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The Head: The Complete Series

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Recently, I ordered Amazon.com's
MTV's Oddities - The Head

This review is similar to the one that I wrote for the MTV's Oddities - The Maxx, seen in the link below

The Maxx: The Complete Series


The reason I am writing this review is because, I have been reading the reviews on this item, and they are only so-so, and sometimes, in my opinion, unfair, or unsavory.

People, this is going to be the best version you are most likely EVER going to get.
Yes, this is a burn on demand.
Yes, the discs you are going to get are going to be blue rather than silver.
These are the best burn on demands I have ever seen. The tops of the discs are pro, the packaging is pro.
These go so far as to even have a bar code.
Bottom line, they may as well just be considered official.

This version of The Head has EVERYTHING you will ever need. The episodes are uncut. Within the first 2 episodes I saw things that were NOT on my VHS version.
The Head is a tiny bit more gritty looking than The Maxx, but the show was like that anyway.
Also, unlike The Maxx, the Head is a 3 disc rather than 2.

Amazon has done a great job on this collection, and if other reviews have you thinking against the purchase, DONT. Get them. They are worth it.

I found this while searching for Daria: The Complete Animated Series on DVD and was pleasantly surprised to find this available. Being from the UK I only recall seeing this on one of our UK cable channels during the late 90's and not MTV itself (at least not that I'm aware of). I was also intrigued by the idea that these discs are available as DVD-R's rather than traditional 'retail' style DVD's with the silver backing.

Upon receiving the set I was quite impressed with the quality of the packaging and also the discs themselves. They look as professional as you would normally buy any other retail DVD, the only significant part being the purple backing showing it was burned onto regular DVD-R.

Sadly one of the discs had failed to read which could be the possible downside of it being on a DVD-R (burn failure maybe?), however Amazon have been amazingly kind to return my money and let me keep the original set while sending me a replacement set at the same time.

As for the DVD itself the quality is great and personally the same type of quality as you would get with any other DVD release. Sure the animation looks slightly primitive, and it even did back then, but keep in mind this was most likely a low budget show to begin with and each episode is only about 10-15 minutes long. It was originally part of an MTV show known as "MTV Oddities" which also consisted of the show The Maxx (The Maxx: The Complete Series).

Overall a good buy if you were a fan of the show and interesting to have alongside the Beavis & Butt-Head and Daria connections (for those that didn't know Butt-Head made a cameo on the first episode of The Head while on the first episode of Daria a student in the classroom is wearing a The Head shirt with Jim's face on it).

I've always liked MTV's oddities. This now gives me the set to watch anytime I desire. The only issue with this set is that Disc #2 does not work with MS RealPlayer (I tried it on two different computers). I sent the first set back thinking there was something wrong with Disc #2, however, the second set was the same way...oh well. It works fine on the TV CD Player. Use a different program if you watch it on the computer.

The creaters must also have big aliens living in their heads, the story is slow although some stuff is really funny and unusuall. But nothing compared to other MTV odities such as The MAXX.
Kind of worth it for the very "special" agents.

As has been said, this is a burn on demand title... SO WHAT? The transfer is really quite nice and the audio is crisp and clean. That said and out of the way, The Head is simply a must have product... weird, wonderful, dry humor with decent animation and an engaging (if somewhat simple) plot. I thoroughly enjoyed every single minute of this show and as I said, it is a decent transfer... definitely the best you are going to get for the foreseeable future.

Good stuff, one of those shows that you dont quite remember but know that you saw it and want to see it again.

Oh man this show takes me back. I wish there was more epasodes to the head but sadly there not that many. Great show, seems little corney from todays age of artworks. But fun to watch still!

I loved this series when i was a kid. When i saw it online i just had to buy it.

This cartoon seemed a lot funnier back in the day... It still provides the odd laugh but the dated and, frankly, crappy animation detracts from it. The voice recording is weak as well.
The outright strange story line and content make it interesting enough to watch. The interaction between the aliens is some of the best humour of the show. It is topped when our band of heros discovers the cover ups and conspiricies that wounded or mutated them. Especially lawn mower blade guy... whatshisname... "...they knew dammit! They knew!"
Worth a look. Still some fun to watch.

Show Rating: A
Season 1 is a fantastic odyssey of adventure as Jim learns he has an alien living inside his now gigantic head. Dialog, music, plot and pacing are all great.

DVD Rating: B-
Unfortunately this is a barebones release, no extras at all. At least its the complete series. These DVDs worked in 2 out of 3 of the pc dvdrom's i tried them in.

Audio: A
2 Channel audio sounds good.

Video: B-
Jagged lines can be found in the video, same as with the recent Maxx release. If you look closely you can also find a small black border on both sides of the video.

Other Thoughts:
Be sure to check out ('the Head' director) Eric Fogel's short animation 'MUTILATOR' on youtube.