[Blu-Ray Review] South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season; Available On Blu-ray & DVD April 4, 2023 From Paramount

South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season (Uncensored) [Blu-Ray]

Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone (VOICES)

Release Date: April 4, 2023

A Review By: Kevin Lovell

Disc Rating: 6.5/10

Synopsis:

Join Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny – in South Park’s 25^th season – as they correct a long-held misconception about one of their classmates, deal with moody teenagers, and celebrate Pajama Day at South Park Elementary. For them, it’s all part of growing up in South Park!

Please Note: Paramount Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Post. The opinions I share are my own.

‘South Park’ returns for its groundbreaking twenty-fifth season which rejoins Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny; our favorite foursome of foul-mouthed youngsters who this time around get swept up in everything from a clash about Pajama Day at South Park Elementary which draws comparisons to Nazi Germany, as well uncovering a misconception about one of their classmates. The kids must also tackle trying to play airsoft which causes them to spend time with some truly confused and moody teenagers, not to mention a St. Patrick’s Day in South Park that gets Butters in a whole lot of trouble for pinching. It’s just another normal collection of adventures for the kids growing up in South Park.

Season 25 of ‘South Park’ invites fans back to your favorite quiet mountain town for another collection of wild, hilarious and splendidly offensive episodes with our favorite elementary school kids and all of their friends and family members. The latest season begins what seems to be the new trend of 6 episodes per season (something that started the same time as the new two new special episodes on Paramount+ each year which all combined results in roughly the same length as the previous ten episode seasons) but don’t think for a moment that there isn’t plenty of ridiculous fun and hilarity to be had within. This season finds the city dealing with a resurfaced fear of Russian invasion, along with tackling the annoyance of moody teenagers, the issues with St. Patrick’s Day in today’s world and even corrects a misconception about one of the local kids. It’s a thoroughly entertaining and amusing new batch of episodes that should have fans laughing and rolling their eyes in appreciation and it all just proves yet again that this long-running animated series hasn’t lost its touch.

Paramount Home Entertainment’s single-disc Blu-ray release of ‘South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season’ brings home all six episodes from the animated show’s twenty-fifth season with each featuring very nice high definition video presentations that are only complemented by uncensored, bleep-free Dolby TrueHD multichannel soundtracks that serve up every episode looking and sounding as good as ever. Unfortunately, the Season 25 Blu-ray release does continue the recent pattern of these releases not including any bonus content, so don’t be surprised to find only the season’s six episodes and a menu offered within. Although this season did at least arrive with a slipcase.

Overall, Season 25 of ‘South Park’ delivers another fun, vulgar and hilariously offensive batch of episodes that should easily have fans laughing out loud and loving nearly every moment throughout. Poking fun at everything from St. Patrick’s Day in the modern world to the headache of dealing with teenagers and even clearing up a shocking misconception about one of the young students at South Park Elementary; there may only be 6 episodes but Season 25 still has more than enough, fun, humorous and over the top ridiculousness in store to keep fans happy. The single-disc Blu-ray release may be absent of any bonus content, but diehard fans that collect each season on Blu-ray will almost surely still want to add this release to their collection whenever possible. If you’re a dedicated fan of the series that’s already considering a purchase, the Blu-ray is recommended.

VIDEO:

The Blu-ray release of ‘South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season’ features a full 1080p High Definition presentation with the show’s original 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio on all of the twenty-fifth season’s episodes. The video presentations look pretty great as a whole and they provide clean, sharp and richly colored presentations from start to finish on every episode. There are the occasional issues of banding and lines in backgrounds and on bigger, solid colored objects, but the character details and specifics along with nearly everything else look crisp and nicely detailed without any notable problems or faults to be uncovered along the way. Overall, these are very nice high definition video presentations that should easily satisfy fans of the series who are typically pleased with what these season releases on Blu-ray have to offer.

AUDIO:

The Blu-ray release features an uncensored 5.1 channel Dolby TrueHD soundtrack on all 6 Season Twenty-Five episodes. These multichannel soundtracks offer clean, crisp and generally solid soundtracks on each episode within. As is typically the case, the episodes are largely centered with the majority of dialogue and other key audio elements often concentrated to front and center, although it does utilize all five available channels in order to send music and other minor effects and noises throughout the various speakers, while always making certain that the dialogue and other audio elements remain clean and fully audible every step of the way. Overall, these are fully capable 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtracks that hold up well and should not disappoint.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

The Blu-ray release of ‘South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season’ does not include any bonus content.

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Disc Rating: 6.5/10

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‘South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season’ Arrives Home on Blu-ray & DVD April 4, 2023 from Comedy Central & Paramount Home Entertainment

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