted as the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray Disc release the week ending Aug. 29, despite a price tag three times higher than the average new movie.
On the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, “Lost: The Complete Sixth Season,” from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, snatched the top spot from another Disney release, the Miley Cyrus film “The Last Song,” which slipped to No. 3 its sophomore week.
Sony Pictures’ “The Back-Up Plan,” a romantic comedy with Jennifer Lopez that grossed $37.5 million in theaters, debuted at No. 2, selling 75% as many units as “Lost.”
“Lost” also debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen VideoScan’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart, with the newly issued “Lost: The Complete Series” bowing at No. 2, despite a suggested retail price of $279.99.
But then again, Blu-ray Disc and “Lost” seem made for each other, with 20% of all “Lost” season sets sold last week in the high-definition format.
With the series finale several months ago, we know you are sitting at home saying, “We have to go back!” Not only to the island, but back to the campus of LOST University. For those of you who are new to our program or have not yet experienced campus life at LOST University, welcome. For our continuing students and alumni we have many new opportunities waiting for you within the LOST University: Master’s Program.
Alumni and new masters students are needed to act as teacher assistants for new classes including Theology, Spanish with Professor Nestor Carbonell, Literature and Acting with the cast of LOST (exclusive to graduates from the LOST University Undergraduate Program). Each of these classes, led by top university professors, delve deeper into the mythology, stories and characters of LOST, providing a greater understanding as to what it all means and look at the show again with a more enlightened and educated point of view.
Want to see some bonus bonus material? (Need to find the secret disc? Here’s how. This might not be all of them, so if you find more that I didn’t find here, let me know!)
- If you have the cursor on “Artifacts of the Island” and go left, there’s a short hidden scene at the lighthouse.
- If you have the cursor on “Artifacts of the Island” and go to the right, there’s a short hidden scene where Josh, Jorge and Evangeline talk about their secrets to falling over during the earthquake of the finale.
- Put the cursor on the arrow that points to the second page and go down, you can find the Hurley Mr. Cluck’s commercial “Chicken Heaven.”
- Put the cursor on “Planet LOST” and go right, you can see Damon thanking the fans.
- Go to “Swan Song” and go left, you can see the scoring of the finale.
- Go to “Swan Song” and go right, and you can see inside LOST Live: The Final Concert.
- Put the cursor on “LOST on Location” and go left, you can see Dom and Josh watching the Driveshaft diaper commercial.
- Put the cursor on “Deleted Scenes” and go up (it doesn’t seem to work every time?) and you can see some behind the scenes footage with Sayid from the finale.
Television shows on DVD may peter out after the first few seasons, but not “Lost.”
Tags: ABC, dvd, DVD/Blu-Ray, Season 6
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