The Monkees: Season 1
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Movie Reviews of The Monkees: Season 1
Movie Review: Great Beginnings
Summary: 5 Stars
Bless Rhino for this near-perfect collection. I've always written off the first season of THE MONKEES as overly shrill, cutesy, and childish, the worst aspect being the standard laugh track, which tends to flatten some episodes outright. But, while the second season (and the feature film HEAD) are light years ahead of season one in terms of music, performance, and overall style, watching this set has allowed me an opportunity to re-appraise the earlier shows. While some are still pretty unpleasant, even the worst episodes have moments of surprising, almost experimental, quality. The pacing and editing of these shows alone stand out as being well ahead of their time, and, even from the very beginning, the show borders on Brechtian in all the many ways (albeit mostly minor) it attempted to break the fourth wall of televisual artifice. I am convinced that anyone who wrote the show off as kid's stuff or criticized the Monkees themselves as being talentless or disposable Beatle rip-offs has simply been misguided. Much of what the Monkees did holds up better than any of the Beatles' film work, even from the very beginning.Movie Review: ABOSOLUTLEY THE BEST!
Summary: 5 Stars
Cheers to RHINO for finally putting this set out! I am a long time Monkees fan and collector. This is a dream come true. I heard rumor the second season is coming out in October of 2003!The video looks so good! The audio sounds as good as it could. The extra "stuff" is great even if they didn't have the masters to all the commercials. I have NO complaints! I LOVE the mini 45 sleeves! People have complained that they will scratch the DVD. Maybe if you are an animal! Be careful, let them slide out easy and they will keep find! Also, if you slide them back easy, the disc won't wreck the cool sleeves. Want things to last? It's your job to take care of them! Long live RHINO and long live The Monkees!
Movie Review: Great job, cool packaging, now please give us the 90s stuff?
Summary: 5 Stars
Rhino has always done a stellar job with just about everything they've gotten their hands on, and the two seasons of The Monkees are no exception. I agree with the one reviewer who asked why the "updated" soundtracks couldn't have been included (as in, summer repeats with newer songs, for those of us who also remember "Midnight Train" in the "Chaperone" episode and so on)...other than that MINOR complaint...the shows are there, in order, and they look about as good as can be expected...nice work, Rhino...and GREAT touch adding "33 1/3rd Revolutions" to season two as well as the Kellogg's and Yardley ads...excellent touches! If you're a Monkees fan, don't miss this!Movie Review: Hey, Hey! It's The First Season!
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed this DVD. While some people may feel it's beneath them or others to enjoy this show for its "childish" humor, keep in mind that the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, etc. are still funny. The Monkees are in good company. For me, the music is what I mostly enjoy. No, they're not the Beatles. But who is? If some people don't like this show then perhaps they shouldn't watch it or do audio commentaries on it. You don't have to like it. But don't impugn those of us who do.Movie Review: Season One DVD Box Set Is Finally Here!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been waiting for this for so long and it's finally here on DVD. The entire first season; 32 episodes in all and I liked them. My favorite episodes in that season are the pilot episode, The Success Story, Monkees At The Movies, On Tour, & Too Many Girls. Plus I like the bonus features such as Kellogg's commercials, the orginal never-before-seen-on-TV version of the pilot episode, etc. They're all groovy and I'm going to treasure them forever plus season two in which I just got yesterday is groovy, too.