The Mighty Boosh-Series 2 (2004) |
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General | Extras | ||
Category | Comedy |
Short Film-Sweet Short Film-Pilot Episode Featurette-Boosh Publicity Featurette-Making Of Outtakes Deleted Scenes Gallery-Photo Audio Commentary-For all episodes Featurette-Boosh Music |
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Year Of Production | 2004 | ||
Running Time | 167:53 (Case: 300) | ||
RSDL / Flipper |
Dual Layered Dual Disc Set |
Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region Coding | 4 | Directed By | Paul King |
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Roadshow Home Entertainment |
Starring |
Noel Fielding Julian Barratt Michael Fielding Rich Fulcher Matt Berry Victoria Wicks |
Case | Amaray-Transparent-Dual | ||
RPI | $29.95 | Music | Julian Barratt |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) |
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Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | ||
16x9 Enhancement |
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Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles | English | Smoking | No |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | Yes |
Season 2 of The Mighty Boosh sees Howard Moon (Julian Barrat) and Vince Noir (Noel Fielding) having left the zoo to pursue their music career. Lodging in the spare room of Naboo the Shaman's (Michael Fielding) flat, the pair go to great lengths to further their careers and impress birds. Bollo the gorilla has also escaped the zoo and is living as Naboo's familiar when he is not a DJ on the local club circuit.
This season sees a slightly different formula to the show. The humour is the same and the situations just as ridiculous as those in the first series, but the format is a little closer to a conventional sitcom than the first season. Most notably, there is a lot less of the characters talking directly to the audience to set up gags. Series 2 is a bit more adventurous than the first series, but ultimately not as funny. It certainly compares favourably to anything else being made at the moment, but the first series of The Mighty Boosh is a lot to live up to.
For a bit more background on the show, check out our review of the first series.
The episodes featured in the series are:
The show is presented in its original 1.78:1 aspect ratio and is 16x9 enhanced.
The video is is of a high standard, provided your expectations are for a modest-budget British comedy shot on video. The image is quite sharp. There is a small degree of low level noise noticeable in each of the episodes. There is a good degree of detail visible in shadows and dark scenes.
The colours in the show are quite bold, but skin tones are occasionally a touch on the pink side.
The series looks to have been shot in-studio on video, so there are no film artefacts visible. There are no noticeable MPEG compression related artefacts.
English subtitles are provided. Based on the portion I sampled, they appear accurate and reasonably well timed.
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One English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 Kbps) soundtrack is present in each episode. It is of a high quality for a stereo track.
The dialogue is clearly audible and well synchronized throughout.
The show generally breaks into song at least once every episode and uses tracks from previous episodes as background music occasionally. As well as being a highlight of the show itself, the musical numbers particularly highlight the great sonic depth featured in the soundtrack.
There is a noticeable degree of pro-logic surround usage in the soundtrack, particularly during the musical numbers. The musical numbers also feature plenty of deep bass that is picked up in the subwoofer region.
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The pilot episode for the show is presented complete and unedited. The script for the pilot and a portion of the footage would go on to form the basis for the Tundra episode in the first series. About half of what is here is different to the broadcast episode of Tundra and plenty of the ad libbed one-liners are different. The pilot also features Richard Ayoade (who has found success recently with The IT Crowd) as the enigmatic adventurer Dixon Bainbridge.
A short film starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barrat that was made several years prior to The Mighty Boosh. Fielding plays Pete Sweet, a hip young guy who falls in love with a friend's imaginary sister but raises his best mate Stitch's (Barrat) jealousy in the process. A suitably offbeat and funny bonus.
A day in the life of the Boosh guys on the publicity trail. Starting with an early morning pick up to take them to a breakfast TV show, this fly on the wall footage follows them to a host of publicity engagements throughout the day.
A very worthwhile making of that covers all the bases. From development of the episodes, through to creation of the sets and effects.
An assortment of set mishaps, forgotten lines and failed ad-libs. Given the short running time, this lot are worth a watch.
Most of these "deleted scenes" are really just extended bits on existing scenes. Pretty much all of them appear to have been trimmed for time rather than because they weren't funny. These are well worth a watch as there are some gems in there.
Most of the musical numbers from the episodes are available as individual clips. Although this presents nothing that can't be seen in the episodes themselves, it's a good feature simply because the musical bits are frequently the most fun in the episodes.
23 fairly mundane promotional shots navigated with the remote.
Commentary for each episode is included. The commentaries are a bit of a muddle of shaggy dog stories. They are occasionally funny and occasionally try a little too hard for laughs, but are never particularly informative.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
An identical set to the Region 4 release is available in Region 2. The Mighty Boosh is not currently available in Region 1.
Another great series of Britain's most bizarre comedy of the moment. Series two of The Mighty Boosh is not quite up to the standard of the first series, but it's close.
The video and audio are both of a high standard. The extras are excellent in number and quality.
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DVD | Sony Playstation 3, using HDMI output |
Display | Samsung 116cm LA46M81BD. Calibrated with THX Optimizer. This display device is 16x9 capable. This display device has a maximum native resolution of 576i (PAL). |
Audio Decoder | Pioneer VSX-D512. Calibrated with Video Essentials/Digital Video Essentials. |
Amplification | Pioneer VSX2016AVS |
Speakers | 150W DTX front speakers, and a 100W centre and 2 surrounds, 12 inch PSB Image 6i powered sub |