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Summary: This may be Heaven.....
Review: Okay, so it isn't the best season ever; Homer is worried his family will embarass HIM at a work picnic, he sounds like Walter Matthau, Marge is a drunk, but who cares? This is such a great DVD, especially to true hardcore fans. If you are one, you must buy this. It's just so incredible. The commentary over the episodes by Matt Groening is hilarious; he pokes fun at his own episodes, stating how bad the animation is and how Homer sounds weird. The only complaint I have about this (and they have 11 more seasons to release and get it right) is the lack of special features. So there are a few short dealies and the original scripts, but I would much have rather seen ALL the Tracy Ullman shorts (as many fans have already said) and also a behind the scenes look at how the voices are done, etc. It doesn't matter though, the second season should be out by Christmas, so I'll just cross my fingers on that one. Anyway, if you are a Simpsons fan, buy this now. It's great.
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Summary: God Has Answered My Prayers...
Review: Finally, I can collect the Simpsons in the format that they were meant to be viewed, DVD. As a box set, The Simpsons: The Complete First Season is nothing spectacular...packaging-wise. What makes this the true "must-buy" DVD's of the year are the episodes, 13 in all. Sure, any Simpsons fan will tell you that Season 1 is by far the worst of all the seasons, but the animators (like Matt Groening says in the liner notes) didn't know what the hell they were doing. What they were doing was creating the longest running television show in history and undoubtedly the funniest piece of satire ever put on the tube. The animation may be crude, the voices of the characters screwed up, and the focus of the episodes around Bart but every show has got to start somewhere. Groening's decision to feature and stupify Homer in ever subsequent season was the catalyst for the Simpsons historic run. What amazes me even more than the DVD's is their price.... There is no excuse not to own these DVD's eventhough compared to every subsequent season they are the WORST EPISODES EVER. RECOMMENDED ONLY TO TRAVELING CLOWNS AND CIRCUS MIDGETS.
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Summary: Finally, it's here!
Review: Ah, the relief. How long have we all waited for this moment? And Fox and the Simpsons production team really delivered the goods on this one. First off: technically, they did great work. The 5.1 sound, even in the rudimentary first few episodes, is crisp and well-remixed. And those used to seeing the older shows in syndication will be amazed by the clarity of the transfer. I've been astonished by the richness of the color. I think the tv reruns became rather bleached over time, because the visual quality really is remarkable in this set. If this is the standard by which ensuing seasons are distributed, we'll all be quite happy indeed. Second Off: Many believe the 1st season to be of considerably lower quality that even the 2nd season. They argue the jokes come slower, Homer and Burns' (among others) voices are too different from their later development to be palatable to the ear, and the animation is choppy. In a way, they're right. But in another, more accurate way, they're missing out on the bigger picture. Having the entire 1st season at your fingertips enables you to clearly see two things: 1. the gestation of a number of very significant character relationships that develop so wonderfully over the course of this show's remarkable run (e.g. Bart vs. Skinner, Homer vs. Burns, Homer vs. Flanders, Lisa & Bleeding Gums, etc.) and 2. the extremely quick development and improvement of the production quality even in those first 13 episodes. Examine the difference between "Homer's Odyssey" and "The Crepes of Wrath" and you'll be amazed at the latter's better continuity, improved animation, and higher-frequency of jokes. It really gives you a sense of how the production and writing team began to realize the potential of this medium, the characters and the actors' incredible talent, and how it vaulted them into the jaw-dropping 2nd season & beyond. And no commercials? Ahhhh. No more fast-forwarding through poorly marked Simpons tapes, trying to find that gem of an episode, dealing with early '93 bad-haired-actors, movie trailers and soup blurbs (well, at least until the third season's out...)
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Summary: Fantastic, but....
Review: Of course this is a must buy for all hard-core fans and also the casual viewer. It is amazing to see all of the first season episodes together. This is a chance for many to see the progression of The Simpsons as a television show that rose to stardom very quickly. The sound and picture of the episodes have been totally redone resulting in crisp clear sound and amazing picture quality.
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Summary: MORE
Review: In the two days I've had this it is all my TV has displayed. Now I am again able to repeat Word for Word all the BEST or Early episodes. What a joy to be able to think of a Simpson moment and relive it NOW!
My only trouble is I WANT MORE! SEASON 2 PREORDER sign me up! I will be watching this DVD until the next one gets here and I can watch more. Thanks for releasing these and keep 'um coming.
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Summary: SImpsons OK....... quality of DVDs.......BAD
Review: I think all that can be said about this first season has been said. The Simpsons are unique. I just have are two complaints: The quality of the encoding is really bad (made by dvcc). You can see noises (artifacts) everywhere, in particular near the black lines of the drawings. I am not sure if this was done on purpose, but they look really bad in my 20 inch TV and degrade somewhat the experience. I do not want to enter into technical details, but it seems they used the wrong parameters for the encoding. The other (minor) complaint is the quality of the DVDs themselves. They look like made in a cheap factory of China (I have some VCDs from China to compare with). The edges are sharp and poorly finished. But at least they play Ok . I hope that for the next season, if they release it, the quality issues are solved.
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Summary: Misrepresented, but good nonetheless....
Review: I just got my Simpsons 1st Season DVD set today & I'm glad and a little disappointed at the same time. This set was advertised as having a lot more extra features than the finished product actually has...where are the rest of the Tracey Ullman shorts? Where is the ABC News Bart T-shirt controversy segment? [...] but the transfer of the episodes is great, as is the packaging, and the extra features that were included, so [...], it still is a must for any true Simpsons fan. BRING ON THE NEXT SEASON!!!
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Summary: Love The Quality!! Nothing Better Than A Digital Homer!!
Review: Just got this DVD today. Very nice, clear picture! There's nothing about this set (or The Simpsons in general) not to like! It's all great! And when everyone that pre-ordered this outstanding product (and that's many thousands of buyers) starts re-watching these first-season episodes, you're going to begin to say to yourself....."Hey, that 1st year wasn't so bad after all". In fact, I found most of these 13 programs very funny, indeed. Sure, the voices sound just slightly different than in subsequent seasons, but all in all Homer and his gang can still tickle your funnybone more often than any other single program I can think of in the 50-year history of the TV medium! I think that everyone in this great country of ours should pick up a copy of this fine 3-disc DVD Simpsons set. With all of the misery and suffering and images of terrorism and disaster that has befallen our great nation during these past few weeks, who could be better suited to lift our collective spirits than Homer, Marge, Bart, and company?? I'm sure we all need something to smile about during these trying days. The Simpsons are just the clan to do it!!! God Bless you, Mr. Groening!! You've created a program that will no doubt be enjoyed by the masses for many many years to come! EVERYBODY loves The Simpsons! Just look at all of these 5-star reviews here at Amazon! There were 100 reviews for this DVD set even BEFORE the set was released! That in itself would indicate that Mr. Groening's program has made a dramatic [and positive] impact on most everybody that has ever seen it. Heck, people all over the place are giving this set FIVE STARS, and they haven't even seen the first minute of it yet!! Now THAT'S confidence in some good solid entertainment! And The Simpsons is just that!
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Summary: Don't miss out on the special HIDDEN features!!!
Review: On 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's release of the first season of 'The Simpsons,' there are some exciting hidden materials to be found that may not be obvious to the naked eye.
Insert the third disc of the set and go to the 'Extra Features.' From there, go to the second screen of extras and select 'Art of the Simpsons.' In this menu screen, highlight the 'Extra Features' menu entry and the press the 'Left' arrow key on your remote control to highlight the comic book in Bart's hand. Press 'Enter' now and you will get to see a gallery of magazine covers featuring 'The Simpsons.'
Another hidden feature can be found on the second page of the 'Extra Features' on this disc. Go there, highlight the 'Some Enchanted Evening Script' menu entry and then press the 'Left' arrow key on your remote control. This will highlight Bart's T-Shirt, which will give you access to a 1990 report by ABC News on the Bart Simpson T-Shirt controversy - which once again proves that some people have too much time on their hands and too little mass in their brains, and that TV picks up on about anything as long as its negative and smell sensational.
NOTE: This information was found by Pat Patel and originally posted on the www.dvdreview.com website (awesome site).
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Summary: Didn't quite live up to my outstanding expectations.
Review: It is, needless to say, a welcome pleasure to have these episodes on DVD. The video quality seems to be excellent. The sound also seems good; I watched an episode in French today and was very pleased with the audio options. The features are a little hit and miss. The foreign language clips are very interesting, as is the commentary on animation. "The Simpsons: America's First Family" is pretty good, just a little short. Extremely disappointing was the commentary to the outtakes from "Some Enchanted Evening"; the extent of it is basically the five or six bigwigs on The Simpsons talking about how horrible it was. Kinda sad. Buy these DVDs, but don't expect too much from the extras. Hopefully they'll step it up a notch (more 'making of', maybe) in subsequent editions.
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