Cheaply Chuck Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set Online

Aug 18, 2012 by johann10086

Cheaply Chuck Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set Online

So…Chuck may be the best show on network television right now. I know that’s a bold statement. But I stand by it. The season three finales (more on that in a second) really moved the show into a different level. It’s exciting to see a show hit its stride, right in front of you. And Chuck is striding right now.

Now if we can only get people watching it so Chuck Seasons 1-5 DVD Box Set can stop hawking Subway sandwiches. (More on that, too.)

I’ve been a fan of Chuck since the beginning and a fairly rabid one at that. For a comic/sci-fi geek with delusions of grandeur, what could possibly be better than a show about a comic/sci-fi geek who has a secret government computer downloaded into his head, turning him into a super-spy? With a hot girlfriend? It’s wish fulfillment, sure. Who doesn’t like wishes?

TV is an interesting medium. I’ve mentioned it before, but Chuck really drives it home: TV is a strange and somewhat unholy combination of marketing, advertising and art. The three facets work together and against each other all the time and sometimes make each other better. A show like Chuck is marketed, fairly aggressively, at Charmed Seasons 1-8 DVD Box Set certain segment of the audience. It’s pitched to them, but it’s also written for them. Don’t get me wrong; I think it has a wide appeal. But it’s a show about a fairly comfortable, smart, well-educated white guy in his late twenties finding himself. There are and have been a lot of shows like that. I had a thought about this the other day, when watching the Lost finale: most, if not all, television shows are about maturation. We call it growth or character development or whatever, but most shows are about young people (or immature people) growing up. Chuck is about spies and kicks and punches and all, but it’s really about Chuck Bartowski deciding what he wants to be when he grows up. It’s a compelling narrative, sure. But it’s also a narrative that appeals to that most desired audience, the 18-34 age range who are (we hope) actually maturing in real life. So much television treads over and over this ground, in so many ways, it’s hard to have something new to say. But Chuck does.

Chuck, when it works the best, and this season was the best of the three, reminds me of the male version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at its best. What I liked about Buffy was that it took experiences that you have in high school, some that are particularly experiences of young women, and translated them into this supernatural framework. So your boyfriend who was so sweet and loving turned into a jerk the first time you slept together? Well, he’s a vampire Chappelle’s Show Seasons 1-3 DVD Box Set now he has no soul! Chuck functions in a similar way, taking the experiences of being a young man, and translating them to a fanciful world. Your boss needs you to do something you don’t want to do? Of course! You have to kill somebody you think is cool! Chuck struggles with the choice between the life he has, which may be less than perfect, but is generally safe and the life he could be leading. This season revolved around what it costs for Chuck to make that leap from nerd guy who sits in the car while the agents kick ass to actual spy.

And they played it well. At the end of last season, Chuck downloaded a new Intersect program that gave him all of these new fighting techniques. This season, we learned that it only worked when he was calm. It became a season about Chuck controlling his emotions and acting like a grown-up and how he finds his Castle Seasons 1-4 DVD Box Set there, without losing himself. With a uniformly strong cast and strong writing, it was a great journey.

Now, here’s the thing about Chuck: It’s barely breathing ratings-wise. The thing that’s saved it the last couple of times has been the combination of a rabid fan-base and sponsorship, most particularly from Subway. A few times a season we have to endure in-show commercials for Subway products. Thankfully, the folks from Chuck skirt the line between mocking and sincere with these, so they’re not too odious. But they’re still pretty odious. It’s what they have to do to stay on the air, so I accept it. But I hope it doesn’t start a trend.