The Office: The Complete Series
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I don’t regret this at all. Although I have Netflix and can watch the office on there anytime, I thought It would be a great idea to own all of the office on DVD as well. I was debating buying this or buying all of the seasons separately - because I was worried if I would lose some content. I did not lose any content! It comes with so many extras, and not to mention - it looks so cool. If you’re a huge office fan I guarantee you won’t regret this.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I purchased this set for my brother at Christmas time and decided to watch a few episodes with him. I won't comment much on the merits of the show beyond noting it is beloved for a reason (although it is significantly cheerier than the British original); I feel that the episodes following Steve Carell's departure removed the show's heart, but I thoroughly enjoyed the series finale. My main purpose with this review, however, is to comment on the merits of the box set itself. Unlike some prior releases of seasons shortly subsequent to their airing, this set includes a significant amount of bonus material, including gag reels, director and actor commentary, and deleted scenes. This is one of the great advantages over streaming services like Hulu and Netflix, but I am admittedly somewhat of a traditionalist in my preference for physical ownership. The DVDs also have subtitles available in both English and Spanish. Besides these bonuses, the episodes themselves are always enjoyable.\n\nIt is interesting on the exterior to note that, except for the final season, at the top of each case is Steve Carell and how much his appearance changed over the years. While a few other reviewers complained of cosmetic damage to their DVDs, I had no issues except for a few bumps on the corners of the box. On the whole, my brother was thrilled with his gift and it was a great bonding opportunity for us to enjoy a few episodes together."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I disliked the whole damn thing. This is the THIRD box set i bought. for some reason seasons 6 thru 9 all have the same episodes on every disc for that season. why does this keep happening? not real thrilled about this. the only box set of something i ever bought and it turns out to be a major pain in the ass. it would be really nice to get a box set that is actually right. i don't see that happening though.......customer satisfaction? don't know yet. let's see what happens here. i don't expect a reply....they're few and far between......dave"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I just laugh my head off and my husband thinks I'm crazy because I must have seen The Office in its entirety at least 20 times but I still binge on it (it's my go-to background noise when I'm cooking) and still find Jim, Dwight and the rest just as funny as when it premiered. I rarely watch DVDs, and the entire season is currently on Netflix, but I bought this should Netflix ever drop it. Geez, I kind of sound like a junkie when I actually write that.\n\nOne of the rare shows that stayed true to itself and remained hilarious right through the series finale."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Best ever!!!!!\n\n(that’s what she said)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'After reading all the bad reviews I took a chance. Received Item, was in plastic wrap so I thought I had a chance.\nOpened them and NOPE. The discs were all over the place and had scratches and are not playable at all. Some of them even have what one would describe as water damage. Very interesting and not sure what happened but do not seem new.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': ' It looks like most people are providing reviews of how the set looks upon delivery, before breaking the seal to open up the package to watch some of the shows to see how it all works. My delivery was fine, and the set had no damages from delivery. I have more important issues, as outlined below:\n\nThis is the second The Office DVD set that I bought from Amazon (the first one I returned because it was sub-par). Unfortunately, this set is also sub-par.\n\nThe design of the two cases (one case for seasons 1-5, other case for 6-9) is terrible. You may have to remove 3 DVDs before you can get to the DVD you want. They put several DVDs on the same hook, so it isn\'t easy, nor seamless, to access the DVD you want.\n\nAdditionally, did anyone else notice that it is so very hard to choose the desired show on the screen? Unless I have a defective set. My mouse seems to only highlight the Deleted Scenes for each of the shows, and it\'s very difficult to select the 20 min long video. My video displays that. In the footage I have displayed, I can finally click on "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" instead of the Deleted Scenes of that show, however, I unfortunately cannot click on the other two shows ("Valentine\'s Day" or "Dwights\'s Speech"), although I can click on the Deleted Scenes of both of those two shows. It\'s really frustrating. I want to be easily able to select what show I want to view.\n\nLastly, it seems like the quality of the video is poor. I am even watching it on my 15 inch HP laptop, and it looks very pixelated.\n\nI\'m very unimpressed with this DVD set. I\'m planning on returning it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The Office was, especially during the Steve Carell years, one of the best sitcoms to ever air. Chances are most people looking to get this already know what the series is like so I will not spend a ton of time reviewing the show itself. In a nutshell, it is a sitcom that follows the day-to-day operations of the Scranton PA office of the Dunder-Mifflin paper company headed by Michael Scott (Carell), the manager of the Scranton branch. It is a Mockumentary in which the various characters are "interviewed" although we never see an interviewer, so they are essentially just talking to a camera. It is a very character-driven show and the plots were a mix of self-contained stories and then arcs, usually dealing with various character relationships. It ran for nine seasons (although season one was very short, just six episodes) and was adapted from a British show of the same name that starred Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman. The first season mirrors the BBC version sometimes slightly and sometimes a lot, and then after that really becomes its own thing.\n\nThis DVD set is just the individual season sets packaged together. So, if you purchased the seasons separately you are not getting anything different aside from a box to hold all the individual season cases. All of the extras (and there are a lot of them) are exactly the same, and nothing (at least in the DVD version) was added. I cannot say what they did with the Blu-Ray complete series set, although from what I have read it has the same extras as the DVD set. The extras include audio commentaries on many of the episodes which rotate various members of the cast. There are many commentary tracks in the early seasons and fewer as the seasons go on. Then there are a ton of deleted scenes (the best of which involve Creed and "Schrute Bucks", blooper reels, webisodes, promo material, and more. Basically, if you love watching bonus content, there are hours worth (apart from the commentary tracks) to keep you busy.\n\nOverall, the series is very good. Like many shows that last nine seasons, it was not as good at the end as it was in the beginning, especially after Steve Carell left. It had a large ensemble cast that included Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, John Krasinski (who, other than Carell, has probably had the biggest post-office career), and Craig Robinson. There are also a ton of very recognizable comedy actors and actresses that appeared in the series in both large and small roles. The show definitely lives up to the hype, and even though the last couple of seasons are not as good as the early seasons, they are not as bad as some people make them out to be. So, if you are a fan of the show, this is a great pickup.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The Office gets 6/5 stars for me. However, this set came with TWO seasons 1-5 and not one seasons 6-9. This makes it pretty useless. Also, the DVDs came all mixed up and broken free from their holders inside the cases. I exchanged and hope the next one I get will A. have all the seasons and B. be less of a mess inside.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is such a great series. I have watched the entire thing on Netflix a few times over because it\'s so good and never gets old. I bought this after hearing that it will be no longer on Netflix after 2020 and love having hard copies anyway. The packaging could have been better as the other reviews have said. None of my discs came scratched or with fingerprints like other reviews have said. I love that it has bloopers added for each episode/season that cannot be found on streaming platforms. I didnt like the packaging as I mentioned before so I purchased a $7, 40 count CD case and had fun making my own "Office Complete Series" case. For the prime day deal of $34.99, this is a great deal and I\'m looking forward to watching it over again with my nephew.'}]