Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story

Not quite as good as I remembered....but still Family Guy, so how can you loose? Shut up Meg!

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...

The thing that struck me most about Family Guy was how it was so much more than the sum of its parts. Each individual character has a creativity and charisma of his own but its the dynamic that exists between them that breathes life into the show. For example the dialogues between Brian and Stewie are just hilarious! And Peters idiocy is magnified 10 fold simply when contrasted to the reliability of Lois. Other characters such as Quagmire, Cleveland, Joe and especially Tom and Diane provide the unpredictability and enrichment that makes each Family Guy moment a unique experience. There are only a few shows that I would not hesitate to spend $ for. Family Guy is most definitely one of these shows. A brilliant comic gem filled with all the ingredients of creativity, wit, humor and political incorrectness that will make it a treasured memory for years to come.

Heres irony for you: a show that constantly lampooned the stupidity of TV turned out to be too hip to last on TV. Oh well, we now have this four-disc set to remind just what weve been missing since Family Guy was finally taken off the air. While Family Guy certainly bears more than a token resemblance to The Simpsons, it distinguished itself by being even more random and outrageous than its animated predecessor. Peter Griffin, the title character, basically IS Homer Simpson, except fatter, stupider, and more irresponsible. Fortunately, Family Guy also shares The Simpsons subtle, irreverent brilliance. Every few seconds brought another unpredictable gag, bizarre flashback, pop-culture parody, or social-historical reference. While the episodes had plots, they basically unfolded in free-flowing stream-of-consciousness format, making it virtually impossible to tell what was coming next. Family Guy spits out jokes so rapid-fire that you can barely even process it all. Sometimes Ive missed one crack because I was still laughing at the previous one. Of course, the solution is to watch over and over again, which Im sure Im going to wind up doing. Although it makes a great family comedy, Family Guy is successful mainly as a grand satire of American culture. The show is constantly casting light on just how shallow, excessive, and flat-out stupid our society can be. While its merciless parody may not appeal to shallow minds, Family Guy is a great alternative to the fluff that occupies way too much airtime these days. This four-disc set is worth every penny.

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!

Ill preface this by saying Im NOT a fan of the Family Guy; by which I mean Ive never seen the show, not that I have anything against the show. Just never got around to getting into it, yknow? I am, however, a lifelong, diehard (insert more hyperbole here) fan of Star Wars. Im hoping that anyone whos a fan of both has already purchased this or has seen it, so this review is geared sort of toward my fellow noobs to Family Guy. So, for 20-something bucks, this seemed like a good buy. Some cheap entertainment on Blu-Ray, no less! Well, the picture quality, as many others have said, was not something that justifies a blu-ray treatment. I mean, were not talking Pixar here, guys. Its a cartoon. I got the regular DVD of Archer and it was frankly kinda gorgeous. I was more impressed by the quality of the Archer DVD than I was by the Family Guy Blu-Ray. As far as the box sets treatment of Star Wars, I honestly cant remember a Star Wars scene that was left out of this! It literally tells the whole story of the original Star Wars trilogy in like an hour and a half. With lots of parody, of course. A lot of it is funny. A couple parts made me LOL Out Loud (tip of the hat to Monk... miss ya, man). But a few of the jokes were taken too far (by that, I mean they went on too long). Im told this is kind of common with Family Guy, and maybe its Seth MacFarlanes sense of humor, but some of the jokes went on WAY too long. Like the Obi-Wan character singing the majority of Ive Had the Time of my Life with dancing stormtroopers in the background (gobbling up precious minutes). Without wanting to get into spoilers, there are a few other gags that just drag on and on. If youre a fan of this, then youve got it made. I just found it irksome. One of them was actually really funny, but my smile fell after the gag passed the 45 second mark, or what seemed like it. All in all, though, I WAS entertained by this. The opening crawls were hilarious. I may have peed a little. There is strong language, but my 7 year old (DONT JUDGE ME!! IVE NEVER SEEN THE FAMILY GUY!) barely noticed and enjoyed watching the shows (though I feel so dirty). Thankfully the sexual innuendoes flew RIGHT over her head. But there are those, too. So thats something. :) I also think I would have gotten MORE out of this set if I had any familiarity with the Family Guy characters. Never having seen the show, and seeing as how the Star Wars characters are portrayed by these characters, I think I missed a very important (and presumed) aspect that may have really entertained or charmed someone else. Im emotionally and socially hobbled by my lack of Family Guy familiarity. So theres the disclaimer in long form. :) Bottom line is, hey, its like 20 bucks. If youre a Star Wars fan, itll be very nostalgic and probably asks some of the questions youve been asking for 30 years. Often I said to myself Yeah.. why IS that?? when a character pointed out a glaring inconsistency or error in George Lucas writing/science/sense of reality. It was fun. And it was 20 bucksish. Do consider the DVD version, though. I dont know the price difference, but if its significant, know that the quality difference is not. May the Schwartz be with you all. And no, the Schwartz is not involved in the plot of this film.

Even if you arent an avid Star Wars fan, I think you will still enjoy this remake of the Star Wars trilogy. But for fans, you will definitely appreciate the attention to detail in recreating key scenes from the original while enjoying the twisted dialog from the Family Guy characters. My only regret was that they ran out of the more memorable characters when they got to Yoda. But that is a minor problem and one that was somewhat out of their control since the second two installments were an afterthought based on the success of the first show. Yoda does have one of the best lines in the Trilogy when he describes the tree that is strong with the dark side of the force as basically a strange element from the original story that stops the show dead.

The Family Guy is the funniest cartoon ever. Peter is a fat moron who doesnt have a clue about the Earth and he loves drinking beer and watching Tv. The rest of his family include Stewie the little baby who wants to conquer the world. Brina he martini loving dog, Lois his wife who tries to keep him in order, Chris who will probably grow up to be just like his dad, and Meg, the teenage drama queen. This family get sinto all sorts of predicaments but its so funny. Peter always gives up time that would be spent with his kids to go hang out with his friends. This show is so great and im glad it will be coming back in January next year.

Yes, its true. Just like everyone else, I will praise the hell out of Family Guy. But wait. If hundreds of reviewers have praised this cartoon, and tens of thousands of viewers have signed petitions to keep it alive, why is it off the air? This is where Foxs cunning sense of viewership comes in. The knuckleheads over at Fox have consistently taken their most highly rated (and thus controversial) shows off the air. I cannot wait for the day when Family Guy makes a resurgence to television (as it is already starting to do on channels like Comedy Central). For now, however, all us FG addicts will have to satisfy ourselves with the DVD of old episodes. I assure you, these are high-quality, not like the ones we all have ripped on our computers. And the bonus commentary should be electrifying. Buy now, or lose forever.

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.