Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest DVD

Advantages: It's very funny
Disadvantages: It's not worth £10 on its own.

...this involves putting the Griffin family - consisting of 2 parents, 2 teenage children, one baby and a dog - into "Star Wars" along with some of their friends and neighbours. In the "Blue Harvest" episode, a show that was originally planned as the opening episode to the sixth series of the show, the Griffins are watching TV when the power goes out. To fill what would otherwise be empty space, Peter tells the family the story of "Star Wars". Princess ...
...the 6 minute "Introduction to Family Guy" section was to introduce non-fans to the show. The fact that there is an option to watch this as an additional section to the "Blue Harvest" episode itself as well as separately as a DVD extra does seem to back this up slightly. Whilst it does give the uninitiated a run through of the characters, it's just a series of clips and doesn't really give a great feel of how the show itself works, which kind of ruins ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent interpretation, funny, Family Guy and Star Wars fans must see
Disadvantages: A little short

...hadn't at least heard of Family Guy, never mind watched it. So I will skip a full introduction to the show and it's characters. I must admit it took me a while to take notice of Family Guy but once I watched one episode, I was hooked. Family Guy is a cartoon series based around the very dysfunctional Griffin family and uses a combination of abstract and outrageous humour, and makes considerable use of flash backs and cutaways from the main story ...
...that have been filed against Family Guy over the years! Family Guy was first screened in 1999 and then subsequently cancelled by FOX Network in 2000 and again in 2002 and became the 1st cancelled show to be brought out of retirement based on the strength of the DVD sales (Futurama has apparently followed suit, hooray!). A warning for parents though, this may be a cartoon but as the seasons progress the language and violence gets increasingly worse, ... Read review

Advantages: Great characters, writing, animation...
Disadvantages: I suppose it could have been longer

As a big fan of Family Guy and a long standing geek, sorry, fan of Star Wars, it was a matter of time until I got my hands on the Family Guy spoof of Star Wars IV: A New Hope (that's the original one, often just referred to as Star Wars). WHAT IS IT? The writers of Family Guy found themselves making references to Star Wars in the scripts so often that the law team said they had to get permission from Lucasfilm. As it turns out, Lucasfilm were so ...
...minute (i.e. double episode length) Family Guy take on Star Wars, which is the opening to series 6. We also get a whole bunch of features, which I'll come to later. Trivia: Blue Harvest was the name used by Lucasfilm when filming Return of the Jedu on location in a forest, in order to avoid fans who would try to infiltrate the set if they knew what was really being filmed. THE PLOT Do I really need to outline the plot of Star Wars? Really? Seriously, ... Read review

Advantages: Few titters
Disadvantages: Lazy attempt

...haven't been able to watch Family Guy the same way since South Park done a brilliant episode that actually summed up the show and made you realize the truth. But this aside, this release is nothing more than an extended Family Guy episode shoved on a disc with a star wars marketing angle to sell it, at 45-minutes it's not even feature length despite what some comments made have made out. But is the episode any good? Well it's mildly amusing but ...
...If you really like Family Guy then this will probably be a pleaser but honestly I could have just as easily gave it a miss. - The DVD - The full frame transfer on this disc is pretty good but then I'd imagine a lot of the animation comes from a digital source. The soundtrack also offers a little more punch than your usual television audio. - Extras - The audio commentary offers a little amusing insight into the making of the episode as various ... Read review

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: Perhaps not so funny if you have not seen Star Wars

Family Guy is essentially a cartoon, currently airing on BBC3 and occassionally BBC2. It follows the eccentric life styles of the Griffin family. At its head is Peter Griffin, a rather idiotic buffoon with his long suffering but not without fault Lois. Chris and Meg are the children along with Stewie, a talking one year old with a British accent and a passion for world domination and killing his mother. Brian is the intelligent talking lush of a ...
...Star Wars. The Griffin family are sitting around theTV when there is a blackout. In his own unique style, Peter decides to retell the Star Wars: A new Hope film, recasting the Griffin family in all the major roles. Stewie is perfect as Darth Vader. For those fo you who don't know the Star Wars A new Hope story where have you been for the last thirty years? Here it is in brief. Galactic Empire are the baddies with Darth Vader, stormtroopers and ... Read review