Really, the only thing this release is missing is…well, the rest of the episodes. Those are quite entertaining in their own right. That’s about all you could ask for, since outtakes (usually profanity-bleep ridden) appear already in the show’s closing credits. Bonus features are scant, with a text bio on Ermey as well as two television promos. The DVD’s setup is actually pretty choice: when you click on an episode you’re taken straight to the scene selection menu, so you can watch sections or play the whole program. All of this delivered in Ermey’s unmatched style. Here you get such tasty bits of info as the story behind why there’s twenty-one guns in a twenty-one gun salute, how in the hell World War I flying aces didn’t blow their propellors off when they fired their machine guns (answer: in the beginning, they did) and where shrapnel gets its name. And it’s also respectful of the armed forces–not that anything with Ermey, who’s as much a Marine as the day is long, would be otherwise. No, instead, you get a show that’s not only endlessly entertaining but educational as well. Now, as cool as Ermey’s schtick is, it would get old in a hurry if it was just him shouting and carrying on for a half-hour show while blowing stuff up. Putting Ermey and the history of warfare into a single show– that’s the idea that seems so patently obvious once you’ve seen the commercial. And despite him trying to put a more motivational face on his tirades, let’s face it: he’s fun because he scares the crap out of you. It has been so ever since Full Metal Jacket. Ermey is famous for…well, acting like himself and terrorizing the masses. When Mail Call debuted on The History Channel not that long ago, it seemed like the biggest no-brainer in the history of informative shows. My Advice: Rent it fans should wait for the complete first season Anamorphic: N/A appears in its original 1.33:1 format.
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