[.ca] Dilbert: The Complete Series

Best in small doses:
I bought this DVD because I had fond memories of the series. But there's a reason they only broadcast it once a week: it's bloody depressing. Seen in a bunch like this, you soon become overwhelmed by Adams' unrelentingly negative and cynical view of life. After about three episodes, you find yourself wanting to throw things at all the cruel and mercenary side characters. (On one of the interviews, Adams says he gave Dogbert all the non-dog characteristics he could think of -- disloyalty, pessimism, selfishness, disaffection, etc. That explains a lot.) Animation, acting, and writing are all excellent, and if you liked the show you'll probably HAVE to have this DVD. I just wish it weren't so annoying.

One for the Circular File:
I like my day to day Dilbert calendar. And I'm surrounded by folks with Dilbert "wallpaper" strips all over doors and cubicle walls. The strips allow people time to digest, and use their imagination. The TV cartoon is fast paced, bouncing all over the place, and tries for both wacky/zany and low key cool irreverence ("wickedly funny" for geeks). Visually, there is too much happening on the show, yet the impact is minimal. The voices are great: Chris Elliot, Larry Miller, and Kathy Griffin (call me!). But the show didn't work for me. Three or four shows were more than enough. I may be biased from living in "Dilbert's world" all day, with this being the *last* thing I'd want to watch. Still, I recommend the like-themed "Office Space" (5 stars!), with its sullen, charming tone.

A good show that has a fresh premise.:
to bad it was on UPN where it was doomed from the get go. At least we got 30 very entertaining episodes.

absolutely brilliant:
this animated show is hysterical.not only is it insanely funny,but it is also very cleverly written.i like the fact that it makes fun of society and our way of life.i don't agree with certain philosophies on the show,but that doesn't mean i like it any less.i also thought the voice casting is brilliant.the show didn't last very long,and i'm not sure why,but it sure was great while it lasted.for those of you not familiar with Dilbert,he started out in a comic strip.he's an engineer at a huge company.and like hundreds(or thousands)of employees)he spends his day in a cubicle.there are no walls and no doors,except for the boss,of course.what the company actually does is anybodies guess.there are a great mix of characters in this show.other than the boss,i won't go int any detail here.lets just say that each character's quirks make for some very interesting and very funny moments.as for the boss,well,he's dumber than a fence post,but very likable.some of the stuff he comes up with are brilliant in their stupidity.you'll definitely be scratching you head a lot.when you add all the components of the show together,you have one brilliant result.i highly recommend "Dilbert".you will be holding your gut from laughter a lot.i give it 5/5

A geek dream come true:
He is Dilbert. If you don't love him, at least you know him. He's the bespectacled potato-shaped Everyman, the alter ego of office workers frustrated by annoying coworkers and idiot bosses. The deliciously surreal tone of Scott Adams' comic strip is preserved (even amplified in places) in the TV adaptation. In the strange adventures of Dilbert (Daniel Stern) and friends... er, coworkers, they travel to the muddy, backward country of Elbonia, search for Dilbert's long-lost dad in the mall, create anthrax throat drops ("My throat is moist... and the raspiness is gone... GACK!"), try to name a product that doesn't exist, deal with a black hole, and battle tiny people who are stealing the office supplies. Their souls are sucked out by their company, and a cat rules over Human Resources. And through it all, the megalomaniac Dogbert (Chris Elliot) somehow manages to arrange things so that the disasters aren't too outstanding. Several supporting characters have enlarged roles. There's the violent, big-haired Alice (Kathy Griffin); lazy Wally; naive, dumb Asok, the idiot pointy-haired boss (Larry Miller), and Loud Howard (who can shatter glass with his booming voice). Other favorites like Catbert (played by "Seinfeld's" Jason Alexander) crop up from time to time, as well as other cameos by Jerry Seinfeld, Jeri Ryan, and others. The animation is amusing and quite faithful to Adams' original animation (although Dilbert has a mouth here). And the humor is deliciously, delightfully twisted -- without losing the corporate edge, the scriptwriters kept in the sort of bizarre occurrances that make this so funny. Several scenarios are, however, included from the strip -- and sometimes even expanded (such as the Dadbert-in-the-mall episode). Everyone's favorite bespectacled, pointy-tied, potato-shaped engineer is still funny on the small screen. "Dilbert: The Complete Series" is a must-have for cubicle serfs and technogeeks.