Gorillaz - Phase One - Celebrity Take Down (Limited Edition)

Starring:Gorillaz
Studio: Virgin Records
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Where are the Gorillaz?
Whatever Happened to "Just Press Play " ?
Great!
Virus!!!!!
Dance 10, Looks 3 - difficult to navigate this DVD !

Gorillaz - Phase One - Celebrity Take Down
Starring: Gorillaz
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Music Video & Concerts | Genres | DVD | Video

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Gorillaz - Phase Two - Slowboat to Hades
Demon Days Live (At Manchester)
Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre
G-Sides
Demon Days

ASIN: B000077VR6
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Customer Reviews:

Where are the Gorillaz?.......2006-08-22

Even though this is a rather ingenious music dvd, what I had really wanted to see was the group perform. I saw them on TV recently at the Manchester Symphony Hall and loved the show. That's what prompted me to buy this dvd but, sadly, it is all animation.....not something I really like. Their music, however, is still fantastic, but it is hard to navigate through this creative, cartoon dvd.

Whatever Happened to "Just Press Play " ?.......2006-05-16

This would be a 5 star release if it weren't for the maddening and terribly frustrating navigation. Instead of a straight forward menu there are cutesy icons pointing the way to various "rooms" which again are full of more icons and hidden extras. You just never know what you're gonna get, until you watch it enough to commit the icons to memory. And, really, who has time for all that ?? Pop music and pop music videos should be fun to listen to and watch, and this is just far too much work.

Great!.......2006-03-19

This is a great Gorillaz DVD. But, don't expect it to have the new Demon Days stuff. It's a little old.

Virus!!!!!.......2006-03-08

The DVD itself is fine although I'm not satisfied watching only a few of their videos. However, this package comes with an extra CD where you can get wallpapers and screensavers. Don't make a mistake by installing this on your PC. My PC caught a virus!!!!!

Dance 10, Looks 3 - difficult to navigate this DVD ! .......2006-03-04

I love the videos on this DVD. The problem is there are so few of them and it's so hard to navigate; I mean it-this thing is really difficult to get around. If I could figure out how to simply play all the videos back to back, I'd have this thing in my DVD player all the time. But it seems the disc goes back to a main or secondary menu after every video. So you have to babysit the disc; that really takes the fun out of it.

If anyone knows how to make this thing just operate on autoplay let me know.

Gorillaz - Phase One - Celebrity Take Down (Limited Edition)

Average customer rating:

Mainly just for Gorillaz fans
Nothing special... we've seen it all before.
A little disappointed
2-D,Murdoc,Noodle,& Russel do it again!
2-D,Murdoc,Noodle,& Russel do it again!

Gorillaz - Phase One - Celebrity Take Down (Limited Edition)
Starring: Gorillaz
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Music Video & Concerts | Genres | DVD | Video

DVDs Under $14.99 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

( G ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

Gorillaz - Phase Two - Slowboat to Hades
Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre
Demon Days Live (At Manchester)
Demon Days

ASIN: B000077VR7
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Customer Reviews:

Mainly just for Gorillaz fans.......2003-09-14

It's about time we got a DVD from these guys. I've always wanted to see them talk/communicate with eachother outside songs, and we got it with this. The whole DVD is pretty much just their videos and story boards/animatics for them, but the videos are just so cool, that it's worth it to have them all right here. If you don't know which ones they've done- Tomorrow Comes Today, Clint Eastwood, 19-2000, Rock the House, and you get an animatic for 5/4. The coolest story board is for Clint Eastwood, where it shows a small extended ending to the video.

Aside from those, you get a few Gorillaz Bitez...which are quick animated shorts of them doing things (playing games, jumping over Russel, Murdoc killing an eel, etc.), a long "interview" about how the band got started. It's really funny actually. All of Murdoc's ex girlfriends talk about how sick he was and how he'd beat around 2-D. Then you get 2 live concert performances and one long visual presentation of most of the songs that don't have videos. It's mainly just a bunch of colors with the band flying around. It's pretty cool once you just lay back and watch it. There are a few other smaller extras that you should like if you like the band at all. But why would you be getting this if you didn't?

This limited edition comes with a CD-ROM...I don't know what it does since my computer has dead speakers (they're being used as foot rests right now) but it's probably tons of extras for the website. It also comes with really sweet stickers, just as cool as the promotional ones that came out when their first album came out 2 years ago...and a 52 page book that has tons of art and information. Oh yeah I almost forgot! Watch all of the Bitez (in order I think) and then go to the computer office screen. Then go to the upper left corner and you'll see a bonus video from their Space Monkeys album.

Get this if you like Gorillaz, or have interest in animation/comics. You won't be disappointed. And if you are, I'll buy your copy just to have back up.

Nothing special... we've seen it all before........2003-06-04

There's plainly just not enough material on this DVD. Yes, the menu is really cool but it is confusing. Since nothing is labeled, you just search around Gorillaz' house and highlight random objects and watch videos. They have the four music videos for "Clint Eastwood," "19-2000," "Tomorrow Comes Today," and "Rock da' House."

Those videos are all good, but honestly this DVD only gives you abount one hour of veiwing entertainment. The rest is filler of lame skits and the videos before they were filled in with color so they'e just pencil sketches.

A little disappointed.......2003-02-26

Being a huge Gorillaz fan, I was a little disappointed with their DVD release.

The upside- It's great having a way to access all the Gorillaz music videos, even their planned-yet-never-made video for "5/4" which is essentially storyboards synced to the music. The animated skits are cool and the illustrated booklet has a lot of great artwork, not to mention notes on how the "band" was formed

The downside- While there's also live show clips, I quickly lost interest in it. The interview included wasn't as informative as I had hoped. The aforementioned animated skits aren't even a minute in length each. Several of the music videos have storyboarded and animatic versions, which don't serve much of a purpose. A lot of it just seems to be filler. But the main problem is the navigation. It would have been nice to access clips and videos from the usual DVD menus. Instead it all uses icons and I had to constantly look at the map included with the DVD to figure out where I wanted to go. It also would have been nice to have all the music videos and animated skits grouped together instead of spread out to the different areas.

Celebrity Take Down is still a good Gorillaz DVD to own, but I can't help but feel it was only put out to sate Gorillaz fans and nothing more.

2-D,Murdoc,Noodle,& Russel do it again!.......2003-01-22

Well I am a very,very big Gorillaz fan,and for me,this was a declaration of creativity for the band. The concept of Gorillaz are four cartoon characters brought to life by Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl Comics) in association with Damon Albarn (Blur Frontman). 2-D is a whizzed out 24-year-old-migrane pill addict,Murdoc is a self-proclaimed,Black Sabbath loving, 36-year old Satanist,Russel is a 26-year old hip hopper who has the ghost of his buddy Del inside him,and Noodle is an 11 year old Japanese girl who shipped herself in a crate to the boys in response to their ad for a guitarist in the NME.
The title which is vey apply titled in fact,Contains all of their work to date,including a special documentary that was only aired in England during Christmas of 2001,and some sketchy work on the 5/4 video,which was later replaced with 19/2000. There are credits on the DVD,and are included in the "Bonus Secret Section" of the DVD,which will show up sometimes when you put it in and sometimes not. If not then you have to program your player to 8 if you really wanna see them.
The work is hidden all over Kong Studios,(Their home and studio) on the DVD,and fans will know if they are a regular visitor to the website. This s a MUST for all Gorilaz fans,and I should know. I am one!

2-D,Murdoc,Noodle,& Russel do it again!.......2003-01-22

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