Glee - Season 1, Volume 1 - Road to Sectionals [DVD]

If you ever need a bit of cheering up then this will do the trick!I first heard about Glee from the E Entertainment channel where they talked about it constantly. So when it finally appeared on E4, I couldn't resist a look. I was sucked in straight away. It has everything you could possibly want from a light entertainment/drama series and yet it's different from anything you will have seen before.The script is clever, witty and sometimes moving. The young cast are great and have some good singing talent. Lea Michelle in particular (Rachel) has an amazing voice and could easily perform in the West End or on Broadway.The story centres around Mr.Schuester, who agrees to take on the Glee (musical theatre) club and try and win a contest. The Glee club is full of misfits and unpopular kids but for various reasons they are soon joined by cheerleaders and football stars. They are contending with crazy Sue's jealousy and scheming (coach of the award winning cheer squad) tumultuous personal lives (teen pregnancy, disability, coming out, problematic marriages, falling in love with the unattainable.)While all this is going on, they perform fantastic covers and mash ups of a variety of songs ranging from modern (Kanye West, Rhianna, Carrie Underwood) to older classics (Neil Sedaka, Journey). It's fair to say they some of these performances stand out way above the others and make you want to immediately download them. Rachel's version of "Take a Bow" by Rhianna, the ensemble performance of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey are two of my favourites but they are all good to be honest.It's an ensemble cast and although the main characters of Will, Rachel, Sue and Finn dominate, every cast member gets their moment. Watch out for some great guest stars as well (Kristin Chenoweth was very good and ironically a few weeks later the Glee club covered "Defying Gravity" from Wicked as well.)I can imagine wanting to watch this more than once- it's quality feel-good tv. Bear in mind that this only the first half of the season. There will be a follow up DVD and probably a full box set at a later date.

I bought this as a total newcomer to the show, I had missed all but one episode on tv but thought I would check out why there was so much hype around it, despite it not being my usual kind of thing .I normally watch programmes like The X files , True Blood and Fringe so didn't have much expectation, I do however love musicals, but more so the older ones like The sound of Music and Singin' in the rain, I can't stand High School Musical and thought this might just be a drawn out version of that.To my surprise I was hooked from the first episode and watched the whole lot in one go.I think the balance of the drama of the characters lives , the comedy (which comes mainly from the character of Sue Sylvester) and the fun of the musical numbers makes this show something that anyone can enjoy.I would advise anyone to give this a go and I'm pretty sure you'll soon be as addicted as I am.

It's defenitly a cheesy rom-com musical, perfect for relaxing. Most episodes are really funny, with only the occasional one not meeting up to the usual standard. I really enjoyed this and watched the whole series within two days as couldn't stop watching. Worth it if you can tolerate a good dollop of cheese and laughter.

While Glee is not for everyone, if you are a fan of the sort of innocent, cheesy fun that movies like Hairspray brought back, then glee will be perfect for you. This first volume represents the better half of the first season, before the show got a little carried away trying to make points and end the story happily, rather than creating a drama (Guess what Glee-writers, making a straight teenage boy get undressed in front of a gay kid everyday would make pretty much any kid start shouting!).If you are into this kind of awesome cheesiness, you can't go wrong with Glee at all and this volume (Or the later sets which include both volumes) are definitely the place to start, as if you don't like this you DEFINITELY won't like volume 2...

I am always looking for good tv series on dvd. I heard this one was a big hit in the US. So I figured I would give it a try. What harm could it do, right? It starts out innocently enough. The first 2 or 3 episodes you get to know the characters a little, the music is good and the whole experience leaves you with a smile on your face. But by episode 4 I was totally hooked. And now I have to wait till September for Part 2? Not fair :-( So be warned.

All and all the order was perfect except that one of the clips where the dvd goes into place was broken, but in perfect condition and works perfectly.

I have still not yet recieved this item as i was informed by the post office i would have to pay £9 to recieve! disgraceful

glee is a phenomenon.the show is amazing, spellbinding, heartbreaking and hilarious!it has the right mixture of aww and haha moments, and the music is amazing!if you have missed this show (where have you been!?) this is a must bydont be fooled by the first episode either, it gets so much better as the series goes on.getthisnow!

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I am a new fan of Glee, having caught my first episode on December 23rd. I've seen 4 episodes through DVR, and I caught the last 5 episodes on Hulu, but that means I am missing 4 episodes!! I haven't seen 1, 2, 3, or 8.Yes I could sit there and have my DVR record the episodes and hope that eventually the powers that be will cycle through the show again (in fact, I am fairly confident Episode 8 will air this week), but that completely misses the point about how utterly FANTASTIC this show is and how I will absolutely DIE if I don't see episodes 1, 2, and 3 as soon as it is humanly possible.So. While on the one hand I am peeved that I will end up purchasing these DVDs twice (since I will get the complete season as soon as it is available), on the other hand I am insanely grateful that the DVDs are available for purchase now so that I don't have to WAIT an undetermined amount of time to see the early episodes.Okay. About Glee. I just wasn't interested since I figured it was a show targeted for teens and would therefore be completely boring to me. But I know people who love it, and I always like to check out popular culture stuff, (albeit grudgingly), so I recorded an episode and it just blew me away.The show is a bit of a spoof and situations/characters tend to be a bit stereotypical and extreme (Sue, the maniacal cheerleading coach is HILARIOUS), and there are a few dramatic situations that were right out of Desperate Housewives (a faked pregnancy for starters), but this show reveals the vulnerable, human side of its characters in such a beautifully honest way that I just fell in love with it. For example, Quinn, the gorgeous and vicious cheerleader, has an incredible, poignant story line involving teen pregnancy and given how much I loathed her initially, I just can't believe how much I've grown to care about her and what happens to her.I will say that the show is pretty edgy in terms of subject matter, and some of the dancing (I'm thinking of the bootyliscious dance) is suggestive, but I allow my 11 and 12 1/2 year old children watch it with me because I think the positive values Glee promotes outweighs some of the other more confusing (to my kids anyway) choices that the characters have made, and it has launched many great conversations about honesty and deceit and problem solving and winning and losing and acceptance, etc...Plus the music is great! We all enjoy the performances so much. And many of the songs are very cleverly integrated into the story line.Definitely my new fave. Highly recommended.

Ich habe mir schon bereits vor einiger Zeit die Staffel zugelegt, da ich immer wieder unzähliche Songs in den Billboard-Charts von Glee gesehen habe und wollte mehr darüber erfahren, weshalb diese Songs so erfolgreich sind. Und ich bin total begeistert von der Staffel, die Sue Sylvester ist der Hammer und die musikalischen Arrangements sind wirklich sehr hochwertig produziert. Einzig allein stört mich, das in der Serie nicht "Live" gesungen wird und man sofort merkt das es vom Band kommt, das würde es für mich etwas homogener machen und nicht ganz so perfekt, den es ist normal das man mal einen Ton versingt oder die Stimme versagt. Aber das gefällt mir auch immer nicht bei Musicalverfilmungen, ist also Ansichtssache. Ansonsten bin ich süchtig und liebe die Serie. Freue mich schon riesig auf Staffel 2. Leider kann ich mir diese auch wieder nur als UK Import besorgen, da ich die deutsche Synchro total schrecklich finde.

ＴＶで観て、買わずにはいられませんでした(^^)それぞれの歌唱力が最高！！　ダンスも最高！！１話からＧｌｅｅ部発足と思いきや、顧問が転職しちゃう・・・？　となかなかのストーリー展開です。本当にキャストが魅力的で、その上歌ありダンスありでまったく飽きません。最近アメリカン・アイドルやアメリカン・ダンス・アイドルを観ているのですが、やはり人口が多いだけに実力者も多いんですね。日本のドラマや歌番組を観る気にならないこの頃です・・・。Ｉｍｐｏｒｔなので字幕の種類が多くて面白かったです。

Sorry to any Gleeks out there, it's just my own opinion and if you like it that's cools, it just didn't speak to me and I couldn't find it very funny. It was actually [painful for me to watch at times, but I paid $.90 for it, it came in like new, still smelt new, no scratches and in perfect condition.... it's just the show itself I give the thumbs down to ):