{"id":8455,"date":"2014-11-18T23:58:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T07:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=8455"},"modified":"2014-11-18T23:59:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T07:59:06","slug":"review-robotchicken-christmas-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/11\/review-robotchicken-christmas-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The \u201cRobot Chicken\u201d: Christmas Specials<\/strong> collection is geared more toward casual fans as, from what I can tell, everything on this disc was previously released in some fashion in the season sets, features included. The DVD itself has OK audio and video while the commentaries are at least entertaining.<\/p>\n

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“Robot Chicken”: Christmas Specials<\/span>
\n(2005-2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Animation, Comedy
\nWarner Bros. | TVMA \u2013 66 min. \u2013 $14.97 | November 18, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n <\/b>MOVIE INFO:<\/span>
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Various
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Matthew Senreich (created by)
\nVoice Cast: <\/strong>Seth Green, Seth MacFarlane, Breckin Meyer, Elizabeth Banks, Erika Christensen, Skeet UlrichDISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>Commentaries, Deleted Scenes
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

HO! HO! HO! Got the Christmas blues? This DVD is brimming with the kind of holiday spirit sure to recharge your jingle bells!<\/p>\n

Once the screaming kids have gone to bed and Granddad\u2019s sleeping off his seventh whiskey sour, pop in this collection of the award winning \u201cRobot Chicken\u201d<\/strong> yuletide specials and feel your jolly meter rising! Witness Extreme Santa Clause fistfights! Exploding reindeer! And exponentially increasing elf body count!<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>This is a cash-grab by Warner putting together their previously released Christmas Specials onto one disc so this is less for fans and more toward casual viewers. Still, the specials are really funny and often clever.<\/p>\n

Included in this collection are:
\n– Robot Chicken\u2019s Christmas Special (2005)<\/p>\n

– Robot Chicken\u2019s Half-Assed Christmas Special (2007)<\/p>\n

– Robot Chicken\u2019s Full-Assed Christmas Special (2009)<\/p>\n

– Robot Chicken\u2019s DP Christmas Special (2010)<\/p>\n

– Robot Chicken\u2019s ATM Christmas Special (2012)<\/p>\n

– Robot Chicken\u2019s Born Again Virgin Christmas Special (2013)<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Commentaries<\/strong><\/span> are available on \u2018Robot Chicken\u2019s Half-Assed Christmas Special\u2019 with Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Mike Fasolo, Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root; \u2018Robot Chicken\u2019s Full-Assed Christmas Special\u2019 with Green, Senreich, Erika Christensen, Root and Zeb Wells; \u2018Robot Chicken\u2019s DP Christmas Special\u2019 with Green, Senreich, Sasha Barrese, Macaulay Culkin, Fasolo and Clare Grant; and \u2018Robot Chicken\u2019s ATM Christmas Special\u2019 with Green, Senreich, Rachel Bloom, Lucas Grabeel, Root and Michaela Watkins<\/p>\n

The disc includes a collection of Deleted Scenes (1:19)<\/strong><\/span>, Deleted Animatics (3:35)<\/strong><\/span> and Promos (0:49)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.5\/5 | AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5
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The early episodes are presented in their originally televised 1.33 full frame aspect ratio while later ones are in 1.78 widescreen. Colors tend to be bright and there\u2019s minimal artifacting.<\/p>\n

The Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks sound decent providing for clear dialogue and audio effects.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, the \u201cRobot Chicken\u201d: Christmas Specials<\/strong> collection is geared more toward casual fans as, from what I can tell, everything on this disc was previously released in some fashion in the season sets, features included. The DVD itself has OK audio and video while the commentaries are at least entertaining.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>11\/18\/2014<\/p>\n

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The \u201cRobot Chicken\u201d: Christmas Specials collection is geared more toward casual fans as, from what I can tell, everything on this disc was previously released in some fashion in the season sets, features included. The DVD itself has OK audio and video while the commentaries are at least entertaining.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[1122,704,1263,931,626,627,1123],"class_list":["post-8455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-breckin-meyer","tag-elizabeth-banks","tag-erika-christensen","tag-robot-chicken","tag-seth-green","tag-seth-macfarlane","tag-skeet-ulrich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8457,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8455\/revisions\/8457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}