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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:11 pm Post subject: Boss: Season One [Blu-ray] |
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Another reference disc!
Boss: Season One [Blu-ray] (2011)
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| Quote: | 'Boss' is political thriller fraught with devious characters trying their best to hold onto the power that they so desperately crave. It doesn't show politics in a good light, but that's just the point. The people in this show aren't moral people. They speak and preach about morals, but they don't act on them, it's basically politics like you always thought they were being played. The key here is Grammer's performance. His cruelty knows no bounds, but he's okay with that as long as he's winning. With stellar video and audio presentations, this Starz show comes highly recommended.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
Even in the darkest corridors and corners of Chicago's political world, 'Boss's 1080p picture shines. Here we're presented with a nearly flawless transfer featuring wonderfully saturated details, vividly bright colors, and deep inky blacks.
The show is full of extreme close-ups on faces (and specific sexual body parts during certain scenes). It's easy to see details as tiny as goosebumps form on the skin. Close-ups on eyes reveal details in the irises and veins around the eye. Pores are instantly visible giving the show a high-def look. There are never any soft scenes to speak of (except when the edges of the shot are specifically made to look feathered for a certain look).
Colors are well-saturated. From the grays, blacks, and browns of the Chicago skyscrapers to the green grasses of the city's golf courses, whatever color the video is presenting shines. Skintones are always natural and never seem out of balance. Contrast is taken care of. Shadows are nicely cast, giving the show a nicely delineated picture. Everything about the look of this show is better on Blu-ray. I originally watched it on my Comcast hook-up and artifacts appeared often enough to be distracting. Here, everything is crystal clear. This is a great looking TV show.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
Lionsgate provides the show with a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 mix. Unlike 'Nurse Jackie' (another Lionsgate property that is released with DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1) 'Boss' seems to use the extra channels to its benefit. There are many more scenes and situations where the added channels help create an enveloping feeling.
Open Chicago streets are alive with ambient sound. The rear and side channels pick up honking cars, chatting people, and the applause of the many political speech gatherings in the show. As Tom Kane gives his speech in the first episode, endorsing Mac Cullen, you'll be able to hear his voice reverberating through the surround speakers, much like it would be if you were standing in the middle of that crowd listening to him speak.
The soundtrack music calls for a heavy helping of subtle bass. This isn't shake-your-room bass, but the LFE here is nice and consistent throughout. Dialogue is always clear and never broken up by the constant thoroughfare of Chicago life. Whenever a conversation takes place outside on the busy streets of the city, voices are prioritized in such a way that they never become lost or garbled with all the other action around them. There may not be a lot of "wow" moments here, but the 7.1 mix for 'Boss' is an engulfing mix simply because it's so well put together. |
Kal
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