The Addams Family: Volume Two
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Actor: Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, John Astin, Ken Weatherwax, Ted CassidyBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 541 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Addams Family: Volume Two
DVD Review: More the of the Addams-But buyers beware of the "Glitch" in this set!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I wanted to finish watching this DVD set before writing this review.It is broken into two parts.First is the review of the set itself.Second concerns a "glitch" I found in the set which EVERYONE should be made aware of(don't know why anyone hasn't seen this themselves!?)and I have brought it to the attention of its' makers...but more of that later.
First of all the actual review.
Well I can only say this is more of the same as Vol#1.
It it a typical American family...ghoul style?,a parody/satire of the American family?....just plain family fun and frivolity?.....well,you would be right on ALL counts!!
The fun continues as the Addams's continue to amaze but mostly baffle their "normal" counterparts/neighbours.The humour is dry but it is rapid fire helped along by a stellar cast led by John Astin(Gomez) and Carolyn Jones(Morticia).Ted Cassidy(Lurch) and the inimitable Jackie Coogan(Uncle Fester)are also unforgettable.
The entire cast(as it should) plays it straight,right down the middle.THEY are normal...not us.But this is no typical family as one might think.What "typical" family has a butler? Only a richer one.So while there are "typical" family values seen here-at least in so far as the family unit are concerned-this is,to me,a send up of a rich family/old money.For Gomez especially talks alot of his family history and each ancestor though "famous" is really more infamous.A typical old rich family will have in its' family tree usually some famous individual who excelled brilliantly in their particular endeavour.The Addams' predecessors usually were famous but only for their notoriety and ultimate demise...by shooting,by hanging,etc,etc.
However anyway you look at it The Addams Family series was a short lived but brilliant piece of work with a stellar cast.It may have lasted a short two seasons but it has certainly retained its' charm and appeal to this day.A worthy purchase for anyone and/or family....Addams or otherwise!
Now to the second part of this review.
I have to say to start I have viewed a Canadian copy only of this set so I would ask that Amercian readers please check/review their copies to see if the same problem occurs in their sets.(If it does...see below).
There is a major glitch in this DVD set which occurs on side two of disc#1 in the episode "My Son,the Chimp".It occurs at approximately the 24 minute mark of the show(almost at the end).At this point in the ep Wednesday is escorting an invisible friend through the living room to show him out the front door.During their passage through the living room the invisible friend bumps the leg of Gomez in a chair.He reacts.From this point is where the glitch occurs.There is a close up reaction shot of Morticia,then a medium long shot of Wednesday saying goodbye to her friend at the door.During these two cut shots the picture shrinks slightly,then returns to normal afterward.
I do not know at this point whether it is a film issue or a transfer issue.However,I HAVE contacted Sony Pictures(who now own MGM) on this matter.Today(April 27/07) I talked to one "Adam"(how's that for a coincidence?),a Sony Pictures telephone rep in Los Angeles.He was very pleasant as I explained the situation and I am told it will be passed on to the proper people to get looked at.I also gave him my home phone and he said someone would let me know sometime(hopefully sooner than later) what they have found.If and when that information passes into my hands I will certainly repost a review to all the readers here and let them know what is happening.
However,knowing the "big guys" like we all do they have a predilection for letting things like this go,hoping once it's reported we will forget about it.Well,let us NOT let SONY forget about THIS.Here is their toll free number in the U.S. and Canada...1-877-766-9496.
As I told Sony rep Adam,if it's a film problem there is really not much we can do but if it's something else it CAN be rectified and(in the VERY LEAST) another product "run" made so at least all that do contact Sony about this problem can at least expect to get new and "clean" replacement discs.After all we know they spend good money making DVDs but we the consumer spend BIG bucks to buy them and like any product it should be defect free.
Stay tuned and...don't touch that dial!!
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