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South Park - The Complete Second Season

South Park - The Complete Second Season

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: It was good, not great
Review: It was ok, thats about it. The only true reason to buy season two is Chef Aid, a total South Park Classic. And about the lady who wants to ban south park, you don't have to ban it if you can just regulate what you child watches. >:(

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Not without my Anus made me cry
Review: "Terrance and Phillip are to our generation, what Martin and Lewis were to our parents" says Fritz Flockenback of angerchronicles.com.

"Phillip deserved an oscar for his performance in 'not without my anus'. He lit up the screen." said Bing Laloosh.

The infamous first episode of season 2, caused quite a stir in the media. Fans rioted against the creators. The network was flooded with calls. But when all is said and done, Terrance and Phillip are the best spin off since the Ropers.

I cannot wait to see this episode as it was intended to be seen, in letterbox, 5.1 dolby surrond.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Another brilliant and hilarious season
Review: After ending the first season of South Park with the cliffhanger of who is Cartman's father, show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone decided to play an April Fool's prank (the second season's premiere just so happaned to be on April Fool's Day) by airing an all Terrance & Philip (two fart loving TV characters who the kids watch) episode called "Not Without My Anus". Many fans were angered by this, which only showed how dedicated South Park's fans are. After that the kids go through more misadventures including a christmas time meeting with Charles Manson, and the infamous Chef Aid episode where Chef is thrown in jail and the kids raise money to help him out by throwing a music festival (that episode includes special guest voices by Ozzy Osbourne, Elton John, Ike Turner, Rancid, and Primus among others). The only thing disappointing about this DVD set are the lame extras. The intros from Parker and Stone are directly taken from the single disc releases of South Park episodes which included four episodes per disc. That aside however, if you've never taken a trip to South Park, now's the time to go.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: South Park Rules
Review: Although I think the show has been going downhill lately, the second season is when it hit its prime. The writing is sharp and hilarious. Every episode is a classic one. I almost died laughing when cartman threw a chair at Ned while they were on The Jesus & Pals Show during the episode "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka". I also love Barbara Streisands picture in the corners of the screen during "Spooky Fish" It was truly terrifying. Another classic moment is Cartman trying to stick his thumb in various animal's [rear-end's] during "Prehistoric Ice-Man" Overall, this is a great season (although not the best one) and any south park fan, or comedy fan who is not easily offended by swearing should buy it.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: South Park = Funny -- DVDs are awful :(
Review: Anyone that would buy this knows what to expect... the cartoons are hilarious.

Unfortunately, I am very disappointed with this DVD set. The sound is very quiet, so you'll have to crank your volume. The video is TERRIBLE.... how can you screw up transferring computer animation to DVD!?!??! The outlines of the characters appear speckled in many places and I've seen other complaints about the video being over compressed. The picture is what I'd expect to see if somebody made a 3rd generation VHS copy of the program... it's that bad and THAT noticible.

I'll not buy another southpark DVD set, not until they start doing a better job with the transfers.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great
Review: Anyone who likes this show will love the second season. I don't regret buying it at all and every episode is great. I encourage anyone who likes this show to go and buy this set of DVDs!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: South Park is the best cartoon ever
Review: Buy all three seasons you deserve it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Glock glock! Ya know what I'm sayin'?!
Review: Charles Manson finding self-redemption? A guy who does wrong things with poultry in order to motivate the town lawman? The greatest April Fool's gag ever pulled off on prime-time TV? Gnomes stealing underwear for profit? Could it be possible...?

Eh, probably not. But then, 'South Park has never been accused of being rooted in reality, except for when it comes to taking shots at the world's real-life absurdities. Take "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson" for example, which features our fave foursome celebrating the Holidays with the Cartman clan. With the exception of Eric's mom, every Cartman is "big-boned", and possesses that distinctive accent. Manson's busted out with Eric's uncle from the klink, and as the episode plays, he makes the gradual change from the mad hellspawn you all know and love from his parole hearings to a touchy-feely New Age philosopher kinda guy. His shift to a 'good guy' makes for one of the most bizarre 'South Park' eppies I've ever seen. Well, at least more bizarre than usual, anyway. Is he gonna kill Kenny? You'll have to find out for yourself...

And how could we forget this season's most infamous eppie, 'Terrance and Philip: Not Without my Anus'? After seein' it, I found myself telling a few of the fans to FREAKIN' LIGHTEN UP, M'KAY?! It was just a harmless April Fool's joke. What's the big deal? So you watched something totally unrelated to the 'Cartman's Mom Is A Dirty Slut' cliffhanger and had to wait a couple more weeks... big whoop. As Saddam says, "Relax, guy! You need a rest!" Sadly, after viewing 'T&P:Nw/oMA', I find part two of 'Cartman's Mom...' somewhat anticlimactic.

I Also enjoyed "Chef's salty choc-" well, you know-which featured the triumphant return of America's most-beloved bowel movement Mister Hanky as he & the kids attempt to derail the First Annual South Park Film Festival. And they manage to succeed- in one of SP's most disgusting spectacles ever. Then there's ''Chicken Lover' with the Booktastic Bus and Cartman's 'authoritah', which had some pretty wild moments. School counselor Mackey's descent into the world of substance abuse in 'Ike's Wee-Wee' was pretty cool to watch as well. "Chicken Pox" had its fair share of sick scenes, even if the death of Kenny in this one is rather unspectacular. And "Roger Ebert", aside from doing a not-half-bad take-off of a classic Star Trek episode, gives you further insight into the life and times of the selfish, heartless eight-year-old glory hound that is Eric Cartman as he forces his way into starring in a "Cheesy Poofs" commercial. And we mustn't overlook 'Underpants Gnomes', a South Park look at big corporations, and featuring the first appearance of the always-high-strung and apprehensive Tweek.

But my favorite eppie in this collection is "Clubhouses", especially the moments where the kids are watching the "Fat Abbot" cartoons. Leave it up to the South Park team to turn Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids from wholesome providers of wisdom for the young'uns into ebonics-spouting gangsta overlords of the 'hood. Even though each of the three "Fat Abbot" segments only last for about several seconds, I found them to be funnier than most "Def Comedy Jam" acts. After taking a look at this show, I think you'll agree with Kyle's statement that "cartoons are getting really dirty!" Stan's coping with his parents' breakup and (temporary) divorce has its precious moments as well.

Of course, there are a smattering of clinkers among the riotously funny shows (i.e. 'Chef Aid', 'Cow Days', and 'Spookyfish'). Fortunately, even the 'bad' shows have at least one or two moments that get me laughin' like a total madman for several minutes on end, causing my parents to check up on me to see what the #ell my problem is. And they say South Park doesn't promote strong family values...

I'm probably among the vanguard who consider the Trey & Matt episode intros for the first dozen shows to be entertaining, although I must agree with some of the other reviewers about the guys being a bit too self-absorbed. The best intro was for 'Cartman's Mom...' Part Two. The duo played some 'recorded phone messages' (staged, of course) of a few irate SP viewers about the 'Terrance and Phillip' debacle. I was a wonderful jab at the fans who just couldn't take a joke, especially the last caller offing herself. And just when I thought SP fans were among the more emotionally stable couch potatoes in TV land!

The big extra feature is a British documentary on how South Park came to be and how it's made. Trey and Matt spend the entire show in a hot tub, looking all relaxed and content whilst they tell you how much of a hellish grind it is to produce the show. Snippets of the first production featuring the South Park tykes, "The Spirit of Christmas", intended as a video Christmas card to give to movie execs, are shown. Hopefully there'll be a day when this entire adventure will be available to view on DVD, and not just in snippets on that one Christmas episode. I found this presentation somewhat interesting, as I'm always curious about how TV shows and movies are produced. However, it's not something I'd watch more than a couple times in my lifetime.

Also included is Chef's "Chocolate Salty Balls" music video, which is basically just a collection of SP clips strung together into a buzz-clip-paced collage. It's not that big a deal, but worth watching once just so you can say you saw it and not look like a fair-weather fan.

I was kinda bummed that T&M didn't contribute a commentary track to this set. 'Course, after the troubles they had with Warner Bros. tryin' to get the first season box set's commentary tracks put on the platters, I guess I couldn't blame 'em for not wanting to try this time 'round. Them's the breaks...

'Late!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: My (revised) review of South Park Season 2.
Review: First let me start off by saying that I reviewed this item before it came out which in most cases is always a bad thing to do for you have no idea hows the product really is until you buy it.

Now that about a month has gone by and I have watched this constantly I am able to simply say this; buy it for the episodes but nothign else. You see unlike the first season edition this second season box set was lacking a certain something. I couldent put my finger on it for weeks, but then it finally dawned on me, it was lacking energy. If any of you have seen the first one then you can fondly remember all of the hilarious short commentaries by the makers of the show prior to each episode. They have the same on this but it changed, the creaters look bored and tired and do not put there best into it. On the third CD of this set I think that they dont have any commentary at all! This may not seem like a big deal but after watching this box set youll have a craving for more South Park, but wont be able to find it. Even the promo's for other Comedy Central shows and the special features feel very lonely and boring with a short biography on the show and a music video. The video quality on these discs is very good, but the sound causes quite a problem, on some of my TV's I have to crank up my volume to the highest to get a good sound.

So as I said buy this for just the episodes and nothing else. Hopefully the third season will bring back the special features, commentaries, and everything else that I loved about the first season box set. Three and a half stars out of five

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Season two is finally here
Review: First of all i'm from the u.k so i got the south park season's 1-4 box sets a long time ago. but then when i found out that better sets were going to be relest in the u.s i decided to stop collecting the one from the u.k and start collecting them from the u.s (yes i do have a multiregion DVD player) Here are the episode's that will be in this set. i will also give my rating on each episode

201. Not without my anus 10/10
202. Cartman's mom is still a dirty slut 10/10
203. chicken lover 10/10
204. ike's wee wee 8/10
205. conjoiend fetus lady 10/10
206. the mexican staring frog of sourthern sri lunka 10/10
207. city on the edge forever (a.k.a flashbacks) 10/10
208. summer sucks 10/10
209. Chef's salty chocolate balls 9/10
210. chickenpox 10/10
211. rodger ebert should lay off the fatty foods 10/10
212. clubhouses 10/10
213. cow day's 9/10
214. chef aid 9/10
215. spooky fish 10/10
216. merry christmas charlie manson 8/10
217. gnomes 9/10
218. prehistoric ice man 10/10

The special fetures will inclued

Full Frame, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English, French, and Spanish subtitles Documentary, Music Video, TV Spot, and A Making Of feature

Sadley there will be no audio commentary from matt and trey. But please dont blame them blame waner bros if they just kept the season one commetary on the dvd they wouldent be in this mess


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