Big Bang Theory – The Complete Third Season (2009 - 2010/Warner Blu-ray)
Picture:
B- Sound: C+ Extras: B- Episodes: B
When The Big Bang Theory debuted, I was
shocked and thrilled a show so funny and so smart had arrived and was hoping it
would be discovered by a larger audience.
I thought (as you can see in my review of the First Season on DVD elsewhere on the site) it could be a hit if it
was just discovered. By my review of Season Two, an audience found it and it
became one of the biggest hits on TV, as was the case with Family Guy in its comeback.
Now, as The Complete Third Season
arrives on Blu-ray, it is now the biggest U.S. TV situation comedy since Seinfeld, setting records early on for
syndication sales and the show is far from over.
That is
more apparent in the 23 half-hourish episodes contained on the two Blu-rays in
this set, showing that Producer Chuck Lorre has made certain that the ideas,
performances, situations and scripts are as funny as before and too many TV
shows have run into trouble by their third season. Of course, you really need to start with the
debut season to get the full impact of the humor, but if you watch any of the
shows here, you can get the immediate impression of the energy and chemistry
that has made this show as much a classic as any live action comedy on TV
today.
Now if
the U.K. hit The IT Crowd could just be a cross-over
hit here in the U.S.
and a cross-over telefilm could be made…
The 1080p
1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image is softer than it should be with more
motion blur and that is because Warner has squeezed too many shows on the two
Blu-rays in the case. This should have
had at least three, but that is my opinion as a fan and critic. Though I expected a DTS-MA lossless
soundtrack, we only get a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix on each show, which seems too
compressed, too much in the center channel and is a point more than just myself is complaining about.
This is still better than a DVD could deliver, but not by as much as it
should. Extras include a Set Tour with
Simon and Kunal, Gag Reel and featurette Takeout
With The Cast Of The Big Bang Theory.
-
Nicholas Sheffo
