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Summary: My one obsession
Review: I've been taping every episode for over 10 years now, so unfortunately I've been spoiled by just being able to push play and let the episodes roll. I'm on tape #20! Anyhow, pretty rough for a beginning compared to later episodes, but with it's own charm. The only reason for not giving 5 stars is that in order to get to the episodes on the DVD you have to press play several times to spin a little wheel, then select your episode and there's no option to allow continuous, uninterupted play of the episodes. The extras are okay for us hardcore fans, but not spectacular for our dedication. I'm getting the DVDs because my tapes are wearing pretty thin.
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Summary: Gets 4 stars only in comparison to later seasons
Review: Compared to anything else available out there, I'd give this set 4 stars. But in comparison to all the upcoming seasons of the Simpsons, I can only give it 4 (unless I could give the others six or seven!).The animation is so crude compared to what we see on this show today. The voices are weird. And the plots are a bit cruder, the characters still rough-edged. The show hadn't quite figured out how to make Homer a loveable lug or Bart a loveable scamp. You can almost see why some parents objected to this show...it was a bit rough. But it sure had one thing going for it right from the start...it was REALLY, REALLY funny. If you haven't seen the Simpsons before, I won't try to talk you into them with this review. But I will say you've missed something special! If you know (and love) The Simpsons, you don't need my convincing. But you might want to know if this set is worth the cost. I say, absolutely. Having the episodes so pristine is great. And there is commentary from all the major creators for each episode. Normally, these "director's commentaries" on DVD's are not all they're cracked up to be, but particularly in this first year of the show, we really get the idea of how the Simpson's evolved. James Brooks, Matt Groening and others tell us in great detail how the show developed, and some of the stuff is very subtle and would probably have gone unnoticed. It's great to watch an episode, then go right back and listen to the commentary. Very revealing! I highly recommend this excellent set.
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Summary: Funny!
Review: Season 1 is not the best season of The Simpsons, America's best and most watched television show, but it is worth buying. Season 1 of The Simpsons is when the show was still trying to find its feet, but the episodes are still funny and everything that you would expect from The Simpsons and its slew of colorful characters. The best part of the DVD are the extras. there are commercials, sketches, concepts, interviews, enough to make any hardcore Simpsons fan go bonkers with excitement! If you are a fan of the hilarious yellow people on The Simpsons, you should buy Season 1. You just wouldn't feel right without it. Refresh your memory of the good ol' days when we were still all trying to figure out why Homer is so stupid and why Marge's hair is blue. If you still don't know, or you have never even heard of the Simpsons, you should buy the DVD to get all of the answers. If you love the phrase Doh! or Don't Have a Cow Man! buy the DVD. It' that simple.
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Summary: Must Have for Any Simpsons Fan!
Review: I am a major simpsons fan and recently purchased the 1st season on DVD. It was so good I finished it within a couple days. It's fun to see how the show has changed since the very first season. This comes in a nice collectors case and includes 13 episodes.
It is a must have for any simpsons fan!
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Summary: I thought it was great
Review: I love The Simpsons. Very few shows are this good, this well made, this cutting edge (South Park and Seinfeld come to mind), and after a long wait, the first season is finally out. The set contains all first season episodes, including the Christmas special (episode one), and all episodes have a commentary--though the commentary isn't the best I've heard. They are a bit skimpy on the extras. We've got a few scripts ("Bart the Genius", "Bart the General", "Monaing Lisa" - all on disc one and "Some Enchanted Evening" on disc three), outtakes, the animatic from "Bart the General", The Making of The Simpsons featurette, foreign language clips (all of the same clip), Albert Brooks Audio Outtakes, The Art of the Simpsons, and one Tracey Ullman Short ("Good Night Simpsons"). There could have been a better job done with the extras, but it does come in a nice slipcover case.
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Summary: simpsons rock!!
Review: the simpsons rock! i was very happy to find out that the simpsons were on dvd! i think the people who disaprove of the simpsons belong in a mental asylum! ive been watching since birth and theirs nothing wrong with me!
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Summary: Welcome to Springfield!
Review: I have waited for years.. and now, finally they have arrived! The Simpsons on DVD! NICE! You will definatly LOVE this set... no commercials, no weather scrolls on the bottom of the screen, nothing but AWESOME cartoons!. Nice!! Too bad they can't put out 2 sets a year. I gotta lotta time, I'll get EVERY DARN ONE of these sets! They all ROCK!
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Summary: Excellent chapters, Bad DVD!!
Review: I live in Costa Rica, and here we speak spanish, I am not the kind of guy that likes subtitles and bad traductions but The Simpsons are much, much funnier when they are traducted in spanish, and I hoped this DVD had it all. For the next season I am going to investigate more in this matter. Another thing that I dislike about this DVD is that when a scene is finished you have to make all the procedures and preferences again. The chapters are unbelievably great, it is a shame that the DVD [is inadequate]!
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Summary: why dont you already have this
Review: this is a must have for anyone who is a fan of the simpsons. if you're like me, then you will want to be able to watch them when ever you want
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Summary: Not like I remember it
Review: Most things look weirder in their original format as we grow older. Take the Simpsons for example. I remember them when they first came out. At the time, they were a scandal among parents from my generation (well, some of them) to the point that I wasn't allowed to watch them in the house. As a consequence, I lost several years worth of viewing. Fast forward to now, and the first season comes out on DVD. Naturally, I had to get it. The reunion was bittersweet. There were some classic episodes that I remembered, some I never saw, and a load of special features. But the episodes weren't as funny, at least not as funny as they were in 1993 when I finally started watching in earnest. It was kind of a let down. Of course, I watched the whole thing through, but it was kind of empty. I guess I'll get the other two seasons that are out, but it won't be worth it until Season 4 comes out. For anyone out there who would get this set, do so only if you're a diehard fan (I'm not) or are looking for nostalgia (I wasn't). Otherwise, let's all wait till the good seasons come out.
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