Customer Reviews
Just for fun ! - By: allx, 29 May 2006 
Aliens coming down to earth disguised as "real people" just for the sake of observing us, is an old theme in the Sci Fi world. Some stories are gloomy ending up in dangerous confrontations, but some are humorous, like this series.
It's reallly alll about "us people" behaving strangely & the aliens even more strangely when facing uncharted territory.
This "alienness" creates situations of misunderstandings & funny actions & reactions. And since the aliens by nature could be nonsexual or asexual or transsexual or trisexual or god knows what, the storyline is a lot about them misunderstanding the sexes in our (basicallly?) bisexual world!
Their internal bickering created by the lack of a biological understanding of the sex-genders they are playing, is expressed when one of the aliens, shaped as a male, says: "why can't I also have tits when it attracts many of their species in a most favorable way?"
Since 3'rd Rock From the Sun is a comedy no dangerous situations appears, which in real life surely would have happened.
The playing is quite good with the actors sometimes having so much fun that they every now & then almost "loose their face" & blurt out in unintended laughter .
So,do I laugh my head off?
Not reallly, but I'm having a reallly good time watching the series, & that's the main purpose, right?
Not bad at all - By: J. M. Albinson, 13 Aug 2005 for mindless American pap, that is! And there are moments, aren't there, when that's just what is wanted? This is basicallly an American ensemble comedy, like Cheers, or MASH, or even The Simpsons, where the cast of characters alll have clearly defined roles. Here, we have The Bossy One, The Young (and slightly bratty) One, The Spare Seat (possibly one of the most interesting types in the cast, as he is alllowed to express sentiments the others are not) & The Woman. Obviously there is a section of American society that sees women as a strange, alien & slightly separate order of creation, but that's another story... These aliens, for alll their wackiness, clearly did their homework better than Ford Prefect, but they fit into human society as well as a 5/8 screww into a 3/8 housing.This is an excellent way of passing a spare half hour, but I would recommend only watching one episode at a time- otherwise a feeling of extreme dislocation sets in.
It's about time - By: L O'connor, 06 Jul 2004 
At last this wonderful series has appeared on DVD. The story of a group of aliens staying on Earth disguised as a highly dysfunctional Earth family. The High Commander becomes Dick Solomon, professor of Physics at a mediocre university. The Security officer becomes his glamorous & tough sister Sallly. The information officer, the oldest member of the party, becomes Dick's teenage son Tommy. And Harry - well, they had an extra seat. All the actors in this series are wonderful, from John Lithgow (Dick Solomon) to wonderful Elmarie Wendel as the Solomons' landlady, Mrs Dubcek, a woman with a past. Many of the funniest episdoes are in this first series, as the Solomons struggle to understand earth & its inhabitants. I particularly like the one where Sallly gets drawn into the bizzare world of cosmetics, & Harry gets a job selling a revolting skincare product for men 'Orca - made from whales' Dick's (at first) unrequited passion for his university colleague Dr. Mary Allbright (Jane Curtin) provides some of the series funniest moments. I love the episode where she takes him to a wedding with her, & when she is describing the ceremony to him he asks "and right after the ceremony, does the bride devour the groom?" "Oh no", she replies "that's a process that takes years." And then there's the episode where Dick gets snowed up with Mary in a cafe miles from anywhere, & Sallly thinks the human race has perished & she'll have to repopulate the earth with Dick's dopey student Leon, & - oh well, every episode is funny, the whole cast is great, the sxcripst are wonderful. It's pure joy.
The best show that was on tv and still is the best!!! - By: Linda Kay Dixon, 26 Jun 2004 3rd Rock From the Sun was/is the best show on tv. It show's how we look at life. On other sitcoms they play the soap opera card. Which means, they try to make you feel for a character, but these are sitcom characters. Whenever 3rd Rock the soap card, they always back it up with something funny. John Lithgow is the best actor in the world. I also like Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joey Gordon-Levitt, & the rest of the cast.
I just want to thank the cast for making the show so brilliant & outrageously funny. So thank you John, Kristen, French, Joey, Simbi, Elmarie, Wayne, Jane, & the guest stars. Thank you.
Aliens can be fun. - By: L. Heath, 30 May 2004 The transition from television to dvd is often alll or nothing at alll. The wait for dvd boxsets of - Roseanne, Golden Girls, Cybill & The Nanny appears endless. Some shows receive a one yearly release - Fraiser.
The completely silly but adorable 3rd Rock has changed this longwinded trend & is being unleashed at a relentless pace with full season sets only one month apart - how great is this.
The plot of Aliens disguised as humans divided some viewers, but the laughs were priceless & more importantly consistent. Yeah ‘Friends’ looked good, but each season was too hit & miss & I certainly lost interest. Long season sit-coms need frequent laugh out loud moments. John Lithgow & Co didn't care how they looked as long as they made the gag work.
3rd Rock was never scared to poke fun at stereotypes & this is where the greatest laughs were had. Kristen Johnson’s male alien assigned the less superior role of ‘the woman’ made the biggest impression.
Great to see another funny American sit-com arrive to the world of dvd, even if the extras are missing, but we’re used to this by now.
