Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2
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Movie Reviews of Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2
Movie Review: Seinfeld is great - the DVD is even better
Summary: 5 Stars
We all know how great the show is. Yada yada. So let's focus on the DVD specifics:
* commentary audio tracks are available only for a few episodes and they are hmmm... OK. The actors mostly say things like "your hair looks great" and "I look terrible in these clothes". The commentaries by the writers are slightly better. So... no soup for the commentaries.
* However... the commentaries in the subtitles are FANTASTIC. They are available for all episodes. Sometimes you have to pause to be able to read everything. It is the equivalent of a master degree in Seinfeldology. I had never seen this feature used in a DVD before and I hope this gets adopted as an industry standard with the same attention to detail.
* The documentaries are well worth the price of the DVD.
* The menus are well designed and fun.
* Deleted scenes and blooper reels are good and plentiful.
* All in all, it is clear that a lot of effort and attention was put into this product. Congratulation to the studio for not just trying to resell us the episodes but instead adding enough information to make the entire Seinfeld experience fresh and interesting all over again.
Movie Review: I've been waiting for this!
Summary: 5 Stars
This classic sit-com follows the adventures of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his three fictional friends--the insecure, easily irritated George Costanza (Jason Alexander), the aggressive, neurotic Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and the supremely strange Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards)--as they deal with the absurdities of everyday life. In the opinions of many (mine included) it's pretty much the funniest sit-com ever. Over the course of nine years, it developed a huge cast of memorable supporting characters and some truly hilarious story arcs. My wife and I love this show. We wear out tapes that we've made from the TV broadcasts.
Now, it's finally being released on DVD. We received ours in the mail yesterday and I could scarcely be more pleased. There are tons of extras that will take us hours to get through. It's nice to see that the creators of the show have gone to great pains to produce a fully loaded set that rewards the fans for their patience. Let's face it-they would have had a best-seller on their hands even if there were no extras at all. Let's hope they don't slack off with future releases./
Movie Review: And they are spectacular.
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, don't think twice, buy it HERE. I checked several local retailers and they all wanted seven to ten dollars more for the same set. Some of them claiming to be a SALE of all things. Its a great deal, especially with the free shipping.
That said, this box set is simply bursting at the seams. Where to start ? Like Three's Company, Seinfeld didn't have a full first season, per se. UNLIKE Three's Company, when it came to the DVD, they bundled Seasons 1 and 2 together, esssentially combining the "this" with the "that". There's also oodles of extras. Commentaries, An optional 'text' track with all kinds of factoids, interviews, bloopers. This is a boxed set built with the fan in mind.
And, as has been stated elsewhere, some of these episodes are rarely seen. And when they are, something has been edited for syndication. Here, you get the full episodes, with no commercials. Not that there's anything wrong with that. So kick back and enjoy all of the Kramer entrances, Elaine shoves, and George's first inkling that he might like to be an architect. This gem is well worth the money. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
Movie Review: Seinfeld Box Set Seasons 1 and 2 for November!
Summary: 5 Stars
In case you didn't know, there were disputes for years over whether or not to pay the 3 co-stars residuals for doing extra material on the sets (interviews, commentary about the episodes, etc). The arguments dragged on, Yada Yada Yada, they're making the sets now. The first set will have Seasons 1 and 2 (17 episodes), including the pilot. It will have tons of extras, unlike the Curb Your Enthusiasm sets. The release date is set for November, but chances are it will be pushed back until December to get more sales.Myself and other Seinfeldians have been waiting for this since the Spring of 1998. It will be soooooo great.
Here is a list of episodes that will be included in the first set:
Season 1:
Pilot (Good News Bad News)
The Stakeout
The Robbery
Male Unbonding
The Stock Tip
Season 2:
The Ex-Girlfriend
The Pony Remark
The Jacket
The Phone Message
The Apartment
The Statue
The Revenge
The Heart Attack
The Deal
The Baby Shower
The Chinese Restaurant
The Busboy
I know these aren't the best episodes of the show, but it is a start.
Movie Review: Notes About Nothing
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so glad to finally see these shows being released on DVD. This first box set includes seasons one and two, in which the show and characters were still evolving. Perhaps these episodes aren't the best of the series run as some reviewers have suggested but they are still absolutely hilarious. My personal favorite of the set is Season 2, Episode 11, "The Heart Attack," for the absolutely sublime scene with the holistic healer, which also spawned some wonderful outtakes.
The set comes with many extras including interviews and commentary, and a feature called "notes about nothing" which puts interesting facts about the individual episodes on the screen in the style of "Pop Up Video." I recommend watching the episode without this feature first as the notes are distracting unless you are already familiar with the plotpoints. There are also numerous alternate scenes, deleted scenes, and outtakes, all of which are very entertaining.
I love "Seinfeld" and this set is so well done that it makes all the waiting worthwhile. This is the best possible way to spend your comedic entertainment dollar.