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Release Date: 05 December, 2000 Retail Price: $24.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: |
Digimon - Season 1 Reviews
The Plot Sickens, as Piedmon Would Say
This show is evidence that the FOX network is conspiring to dumb down the youth of America. Digimon is like a fusion of the Teletubbies TV show with the ultra-violent video game Mortal Kombat. Could that possibly be a good thing? NO IT CAN'T. The only reason any kid will watch this show is for the violence and a lot of it is surprisingly graphic. All that childish junk about friendship, kindness, manners, and such will be ignored by anyone older than three years old. On the other hand, the young children that might actually pay attention to all the virtues this show espouses will be exposed at a very young age to some really violent stuff. And then you have these really cute and cuddly `Rookie Digimon' that turn into these nasty and brutal `Mega-Digimon' that look like something that crawled up from the depths of Hell. Granted, the Mega-Digimon are awesome, but this is a problem - people that like the `Rookies' will be turned off by the `Megas', and vice versa. So everyone ends up HATING a lot of things about this show, even if there are things about it they really like. The Transformers and Masters of the Universe may have been violent (for their time) but at least your IQ wasn't reduced every time you watched a single episode of those shows.
It's hilarious the way every Digimon yells their attack before they do it. The funny thing is, every time someone announces the attack they are going to use on their opponent, the opponent usually has time to evade the attack, but never gets out of the way. For example, someone will yell `ULTRA DEATH RAY LASER!' (or something like that) and take a few seconds to charge up their attack/weapon. In the meantime the opponent, who is usually so agile they can move faster than the speed of sound, simply stands in one spot doing nothing with their mouth hanging open, dreading the moment they will be hit. Then the opponent gets hit, and they scream in agony.
The idea of this show is that the Digital World (kind of an alternate dimension created by the internet - don't bother asking how it was created) is about to be destroyed, so some bratty kids (called the `Digi-Destined') are chosen to save the Digital World. (And the Digi-Destined really are rotten kids. Are the Digi-Destined supposed to be heroes that kids can look up to? I sure hope not.) The Digi-Destined get teamed up with some Rookie Digimon, and they set out to kill - oops, I meant to say `destroy', because `kill' is too harsh a word for this show - every bad guy they run into. When they encounter a bad guy, the Rookie grows bigger, meaner, and more violent. After a while, they hunt down the Dark Masters. Who wins in the end? Guess. You'll be surprised.
Not a single thing in this show is funny - every joke falls flat. But I did like a lot of the Dark Masters' lines, and a lot of Piedmon and Puppetmon's lines made me laugh with glee. The music in this show is HORRIBLE - some of it sounds like Fred Penner playing an electric guitar. And they play that godawful theme song about a million times in every episode. But they had some dramatic music that sounded really cool playing when Piedmon walks up the stairs of his castle and busts down the doors right before having a fight with Angemon. I especially like the way Piedmon will hold two swords by their hilts in each of his hands, then yell "TRUMP SWORDS!" and throw them like darts at his opponent. The sight of someone being impaled by one of his swords is most impressive.
I liked how all the Dark Masters team up to wipe out the Digi-Destined in one knock out blow. But the Digi-Destined escape (unfortunately), and the Dark Masters figure they're so easy to destroy that it would be more fun for each Dark Master to single-handedly take on the Digi-Destined at a time. Unsurprisingly, the Dark Masters pay dearly for their arrogance. I felt especially bad for Piedmon, who went through the terrifying Gate of Destiny.
I like how the Dark Masters are representative of absolute evil - there's no shades of gray here. Their ultimate plan is to exterminate or enslave EVERYONE. I love that plan. None of them have a conscience, or have any delusions that what they are doing isn't evil. Indeed, they derive sadistic pleasure by committing heinous acts - if they were in the real world, such actions would amount to crimes against humanity. The Biblical concepts of `absolute good' and `absolute evil' don't exist in real-life, but it's sometimes refreshing to watch a TV show where they do exist, even if it's a simplified reality. Whether they're screaming "RIVER OF POWER!", razing entire cities to the ground, or threatening to destroy the Digi-Destined, I found them so entertaining that a few years ago I taped all the episodes featuring the Dark Masters.
The best quote of the show is when Machinedramon busts through a wall and says in his supercool voice "Oh good. Just what I was looking for. VICTIMS." Then Machinedramon proceeds to massacre everyone in his path. Another great moment was when Metaletemon was doing a rock song about destroying the Digi-Destined, then an annoyed and infuriated Puppetmon screams "ENOUGH!" before the two have a hilarious brawl and spit a lot of insults at each other.
I took a glance at some of the other negative customer reviews, and some good points are raised. This DVD set is not the whole season, and some nut only seems to have chosen the absolute worst episodes for inclusion of this set. THE EPISODES WITH THE DARK MASTERS AREN'T INCLUDED! Oh well... Machinedramon ought to use Plan ELIMIN EIGHT on this DVD set - notice their use of wordplay?
Great
I first discovered the series by accident in 1999. A first impression isn't an accurate depiction of what this series is about. Season 1 is by far the best of all the seasons, and was also the most imaginitive and suspencefull. Anyone who likes cartoons with action and soul (and who don't mind listening to corny dialog once in a while) should enjoy this relese.
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