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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
All ten episodes of South Park's historic 20th season are packed into this exclusive 2-disc set. Join Cartman, Kenny, Stan and Kyle as they confront the real-world consequences of online trolling, battle the memberberry epidemic, come to terms with Cartman having a girlfriend, and survive the 2016 presidential election. With an exclusive, full-season creator commentary and never-before-seen deleted scenes, there's no need to go "Protocol Zero."
Starring: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall, April Stewart (I)Comedy | 100% |
Animation | 76% |
Dark humor | 47% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1, 1.33:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (224 kbps)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Region free
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
South Park may have once been the little crude engine that could, bleeped but fearless in pushing the animated envelope. Today it's mostly taken for granted, twenty seasons in but still innovating and rewriting the rules not with every season, but seemingly with every episode. Always full of wit, insight, and maybe even prescience into the way the modern world works -- for better for for worse -- it's always been right there to shed some witty, wise, and foul humor onto any subject, person, or trend. Season twenty offers more of the same as it takes on both the 2016 presidential election and the world of social media, particularly the acts (art?) of the Internet troll. It's typically convoluted and chaotic, but it's also empty. Matt Stone and Trey Parker don't usually lack imagination, but season twenty is largely without the wit, charm, and cadence of the show's best -- which is essentially all previous 19 seasons -- and it fails to capitalize on the subject, which is at once both too diluted and too stuffed for its own good.
South Park: The Complete Twentieth Season features a 1080p presentation much in-line with other seasons that have released to Blu-ray over the years. The image is colorful, though certainly lacking much nuance. Primaries are adequately bold: reds, blues, and greens tend to dominate as part of clothes and larger splashes. There's plenty of pop and even less rich, less lively shades are also stable and pleasing. Detailing is excellent. The Blu-ray again captures the show's construction paper origins, visible in larger swaths of surface area like clothes or walls. The image is clear and sharp. A few minor bugaboos intrude at times. Banding is occasionally visible and heavy while light aliasing messes with a few shots, but overall image stability and accuracy are very good.
South Park: The Complete Twentieth Season features a basic, few-frills Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The presentation is largely dominant along the front with much of the surround activity light at best and practically nonexistent at worst. But it serves the program's needs well enough. Music, whether opening title theme, light score, or popular beats, all present with a nice, aggressive edge, solid clarity, and plenty of width. Core effects clarity -- some of the basics around the school, clanking keys on a keyboard, some various action scenes -- deliver enough basic clarity to satisfy requirements. Dialogue drives much of the season, and it's presented with an agreeable front-center placement as well as quality detailing and prioritization.
South Park: The Complete Twentieth Season contains a few extras on both discs, the most notable being a nearly hour-long Comic-Con chat
with Matt and Trey.
Disc One:
South Park's 20th season disappoints. A wonderful core idea is at the middle of it, but for the first time Matt and Trey have slipped up, making too much of an effort and dragging a plot line far too long for the show's own good. Pacing and humor suffer, and it's the least rewarding season of the run, even if it's packed with excellent ideas throughout. South Park: The Complete Twentieth Season's Blu-ray release is fine, typical of previous seasons in terms of tech specs and extras. Worth a look and recommended for South Park completists.
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