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The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season

The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season

List Price: $49.98
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: really good
Review: Wow am I impressed!! As I insterted this disk into my DVD player I was certainly expecting low quality graphics, since, as we all know, the first simpsons launched were not nice in graphics. To my amazement, the graphics were perfect. It was obvious that they did changes in the episodes. I recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoys the Simpsons as much as I do!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Classic Simpsons
Review: If you were slightly disapointed with the first series DVD like I was you'll be happier with this one. The strange voices and slightly wrong colouring has been patched up since the first season and comes to represent the Simpsons we all know and love. This season is when it starts to get really good. Classic episodes like 'Blood Feud' ("Ok Mr Burns, whats your first name? Homer: "I don't know...") never fail to get a good laugh. True Simpsons fans will get a kick out of the extra scenes that somehow got cut from the TV versions. These extra little segments really help the characterisation and often explain a lot more. Look for one with Mrs Krebopple and the chef in the episode where Homer goes to the Japanese restaurant... You can never go wrong with The Simpsons. Can't wait for the 4th season

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: What a hoot
Review: The Simpson's first year was one of finding out what the show was going to be about. And you can see that as the year progresses. Other than the very annoying feature of spinning heads before you can easily view the DVD, this is a well done set. If you like the Simpson's, you'll like the series. What makes it even more worth buying is the commentary with each episode. The commentary on the Halloween episode is hilarious. We are never going to hear James Earl Jones again, they love him, just too expensive $$$ :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: More classics from America's First Family
Review: The Simpsons' second season continued much along the lines of the first, with mainly down-to-earth family situations, but the humor was growing more absurd, the crowd of characters growing, guest stars popping up all over the place, social commentary becoming stronger. The second season shows the Simpsons beginning to transform into what they are now, and beginning to prove that they've to stay. Some classic episodes:

'Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish' - the episode which Harry Shearer named as his favorite makes powerful social commentary as Mr. Burns runs for governor.

'Itchy & Scratchy & Marge' - Marge starts a campaign against the violence on the Itchy & Scratchy show, and eventually becomes a writer on the show herself.

'Bart Gets Hit By A Car' - the episode introduces Lional Hutz, attorney at law, and features the classic trial scene.

'The Way We Was' - the first of many nostalgia episodes for the Simpsons, this classic tells of the beginning of Homer and Marge's love life.

'Three Men And A Comic Book' - Bart, Milhouse and Martin buy a rare and precious issue of Radioactive Man, and consequently start quarrelling over it. First appearance of the still unnamed Comic Book Guy.

'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?' - features Danny DeVito as Homer's half-brother Herb Powell.

'Homer vs. Lisa And The Tenth Commandment' - Lisa is concerned about the family's illegal cable hook-up being a one-way ticket to hell.

And finally - 'Threehouse Of Horror', the first in a series of glorious Halloween specials that became a tradition. This first contains three classic spook stories, all of which are graced with the presence of guest star James Earl Jones's booming bass voice - 'Bad Dream House', 'Hungry Are The Damned' (the first appearance of aliens Kang and Kodos, and a clever parody of the 'Twilight Zone' episode 'To Serve Men'), and of course Sam Simon's classic adaptation of Poe's 'The Raven' (one of my favorite moments in Simpson history is Bart as the Raven screaming 'Eat My Shorts' instead of 'Nevermore').

For the Simpson fan - the second season is essential; it contains some classic and unforgettable episodes and is well worth adding to your collection. Highly recommended DVD.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Vast Improvement
Review: 22 episodes, Homer with his normal voice, and a higher quality of cartooning, all make Season 2 a great buy. The extras are great as they really show the timeline of the Simpsons history.

Favorite Episode: Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish
Least Favorite: Old Money
Favorite Feature: David Silverman on the creation of an episode
Least Favorite: Bart on the American Music Awards

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Simpson's lover?
Review: If you love the simpsons you'll love this dvd.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: greatest show ever
Review: this is the show that makes college kids hurry through their meal at the dining hall with the hot girl on campus to get home yeah its sad but almsot anybody in college has an experience like that. when you get to your dorm though and turn on the simpsons its like you reached Meca and its always funny to realize every one else on your hall is watching the same thing as you. you can't fight results and the simpsons put out great results because they are the best show around the show gets better as the seasons progress so this isn't the best season but it is a good one

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Like a fine wine...
Review: The Simpsons are that rare show in the ordinarily shallow medium of television that actually grows better with age. Nowhere is this more evident than the second season. The writing, animations and voices are all sharper than the first season and the concentration is more on the family as a whole than Bart's antics. If you are a Simpsons fan these box sets are essential, the creators give an unusual amount of insight and fun in their commentaries that are almost always absent from most DVD audio commentaries.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Nice evolution.
Review: I must say, other than the brilliant writing, that it is exciting to be able to watch, at my own leisure, the evolution of the Simpsons' characters. The loose, corny animation of the first season gave way to much more clean-- though, what's up with those mouths???-- and crafted animation just by the next season. Matt Groening reached into the brain of the public and pulled this out. Perfectly packaged with a nice assortment of goodie extras. I am so happy i added this to my dvd library.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I wish there were more stars to rate this item!
Review: This collection is absolutely amazing! I got the first and second season, and I've preordered the third one long ago. The extra stuff is great (I loved the candy ads, which were never seen in Argentina), and the audio quality is great. I hope it keeps coming out every year!


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