South Park Season 12 - Blu-ray - March 12th 2009
12-15-08, 11:38 AM
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South Park Season 12 - Blu-ray - March 12th 2009
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/South-Park-Season-12/11029
All fourteen uncensored episodes from South Park's twelfth season are now available in this exclusive three-disc set. In this collection, South Park follows the new President-elect from his acceptance speech to his first official day of duty as Commander in Chief. The boys keep busy helping a pop-princess who's down on her luck, negotiating a truce for striking Canadians, and preventing giant rodents from destroying the world. For them, it's all part of growing up in South Park.
Comedy Central and Paramount Home Entertainment have announced that South Park - The Complete 12th Season will be released on March 10th, as a 3-disc DVD set. On the same day, the studios will also make this title available as a 3-disc Blu-ray package, marking the first time this program has been made available on high definition home video. Running time is 308 minutes for 14 animated episodes, provided uncensored as compared to their original broadcast versions.
Video format is confirmed to be in Full Screen for both DVD and Blu-ray, although the video resolution on the Blu version will be 1080p high definition. Audio information was listed, too, and it shows that the DVD release will be English-language with sound format as "Dolby Digital, Stereo". The Blu-ray release of this title will have the same format as a secondary option, but will primarily provide sound in 5.1 Dolby TrueHD. Both come with English subtitles.
Pricing and package art isn't available yet either, but the studios did include a list of Featurettes that will be found on the extras for both the DVD and Blu-ray editions of South Park - The Complete 12th Season:
* Six Days to South Park - A Day-by-Day Making of South Park (Super Fun Time)
* Six Days to South Park -- The Sixth Day (About Last Night)
* The Making of "Major Boobage"
Comedy Central and Paramount Home Entertainment have announced that South Park - The Complete 12th Season will be released on March 10th, as a 3-disc DVD set. On the same day, the studios will also make this title available as a 3-disc Blu-ray package, marking the first time this program has been made available on high definition home video. Running time is 308 minutes for 14 animated episodes, provided uncensored as compared to their original broadcast versions.
Video format is confirmed to be in Full Screen for both DVD and Blu-ray, although the video resolution on the Blu version will be 1080p high definition. Audio information was listed, too, and it shows that the DVD release will be English-language with sound format as "Dolby Digital, Stereo". The Blu-ray release of this title will have the same format as a secondary option, but will primarily provide sound in 5.1 Dolby TrueHD. Both come with English subtitles.
Pricing and package art isn't available yet either, but the studios did include a list of Featurettes that will be found on the extras for both the DVD and Blu-ray editions of South Park - The Complete 12th Season:
* Six Days to South Park - A Day-by-Day Making of South Park (Super Fun Time)
* Six Days to South Park -- The Sixth Day (About Last Night)
* The Making of "Major Boobage"
Last edited by Gizmo; 12-16-08 at 04:40 PM.
12-15-08, 11:55 AM
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I still watch my HD DVD copy of that one episode every once and a while. I wonder if Paramount plans on bringing some of the previous seasons to BD as well?
12-15-08, 12:00 PM
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I wouldn't count on it, unless they've been doing these in HD behind the scenes for the last couple of years (seriously, I'd love for the super awesome Season 10 to be in HD). They had to go back to Good Times With Weapons and re-render the entire episode.
12-15-08, 01:30 PM
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awesome-O news! now if we can just get them to release the movie bigger longer uncut as well... (and while they're at it, how about team america which was tentative for hd before it died)
12-15-08, 01:31 PM
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Well, We've been waiting for a Special Edition of the film for something like 10 years now...don't know why Paramount is taking its sweet as time on it.
12-15-08, 02:29 PM
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I think 10 and 11 are possible. They must have been prepping this for HD DVD (and then for Blu-ray) for some time now otherwise why would they spend the money to bring one episode out as a silly give away at Best Buy (and as an XBL download) with no tie-in? I'll gladly buy Season 12 and any others they make available...hopefully the movie is not too far behind.
12-15-08, 05:33 PM
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I love South Park but the show isnt about the high tech animation...the animation is rugged and crude. Why would there be any improvement on BD? It's not like the colors would pop out and the details any clearer. I think BD is outstanding for most films and some animation but this isnt one of those times.
12-15-08, 06:06 PM
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I love South Park but the show isnt about the high tech animation...the animation is rugged and crude. Why would there be any improvement on BD? It's not like the colors would pop out and the details any clearer. I think BD is outstanding for most films and some animation but this isnt one of those times.
(though I do agree !!)
just think on the lines that you'll be able to see the pores on the faces of Cartman and maybe even the blackness underneath Kenny's hood.
EDIT - WHY does this need to be on 3 BLU-RAYS ?? Doesn't 50gig allow more episodes to be placed onto fewer discs ???
oh - and then ther's the lossless sound
12-15-08, 06:28 PM
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I love South Park but the show isnt about the high tech animation...the animation is rugged and crude. Why would there be any improvement on BD? It's not like the colors would pop out and the details any clearer. I think BD is outstanding for most films and some animation but this isnt one of those times.
12-15-08, 06:28 PM
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I love South Park but the show isnt about the high tech animation...the animation is rugged and crude. Why would there be any improvement on BD? It's not like the colors would pop out and the details any clearer. I think BD is outstanding for most films and some animation but this isnt one of those times.
12-16-08, 08:26 AM
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12-16-08, 11:26 AM
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I don't know if I want to get this in Blu-ray or not. I have never really thought South Park screams for a high-def release, and I'm perfectly fine watching South Park on dvd. But out of curiousity where are the mini-commentaries?