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A guilty pleasure for all intents and purposes, “Laguna Beach” takes a look at the ultra privlaged spoiled brats that occupy one of the wealthiest communities in Southern California. Leave it to MTV to dredge up another reality show that nobody really needs. The good news is that this show brings new meaning to the world tedium. Perhaps MTV should use its resources for something truly useful and fascinating vs. producing more junk like this that pollutes the airwaves. Yes, it’s real but honestly how real can it be if there are TV cameras recording every histrionic moment in these overly indulged vacant vapid teenagers lives? Dive into the water it’s shallow, cold and will remind you that the reason the rich are different from you and me is because their money has fed into their vanity and robbed them of any ambition beyond being this week’ fashion hit. Unfortunately, this series will appear yet again which means we haven’t seen the end of these idiots. It’s clear that MTV was hoping to jump on the bandwagon of the successful prime time soap “The O.C.” it just would have been nice if they had demonstrated any creativity and imagination in the process. It seems as if that’s at a premium these days and something that continues to elude the musically challenge music channel. ---

There’s about 45 minutes of deleted scenes in this set although I could easily have found, oh, more than 3 hours that should have been deleted. There’s cast interviews that that truly demonstrate that sometimes the extras are worse than the episodes of a TV show. “LC’s House Tour” gives us a guided tour of LC’s home. Honestly, a guided tour of someone’s home? Unless you’re a stalker or a thief I can’t think of any reason to want to see it. “The Laguna Triangle” is aptly named and a very funny pun. Perhaps “The Laguna Triangle” (the trio of Stephen, LC and Kristin) should disappear into the Bermuda Triangle. Then we’ll know once and for all if it’s true that things that go in never come out. “Casting Tapes” features interviews with cast members prior to the taping of the show so it’s a glimpse of the cast in the raw. Perhas MTV should have cooked them before serving them. Kristin and Trey appear at the MTV studio and discuss the show after the finale was aired. There’s also a number of music videos so I suppose this does justify someone’s job at MTV. Sadly, most of these videos are some of the least appealing that MTV aired. There’s also access to a VIP website available as part of a DVD-ROM portion of the DVDs. I didn’t take the time to log on there so can’t say what awaits you. My guess is that the portal to Hell may be located there. Sadly, we get a “Season 2 Sneak Preview” with 3 minutes of tripe from the NEXT season. Oh joy I’ll have to review another set of this insipid show. ---