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The DVD
Video:
Entourage Season Five episodes are presented in a 16 x 9 aspect ratio. The picture is nice and sharp, with good detail levels. However some time is spent in either Drama's condo, with a preponderance of harsh backlight from his large windows making foreground action murky, or in other spots with natural seeming light that sometimes messes with clarity. Other than that quibble, no severe compression artifacts crop up, and colors are rich and naturalistic. Entourage Season Five continues the HBO trend of releasing mostly great-looking TV on DVD.
Sound:
Entourage uses soundtrack tunes about as effectively as possible - check the finale's use of 'Love Spreads' by The Stone Roses, a 17-year-old song from a critically panned album, to see how scripting with music should be done. English Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio and French and Spanish 2.0 Audio tracks come with each episode. Music is up front, sounding awesome, and making way for dialog tactfully. Audio is clear, solid and dynamic. This is a show to blast - use your speakers if you got 'em.
Extras:
Closed Captioning and English, French and Spanish Subtitles (all episodes only) start utilitarian extras off. More subtly pleasing inclusions are 'Previously On' segments that accompany each episode (for those failing memories out there) as well as text summations of what's coming up. The 10-minute Celebrity Factor featurette finds cast and crew opining about the star-power parade of cameos, including appearances by Eric Roberts, Jamie Lynn Sigler and Lukas Haas among many others. Finally three Commentary Tracks (for episodes 5, 11 and 12) include Doug Ellin, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier and Ally Musika. Always pleasant, funny and informative, these commentaries (which include plenty of quiet spots while the crew actually watches and listens to the episode) suffer only in that there aren't enough of them. A Simpsons-like treatment, with commentaries for each episode - there are only 12 for crying out loud - would be much appreciated.
Final Thoughts:
Thoroughly invigorating, frequently hilarious, always engrossing, and full of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll, Entourage Season Five continues to live up to the hype this whip-smart, clever and outrageous show has earned. Avoiding the pitfalls of continued reliance on formula, season five broadens its Hollywood focus slightly while allowing characters to grow, meaning for true fans of Entourage and La-La Land, this three-disc set is Highly Recommended.
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