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    South Park - Vol 12
    Warner Vision/Warner Vision . R4 . COLOR . 110 mins . M15+ . PAL

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    Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000: The boys are seemingly unbeatable in sled races thanks to their tactical advantage - Cartman's "big-bonedness". However, the team is in turmoil as the FBI has carted Cartman off to Juvenile Hall until he's 21 for throwing a rock at Token, an African American (you can’t say black!) classmate. How will they beat the Phil Collins Hill challenge from the girls now? Will it be a sad day for men everywhere? Will Cartman escape custody and make the Mexican border in Kenny's Go Go Action Bronco? Should they have used Energisers? Who will take Cartman's place as the local fat kid? Who is this Romper Stomper person? Will the free Cartman committee achieve their goal? How DID Cartman fit THAT up his ass? Why does poor Kenny always die?

    The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000: After scoring $2 from the Tooth Fairy for one of his baby teeth, Cartman thinks he's onto a cash cow. He and the boys get together and start the scam - score teeth by whatever means necessary, in this case getting Cartman into a little pink dress and dangling him by fishing line through windows, pop them under the pillow and tada - they've got more moolah towards their Sega Dreamcast! After leaving 112 teeth under his pillow Cartman has bankrupted his Mum, and she tells him the awful truth - there is no Tooth Fairy. After Cartman shares this news with his friends, Kyle undergoes an existential crisis, whilst the others continue to run their scam. Who is the mysterious Loogie? Can Kyle find peace? Why does Mrs Cartman need to save her throat for work? Why is Timmy so cool? Kenny dies.

    Quintuplets 2000: Yay, Cirque Du Seville is in town! The parents are rapt, the boys are bored off their scones - that is until the appearance of the contorting Romanian quintuplets. This is the final show, and the quins' grandmother tries to escape with her charges to start a fresh new life in America. They're taken in by Stan's parents, but soon the media gets a sniff and the next thing you know there's the possibility of an international incident. The boys are oblivious, after seeing the cash le cirque was puling in they just want the girls to star in their very own circus. Are Stan's parents turning him into a poofter? Will Grampa Marsh get some action? Will Romania's tourist industry survive? Is Janet Reno the Easter Bunny? Will Kenny become a world famous tenor? Splat - oh, I guess not...

    Timmy! 2000: Poor Timmy, the teachers just don’t understand him. But once he's diagnosed with ADD, and gets to forego homework, all the kids want ADD too - it's Ritolin all round! Meanwhile, garage band Lords of the Underworld just can’t get their big break, they're in the battle of the bands and the prize is the support slot for Phil Collins on the Lalapalalapaza tour, but then along comes Timmy. Could he be their saviour? Why don’t people understand that we all love Timmy? What do you do with a pissed off Phil Collins? (I have a few suggestions) Can the band continue without Skylar? Why are the boys over Terrance & Phillip? Will the Ritolout be too late? Could Phil Collins be any more crap? And what's with the pink Christina Aguilera monsters? Kenny you-know-whats.

    Pip: It's time for some culture kids, with South Park Classics. A British Person (actually it's Malcolm McDowell) introduces the story of South Park's resident Limey Pip Pirrup, based (loosely) on the Charles Dickens tale Great Expectations. Poor Pip is an orphan, and is looked after by his blacksmith uncle. When offered a high-paying job at rich old Mrs Haversham's house though, and falling for her posh daughter Estella, it looks like young Pip may be set to become quite the young gentleman. What is Mrs Haversham up to? Who is Pip's mysterious benefactor? Will Pip's heart be broken and stomped upon? Where can I get a set of metal fuzzy dice? What has the King of England, Tony Blair, got to with anything? How do you battle robot monkeys? How many bunnies will get it? At least there's no Kenny to die.

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    And so we roll on to the latest season, the fourth. Being a newly minted series of discs has anything much changed? Nuh-uh, not really.

    The video presentation is as good as ever, as clear as a bell to the point where hitherto unseen textures on objects are clearly visible. Naturally it is presented full frame.

    The sound remains, as would be expected, in Dolby Surround, and is more then suitable for a television show. The only times dialogue can be a bit tricky to catch are with some of Cartman's mumbles, and some of the more extreme characters presented - Phil Collins (ewwy, I feel so dirty typing that!) is a prime example.

    The episodes remain completely un-chopped, unlike seasons one and two, the use of Amaray cases has mercifully continued, and the extras box is emptier than the most emptiest of empty things, save for a little 'more' selection on the main menu which leads to a picture of the next disc in the series. Hardly scintillating stuff.

    In all this is another great value disc in the series, featuring five rather than the more usual four episodes, and is worth the price of admission simply for the fabulous Timmy, who gets to shine in two of the episodes here. Some of the political messages are a bit more blatant in these episodes - rather than being approached from more subtle/obscure angles as often in the past - however that isn’t necessarily such a bad thing as this previous tendency towards the cryptic did cause the occasional misfire.

    With the recent release of this disc, and the rest of season four, it's another expensive time for South Park fans, but one that is certainly worthy of loosening the purse strings for.


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    "Race relations, existentialism, Bocelli, Dickens and, umm, Christina Aguilera. Culture, schmulture - this is South Park!"
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