Will & Grace - Season Two
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Movie Reviews of Will & Grace - Season Two
Movie Review: If you love Will & Grace you will love this series dvd
Summary: 5 Stars
For all of you LOYAL Will and Grace fans, you will not care what order the episodes are in. They make me laugh. As they do a bunch of other people who are not worried about who is running the world. This DVD is for those of us who enjoy the humor and storyline behind Will & Grace. I rated this DVD a 5 Star as I would would any other show that I enjoyed. I am only sharing my thoughts with you as I would with any other movie, series dvd i like. I don't expect the world to like what i like. Its a free country, just thought i would write what i thought was appropriate for this dvd. In short, this dvd is awesome and i axiously await season 3!!!Movie Review: Show is even funnier, but packaging is woeful!
Summary: 4 Stars
I would find it hard to believe that whoever was primarily responsible for assembling the package design for this DVD set still has his or her job. Sloppy. Just sloppy.The disc contents info listings are inaccurate, some of the shows are out of order (the 2-part finale leads off disc 4 instead of concluding it), an episode listed for one disc actually appears on another, etc.
I thought we were supposed to be dealing with reasonably intelligent professional folks at these studios! I'm sure many of them are doing their jobs well and accurately, but when goofs like this make it to the product when it hits the street it just makes everyone involved look incompetent. Perhaps some of these mindless offenders are in a union and have protected jobs. No motivation for excellence. Perhaps. Oh well. End of rant.
And now, the content itself:
Season 2 is arguably funnier than season 1. That is a tribute to the writers and the producers -- they found ways to keep the show fresh when the show could have so easily been stuck in a repetitive rut, repeating the same gay jokes over and over and over.
The "themed featurettes" are once again disappointing. All they are are 3-minute collections of show clips and punchlines. Not exactly value-added material, y'know.
Suggestion for Season 3's box set: find someone with half a brain to personally see the development and production process through from start to finish. Establish some direct accountability in the hopes of preventing the stupid, preventable design and chronology errors that made the Season 2 set look so unimpressive. Heck, if they will pay me enough I will come do it myself. Start to finish - initial concept to street release. How much are the current folks getting paid for this, anyway? Too much, apparently.
Advance warning to the production company and studio: Many of us will be deliberately searching for similar goofs when Season 3 comes out later. Save yourselves some embarrassment and do your jobs right. The top man or woman on the totem pole is just as responsible as the line employees at every step along the process. Sloppy output and inefficiency = lack of respect for the consumer.
Surely it should bother the DVD production staff that the lasting impression the consumers have of the Season 2 set is "Great show, but the production staff is borderline incompetent". Try shaking off that image, guys and gals.
It's just more proof that "the world is run by C students". (-Anonymous)
Movie Review: A Terrific Package of Entertainment
Summary: 5 Stars
The content of this 4 DVD package is without question, some of the funniest, and superb comedy ever seen on television.. and nearly everyone agrees this is a treasure box. YES, the content is out of order, and perhaps there are some factual errors on the box...... BUT... I must say, as a graphic designer, the actual DESIGN and PACKAGING of this set is very beautiful and, like SEASON 1, was beautifully laid out with a thoughtful presentation. I CANNOT give this set bad marks for content or appearance... and the blunders on the info and show order still does not pull down the plusses. This is a MUST have for any good collector of terrific television and tasteful side-splitting comedy and the PICTURE, COLOR, SOUND, and QUALITY in reproduction is first rate. Bravo NBC.Movie Review: Great show, truly sloppy DVD...
Summary: 3 Stars
Will and Grace's second season is even better than the first, although I still don't think it's at its best, but the whole season shows promise as it rolls along to its finale...
...speaking of, as other reviewers have mentioned, the episodes (on the last disc) are completely out of order--you need to use the episode guide in the booklet in order to avoid confusion. I'm surprised that NBC let such a mix-up slip by, especially for one of their highest-rated shows (I could understand if the episodes were backwards, but they are completely shuffled around randomly). Unfortunately, I didn't realize this until I'd watched all the DVDs, and remained confused about what had happened after the "final" episode. I realize this may not be that big a deal to most people, but this really bothered me and took a little bit away from the last couple of episodes since I wasn't so much focused on the humor, but trying to put illogical pieces together.
The extras are also skimpy (same kind of featurettes as the previous season's DVD, and no interviews this time), but at least all the episodes are there... in some order.
I just hope NBC wakes up when making the next season's DVDs...
Movie Review: Didn't They Learn From Season One?
Summary: 3 Stars
Let me first say that I am a huge Will & Grace fan and will explain why I rated this DVD with only 3 stars. If you are interested in viewing hilarious and brilliantly written comedy episodes, then Season 2 will be a great purchase and will not disappoint. I, however, always look at the DVD extras. Will & Grace Season 2, as was the case with Season 1, could have really been "loaded with extra features" but, once again, this DVD is lacking. In fact, it's worse than the extra features in Season 1. On this DVD, there are themed featurettes on each disc which are truly well done. But, why are there no interviews with the cast, the producer, the director? Why aren't there any outtake featurettes? I'm sure we ALL would have loved to see bloopers by Will, Grace, Jack, Karen and even Rosario. There must have been tons on the cutting room floor. Even humorous mistakes (which I'm sure there were) by guest stars would have been fun to include too. As cleverly put together as the themed featurettes are, having only them on each disc is a bit redundant.Also, I did notice that the listings on the jacket describing the contents of the discs is inaccurate. For example, according to the jacket, the themed featurettes are supposed to only be on disc 3, but, in fact, they're on each of the 4 discs. As well, disc 4's episodes do not follow in cronological order. In other words, the season finale is the very first episode on the disc. What's that all about?
I'm not impressed at all with the production of this DVD and you will not be either. I only hope they'll learn from Season 2 because they obviously didn't from Season 1. Perhaps Season 3 will be so incredibly "loaded with extra features" we'll forgive them and forget about this one. Go ahead and purchase Will & Grace Season 2 for it's sidesplitting comedy, but if you're looking for the "loaded with extra features" you won't find it here...trust me.