So I've been slowly making my way through Season 2 of Battlestar Galactica (I'm a laggard), but for whatever reason didn't buy the entire season at once through iTunes, instead purchasing the episodes a la carte either from my laptop or from the AppleTV at home when I had a chance to watch another ep.
Until last night, when Season 2 disappeared from their catalog. I'm sure there's some crazy contractual reason why this happened, but now I'm stuck with one of two options. I can either buy the entire DVD set for the season, which means I'll have paid for the season one and a half times. Or I steal borrow the remaining episodes from a friendly neighbor in order to make my way through the season.
Live by the sword, die by the sword: I bought into the Apple digital media ecosystem, and probably shouldn't be surprised when something like this happens. At the same time, the fact that what was there yesterday, available for purchase, isn't there today makes very little sense to me. Paging Chris Anderson: wasn't this supposed to be the land of infinite shelf space?
I can bring in my set tomorrow.
Posted by: Brad Choate | Apr 27, 2009 at 08:42 PM
That would be *fantastic*. Thank you!
Posted by: Michael Sippey | Apr 27, 2009 at 09:27 PM
I can just tell you what happens...
Posted by: Mike Monteiro | Apr 27, 2009 at 09:38 PM
Do they find earth?
Posted by: Michael Sippey | Apr 27, 2009 at 09:40 PM
Only after defeating the smoke monster.
Posted by: Andrew Anker | Apr 27, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I *knew* it. That Starbuck, so resourceful.
Posted by: Michael Sippey | Apr 27, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Sadly, they die of old age in the Shake Shack line.
Posted by: Mike Monteiro | Apr 28, 2009 at 06:56 AM
The crash on an island in 197 ... er ... they accidentally time travel back to 1984, where Olmos assumes the role of a police captain in Miami, Florida. (Hey, at least that would be better than what they did in Galactica 1980)
I feel your pain though, about not being able to buy something online that was just there yesterday. That's why I'm still insistent on actual physical media. Yes, my old 8-track tapes of Queen and ABBA is a little difficult to play now, but I've finally gotten smarter about making backups ... my data from my audio cassettes are safely archived.
Posted by: rhyre.vox.com | May 13, 2009 at 04:32 PM
And the media companies wonder why so many people "borrow" movies and tv shows from non-legit sources. I've tried watching tv shows on the network's websites, but a lot of them only provide the last 4 or 5 episodes, and they usually aren't posted until a week after the show airs. What a pain!
P.S. My husband and I just finished watching the last season of BG.
Posted by: burnzzy81 | Sep 01, 2009 at 07:53 PM
They're getting there, though. The user experience is getting better -- it's just that the component pieces are fragile enough that when one little thing goes wrong -- like a DRM licensing bug -- the whole stack collapses.
I just finished watching the last season of BSG as well! Loved the ending, though I thought the Adama / Laura plotline was a little overblown.
Posted by: Michael Sippey | Sep 01, 2009 at 10:13 PM