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08-13-2003, 09:24 AM
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Will & Grace Season One: any good, what's the format?
[Sorry if there's another thread on this, search is useless for titles like this.]
This is a blind buy for me, never seen the show, but heard the first season (at least) was pretty good. Set was cheap so picked it up.
What's the audio/video format of the content? Why don't they put that info on the box? Absolutely no info on the package, probably the most uninformative TV series packaging I've ever seen.
Thanks.
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08-13-2003, 09:28 AM
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The show has very few extras.
No chapter stops.
All 24 episodes are included on 4 discs. Full screen (wasn't shot wide).
Information about original air dates and plot synopsis included.
Interviews with creators and actors. Themed vignettes.
Simply the best show on TV right now.
I'm buying the UK season 3 this month and have every episode on tape since season 1.
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08-13-2003, 01:53 PM
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running time not listed!
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08-13-2003, 03:01 PM
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I love this show and never got to see alot of the first season so I picked it up. It looks really good to me picture wise. My ATI DVD player doesn't deal with it very well though, alot of interlacing artifacts kind of stuff, but it plays fine on my standalone (I don't guess the ATI DVD player deals with video sources very well as opposed to film sources).
Pretty bummed about not having chapter stops within the episodes. That's one of my huge gripes with the "Sex and the City" sets and I really don't see what's so hard about putting a stop at every commercial break or something!!
Overall, don't go in wanting alot of insight into the making of the show or anything. If you're just interested in just the show it's fine.
I particularly find it fascinating how the characterization of Karen changed from the pilot to the second episode.
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08-13-2003, 03:15 PM
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My malata is showing a lot of shimmering on this title. Almost like the PAL artifacts on the R2 discs.
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08-13-2003, 04:29 PM
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Can someone compare this to another show in terms of pacing and style -- for someone who has never seen the show but has heard the buzz and is considering picking it up at such a low price?
Also, does this show have a lot of continuity (like Friends) or is it a lot of one-shot episodes (like Three's Company and so many older sitcoms)?
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08-13-2003, 06:00 PM
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Will and Grace is definitely one of the more funier shows on t.v. The writing and acting are first rate. The show won a well deserved Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series a few years back. Its much more irreverent than Friends and tends to push the envelop as much as it can on network t.v.
It may not be everyone's cup o' tea due to the subject matter. Its still one of the best shows on t.v.
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08-13-2003, 06:31 PM
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Basically, it's about a single gay man (who can never have a boyfriend longer than 2 episodes), his anorexic best friend/fag-hag with whom he shares a rather creepy co-dependent relationship and a song and dance routine (ripped straight from the pages of Ab Fab) named Karen and Jack, who really provide the series with its humor. Nothing particularly shocking, original or controversial if you subscribe to Comedy Central or HBO, but somewhat risque for network television.
The first 2 seasons were pretty good (not great, mind you). From Season 3, however, the show has been on a steady decline into really bad farce (and, oddly, in at least one episode, homophobia). NBC are too "middle America" for this show to ever realise its full potential - it would have been much better on HBO. How many "Mary" jokes can you have?
I have the R2 Season 1 DVDs and, to me, they look great. And each episode does have chapter stops.
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08-13-2003, 07:48 PM
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Julian, which episode was homophobic?
One of my gripes with this show is the stereotypical portrayal of the gay community. It's supposedly pushing the movement foreward, but in reality they present gay life as a flamboyant guy, and a guy who apparently never gets even a kiss onscreen.
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08-13-2003, 08:44 PM
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