Product Details

• Actors: Joel Heyman
• Directors: Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum
• Producers: Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldana, Gus Sorola
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Rooster Teeth Productions
• Run Time: 72.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FS6MMC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,757 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Strangerhood Season One DVD collects all of the episodes of the comedy series filmed entirely with the Sims 2. Now you can enjoy the collected episodes of the hit internet series in one convenient DVD. Follow Sam, Wade, Tovar and the rest, as they try and uncover just who they are, where they are, and what's happening to all the missing fridges! This DVD is NTSC, region-free, and also includes the following: Line Readings Music Videos Strangerhood Studios Tons of Easter Eggs, and much more!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You wake up..., September 15, 2008

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Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Strangerhood Season One (DVD)

You don't know who you are. You don't know where you are. You just wake up one morning, sleeping next to a weird guy who thinks his name is Dart. But his name tag says Wade. Welcome to the Strangerhood. An internet parody of television shows using Sims 2. Lost, CSI, American Idol, all are targets of this wild ride of an internet show. Including music videos and commentary. The only problem is that, while there is some humor, the lack of a plot, which is part of the plot, means that after watching it you don't feel like you've gained something. Like eating a four course meal and feeling hungry.
True the characters are funny but soon become kind of boring. Maybe because they are, also, parodies. Walking and talking jokes.
Get it used. Otherwise you may wish to pass it by.

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this series, November 20, 2011

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Christopher Choma - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Strangerhood Season One (DVD)

The Sims 2 is one of my favorite games. That is part of the reason I like this. It is a very creative series. I like all the characters, the plot, the different settings ect. This is definatly worth the money in my opinion. It also comes with some extras which is pretty cool. Overall, 5/5.

3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay, but it is NOT another RVB, April 25, 2011

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Stephen H. Poor (Booneville, Arkansas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Strangerhood Season One (DVD)

My wife and I are huge Red vs. Blue fans. I wanted to try out Rooster Teeth's "other" machinima franchise. I have only watched about half an hour of this disc so far, but it is disappointing. The cleverness and originality of Red vs. Blue is almost completely absent. It does have a few funny moments, but on the whole is a dud.

I think the central problems are a lack of conflict and a lack of interesting characters. RVB had a built-in conflict (there was a war going on, after all). Conflict is central to plot, and The Strangerhood lacks much of a compelling conflict. The central problem for the characters is that they don't know who or where they are and find their lives being controlled by a faceless voice and forces they cannot comprehend. It is perhaps a metaphor for our real lives, but rates pretty high on the yawn meter. The characters spend most of their time bickering and pursuing pointless pastimes instead of figuring out what's happened to them (another metaphor?).

The characters themselves are the other big problem. Most of the characters in RVB were pretty complex. We can just pigeonhole Caboose as an idiot, Grif as a slob, Simmons as a sycophant, etc. but there was a good deal more complexity than that in most of them. Grif's character really showed some other interesting facets from time to time, especially when his sister showed up. Church and his love/hate affair with Tex defied stereotypes, as did his relationship with the other Blood-Gultchers. Even Caboose would surprise us on occassion, as when he revealed his hatred of babies (I don't think anybody saw that one coming). The Strangerhood characters are very flat though. They are all just two-dimensional stereotypes, and for many of the early episodes they didn't even have names. Maybe that's the point, but again it doesn't make for an entertaining experience.

If you love machinima, or just Rooster Teeth, this can be worth a look, but I doubt you'll find yourself watching it over and over.