- Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 2
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
- Release Date: Jun 28 2005
- Run Time: 30 minutes
- ASIN: B0007WQGSG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #54,490 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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The CGI animated series Game Over is built around an inventive premise--how do video game characters live when they're not in the middle of the action? Viewers that missed its original broadcasts during its 2004 network run can now enjoy the entire series in this double-disc set. Game Over invites you into the hectic lives of the Smashenburn family: accident-prone racecar driver dad Rip (Patrick Warburton, Puddy from Seinfeld); wife and secret agent Raquel (Lucy Liu, who replaced Marisa Tomei), feisty daughter Alice (Saturday Night Live's Rachel Dratch), and youngest son Billy (E.G. Daily from Rugrats), who suffers under his unrequited crush for an exchange student (who, being from Japan, is an anime character, natch). The five episodes find the family adopting a monstrous, cigar-smoking pet (voiced by comic Artie Lange, who first appears in "Meet the Smashenburns"), experiencing popularity at school ("Basic Win-Stincts"), and attempting to bond ("Into the Woods"), each with disastrous results. It's amusing stuff, especially if you're a fan of other brash, pop culture-driven programs like Family Guy, and video game fans will get a kick from seeing characters from several popular games pop up in cameos throughout the series.
The Complete Collection offers a surprisingly solid sampling of extras for a largely unknown series; chief among these is the sixth episode, "Monkey Dearest," which went unaired in America. A trivia game, character bios, and short featurettes on production round out the supplemental features. --Paul Gaita
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3.3 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)
18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Meh. Nothing Special..., Aug 31 2005
By Big Joe '83 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Game Over: The Complete Collection (DVD)
Could of been a lot worse I guess, but I'm not shedding any tears over the show's quick cancellation. The problems with the show is that it tries that formula of mixing quirky family humor for the grown ups with cheap gags for the kiddies but it becomes just one big mess. Also, the children are pretty horrible characters, there's nothing to empathize with especially since they look SO modelled over market research. (Perhaps a comment of the shallow nature of the current video game industry? Unlikely.) They're just smug and self-absorbed but always painted as better people than the parents in the show. UPN's way of trying to be hip I guess. Patrick Warburton is the saving grace of the series and I guess there's a few game references in the first couple of episodes to validate your taste. In the end, nothing really memorable about this series.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Defeated By Bad Writing, Oct 1 2006
By Mr. Lucky - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Game Over: The Complete Collection (DVD)
This premise could have been good, but it was brought down by lousy scripting. The animation was of a high level, like "Reboot," & the voice work was stellar. Patty Jausoro was a producer on this and is great with animation... as well as other things.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Disc problems, Aug 5 2005
By Bruce Fletcher "anime fan" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Game Over: The Complete Collection (DVD)
I enjoyed this short-lived series on UPN and was delighted to hear it was coming to DVD. I purchased it from Suncoast and quickly found out there are problems with the menus on both discs. Suncoast replaced the set I bought and I encountered the same problems. I recently recieved my third set from Suncoast and found the same problems. In all cases the curser is missing from the menus and it is impossible to chose an option. In spite of this I would recommend this DVD set because of the content and the extras. As long as you don't have any problems navigating the menus. Has anyone else had this problem?
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