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Summary: The best TV series EVER
Review: How can one make such an extravagant claim for any show? Possibly because of consistency in both the acting, writing and production values. Intelligent, extraordinarily moving, unpredictable, funny and real, it spotlights life in the land of death. Take Tony and the gang, the Fishers are the family I prefer to spend my Sunday nights with.
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Summary: Simply superb
Review: Alan Ball has created the finest show on television. Though it lost some of its focus during the second season, the first season is magical. There has rarely been a show on television that has characters with such depth and plot of a mix between lighthearted, morbid, and emotional. Only HBO has the guts to do a show that's not the same old cop/ doctor/ lawyer drama, and they do what they do superbly.Rent it or buy it used because, as many others have said, the price tag is far too high.
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Summary: The Gods at HBO
Review: Sopranos, Oz, and now Six Feet Under...what else do you need? This series is compelling, exciting, over-the-top, sedate, under-stated, and all in the same package. You care about the characters. The writing is crisp and tight. The direction is top drawer. And the actoring is worthy of awards - lots of awards. When someone at the office told me to get this series, I just couldn't imagine..a story revolving around a funeral home - come on. However, once I had the set, ended up watching the entire season in two days. It leaves you wanting more, and more, and more. This is TV (more like movie-making) at it's finest.
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Summary: "Wake" Up and Buy This Immediately!
Review: I cannot lavish enough praise on this series. Like one of Woody Allen's lines in "Annie Hall", "This book has to be yours--you only bought books with 'dead' in the title," I'll admit a certain fascination with America's customs regarding dying and death. From purely an anthropological point of view, however, the series allows viewers to shadow individuals through the funeral process, and lets us see some of what really happens behind the scenes. The complex relationships among the main characters keep one totally engaged and anxious for the next show; the characters are many-layered. Be prepared for some irreverance, heartache and humor.
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Summary: I dig it
Review: "Six Feet Under" brings home the darkest of subject matters via an unblinking camera and a film-like attention to detail. Somehow, it's achieved the unimaginable -- making morticians actually seem hip. HBO's presentation of the first season on DVD is worthy of the series' craftsmanship, with eternal blacks and light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel whites. Flesh tones are flawless, whether from the living or dead. Images are full screen. Audio comes in a fairly sedate Dolby Digital 5.1 that's able to deliver the clarion call of the theme music. The set's packaging is first-class -- sexy, vaguely creepy and reflective of the series' high standards for art direction. Likewise, the active on-screen menus look great. Creator Alan Ball provides commentary on the pilot and the season's closing episode, both of which he directed. The talks tend to focus on the specific episode instead of the series, but he delivers a lot of inside information and back-story material. Ball fades in and out when distracted by the episode ("I had to stop and watch"), leading to some awkward silences. Cast members don't have much to say on a rote "behind the scenes" HBO featurette that runs 20 minutes. Among the many pleasures found on the set is a 15-minute celebration of the series' spooky yet elegant opening.
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Summary: The best of HBO television
Review: This is the best series you can find on HBO. It's provocative, daring, and addictive. I watched all 13 episodes from this DVD in two days and now, i can't wait for season three to start. Here are the episodes: Pilot
The Will
The Foot
Familia
An Open Book
The Room
Brotherhood
Crossroads
Life's Too Short
The New Person
The Trip
A Private Life
Knock, Knock Though this DVD is a little (okay a lot) pricy, it's well worth it.
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Summary: Hot Stuff, Ridiculous Price
Review: The lives of the dysfunctional Fisher family, their friends and co-workers, makes for a highly entertaining black comedy. I have the first two seasons on tape, which is good, because the price for the first season DVD is beyond ridiculous for 13 eps and the paltry few extras that HBO has deigned to give us. The four-star rating is solely for the quality of the series - *not* the package itself. ...
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Summary: no point in TV anymore
Review: Have you not seen Six Feet Under? My roomate brought this series home and in one weekend, we watched about 15 episodes. This is by far the best series I've ever seen. The characters are so likeable, you find yourself defending them to other characters. The premise is smart, funny and engaging. I am only waiting for season two to come out now...
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Summary: I'm sorry....I just don't see what all the fuss is about...
Review: I have had friends tell me how fabulous this series is. I've read reviews of how fantastic it is. I don't get HBO, so I rented the DVD of the first season. I don't see what all the fuss is about. Six Feet Under is a series about the lives of the family members of a small family owned funeral home - Fischer and Sons. The neer-do-well prodigal son, the secretly gay younger son, the lonely, lost teenaged daughter, the sad, unhappy wife, and the deceased patriarch, whom it turns out no one really knew much about. The show begins each episode interestingly enough - someone dies in some odd way and ends up at the funeral home. The person's death in some way becomes associated with the overall story in a convoluted morality tale for the family. The acting is just fine and the scripts are good as well. I just don't get the point of the show. CSI is a show about crime scene investigation that gives us the gory details of crimes and the science in solving them. Crossing Jordan is a night-time soap slipped in under the premise of a crime investigation show. Six Feet Under is a night-time soap that is set in a funeral parlor - nothing more. Dynasty, Dallas, and Falcon Crest were larger than life night-time soaps that reveled in their extravagance. Six Feet Under is really quite pedestrian. It's nothing terriby interesting - it just has an interesting setting. It's an American funeral parlor version of Eastenders, without the fun. I think I'll stick to CSI for a good thrill ride on TV and leave the soaps to the HBO subscribers.
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Summary: THE BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION
Review: Usually I feel that the term "quality television" is an oxymoron. SIX FEET UNDER proves that this is not necessarily the truth. I feel that the HBO series is without a doubt the best thing on TV today. The Alan Ball (American Beauty) created a show that focuses on the dysfuntional life of the Fisher's, who run a funeral business in the wake of the death of their patriarch. The show expertly peels away the layers of each character to reveal new and unpredictable quirks. It also pushes the envelope on a number of subjects including homosexuality, promiscuity, drug use and death itself. All of this is done with deliciuos, dark humor. I became addicted to the show from watching the second season, and this release has allowed me to catch up on the first. I don't feel as though I have lost anything by backtracking however, in fact it has made it more interesting to see how the characters had changed and evolved. If you have an open mind about various socail issues and crave quality programming, I cannot recommend this series or DVD enough. Now I can't wait for the return of the third series!
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