Rating: Summary: better get this one.... Review: This is a great season of a show that has since become quite ridiculous. The first season was done with such brilliance that for one 4 month period the Sopranos was the 2nd best show on HBO. I highly recommend this season, but beware when the next ones are offered, the show is no longer any good.
Rating: Summary: Another Grainy Mess from HBO Review: I loved Six Feet Under ever since the first season. But what I don't understand is why the episodes I recorded on TiVo look better than the ones that come on this DVD...
Rating: Summary: What's with the price tag? Review: As much as I love the show - I find the price of this DVD collection to be insane!
Rating: Summary: An Interesting TV Show Review: If you liked "American Beauty", you should definitely check this out because creator Alan Ball has expanded his artistic vision into a weekly series that retains the best qualities of that famous movie/script. If like me you were ambivalent about "American Beauty", you still might enjoy this as the characters and performances become reasonably compelling.It's certainly a strange television show, the kind of thing that could never turn up unadulterated on network television. There is a focus on death. There is a constant sense of loss. There is more drug use by characters than I as a father appreciate seeing. The best aspect to the series are the characters of the brothers David and Nate; Michael C. Hall especially shines during the first season as the closeted gay workaholic David.
Rating: Summary: SIX FEET UNDER Review: Six Feet Under is a fantastic show. EXtremely recommended. Unfortunately, there are a few slip-ups in the first season: The 5th episode, centering around a Porno Star's funeral, falls into parody, and the season finale, unlike the second season's, relies heavily on two major contrivances. Still, highly recommended.
Rating: Summary: This set DOES have extras. Review: At the time of this posting, Amazon has no extras features listed. But that's so not like HBO. Here's what's coming with the set: Extras include audio commentaries on Six Feet Under (Pilot) and Knock, Knock, a deleted scene, a featurette on the making of the opening credit sequence, and interviews with the cast and crew.
Rating: Summary: More greed from HBO home video Review: Yes, Six Feet Under is a fantastic show, and yes, it would be great to own on dvd. But, once again, HBO overprices their product. Some seemed surprised by the price, but after watching their prices on Sex and The City, Sopranos, and even the Band Of Brothers collection, I am not. Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 3 is a 6 dvd box for less money than this 4 disc set. The Shield and 24 both came out for less money than this. BUT.....HBO will continue to price their dvds this way as long as we consumers buy them.
Rating: Summary: Best show on television Review: I love this show. The first episode is a little weird with the fake commercials, but everything else sets the tone that carries through each show. This is the only show I still watch live after buying a TiVo -- I can't wait to see what happens every week when it's in season.
Rating: Summary: Heartbroken Review: I'm devistated. I have been watching and waiting for this show to come out on DVD. I don't have cable and can only watch this show when over a friends house who watches or in a hotel when traveling for business. The few episodes I have managed to catch have me begging for more. It finally has come out and I cannot afford it. What gives! ...I've no doubt the show is worth every dime, but I don't have that many dimes!
Rating: Summary: Best dark comedy TV show around finally on DVD..WITH EXTRAS Review: I cannot praise this TV show enough. I've watched every single episode of the first 2 seasons and can't wait for the third. Together with NYPD Blue, The Shield and The Sopranos (and maybe OZ) I would say this is the best drama series on TV at the moment. The whole show is based around a family running a relatively small independent funeral home. Sounds boring? Not at all. Every episode starts with a death and the preceding funeral arrangements. I can guarantee that you will be glued to the screen for every single episode. Some might not get all the dark humour to begin with, but after a while you will grow familiar with all the characters. As for the DVD - well some reviews here have been a it hasty in their conclusions. The box set - admittedly a bit pricey (but well worth every penny) - DOES contain extra features. They are not 100% complete/confirmed yet, but the following will be included: Behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scene from the pilot episode and an audio commentary by Alan Ball (could be 1, more or all episodes). So, without further deliberation, just buy this.
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