Bobs Burgers Season 2

bootleg quality...retail price
This review is for the DVD-R version of Bob's Burgers Season 2, not the show itself. The show is great! Fox decided to release season 2 on the cheap: the jewel case is low quality, the disks are ultra low quality (they also come with scratches all over them, free of charge), cheap stickers on the front of the disks instead of what you would expect from an official release, almost no special features. I can't believe Fox has the stones to charge $23 for 9 episodes and not even produce a quality DVD set. DO NOT BUY THIS DVD!!! If this is type of garbage product that Fox is going to release for it's TV shows, they will not get another dime of my money. I'd rather keep the shows on my DVR and fast forward through commercials before I buy another DVD-R product. I urge everyone that feels the same about the DVD-R sets to write reviews about them and show the tools that run Fox home entertainment what happens when they try to cheat and steal from the people that give them money.

Unacceptable
I already submitted a review to this but apparently it must've been deleted. Well, I want people to know about this so here is my second attempt to submit this and unfortunately isn't as detailed as my first... Bob's Burgers season 2 is a fine season of a fine show. Not the best show out there but a pretty good one and I know a terrible money-grub when I see it, so please don't assume I hate the show, because I don't. Not only are there four less episodes in this DVD set than the last one, but there are no commentaries (the first one had multiple commentaries on every episode), teases you into thinking there are season 3 episodes by referencing them in the cover art (not to mention the only special feature is a table read for one act of a season 3 episode that isn't even on the DVD) and perhaps worst of all, it's a cheap DVD-R like The Cleveland Show season 3. Thirty dollars for this? Hell no. If you MUST watch these, stream them on Netflix. Avoid at all costs, contact Fox and Amazon...

Not even closed captioned!!
My husband and I had been eager to get season two on DVD as we have watched season one so many times I was worried we'd wear it out before two became available! While I understand everyone's disappointment with the low episode count and lack of special features, I like the show so much I had no problem paying for it despite the reviews. However, had I known there were no sub-titles or closed caption, I would have saved my money!! My husband is extremely hard of hearing, and totally dependent upon the closed caption. We were so disappointed that even this 'special feature' was lacking!! In this day and age, it is EXPECTED to be there, unless you are buying a public-domain super-discounted poor quality DVD. I wish the 'closed caption status' of EVERY product would be disclosed as part of the product description. I have not often been burned by the fact that if the description doesn't SAY it is CC then you have to assume it is NOT, but on a 'new' product like this I didn't even...

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Starlet [Blu-ray]

One of my favorite movies of the year
I'm so happy it's already out on Bluray and DVD! Starlet was one of my favorite movies of the year. Absolutely in my top three. It completely caught me by surprise. I really don't want to spoil too much because the beauty of this film is to discover it on your own. Nonetheless, I think I can say that the performances are outstanding. There is such a natural way in which the actors exist in the film. It all feels so natural. Dree Hemingway's work is truly impressive and inspiring. The film carefully takes you in. There is a new revelation in every scene, subtle or big, the film never stops surprising. The film is harsh, sweet, naive, mature, it just is what is has to be when it has to be. I love that. A beautiful thing is that this film never ever judges any of its characters and truly makes you think that nothing is what it seems. Starlet is pure honesty. I feel that the director and people involved made this one from the heart. There is nothing better than an honest piece of work...

a film to relate with.
There's a feeling in the movie that makes the spectator relate with; an every day life loneliness, a void that we try to run away from but in the end its always there... and in between that, what seems to save us: finding am accomplice for that feeling. sharing it without even mentioning it.
The story is minimalistic. Silences are beautifuly placed and tell the audience more than what would dialogue do. Or at least, it gives the audience the space to relate with the movie, and fill the blanks with those feelings.
The music and photography are there to back up the mood of the film amazingly. I fully recommend it.

Few films achieve this kind of grace
STARLET is a sun-bleached Valentine to L.A. exploring the buoyancy of lies. Pleasingly unaffected and promising in style. Lead perfs are lovely. There's a bit of the Greta Gerwig in STARLET's star, Dree Hemingway. I mean that as a big compliment. One of those rare American films that is so thoughtfully observed and sensitively captured, it gives me hope for the indie landscape.

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Goodfellas (SteelBook Packaging) [Blu-ray]

Another 5-star movie in a (barely) 4-star release... ****UPDATED 12/31/2010 for new 20th Anniversary BluRay***
There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said about "Goodfellas"... it's one of the best movies ever. To hell with the AFI, this is arguably one of the top 10 American movies ever made! Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco: five top-notch talents operating on all 8 cylinders in this story about three decades of life in the mob.

Now, you'd think that Warner Brothers would give this movie the most complete Warner DVD release that's ever existed. A fervent popular following, a high level of anticipation for a special edition, and the current booming state of the DVD industry should've made this a no-brainer slam dunk for Warner's marketing and home video departments. And so, after years of having to flip over the old disc, after years of almost crushing that flimsy snap case, after years of listening to that 5.1 surround that sounded suspiciously like 2-channel, should you get this new version?? The answer is a...

Good Blu-Ray Transfer
Goodfellas has long been one of my favorite movies. I've watched it many times since I saw it in the theater. I've seen it on tape, on laserdisc, on the original "flipper" DVD and the remastered anamorphic DVD, and now, Blu-Ray Disc.

I'm happy to report that the Blu-Ray is a significant improvement over the remastered DVD. The picture is brighter, the colors are more vivid, and many scenes have much more detail and clarity. Of course, the overall picture is much sharper.

Goodfellas is not the kind of movie that is a showcase for high-resolution video, however. It has a lot of dark indoor scenes; very little takes place outdoors (something I never noticed before). I noticed some graininess, which has a lot to do with how Scorcese shot the picture. It's just more noticeable in the higher resolution.

There are some minor problems with the audio in one scene. The dialogue drops in volume and then jumps back up in the following scene. Other than...

Great Movie! Mediocre DVD!
After Godfather I and II, Goodfellas has to be the best "mob" movie out there. But I was disappointed in the DVD for one BIG reason. I had to flip the damn thing over halfway through the movie! I stayed away from laserdisc for this very reason. C'Mon Warner Brothers! There is no reaon that this couldn't have been created as a dual-layer DVD. I'd even spend a couple extra bucks for it.

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Taxi Driver (Mastered in 4K) (Single-Disc Blu-ray + Ultra Violet Digital Copy)

Scorsese's 1976 New York City in 1080P never looked so good!
As we all know, a film's critical review is a subjective journey.
Many have universally praised Taxi Driver an American masterpiece.
In my humble opinion, it is Scorsese's crowning achievement.
I won't bother you a with a critical review of the narrative itself, the power of the performances, the lush cinematography not to mention the haunting soundtrack.

Lets get down to brass tacks with the Blu-ray experience:

The new 4K transfer and remastering ( under cinematographer Michael Chapmen and Scorsese's supervision ) looks fantastic. I can only hope for more studios to take their time when transferring vintage masterpieces. The clarity, color and detail even surpasses my last film-screening of this film at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome in the mid-90s. The soundtrack is presented in 5.1 DTS HD with wonderful results.

The special features are chock full of goodies, too numerous for me to list here fully:
I really enjoyed the...

Master character study
The importance of Taxi Driver cannot be overstated. More than a well made film, the movie is a genuine character study of the highest achievement. The absurdity of the decade in which the film was made lends an incredible amount of reinforcement to the presentation. The "conspicuous consumption" lifestyle of the 1970's makes the cheapness of human life depicted in the film (prostitution, exploitation, violence) seem all the more engaging. A few of the more important, albeit subtle scenes that I feel make the character study so realized include the following (I would ask that any viewer of the film pay close attention to these scenes and try to interpret the subtle importance of them as they relate to the character):

- Travis is sitting in his apartment watching American Bandstand on TV. He is angered by the celebration of adolescent sexuality he sees and how "human" and accessible it is portrayed to be. In contrast, Travis is completely unable to conceptualize himself in this rite...

The case for delirium
The ending of Taxi Driver has generated a lot of controversy and confusion because most people tend to assume that it's a simple continuation of the narrative of the film. In critical studies, however, the possibility is often raised that the end (after the the shoot-out scene to the end of the movie) is no less than Bickle's dying delirious imagination. I want to set forth the case that this is so.

First, at the end of the shoot-out scene, Bickle rolls his eyes backwards in the classic movie signature of death. Just before, of course, he put his blood-dripping finger up to his temple and mimed blowing his own brains out (after having failed with the empty real guns). Bickle is suicidal, dying, and will not recover.

Second, after this scene the camera pans across various news clippings on the wall of Bickle's room; these clippings describe him as a "hero" that saved a young girl. Also we hear the voice-over of Iris' parents saying that Bickle would always be welcome in their...

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Roseanne: The Complete Series

Great price, terrible packaging
When I saw this item available I was very excited because I love Roseanne and when I considered buying this a few years ago the price was much higher.The packaging is terrible. There are 27 discs included and they are literally in a large stack in a very large DVD case, the plastic tabs that are meant to keep the stack in place do not work . There aren't any dividers or anything else that makes viewing the DVDs simple. The only option is to go through the entire stack Additionally, the shipping package was so thin that the corner of the DVD case was cracked and broken. I would buy this again for myself but definitely not as a gift.

Classic Roseanne, in an awful package
I've been waiting for the complete series of Roseanne to be in one package for quite some time, and it's finally here....sorta. If you love Roseanne it's worth $45 to get the entire series, just know that you'll hate the packaging. The DVDs are in cheap paper sleeves, stacked on top of each other. So if you want watch season 8, you can't flip through pages like normal series DVD collections. Instead you need to take out all the sleeves to find which one you want. I've added a picture to illustrate this nonsense. Since the packaging IS part of the product, I've given it 3 stars. The series itself is definitely a 5.

Missing some of the greatest shows...Replacement box arrived, same disc that was missing originally has strange qualities
I too, like many others on here have waited for a very long time to have the complete series available in one reasonably priced nice box set. However, this box set is horribly put together. You really do get what you pay for here. When it finally arrived, I went right to Season 9 because it had been a long time since I had last seen those episodes...a few days later, I went to watch Season 8 and found that I was missing Season 8, Disc 1, Episodes 1-9 and had instead received two Season 8, Disc 2 dvds. The missing disc contains some of the BEST episodes: "the old Becky" (Lecy) returns; Baby Jerry Garcia is born; DJ has his controversial Thanksgiving Day pageant; and Blues Traveler is in an episode. As a huge Roseanne fan this is, in my opinion, the worst disc that could be missing from the box set!!

All in all, if you want all episodes in one package for a low price and do not mind that the package is completely inconvenient to flip through, go for it. Just make sure...

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3rd Rock from the Sun: The Complete Series

Great price but last 2 seasons are edited down to 21 minutes per episode
The price for these Millcreek versions is low but I've noticed they're edited for syndication in seasons 5 & 6 down to 21 minutes per episode. The UK versions of the DVD's are unedited, but unfortunated they're in PAL format and won't play on most machines here. The editing is noticeable when dialogue fades off towards the end of scenes but people are clearly still speaking and the end credit scenes are totally gone. In a season that adds up to about 90 minutes of program you're not getting.

The *Almost* Complete Series
Firstly, let me start by saying this: 3rd Rock from the Sun was one of my favorite shows to watch with the family when I was growing up. The comedy of the characters is just unsurpassed, and - overall, it's a phenomenal show.

My problem is with the simple lie on the package. This is NOT the complete series, it's the Complete Syndicated Series.

I bought this, hoping to get some good laughs from a great show, and all I received was a large amount of frustration when I discovered that the first episode was edited from it's original hour long standing, to 22 minutes...

Just be warned - This series is incomplete.

I'll be returning this shortly, and buying the seasons individually, in the hope that the "uncut" sticker I see on the package is true.

Classic, humorous series
DVDs are in paper sleeves.
Quality of video and sound are good.
Show ranges from amusing to pretty damned funny.
Main actors are perfect for their roles.
At around $21 I paid for 6 seasons -this is a steal.

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That '70s Show: The Complete Series

Good Show, Great Package...
I was a slightly-more-than-casual fan of the show during its' initial run, but I phased out when the media decided to focus more on the antics of the celebrity cast members than the show itself (I call it the "Friends Syndrome).

Amazon sold this collection for under $100 as a Gold Box Deal recently and it was too cheap to resist. After receiving the series and taking a good look at the packaging, I am glad I made the impulse purchase.

The box set itself is designed to look like a 45RPM Singles Box, complete with metal buckles on the sides to keep it "locked" and a plastic strap on top. The box is cardboard but the sides are printed with nostalgic-looking textured paper, complete with cheezy "sticker art" highlights. The front of the box has a plastic window that exposes the first season's promotional cover. All in all it feels solid and durable and MUCH higher-quality than I expected it to be in when I bought it.

Opening the box: each season has been...

This box set finally gave me a reason to buy the entire series at once.
I have to admit that I didn't really watch this show when it was on air, but just like most shows that I get into, it's when they are in re-runs. I really got into this show when I started working at a TV station that aired "That '70s Show." The problem was we nevered really aired all the episodes, so since getting the box set I started seeing episodes that I have never seen before and viewing the shows in the order that they originally aired, the shows make a lot more sence to me. I find this box set to be exactly what I wanted when purchasing all the episodes. I wasn't looking for a lot of thrills, just the DVDs containing all the episodes. This box set is straight to the point and doesn't take up a lot of room on my DVD storage shelf. I do find the interviews and the few extras very interesting and having a copy of the final script to the last episode was a nice little touch. The only complaint I have is that the DVDs are packed a little to tight in the box. Other than that...

best show ever!
This is such a good show, and to have them all on DVD is just awesome.. little pricy, but this compilation covers all 8 seasons.. They're all great with the possible exception of season 8 after Topher G leaves the show.. anyways.. this is a great addition to any DVD collection.

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