Simpsons - Season 11 (Ltd Edition 'Krusty' Head)
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Suitable for 12 years and over 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Release date: Monday 6th of October 2008 Starring: Director(s): Format: Box set, PAL, Special Edition, Region code: 2 Running time: 465 minutes |
RRP: £39.99
Great Season! Awful Packaging
Review date: 2008-10-06 Rating: 8 out of 10
Another Great Season for The Simpsons. Have been looking forward to this coming out for some time. Can;t believe its taken so long.
I would have given this a higher rating if it wasnt for the packaging. Unlike the other Limited Edition Simpsons boxset (i.e. Homer Head boxset etc) this comes slightly smaller where the discs are stuffed into cardboard sleeves which can be quite hard to get out, and also have to touch the readable side of the disc with your fingers leaving grubby marks.
Also the packaging is very confusing and you are lucky to find the right disc you are looking for, first time.
As long as you aren't fussy about the packaging then this is a must buy!
Reviews
Trouble in paradise
Review date: 2008-08-16 Rating: 8 out of 10
This season, finally getting released after a year without a new box set and only the disappointing movie and increasingly unfunny episodes to sustain us, is very interesting. Along with seasons 9 and 10, 11 contains many episodes that are very funny, and a few that aren`t. All the early seasons, the classic, golden age of Simpsons seasons, have storylines and moments that are truly unforgettable, and indeed, are now embedded as part of popular culture...they were devastatingly funny too. These later seasons are funny, but for some reason they don`t really stick in the mind. I know it`s a tragic waste of memory, but I can retell most of the first 100 episodes damn near word for word. These later seasons just don`t stick in the brain. I still love them just not for the same reasons. It`s more out of feelings of nostalgia and remembrance at how happy one used to be watching them, and I now feel I shouldn`t let Homer et al. down by turning my back on them when they need me...
I`m not going to run through each episode, as some don`t deserve the effort, but there are some delights. I like "Little Big Mom", and "Missionary: Impossible". "The Mansion Family", which ends in disappointment (a theme of this season) does have one of my favourite ever Simpsons moments - when Mr Burns leaves for his health check, Monty is pondering who to leave in charge of his house.
Monty: "Who`s that fellow that always screws up and causes havoc?"
Smithers: "Homer Simpson?"
Monty: "Yes, that`s the fellow. I reckon he`s due a good run".
If you don`t enjoy that scene, you have laugh-resistant DNA. Also, Moe starring as the lead of an episode (Pygmoelian) is great news. The idea of the season finale, a behind-the-scenes style expose is a great idea (even if it doesn`t quite work).
You will find yourself ten minutes in though sometimes, and nothing funny has happened. Lazy comic ideas led to such comedy misfires as "Kill The Alligator and Run" and even worse, "Bart To The Future". I don`t know why Maud had to die either!
So, still funny, but not classics. Better than any other animated comedy in my opinion, and worth watching - you will laugh often, but these episodes are a bit like the name of Homer`s Barbershop Quartet, "The B-Sharps" - funny at first, but less so the more you become acqainted with them...
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Harry Shearer
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Julie Kavner
Dan Castellaneta
Creators:
Dan Castellaneta (Primary Contributor)
Julie Kavner (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036038874
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 4
Format: Box set, PAL, Special Edition,
Release date: 2008-10-06
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 465 minutes
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