Category Archives: The Invisible Man

I-ManiCon 2008 Cancelled

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Times are hard for a lot of folks right now and, unfortunately, the I-Maniacs fan club board hasn’t escaped feeling some financial pressures as well.  So, I’m sorry to say that this year the fan club will not be hosting an I-ManiCon.

I always look forward to our annual gathering of cast and fans, so I do have to say I’m disappointed.  But this isn’t the first time that a year or two has been skipped, so if you were saving your spare change to attend, please keep saving.  The fan club board will, hopefully, be able to swing it financially next year.  I’m crossing my fingers! 

 I-ManiCon 2006
Our Guest Cast Panel at I-ManiCon 2006

“The Invisible Man” is Online!

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The first season of The Invisible Man is now available to watch online!  NBC/Universal and Fox have joined forces to create an online video on demand service that offers full-length episodes of their current and past TV shows as well as a limited selection of movies, clips and other content.  The site, called Hulu, which has been in beta mode for months, made its public launch today. And I’m happy to say that The Invisible Man is among the TV shows that are available for streaming!

All of the first season episodes of I-Man are up and I’m hoping that we get season two at some point, but that will most likely depend on how popular the show becomes.  Hulu has a nifty feature that lists shows and episodes in order of popularity, so the more people that watch, the higher the show goes in the popularity rankings.  Viewers can also rate the episodes and leave reviews.

Watch The Invisible Man on Hulu

In addition to Hulu, all the first season episodes of I-Man are available for viewing on AOL Video.

One of the really neat features of Hulu is that it allows the embedding of its videos onto other websites.  So, with that, I present The Invisible Man’s Pilot episode courtesy of Hulu.com.  

Pre-ordering I-Man DVDs

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If you’re itching to show your support for the I-Man DVDs that are being released on March 25, I highly recommend that you pre-order your DVDs.  Pre-ordering will help NBC/Universal to gauge how much interest there is in the DVDs.  Strong initial sales just might help to facilitate the release of season two.  We all want that, right?

You can pre-order the DVDs right now directly from the NBC/Universal store.  They will ship them on March 25.  The suggested retail price for the DVDs are $59.98, but through the NBC/Universal store they are $44.98.  I can’t think of a better way to let them know that there is an audience for this show.

Pre-order I-Man DVDs 

“The Invisible Man” DVD Box Art is Now Visible!

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Thanks to Ed for alerting me that the box art is now out for the first season Invisible Man DVDs.  Pretty cool.  Take a look!

I-Man Season 2 DVDs

Some of you might recall that I-Man was originally shot in widescreen, but we never got to see that during its two-year run.  Now we will get that opportunity since the DVDs are in widescreen format! 

Also, Amazon.com has the DVDs listed now and you can add it to your wish list if you want or sign up for email updates. 

I can’t wait for March!

BREAKING NEWS: “The Invisible Man” is Coming to DVD!

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I-Man fans in the U.S. and Canada have waited for years for the release of The Invisible Man on DVD.  Now, finally, our wait is coming to an end.  I am extremely excited (tickled pink, in fact!) to tell you that Universal Studios has announced the release of season one of I-Man as a five-DVD set!  Mark your calendars for March 25, 2008!  That’s the date when the set will go on sale.  The suggested retail price for the set is $59.98 and it includes some really nice extras:

This news comes from TVShowsOnDVD.com and can be found at http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Invisible-Man-Season-1/8634.  I also want to thank CoolB and Krys for making sure that I saw this very important news item.

Impacts and Action

I want to take off my fan hat for a moment here and put on my business hat because I think it’s important to discuss how this could impact the future of our show.  Some of you may be thinking that if the DVDs sell well, Universal might think about bringing back the show.  It’s rare for that to happen, but it’s not unheard of.  Another possibility, that is also slim but maybe a bit more probable, is that they might give us an I-Man movie.  Yet another possibility, that is more likely, is for the show to be put back into reruns.  Any of the above could happen if the DVD sales are really strong.

So here’s where I encourage you to buy, buy, buy the DVDs.  I know that they are rather pricey and I know that many of you already have copies of season one, whether it may be taped from your VCR, bootlegged, or a foreign copy.  But please buy a set or two or three anyway.  The way you show Universal that you support this show and want to see more of it is by voting with your dollars.  That’s the only language they understand.

There’s yet another reason why it is very important that DVD sales need to be strong:  because we want season two I-Man DVDs.  We’ve never had season two DVDs released anywhere in the world and this is our golden opportunity to get them here. 

Please let’s learn a lesson from the U.K. DVD experience.  To refresh your memory, Contender had released season one with the full intention of releasing season two if season one sold well.  Unfortunately, season one didn’t sell well in the U.K. and season two was never released.  It was a risky business move to begin with since the I-Man audience in the U.K. is quite small, but it was wonderful that they gave it a go.  However, the U.S. probably has one of the largest, if not the largest, audience for the show and we are the ones who really need to make a difference if we want to ever see season two on DVD.  And Canada, we need your help too.

So in light of that, here are a few things you can do:

  1. Buy a copy for yourself.
  2. Buy a copy for other people.  They make great gifts.
  3. Email as many people as you know and tell them about the I-Man DVDs.  Ask them to email as many people as they know and forward your letter to them and so on and so on.
  4. Announce the DVDs on, not just I-Man forums, but entertainment, sci-fi, and other applicable forums.  Please be respectful of any forum rules.
  5. Talk about the DVDs to everyone you meet.  The online fandom is just a very minuscule part of the total I-Man audience and many of those people might not have online access.  Case in point, one of my neighbors flipped when I told her what project I am working on.  She absolutely loves I-Man, but because she doesn’t have online access, she was totally unaware of any movie news or fan club activities.  I can’t wait till the next time I see her and tell her about the DVDs.  She is going to be so excited.   

So there are a few ideas off the top of my head.  If you have any ideas for how to promote the DVDs, feel free to share.  And if you have any cool experiences promoting the DVDs, please feel free to share those too.

And now please excuse me as I take off my business hat, put my fan hat back on and let out a big WOOHOO!!!

Another Invisible Man Series?

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Well, it looks like Fox is considering a new Invisible Man series.  The drama, entitled Invisible, “tells the story of a criminal at rock bottom who is given a second chance at life when a chemical compound makes him invisible.”  Hmm…now doesn’t that sound vagely similiar to a certain show we all know and love?

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the project has “landed at Fox with a script commitment.”  What this means is that Fox has asked for a pilot script to be developed.  Now that doesn’t guarantee that the pilot will actually get made.  Networks can have anywhere from 100 to 150 pilot scripts ordered each season.  From those, only about 20 to 30 pilots will actually be produced.  And from those, only a handful get picked up.  It depends on how many slots they need to fill in their schedule.  So this series is far from being a sure thing at this point.  Time will tell if we see another Invisible Man series on our TV screens.

Frankly, I think it’s a risky move for any network to put an Invisible Man story on air.  Invisibility stories have been notorious for being flops.  Anybody remember The Invisible Man with David McCallum?  Or Gemini Man with Ben Murphy?  The problem with invisibility is that film is a visual medium and invisibility is…well, not visual.

Now our Invisible Man was the rare show that did it right.  That’s because invisibility wasn’t the main focus of the show.  Sure, it was very cleverly done and there were a bunch of cool invisibility tricks and all.  But the focus was more on the characters and relationships.  There was humor, there was drama, there was action.  Heck, there’s way too much to list that the show did right.  But all the elements came together to create a show that could have had a much larger audience if it was given half a chance.

Personally, I’m with Tony Whitt of If Magazine who wrote:  “No, it’s not the SCI FI Channel show that aired some years back that’s returning to our screens – though wouldn’t it rock if it did?”