South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season [Blu-ray]: South Park: Movies & TV

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South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season [Blu-ray]: South Park: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 17 March, 12:26 AM

Product Description
All fourteen uncensored episodes from South Park’s twelfth season are now available in this exclusive three-disc set. In this collection, South Park follows the new President-elect from his acceptance speech to his first official day of duty as Commander in Chief. The boys keep busy helping a pop-princess who’s down on her luck, negotiating a truce for striking Canadians, and preventing giant rodents from destroying the world. For them, it’s all part of growing up in South Park.

South Park Is On Blu-Ray,

By Reconnecting To My Childhood “Time Won’t Let … - See all my reviews

I’m excited that South Park is coming out on Blu-Ray and hope other animated shows will soon be doing the same. I was in fourth grade when south park came out back in 1997, now here we are heading into 2009 and the creator’s of the show Matt Stone and Trey Parker are still coming up with stories based in immature humor but paired with intelligent and witty story premises very relevant to today’s pop culture. The twelfth season contains the following fourteen classic episodes as well as some special features that previous sets have been lacking.

Britney’s New Look - Rather than mock the mess Britney Spears was, this episode mocks those of us who put her there and those trying to take her place.

Tonsil Trouble - Cartman ends up with aids, and he’s hiv positive that he wants to find a cure.

Major Boobage- Kenny gets high off cat urine and lives the ‘heavy metal’ lifestyle.

Canada Goes On Strike- I’m canadian and love that they used us to mock the writer’s strike of last year.

Eek, A Penis!- Mrs. Garrison comes full circle. Or is that Mr. Garrison?

Over Logging- Instead of commenting on natural resource over use like oil or forestry Matt and Trey decide to comment on our over dependency on the internet.

Super Fun Time- A pioneer village field trip turns into the plotline of several hit eighties movies when terrorists take over the fun park and Cartman and Butters skip out.

The China Probrem- Beijing Olympic’s get Cartman paranoid of the Chinese while Kyle and Stan deal with the disappointment of Steven Speilberg and George Lucas ‘raping’ Indiana Jones for profits.

The Breast Cancer Show Ever- Cartman becomes a cancer to Wendy, the only way to stop cancer is to fight it.

Pandemic- The boys get Craig involved in a scheme that goes wrong, meanwhile Randy goes ‘cloverfield’ with his new video camera when furry monsters begin attacking.

Pandemic 2- The Startling- I’m so startled, and so is Randy as Craig and the boys finish saving the world again with more unrealistic twists than the latest Hollywood blockbuster’s.

About Last Night- Instead of mocking the presidential candidates like everyone else we see a twist on their stereotypes when election night turns into a heist movie for the O’Bama and McCain tickets. Meanwhile the boys parents get out of control celebrating the ‘change’.

Elementary School Musical- I hate High School Musical, and luckily for me so do Matt, Trey and the boys. Rather than dance and sing a boy wants to play basketball but his dramatic father won’t allow it.

The Ungroundable- Butters unwillingly joins the ‘Twilight’ crowd while the Gothic kids try to stop the ‘vamp’ craze at it’s source, the local Hot Topic store.

This season is the first to be released on Blu-ray as well as DVD, though it appears as standard full screen on the DVD, the Blu-Ray is widescreen 1080i, which isn’t quite 1080p but is still High Def ( i meaning *interlaced, p progressive), and will have 5.1 *DTS Audio. The new special features provided are probably better suited for die hard fans or those interested in animation but personally if it’s between having these and none at all I’d rather the option of watching these. The special features are:

Making Boobage: Behind The Scenes Of “Major Boobage”
-Four scenes from the Heavy Metal parody are broken down and shown to us in several stages as producer Eric Stough gives a commentary on how they blended it all together for a final result.

Six Days to South Park, A Day By Day: Making of South Park
-This is less featurette and more commentary. It finds the production crew giving a rather long commentary over several stages of incomplete animation discussing the changes that are made on each of the six days leading up to the air date. We get to see ‘Super Fun Time’ slowly transform from the storyboard animatic stage to the near final cut.

Behind The Scenes: “About Last Night”
-This is essentially another commentary by the creative crew lead by Eric Stough. They talk over a rough cut of the episode and discuss how most of it was made last minute on the sixth day of production which was the last day before it aired.

Matt and Trey will also provide the same mini commentaries they have provided on every season set since the complete third season. I always find these enjoyable and entertaining. They also manage to give alot of information considering each commentary tends to be under five minutes long. The way they discuss issues really gives you an inside look to how their creative minds work and why the humor of the show is what it is.

I’m glad to see Paramount and Comedy Central now releasing this show on Blu-Ray as it makes the already vibrant colors that much better, though some may understandably not want to pay more money for high definition alone, it’s perfect for those of us who want South Park in all it’s glory. These sets have stayed consistent throughout the release of the series (despite typo’s on the first sets), they line up nicely on a shelf and always have humorously picked box art that fits the season. They make it easy as possible to store your DVD safely and access them quickly.

I’m happy to see the show hold onto the quality it built up to in previous seasons and perfected in season eleven, despite some slower episodes this season is just as smart overall and certainly as funny. This show has held up where other animated series have fallen apart or gone astray. I often worry that this show may follow the same path but after listening to Matt and Trey’s awareness of themselves I don’t believe they would let that happen, at least not to the same extent.

One of my favorite moments of the season was the boys watching high school musical to see what the hype was about and Cartman’s reaction:
“Well, I’m out guys. If this is what’s cool now, I think I’m done. I no longer have any connection to this world. I’m gonna go home and kill myself. Goodbye, friends.”

Season 12 on Blu-ray, the series continues to push the button and I can never see Indian Jones the same way ever again…,

By Dennis A. Amith (kndy) (California) - See all my reviews

South Park Season 12 on Blu-ray is raw and absolutely hardcore!

And this season dares to go “there” and push the button and will more than likely provoke a reaction. But come on, its “South Park” and you wouldn’t accept anything less right?

“SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE TWELFTH SEASON” becomes the first “SOUTH PARK” season to be released via the Blu-ray format in all of its uncensored glory.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“SOUTH PARK” gets its first High-Definition treatment on Blu-ray and is presented in 1080i. As much as people may wonder why not “1080p”, considering that “SOUTH PARK” is not exactly a series you are looking for extreme special effects or action scenes, the 1080i does a great job in showcasing the color. Vibrant colors pop and overall, picture quality is clear with no grain or major artifacting. Picture quality is very good!

As for audio, audio is presented in Dolby TrueHD English 5.1 , English 5.1 and Stereo. If anything, the Comedy Central intro really puts your front speakers for a challenge with its heavy bass. But overall, dialogue is clear and again, this is not a series where you would expect any major uses of audio. But dialogue is clear and understandable. Music segments definitely are heard quite clearly and more pronounced, especially the episode of “Elementary School Musical” which is a music-based episode.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Both Blu-ray Disc and DVD versions come with the following special features. Although the “Behind the Scenes - About Last Night” is a featurette featured in HD.

* MINI-COMMENTARY - Every episode has good length commentary by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The two definitely give insight to every episode and what prompted to have the storyline and what was in their heads at the time. Especially an episode such as “China Probrem” where the two were definitely upset with the fourth Indiana Jones film and talk about what would happen if Spielberg or Lucas were to approach them about the episode. Also, another episode featured Matt Stone sick and a doctor giving him a steroid that delayed the cold in order to give him enough time to do the vocals for an episode before he gets sick again. Really good insight for the commentary.
* Disc 1: Making Boobage: Behind the Scenes of “Major Boobage” - This feature showcases Kenny and Randy Marsh’s scenes which pay homage to “Heavy Metal” from storyboards and commentary on those “major boobage” scenes.
* Disc 2: Six Days to South Park: A Day-by-Day Making of South Park - This feature surprised me because it features six of the staff discussing how the episode “Super Fun Time” was created. I was aware that in a country like Japan where in an animated series, an episode is completed right on the day of when it is supposed to be aired and sometimes arriving minutes before airing. But I always figured in the US, these episodes were made way before it was to air. But watching this featurette, you get an idea how the staff and crew working six days a week. Each day is broken down and you get to hear what the crew does for each day. From drawing out storyboards, then black holes, animating, voice work, final touches, etc. An informative featurette.
* Disc 3: Behind the Scenes: “About Last Night” HD - A 20-minute featurette featuring the producers commentary of the episode. Unlike the “Six Days to South Park”, this features on one day and the crew talking about the 24-hours they had to do this show because it aired the day after the Presidential elections and thus had to fix a lot of the show based on who won the elections and get it out to the Cartoon Network in time.

“SOUTH PARK” is one of those series that I’ve watched since my college years that I can’t seem to stop watching. No matter how far the series goes, how offensive the series may get, I don’t really get upset. It’s because the series is known for pushing the button and taking things as far as Comedy Central will allow them.

Of course, on this Blu-ray (and also on the DVD) edition, these episodes are uncensored and are filled with profanity. But it’s what makes “South Park” the type of series it is and personally, I find it refreshing to have an animation targeted for adults.

“SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE TWELFTH SEASON” definitely dared to go farther in surprising people with its content.

With the first episode to kick of the new season with Cartman contracting AIDS (for the episode titled “Tonsil Trouble”) from a transfusion mishap during his tonsillectomy and then getting back at Kyle (who ridiculed him) by injecting his blood with AIDS into his mouth while he slept was shocking.

And then each episode after the other such as Britney Spears blowing off her head for the episode “Britney’s New Look” but kept alive and yet everyone around her thinks she is fine while Kyle and Stan are in awe that these people don’t recognize that she blown her head nearly off.

And to see the kids testing out of how they can get high by “cheesing” by having their face behind a male cat and using another cat to provoke it, thus making the male cat pee on the person’s face and making them get high. To the episode of “China Probrem” and watching Steven Spielberg and George Lucas constantly raping Indiana Jones.

As for the first Blu-ray release of “SOUTH PARK”, looking at the Blu-ray and DVD specs of bonus features, they both have all three special features and commentary. The only significant difference is that the Blu-ray is featured in HD. Also, the Blu-ray does come with a way to obtain a digital copy of “South Park Season 12 (a code for one to download the episodes).

A lot of the episodes from the twelfth season has generated plenty of comments of “oh, crap…that is so f’d up”. But it’s all about comedy and if one is sensitive to these jokes, then “South Park” is definitely not for them. But for those who have been long time fans, we enjoy the series and enjoy seeing how far Parker and Stone can go. “SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE TWELFTH SEASON” goes even farther than previous seasons and pushes the limit of what can be shown on cable television. And again, each episode is featured in its uncensored glory on Blu-ray and DVD.

I’ve found the series entertaining then and entertaining now. It’s not a series to take seriously, it’s a series you just want to sit back, laugh and be surprised of what Parker, Stone and crew have prepared for you. Prepare for some surprises in this twelfth season and more of the “oh, crap that’s f’d up” sentiments but in an entertaining, “South Park” kind of way.

“Eek!!!”,

By N. Durham “Big Evil” (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: after twelve seasons, you’d figure that an animated comedy would have gone stale (I’m looking at you Simpsons, no I’m not afraid to say it). With South Park though, you’d be wrong. The twelfth season of Comedy Central’s bread & butter series finds Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, and the rest of the town’s citizens in more insane situations. “Britney’s New Look” finds creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker putting their own spin on the train wreck that is Britney Spears, and also has no shame in pointing the finger at who helped make her who she is today, all the while having some insane fun doing it as the boys attempt to help her out. “Tonsil Trouble” gives Cartman a taste of his own medicine, “Major Boobage” finds Kenny with a strange drug problem while paying tribute to the animated classic Heavy Metal (right down to the animation style), and “Eek, a Penis!” finds Mrs. Garrison wishing to be a man again (and features one of the most hilarious moments you will ever see with a singing mouse and his, ahem, attachment). Other episodes go so far to feature some undercurrent themes, whether it be the writer’s strike (”Canada Goes on Strike”), our dependency on the internet (”Over Logging”), the Olympics and the butchering of Indiana Jones (”The China Problem”), and even the election (”About Last Night”); while some episodes poke fun at hit flicks like Cloverfield (”Pandemic 1 & 2″), High School Musical (”Elementary School Musical”), and Twilight (”The Ungroundable”). The only weak point of the season for me personally was “Super Fun Time”, but other than that, the twelfth season of South Park is flawless and hilarious. All in all, South Park hasn’t stopped being funny and even socially relevant, and here’s hoping that it never does either.Search Amazon.com: South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season [Blu-ray]: South Park: Movies & TV from AmAzon

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