Customer Reviews

Dieux du Stade: Making of the 2006 Calendar

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This 2006 edition is a disappointment compared to the previous two editions. It doesn't look like they put much effort into it this time around. The models are not posed in interesting locations, it is all done in a photo studio so the poses get repetetive - just standing in front of a screen or wall mostly. The music will put you to sleep - it's dainty classical French parlor music. ZZZZzzzzzzz. I suppose they don't have to pay royalties to anyone that way. The models this time around are uglier and heavier for the most part (Julien Arias being a delightful exception). Overall, they are not attractive. There is no music video this time around, either. I hope they put a little more effort into making next year's more interesting. They got very lazy this year.

Good background film for a party. However, I don't think this one is as good as the first or second. The symphony music throughout is a little boring. I think that only two or maybe three brave souls bared all. But all are pretty good looking. The dialogue throughout and interviews make this different to numbers 1 and 2.

Not bad overall - much shorter than previous editions, which was a bit disappointing.

I was pleased with this and the previous one. This I felt had overall larger players - like you normally associate with rugby - and I enjoyed the addition of some basic info spoken from their lips, mostly in French. I felt like I got more out of it. Yes, watching it from start to finish is unlikely - even hot bodies get old after a while - but I pick my faves and play them over and over and ignore the lame music. It delivers. What can I say? - female reviewer

The 2007 calendar (fantastic and to me much better than what I see for 2008) lured me to to DVD.

Which is eye candy but tedious, and which I have passed on to my girlfriends. So many of the interviewed rugby players say they are hopeful that doing the calendar will make them more successful with the girls ("les filles").

;-)

Now in the 3rd generation the Dieux Du Stade calendar and inturn the DVD went with a studio based style. I like the approach and it was much better than last year's situations. Also I like that the DVD has gone back to black and white - much sexier than last year when it was in colour.

A little dissappointed that some of the guys for the first two DVDs didn't make a third showing but Julien Arias and the NZ guy did make up for it. As I tell my friends, I will be rooting (!) for the French Team in the next Rugby World Cup. Who knew rugby could be so sexy !!!

If you like the first two DVDs you will enjoy this one - I know that I did.

I don't know what the other two reviewers are griping about. This years DVD is in the same line as the previous two years. Artistic shots of the Stade team and a few friends. The DVD was never meant to be pornographical, as the previous two reviewers seem to have expected it to be. As far as only three guys dare to go bare - rubbish - they all strip down completely and pose for the camera. Just because you do not see their family jewels (with the exception of two or three) should not demean the beauty of this DVD. And, if you watch the previous two, they don't show them there either (again, with the exception of one or two). If you enjoyed the previous two, you will enjoy this one as well. It's artistic, it's fun, it's sexy, and very enjoyable. The only thing I would have liked would have been to see Michalak, Mege, Lode, and Deltour again. They are not on this DVD.

I am a bit disappointed in the 2006 "Making..." dvd. I think they spent way too much time on interviews and chatter and not enough on good poses with exceptionally fit and amazingly handsome athletes. I am no expert but the selection of the athletes/models this year is not the best. The cover is about as good as it gets, and unfortunately, you see about as much while viewing.

The classical music in the background was beyond annoying and really didn't fit the genre of this dvd or activities of the models. Unlike with 2007, which has a bit of pep and energy, this 2006 dvd is best without sound at all. I enjoy classic music but it is not a good selection for this type of video.

I have the 2005 version (which was pretty good and worth having) and the 2007 which I think is best of the series, hoping that 2006 would be just right. It was not. It seems as if 2006 should be when they are working the bugs out of the series, not a representation of their latest work. In addition, you see less, if you know what I mean.

Overall, disappointing. If you get only one of these dvds, I recommend sticking with 2007.