Customer Reviews

Creature Comforts - The Complete Second Season

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"CREATURE COMFORTS: 2nd SEASON - DVD"

REAL QUICK...The first season was adorable and whitty...the second season is every bit as good and better at times. The clay animation is fantastic and I can't help but wonder how brilliant the creaters are to think of a skits based on dialog from simple interviews. Very smart indeed.
I'm glad it includes the "Merry Christmas everybody" episode, that even makes it a better value.

Nice, clean and smart comedy that I highly recommend. In fact, I highly recommend both seasons...

BRILLIANT, FUNNY and GREAT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. 2 THUMBS UP...WAY UP!

I love this series! The animals are hilarious, and The Great British Public who provide the wry, grumpy, hilarious, and thoughtful voices for the animals are a real hit as always. The DVD contains all the episodes in the second season on one disc, plus the special Merry Christmas Everybody on a second disc.

This season was not quite as funny and charming as season one, but it still gets five stars because it is head and shoulders above most other DVD's. My boyfriend and I laughed all the way through, and both of us agreed that we would like to keep this in our permanent collection for rewatching (and rewatching soon!).

I would think this series is much more suitable for adults than children, just because you need to concentrate to understand the accents, and the humor is often more subtle or dry than children like. But I didn't hear anything that would really be unsafe for children's ears, I just don't think they'd like it as much as adults would.

As a fan of the Nick Park's style of claymation, I gave this product four stars. But the second season of Creature Comforts is not as universally accessible as the first. For starters, there is greater use of harder to understand British accents (Yorkshire, the urban youth talk, heavy Scottish, etc), which is fine for BBC afficiandos such as myself, but others, especially children, may find it a bit difficult to sort through the sounds to hear what the interviewees are saying. Keeping in mind that this series is made in the UK, the references to pop culture on that side of the ocean may be more obscure & the humor more elusive to neophytes.

The material as well seems a bit mature for younger audiences. Parents may wish to screen the episodes before watching them with their children. It's strictly PG+, not quite racy enough to be PG13, but a bit more advanced than some may feel comfortable with (think the juicier bits of "Were Rabbit").

But the quality of animation remains strong. The little details which we all love - the background characters moving in response to what the interviewees are saying - are up to the standard of excellence which we expect from an Ardman product. And the humor is still there, enjoyable for those who appreciate British style & wit.

As was previously noted, this set contains the separately sold Christmas special - which is a very fun episode, indeed, but not worth buying twice.

So, if you're a Nick Park fan, this is for you. But the newbie may be put off by difficult accents & unfamiliar subjects.

Another triumph from Nick Park & co. in collaboration with "the great British public." The interviews are terrific in themselves, but transformed by the wit and wizardry of the WALLACE & GROMIT team, they're priceless.

I just finished viewing Disk One of the two-disk set, and I'm full of that good, warm glow Aardman fans get after we've gotten our "fix". Wonderful stuff! One sourpuss Amazon reviewer said something like it was "not as funny" as Season One. Bosh! It's a DIFFERENT kind of funny is all: different interviewees, different subject matter, different etc. Plus we've all seen CREATURE COMFORTS Season One (and some of us have seen the ORIGINAL CC), so there's the absence of the "Wow, that's a surprisingly funny program" feeling we all experienced in the past. It's now time for Aardman fans to sit back, smile happily, and enjoy watching the humor and the "interviewing-humans-to-be-animated-as-animals" schtick EVOLVE, like all good and durable humor does naturally! True enough: die-hard Aardman fans will love this DVD set... but that's just because we GET IT! Casual one-off viewers in a certain country (you know who you are...) will say its humor is "too subtle". CC, Wallace & Grommet, and Shaun the Sheep NEVER WERE ABOUT BELLY LAUGHS, people. Get... a... CLUE! I haven't even seen Disk 2 (hasn't arrived from Netflix yet), but I'm buying CC Season Two. So should you, if you're an Aardman fan. Never mind the "It's too subtle" crowd: that just leaves more for those of us who "get it".

PS. The "making of" bonus featurette is quite engrossing and adds real value to the DVD set. It was shot, edited, and produced by the bloke who does all the human-character interviews. Very informative stuff.

I would really be greatful if the american version series was available to puchase, I want it the most!!

not very good and does NOT contain the Christmas Special (which is apparently the only funny episode) Please avoid this movie unless you absolutely have to!!

This video was really a treat,,had seen a FEW of these things, before, but, was great to find them all on one disc. One of the funniest, cleverest things, I have ever seen,,and has some great, extras, on it, about how they do it, etcetera,,and showing, the REAL people, whose voices are used,,,very enjoyable, I will be sharing it, and watching it again, several times, I think. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!

Doesn't appear to be as humorous as the 1st season. Has new characters and still quite well done but the (laughter) value is just not quite there this time. For fans only.

I bought the first season about a year ago and I was instantly hooked! So I bought the second season around Christmas time, only to find that it was even better! This is a show the whole family will love... if you appreciate Brittish humor. This is a must buy! The price is wonderful! The Best episode is "Self Image."