4.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Comedy | 100% |
Adventure | 12% |
Nature | 8% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English SDH, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
The clock was already ticking by the time Duck Dynasty: Season 5 hit the airwaves, but in the inverse of “time flies when you’re having fun,” the hands on the Robertson Family’s “fame clock” have slowed inexorably, extending their alotted fifteen minutes for just a while longer. While there have been relatively fewer of the imbroglios that erupted over the past year or so, the Robertsons can still make national headlines when, for example, Jep (who coincidentally or not is featured in a lot of Season 6’s episodes) suffered a seizure while hunting recently. Still, Duck Dynasty has become an exercise in repetition and almost self-parody at times. There is an undeniable sweetness and of course goofy humor in many of the interactions between both the increasingly extended Robertson clan as well as their employees and tangentially related folks, but it all seems more forced and artificial than ever in this sixth season. The show’s viewership continues to decline, but there are obviously still enough rabid Robertson fans around to keep Duck Dynasty a viable property—for now.
Duck Dynasty: Season 6 is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Films and A&E Home Entertainment Networks with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. This season is very much in line with the previous seasons, or at least those with a progressive presentation, though the continued use of older establishing shots of various Robertson-centric locations is a bit baffling, especially since the quality of some of them is dubious at best. Otherwise, though, the show continues to mine some picturesque locales, with outdoor sequences offering good depth of field, and the overall series boasting excellent sharpness and clarity. There are still some issues with nighttime or otherwise dark sequences which struggle at times to offer much in the way of shadow detail. While not revelatory by any stretch, this season maintains the generally high quality of the look of the series.
Again as with previous Blu-ray releases of Duck Dynasty, Duck Dynasty: Season 6 features a serviceable if largely unremarkable DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mix. There is occasional obvious directionality in terms of the some of the ambient environmental effects, but this is not a showy mix by any stretch of the imagination. Dialogue and first person confessionals are presented very cleanly and clearly, with no issues of any kind to report.
Disc One:
- Reinventing Duck Commander
- Firefighter Academy: Robertson Style
- The Governor Visits Duck Commander
- Jep Meets Lily's First Boyfriend
- "Rolling" With the Roberstons
- Willie the Joker
- Godwin's Rotten Pickles
- Mother's Day 2014
- Si's New Hobby: Couponing
- Willie's Day at the Dojo
The problem with casting a wider and wider net, as Duck Dynasty has attempted to do over its past couple of seasons, is that it only becomes obvious how stuck in a rut this show has become. The newer featured members of the Robertson family are mostly either bland or tired retreads of the core characters audiences have come to know (and in some cases, love). But the situations depicted in this season just smack of desperation a lot of the time. Maybe it's time for the Robertsons to take a good, old fashioned vacation (without camera crews tagging along). For those who still enjoy the series (and there are evidently millions of you), technical merits here continue to be generally strong.
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