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Started by RodeoClown, May 21, 2008, 06:16:44 AM

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RodeoClown

May 21, 2008, 06:16:44 AM
Does anyone know if they have a US version of the DVD? I cant seem to find a clear answer and I dont want to drop $40 on a dvd that wont work for me? I heard rumor that It was to air in July 2008 so I wasnt sure if that pushed back and actual US DVD release? Any info?
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Bick

#1
May 21, 2008, 06:42:04 AM
Yes.  I got a copy almost a year ago.

Only place I could find it was their store:

http://www.longwayround.com/lwd/html/lwd_shop_dvm.html

Still waiting for an NTSC version of Race to Dakar.
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RodeoClown

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May 21, 2008, 07:00:41 AM
Thanks! I was looking on amazon and it was crazy confusing on what they had. I will get it from them.
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FatguyRacer

#3
May 21, 2008, 09:04:09 AM
I got the whole thing from a torrent site. Someone posted up the BBC broadcast versions sans commercials.
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akmnstr

#4
May 21, 2008, 09:42:48 AM
What do you guys that have seen it think?  I have the original and love it.  Is it as good? 

How about Netflix?  Have they got it yet? 

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mstevens

#5
May 21, 2008, 10:05:51 AM
Quote from: Bick on May 21, 2008, 06:42:04 AM
Yes.  I got a copy almost a year ago.

They didn't even finish riding until last August and the first episode didn't air until the end of October! They sent members of their mailing list an email about DVD availability in November.

Are you sure you're not thinking of Long Way 'Round?
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FatguyRacer

#6
May 21, 2008, 10:39:06 AM
Quote from: mstevens on May 21, 2008, 10:05:51 AM
They didn't even finish riding until last August and the first episode didn't air until the end of October! They sent members of their mailing list an email about DVD availability in November.

Are you sure you're not thinking of Long Way 'Round?

It really is done. I can confirm it, as I have seen it.

I liked it more than Long Way 'Round.
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Super T.I.B

#7
May 21, 2008, 03:27:03 PM
Quote from: FatguyRacer on May 21, 2008, 10:39:06 AM
It really is done. I can confirm it, as I have seen it.

I liked it more than Long Way 'Round.

Really? Long Way Down was good, Long Way Round was for me, a little better. IMHO, of course. ;)

mstevens

#8
May 21, 2008, 11:30:07 PM
Quote from: FatguyRacer on May 21, 2008, 10:39:06 AM
It really is done. I can confirm it, as I have seen it.

I don't doubt that in the slightest, as it's clearly on sale on the website and, as I said, has been since last November.

The part I wondered about was how Bick got a copy almost a year ago, since they only finished riding 8 months ago and the DVD has only been available publicly for 6 months.
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FatguyRacer

#9
May 22, 2008, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: Super T.I.B on May 21, 2008, 03:27:03 PM
Really? Long Way Down was good, Long Way Round was for me, a little better. IMHO, of course. ;)

I liked it more only for the reason that of the two trips, i would have loved to do Long Way Down myself. Long Way Around, not so much.

Long Way Round has a too many gapping holes in the journies narritive. Long Way Down was a shorter trip, but since it had the same number of episodes the narritive was tighter. I didnt get the sense that they skipped over stuff like the did in LWR.
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gnostic203

#10
May 22, 2008, 06:50:34 AM
Quote from: FatguyRacer on May 22, 2008, 04:41:01 AM
I liked it more only for the reason that of the two trips, i would have loved to do Long Way Down myself. Long Way Around, not so much.

Long Way Round has a too many gapping holes in the journies narritive. Long Way Down was a shorter trip, but since it had the same number of episodes the narritive was tighter. I didnt get the sense that they skipped over stuff like the did in LWR.

If you really want to fill in the gaps read the book, Long Way Round was an absolutely great read.  I actually went to the book store the other night asking about the Long Way Down book and they told me not till late July if not August.

Bick

#11
May 22, 2008, 07:10:18 AM
My most sincere apologies for misleading anyone.

I went back through old e-mails and found the delivery confirmation.  I did recieve Long Way Down on December 5.  It was warm, and I was riding around that time I was watching it, so I thought it may have been earlier in the year.  6 months - a year...  Both a long time ago.  Really not relevent.

It is an awesome series, and well worth owning. 
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

akmnstr

#12
May 22, 2008, 09:04:18 AM
Okay, dudes, with the above strong recommendations I'll have to order a copy.  LWR was one of 2 major reasons that I got into
adventure tour riding.  The other was running into many dual sport riders on an AlCan trip.  It made me realize that I was missing out
on some great riding. 

This weekend the wife and I will be doing our own mini Long Way ride.  We will be riding from Anchorage to Nebesna, in the heart of the Wrangle St Elias National Park.  We are amped about the trip. 

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Charles Darwin

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RodeoClown

#13
May 22, 2008, 10:16:38 AM
I also hear Race to Dakar with Charlie Boorman is good, but he was not nec. my favorite but grew on me.
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