Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]

I love this show so much

People keep talking about the show in the reviews and that's great and all but I wanted to review the actual boxed set itself. For context I have seen this show already and love it and this is why I bought the disks! I am rewatching everything on these disks but I'm still going through them so I will update if need be. I got the DVD set. I've looked through the first few disks and they seem to all have the same system. Okie dokie, you're all caught up! Pros: So organised! There is an episode index where you have the option to watch the show with commentary and there's also deleted scenes! You can “customise” your experience. You can watch the episode with/without the commentary or subtitles. The back of the jacket is a list of what is on every disk! It seems to be PACKED with stuff, I am so excited to get to the later disks! Cons: It was incredibly hard to get the disks out of their cases and oh boy did I think I was gonna scratch one of them. They're layered on top of each other so you've got this booklet of disks and then two disks on each side for a total of four disks on one “page” (front and back). When you're trying to pop out a disk, you have to be careful because the backs of the disks on the other side of the “page” are exposed so you could scratch them. And then the prongs that kept the disks on were just so so strong! I used more force than I was comfortable with multiple times. Thankfully I have a disk book so I moved the disks into there but just be careful and patient but most importantly: good luck. I love the DVDs so much! I thought all the menu screens were so cute! And the first disk of the set is all Parks-and-Rec-y and it's so adorable! The other disks are just different colours based on their season. It is so nice to have a physical copy of the episodes plus bonus bits! You can tell a lot of love was put into the extra bits, too. OMG also the menu screen (at least on the first disk) plays the Parks and Rec theme song so just like be aware of that if you're gonna watch this at 3am while everyone is asleep. All I wanted was the physical copies of the show and I got so much more! I am so pleased with my purchase! I was thinking of getting the Bluerays but I didn't know if they had the bonus content in them as well. Either way, my DVDs are pretty sweet! Also, I am LOVING the random “great-tv-show.com” on the main menu. I have no clue what they had to do with the making of this and tbh slightly terrified to look up the website in case it's sketchy but still. It's perfect. This whole boxed set is perfect. It is literally everything I wanted and more so like you blew me out of the water there. Expect the whole trying to get the disks out of the case. I was not blown out of the water. But everything else was wonderful and whoever manufactures this: thank you!

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Parks and Rec was another mockumentary show from the creators of the US version of The Office. It starred Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an overeager and chipper worker in the Pawnee Indiana Parks and Recreation department, who wants to do her part to save the world. She is gung ho about civil service, politics, government, etc. In contrast, her boss, Ron Swanson (played by the great Nick Offerman) is a Libertarian who hates government and is only working in government in order to grind it to a halt. The supporting cast includes Aubrey Plaza, who plays the apathetic twenty-something April, her doofus of a crush Andy, played by Chris Pratt, the guy who was always looking for a side gig, Tom, played by Aziz Ansari, Leslie's "best friend" Ann played by Rashida Jones, Donna played by Retta, in later seasons Ben played by Adam Scott, Chris played by Rob Lowe, and Jerry/Larry played by Jim O'Heir. The show is a pretty standard sitcom that has a story or theme of the week that the characters have to navigate. The comedy style is much like the other mockumentary shows like The Office and Modern Family in which the jokes are either set up or performed and then there is some kind of follow-up either a reaction shot of characters in the background or cutting to one of the characters being interviewed by the documentary crew, or something like that. The humor is all over the place given the wide range of acting styles. Ron's humor is much more gruff and deadpan while Leslie's is more chipper and upbeat. Chris Pratt does a great job playing a dimwitted doofus who thinks he is a rockstar, and pretty much everything Aubrey Plaza does is awesome. The complete series set is just the individually packaged DVD seasons in a box set. There is nothing new if you have already purchased the individual seasons. There is also a blu-ray version of the complete series set out there, that from the looks of it, has the same overall content as the DVD set. The big reason to get the physical discs (beyond just preferring them over streaming as many of us do) is for the extras. Each season has a bunch of extras including commentary tracks on many episodes, deleted scenes, gag reels, fake PSA spots, and more. One of the best extras is a great joke that Chris Pratt made during the comeback story scene that cracked everyone up that is included in one of the gag reels. Overall, the series is wonderful. It is very well-written and acted. It did take a couple of seasons to really find its footing and did have some cast turnover after season one. But, once it found the formula that worked it was strong all the way to the end. There were a ton of great guest stars including people like Will Arnett, Tatiana Maslany, Jenny Slate, Patton Oswalt, and even the occasional DC politician. While the entire cast is great, Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman were the standouts to me. His scenes with his real-life wife, Megan Mullally, who plays his ex-wife, Tammy II, were pure gold. While it is a show about politics and certainly it was easy to tell the political leanings of the showrunners, it made fun of both parties, Democrats and Republicans alike. And, it holds up well even after having been off the air since 2015. I highly recommend it, especially if you like political comedies.