Seinfeld – Season 3

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1. S. Snyder

   November 5, 2010 at 1:44 am

   Review by S. Snyder for Seinfeld – Season 3
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   This far exceeded my expectations for this DVD release (especially considering it was from Sony). Digitally re-mastered, and the extras are never-ending. I was fearing 80 dollar prices initially, but at these prices, they’re a giveaway. Impressed. Very impressed.

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2. Kessler

   November 5, 2010 at 12:53 am

   Review by Kessler for Seinfeld – Season 3
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   Hello Seinfans, here is what I found on release dates for future volumes of Seinfeld on DVD according to a guy going by the alias of Mr. MV who claims to have gotten the info from Sony:

   Volume 3 (season4) – May 17th 2005 (confirmed)

   Volumes 4 & 5 (Seasons 5 & 6) – Xmas 2005

   Volume 6 (Season 7) – June 2006

   Volumes 7 & 8 (Seasons 8 & 9) – Xmas 2006

   Mr. MV reveals his motivation for revealing the release dates:

   “As for coming on here and passing on insider details; I’m a fan of other things which I wish I had an insider for to get information about my favorite show. I’d like to think I’m banking my karma points.”

   This release schedule seems plausible and I hope it helps in this trying time.
   

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3. Kal

   November 5, 2010 at 12:20 am

   Review by Kal for Seinfeld – Season 3
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   I’ve seen these episodes dozens of times each. I love this show; I love the characters; I love the pencil-thin plots; I love Kramer’s scemes; I love Elaine’s antics; George’s predicaments; Jerry’s shallowness; Newman’s evilness; Tom Cherones’ directing; Larry David’s writing; and just about everything else that makes this show Seinfeld.

   So of course I got the DVDs for the extras and Colombia doesn’t disappoint. Bloopers, unused stand-up material, interviews, commentaries, production notes, photo gallery, and an out-of-place (sort of) Spider-Man II trailer, and inside looks at the making of individual episodes. This DVD set is the ultimate for any DVD fan.

   It’s not without its faults though. My biggest gripe was with the “Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny and Cosmo” featurette on the Season Three DVD. The description on the back mistakingly identifies it as a comparison between the real-life Kenny Kramer and the Cosmo Kramer of the show. Once you get five minutes into it, however, you realize it’s a documentary about Michael Richard’s devotion to giving a good performance on the show.

   That in itself is not bad. Michael is a very interesting person and he does reveal some stuff I hadn’t known about, but it’s the principle of being misled that upsets me. Kenny Kramer is mentioned at the beginning, but it shows a mere three quick clips of an interview with him aboard his reality bus. Honestly, more about Kenny is said on the “Seinfeld story” NBC special.

   But the rest is great. Season Three isn’t my favorite, but it is pretty good. It marks the point where Seinfeld really became the show it was for the rest of its run. A show about four greedy New-Yorkers with no respect for society. Or nothing, whichever you prefer.

   The best commentaries are the ones with Julia (Elaine), Jason (George), and Michael (Kramer). There’s also an option called “Notes About Nothing”, which is a subtitle feature that will analyze every moment of the episode and give you useless facts. But then… isn’t that what the show was about?

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4. G. Swift

   November 4, 2010 at 11:23 pm

   Review by G. Swift for Seinfeld – Season 3
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   The third season of Seinfeld is when some of the really great stories came out, making this set a must have for fans of the show. Of course, I loved Seinfeld over its entire run, watching the premiere when it first aired and then watching the series till it ended, so I may be a bit biased in favor of it. The episodes are presented in the order they were filmed rather than the order they aired, which actually makes the continuity better for this set. The special features are only so-so, and I did not bother to look for hidden bits like the first set had, so there might be more to see.

   As with the first set, there is for each episode a brief making-of retrospective with various cast and crew sharing their recollections. It is interesting to watch, and the different people giving commentary keeps it from seeming too repetitive. I like the Notes About Nothing, which gives subtitles of minutiae, like Girlfriend and Boyfriend Counters for the cast, Kramer Entrance Counter, things like that.

   The best part of this set, like the first set, is the outtakes. While I did not actually time it, I believe that there are more outtakes in this set than in the first set. I watched it three times before moving on, as I laughed so hard at them. Some were already shown on other discs with the pertinent episode’s short documentary, but they are still hilarious.

   The behind-the-scenes stuff is OK, if a bit dry and somewhat padded in length by clips from the shows themselves. The audio commentaries that can be run are pretty disappointing. There are none with all four cast members, which would have rocked, but some have three (all but Seinfeld), likely due to the money issues that delayed this set so long in the first place. I only listened to a couple, with Kramer, George, and Elaine speaking, as that was the closest to the cast as was available. Not bad, but for 22 minute shows it seems clear to me that they did not put that much time and effort into it. I also would have loved all four cast members together for one of the interviews, but maybe that can happen on a later set.

   All in all, I am happy with the purchase, even if the features are not so great, mainly because I love the show and can now watch whichever episodes I like whenever I want. And I am eagerly awaiting the rest of the series, as the later seasons just got better and better.

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