Ren & Stimpy - The Complete First and Second Seasons
by John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Bong Hee Han, Chris Reccardi, Gregg Vanzo
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Actor: Billy West, Cheryl Chase, Edan Gross, John Kricfalusi, Sharon MackDirector: Bob Camp, Bong Hee Han, Chris Reccardi, Gregg Vanzo, John Kricfalusi
Brand: REN & STIMPY
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 418 minutes
Published: 2004-10-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Nickelodeon
Movie Reviews of Ren & Stimpy - The Complete First and Second Seasons
Movie Review: Before Beavis and Butthead, Southpark, Family guy and American dad... it came Ren and Stimpy
Summary: 5 Stars
Beavis and Butthead, Southpark, Family guy and American dad are among the greatest animated shows to ever graced a TV. Nowadays people argue whether if Southpark is the second best ever, behind The Simpsons of course. However before Southpark and all the other shows that dared to "cross the line" on a weekly basis, there came a humble yet shocking cartooned aired by Nickleodeon in the early 90s, called Ren and Stimpy: Bottom line is, it was way ahead of its time.
John Kricfalusi along with other great animators as Bob Camp, Chris Reccardi and Vincent Waller, rolled through more than 20 episodes of pure genious matter to produce a very complex product not suited for everyone, as it always happens with most genious things that are not appreciated in their own time, and this is not something from the past 10 years. It also happened to Mozart, Van Gogh, Galois, as well as others. And it was because all of them dared to "cross the line", "think outside of the box". In Ren and Stimpy's case, they did it on every episode, in such a subtile way that it is simply impossible to appreciate it for anyone.
Ren and Stimpy basically had everything going on: the characters, the plots, the drawing, the animation, the soundtrack and music, the voices... even the subcharacters! Mr Horse, George Liquor, Powdered Toast Man, Log, Anthony's Dad, Kowalski, they were all second to none. Not that they out-shadowed Ren and Stimpy, but they had magic of their own. This is a show where you can basically tell that everyone got together everytime to create an episode and said "Let's do a flawless job". After all, a show that features Prince Igor, the Barber of Seville, Beethoven's 5th's 3rd movement, and Carmen over and over again in each episode just can't go wrong.
Pity is that as it also happened to Mozart, Van Gogh and Galois, great things are not meant to last. After Seasons 1 and 2 (which are the ones contained on this set) John K. was fired from his own creation and I'm not going to say the show went downhill from there because some of the episodes of seasons 3, 4 and 5 still have flahes of the orignals, but certainly they weren't the same quality. For instance, Mozart's requiem: you can easily tell where the man stopped writting and died, and from where his pupil took over to complete it, and he did a fine job. But it wasn't Mozart. All in all, as years go by Ren & Stimpy's will probably gain the status it deserved.
I give this product 5 stars but considered giving it 4 stars though, because indeed there is an error with the "Uncut and Unedited" advertising. I do consider that this mistake may not affect the fact that still it's good to have this show in my hands again. Sure Sven Hoek includes a few seconds of non-seen footage, but some of the other episodes are indeed edited and censored. Shame on whoever did that, because quoting Mozart once again, it is like "taking a note out of the paper of his work, will bring down the whole foundation".
There will be many other shows in the future, but none of them will be like Ren and Stimpy.
Summary of Ren & Stimpy - The Complete First and Second Seasons
Join Ren and Stimpy in their bizarre and gross world that features the oddly lovable duo in some outlandish situations coupled with hilarious jokes. Ren and Stimpy features the guest voice of music star Frank Zappa and consist of amusing episodes combined with the gross-out humor that became popular when the show first premiered on Nickelodeon in 1991.The delirious animated series Ren and Stimpy makes its DVD debut in a three-disc set that features seasons 1 and 2, as well as a handful of extras to please its devoted fan base. The surreal adventures of short-tempered Chihuahua Ren and good-natured but simple cat Stimpson J. Cat caught on like a house afire with teen and college audiences during its 1991-96 run on Nickelodeon, despite regular battles between the network and creator John Kricfalusi (who also voiced Ren and several other characters) over allegedly objectionable content in certain episodes. The conflict eventually led to several episodes suffering edits, much to the chagrin of the show's creators and audience alike; the unedited versions of these episodes have become much sought-after and traded items among collectors. And while this set attempts to rectify that situation by presenting the show in its uncut form, die-hard fans should know that several episodes retain minor cuts; however, many others, most notably the pilot, "Big House Blues," and "Powdered Toastman" are presented in their original, uncut versions. Extras include commentaries on seven episodes by Kricfalusi and the show's creators, storyboard galleries, a featurette, and the "banned" episode "Man's Best Friend." --Paul Gaita
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