DVD
REVIEW:
Pushing Daisies
Season one
09/14/08
Its been quite a while
since TV Stations have been releasing TV Series of
extraordinary quality. Shows like Lost, House, and Heroes
have becoming somehow part of the urban culture. Last Fall
ABC Released a series that at first glance did not promise
much, but once the audience took a look at it, it captivated
with an original style and unique comedy. Pushing Daisies
aired last October and its reception was well accepted by
fans and critics, it was the most watch new series of the
year. The success of the series was so huge that was
nominated for 12 including Outstanding Lead actor and
Outstanding Director for a comedy. The show has it all: it
is imaginative and beautiful to watch,. It has a great plot,
dialogue, characters and laughs. The first season will be
available in its home format on September 16, 2007 and it is
a great addition for any fan’s collection.
Pushing Daisies is about a man named Ned, who since he was a
little boy discovered he has an uncommon gift, he could
bring back the dead, with just a single touch from his
fingers. He discovered his extraordinary gift when his
precious dog is run over by a truck. Soon he realized that
his gift has horrible consequences in the most unpleasant
way, when he revives his mother from her accidental death,
and his childhood sweetheart’s father dies a minute later.
He learns that the price of life is dead, also he learns the
side effects of his gift, that once the person is revived he
can not touch it again or he or she will die for good. This
findings do not just changes his life, but also his
childhood sweetheart Charlotte “Chuck” Charles having her
moved with her aunts, and losing touch with Ned. After this,
Ned leaves his neighborhood and renounces to get attached to
anyone else. The series then fast-forwards to an older Ned,
as a restaurant owner, and part time private eye. He and his
partner, Emerson Cod, discovered that solving murder crimes
by asking the victims who kill them are much easier to
solve. Everything gets complicated when Charlotte is one of
the victims, which Ned brings back to live but is unable to
put her back to rest. Now he is involved in a romantic cycle
with a woman who loves her, her assistant, and the woman he
loves but can not touch.
The series main focus is the relationship between Ned and
Chuck, along with a well mixed mysterious but funny murders
that the main characters have to solved, it is no doubt that
classical movies like Alfred Hitchcock’s Birds also
influenced this series but the way is shown guarantees
freshness and humor. It is presented in a fairy tale format,
with “once Upon a time“ kind of phrases, that evokes a
dreamlike feeling to the audience. Along with a well
narrating interventions full of rhymes and allegories makes
the audience feel like they are listening to a DR Zeus
story. It is amazing how the directors and writers brought
this ridiculous idea into something completely wonderful.
From the beginning the audience get caught visually in a
magical world full of color, light, and great use of camera
effects. Each episode introduces original characters,
stories, and situations that are well kept along with the
evolution of the characters. I have to complement the actor
which did an outstanding job performing their part, even the
secondary and invited guest surprise us with their
performances, and to the writers to keep the story alive, in
each episode we learn a little more about one of the main
characters with out losing focus of the original story.
It is a shame that the series had to be released during the
writer’s strike the series had to be cut short, as the
series progresses the audience want to know more and more
about it. The humor, stile, the situations and even the
special effects are convincing enough for people to fall in
love with the series. I have to admit that I have become a
fan and that each episode always let me wanting for more.
For people who missed this series and like series like Dead
Like Me, this one would not let you down, the series is
smart, funny and original, full of beautiful and colorful
places, great music, an a well managed ending that would
ensure the returned of the fans for the next season. If you
have not seen this season I recommend it watch it and let us
hope that its second season coming up this October to be as
original, fresh and exciting as this first one. I Cant Wait.
Review By Dee
VIDEO:
Widescreen in a “Mated format
preserving the original TV version
AUDIO:
Dolby
Digital 5.1 Surround - English Portugues
English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Thai
BONUS FEATURES:
The DVD Set is ingeniously created as one of the
restaurant’s menu, and the DVDs are depicted as the pies Ned
sells in the show, and its special features are also very
ingenious, they are interactive and each one is represented
by an slice of pie. The only complain I have about them is
that they do not have any titles so the audience do not know
what to expect. Some of them I found repetitive and some how
dull. But in general they are good.
Pie time: Time
for Pie it is an interactive menu describing each episode
and the different opinions from the actors director and
writers, it comes with 8 different menus representing the
episodes from the series, it also shows what the writers and
special effects staff were aiming at and the reaction from
each actress from the end result. Each slice of pies goes
from 1:16 minute to 3:00 minutes max the only complain is
that this slices do not have a title and the audience have
to kind of guess what is it about“
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