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Summary: A show to remember
Review: ok, i remember a few years ago on the Wb, they were advertising a new show that would come on. I was intriged, so i started watching it and fell in love. Sadly they cancelled the show in 2001, it only had 2 seasons!!!!!!!!!!! i was heartborken, but i knew they would have to have a DVD on this show and i was right! i found out about this info on tvtome.com, and im so happy that its coming out soon,i actually have money to buy it!!!!!!!!!!! i encourage every1 to watch the show, its really good.
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Summary: Where has all the beautiful music gone!
Review: Don't get me wrong...Popular is by far my favorite show of all time. I practically jumped out of my chair when I saw that it had come out on DVD. My one complaint about this particular DVD set, and it's a big one, is that they have taken out several of the songs in many of what I found to be defining moments of the show and replaced them with bland and unoriginal tracks. Many of my fond memories of the show came from the songs they originally chose. I will without a doubt purchase the second season, but I'm not looking forward to the musical changes it will inevitably contain. The change in song is enough to drop this DVD set down to a 3 for me. Does anyone know why they do this to shows when they are released on DVD? I've noticed this exact same thing happening on other tv show DVD sets.
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Summary: FINALLY!!! I think I am gonna cry!
Review: How long have my friends and I said that they should release the complete series of Popular on DVD???? Since before that show was even cancelled! I haven't been so happy about a dvd set since they released "My So-Called Life"! It should be the complete series as oppossed to just the first season - but beggars can't be choosers I guess! If you don't know about this show I seriously think you should check it out! There is nothing better than Mary Cherry, Harrison, Sugar Daddy, Lily, Brooke, Sam and the rest of the gang and their laughable (and sometimes cry-able) lives!
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Summary: One GREAT Show!!!!!
Review: I got this DVD for Christmas, but I had never seen it previously. I wasn't very pleased with the first few episodes, but as the character Mary Cherry (Leslie Grossman) developed, I laughed at every episode since she appeared. I just hope Season 2 comes out on the date that everyone claims (March 8, 2005)...
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Summary: Why Only Two Seasons?
Review: I just finished watching the complete first season of this show, and I have to say, I'm just down right shocked that it didn't last longer. This show was campy, mean, funny, and original. Yes, it started like a normal teen drama, but after a while you could see that the writers, and the cast just wanted to have more fun with everything. It also helps that most of the actors in the series do a steller job with their characters, and really try, and succed, at making the show something more than just a chessy WB dramedy.
The set is very well done, with all twenty two episodes on six discs. The video and audio quality are great. Extra wise things are a bit scarce, but there are a few episode commentaries with the creators.
The series is well worth the money. I can see this being a cult favorite for years to come.
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Summary: Please sir, could i have some more?
Review: I LOVED Popular back in the day. In fact it was the first show i ever watched on the WB. I was thrilled to find that it had been released on DVD and immediately ran out and bought it.The only problem is now that i've had a taste of it, i need more, and the fact that the second season hasn't been released yet (if i may steal this quotation from Mary Cherry) "is worse than Kathie Lee Gifford singing cabaret!" How do you describe this show? It is a teen show that revels in its mockery of other popular formulaic teen shows. The meta-humour in this series is priceless (otherwise i wouldn't have spent so much money buying it!) and i am willing to beg and plead on bended knee to get them to release the second season...who's with me?
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Summary: Not All Music Was Replaced...
Review: I loved Popular when it was on The WB. It's too bad that this show went the same route as Murder One did on ABC - too intelligent for its own good at the time (Murder One incidentally is now available from Amazon.UK for import if you have can play Region 2 discs.) Shows like 24 and Alias owe much to Murder One, which explored a single trial over an entire season. Popular also has a lot in common with another great series from the same era - Freaks And Geeks, which is also available on DVD.
Both seasons of Popular start off a little too much on the 'dramatic side,' particularity the subplot with Carmen's mom that pervaded much of the opening of season 2 or the fake dramatic tension of the Brooke and Sam stories from the beginning of season one could be done without. As the network became less involved in each season as the year wore on, it meant that more MARY CHERRY and outrageous Bio Glass storylines could develop!
Also, not all the music has been replaced in this series. The production team was able to get the rights to a number of important songs, including "Rock Lobster" for the classic episode "Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle;" the song "Freedom" by George Michael for the episode "Caged," and also two Madonna songs "Ray of Light" and "Lucky Star." Madonna was a huge fan of this show and I suspect she gave the rights to her songs for free! In Season 2, there is a big production number to her hit "Music," which I'm sure will remain intact as well.
Speaking of season 2 of Popular, it has been mentioned by Buena Vista as being "in the works" for first or second quarter 2005.
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Summary: POPULAR!
Review: I loved this show, POPULAR, so awesome, smart, & great cast. Which stars, Carly Pope (Samantha McPherson, "Sam") & Leslie Bibb (Brooke McQueen) & Christopher Gorham (Harrison John, "Joe") & Leslie Grossman (Mary Cherry) & Ron Lester (Mike "Sugar Daddy" Bernadino) & Scott Bryce (Michael McQueen, "Mike") & Lisa Darr (Jane McPherson) & Diane Delano (Roberta Glass, "Bobbi", "Sir") & Bryce Johnson (Josh Ford) & Tamara Mello (Lily Esposito, "L'il Lily") & Tammy Lynn Michaels (Nicole Julian) & Sara Rue (Carmen Ferrara, "Carm"). My favorites are Joe (Harrison) & Mary Cherry. Please support Popular & buy it & hopefully SEASON 2 will come out, I LOVED SEASON 2. Who do you think HARRISON picked? I wanted HARRISON & SAM together. & What happened to Brooke?
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Summary: Interesting, enjoyable, and quite addicting.
Review: I purchased this show for my wife as it was on her Christmas list. After watching the first three shows with her, I was hooked.
More of a "parody" of the usual teen drama, the show stands out in my mind from the usual shows in TV. It pokes enough fun that you don't take it too seriously, while at the same time still sticking with it's roots.
The show takes an obvious turn for the "zany" during the season, which I think is for the best.
If you are thinking about buying this, give it a shot! It's pretty hilarious.
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Summary: Absolutely Brilliant
Review: I was a fan of the series when it aired and tried to tape it as religiously as possible. But thanks to bad work scheduling, a VCR that liked to reset its timed programming, and a roommate that wouldn't make sure it was recording while at home, I missed a good 1/3 of the first season and most of the second season. When I found out this came out on DVD I just HAD to buy it. And I've NEVER bought a DVD set for a television series until this one. I loved this show more than any other series that has come out since 1996. It's really THAT good if you ask me.
Rather than recap what everyone else has already stated, about the stunning stories, tackling a variety of different subjects, the depth of the characters and how well the actors pulled it off, let me just say that it was great to see a show that gave both sides of the story from high school. Being someone who started off in the "unpopular" crowd at school, being a person no one knew, and gradually pulling myself towards the middle (inbetween popular and unpopular) I can relate to all the characters in the show. Feeling invisible like Carmen, wanting to fit in like Harrison, having causes that mean a lot to you like Lily, trying to be different like Sam, doing your best to please everyone like Brooke, just being crazy yet sweet like Mary Cherry, and yes even being the totaly cruel, manipulative b**** like Nicole. I think most people have all these sides to them and this show expresses them like no other. That's why I can sit here and watch this DVD set (And I have like 10 times already, watched the whole thing in 2 days after I got it) over and over again and still catch something I didn't notice before.
My only gripe is the re-recording of the songs that were actually in the show and being replaced by cheap knock-offs or redone altogether. But otherwise it's a great set. If you haven't seen this show do yourself a favor and rent it. Trust me when I say you will be so hooked on it, you'll be running down to your local store to buy it.
That and I hear season 2 is being released in March. I hope this rumor proves to be true.
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