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Family Guy Presents: Something Something Something Dark Side |  | Actors: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  151 reviews
Sales Rank: 3088
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 22 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: 024543626954
UPC: 024543626954
EAN: 0024543626954
ASIN: B002LARYTW
Release Date: December 22, 2009
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Product Description
Peter Griffin and his family have a Star Wars adventure with the events of "The empire strikes back."
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Chris Griffin is right: when it comes to obsessive geekery and mining absurdity from the minutiae of the Star Wars universe, the comic force is stronger with Robot Chicken. But Family Guy strikes back with the second episode in its goof on the original holy trilogy. The animation is more impressive than the jokes, which are scattered all over the galaxy--the good (an Empire recruitment film), the bad (Yoda's teachings revolve around guy-movie trivia), and the ugly (wholly gratuitous--and here unbleeped--F-bombs). Devoted viewers will catch in-jokes inside of other in-jokes (this program takes its title from the season 5 episode "Barely Legal," in which the Emperor discovers the formula for great Star Wars dialogue). There is some interesting stunt casting with nebbish Mort Goldman as Lando Calrissian and the Giant Chicken as Boba Fett. James Caan cameos, as does, sorta, Tom Selleck. And Meg is once again reduced to embodying a hideous space creature, although at least she gets a line of dialogue. The DVD and Blu-ray editions contain metachlorine-rich extra features, including lively (and at times slanderous) audio commentary by Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, writer Kirker Butler, director Dominic Polcino, and others; optional trivia pop-ups; and a table read of the Something, Something script. There is also a sneak-preview table read of the next installment, We Have a Bad Feeling About This. If I were an Ewok, I'd be worried, or on the phone to a lawyer. --Donald Liebenson
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 3 something darkside August 16, 2010
Brent Bowen
Funny movie poking fun at an old favorite. I am sure that once the 3rd one will come out it will be popular as well. Great to have in library even greater to pick it up on the cheap from an amazon vendor used - I wouldn't want to pay full retail for it.
As a Star Wars fan, I enjoyed this! August 5, 2010
Christopher Barrett (Portland, Oregon)
Not for non-Star Wars fans, even those who like Family Guy. Basically if you haven't seen and appreciated The Empire Strikes Back, you will have little love for this film. A female friend of mine who loves Family Guy, but who never has seen Star Wars (right?!?!?!?!?!) hated it.
I appreciate the witty humor and the crossover of the Family Guy characters into their Star Wars roles.
If you like this you should also check out Shin Chan, a Japanese anime spoof of star wars. Pretty freaking awesome too!
 Family Guy Presents: Something Something Something Dark Side July 24, 2010
David W. Smith (Los Angeles)
Outstanding! Talk about bang for your buck! Fans will NOT be disappointed; tons of extras and really funny stuff that you won't see on TV.
Family Guy Presents: Something (x3) Dark Side (Blu-ray) June 25, 2010
Tony Khamvongsouk (Frisco, TX)
Movie - 4.0
Having been merely an off/on viewer of Family Guy throughout the last few years, I find it a bit surprising that for as few episodes as I've seen that I still like the show a lot, yet won't go out of my way to catch up on the ones I've missed. I only discovered Blue Harvest two years ago (a year after it actually came out) and finally got around to watching both it and Something (x3) Dark Side a few weeks ago. With that said, I'm also a big Star Wars fan (grew up watching the original trilogy many, many times as a kid). Combine the raunchy, vulgar, witty, humor and repetitious mannerisms of Peter and company with the ageless classic and you've got quite the satirical homage. Essentially, you get the mixed bag of potty-mouth dialogue, wordplay, and slapstick shenanigans any Family Guy fan would expect, only it's all been re-adapted. Characters from the show play themselves under the guises of their supposed Star Wars counterparts, and do so pretty well. It's not so much a retelling of George Lucas' epic sci-fi tale, so much as it is a long episode of Family Guy using those elements to entertain us. It's not a flat-out parody like Spaceballs either, but it's fun to watch for both its quirkiness to the new and respect to the old. Some of the jokes and one-liners are hit or miss leading to laugh-out-loud moments or complete and utter silence, while some of the characters' actions are just blatantly vulgar for no reason (perhaps to surprise the audience since this is normally edited for TV), though I'd offer to wage MacFarlane just wanted to get the unrated jitters out of his system. I'm also a bit disappointed that both this and Blue Harvest were only limited to 2 acts instead of 3. Not that I want them to make full-length features or anything, but for something as contextually rich as Star Wars I think a longer run time could've benefited for a much more entertaining event. But alas, this is all there is, and we'll just have to wait for the Return of the Jedi parody.
Video - 4.5
While it's only 2D animation and at an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, Dark Side looks remarkably good. Colors are especially vibrant in recreating the Family Guy color palette, while at the same time showing a great amount of line detail in the backgrounds and Star Wars designs of the feature itself. I especially thought some of the more action-packed animation sequences had a very fluid presentation to them and made for an overall pleasant picture. There are very few instances of any real problems like blocking, aliasing, or other artifacts, though there may be some slight banding in the sky of Cloud City, but it's not too noticeable unless you're actually looking for imperfections. If anything, the only real downside to the video is the 4:3 format. The presentation itself looks fantastic, but the black bars on the side kind of make you wish they had utilized that extra space to make a more spacious and fulfilling image. Other than that, great job by Fox.
Audio - 4.5
For the Star Wars fan in me, I was stoked to hear John William's score in lossless audio. The main theme, Imperial March, and other classic pieces are recreated to sonic perfection and sound absolutely stunning as a substitute for the real thing until Lucas decides to get off his butt and start remastering a Star Wars' BD release. Sound effects have a good deal of depth and dimensionality as well, with separation coming off mostly from the front, and a little bit on the sides. Dialogue is clear, though a smidgen too loud from the center, sometimes overpowering the rest of the sound field and even causing me to turn down the volume at points. LFEs aren't too frequent, but given this was a TV show the overall sound design still possesses excellent fidelity, while at the same time giving you a sample of what Star Wars will hopefully sound like when it comes to BD.
Extras - 3.0
The special features are pretty limited. Topping it is a very entertaining commentary with a big chunk of the crew responsible for making this and Seth Green. It's informative, fun to listen to, and a good supplement for the product itself. Other specials include a table read of the unfinished script, the surprisingly detailed making-of for the poster art, a Pop-up Video-esque factoid feature for the film, an animatic comparison, and a very short preview for the upcoming Return of the Jedi spoof. All of the video stuff is in HD, and while somewhat lacking overall, is still a good deal for such a short movie.
Overall - 4.0
If you like Family Guy and Star Wars equally, this is definitely worth checking out. If you're not quite either, then some of the mixed elements from each might be a turn off. I personally Dark Side to be pretty funny, albeit a little misfiring at some points and way too short overall. But it makes for some good laughs if you're feeling the mood for that sort of humor. Presented by Fox with excellent A/V quality and a decent set of extras, Family Guy Presents: Something Something Something Dark Side comes recommended for fans.
 Disappointingly Unfunny June 23, 2010
Rosey Posey (...)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't understand the rave reviews of this movie, it simply was not that good. I'm a huge fan of Family Guy, and Star Wars... I loved Blue Harvest. I've watched it over and over again, its hilarious. Something, Something, Something, Darkside was very disappointing, not nearly as funny as Blue Harvest. The jokes were flat, and rushed through. I get the use of all of Quohog's residents playing their various parts, but the Yoda character was really bad. Could the dialoge have been any lamer? There was nothing funny whatsoever in that entire sequence. It pains me to say this because I'm that big of a fan of Family Guy, but this was a total waste of money and a huge disappointment.
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