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Summary: Great DVD
Review: If you are a true simpsons fan you should uy this DVD. It is hilarious, especially at the end of Homer3 when he comes to our world, crawls out of a dumpster, and says, "Oh, this is the worst one yet" I won't tell you how he got there because that would give the plot away. Anyway, you should definintley buy this DVD, especially since it has episodes that come from seasons that aren't out yet, unlike "Christmas with the Simpsons".
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Summary: Treehouse of Humor
Review: Good stuff. Most of the episodes are excellent. As for the editorial review for Amazon, however, the guy mistakenly says that Homer says, "Shh... do you want to get sued?" when it is actually Groundskeeper Willie who says this.Anyhow, definitely a good buy!
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Summary: -
Review: Throughout its long history, I have always enjoyed The Simpsons, not only for the classic characters and citizens of Springfield, but for the howlingly funny way the writers inject satire into the series on a regular basis. One of the highlights of each new season is the annual Halloween or Treehouse Of Horror, episodes. As a film freak, I love it when the writers decide to do a movie parody, as well--These Treehouse shows, therefore, offer this viewer the best of both worlds. Parody And Satire.
I must say though, that while I enjoyed the installments included on this disc, it is naggingly incomplete. I wish more Treehouse instalments had found their way on this anthology. The highlight of the DVD is part V. Spoofing Stanley Kubrick's vision of author Stephen King's The Shinning--Even if you have never seen the movie, it's so permeated our culture--you'll get the jokes. Treehouse of Horror VI brings Homer (Dan Castleneta) "into the real world" through the magic of CGI. Treehouse of Horror VII aired as America was headed to the voting polls in '96. Both President Clinton and challenger Bob Dole are put through the Simpson looking glass, as Springfield's resident "aliens" Kang and Kodos (Harry Shearer) try to affect the outcome by kidnapping the canidates. Finally, in Treehouse of Horror XII, the Simpson home is overun by a computer (spoofing another Kubrick film 2001). Kang and Kodos are part of a clever and fun featurette as the disc's only extra.
While I have no plans to buy any of the Simpsons DVD box sets...yet. As a fan of the show, I was a bit disapointed that there were only 4 Treehouse episodes on the disc--I wanted more. That said, I still had fun But only serious Simpson fans need pick this up. For the casual viewer works best as a rental.
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Summary: Cover images
Review: Sure, these Halloween ones will eventually be in the season sets, but those take awhile to come out, and it's kind of fun to have just the Halloween ones in one place. And you get about an a hour and a half of viewing for less than $10. I'm surprised they didn't make a volume 2 for 2004, because I see they are for the Christmas disc.
I thought it was odd that the box for this disc (not actually what's shown in the amazon image) has images from Treehouse IV with Burns as Dracula. That's already in a season set now anyway though.
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Summary: Treehouse of Horror has a couple of limbs missing
Review: Although it's far from complete, "Treehouse of Horror" has some of the funniest film and TV parodies available. "The Simpsons" has become the standard against which all TV comedy should be judged; consistently year after year the show has been stellar. Even so-so seasons reach way beyond the standard sitcom. Even incomplete this is the funniest DVD of Simpson Halloween specials assembled.
Picture quality is good but not great while the sound quality is very good. The bonus feature consists of Kang and Kodos clips. It's not a bad bonus feature just a bit disappointing. While this doesn't compare to having every single episode from every single season on DVD, this isn't a bad place to enjoy some really clever episodes of the series.
We start, bizarrely enough, with "Treehouse of Horror V" which parodies "The Shining". Homer goes mad and tries to kill his family because he doesn't have any TV or beer. Then "Time & Punishment" takes a classic Ray Bradbury sci-fi story about time travel and twists it inside out. "Nightmare Cafeteria" shows that Principal Skinner has new uses for his students...as lunch.
"Treehouse of Horror VI" opens with "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores" a loving hommage to z-movies of the 50's. "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" takes clever aim at the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies with groundskeeper Willie as the Freddie Kruger of the tale. In "Homer 3" the writers cleverly take aim at "Poltergeist" and remove Homer from his two dimensional world into our own with very funny results.
With VII we get a take off on "The Other" and the whole evil twin thing. Lisa creates a world in miniature where she's God and Bart is the devil in a clever take off on a Theodore Sturgeon short story. Finally aliens Kang and Kodos replace Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in the clever political satire "Mr. Kang Goes to Washington".
VIII closes the set with a clever trio of stories "Hex and the City" (which takes the basic idea of "Thinner" and turns it inside out. "House of Whacks" finds a computer taking over the Simpson home for the love of Marge. Finally "Wiz Kids" takes on Harry Potter (among many others)in a very funny grand finale for this set. Why isn't 1, 2 & 3 included in this set you may ask? Who knows but if you want one clever Halloween DVD to watch with the older kids, this is it.
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Summary: Good choices of episodes
Review: THOH V is simply the best of the Simpsons Halloween genre, with The Shinning, Nightmare Cafeteria, and Time and Punishment. VI and VII are also classics, and the episode in which Kang & Kodos take over the bodies of Bill Clinton & Bob Dole is -- eight years later -- one of the best political satires you can see during this election season. ("We must go forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!") Sometimes you just need that 10-minute Simpsons fix without watching a whole episode, and this DVD fits those moments perfectly.
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Summary: Good But Not Great
Review: This DVD is good and has good episodes but it's bad that there are no extras and the kang and kodos featurette is just clips no big deal. I would have liked that they made a DVD with all the treehouse of horror episodes like one person suggested. The price is fair and if your a big fan then you should get this. It's also good that it has episodes that are not yet released on the season DVDs. Go buy it.
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