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South Park Vol. 1

South Park Vol. 1

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I'm super! Thanks for asking!
Review: "South Park" is not for the faint of heart or for kids... but great hilarious entertainment for adults. There is at least one overly offensive scene in each episode, but it is always redeemed by side-splitting laughter in another scene.

My only complaint (althought it is a BIG complaint) is that the introductions to each episode by Matt and Trey can not be easily skipped. Having to hold down the fast-forward button on the remote for 5 minutes to get past these little skits is a royal pain and the antithesis of why people get DVD versions in the first place. You should be able to skip to the next selection right to the episode instead of suffering through these skits more than once.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I'm super! Thanks for asking!
Review: "South Park" is not for the faint of heart or for kids... but great hilarious entertainment for adults. There is at least one overly offensive scene in each episode, but it is always redeemed by side-splitting laughter in another scene.

My only complaint (althought it is a BIG complaint) is that the introductions to each episode by Matt and Trey can not be easily skipped. Having to hold down the fast-forward button on the remote for 5 minutes to get past these little skits is a royal pain and the antithesis of why people get DVD versions in the first place. You should be able to skip to the next selection right to the episode instead of suffering through these skits more than once.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I'm super! Thanks for asking!
Review: "South Park" is not for the faint of heart or for kids... but great hilarious entertainment for adults. There is at least one overly offensive scene in each episode, but it is always redeemed by side-splitting laughter in another scene.

My only complaint (althought it is a BIG complaint) is that the introductions to each episode by Matt and Trey can not be easily skipped. Having to hold down the fast-forward button on the remote for 5 minutes to get past these little skits is a royal pain and the antithesis of why people get DVD versions in the first place. You should be able to skip to the next selection right to the episode instead of suffering through these skits more than once.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Volume So Far...
Review: Five words: Cartman Gets an Anal Probe. 'Nuff said.

But....I have to comment on the sound. I too was disturbed when I first heard this DVD. But then after watching it (and volumes 2 and 3) several times, I happened to catch a few reruns on TV(DSS). Lo and behold, I noticed the clicks and pops are in the regular TV episodes IN THE EXACT SAME PLACES!! The high quality of the DVD's just makes them much more obvious. So, based entirely on content, I give this DVD 5 stars!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Volume So Far...
Review: Five words: Cartman Gets an Anal Probe. 'Nuff said.

But....I have to comment on the sound. I too was disturbed when I first heard this DVD. But then after watching it (and volumes 2 and 3) several times, I happened to catch a few reruns on TV(DSS). Lo and behold, I noticed the clicks and pops are in the regular TV episodes IN THE EXACT SAME PLACES!! The high quality of the DVD's just makes them much more obvious. So, based entirely on content, I give this DVD 5 stars!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: it's south park, don't complain
Review: For all the people complaining about the sound, it must be your player because mine is great. The sound is low but that is what I have encountered with the 20 odd dvd's that I have in my collection. Turn your volume up and if you hear pops and cracks, you have probably been using your discs as coasters or something. Discs have to be given proper care or of course they will sound bad! This is South Park and it is better quality than what I get off satellite! If you like south park, buy the DVD's and don't screw with the overpriced VHS!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Could've been better, EASILY
Review: For the price of this disc- especially at some places- four episodes of South Park ain't bad. These are four pretty funny episodes. Now I could've given this 5 stars, but why didn't I? First of all, the video kinda sucks. I don't know what these other people are talking about but the audio sounded fine; typical South Park fare. But the video just seemed grainy to me. For graphics so simple, was it really that hard to get a good video quality out of this? But the video quality doesn't really bother me after staring at the screen for a minute or two. What REALLY bothers me is the fact that you're forced to sit through what seems like endless blathering of Matt and Trey (the creators) before each episode. It's a little interesting the first time, but it quickly becomes extremely stupid and pointless, and having to sit through it EVERY time you want to view an episode without being able to skip it is just inexcusable. And what does this disc have in the way of extras? A string of Comedy Central show ads. Like I really want to sit through 15 minutes of Make Me Laugh and Win Ben Stein's Money ads. Just skip it, especially considering half those shows have been dead for a while.

These are four good episodes and I definately recommend this DVD (and the five others) to anyone who has a DVD player and is a South Park fan, but the quality of this disc easily could have been much higher, thus it does not deserve a high rating.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Could've been better, EASILY
Review: For the price of this disc- especially at some places- four episodes of South Park ain't bad. These are four pretty funny episodes. Now I could've given this 5 stars, but why didn't I? First of all, the video kinda sucks. I don't know what these other people are talking about but the audio sounded fine; typical South Park fare. But the video just seemed grainy to me. For graphics so simple, was it really that hard to get a good video quality out of this? But the video quality doesn't really bother me after staring at the screen for a minute or two. What REALLY bothers me is the fact that you're forced to sit through what seems like endless blathering of Matt and Trey (the creators) before each episode. It's a little interesting the first time, but it quickly becomes extremely stupid and pointless, and having to sit through it EVERY time you want to view an episode without being able to skip it is just inexcusable. And what does this disc have in the way of extras? A string of Comedy Central show ads. Like I really want to sit through 15 minutes of Make Me Laugh and Win Ben Stein's Money ads. Just skip it, especially considering half those shows have been dead for a while.

These are four good episodes and I definately recommend this DVD (and the five others) to anyone who has a DVD player and is a South Park fan, but the quality of this disc easily could have been much higher, thus it does not deserve a high rating.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: What more could you ask for?
Review: How about chapter stops and fixing the sound problems? :) Apart from that, the South Park DVDs are great to have. Trey and Matt could have just let the shows be put on a disc and sent out the door, but they went one step further and made introductions to each episode. In my opinion, some of these are funnier than South Park! I especially like the Fireside Chat intros - good use of the camera in those.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: What more could you ask for?
Review: How about chapter stops and fixing the sound problems? :) Apart from that, the South Park DVDs are great to have. Trey and Matt could have just let the shows be put on a disc and sent out the door, but they went one step further and made introductions to each episode. In my opinion, some of these are funnier than South Park! I especially like the Fireside Chat intros - good use of the camera in those.


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