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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great and Simple,
This review is from: Ugly Americans: Season One, Volume One (DVD)
This set has the first seven episodes of the series on one disk.Special Features: - A 5 minute Sneak Peak of Episode 8 "Better of Dead". - Art Gallery Sneak Peak of the next 7 episodes. - Art Gallery of the first 7 episodes. - 5 Animated Public Opinion Shorts. - Commentary tracks for each episode. An addition bonus: A Field Guide To Ugly Americans: An Official Publication From The Department of Integration. A 4 page manual on surviving a variety of encounters with Ugly Americans. I absolutly loved this show. I recommend this to any fan of the show or someone looking for a hilarious adult animated comedy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Watched it, rewatched it and then played the commentary,
This review is from: Ugly Americans: Season One, Volume One (DVD)
Ugly Americans features the life and trials of some compelling twenty-somethings who stumble through the world filled with demons and foreigners trying to make their American dream come true. Luckily for us, we live in the real world. Hilariously funny and awkward, in both a heart warming and soul crushing way. Recommended for anyone with a preoccupation with vampires and zombies. I give it a three out of three-holes!
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4.6 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Give Me Your Monstrous, Your Demonic, Your Deformed Masses Yearning To Get A Work Visa,
By K. Harris "Film aficionado" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ugly Americans: Season One, Volume One (DVD)
Crude? To be sure. Rude? Absolutely. Lewd? Possibly. It is tempting to dismiss "Ugly Americans" as an amusingly offensive trifle, but I'm not going to do it. Dreamed up from the demented psyches of creators Devin Clark and David M. Stern, "Ugly Americans" is not only uproarious--it is perhaps one of the most on-target and irreverent satires about immigration services in existence today! An animated comedy/horror hybrid developed for Comedy Central, the show is populated by creatures from every realm--humans, demons, aliens, zombies, vampires, wizards and other freaks too numerous to outline.Set in New York's Department of Integration, the show is built around liberal milquetoast Mark Lilly--a human social worker trying to acclimate various beasties into jobs and society in general. Mark is surrounded at work by a bombastic demon boss, a half succubus/half human girlfriend, and a 500 year old wizard caseworker. At home, Mark shares his digs with a zombie roommate Randall who is misplacing body parts on a regular basis when he's not trying to eat his friend. As bizarre as it all may be, "Ugly Americans" actually does a nice job making its central characters relatable. Randall is a real dude, Leonard (the wizard) is the world's worst co-worker, Callie (the girlfriend) is the beautiful girl with issues, and Twayne (the boss) is a bureaucratic nightmare. Mark is the everyman who holds it all together. "Ugly Americans" is an impressive mix of ridiculous sight gags and biting humor. Not every joke is a slam dunk, but there is so much going on visually that even peripheral material adds to the overall hilarity. Season One contains seven episodes and I think they get progressively funnier as the characters become more fleshed out. My favorites include "Treegasm" when one of Randall's appendages (I'll leave which one to your imagination) develops a life of its own and "Blob Gets Job" which demonstrates how difficult it is to gainfully employ a pile of gelatinous goo. Morbid fun AND relevant social commentary make this more than a curiosity. A surprisingly good animated show, "Ugly Americans" walks the fine line between bad taste and droll wit perfectly! KGHarris, 10/10. 7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, but probably not for everyone,
By ChibiNeko "Sooo many books, so little time!" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ugly Americans: Season One, Volume One (DVD)
Augenblick Studios has a pretty great reputation for putting out wonderful stuff. They animated cartoons for Wonder Showzen & created the bizarre & entertaining Superjail!. They have a real talent for animation & an even greater talent for satire.Ugly Americans focuses on Mark Lilly, a New York social worker in a world where every supernatural & otherwordly creature not only exists but lives side by side with "normal" people. It's Mark's job to help these creatures adapt to life in the United States as well as try to stay in one piece. Remaining unmutilated & uneaten is a pretty difficult task when you've got a zombie roommate intent on devouring your flesh & a demon girlfriend intent on possibly eating your soul. The great part about this is how wonderfully it parodies horror icons & tales as well as the idea of cultural misunderstandings & New York City itself. The animation is wonderful, occasionally reminding me a little of Black Hole at times. I couldn't help but love the Twilight/vampire parody episode & how vampires are supposed to be "created" in this universe. (If you were curious, it's very bureaucratic & not at all as fun as doing it "au natural".) The only downside is that the humor in this is occasionally a little overly goofy & some of the jokes are sort of hit & miss. You'll either like this series or you'll hate it. As far as the DVD goes, I'm a little disappointed that the DVD isn't uncensored in some places. (One of the scenes has a Harry Potter clone flicking off Mark, which is censored.) I don't really think it has the wide appeal that some of Augenblick's other stuff, but it's still worth looking at. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Next Big Thing?,
By OD93 - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Ugly Americans: Season One, Volume One (DVD)
Ugly Americans is a creative cartoon starring Mark Lilly, a social worker for the DOI. However, instead of helping immigrants adjust to their new lives, he helps out a wide range of monsters/demons/mythical creatures. The blend of horror and comedy is interesting and entertaining. As some reviewers have pointed out, some of the jokes can be kind of lame but overall Ugly Americans is a very funny show. Fans of Futurama, South Park, Family Guy, and other animated shows along those lines will probably enjoy this one.
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