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DVD : The Simpsons - The Complete Seventh Season (Collectible Marge Head Pack) |
- The Simpsons have peaked, and the long, slow decline has started (but this is still a great season!)The Simpsons is still going (with 17 complete seasons and more new ones to come). Watching the new episodes and comparing them with these Season 7 episodes show just how much the show has declined in density of story, laughs-per-minute, and heart. The bright side is that the Simpsons are at the peak of their game in Seasons 4 through 8, and these DVDs take us back to the glory days of the show. Even better, there are outtakes and deleted scenes aplenty for those that have seen these episodes numerous times. There are many highlights in the season, my favourite episodes being:
Radioactive Man: Millhouse is cast as Fallout Boy in the Radioactive Man film, being filmed in Springfield. Contains what Matt Groenig claims is his favourite all-time Simpsons line "The goggles! They do nothing!"
Lisa the Vegetarian: Lisa goes veggie and gets less than total support from her family when Homer decides to put on Springfield's greatest BBQ. "Another whopper for the copper!"
King Size Homer: Homer deliberately gains weight to reach the level of "morbidly obese" so he can get on workman's compensation. "I think it's ironic that, for once, Dad's butt prevented the release of toxic gas."
The Simpson's 138th Episode Spectacular: The greatest of the clips shows, because we get to see clips from the Tracy Ulman days and also scenes that were animated but cut before the show aired. "Release the robotic Richard Simmons!"
Two Bad Neighbours: An extended Dennis the Menace homage, with Bart as Dennis and former president George H.W. Bush as Mr. Wilson. "I come by to give you present for warming of house and find you grappling with local oaf!"
Lisa the Iconoclast: Lisa discovers that Jebediah Springfield was really a pirate. With a brilliant guest-voicing by the most famous graduate of my very own high school - Donald Sutherland. "You are banned from this historical society! You, and your children, and your children's children .... for 3 months."
Homer the Smithers: Smithers goes on vacation and has Homer replace him as Mr. Burns's assistant so as to not be shown up. Homer does so bad a job that Burns becomes self-sufficient and fires Smithers. "Mr. Smithers, I don't understand 1199 of my new duties!"
A Fish Called Selma: Troy McClure's career makes a startling comeback when he manages to quash rumours of his bizarre sex life by marrying a human female: Selma Bouvier. "It's the part I was born to play, baby!" This episode features a commentary track with Jeff Goldblum, who guest-starred as Troy's agent.
22 Short Films About Springfield: Probably the most successful of the Simpson's attempts at being "artsy." A series of short vignettes about the extended cast of Springfield, including the Comic Book Guy, Herman (the one-armed owner of the Army Surplus Store), Chief Wigum, Snake, Apu, etc. "For now I am going to party like it was on sale for $19.99!"
Summer of 4'2": After Lisa realises how unpopular she is (no one wants to sign her yearbook), she tries to remake herself as a slacker tween when the family goes on vacation to the Flanders' beach house. "Celebrate the independence of your country by blowing up a small piece of it."
As usual, this collection includes many deleted scenes (all collected together on the last disc, or you can watch them within each episode), a commentary on each-and-every episode, and the shows are unbutchered (unlike the syndicated versions you see on network TV). The Marge head box is interesting, but not particularly practical (I, for one, couldn't ever get everything to fit back in it after opening it once).
Rating:
- Another Classic Simpsons SeasonThis Is one of the best Simpsons Seasons. With The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular where you get to see some things that were left out of the Episodes.
Disc 1
Who Shot Mr Burns Part 2
Radioactive Man
Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
Bart Sells His Soul
Lisa The Vegetarian
Treehouse Of Horror VI
Disc 2
King Size Homer
Mother Simpson
Sideshow Bobs Last Gleaming
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
Marge Not to Be Proud
Team Homer
Two Bad Neighbours
Disc 3
Scenes Frome the class struggle in Springfield
Bart The Fink
Lisa The Iconoclast
Homer the Smithers
The Day The Violence Died
A Fish Called Selma
Bart On The Road
Disc 4
22 Short Films About Springfield
Raging Are Simpson and his grumbling grandson In The Curse of the flying hellfish
Much Apu About Nothing
Homerpalooza
Summer Of 4Ft.2 A aged 14
Rating:
- Classic SeasonWelcome to another spectacular Simpsons review on my blogspot. Season Seven is another great season. Classic episodes like Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily, Bart Sells His Soul, King Size Homer, and the list keeps on going. This season until the 14th has the best episodes ever!
I'll review each episode and give it a rating.
Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two: We find out who really shot Mr. Burns in this concluding cliffhanger.
Rating: 9.0/10
Radioactive Man: Radioacive Man the Movies shoots in Springfeld and Milhouse is casted as Fallout Boy.
Rating: 9.0/10
Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily: Bart, Lisa, and Maggie move in with the The Flanders as a foster home.
Rating: 9.2/10
Bart Sells His Soul: Bart question's the soul after he sells it and Moe creates a new restaurant.
Rating: 9.5/10
Lisa the Vegetarian: Lisa becomes a vegetarian.
Rating: 8.8/10
Treehouse of Horror VI: This Treehouse episode inludes Attack of the 50-ft Eyesores, Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace, and Homer³ which has Homer entering the 3rd dimension.
Rating: 9.3/10
King-Size Homer: Homer gains weight so he can work at home.
Rating: 9.2/10
Mother Simpson: Homer's Mother returns and we find out about her.
Rating: 8.6/10
Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming: Sideshow Bob threatens to use a bomb.
Rating: 9.1/10
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular: Troy McClure hosts this episode spectacular.
Rating: 9.4/10
Marge Be Not Proud: Marge is disappointed after Bart steals a video game.
Rating: 9.3/10
Team Homer: Homer and others create a bowling team.
Rating: 9.2/10
Two Bad Neighbors: George and Barbara Bush move in next door.
Rating: 9.0/10
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield: Marge enters the Springfeld Country Club.
Rating: 9.1/10
Bart the Fink: Krusty's salary is cut 95% and fakes his death.
Rating: 9.1/10
Lisa the Iconoclast: Sprinfeld Finds out who Jebediah Springfeld really was.
Rating: 8.6/10
Homer the Smithers: Homer becomes the new Smithers after Smithers goes on vaction.
Rating: 9.1/10
The Day the Violence Died: We find out that Chester Lupwick was the original creator of Itchy and Scratchy.
Rating: 9.2/10
A Fish Called Selma: Troy McClure marries Selma to boost his career.
Rating: 8.9/10
Bart on the Road: Bart gets a fake I.D. and he, Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin go on a road trip.
Rating: 9.5/10
Short Films About Springfield: Many skits on citizens of Springfeld.
Rating: 9.6/10
Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish": Grandpa and Bart battle Mr. Burns on the Hellfish treasure.
Rating: 9.2/10
Much Apu About Nothing: Apu must past an American Citizen test in order become a legal immigrant.
Rating: 8.6/10
Homerpalooza: Homer is able to take cannons shots to the belly.
Rating: 9.3/10
Summer of 4 Ft. 2: The Simpsons goto the Flanders beach house where Lisa finds her first friends.
Rating: 9.2/10
What a great season of the Simpsons, just a couple of episodes that aren't good. The best season yet in my opinion until season 8.
Rating: 9.5/10
Rating:
- Another wonderful season!Again, this release fails to receive 5 stars based only on the packaging. When reviewing a product, content and container count equally! Especially in the case of this season, for which the more "traditional" packaging is available. I recommend that you go that route instead of this "collector" Marge head packaging.
As for the episodes themselves, the laughter continues right where it left off in Season 6. Many were disappointed in the unveiling of the culprit in Who Shot Mr. Burns, part 2. I, however, thought the episode was brilliant up to that point, and with the extra features giving you insight into the hundreds of subtleties pointing to the shooter (who shall remain unnamed in this review), it justifies the disappointing ending to the episode.
Other episodes I recommend are: Radioactive Man, Lisa the Vegetarian, Treehouse of Horror VI, Mother Simpson, Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming, Marge Be Not Proud, Team Homer, Two Bad Neighbors, Homer the Smithers, Short Films About Springfield, Homerpalooza. Without going into much detail about each one (you can probably check other reviews for full episode descriptions), suffice to say that each of these episodes is either packed with hilarity that will have you watching them repeatedly, or such a unique concept (Short Films and Two Bad Neighbors in particular) that they make this a more-than-enjoyable season to add to your collection.
Again, the special features include episode commentaries on each episode, as well as a few other featurettes. Some of them are well worth your time, others are just novelties that Simpsons creators insist on including for the extreme-diehard fans. If you do not own this season yet, do yourself a favour and go buy it! It's worth every penny, especially if you avoid the Marge head packaging!
Rating:
- Awesome DVD!!!The best Simpsons box set ever! "Bart Sells His Soul" is a hilarious episode on here. Also, this DVD is loaded with special features! Featuring deleted scenes, and audio commentary on every single episode! Great DVD! Definetley worth it!
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