7.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
TelAmeriCorp's chief slackers Adam, Anders, and Blake clock in for another shift with Workaholics Season 3. This time, the boys get a surprise visit from home, help a coworker spy on a cheating spouse, and welcome their newest roommates, and Jesus, into their bachelor pad.
Starring: Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Jillian Bell, Maribeth MonroeComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0
English SDH
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
It takes real drive and determination to be noticed in the business world, a real go get 'em attitude to succeed, and it certainly requires the right connections to get things done, and that's all especially true for those who see life and work as one big party. For the guys of Workaholics, "work" is a four-letter word (well, it really is a four-letter word, but anyway...) that means "sex, drugs, and anything and everything but staying seated and making sales." It's a Comedy about slackers who put on the slacks and knot up the tie everyday but who do so with an eye towards the next high and the next hijinks -- both of which can and often do take place at work -- and not the next sale or promotion. Now in its third -- and first extended -- season, Workaholics has proven to be a runaway hit with the generation that grew up in the "aughts" and now slaves away at lower end jobs just to make ends meet. It's a show about friendships and the daily routine of just getting by with the help of pick-me-ups that only hard drugs and a whole lot of tomfoolery can provide. In other words, it's a show about avoiding life's responsibilities and finding that perfect nirvana of living high without experiencing the lows of unemployment, or worse.
Ouch.
Workaholics: Season Three features a fairly basic high definition presentation. The HD vide source material provides a fairly flat, causal viewing experience that sees acceptable details and colors but nothing to set it apart from the pack. It's stable and largely consistent, flawed by only light banding, a touch of aliasing in spots, and some excess noise in darker backdrops (an outdoor sequence in episode four appears exceptionally rough; globs of red noise damage the integrity of the picture). Otherwise, the transfer features solid details and dependable clarity. The usual facial and clothing textures are fine, showing skin imperfections and facial hairs and seams in clothes with good accuracy in close-up shots. Various environments -- the office interior, the guys' home -- are sharp and nicely showcase all the little odds and ends in the background. The color palette appears neutral throughout, never really popping with eye-opening brilliance but never going dull, either. It strikes a nice balance between some of the drab, colorless office partitions and walls and the many little colorful trinkets in the background. Flesh tones are balanced, though blacks show a little crush here and there. It's a midlevel HD video transfer, one that holds its own and suits the program just fine but that is in no way visually spectacular.
Workaholics: Season Three arrives on Blu-ray with an effective Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. It's also rather basic, though that's hardly a knock considering the show usually gives it little with which to work. It delivers some good, deep bass when called upon, noticed right away during an acid trip early in the season. Musical reproduction leaves little room for want; it's clear and focused, enjoying natural spacing across the front while also sending some information to the back. The opening titles see the most energy, usually, but the show surprises every now and then with some fun musical pieces and sound effects to spruce up an otherwise dialogue-heavy program. Speaking of, the spoken word comes through clearly enough. It's center-focused and never unbalanced in either placement or volume. This is another one of those tracks that's accomplished given the parameters of the material, but it's not one that will be remembered for anything other than doing its job.
Workaholics: Season Three contains unique commentaries for each episode. Additionally, a few random extras are included on disc two.
Workaholics: Season Three still lags behind the best office-themed Comedies, but the adventures of Adam, Blake, and Anders certainly don't disappoint for brief escapes into the world of irreverent, cutting-edge humor. The show works great for short bursts of adult-oriented comedic entertainment, but needless to say audiences in search of smarter, wittier, and more relevant laughs will want to, generally, look elsewhere for twenty minutes of televised fun. That said, Workaholics is definitely worth checking out if crude humor sounds even remotely fun. Paramount's Blu-ray release of Workaholics: Season Three features fine video and audio. Commentaries and a few other extras are included. Recommended to the target audience.
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