 "Great Show" | 2008-10-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1TD1YYH1P6RZE |
| This show is older than my time but it stands the test of time. For as much as I received for what I payed, it was a great purchase. |
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| "Good product + comments about 11 year evolution" | 2008-09-21 |
| - Reviewed By barnes183 |
| First, I will say that I consider MASH to be one of the top 3 sitcoms of TV history and I also consider it to be among the top 10 dramas of TV history.br /br /The biggest plus (and it really is great) is that you can listen to these episodes without the laugh track. Once I heard it w/out the laugh track, I realized how much the laugh track cheapened the show. As an added bonus, the laugh track free version makes the true laughs funnier.br /br /One last comment is in regards to comments others have made of this series. Some have claimed that MASH evolved into a more preachy show towards the end. The show certainly evolved (more so than just about any other series I can think of) but I don't think it went from less preachy to more preachy. I think it went from a comedy to a drama. Interestingly enough, I think that as it morphed into its run as a drama, it started to adapt some of the formulas of sitcoms. Early on I think they filmed more out doors and less on set. Also the early seasons featured more actors and more recurring characters. In the later seasons, it was if the whole camp was composed of just 7 people (or at least only 7 that mattered).br /br /As far as the preachiness goes, it often wasn't preaching per se. We weren't often bothered by long winded monologs. The moral message was in the plot as a whole and that saved us from hearing "sermons" from the characters. The moral message of earlier episodes was always the same: war is hell and if you try to dress it up as glorious or if you try to romanticize it, you are crazy. After 3 to 5 years of preaching this same message, episode after episode, it is not surprising that the moral themes started to broaden out. Alcoholism, male chauvinism, bigotry (against color, religion, ethnicity, disability, etc.) become subjects of various episodes. I personally think the moral stance taken by the show over the entire 11 years was fantastic and frankly, if we had more politicians today that got their morals from MASH, I think the world would be a better place. However, if you aren't sympathetic towards minorities women then I could see how the preachiness of the last few seasons would irritate you. For me though, a moral message was present in nearly every episode and rather than detract from the show, I think it added to it. |
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 "Great entertainment, poor packaging." | 2008-09-07 |
| - Reviewed By jjhevey |
| I can't ever remember when I've scratched a DVD and not been able to play it, but that's the case here. Just remove once from the packaging and this could be that time. It's great to relive this wonderful show, and there's even episodes I never saw so some of it's first-run for me! Great entertainment. Again, get the DVDs out of the original packaging as soon as you get this. |
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| "Perfect addition for M.A.S.H. collectors, but lousy packaging." | 2008-08-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: A23D13HKTA95WX |
| The M.A.S.H. Martinis and Medicine collection is an excellent, all in one collection of all 11 seasons of the beloved TV series M.A.S.H., housed in a olive drab canvas covered storage book. The inclusion of the original movie, as well as the extended features brings this collection up to the level of collecting all 11 season releases, add the movie, and the Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen box with the extended features, but all kept orderly in a single binder. The problem is the binder itself, with no soft protective liner, the DVDs can get easily scratched. My own M&M box set is kept exclusively as a collectors item, and I keep the individual season sets for viewing. Just like the individual seasons, the first several seasons menus on the disks are missing the play all feature that the later seasons have. A pity Fox couldn't have updated those disks... Fox almost got this right, but missed the mark somewhat... I won't go into the series itself because if you are looking at M.A.S.H. DVD sets, you know what you are looking at... If you are a collector of all things M.A.S.H., this set is a must own... |
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| "M*A*S*H Complete Collection" | 2008-08-13 |
| - Reviewed By rickpaula |
| I highly recomend this product to anyone who wants to relive the excitment of the the T.V. series that caught the nation by storm. Well done and with lots of extra footage. The only drawback to this collection is the packaging. I went out and purchased a holder for the DVD's due to the fact that they were inserted into hard cardboard sleves that could damage the DVD's. |
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| "I love M*A*S*H!" | 2008-08-09 |
| - Reviewed By User: AT0MME9W5MANF |
| This is my favorite series. I dont pay for cable and dont usually get tv where I live. I watch this every day and love it. Anyone who loves this series needs this for their collection. |
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| "Martinis" | 2008-08-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1WV6JN4SXGVRN |
| This is the best set to get if looking to buy the whole series. There were a few episodes that as a child missed and are not aired. |
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 "Nice collection-but a few problems" | 2008-07-05 |
| - Reviewed By jenniferwylie |
First: It's nice to be able to get all eleven seasons (including the finale), the original movie, and two discs of bonus material.
However.
The binder for the discs is ungainly and doesn't protect the discs *at all*. In fact, it leaves them very susceptible to scratches. If you plan on watching these discs often, invest in individual cases in order to protect them.
Secondly, the bonus material is in need of clean-up. With all the ways older material can be digitally restored nowadays, having the bonus material cleaned up would be a good idea.
On the subject of digital cleanup, it's evident through long-term syndication that M*A*S*H is going to endure as popular viewing material. Cleaning up each episode digitally (especially visually, as some episodes have a lot of film tracks and pops) and presenting it in a high definition format would be fantastic for those people who have the higher-end television sets nowadays.
Finally, I'm rather annoyed that seasons 1-4 don't have a "Play All" function. If Fox ever gets around to doing a digital clean-up, I hope this gets remedied. |
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| "ALL MASH FANS MUST OWN" | 2008-06-20 |
| - Reviewed By jeb99 |
| Comes well packaged. All MASH fans should have and this is the nicest way by having it all in a special package. |
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 "Damaged goods" | 2008-06-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A32QULHQ4NQN0V |
| Multiple disks damaged. DVD's out of slots in container, sliding around in shipment. Over half of DVD's unwatchable due to skips, jumps, hangs from scratches. |
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