There are scads of stuff that people want you to buy, especially here ramping into the holidays. Should you? Would somebody actually want this stuff? I'll try and help.

So Time-Life has taken it upon themselves to release The Real Ghostbusters. And not just, you know, release it on a bare bones set and be done with it--because for fans, having the whole thing might be worthwhile enough to snag it. Instead, they've really outdone themselves with a boxed set that impresses me even with the packaging--and if you've been around long enough you may have noticed I don't mention DVD packaging often. That's because I frankly don't give a rat's ass. I want the discs and maybe any extra trinkets that come with it. But the moment you unwrap this massive twenty-five disc set (because that's what it takes to hold 147 episode plus all the extras) you know you're dealing with a box that's cool enough to keep, and you curse it because if you're like me, you don't have enough shelf space as it is. Anyway, it's in a box not unlike a firehouse and has two lenticulars on it: my favorite, the ghost sawing its way out of the red symbol. You've got the episodes remastered and all the discs in SteelBook cases. And then when you start breaking into the thing, it will take a lot longer than the fifty-five hours to get throuhg the content. Twenty-one video commentary tracks are provided, not to mention five docus, a previously unseen pilot, a magnitude of intros, galleries, scripts, booklets--I mean, Christ, look at the picture. It's huge. It's pretty ridiculous, frankly, how much stuff they packed into this set. This brings new meaning to the word "comprehensive." Well, no, that's not right, it just is comprehensive. Should you buy it? Well, it is $179.99 and available exclusively at RealGhostbustersDVD.com. So it's not cheap, but then again it is the boxed set of this series and I don't know how you could do one better. When Time-Life sets out to smack out a definitive DVD collection, they don't screw around. So for the ultimate fans of the show, they're going to want to snag this. Tell them we said hi. (Click here to buy it from Time-Life.)

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