Product: Clone High: Complete 1st Season (2003)
Rating: 5.0
Excellent product, I wonder if it will have an official U.S. release?
I've waited for three years for this show to be released on DVD. In that time I've had to make do with the complete series downloaded on my computer. But now that I have this set, I couldn't be happier.You may have read how annoying some reviewers find the the 90-second Teletoon commercial introduction to be. Personally, I don't mind it since it shows scenes from some of my favorite cartoons - Family Guy, Futurama, etc. Nonetheless, you can't skip past it (at least on my Sony DVD players) - but it's not that bad.What blew me away was the incredible transfer quality. I could not believe how sharp and colorful the show looked. Excellent job with the print, as the image quality looked just like that found on the Simpsons, South Park, Futurama, Family Guy volumes. In addition, I could not believe how great the audio sounded. Absolutely no noise.Regarding the audio, I was so pleased to see that all of the songs that originally aired are on this set. Clone High has such an incredible selection of songs that I was pleased to see that they were retained. Dashboard Confessional, The Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, Taking Back Sunday, Hot Rod Circuit, The Anniversary, Alkaline Trio - this show is an emo-lovers dream! Also, it's worth addressing the longer intro song. Having read about this change, I was prepared to hear it at the beginning of each episode - but I didn't realize how much I'd miss the piano version on Episode 10. Clone High has such a great theme song, and I missed this variation. However, a quick search on the internet will show that numerous sites have an mp3 of this song.Overall, this was an excellent packaging. I did miss not having any liner notes or some sort of insert in the DVD case - just think how great it would have been to include a retrospective, sketches, etc. Oh well. I don't think anything short of a second season will ever satisfy Clone High fans - but I think this release is pretty great.