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The Real World You Never Saw - New Orleans

The Real World You Never Saw - New Orleans

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for all real world 9 watchers.
Review: If u like the real world, or just real world 9 you will love this dvd. Makes you lauf so hard, I cant stop watching it. Defenatly worth every penny. Take a trip back into the real world season 9, makes you rember the highlights of the season. The only bad thing about it is you will want more.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Something for any Real World fan!
Review: Now being "The Real World" junkie that I am, I got this video almost the day it came out! However, I never thought it would be so hilarious! Melissa's impersonations of her parents, what really happend between David and Laterrian in Africa, etc. Everything on this tape is great! And you though Hawaii was good? Well, I'm telling you folks, this one is better! = )

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Endless dribble
Review: Oh boy, the Real World New Orleans, uncut, uncensored. Yep, that sounds fun...in reality, how boring. For one thing, the Real World Series should have ended 4 seasons ago. Whatever season the London episode was...well thats when it went down-hill. I loved Real World New York, LA, San Francisco...but then here comes London and down comes the ratings. After London, there was Miami, Boston, Seattle, Hawaii, and now New Orleans...enough is enough. What could possibly be on this tape? Swear words that arent bleeped out, nudity, sex....thats it. The cast mates...sure Jaime is hot and good looking, but thats not worth paying some x amount of dollars to watch 7 people act like an idiot...if I want that, I can watch my own family, and thats for free.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Boring
Review: Okay this cast was so boring except for Melissa, she is so cute and funny.

They could have made the whole dvd of her and it would have worked instead of loading with everyone else.

They are in NEW ORLEANS and yet they seem to not live life to the fullest.

Go melissa as for the others go home

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Disappointing - Didn't Deliver Enough
Review: Overall I liked the cast of REAL WORLD NEW ORLEANS a lot, so I had high hopes for this DVD. After viewing it, I liked the cast even more, but I was disappointed with the DVD.

First, the good stuff:

1. There are a lot of funny moments on this DVD. The ones that come to mind are the funny (and sexy) Adam and Eve spoof Danny and Kelley did, Melissa's prank phone call to phone star, and the various cast members teasing David with their own versions of "Come On Be My Baby Tonight." (Did anyone but me ever notice that David ripped this song off from "Guys and Dolls?")

2. I also liked the bonus footage of the cast members' audition tapes. We saw bits of this during the casting special, but the DVD provided a lot more.

Here are my gripes:

1. The stuff on there was good, but there wasn't nearly enough of it. This drove me crazy. Not including the bonus stuff, the DVD wasn't even an hour long. It cost way too much for so little. The production company had thousands of hours of tape to draw material from. Why not make the DVD four hours long? I'm sure there'd be no problem filling it with interesting stuff, and it wouldn't even cost them anything extra because the footage already exists. There was no reason for this DVD to be so short.

2. Some of this stuff was so good that I can't believe they left it out of the actual series. For example, in the show, much time was given to Melissa's impressions of her parents. Unless you've viewed the DVD, you'd never know that Melissa's parents came to visit her in New Orleans. Yes, we got to meet the often-imitated Mercy and Shorty. They were fun, and I definitely wanted to see even more of them.

3. The box said that the DVD contained 100% new material. Although the vast majority of it was new, it wasn't all new. That's a minor gripe.

Summary: Overall, I liked what was on there, but I didn't feel like I got enough for what I paid.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: makes me smile
Review: seriously, i had a grin plastered on my face the whole time while watching this DVD. there are some flat out hilarious moments on this disc. of course i may be biased as the new orleans season happens to be may favorite real world season. now only if they would release the New Orleans COMPLETE SEASON DVD set i'd be satisfied. And it should include the casting specials AND renunion special...wink wink nudge nudge.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Funny stuff!
Review: The DVD starts out with Kelly and Danny, naked from the waist up for you to drool over. Hit "pause" on your player and drool all you want!

After that, there's lots of funny stuff on this disc. Outakes, extended scenes, questions answered. It's a "fun" disc and everyone has a good time. The "serious/racial" stuff from the show, and the "nasty/tell-all" stuff from the book are nowhere to be seen.

The best parts for me were the analysis of each cast member's dancing style, and Melissa's hilarious abuse of OnStar. Put the disc in, fast forward to "Which way do we go?" and prepare to laugh yourself silly!

A definite must-have if you enjoyed the New Orleans series!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Reality is more compelling than fiction
Review: The problem with most reality programming is that they don't ground their shows in reality. They always devise a theme to place them outside of everyday challenges, be they sent to boot camp, on a love cruise, or on a desert island to eat the vermin of the tropics.

This is where the Real World comes in handy; free from such marketing gimmicks, the show displays human relationships, character dynamics, and the honest emotions of its various casts in a show that's okay to love, because none of it is fiction. Presented here is the show's greatest season, more diverse, better developed, and just plain more intriguing than the constant squabbling of the other seasons (a flaw in the program not present in the New Orleans season). Julie is a woman of newfound wisdom; watching her grow and thrive with the lessons of the experience is a constant pleasure, as she is never as innocent as she appears. Melissa is always a treat, never afraid to speak her mind and, just as often, her body. Matt's devout adherence to his Catholic faith did not prevent him from enjoying the diversity and wisom of his roommates or the experience itself. David, a loner, held great ambition in his silence, and a dedication to his ill mother back home. Jamie, smug but lovable, learned much about seeing value in others, and himself. Best of all was Danny, a man of warmth and wisdom, whose loving relationship with military boyfriend Paul, his quietly powerful love for roommate Kelly, and his teaching of Julie about the truths of his orientation revealed a far more complex person than the stereotypical effeminate, promiscuous image of gay men held in common prejudice. Yes, the show is something for MTV to be proud of, not only true reality, but deeply felt as well.

The DVD release decides to take the humorous route, and it is truly juicy material, both human and hilarious at once. The entire feature is filled to bursting of laugh-out-loud sequences of moments both embarrassing and revealing, including Kelly and Danny's uncommon familiarity with each other (Adam and Eve were never this insatiable), Melissa's painfully funny commentary on sex, her body, and her parents (Mercy is profoundly remeniscent of the mother Margaret Cho made famous). The inclusion of the cast members' audition tapes make this a terrific package, a must for fans of the show.

Just don't abuse the On-star people like that.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: unbiased review
Review: The video is very funny, however for those seking to see the nude seens that were censored on the show, this video has no nudity in it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Real World Video Tape Yet
Review: These DVD show you the Real World New Orlean like never before. Go behind the scene and get the real on The Real World. See the thing that could not be shown on T.V. from fights to nudity. These is a must have for any Real World Fan. Even if you never seen The Real World you'll love it.


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