Tripping The Rift – The Complete Second Season
Picture: C+
Sound: B- Extras: C Episodes: C+
Tripping The Rift – The Complete Second Season is a
somewhat graphic, somewhat humorous, and somewhat entertaining series that has
the look and feel of Science Fiction.
As compared to the hand-drawn Futurama, it is not as immediately
witty or cutting edge, yet it is able to form its own identity and that can be
half the battle won. The show is better
at just being funny and making general fun of things than coming up with pop
culture references and remains dark.
Unfortunately, since I made much the same comments on the first season
set, the show seems more dated now and the new shows had little growth to offer.
To further recap, we get a mix of mostly alien characters
with a few humans and we have seen some of this before, even in the CG world,
though this is a little cruder than you might get in some more child-friendly
feature films. This 2-DVD set features
the first 13 shows and they run under a half-hour each. The humor remains the same geek-type but it
seems much more tired this time. Carmen
Elektra voices a show, but that is a rare highlight, if that. See the first season set before even
considering this one.
The 1.33 X 1 image is still not bad with its limited
digital color, detail limits and decent digital composite work. It is not spectacular, but it is something
different and looks better here than it would on TV. The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo actually has some Pro Logic
surrounds, though the case does not suggest that. The combination is not bad.
Extras include booklet inside the DigiPak case, outtakes/bloopers
without audio, making of featurette and promo for the new Sci-Fi Network show Eureka.
- Nicholas Sheffo
