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Friends: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] (2012)

Jennifer Aniston , Courteney Cox  |  NR |  Blu-ray
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (124 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry
  • Format: Dolby, Box set, NTSC, Widescreen, Surround Sound
  • Language: English (DTS 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 21
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: November 13, 2012
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (124 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B008D19WBQ
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,150 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Special Features

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Editorial Reviews

The ultimate collector set features over 110 hours of content (90 hours of features and 20 hours of bonus content). All 236 original broadcast episodes. Highly Collectible Premium Packaging Lenticular Box Cover Hard-cover book that holds 21 discs 32-page episode guide with content from the Warner Bros. archives.

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280 of 300 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Hey Warner Home Video, we want the EXTENDED episodes!!! September 14, 2012
I'm a huge fan of "Friends," in fact it's probably my favorite TV show of all time. Interestingly, I didn't start watching the show until it was in its 9th season. I dismissed it as a "chick show," but when I finally started catching re-runs when I was in college, it had me rolling! It was right at this point that they began releasing the full seasons on DVD. So every time a new season was released on DVD I went right out and bought it. The first time that I saw many of these episodes (probably 80% of the series) was on DVD. For those of you that don't know this, the DVDs actually contained longer episodes than what had been originally broadcast on NBC. Each 20-minute episode contained another 2 or 3 minutes of dialogue/story. And it wasn't excessive stuff that needed to be cut, many of my favorite lines in the show were in these extended scenes. In fact, when I go back and watch re-runs of the show now I can't believe how much of it is missing. I still love my DVDs though, special features and all! But when I watch them now on my 47" TV I notice that they look pretty rough. There's lots of pixelation and fuzziness, and the episodes aren't formatted for widescreen. Certain channels have been showing the episodes in HD and they look gorgeous! I thought to myself, "I would actually buy the whole series over again on Blu-Ray if it had all the extended episodes and bonus features from the standard DVD set."

When I learned that "Friends" was coming to Blu-Ray I was so excited, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Then I learned that this Blu-Ray boxed set would not contain the previously released extended episodes, but would instead have them as they appeared in the original NBC broadcast.
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190 of 213 people found the following review helpful
For fans of FRIENDS you will know what episode is below. For everyone else, the below lines from the script are from episode 809, season 8: The Rumor (The one with Brad Pitt at Thanksgiving). Everything with a star next to it will NOT be in the FRIENDS Blu-ray Broadcast version.

Phoebe: Turkey's are beautiful, intelligent animals!
Joey: No they're not! They're ugly and stupid and delicious! *Plus, eating them is like a tradition. It goes back to the very first Thanksgiving when the Indians sat down with the cowboys
*Rachel: Oh right... That's when they had that big rodeo at Plymouth Rock.

Ross: Uh actually, there was also that exchange student from Thailand but I don't think he knew what it was.
*Chandler: (sarcastically) You guys were cool.
Rachel: So Ross, we went out for two years, and you never told me you were in an I Hate Rachel club.
Will: You went out with her?! We had a pact!
Ross: That was in high school! It's not like it was binding forever.
Will: Then why did it have the word eternity in it?
*Joey: I'm thinking of joining an "I Hate Turkey Club"... although I do love a turkey club.

Rachel: Joey stop staring! There's nothing there! It's not true!
Joey: I'm afraid I'm gonna need proof. *C'mon, whip it out.

*Monica: (To Chandler and Phoebe) Alright, guys, could you help me with the dishes? There's a lot of pots and pans.
*Chandler: Oh honey I'd love to but the second game's about to start so... (starts to get up)
*Phoebe: (getting up with him) Oh yeah, the second game. More football for the Phoebster
*Monica: Who's playing?
*Chandler: Los Angeles
*Monica: Wow, last time I checked, Los Angeles didn't have a football team.
*Chandler: Did I say Los Angeles?
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126 of 144 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing - Edited versions August 28, 2012
By Kevin
Please be aware that these episodes will NOT be the versions found on the DVD sets. They will be the originally broadcast versions, missing quite a bit of footage that was added for the DVD release (some wonderful jokes, scenes, and moments). Unfortunately, I will not be purchasing this set - I'd rather have DVD quality visuals and the full extended versions I am used to and love, rather than jarring missing footage.

(To be fair, this set will show the episodes as originally intended, but I never watched them on TV when they aired originally, so for me, it is a deal breaker.)
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Trying to clear up the "cutting" confusion... November 15, 2012
By M. Otto
For anyone who thinks that these episodes are cut, please read this review from Gord Lacey at tvshowsondvd(dot)com:

"Alright, let's deal with the "elephant in the room." You may have read, or heard that these episodes are cut. That's completely false. These are the original airings of the episodes (with a couple exceptions, which I'll get to later) that were seen on NBC. If you sat down to watch the show on "Must See TV" Thursdays, this is what you would have seen, except it's in HD (and widescreen). When Warner Bros released this on DVD, years ago, they added material - stuff that was deleted from the episodes for whatever reason. When you create a TV show you log everything - all the shots, the timecode, everything. It's well-documented, and finding the material you need again is a relatively easy task. Unfortunately that wasn't the case with the extended episodes; records weren't kept, timecode didn't exist. That makes the task of finding the material to recreate the extended episodes a daunting task; one that likely would have made Friends on Blu-ray financial unfeasible. I think a good comparison would be what CBS is going through with Star Trek: The Next Generation, except that they're recreating episodes in HD that can bring them other financial revenue streams, while Friends would have to recoup everything from this one set. I think the irony here is that if Warner Bros didn't go to the trouble to create the extended episodes for the DVDs, there wouldn't be any issue with this Blu-ray set. I've gone through the entire set and noted the times of every episode, which you can find at the end of this review (I think I need a new remote now).
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great to own
Wife is a big fan of "Friends" so purchased this as a gift for her. If you love the series this is a must have.
Published 18 days ago by Smokensparks
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE It!
I'm a huge FRIENDS fan so this was perfect! The box itself is flimsy and is already starting to separate... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Justin Whittington
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth it, even if you already own the DVD set.
Personally, I think this BlueRay set is well worth it, even inf you already own the DVD set. Being able to see edges of the screen allows for seeing new things that help make the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. T. Austen
4.0 out of 5 stars Friends blue ray
Friends is one of my all-time favorite tv shows! However this copy of the series is edited! The episodes are more like the syndicated versions you see on tv nowadays. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Allen Reische
5.0 out of 5 stars Gift for husband
My husband was watching friends reruns on tv and having to wait through commercials and viewing episodes out of order. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Campbell
3.0 out of 5 stars A LOT of cut scenes
The picture is AWESOME, but I was really disappointed that there are so many scenes that are cut from these DVDs... Some good one-liners were cut. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kathy Adlam
5.0 out of 5 stars Best!
After purchasing this item, I could only wish I'd watched it when it was actually on T.V. Where was I??
Published 2 months ago by BestMom
5.0 out of 5 stars Friends
What can I say about this six people....the are great and funny and I love them, I grew seen them and some history's of the series I had live them on my own
Published 2 months ago by jonasuy1
5.0 out of 5 stars love it
My boyfriend is obsessed with Friends and even though the blu-ray's don't have all the features the dvd's do he would much rather have the quality of a blu-ray
Published 2 months ago by Allie Becker
1.0 out of 5 stars Edited for your annoyance
If you want to pay a lot of cash and get less content than the DVD version of this set then you should buy this. But that would just be silly.
Published 3 months ago by Kyra Vicory
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What will be Missing from the Broadcast versions?
Actually, quite a lot is missing from the standard cut episodes. I am pretty sure that they will release the extended cut blu rays next year after milking the fan base making people to buy the same thing twice... old tactics...
Oct 2, 2012 by PS |  See all 5 posts
confirm aspect ratio and quality?
Show was shot originally in 16:9. Then cropped to 4:3 when it first aired. Nothing is being lost in the WS transfer, like Seinfeld did with its HD transfer. You're gaining. A few shows in the 90's did this. Babylon 5, ER for example. But not many. The transfer is perfect. And some of the minor... Read more
Nov 22, 2012 by Joe |  See all 4 posts
Can anyone tell me about subtitles?
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
According Bestbuy website
Dec 2, 2012 by Andy H |  See all 2 posts
Way too pricy!
The one on Amazon.fr is $116.
Aug 20, 2012 by T. Lomeli |  See all 4 posts
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