Dead Like Me

Pushing Daisies: The Complete Second Season
$39.98
Season two had some big expectations for me, and most fans, after having seen season one. It lived up to its predecessor, continuing the fun through the entire season. Unfortunately, this is the last season as the show was cancelled. I thought the end was appropriate and actually enjoyed it quite a bit, however I do know people that would disagree.

The cast continues its amazing work, and I find myself having a new favorite character after every episode. Kristen Chenoweth deserves a little extra praise for her vocal talents which are on display occassionally throughout the series. My personal favorite song was "Birdhouse in Your Soul," a They Might Be Giants favorite of mine.

If you haven't seen this show, it is absolutely a must see. It is a very refreshing change of pace from typical mainstream television programming. In the running for my favorite television show of all time, this second season exceeded expectations. Incredibly entertaining, funny and fun!

Dead Like Me: Life After Death
$19.98
I had bought the whole package-- seasons 1, 2, and this movie. I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed season 1. Then I enjoyed season 2 at least as much, maybe more. Then I had mentioned to my brother how I was watching this series, and ironically he happened to be watching it too. But he said he heard the movie was not good, and that they didn't have some of the original actors in it. I thought people just couldn't suspend reality enough to get over a different actor playing the same role and expected to like it and love the loose ends being tied up. As a fan of the Firefly series (great show), I absolutely loved the excitement and closure the movie Serenity offered to that series-- and it was a great movie on its own even if you never saw the series. I guess I was spoiled and expected the same from the Dead Like Me movie. But really it was hard to even get through this movie because it was so bad. Early on I realized that not only was it a bad movie, but it would not put closure to the show. I kept plugging through it just to finish it so I wouldn't have to wonder, though. I ended up calling my brother and telling him not to bother seeing the movie, though I'll give it to him for free if he wants to ever punish himself. First, the replacement actress is not even a problem for me-- though I did find her annoying... what was the real problem, though, was the lack of character in any of the reaper characters! And it left me with more questions due to plot holes-- didn't add closure at all. It was so poorly and cheaply written that I'm actually shocked it was done by some of the same writers as the series. It was a shameful movie to a great series. Now I will stop hoping Carnivale comes out with a movie-- I don't want that series to have a bad follow-up movie. I can't expect all writing to be as well-done as the Firefly Serenity movie... I understand the DLM movie didn't have the budget Serenity did... but high or low budget, the writing should have been at least decent-- and as good as the series writing.

Wonderfalls - The Complete Series
$29.98
I ordered this item and received 2 copies of Disc 3 and was completely missing Discs 1 & 2. What use is a series when I'm missing 2 thirds of it?!?!?!

Really bad quality assurance. Such a shame. Maybe try checking that the item contains what it should before sending.

Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season
$39.98
I saw the first five episodes on the internt so I knew I liked the series.