South Park – Season 7
Reviewer: Tim Isaac
Issue 105 July 2008
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The Lowdown: The South Park kids get up to more crazy antics, including becoming Christian rock stars, discovering Earth is actually a reality show for other planets, becoming Mormons, and even taking up smoking after Rob Reiner launches an anti-tobacco campaign.
Review: Following years with no South Park DVDs at all in the UK, the season releases have come thick and fast over the last few months, with re-releases of Seasons 1-4, and Season 5, 6 and now 7 making their first UK DVD appearances. While all South Park is good, it is true that these middle seasons aren’t as funny and fresh as the earliest instalments, nor as biting as some later episodes. Even so, there’s plenty of entertainment to be had across the 15 episodes of Season 7, with everything from an armed invasion of South Park in order to protect the rights of old people, to the kids venturing to the flappy-headed regions of Canada, to try and retrieve Ike.
It is a shame that unlike some of the earlier seasons, little time and effort has been put into the special features. Whereas Season 1 featured specially filmed skits/introductions by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, this time around you just get commentaries. While these are pretty good, there are moments when it seems the guys have finally run out of things to say about the series. The good thing is that this normally prompts them to talk about whatever else might pop into their heads, and that’s always pretty entertaining. Season 7 may not be South Park’s finest hour, but any visit to the Colorado town is well worth it.
FILM: 7 EXTRAS: 4
DVD Info:
Certificate: 15
Starring: (voices) Trey Parker, Matt Stone
Directed By: Various, 2003
Distributor: Paramount
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Visuals: 4:3 Fullscreen
Running Time: 330 mins
Price: £24.99
Film supplied by: Shine Communications
Special Features:
Scene Selection
Audio Commentaries With Trey Parker And Matt Stone
