Welcome to Imaginationland - or more to the point - Trey Parker and Matt Stone's imagination.
With Futurama making a comeback via the DVD-Movie, it only seems sensible that in lew of a second big screen adventure from the South Park boys that the creators churn out a DVD that is just as epic.
Included on the Imaginationland
disc is the monster three-episode story arc (which aired on TV as part
of the eleventh season), completley uncut and uncensored - and without
all of those pesky commercial breaks!
The epic story follows
Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Butters who travel to Imaginationland after
Cartman discovers a Leprechaun. Soon they realise all is not well in
Imaginationland (a place filled with every character ever conjured up
by anyones imagination) with the imminent threat of a terrorist attack
likely to destroy everything and everyone - unleashing all the evil
imagined characters (Alien, Freddy Kruger, etc).
If Season Ten of South Park took their level of genius satire to an all time high - then Imaginationland
is bursting through the stratosphere. It's always been a skill of Trey
Parker (and to a lesser extent Matt Stone, who is the Ben Affleck to
Parker's Matt Damon) to take serious and important issues and make them
as hilariously simplistic and childish as possible - and they've
certainly succeeded here.
There are some truly classic moments spread throughout this episode, which really does give South Park : Bigger, Longer & Uncut
a run for it's money in the feature length stakes, but at the end of
the day - it all comes down to the simple fact that Stone & Parker
have unravelled the narrative in a way that the only thing that really
matters (politics, religion and violence aside) is that Cartman wants
to see Kyle suck his balls.
And at the end of the day - isn't ball sucking to win a bet what comedy is all about?
EXTRAS
The
big drawcard of this release is the 40 strong minutes of Audio
Commentary by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The duo are quite
famous for their lack of love for the Commentary (the last DVD release,
they barely did more than three minutes per episode). Unlike most
feature commentaries, Parker & Stone are funny and informative,
giving great amount of depth and humour to proceedings.
Also included are the extra episodes Man Bear Pig
(which also appears on the Series 10 DVD) and the hilariously wrong
Christmas Special starring the forest friends. Not to give to much away
- but it does involve a blood orgy.
For real fans, there are
some interesting Storyboard comparisons of certain scenes - but they
hardly compare the the laughs on offer elsewhere on the disc.
A great package, essential for any South Park fan. If this is as close we ever get to another South Park movie, we should all be more than satisfied.
Pure genius!
Conclusion:
Movie 90% Extras: 85%
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