“Robot Chicken: Season 6” is crazier than ever! And for fans of the series, you’re getting a jam-packed Blu-ray release with a lot of special features included! If you dig the series and are aware of its adult humor then this Blu-ray release is recommended!
TITLE: Robot Chicken: Season 6
FILM RELEASE: 2012
DURATION: 220 Minutes
BLU-RAY DISC INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition, 16:9, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital English 5.1, Subtitles: English SDH
COMPANY: Adult Swim
RATED: TV MA L
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Directed by Zeb Wells
Written by Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Jordan Allen-Dutton, Zeb Wells, Matthew Ireland Beans, Rachel Bloom, Jason Reich, Mehar Sethi, Jessica Gao
Executive Producer: John Harvatine IV, Eric Towner
Co-Producer: Ethan Marak
Supervising Producer: Janet Dimon
Line Producer: Victoria L. Howard
Associate Producer: Nakia Trower
Music by Shawn Patterson
Cinematography by Helder Sun
Edited by Matt Mariska, Jenny McKibben
Casting by Ivy Isenberg
Art Direction by Trisha Gum
Featuring the voices of:
Seth Green
Breckin Meyer
Matthew Senreich
Dan Milano
Tom Root
Laurent Vernin
Seth MacFarlane
Jamie Kaler
Abraham Benrubi
Victor Yerrid
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Cybernetic fowl from the Adult Swim late-night animated bizarro programming block is back with another full season of Emmy Award-winning stop motion comedy insanity! Twenty colossal, mega-sized quarter-hour episodes! An avalanche of expertly produced, lovingly crafted extras that were not in any way thrown together at the last minute! All on a spinny disc, read by lasers! LASERS! What, are we in space?
In 2005, actor Seth Green (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Austin Powers” films) and Matthew Senreich along with writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root went on to create “Robot Chicken”.
Back when “ToyFare” was published, the magazine writers Senreich, Goldstein and Root would feature a humorous photo comic-strip and sure enough along with Green, the guys would create a sketch comedy featuring parodies of popular American pop culture using toys via stop-motion or claymation. Inspired by a dish at Kung Pao Bistro, “Robot Chicken” was born and it would air on Carton Network’s “Adult Swim” in 2005.
The show has won an Annie Award including three Academy Awards and as the series is on its seventh season, the sixth season of “Robot Chicken” is being released on Blu-ray and DVD in October 2013.
And this time around, the crew bring in more celebrities for voicework but also a few female writers for a fun and crazy season!
For those not familiar with “Robot Chicken”, each episode is about eleven minutes long and features a number of stop-motion and claymation skits. The episodes are not for children as their is profanity and adult discussions on each episode.
For the sixth season, there are a total of 20 episodes. Here is a spoilerless summary of each episode:
- EPISODE 111 – Executed by the State – G.I. Joe’s new modern challenge. The origin of the Starbucks logo and Wile E. Coyote takes on the Road Runner and what happens when Orville Redenbacher confronts the “Children of the Corn”.
- EPISODE 112 – Crushed by a Steamroller on my 53rd Birthday – Alvin and the Chipmunks have alone time with their female human groupies. Mary Poppins is being investigated. G.I. Joe helps the modern army fight the Taliban.
- EPISODE 113 – Robot Chicken’s ATM Christmas Special – Wilson from “Cast Away” is found and what happens when Thelma is unavailable to help Scooby Doo and the gang.
- EPISODE 114- Poisoned by Relatives – The Shirt Tales gang fight in World War II and Osama Bin Laden’s end.
- EPISODE 115 – Hurtled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train – Adventures with E.T., Captain Planet has a new mission.
- EPISODE 116 – Disemboweled by an Orphan – Frosty goes through a change, what happens when tourists witness He-Man and Skeletor fighting.
- EPISODE 117 – In Bed Surrounded by Love Ones – The Lego people react to non-conformity and the consequences that Captain Kirk must face.
- EPISODE 118 – Choked on Multi-Colored Scarves – The Robot Chicken Nerd joins Team Fortress 2 and She-Ra’s revelation.
- EPISODE 109 – Hemlock, Gin and Juice – Krypto is neutered, Dora the Explore turns 15 and why are the Angry Birds to angry?
- EPISODE 110 – Collateral Damage in Gang Turf War – E.T. takes over an ER, why Black Widow and Hawkeye are members of the Avengers.
- EPISODE 111 – Eviscerated Post-Coital by a Six Foot Mantis – Mario and Luigi become rich and Rambo purchases modern furniture.
- EPISODE 112 – Butchered in Burbank – The real life of Pac-Man, what kind of junk will Ariel find?
- EPISODE 113 – Robot Chicken’s ATM Christmas Special – Justin Bieber’s new holiday song, Santa contacts Jason Bourne to give Bieber a Christmas gift, G.I. Joe members try to decide what to give Snake Eyes for Christmas.
- EPISODE 114 – Papercut to Aorta – Badtz-Maru goes back to his old ways, “Hunger Games” Smurf style!
- EPISODE 115 – Caffeine-Induced Aneurysm– The end of iCarly.
- EPISODE 116 – Eaten by Cats – The Teletubbies become the new Power Rnagers, Mjolnir becomes annoying.
- EPISODE 117 – Botched Jewel Heist – Jasoon Voorhees meets with Michael Meyers.
- EPISODE 118 -Robot Fight Accident – The “Robot Chicken” nerd becomes Little Red Riding Hood.
- EPISODE 119 – Choked on a Bottle Cap – The Humping Robot is back and it attacks the Navy and what happens when the Thunder Cats are in heat?
- EPISODE 120 – Immortal -Â Cabin in the Woods parody.
VIDEO:
“Robot Chicken: Season 6” is presented in 1080p High Definition. The picture quality for the toys are good as fabrics can be seen in great detail. Colors are vibrant, sharpness is good. Of course, the details can be seen when it comes to the toy and claymation figures.
AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
“Robot Chicken: Season 6” is presented in 5.1 DTS-HD MA and 2.0 Stereo with English SDH subtitles.
Dialogue is clear and understandable, while certain scenes with explosions have good dynamic range coming from the front channels. For the most part, the episodes are primarily front and center-channel driven. With a few occurrences of LFE.
But the dialogue, sound effects and music are crystal clear.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Robot Chicken: Season 6r” comes with the following special features:
- Audio Commentary – All 20 “Robot Chicken: Season 6” episodes includes audio commentary by Seth Green, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Skeet Ulrich and Zeb Wells.
- Making of Season 6 – (10:08) Doug Goldstein, Zeb Wells, crew and cast talk about season six. Also, behind-the-scenes of recording in the studio.
- The Wilson Identity: From People to Puppets – (1:33) Zeb Wells and crew planning the Wilson segment and comparison to the final product.
- They Came to Play – (5:35) Seth Green talks about how they have fun doing this job and how the celebrities can come in and have fun for season 6.
- Our First Ladies – (6:15) The female writers for “Robot Chicken”.
- Kirkman on Kirkman – (2:26) Robert Kirkman talks about playing himself on “Robot Chicken”.
- Outtakes! – (3:53) The outtakes from season six of “Robot Chicken”.
- My First Time… – (1:43) The first time of the celebrities doing “Robot Chicken”.
- The Dirt on Seth and Matt – (2:23) – Celebrities talk about Seth and Matt.
- The Inside Joke – (2:00) About the Mike Fasolo character.
- The Benefits of Robot Chicken – (3:31) How “Robot Chicken” can give one benefits by the sheer mention of the name.
- Who the F*** is Zeb?? – (6:14) Crew talk about their new director and co-writer, Zeb Wells.
- Post-Apocalyptic Future of Holidays – (4:54) Behind-the-scenes of “Post-Apocalyptic Future of Holidays”.
- Deleted Channel Flips – (13:10) Every deleted things on the cutting room floor (sketches).
- Chicken Nuggets – Featuring the episode plus access to the sketch by sketch video commentary (a chicken icon appears on screen, and you need to hit enter on your remote). For episode 1 – “Executed by the State”, Episode 13 – “Robot Chicken’s ATM Christmas Special” and episode 20 – “Immortal”.
- Deleted Scenes – (2:40) Featuring five deleted scenes: Airport Thumper, Pac-Man Colonic, Frank Gone Wrong, Fugitive Death, Giraffe Skeleton.
- Deleted Animatics – (55:13) Featuring 37 deleted scenes with video intros by crew and sketch animatics.
EXTRAS:
“Robot Chicken: Season 6” comes with an UltraViolet code (Digital Copy) and a slipcase.
As a fan of “Robot Chicken”, the comedy around stop motion and action figures/toys was a fascinating and hilarious concept when it was first conceived and still remains crazy, hilarious and fun today!
Sure, the comedy is mature and each episode is about 11 minutes long but part of the allure is how much stop-motion and the amount of creativity that goes into the making for each small stop-motion story in each episode.
I haven’t personally counted on how many stop-motion toy skits there are per episode but I can imagine that the serious takes a long time just to create but most importantly, the creativity that comes into writing for each episode and trying to emulate what is seen on the script and making it happen and believable with the action figures and toys.
But with the sixth season of “Robot Chicken”, it’s crazy and raunchy as ever.
What happens when G.I. Joe is sent to join with a modern military to fight with the Taliban? What happens when the Thundercats go in heat? What happens when the Great Zordon brings in their new Power Rangers, the Teletubbies? What is the truth about Pac-Man? What happens when Wilson of “Cast Away” makes it back to the United States? And what happens when Alvin & the Chipmunks find out they have female fans that are human?
The “G.I. Joe” segments are hilarious. For those who remember the animated series, most of the time the group were trying to stop technological weapons of destruction, but this time around, everyone has to train the current military and fight the Taliban. And sure enough, G.I. Joe learns that their military days and today’s military are quite different?
The “Alvin & the Chipmunk” segment is so wrong but so hilarious…what if the three have alone time with their groupies?
And yes, “The Robot Chicken” nerd is back in several skits including one where he joins “Team Fortress 2”. Unreal!
As for the Blu-ray release, this is a jam-packed and fans should love it as their are many hours of special features. For one, each episode has audio commentary, then there are a number of hilarious featurettes included and also many deleted scenes and deleted channel flip animatics and deleted animatics with video introductions by the crew.
Picture quality is better than the DVD and while details of clothing and even little imperfections are seen much more clearly, the colors really pop and the audio is crystal clear, although a more center and front channel driven lossless soundtrack.
Once again, this is a series not for children. So, just because there are toys in stopmotion and claymation, there is a lot of profanity and adult humor featured on each episode.
Overall, “Robot Chicken: Season 6” is crazier than ever! And for fans of the series, you’re getting a jam-packed Blu-ray release with a lot of special features included! If you dig the series and are aware of its adult humor then this Blu-ray release is recommended!
