Back in December Walt Disney Studios announced that they would be bringing the first 10 episodes of FlashForward to DVD on Feb 23rd. This was followed by details of the rather uninspired cover-art. Now comes the promotion for next week’s launch, and the first official confirmation that the Complete First Season (that’s now 22 episodes) will also be making it to DVD and Blu-ray this August. That’s not all, there’s also an official FlashForward DVD website where you can get $15 and $20 off the DVDs and Blu-rays respectively. Head past the jump for more details.
First a recap – FlashForward, Season 1, Part 1 (the first 10 episodes) is released on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday, Feb 23rd.
We had been wondering whether this release would come with any bonus features, after all, it’s only the first 10 episodes. This has now been confirmed – there will be minimal extras, including a behind the scenes look at “Creating A Catastrophe”, and a spoilery “Look ahead” to the remainder of the season, which returns March 18th. According to SciFi Wire, the sneak peek contains the following (spoiler alert):
“A Look Ahead” is a bonus feature on Disc 2 of the set and begins with Mark (Joseph Fiennes) getting chewed out by Wedeck (Courtney B. Vance) for defying orders and going to China. Mark is suspended and forced to see a psychiatrist.
You can continue reading and watch some of the DVD bonus clips here.
As we mentioned above, there’s also a new FlashForward DVD site – FlashForward-DVD.com, containing information and promotional material for the Part One, Season One release. By far the most interesting thing on the site is the $15 and $20 discount off the Complete First Season DVD and Blu-ray, respectively, when they land in August (no exact date given as yet, only the month). The discounts come in the form of ‘coupons’ which you will be able to print from the site – although they’re not set up to print just yet – I imagine they will be activated to coincide with next week’s Part One release.
It looks like some nice goodwill and a neat piece of marketing, but I’ll be honest, I probably wont be buying the first half of the season on DVD (not that I’d turn my nose up at a freebie if one was to come my way 
). The show is yet to truly captivate on the level I hoped it would, and that’s just me being brutally honest – blog or no blog. Yet I still follow the show in the hope that it will come good, so clearly the potential is still intact. I think the first few episodes back should give us a good indication of whether or not the show will still be around by the time of the full season DVD/Blu-ray release.
If you’re thinking of buying the first half of the season, Amazon currently have it for $19.99. Feel free to use our affiliate link below or bargain hunt at any good DVD stockists that might have it cheaper.
Flashforward returns with the remainder of season 1 from March 18th, on ABC.
