South Park, Volume 3
by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Adrien Beard, Toni Nugnes, Eric Stough

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DVD Reviews of South Park, Volume 3

DVD Review: He loves me, I love you - HE LOVES YOU!
Summary: 4 Stars

Oh, "Mecha Streisand" and "Tom's Rhinoplasty" (featuring 'Ms. Ellen') are hilarious, too.

DVD Review: mecha streisand
Summary: 5 Stars

Cartman knows what he is talking about

DVD Review: I am not ACTING LIKE A FREEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAK!
Summary: 5 Stars

(oh, and i forgot to mention this in my earlier reviews, but i guess better late than never: The commentary before each episode by Matt and Trey are priceless. Very funny stuff.)

Starvin Marvin: "click click clack clik." I recall this episode had me rolling around the floor laughing... Like most of the other episodes, there are a couple of storylines going on. One is the adoption of Starvin Marvin, the ethiopian boy, another is the genetically altered turkeys (very boring), and lastly is the shuttling off of Cartman (the funniest part). When Cartman gets mad, it's funny. Why it's funny, I don't know. But I can't stop laughing. It's considered the Thanksgiving episode.

Mecha Streisand: Okay, I don't like Streisand as much as the next fellow, but I didn't like this episode at all. It was boring, unoriginal... and worst of all- you could tell when Matt and Trey were trying to be funny but didn't quite get to that point. Although it's not the worst episode... it's far from the best.

Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo: One of the funniest episodes EVER. This alone is worth the price of the DVD, and it introduces another classic character, Mr. Hankey... I think Mr. Mackey is also introduced in this episode (hearing him say, "he's a clinically depressed fecalfeliac" always cracks me up). Anyway, it's considered the Christmas episode, and is funny funny funny!

Tom's Rhinoplasty: Mr. Garrison decides to quit teaching the kids to bum around and pick up hot chicks with his new nose job. And if watching the "New Mr. Garrison" with mr. hat on his hand run around town isn't funny enough, the "chick from species" also guest voices Ms. Ellen, a gay substitute teacher that Wendy hates because stan is in love with her. Ahh... to only be 8 years old again...

DVD Review: No Starvin' Marvin, that's KENNY's cream corn!
Summary: 3 Stars

This volume "celebrates" a number of American holidays: Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and Christmas/Hanukah to be precise. Halloween receives treatment in Volume 2.

I don't find these episodes as funny as the first time I watched them. A lot of the humor of South Park is in shock value, and that has worn off. But even so, I find them funny enough to be worth watching every now and then. If you are a hard core fan, I recommend you drop thirteen bucks for the DVD. If you are just a casual fan, your money would be better spent elsewhere.

There are no extras on the DVD to make it really stand out from the VHS version. The primary advantage of the DVD is random access to the episodes. You also get Matt and Trey introducing the episodes, which is fairly amusing. However, the lack of substantive extras is very disappointing. Also, the menus are static and silent; the power of the DVD medium has been completely ignored. This is why I only give this DVD 3 stars.

Some have complained that you can't skip the introductions, but I have no problem fast forwarding through them with my DVD player. Many have also complained about the three worthless items appearing at the end of each episode (the Braniff logo, Comedy Central logo, and FBI warnings). But simply pressing the "menu" button on your DVD's remote is all that is required to skip these items. I don't like this rubbish either, but the people who whine on incessantly about this are making a mountain out of a molehill.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!

Episodes
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Originality: A+
Creativity: A
Complexity/Depth: C-
Relevance/Message: C- to A-
Artistic Merit: D
Overall Entertainment Value: A

DVD
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Transfer Quality: A
Extras: D
Use of Medium: D

DVD Review: a DVD review
Summary: 3 Stars

The episodes are absolutely hilarious... the most side-splitting being the classic "Starvin' Marvin."

I gave this DVD a less than perfect rating for the following reasons:

While the other episodes I owned had closed captioning enabled, this DVD did not. There is no explaination as to why there is no closed captioning on this DVD. Not only is closed captioning necessary for the hearing impaired and an aid for those learning English, it's almost a requirement to understand the lyrics of the songs or what some of the kids are saying at times... it's not like you can read the lips of a cartoon to figure out what they're saying.

This DVD loses another star due to the "bonus" skits with Matt and Trey that cannot be skipped. They are cute skits, but who wants to sit through them every single time? People buy these DVDs to see "South Park," not Matt and Trey.

The DVD lables these "introductions" to be a bonus, but you have to sit through 4 of these things, one before each "South Park" episode and you have to fast forward through them instead of being able to skip them. This makes me wonder, why do I have this on DVD in the first place? Of course, if I had it on tape, I would have blown the heads off the VCR by now from all the fast forwarding.

Buy it for the episodes, but prepare to suffer carpal tunnel syndrome from holding on the fast forward button ad infinitum.

Description of South Park, Volume 3

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