Chuck: The Complete Series - Collector Set [Blu-ray] [Import]

Chuck was, especially in the first couple seasons, an awesome show. It was a mix of action, comedy and drama. It was sometimes totally preposterous and over-the-top, but it never took itself too seriously. For people who have a hard time suspending their disbelief, this is not a show for you. The entire premise of a guy getting government secrets beamed into his head, and then having a CIA and NSA handler accompany him through weekly adventures is not even remotely realistic. If you can get beyond that however and just be entertained by a funny, well-acted show you should give this a shot.

Chuck was really only 4 seasons long. The first was cut short by the writer's strike and the 5th was only a 13 episode season. It was a show that was always teetering on the brink of cancellation. but managed to survive. The die hard fans may remember that it came out the same year as the Bionic Woman reboot which NBC promoted constantly. This is the show that should have been pushed, and if it was it may have had better ratings at the outset. But even without the massive promotional machine it managed to hang around. While having Yvonne Strahovski in various stages of undress from week-to-week probably helped that, it was the overall quality of the series that made it what it was.

It was another show that had an ensemble cast of relative unknowns, which ended up working well. Everyone from the main characters to the Buy More ancillary characters did a great job in their roles. The series gave all the characters a chance to have a story, and really evolve. There were also a lot of nerdy pop culture references throughout the course of the show. There were references to Star Wars, Die Hard, Groundhog Day, Back to the Future, Dune, James Bond, The Terminator, and on and on.

Obviously there is a massive amount of subjectivity in liking or disliking a show, especially one like this. Die hard fans of the show probably already own the seasons, some may be holding out for a box set for the series and some may just be checking it out. For those in the last category I would definitely recommend it given the proviso I made earlier about suspension of disbelief. There are cheaper options than this particular packaging though so you probably want to do some price shopping.

Can someone please explain to me why I can buy the exact same thing separately by season for LESS than collection with no additional bonus content?

Ok lets start off by identifying who your market is. We are DIE HARD FANS!!!!! Do you really think that we will be satisfied by you just bundling all the separate seasons together and giving us a discount!?!?!?! What is wrong with you WB?!?!?! This is how you want to reward the fans that petitioned, went to Subway, and basically followed the series like junkies?!?!

You didnt even take the time to make a simple box to put the discs in with some arts on it. It is the lowest of the low way of presenting a series that we have come to love and cherish. I have been staring at this page daily for the last month and a half waiting to see what you would do. If you were going to change the picture and show us something that was worthy of OUR show. I even did the same thing with the WB page, and same thing;

You could have done anything, you could have made a cheap box, you could have even put them all in a single case. Or you could have done what we all expected and hoped you would do and made something SPECTACULAR. Bundled with some intersect glasses or a buymore shirt, a Jeffster cd. I mean come on!!!!! the amount of ideas that the simplest Chuck fan could produce is astounding. This was a great show, one that we will sorely miss. It deserves to be sent out with a bang.

I would have gladly shelled out good money if you had done even the simplest of things to honor this show. Instead it feels like you consider the show garbage, and us fans even lower than that.

Seriously.... EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say we boycot this and rally, lets show the WB the same thing we showed when they said they would cancel Chuck. We petitioned, we shouted "HELL NO". I say we force them to make a box set that is worthy of Chuck. Lets let our voices be heard again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!