Completing the puzzle

Since the government's taken a sudden interest in business (and being open about it), can we pass a couple of useful laws? They're a bit specific, but I think we'll all be better off.

If a company releases a season of a TV show, then they should be required to follow through to the end of the series. I've got half a set of the Bob Newhart Show just sitting there waiting for the other half of the show. Same goes for Green Acres. And who decided to release the first and seventh seasons of The Amazing Race? Why bother?

To go along with that, I want consistency. If you start with thin-paks, then that's what you get until the show's over. Why is the 7th volume of Family Guy different than the rest? After waiting years for the next season of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, not only is it stripped of all extras, but in a different case than all the others. What's to gain from it? I'll allow the exception of changes only if they're made retro-active in the case of packaging and the company allows a trade-in program. I would love to send in my fat Smallville cases for the newer smaller ones, but I'm not coughing up $40 apiece just to save an inch or two on my shelves.

And re-releases need a minimum of 5 years between and new features should be limited to a separate disc or two, available for purchase individually. And newer versions should also contain ALL of the old special features plus whatever they've added. I have two copies of Daredevil because the director's cut, while a better film, is missing a lot of the special features found on the original release. This explains why I have 8 discs for 3 Spider-Man movies.

I know they're in the business to make money, but they've done nothing to sell themselves. I've quit buying TV shows until the whole set is released, I'm tired of being hung up to dry. People will purchase your TV shows when they know they can actually complete the collection. Sadly, that'll take a lot of convincing now.