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(More customer reviews)This is the worst Venture Bros. DVD product yet to be released. This has nothing to do with the quality of the episodes, which are among the best in the series, nor the quantity. It has everything to do with the poor presentation that falls far short of the excellence found in the previous Venture Bros. DVD sets.
The cover to the actual DVD case is somewhat amusing, but we get this poor joke at the cost of doing without the amazing artwork that graced the previous seasons' DVD cases. This is an unfortunate loss, but it's only worsened by the fact that the entire packaging feels very cheap in comparison to previous efforts.
Opening the DVD case, all you get is the DVD, with a decent cover image, and a slip of paper with an image from one of the props in an episode on it. Don't bother turning the paper over, since it's only a coupon for free shipping from the adult swim store on the other side. If this is the kind of product that adult swim now churns out, I don't think I'll be cashing in my coupon anytime soon.
They could have easily done something with the inside cover, but it remains the same dull black as the plastic case. It's also one of those eco-friendly DVD cases that have the bits of plastic removed from behind the DVD, and this makes the case feel even more flimsy and cheap in comparison to others.
The provided commentaries are also ridiculous. Apparently Jackson and Doc have yet to figure out how to do a proper commentary. The commentaries are mixed with terrible technical issues, roaring cars in the background, and flat out nonsense throughout. Occasionally you will hear something interesting or worthwhile, but these might have been things you already knew or noticed yourself.
The extras are barely there. I appreciate the inclusion of the "Lost" open, since it was quite good and apparently didn't make its way into the proper episode, however the comic-con trailer and the deleted scenes are definitely not worth the time.
The video quality was average for a DVD, but I'm still crossing my fingers for a Bluray release that looks as great as the season 3 Bluray, includes the entirety of season 4, and fixes all of the above.
It's worth owning for the episodes alone, however if you're like me and believe a comedy show like the Venture Bros. is funnier if it remains censored, you may wish to skip this DVD entirely and simply buy the censored episodes off iTunes or something. Jackson and Doc both made the comment in a previous DVD's commentary that they believed uncensoring the Venture Bros. was equivalent to removing jokes from their creation, in effect making it less funny. Why on Earth the seasons have been receiving uncensored releases since Season 3 is beyond me. Some of the greatest scenes of season 3 were totally ruined because of it (scenes from The Doctor is Sin, and The Buddy System), but at the very least season 4 isn't totally uncensored. Only the language track has been uncensored. You will still see the occasional censor bar or blurring in some of the episodes.
In the end, I was disappointed with this release. I am optimistic that they will right their wrongs with a future Bluray set, but this has yet to be confirmed.
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Questions are answered and truths are revealed. Learn how Henchman 21 copes with life without 24. See what happens when Brock and the Venture family are forced to part ways. Discover the final fate of H.E.L.P.eR. And all the while, the balance of the free world hangs in the hands of Dean Venture, who must kill Hitler.
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