Customer Reviews

Trading Spaces - They Hated It!

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4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This dvd is simply 2 TS episodes where the homeowners hated the results. It has "bonus" footage, but it's the same stuff from the first TS dvd "The Best of Trading Spaces".
Not worth the money.

I've loved the show "Trading Spaces" ever since I stumbled across an episode about a year and a half ago. I was charmed by the perky hostess and totally wowed by the exceptional designs that were realized by the homeowners. I learned which designers I preferred over the others and I regularly enjoy seeing the "reveals", or the first time the homeowner gets to see their remodeled room. Based on the title of this DVD, it's safe to say that somebody isn't as happy as I am with the results.
The DVD contains two full episodes of the show, as well as a montage of clips featuring less than satisified customers. The most infamous reveal, that of Doug's covered fireplace, is included in the montage, but the actual show is available on another DVD. Also, none of the designer Dez's work is shown, even though she did create many unhappy homeowners.
I do love the tv show, but the DVD only gets 3 stars because of the lack of really meaty extras. I want to see more about how the carpenters' build the furniture. I'd like to see the designers' sketches. I want more outtakes and bloopers. And, most of all, I want the extras to be different than the ones available on the other Trading Spaces DVDs. If you buy them all, it's all repeat stuff. Sorry.

This is NOTHING but 2 shows where the people didn't like the results. No outtakes or things that couldn't be shown on regular tv. If your a regular viewer of the show you have seen everything on this dvd. The "bonus" footage is again nothing you haven't seen before, just reactions that where shown during the orginal airings of those shows. Surely with the radcial reactions to some of their makeovers there have been some reactions deemed not suitable for regular tv but if there where none are shown here. ... Doesn't deserve 1 star but couldn't rate it lower!

I LOVE the show Trading Spaces. Ever since Paige Davis took over the show there is not a single episode that I haven't seen. When the Trading Spaces They Hated It aired on TV I was extremely dissapointed. I thought it would be really great and that they would show much more of the reactions of the homeowners hating it but they didnt. It is a total waste of your money if you have seen these episodes before. It is 2 episodes, each for 55 minutes they RE-BROADCAST the episode and then for the last 5 minutes give you a bonus addition where they tell you whether or not they homeowners kept it or not and what it looks like now. NO EXAGERATION this is exactly the way it is. As a HUGE fan of the show I can't believe I am saying this... Dont waste your money.

as a few others said, this dvd is exactly the same thing shown on the tv show, NOTHING SPECIAL WAS ADDED!! I remember waiting so long for the tv to air the "THEY HATED IT" episode and it was such a disappointment. I sat thru 3 hours of the entire repeated episodes just to see a few minutes of the bonus footage. It was a waste of my time and I wouldn't recommend anyone to waste they're money on this dvd. Just watch trading spaces daily, they show enough reruns that your bound to see it again for free.

Thank goodness we checked this out from the library. We'd never seen Trading Spaces, but I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. Surely the extremely negative reactions that the cover blurb seemed to promise would provide us with the best encapsulation of the appeal of this show, right? WRONG. Nobody bursts into tears, nobody retches and runs from the room with their hand over their mouth, nobody threatens to firebomb their neighbors' homes in retaliation, nobody clenches their fists, throws back their head and bellows "WHYYYYYYYYY?!?" to an aloof and uncaring deity. In fact, pretty much every reaction is along the lines of, "Oh. Well. Maybe I'll get used to it..." If you love the idea of watching someone else's boring tract home being redecorated in order to view the homeowners' stoic, listless demeanors upon viewing the finished product, by all means, proceed. All others, steer clear of this dud.

One of my favorite things about the early Trading Spaces, is how the expert designers would completely ignore the requests of the decoratees. (Please keep the carpet, it is only a year old. The decorator, "The carpet must go.") I hoped to see more of those in clips, like a highlights reel. This was not the case. This is just two episodes, although the second one when the woman is crying off camera after she just needs to be alone for a minute in the reveal made this CD worthwhile. I don't mean to sound uncharitable, but in the great scheme of life, bad interiordecoration is not a tragedy of overwhelming proportions, and it is part of the risk that makes the program enjoyable. If you are a huge Trading Spaces fan, purchase this, otherwise let it pass.

The DVD only had two shows and the "Bonus material" was only some clips of other people that hated their rooms. I was hoping for interviews, details, etc. not just clips of other shows.

We love Paige Davis and we love the designers, but sometimes we don't love what they do, and wonder how those homeowners can be so poised (with the exception of a few whose names we all know) in the face of Decor ala Disaster. Even if you've seen the episodes, this one is still fun to watch....to see what happened later!

But I no like so much. Is too much the same thing.