Flight of the Conchords: The Complete First Season
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Actor: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine ClementBrand: HBO Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- AC-3; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Flight of the Conchords: The Complete First Season
Movie Review: Best Show On TV-No Extras On The DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Flight of the Conchords follows the lives of two NZ musicians (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie) who are trying to create a life for themselves in New York. The band doesn't have their act quite together, their managers "real" job is at the NZ Consulate (conveniently located below "All Asian Massage"), the band has one fan and they are hoping for a gig at the aquarium. The plot is humorously intertwined with fantasy music videos that parody the 1980's and 1990's MTV music video hey day. (Think Flashdance).
The humor here is quite kiwi, which is excellent, but over the head of people who can't find NZ on a map. This show is going to appeal to the same kind of people who like Extras - The Complete Series (Includes Series Finale) or have traveled a bit. The show quite rightly points out in a humorous way that a lot of Americans don't understand anything about NZ beyond The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition). Promotional posters on the wall of the NZ consulate proclaim "NZ-It's Not Part Of Australia" because many Americans confuse the two countries. (Watch for clever details like this in this show because they are a real joy.) My favourite episode has Jemaine and Bret fighting a race war with a fruit vendor who leaves a piece of stabbed kiwi fruit on their door on top of the note "Die Kiwi's". When they discover that the fruit vendor actually hates them because he has them confused with Australians ("you're accents are so much the same"-they're not) , the group makes up by running past the Australian embassy giving the building "the bird" much to the dismay of the Australian guard. It's a hilariously funny way to illustrate the fact that NZers are tired of living under the Australian shadow. I think Flight of the Conchords is only going to add to the trend of NZ coming into its own.
Kudos to HBO for once again creating an excellent show. Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie have said they couldn't get this show made in NZ and now they are glad because TVNZ would have just "tvnzed it"-made it bland. The show was apparently "too kiwi" for TVNZ. The only shows TVNZ makes are copies of American TV shows. It's true that NZ has a long history of neglecting its own talent which is why so many NZ artists don't object with they are labeled Australian ( Keith Urban Greatest Hits, Sam Neil, Russell Crowe, Best of Crowded House-all kiwis labeled Australians by the American media). But in all fairness this show wouldn't have been made at any of the major American networks either. I can imagine the guys at ABC saying "we can't understand their accent", "we won't be able to sell it on the Australian aftermarket because it makes fun of Australians and the advertisers won't like it", etc etc. HBO and HBO only has the guts to bring this sort of witty and truly funny series to the screen for which I am grateful.
That being said, HBO didn't bend over backwards to give anything extra to fans in this DVD collection. You are buying the show only here. No commentaries, interviews, or out takes. You could have recorded this on your digital recording device. I still love owning it, but would have liked to have heard some witty commentary over some of the episodes. I think it would have been hilarious to hear Jemaine and Bret talk about some of the scenes. I've also wondered if any of these experiences are based on the experiences of Crowded House and was hoping for some clarifying interviews with this DVD, but alas, you get nothing.
Make sure to check out Jemaine in the truly wonderful Eagle vs. Shark, or the spoof Tongan Ninja. If you enjoy the New Zealand writing in Eagle vs. Shark and Flight of the Conchords, I recommend taking it a bit further and subscribing to a New Zealand journal like Landfall or the cutting edge Takahe and learning more about the culture subletities of this wonderful country.
Summary of Flight of the Conchords: The Complete First Season
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie â€" a.k.a. Flight of the Conchords â€" may be “New Zealand’s 4th Most Popular Folk Parody Duo,” but in the USA, finding someone who knows their act is about as easy as finding a kiwi nest in Central Park. To rectify this oversight, Jemaine and Bret have moved to New York’s East Village to conquer America, one fan (literally) at a time.Similar DVD Movies
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