The Bottom Line
- Three packed-full DVDs.
- Anybody up for a whore-off?
- Creators' commentaries included.
- If I only wanted the episodes, I'd TiVo 'em.
- Matt and Trey got boring, really quickly.
- Maybe a little something uncensored?
Description
- Three discs.
- Mini-commentaries introducing each episode.
- Fourteen episodes.
Guide Review - South Park - The Complete Eighth Season
I like South Park, I really do. And I want it to do well, but sometimes the ghost needs to be given up.
When a show starts losing steam one of the options is to turn up the controversy and really push the envelope. Matt and Trey didn’t just push it. They picked it up and threw it at the mailman.
With that aside, some of the episodes are decent. "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes" takes a shot at Sam Walton’s pride and joy, and big business America. "The Jeffersons" finds out what really happened to Michael Jackson when he left Neverland. "Douche and Turd" left me wondering why my high school picked a silly old cougar as its mascot.
The stand-out episode to me had to be "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset," which proves that even Paris Hilton can't out-whore Mr. Slave.
This DVD set isn’t terrible, but when I saw it the first time I didn’t think to myself, "Gee I can’t wait for them to release this."
One major gripe is that there’s nothing extra to this other than Comedy Central whoring itself out with previews. Oh, there is some commentary, but it’s nothing but lame-o inside jokes between Trey and Matt.
