Home Movies - Season Two
by Loren Bouchard
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Actor: Brendon Small, H. Jon Benjamin, Janine Ditullio, Melissa Bardin Galsky, Ron LynchDirector: Loren Bouchard
Brand: Sony
Writer: Brendon Small
Producer: H. Jon Benjamin
Writer: H. Jon Benjamin
Producer: Loren Bouchard
Writer: Loren Bouchard
Producer: Linda Simensky
Writer: Bill Braudis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 420 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
Product features:
- Available just a few months after the arrival of Home Movies Season One, Season Two features 13 more episodes of the irreverent animated series seen on Cartoon Network's [adult swim]. Squigglevision is gone, replaced by Flash animation and the characters developed in Season One an alcoholic soccer coach, a single mother who swears at parent/teacher conferences and an eight-year-old who makes a
Movie Reviews of Home Movies - Season Two
Movie Review: "I stand on land!"
Summary: 5 Stars
To me it has always been a breech of decorum to review something on Amazon before it has actually been released but to me, "Home Movies" Season 2 is an exception from where I stand. I've seen the second season of Home Movies many more times than I can count.
Adult Swim (for those who don't or can't tune in) can be considered the home of "cutting edge" (though cheaply animated), gutsy, adult oriented animated programming. That's what they, and anyone with low enough standards thinks. What the block really consists of is exhaustively rerun cartoons and every half year something new--- which they will rerun until you can spout out any line of any show on demand.
These days, I change the channel until it's time for Home Movies. I've seen the other programs worth watching on the block a hundred times squared anyway, and Home Movies has always been the one gem to consistently make me laugh, even though I know every line from every show thanks to Adult Swim's lack of up-to-date programming. I can't explain it.
The first season DVD was great, simply because the show is. They could leave the commentaries, Brendon Small's attempts to display his below average musical ability, and the cast's attempts to convince us that they have careers away from Home Movies off the DVD and we'll still have a 5-star boxed set to add to our growing collection.
They did us all a favor and switched from Squigglevision to Flash Animation. The colors are brighter, movements more fluid and the lines hold still, thank God. The shows are less improvised and more scripted, and after hearing Loren Bouchard explain how episodes were recorded in the first boxed set: hours and hours of Jon Benjamin and Brendon Small goofing around, improvising dialogue and then editing the choicest stuff into the episode was probably a huge waste of time and money. One can certainly understand scripting the episodes, and letting the actors go from there and it never once changed the overall feel of the show at the core.
My favorite episodes of Season Two are "Therapy", "Class Trip" and especially "The Wedding" ("I am Elfor, The Landstander! I stand on land!"). The show has so many great moments that choosing a favorite is harder than it looks.
I was happy to read that Melissa Galsky is joining the cast on the commentary track. I missed hearing her cute voice on the first season commentary. It seemed incomplete to have Brendon and Jason on the track, but no Melissa. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they offer more to us than just a goof-off session on the commentary tracks. I hope to learn something about the process, but if I don't I'll still enjoy this.
The show stands by itself, and with or without DVD extras this set is worth the price. I imagine they put extras there just so people wouldn't shell out their money and complain about how the dvd had no extras. I personally could care less about dvd extras, though I harbor some hope that Soup 2 Nuts learned from the mistakes of the last boxed set.
Many thanks to Soup 2 Nuts for continuing to release Home Movies on DVD, and I hope to see the rest of the show on DVD all the way to the very last episode. I'd hate to have to keep tuning to Adult Swim at 2AM to get my "Home Movies" fix. Their new shows, such as "Tom Goes to the Mayor" and "Robot Chicken" are so painfully un-funny and difficult to sit through (even for 15 minutes) that I end up watch reruns of South Park or Chapelle's show. The new stuff Adult Swim Sunday offers aren't fit for streaming video, let alone a slot on a TV network, but I guess there's no school like the old school.
Many thanks for reading my worthless opinion and I hope it helped a little bit.
Summary of Home Movies - Season Two
Available just a few months after the arrival of Home Movies Season One, Season Two features 13 more episodes of the irreverent animated series seen on Cartoon Network's [adult swim]. Squigglevision is gone, replaced by Flash animation and the characters developed in Season One ? an alcoholic soccer coach, a single mother who swears at parent/teacher conferences and an eight-year-old who makes art films and documentaries in his basement with his friends ? are in situations even more humorous than before. Great bonus features round out this must-have set!Program Listing:
Disc One
Episode #201: "Politics"
Episode #202: "Identifying A Body"
Episode #203: "Hiatus"
Episode #204:"Business & Pleasure"
Special Features
Winning entry of "Small Shorts" Film Competition
Brendon Small interviews Melissa Galsky
Memories Featurette: Guest stars remember Home Movies
Animatics ? "Politics"
Commentaries with Brendon Small, Melissa Galsky and Loren Bouchard
Disc Two
Episode #205: "The Party"
Episode #206: "Impressions"
Episode #207: "Dad"
Episode #208: "Therapy"
Special Features
Audio Anatomy Of A Scene
Animatics ? "Party"
Interview with Brendon Small, Melissa Galsky and Loren Bouchard
Commentaries with Brendon Small, Melissa Galsky and Loren Bouchard
Disc Three
Episode #209: "Class Trip"
Episode #210: "History"
Episode #211: "Writer?s Block"
Episode #212: "Pizza Club"
Episode #213: "The Wedding"
Special Features
Animatics with crew commentary ? "History"
Home Movies music ? extended songs and music lesson
Home Movies writer Bill Braudis speaks!
Commentaries with Brendon Small, Melissa Galsky and Loren Bouchard
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