I purchased this product because I recently went to watch our local roller derby team, and fell back in love with the sport. I recall watching this program about 5 years ago on A&E, and was excited to see it was now a box set. As I remembered, the show highlighted some of the more popular skaters in the Texas roller derby league. These women were responsible for renewing peoples' interest in the sport. Once popular in the 1970's, it fell from grace as it became more campy and staged. These ladies revamped the sport, bringing it back to audiences without the fake fights, making it a great full-contact, fast skating, hard hitting experience. It's a fun DVD to watch. For all us newbies to the sport, it explains the rules and how you score on the track. The girls are all very interesting and seem like a ton of fun off the track. Very good addition to your collection if you crave roller derby. I am lucky enough to have a local team to support, but like to watch this during the off season.Read full review
When this show first came on A & E, I was sucked in by the promos and started watching it. After 2 episodes, my Monday nights were devoted to it. Now, I could tell you about the interesting paths that the skaters take in their private lives and how hot most of the ladies are blah blah blah but the bottom line is this: It's a lot of fun to watch. It's as simple as that. I'm 2000 miles away from these events and they happened over a year ago, yet the drama had me hooked. I cared about the lives of these characters. When one episode finished I eagerly awaited the next one so I could see how things turned out. To me, that the sign of a cool show. Yeah, it's a little slow moving at times which is probably what led to it's early cancellation, but you can't help but pick a favorite skater or team. You really dig these ladies and what's going on in their lives. This makes the roller derby matches at the end of most episodes that much more fun to watch. I had to buy this DVD set when it came out, just so I had these stories and derby bouts to relive. I don't ever go to websites for TV shows, yet this one had me all over the TXRD site to find out the latest on these Rollergirls. I wish the DVD set had more extras and as a fan I REALLY wish there was more Miss Conduct in the episodes (since she's all over the box design and other advertising) but even just as a DVD of the series (and the few little extras) it was well worth adding to my DVD library. I'm not a huge "reality TV" fan but this show had that something special to make a believer out of me. Go Holy Rollers!Read full review
Awesome! I was very skeptical about buying it, but it got very good reviews, mostly by others that aren't fans of reality shows. I generally despise whiney "reality" shows, but this was far from that. It was fast-paced and interesting, very funny at times, and the bouts are fun to watch over and over. And these girls are real! Many of them still compete for their teams of Texas Roller Derby. You can even buy tickets online and watch them via webcam as the bouts are happening! And unlike reality shows, these episodes are fun to watch anytime. They profile the history of Roller Derby, including how TXRD brought it back to life in 2000, and some of the girls that made it happen. There are currently over 100 flat-track roller derby leagues across the U.S., all thanks to these girls! I'll be trying out for Suburbia Roller Derby in Yonkers, NY in December. A MUST for anyone interested in Roller Derby, whether they want to play, or just like to have fun watching!Read full review
I bought this because I really enjoyed the series before A&E decided to cut it short. I guess they needed another time slot for a program about tattoos! Heck, you would have thought the girls from Rollergirls would have fufilled their quota for that category (tattoos). Some of my favorite things were the extras and anything to do with Punky Bruiser. This lady made the whole series for me. She was a very interesting and delightful person! Her Lou Diamond joke is worth the price of the DVD by itself. I highly recommend this DVD. It will make you laugh and cry while keeping you wanting to see more. It is great! Paul
THIS WAS A VERY INSIGHTFUL LOOK INTO THE SPORT OF WOMANS ROLLERDERBY. IT GOES DEEP INTO THE PERSONALITIES OF THE TEXAS TEAMS SKATERS. IT IS ZANY AT TIMES, BUT A TRUE LOOK AT HOW THEY INTERACT ON AND OFF THE TRACK. SOME OF THE SKATERS ARE REALLY FUN TO WATCH AS THEIR LIFES UNFOLE OVER THE COURSE OF A SEASON. MY WIFE DID NOT WANT TO EVEN SEE THIS SERIES, BUT I FORCED HER, THEN SHE ENDED UP WANTING TO WATCH EPISODES DEEP INTO THE NIGHT! MY WIFE ALSO DECIDED AFTER SEEING A BUNCH OF EPISODES THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO GO WATCH THE REAL THING. WE WENT TO THE ARIZONA DERBY DAMES, AND SAW AN EVENT LIVE. THAT MADE WATCHING THE REST OF THE SERIES ALL THAT MUCH BETTER. ANYWAY, IT IS A VERY ENJOYABLE SERIES, AND A GREAT VALUE ON EBAY. THANKS, NATVMANSUPERX.
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