Description: Relive every minute of Alan Ball's poignantly dramatic, unpredictably hilarious masterpiece, from its powerful premiere episode to its critically-acclaimed, haunting finale. Along with all the episodes and hours of rich bonus features from all five seasons, this set includes two bonus Six Feet Under soundtracks, and an exclusive illustrated booklet with character obituaries and memories from the show's creators.
DVD Features: 3D Animated Menus Audio Commentary Deleted Scenes Episodic Previews Episodic Recaps Featurette
Buy It Now Buy this series now. I cant say enough good things about this series. This comes a close second to Band of Brothers. Congrats HBO on one hell of a series.
5-star series in a 4-star presentation I assume you have already come to terms (and made your peace) with the fact that SIX FEET UNDER is by and far one of the best-written television shows in history. If you haven't, all you need to do is watch an episode.
Let's talk about the Gift Set Box instead.
The box holds all 5 seasons: 25 discs (including 2 audio soundtracks) as well as a beautifully-executed hardbound 'memorium' that describes and reflects upon the principal characters (DO NOT READ THE BOOKLET IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE COMPLETE SERIES).
The box itself is large enough to hold the original seasons' in the original interior "fold-out" trays. The box itself is decorated on each side to look like fresh, healthy soil, complete with grass roots at the top.
The actual TOP of the box has fine, green astro-turf-like material attached to it, complete with a resin "headstone" in the center of the top panel that reads SIX FEET UNDER.
In order to get into the box, you open it from the side, upwards. This reveals the interior panel of the box and inside you are treated to what it would look like if you were laying in a coffin. The cast looks down at you respectfully, and each season slides out in its' own wallet.
All in all, an excellent presentation that is only slightly awkward due to the way you need to pull the side "flap" of the box up in order to get into it. I also have noticed quite a bit of the green "grass" comes loose around the edges of the set. These are minor quibbles. The entire case sits at the same height and width as other standard "complete season" box-sets, so placing it into your collection poses no problems. However, given the quality and presentation of this beautiful set, I would recommend finding a flat surface for showcasing the complete series instead of losing it on your DVD wall.
Best show I've ever seen!! I absolutely love this show. I fell in love with it from the first quirky episode with those silly comercials. As it went along it got better and better. It got you so engaged and involved. I felt like I knew these people and by the end of the final season I was sobbing like a baby and couldn't sleep all night because it stuck with me. I just couldn't stop thinking about it. That is definitly the markings of a great show. I hope my opinion helps others want to watch it because it is worth every penny you pay. By the way I got mine on ebay for $99. Happy Viewing!
Television at its best. With such a great discount, this is really a must-buy for anyone who appreciates intelligent drama with a heavy dose of dark comedy. Excellent performances from all the leads. Not to mention- the finale is the best series finale of any series ever. EVER.
Great show, but my box seems poorly built. I have a few questions...(please answer in comment area)! I really love this show, so I bought the whole big box set and was really excited about it. However, when I recieved the set, there were several issues. I understand that big boxes like this may get damaged in the shipping process, but I don't believe it's a shipping issue. The single sheet on the back of the box (the one with the set barcode and the quick summary of the set) was glued on to the box in a very sporatic way. It looked like this label was intended to come off (there was a small dab of glue near the centre, about the size of a tennis ball, and no glue near the corners). I began to peel this off, and it seemed to rip the outer packaging. I have had similar HBO tv sets which have used this sort of temporary outer leaflet, and they were held with a softer glue, like the kind that attaches a new credit card in the mail to its envelope). I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me whether I got some defect or if this is typical. The other few things I am not worried about, but I though I'd mention them anyways: the corners around the grass at the top of the box are torn, but not because of a "shipping bump". its as if the paper covering the cardboard wasn't cut properly. the last thing is the booklet in the 2CD soundtrack package was torn out of its hard cover book, but not by force...it is torn, but doesn't look like it was ever really attached. Should I contact amazon for a replacement, or is this condition pretty typical? Feel free to leave any comments below my review. Thank you!
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