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As always, hard-earned life lessons provide South Park with fertile territory for skewed and subversive social commentary. In "Chicken Lover," Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is an argument against literacy. "Underwear Gnomes" makes a strong case for corporate takeover of local family business. It is difficult to respect Warner Bros.' "authoritah" with the scant DVD extras. There are no commentaries, but Parker and Stone are present to introduce most of the episodes, each of which they proclaim to be their favorite. But their incarnations as abusive retirement center entertainers and as the hosts of an all-bacon cooking show fall flat. Bring back Rootin'-Tootin' Trey Parker and Pistol-Slingin' Matt Stone from the Season One set! --Donald Liebenson
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1998 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Color, Closed-captioned, Box set |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 085393783426 |
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Customer Reviews of South Park - The Complete Second Season
Don't expect special features Once again, Matt Stone & Trey Parker have screwed their fans. I've been a fan of South Park since the beginning, but here's the problem I have with the South Park franchise.
First, they offer no rebate for those who have already purchased the South Park episodes released in the "Volumes" format. Some studios have been gracious enough to offer rebates up to 25% off the retail price of the DVD if the customer bought the VHS tape prior to the DVD release.
Second, both season one and season two DVDs lack the special features of similarly-priced "season" sets. A great example is The Simpsons DVD series. They provide each episode with audio commmentary from the key people in the show. They also have plenty of special features: how things were done, special TV appearances, music videos, and more.
What do Trey and Matt give us? Short 30 second introductions from the previously released "Volumes" series, in which they say that "this is our favorite episode." The people of South Park offer the audio commentary, but you have order it from Comedy Central and play the CD in-sync with the DVD player. The DVD player has the ability to include multiple audio tracks, the people at South Park should use them. I don't care what their reasons are, just do it.
To quote from one of the more current episodes of South Park, "But The Simpsons did it!" The people at South Park should buy The Simpsons season series and take notes. While I enjoy the South Park series, I don't feel I should pay the same price for a lesser product. If you're going to charge as much for a similar product, such as The Simpsons, you'd better have an equally good or better product.
Overall, I rate this product a 3 out of 5 stars, because the producers are capable of better. If you love the show, buy the DVD, but don't expect Matt or Trey to put any extra effort into the product. They're too busy trying other things, like making movie flops such as Baseketball instead of doing what made them famous, South Park. Oh, the DVD does include a documentary on the Second Season, but you may have already seen it, since it was on Comedy Central months ago.
My suggestion is, buy the DVD. Whether we like it or not, this is the only bone that the producers at South Park are going to throw us. But knowing them, they'll probably come up with a "Special Edition" in a year or so, with things done right. They'll expect us to ditch the seasons we've already bought for a product they should've provided in the first place.
If the producers of this title are reading, please restore what little faith I have in you.
Best show ever, not so good DVD
South Park is the funniest show on television. I'm glad the seasons are being released on DVD, but WB should have made it better, mostly because of the lack of commentary. But I'd like to point one thing out: South Park is owned by Commedy Central, and therefore Trey Parker and Matt Stone have no control over murchandising. CC asked for WB to make the DVDs, and they didn't do the best job. Matt and Trey ony make the show (and do a damn good job) and if they're asked to do a commentary, they'll do it. The episode intros were taken from the video sets and put on the DVD, and I find them very funny. They include Matt and Trey being creul to old people and feeding lots of bacon to a pig. (Disc 3 doesn't have any intros.) Another thing WB screwed up was the sound. It's clear, but on some parts of the DVD it gets quiet and turning up the sound on your TV doesnt help. All 18 episodes are in order, where they're supposed to be (unlike season 1) and i think South Park fans should own this.
P.S. I read a review for season 1 from an angered mother saying she showed it to her little kids thinking it was intended for children. If she was smart enough, she would notice that it is rated mature, meaning you SHOULDN'T show it to 5 and 8 year olds or people that are easily offended. But DON'T go blaming media for all your problems.
Thanks for reading my first Amazon review.
South Park Season 2 DVD
The episodes are all great. But does anyone know how to turn off those commentaries at the beginning of each episode. I find them extremely annoying. Anyone agree?