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Cartoon Network: Adventure Time The Complete First Season
What time is it? It’s time for Adventure Time: The Complete First
SeasonDVD. The Cartoon Network's Number 1 hit comedy show and
Emmy® nominated seriesthat centers on the post apocalyptic
adventures of Finn, a human boywith a funny hat, and his friend
Jake, a magic and mischievous dog. TheDVD includes all 26
episodes from season 1 and tons of special featuresdone by the
creator. The Adventure Time: The Complete First Season DVDis
packaged with a collectible slipcover and a must have for
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A genuinely inspired amalgamation of fantasy tropes liberally
frosted with absurd humor, the animated series Adventure Time is
a charmingly cracked confection that deserves its devoted cult
following. Set in a faraway kingdom called Ooo, the series
follows the caffeinated adventures of Finn the Human (Jeremy
Shada) and his bespectacled talking dog Jake (John DiMaggio,
Futurama) as they thwart the misunderstood but mostly evil Ice
King (Tom Kenny, SpongeBob SquarePants) from his regular attempts
to kip Princess Bubblegum (Hynden Walch, Teen Titans). Aiding
them in their escapades are the bass-playing Vampire Queen
(Olivia Olson, Phineas and Ferb), petulant extraterrestrial Lumpy
Space Princess (voiced by series creator Pendleton Ward), and
Beemo (Niki Yang), a sentient but playable video game console.
The 26 mini-episodes that comprise the show's first season pit
the heroes against a dizzying array of oddities, including candy
zombies in "Slumber Party Panic," a pie-throwing robot (Andy
Milonakis), and "Ricardio the Heart Guy," a living heart suavely
voiced by George Takei. But more often than not, the characters'
own personal issues make for the most inspired moments, most
notably in "When Wedding Bells Thaw," where Finn and Jake try to
encourage the Ice King to give up his princess-kipping
pursuits by throwing him a bachelor party.
That blend of grownup, self-aware humor and childlike silliness
can be difficult to balance, but Adventure Time frequently
succeeds, thanks in part to the epic sprawl of its universe,
which provides a sizable canvas that preserves the tone of the
series while maintaining a never-ending supply of weird and
wonderful encounters. It is unquestionably an acquired taste, but
it's also a sweetly offbeat series and an awful lot of fun. The
two-disc set includes a y selection of extras, most notably
commentary tracks on four episodes, including "Tree Trunks,"
which features some amusing anecdotes from Ward's mother and
family friend Polly Lou Livingston, who also provide voices in
the episode. The three featurettes are a mixed bag: A
Behind-the-Scenes Featurette is a surreal barrage of gags
filmed in the Adventure Time production offices by Ward with his
phone, while the Behind the Scenes of the Behind the Scenes gets
even sillier. A 10-minute talk with the show's music editors
takes an equally left-of-center approach, though the nearly
hour-long collection of animatics and a two-minute episode called
"The Wand" are fairly straightforward. The only true letdown is
the lack of a Blu-ray presentation, which would accurately
preserve the show's HD broadcast quality. --Paul Gaita