Glee Season 1, Volume 1: Road to Sectionals DVD is Awesome, Michelle’s Review

DVD

I’ll admit I’m a late with my review of Glee Season 1, Volume 1: The Road To Sectionals. I was actually afraid to watch it, Glee was my favorite show of the fall and I honestly didn’t think it’d hold up to repeat viewing, I’m glad to be wrong. I watched a few minutes of the DVD and I was hooked all over again. Glee is like watching two different shows – you have the Baby Glee, which is kind of dark, dreary, and all about Teenage Pregnancy drama, and a separate story about someone faking a Pregnancy then you have the 2nd show that is about the actual Glee Club which is like a breath of sunshine. I love everything that has to do with the actual Glee Club, the baby stuff always felt completely out of place. Sometimes the singing on the show is spotty but what makes Glee work is that every song has a purpose and when the Glee Kids do them or my new dream man Mr. Schuester does one of his white man rap numbers they are done with such wild gusto that you can’t help but get caught up in the moment.

As a former Band Geek, Glee feels real to me. It’s just like my High School bands and choirs, Cliques didn’t matter once you are in that room. My HS Band and Choir were made up of Jocks, Cheerleaders, Nerds, Yearbook, etc. We’d sit there and just Jam. It’s one of the many reasons school music programs are vital – they help bring the student body together. Every episode of Glee is packed with memorable moments that made me either cry or stand up and cheer. It’s a rare show that can have that powerful an effect on me.

The great thing about The Road To Sectionals is this entire 13 episode Arc feels complete and self-contained. It was about as perfect a finale as you can have, all plot threads and loose ends were tied up in a flawless manner. It’s hard to believe this show is from the brain of Ryan Murphy the same guy who brought us Nip/Tuck.

Previews

  • Defying Gravity
  • Fame 2009
  • Flicka 2
  • Night at the Museum 2
  • My One and Only

Features

  • Welcome to Mckinley! (5 Min)
  • Glee Music Video (3 Min) – Nice video of Somebody to Love
  • Full Length Audition Pieces – Rachel singing “On My Own” and Mercedes singing “Respect”
  • Fox Movie Channel Presents Casting Session (12 Min)
  • Deconstructing Glee with Ryan Murphy (3 Min) – The Creator talks about Glee
  • Dance Boot Camp (3 Min)
  • Jane Lynch A to Glee (1 Min)
  • Meet Jane Lynch (1 Min)
  • Things you don’t know about Jayma (1 Min)
  • Things you don’t know about Cory (1 Min)
  • Things you don’t know about Amber (1 Min)
  • 7 Things you don’t know about Chris (1 Min)
  • Video Diaries (The entire Cast did one, they are about 1 – 3 minutes each)

Comments

This is a strong DVD while there are no Audio Commentaries I do love the presentation. It’s easy to get to each DVD; the navigation is visual on the top menu but easy to get into and out of each episode. I absolutely love the fact that they include a full episode synopsis on each episode menu screen. The Menu fonts are big and easy to read. All the extra features are on Disc 5, they are ok Featurettes and all too short to really matter. I wish they “Jump to Music” feature, or at the very least include some of the musical moments on on the Extras disk. If you like Glee, there’s no reason not to get this.

Grades

  • Show – A
  • Picture Quality – A
  • Audio – A
  • Presentation – A
  • Features – B

Final Overall Grade – A

EM Review by
Michelle Alexandria
Originally posted 2.11.2010

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