Ugly front artwork, but I'm glad the side and back are the same. The art for Season 8 should be the same as the last 6 sets with either the anime versions of the boys or the Sexy Action School News team. I like season 7 very much, although the golden age kinda ended here (the kids getting more mature, seeming less like cardboard animation) and having the only SP episodes to ever offend me: Krazy Kripples, where Christopher Reeve is portrayed evil, and Christmas in Canada- I live in Newfoundland and it's nothing like that in the episode. SP is still a really good show, it may have some bad recent episodes, but thy're never awful.

Hockenberry wrote: MrStayPuft wrote: Worst Nightmare wrote: Does any one know what they mean by mini-commentaries?

The mini commentaries are pretty much nothing special. Before each episode, Matt and Trey discuss maybe a little bit of the episode, some background, etc. These are only about 30 seconds segments though, so not much. No full length commenentaries, which I feel would be outstanding. These guys are hilarious!

actually, the mini-commentaries aren't before each episode but rather during the first few minutes of each episode. they're like regular commentaries, only after a few minutes Matt and Trey stop saying stuff :-)Thanks guys. It's a shame they didn't do full commentaries but oh well. I am a severe closet fan of this show

I'll try buying this as long as I hide it from my parents.

South Park is still one of the most intelligent shows on TV. It's a shame people dismiss it as a "fart joke" show and fail to see that it pokes fun at western culture even better than family guy does.

Ian McFarland wrote: If I bought "South Park," then the new art would p**s me off.  I'm not just anal about the lack of matching-ness with the first six seasons, but the brick wall looks fake.  And I get that it was probably Cartman breaking through the wall, but the idea is just stupid.

You can't mess with continuity in animated TV shows on DVD.  Look what happened when TCFHE tried to change it up with "The Simpsons."  They had to sell a more normal box after one 'head' packaging.

well, I'm also "anal" about dvd cover matchingness... for example, it bugs me that the "III" on the spine of SITH doesn't really match the "I" and the "II" on PHANTOM and CLONES... which btw was clear from the moment TPM was released because the "I" was simply too big... but I have no problem with the new SOUTH PARK cover... as long as the spines match, which they do, I'm fine with some craziness on the covers :-)

about the "fake-looking" wall... well, none of the previous covers was exactly "photo-realistic", were they? :-)

MrStayPuft wrote: Worst Nightmare wrote: Does any one know what they mean by mini-commentaries?

The mini commentaries are pretty much nothing special. Before each episode, Matt and Trey discuss maybe a little bit of the episode, some background, etc. These are only about 30 seconds segments though, so not much. No full length commenentaries, which I feel would be outstanding. These guys are hilarious!

actually, the mini-commentaries aren't before each episode but rather during the first few minutes of each episode. they're like regular commentaries, only after a few minutes Matt and Trey stop saying stuff :-)

I'm amazed at the stuff that they can get away with, such as Tom Cruise in the closet and Bloody Mary, also the one where Timmy cheats at the special Olympics, which are so shockingly funny.

Cover is interesting

Actually, that art it only a slipcover. In the black void will be a picture of Stan, Kenny and Kyle. Check out a small pic of it at www.tvshowsondvd.com

Kick Ass!!

Ian Schultz wrote: I only liked the first 3 seasons before timmy cameWhat! If it wasn't for Timmy, there wouldn't be a Cripple Fight. You had to enjoy that.

The South Park seasons are far too expensive for having nothing but commentaries ( and I guess on this one "mini commentaries" )on less than 20 episodes per season...
...don't like the artwork either...

Well, as usual with the South Park boxed sets... wait until you see the inside cover and it will probably all make sense... I can just imagine a Cartman amidst a pile of bricks inside.

I am personally devastated by that cover art. What in the hell were they thinking?

A bit of a move away from the previous covers, but I'll still be picking this one up. It's about the only TV show I regularly buy, actually. The covers so far have been great, and it's good to see the spines and cases style are consistent right through.