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Summary: Best...DVD...Ever
Review: OK, not quite, but it's still an exceptional collection. I forgot how good Season One of TV's all-time greatest comedy was- a lot of classic episodes (with my favorites being "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," "Moaning Lisa," "Call of the Simpsons"). The features are too short, but the commentaries by Groening and co. (and kudos for including one per episode) are hilariously good, and make up for it. A great DVD set; I can't wait for the rest of the seasons.
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Summary: Finally
Review: Im sure some have you have tried to do the same things i've done. Have my vhs tape ready at the start of every simpsons episode and taping it, just hoping to get every single episode. I realized how hard it was after 5 tapes and not even being close. Plus finding the old school ones are rare at best. With the new dvd revolution taking place i wondered from the very beginning when we might see homers face gracing a disc. My wait finally came to end on september 27th, 2001. After having it preordered for weeks i was imediatly pleased with the amazing packaging job on the dvd. I dont care what other people say these first episodes are some of the best, if yu can get over the sketchy animation and wierd voices. Getting to watch them without commercials is a huge plus. Bonus features such as the script for each one is a very interesting feature. With Matt the man Groenings winning comentary and hilarouis simpsons outtakes, this set of 3 dvds is the best 30 dollars ive ever spent. If you are any true simpsons fanatic this is a must have. I intend to by every season that comes out so i can preserve this simpsons even after its long gone.
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Summary: Folks, this is The Simpsons: The Complete First Season
Review: This DVD set is devoted to capturing The Simpsons TV Series, NOT all the Tracy Ullman shorts. The shorts would be a nice addition, but then people would just complain about how lame those were too, and how bad the animation was. Stop complaining, this set is great! All sorts of extras. Some people are just never satisfied. I'm glad Fox decided to finally put these out, and I hope they keep coming at a good pace, so I can continue the collection! How can you have a Simpsons collection that's incomplete? But the first season! See how they've developed. Maybe they're not your favorite episodes, but it's great to hear Groening and Co. laugh at their meager beginnings and weak plots!
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Summary: The Reason I Fell in Love With The Simpsons
Review: As I watch The Simpsons with my friends now some 10+ years after the first time I saw them, I am baffled at how they can slander this family. I had a hunch that maybe they just didn't know what I know. Watching the first season again reminded me of why I get so mad at Homer, but still love him so much. And how I pray that Bart will grow to his true potential, and learn to think with his heart more often, even though our glimpse of the future tells us he will be an overweight wrecking ball operator (but perhaps a kind one!) And...well nobody likes the episodes about Marge and Lisa anyways...wasn't there another child? Just kidding, I love you ladies too!If you are new to the Simpsons and don't understand why us fans are so enamored with them, watch the first season. If you don't love them after that, your heart is filled with black tar and you will never find happiness.
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Summary: Cool DVD
Review: This DVD collection of the Simpsons is so great. First the episodes have been remastered with improved picture and Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby Pro-Logic. Also the audio commentaries and numerous special features are awesome.
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Summary: Finally
Review: I've waited a long time for this DVD. A great buy!!! However. where's the "Unaired Episode with Optional Commentary" on this DVD?? I only see "outakes" for the episode "Some Enchanted Eveing."
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Summary: Great DVD...
Review: I bought this DVD... I was expecting many more shorts from the Tracy Ullman show. There was only 1 which was already shown on the 138th episode spactacular. The behind the scenes show was only about 5 minutes long and did not feature the voices of the Simpson's characters which was what I was hoping for. The unseen footage was only 2-3 minutes long and was just added material from the Babysitter Bandit episode. The art of the Simpsons feature was only 3 minutes long. Other than this the DVD was great. All 13 episodes from the 1st season with original intro and commentary and french language and/or spanish subtitles which was cool. 3 episode scripts and much more small extras. But is this worth the steep price. If you are a hardcore Simpsons fan it is.
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Summary: GREAT, but could of been excellent
Review: Considering the show's popularity and the enormous profits it has generated for Fox, it's a shame, however, to see that less attention was given to the DVDs' digital mastering process than to the design of the packaging. As with many of today's DVD releases, the Season 1 DVDs' video suffers MPEG blocking. Although the blocking is somewhat suppressed by players featuring digital noise reduction logic, a more severe problem is the so-called "mosquito noise" visible along hard transitions in the video, such as outlines. Encoding techniques which minimize or eliminate this form of artifacting are not beyond the reach of quality mastering houses today. With respect to the DVDs' video in general, one must wonder whether Fox decided to cut down the costs by using a "cost-optimal" service. Whatever the explanation may be, the digital encoding problems bring down the total technical score by at least one full star. Luckily, the new sound mix deserves bonus points. All 13 episodes have new, Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks, even if their full potential isn't exploited at all times. While directional and spatial effects are used creatively in dream sequences, most audio eminates from the center channel at other times, leaving the episodes with an old-fashioned mono sound. Also, the low-budget production standards which affected the show's early years are still evident, as heard in the sound remix's slightly stuffy texture. LACKING SPECIAL FEATURES - All Tracy Ulman shorts were promised but not delivered. And it should have contained the 50 minute-long BBC documentary, instead of the simple 5 minute cut down. None the less, the set is a necessity... although everyone you know probably owns it already.
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Summary: Simpsons, Many Cheers Go Out To The Fans
Review: While I am a viewer from the start, I have felt Simpsons has gone down many paths with transitions at the beggining. While on it's way had some down falls for a set of episiodes here and there. While some may not be funny it's still appealing to the SimpFan. I got this dvd set a day before it's release date and it was sure worth the wait. It's got great restoration of the color and image and it's got 5.1 digital sound. This set of dvd's lacks there of. It's missing a lot of what I was waiting for, not just from the episiodes but extra's. This is a great buy I can not judge that, but there's not much more then episiodes in here that caught my eye. It's got commentary and a few little things, but not enough for you to go back and to fiddle with them a second time around. I really hope that they put more effort into getting things the public couldn't see or other interesting add on's for future dvd's release's of the Simpson's episiodes.
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Summary: Good commentary.
Review: I would not say this DVD is worth buying based on the 1st season episodes alone; you can see all this in syndication every 3-4 years. But the commentary pushes it far over. Clearly unrehearsed (Apu apparently makes a first appearance twice and we are left with no doubt that Bart never said "kowabunga"), the commentary is good because it is honest. One aspect of The Simpsons I never appreciated before listening to the commentary was the importance of the animation. I always considered the final script of most importance to a Simpsons episode, but the contrast between a poorly animated "Bart the General" and a mediocre one sort of went against that. In episodes in which Matt Groening commented, there was insight into the excruciating details that were deliberated on. For example, it took an entire season to decide that pupils must be 1/7 (probably in diameter) of the eye size. One last thing: Why did the epidose in which French was spoken get redubbed into French, even the portions which were originally spoken in French?
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