Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story

As often happens with the truly amazing shows, propper recognition is posthumously awarded. Well, Family Guy is not the exception to the rule. For so long I thought I was alone in my love of this show. It warms my heart to find others who mourn its loss. First, Id like to say that the other reviews were Too Right!!! There is little I could add ... but, Ill try. Yea; the closest analogy would be the illigitimate love child of the Simpsons and South Park, but as has been stated, there is so much more to it. The shows format is not so much a structured program, as a train of thought. As in a daydream (or, Im told, a good trip), it wanders from one random subject to another, swinging back to a psudo-reality only when absolutly necessary. Add that to its razor wit and a PC reverence on a level with an Eminem -book on tape- reading of The Idiots Guide to The Satanic Verses, and you have a gem that fans cherish and networks cancle...

Let me get one thing straight right off the bat: The Family Guy was one of the best animated comedies on the telly. It takes more risks at upseting the mainstream than The Simpsons but isnt so blatant in shock value as Southpark. In fact, I seriously loved this series when it was on the air and Im thrilled that now that its available on DVD, I can watch my favorite episodes whenever I want. If youre a fan of the show, you need these DVD box sets. However, if you want really cool added features, keep looking. Unlike the commentary for DVDs like The Simpsons its almost as though Seth and gang have no idea what DVD commentary is for. In fact, for many of the episodes that actually DO have commentary, they sit in silence instead of actually commenting -- which kinda begs the question -- why is this called an audio commentary track when you barely comment? Also, many of the comments really arent that entertaining at all. Occasionally Seth M. or Seth Green will speak in their characters voices to comment (which would have been sooo much more interesting if they continued to do so) but for the most part they just dont say much. Highlights of the commentary do include the actress who does Lois voice (she is damn funny).... but some of the other voice actors/actresses that are on the commentary seem to have been brought in at last minute. One of supporting voice actors even asks in geniune astonishment: Brian the dog has a martini? Which makes you kind of wonder if some of the actors even bothered watching the series they were in while it aired. Theres only one documentary (if you want to call it that) which is simply a long commercial for the show. I was disappointed in the bonus material, but the episodes themselves are worth the price of the box set. I just hope in the future, more people who bother with DVD commentary do something other than just sit in silence.

Family Guy fans will enjoy this one, part II of the Star Wars Trilogy, personally I think it is as great as Blue Harvest, and the animation looks pretty sweet, and the jokes are good, some miss the mark put pretty much spot on with many inside jokes from past family Guy episodes, and we get Meg, who plays the swamp monster when Luke and R2D2 land on Dagaba, and Mort as Lando Calrisson, and the Chicken as Boba Fett, and some nice cameo voices from Family Guy favorite James Woods, James Caan, an old clip of Tom Sellick from Magnum PI. Definitely worth checking out on DVD where it hasnt been edited for TV... looking forward to the Final Chapter when they do Jedi, should be as entertaining as the last two, Family Guy is a great show!

To all who consider buying this product....stop considering. Family guy volume 1 is an unbelievable non-stop funny as h411 riot that may cause involuntary urinati0n. The fact that this show was canceled is a sin. I heard that it was canceled because to many Catholic groups are complaining about the inappropriateness. Why? hmmm maybe because Family Guys humor is too close to the TRUTH! Maybe thats why. These religious fanatics and concerned parents are loving living in their little surreal fantasy. Well to all you parents and religious people: Go f yourselves!!! Better yet, go f your sister because thats what gives you jollies! Am I right? Oh yeah Im right.

Been a Family Guy fan ever since they first came out and through the cancellations. This set I had to get because it had blue harvest on Blu-Ray even though I have the movie on regular DVD. The last one wasnt as good as the first 2 but you have to do the last one since they did the first 2. I would recommend anyone to get this as an upgrade for their set if they are a family guy fan. Its a must have for the Family Guy fan that has a Blu-Ray Player.

Last night I watched the entire version of Family Guy Presents - Stewies Untold Story and I enjoyed it. As I read some of the past reviews, I noticed that some viewers didnt think of it like the TV show, and I could understand that viewpoint. It was a little slow in the beginning, but it ends with one of the best Family Guy endings ever. As far as special features go... I think there could have been a lot more features but I can only hope the producers hope to make this up to us in Season Four (Volume 3) of Family Guy coming out on DVD in late November. Finally, (as I was one of the first reviewers that mentioned this), to select the uncensored audio track go into Language Selection and select it from the menu. The edited audio track is the default one, and personally I believe that is a good idea for those younger viewers out there. Overall, I thought the movie deserved 5 stars and to Seth... send out more of those direct-to-DVD movies/specials from Family Guy!!

As you already know, the show is hilarious and these 4 DVDs capture the complete first two seasons. Unlike some other people, I found the DVD layout to be fine. Included is a brief commentary by the shows creators. Its not as easy to include extras in an animated series, but it doesnt matter; the material itself is worth more than gold. I have a new DVD player and witnessed no problems whatsoever with the DVD encoding. The picture quality was perfect. I dont really understand why others would complain, but suspect it is their equipment and not these DVDs. It is true that there is a slight delay when waiting for the programs to load so that several warning screens can be displayed. (But this is par for the course with many DVDs.)

1. What are the two episodes per disk people talking about? Theres 5 to 7 on all of them. 2. Simpsons folks - there is no comparison. The two shows are too different. This is not a copy; its more creative and hard edged. The Simpsons is more polished; but Family Guy is funnier. (Sorry, its the truth.) 3. For a 2 1/2 season show; Ill let DVD sales and Cartoon Network ratings speak for me. It has been reported in TV Guide that Adult Swim is beating the ratings of Letterman, Leno and Kilborn (each) in 18 to 34 males. (Amazing) 4. I watch a lot of TV but I never knew Family Guy existed until it was already cancelled and they were showing the last episodes on Thursday. (2 hour blocks) If I didnt know about it; I doubt most others did. So its ratings were actually amazing. 5. DAMN FOX TO HELL!!! Fox totally screwed this show!!!!!!!

I was a little shocked to actually hear the F word come out of the characters mouths- I was expecting a decent amount of bleeps- but was pleasently suprised when there were no bleeps to be heard- no blurs or black boxes (except for one- but I feel it needed to be done)- and I almost peed my pants at the sight of Sgt Scrotes, and the line ......anything with an amputee (youll have to see it to understand). As with any Family Guy episode there are the occassional groaner, but for the most part it stays true to the TV series. After a near death experience, Stewie tries to be a better person as to not end up in hell (his glimpse into his possible eternity of damnation left him frightened for his soul) After giving up on being nice, Stewie happens to catch a glimpse of a man on Television who has an uncanny resemblence to him- so he sets out, with Brian, to find the man who he believes is his REAL father. The movie gives a glimpse into a possible future for the Griffin family, and, as in the TV series, Megs future is the most interesting, and as it always is in the show, the meanest (what do they have against Meg anyway?) For the Hardcore Family Guy fan (those that felt that its first cancellation was a crime to TV, and rushed out to grab a copy of the the first season when they heard it was being released and missed many nights of sleep waiting for the day- yep - like me)- this is a must see, for casual fans of the show- eh- maybe- if you hate the show- just avoid it. Sure, its not a pinnacle in animation- far from it (rememeber, this is a show that pushes the envelope on good taste, its no Beauty and the Beast) I do think it wouldve been fun as a musical (which couldve used a ton of Disney/Classic Musical movie parodies- but still funny)

This DVD is awesome. Family Guy is quite possibly the only show I love more than The Simpsons. A word of caution though, some of the jokes are very crude and in some cases racy, but its all done in good fun. However, if your not easily offended, youll be laughing from the very first episode to the last one on this set. An example of the crazy humor in youll find in Fmaily Guy is a scene where Peter (the father) fights a giant chicken for 5 while minutes. The fights takes them from the sidewalk, to a truck, to a helicopter, then on top of a skyscraper. In the same episode, Peter is informed of Y2K by a man in a chicken costume. After the apocalipse that is Y2K, Peters family then goes off in search of the Twinky factory because as everyone knows, only roaches and twinkies can survive a nuclear blast. Crazy enough for ya? Guest voices include, Adams West and Norm MaDonald (as Death). About the only thing I didnt like about this DVD set is that there werent more commentaries on the episodes. They were hilarious and I felt that the commentaries really added to the whole experience, however, Seth MacFalane (the creator) should really have provided commentary for a few more episodes.