Seth McFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (Fox Blu-ray)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: C- Shorts: C
Have you
ever wondered what Family Guy would
be like if it was only those tangential “cut-away” scenes the characters seem
to have all too often? Whereas some
critics and naysayers of Family Guy
have blasted the series in the past as having no substance and being a thin
shell to house the senseless “cut-away” scenes; Seth McFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy proves that there is
much more to Family Guy than anyone
may have realized. Seth McFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy is awful. Sure there is a chuckle here and there; sure
it contains the same crisp/clean animation, coupled with absurd situations that
made Family Guy so popular; but it
is just odd, nonsense that has no substance or true entertainment value.
Essentially
this Blu-ray houses a plethora of random (insanely random) shorts that bash
everything and anything; including homosexuality, cannibalism, feces, AIDS,
video games, and pretty much anything that could even slightly offend
someone. As this reviewer is not easily
offended by…well…anything; Seth
McFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy just seemed more senseless, with no
point that made it worth watching. Some
of the clips will seem familiar because they had already been posted online on
Seth McFarlane’s YouTube channel and sadly they may be some of the better
clips.
My review
in the end is... skip this title; it just is not worth it. Whereas Family
Guy for the most part can do no wrong in this reviewer’s eyes; Seth
McFarlane is apparently no infallible as this title will leave a bad taste in
most viewers’ mouths.
The
picture and sound are barley recognizable as Blu-ray on this release as neither
shape up to all too great. The picture
shapes up to doing everything wrong on Blu-ray; the image has weak colors, dull
blacks, banding, an odd blur as the image moves across the screen, and other
issues here and there that add up to poor image quality. The sound is presented as a Lossless DTS HD
Master Audio 5.1 Surround track that doesn’t do much as most of the sound
projects solely from the front.
Besides a
few half-hearted extras there is nothing really to comment on as far as
extras. There is a 4-minute “Red Carpet
Premiere” of the Blu-ray that is idiotic and a boring still gallery. The nicest thing about this Blu-ray was that
it came with a “Free iTunes Code” that allows you to download the first episode
of Futurama, American Dad, and Family
Guy; in the end being the most valuable part of this release.
- Michael P. Dougherty II
