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Summary: Total Disappointment !!
Review: I don't see how anyone can be satisfied by this release. When I first heard Friends was finally going to be released on DVD I expected nothing less than COMPLETE SEASONS, the way The X-Files is being released. Instead, we get this "Best Of" rip-off. What a disappointment... I for one, despite being a huge Friends fan, am not buying this thing. Why can't NBC understand we, the consumers, want COMPLETE SEASONS of great TV shows like Seinfeld, Mad About You, and of course Friends?
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Summary: another show about nothing.
Review: If you really have nothing better to do, then watch these shows on tape. If you really think that the hype over wither Ross and Rachel should get together was worth it. Look here and see how it wasn't. Just another over-rated show on television.
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Summary: The Foundation of Friends
Review: As an avid "Friends" fan I was skeptical when watching this set as to whether or not these really were the "best" epidsodes of the show. After watching them I can honestly say that many of the funniest episodes are included. Each episode illustrates the casts' great group dynamic and comic timing, while showing us the essence of the relationships and story lines between the characters. I throughly enjoy this set and can whole heartedly reccomend them to fellow "Friends" fans.
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Summary: Must-Have Box Set!
Review: When it first appeared on television back in 1993, I wasn't much of a fan of this popular NBC series. Maybe it was that it was because it didn't have the wise-cracking, satirical humor that I have become accustomed to after watching shows like "The Simpsons" and "Married With Children" for years. However, as the years went through, "Friends" became a favorite of mine via the many late-night reruns on syndication.In what has become a very popular trend in recent months, the producers of "Friends" have decided to release a box set of the series 10 best episodes on DVD and VHS. Much in the same manner as many series that have been released on both video formats in the past few months (e.g. "Sex & the City"; "The Sopranos"; etc.) this box set captures the best of the show and its' great cast. Jennifer Aniston ("The Object of Affection"), Matthew Perry ("Fools Rush In"), Courtney Cox -Arquette ("Scream" trilogy), Matt LeBlanc ("Lost in Space" 1998 film version), Lisa Kudrow ("Hanging Up"), and David Schwimmer ("The Pallbearer) all were relatively small-role actors before being casted on this series, and now they are superstars in their own right. Among the best ten episodes, I rank "The One With Ross's Wedding", "The One With All the Thanksgiving", "The One Where Everybody Finds Out", "The One With the Prom Video" and "The One With All The Poker" as the top five episodes in this box set. All were great and the cast, especially Lisa Kudrow's funny antics, make this a must have for television-philes of 1990's comedy series. The "Best of Friends" box set will make a great gift or addition to your video library. Besides the episodes, the DVD version contains the music video by the "Rembrandts" playing the series title song, subtitles, and Cast biographies. So, if you haven't purchased a DVD player yet, do so now if you truly want to take advantage of this great format (hint: Amazon sells DVD players).
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Summary: Great discs
Review: This release of 10 episodes is great for all you Friends fans out there. Hopefully WB will release the entire series soon, as they have done in Europe. I have seasons 1 through 6 on DVD, and I gotta say that this is the only way to go if you truly love the show. Don't get me wrong, the quality and contents of these discs are great, but write WB and tell them to release everything!
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Summary: Ah, The (Guilty) Pleasure...
Review: For some reason, "Star Trek" - in all it's various incarnations - seems to be just about the one show on television that actually sells well on video. True, the trend in TV-to-video does seem to be picking up with "The Avengers", "The X-Files" and "Sex in the City", but mainstream sitcoms, on the whole, do not seem to have done well in the past. Warner Brothers seems to be hoping this trend will change by releasing "Friends" on video and DVD - it has already worked in Britain - and I, for one, hope they succeed here. The boxed set that they have released on DVD is well worth the purchase.... Included with the 10 episodes (13 if you count two-parters separately) are features on the famous London episode where Ross gets married, cast and crew info and the Rembrandt's music video. Not a bad deal. Each episode is also supposed to have extra previously unscreened footage. I don't doubt that they do, but not knowing the episodes by heart, I was unable to tell what was added and what was not. I could go into detail about the episodes, but the odds are that if you're really interested in buying the DVD, you probably know the episodes. The big complaint that has surfaced about the release is that people wish the series would be released season-by-season as it is done in Britain and as has been done in the US for shows like "The X-Files" and "The Sopranos". I agree. Even at two or three times the price, it would still, in my opinion, be a reasonable deal for a 22 or 24 episode season of "Friends". Perhaps Warner Brothers is still trying to gauge consumer interest by releasing a "trial" set before going on to try a season-by-season release. The last series they tried to release in its entirety - "Babylon 5", seems to have faltered after releasing about half the episodes. Either way, the DVD set is well worth the purchase. For me, it will be a great way to kill a few hours on a plane ride using my laptop's DVD player. If you're a big fan of the series, this is well worth owning. Perhaps enough people buying the "Best of" collection will persuade Warner Brothers to try a wider scale release. Go for it.
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Summary: I LOVE FRIENDS!
Review: Alright, friends is only the coolest show. I have family in england and I spend a lot of time there, and in england they have friends episodes on tape...just chronological, and 4 per tape, and it is the best thing because everyone knows how horrible english TV is. And it gives me something to watch. Unfortunately they dont have them here. And this is the closest that there will be to friends tapes. But its still good, because I get 10 great episodes(my favorite being the one with all the poker)and I think its a wonderful thing! buy them! Oh and Warner Brothers, please make friends videos like you do in england, I love those things!
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Summary: That's all? Where are the seasons?
Review: I was hugely disappointed when I saw this DVD, as in Europe you can buy the *entire series* on DVD! And what do you do with a best of that does not show this brilliant series in its entirety? Well, you won't have such a good time! If you can, get the DVDs from overseas or somewhere in America, this best of compilation is only for those who thing "a little Friends will do". The 1 star does not say anything about the content, because each of the episodes are brilliant, but it says something about how terrible it is, that the entire series is not available and that this is what any Friends fan should look out for. If you think "a little Friends will do" go for it, 5 stars. For everybody else: don't and write to Warner Bros to release the entire series.
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Summary: One of the Best Shows on TV!
Review: This DVD is totally worthy, if you're looking for good comedy, buy these two DVDs, which containe the best episodes of the award winning TV Comedy Series Friends. These 10 episodes contain the best and highest laughs from the entire series, you will enjoy the great writing, the snappy and sharp and wonderful humor, the funny characters with all their crazy and funniest antics and how the series develops since the ten episodes are from the first five seasons of the show. Friends is one of the best comedies of all time, it has wonderful characters, great humor and outstanding writing, a totally worthy DVD, because whenever you want to get a good laugh you can watch the thanksgiving episode of Friends, or the episode where they play poker, all of them wonderfully funny episodes, with wonderful comedy, I fully recommend this DVD, you will have a great time watching these crazy twenty somethings.
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Summary: Great "best of" for one of the best television shows
Review: Friends is one of the most original shows on television. The sign of a good tv show is that it doesn't decline in quality when it ages. Friends just gets funnier and the episodes chosen for this set are evidence of this. You get Disc 1: The Pilot, The One With Two Parts (One Hour), The One With All the Poker, The One Where Ross Finds Out, and The One With the Prom Video. Disc 2: The One Where No One's Ready, The One With the Embryos, The One With Ross's Wedding (One Hour), The One With the Thanksgiving Flashbacks, and The One Where Everybody Finds Out From The Pilot, in which we meet the six friends to TOW Everybody Finds out, where the gang finds out about the relationship between Monica and Chandler, these episodes will make you laugh. The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks is an exceptional one, it centers around Thanksgivings of the past from Pheobe's memories of the Civil war and WWI to the year when Chandler's father ran away with the houseboy to the consecutive years when Chandler calls Monica fat and Chandler loses his toe. We can only hope that Monica, Phoebe, Rachel, Chandler, Ross and Joey will continue to be as funny as they are now and that Warner Brothers will release another Friends DVD. Here is a quote from TOW the Poker Rachel: Hey, look, you guys, I'm going for anything here, OK? I cannot be a waitress anymore, I mean it. I'm sick of the lousy tips, I'm sick of being called 'Excuse me...' Ross: Rach, did you proofread these? Rachel: Uh... yeah, why? Ross: Uh, nothing, I'm sure they'll be impressed with your excellent compuper skills. Rachel: (upset) Oh my Goood! Oh, do you think it's on all of them? Joey: Oh no, I'm sure the Xerox machine caught a few.
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