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Season 12 of The Simpsons flies in the face of the contention that it’s the earlier runs of the show where you’ll find the gold. Granted, it’s been tough to keep the standard up to the levels of the show at its finest, but here we find some majestic and inspired Simpsons moments.
Season 12 doesn’t have, it should noted, the calibre of guest voice star of previous runs. That said, it’s still the core adventures of Homer, Maggie, Lisa, Marge and Bart that form the heart of the fun. Particular favourite highlights of The Simpsons’ twelfth season include Lisa’s relationship with the tree hugger, Homer’s brand new gossip website, the moment where Homer suddenly (and temporarily!) gets a burst of intelligence, and the wonderfully titled Worst Episode Ever. There’s also the very welcome return of Sideshow Bob, as voiced by Kelsey Grammar.
The writing of The Simpsons, as evidenced here, remains witty and sharp, and while perhaps there aren’t so many of the belly laughs of the earlier years, season 12 still more than justifies its purchase price. At least half the episodes here are ones you’ll be looking, we’d suspect, to watch again. Factor in too the usual high quality selection of extras, and long after most series have folded, we continue to find The Simpsons on fine form. --Jon Foster
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All 21 episodes from the 12th season of the animated comedy series about the world's favourite dysfunctional family. Episodes comprise: 'Treehouse of Horror XI', 'A Tale of Two Springfields', 'Insane Clown Poppy', 'Lisa the Tree Hugger', 'Homer vs. Dignity', 'The Computer Wore Menace Shoes', 'The Great Money Caper', 'Skinner's Sense of Snow', 'HOMR', 'Pokey Mom', 'Worst Episode Ever', 'Tennis the Menace', 'Day of the Jackanapes', 'New Kids On the Blecch', 'Hungry, Hungry Homer', 'Bye Bye Nerdie', 'Simpson Safari', 'Trilogy of Error', 'I'm Going to Praiseland', 'Children of a Lesser Clod' and 'Simpson Tall Tales'.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By catfordvi
Format:DVD
I really like this season and it has some of my favourite episodes; HOMR, Worst Episode Ever and the sublime Trilogy of Error.
The packing is gorgeous - a crimson box houses a separate, six-fold concertina for the discs which is wonderfully decorated.
However, there really is an issue with this packing. Having lived with it for a few days, I realise that almost everything about the cover and sleeves ensures they're going to get damaged and cause damage to the discs.
The outer box is of thin card and it's going to need supreme care not to crush and crease it. There's a fold-in flap that I'm having to leave open if I don't want to crease the box taking the inner packing out.
What people say about the inner box is true; it's a chore and scratches the discs. When I took them out the first time, all 4 discs were scratched already. In pulling one disc out, I scratched the playing side badly on the edge of the adjacent disc (this is possible because each pair of discs comes out edge first from a slot either side of a fold in the concertina). Lastly, the tightness of each 'wallet' makes it hard to get a grip on the disc to get it out. You either have to bend and crease the wallet or use your finger or nail on the surface of the disc to get a grip on it, guaranteed to grease or scratch it.
The scratched disc seems to play ok but I was very lucky not to have ruined it. I honestly feel I was careful with the packaging because I'd seen a warning about it elsewhere.
Many of the episodes in this set are good to great but, overall, I have to give this set 2 stars. Good episodes, lovely looking artwork, but incomprehensible design.
The packing is gorgeous - a crimson box houses a separate, six-fold concertina for the discs which is wonderfully decorated.
However, there really is an issue with this packing. Having lived with it for a few days, I realise that almost everything about the cover and sleeves ensures they're going to get damaged and cause damage to the discs.
The outer box is of thin card and it's going to need supreme care not to crush and crease it. There's a fold-in flap that I'm having to leave open if I don't want to crease the box taking the inner packing out.
What people say about the inner box is true; it's a chore and scratches the discs. When I took them out the first time, all 4 discs were scratched already. In pulling one disc out, I scratched the playing side badly on the edge of the adjacent disc (this is possible because each pair of discs comes out edge first from a slot either side of a fold in the concertina). Lastly, the tightness of each 'wallet' makes it hard to get a grip on the disc to get it out. You either have to bend and crease the wallet or use your finger or nail on the surface of the disc to get a grip on it, guaranteed to grease or scratch it.
The scratched disc seems to play ok but I was very lucky not to have ruined it. I honestly feel I was careful with the packaging because I'd seen a warning about it elsewhere.
Many of the episodes in this set are good to great but, overall, I have to give this set 2 stars. Good episodes, lovely looking artwork, but incomprehensible design.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The package is still unacceptable and thus I've decided not to buy a Simpsons set for the first time ever! As long as Fox and Matt Groening refuse to release the sets in reasonable quality, i.e. boxes that do not damage the discs and do not fall apart on their own, I'm not going to spend any more money on this franchise! I know Groening wants to save the environment and so do I but conventional Simpsons boxed sets using plastic devices are NOT the main reason for global warming. Theses paper boxes are nothing but a very bad running gag and I am no longer laughing, Mr Groening.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By A. Nelson
Format:DVD
5/5 for the series, however it is spoiled by the shoddy packaging that seem to be designed to scratch the discs and make them unplayable. From the first time i played the discs i had problems with skipping. Now im assuming the packing is designed to save money but when there is no change in price to the earlier seasons it stinks of their gain and my loss in my pocket. Sub standard, not good enough by a long shot and in my opinion, a rip off. Do yourself a favour and avoid.
23 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By L. O. Adcock
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you like The Simpsons, you'll get this regardless of the quality of the episodes (although I admit they were starting to go downhill around this point, thanks to Jerkass Homer). I can't exactly give a review for 21 episodes.
But the one star is because of the packaging. If you disliked Season 11's packaging (and that was pretty awful) this is even WORSE.
Last time, the DVDs were held in a dreadful little case that had 'pockets' for the DVDs that make them difficult to remove. Despite all complaints, that method of holding remains.
And worse, the actual BOX is more like something you hold cornflakes in, or one of those small Sunmaid Raisins boxes (without the pro of having raisins), and you need to open a flap to get the DVDs out. You can't just slide them out. And worse, they're tightly wrapped so that it's also tough to get them back in. And that little thing that used to insert inside with information about the season? Now it's stuck to the back, very vulnerable to damage. And not well-stuck on either.
This is The Simpsons; they can AFFORD to have decent packaging. But they're being real cheapskate - usually only the very cheapest and crappest of movies are wrapped up like this. And we're STILL paying the same price as we were back when Seasons 1 to 4 came out. It's not like these guys are exactly POOR, and NEED to save a few pennies. It's just pure cheapskate laziness.
This really is NOT good enough.
But the one star is because of the packaging. If you disliked Season 11's packaging (and that was pretty awful) this is even WORSE.
Last time, the DVDs were held in a dreadful little case that had 'pockets' for the DVDs that make them difficult to remove. Despite all complaints, that method of holding remains.
And worse, the actual BOX is more like something you hold cornflakes in, or one of those small Sunmaid Raisins boxes (without the pro of having raisins), and you need to open a flap to get the DVDs out. You can't just slide them out. And worse, they're tightly wrapped so that it's also tough to get them back in. And that little thing that used to insert inside with information about the season? Now it's stuck to the back, very vulnerable to damage. And not well-stuck on either.
This is The Simpsons; they can AFFORD to have decent packaging. But they're being real cheapskate - usually only the very cheapest and crappest of movies are wrapped up like this. And we're STILL paying the same price as we were back when Seasons 1 to 4 came out. It's not like these guys are exactly POOR, and NEED to save a few pennies. It's just pure cheapskate laziness.
This really is NOT good enough.
22 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
OK my review is not about the season it is about the Boxest it is the worst one ever they have not taken any of the reviews to mind and have made the packeging even worse. i ripped the box as i was treying to get the dvds out they have made the cardboard sleeve even tighter
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Inspector Gadget
VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
The Simpsons suffered an agonizing low at the beginning of the 21st Century when the writers got lazy and the show became nearly unwatchable. It's this painful decline that I blame for the rise in the vastly inferior and undeniably ugly Family Guy.
Having never seen any of the episodes as they aired on TV, I only got Season 12 as I already had 1-11 on DVD. To my delight it features hardly a single bad episode and is consistently funny with dozens of laugh-out-loud moments. Absolutely brilliant!
The packaging is just downright awful though. A nice idea, but poor execution. I wish studios would move away from cardboard digipacks. They're just not made to last.
Having never seen any of the episodes as they aired on TV, I only got Season 12 as I already had 1-11 on DVD. To my delight it features hardly a single bad episode and is consistently funny with dozens of laugh-out-loud moments. Absolutely brilliant!
The packaging is just downright awful though. A nice idea, but poor execution. I wish studios would move away from cardboard digipacks. They're just not made to last.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good
Nice. Nice nice. Liked it liked it. If you like the Simpsons you'll love this box set of The Simpsons
Published 1 month ago by doug
1.0 out of 5 stars
poor quality and incomplete
poor quality of boxing and the booklet was missing. I would not have ordered if I had known. My child insisted in keeping it though.
Published 1 month ago by Mrs Lesley Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Simpsons dvds
The packaging was brilliant and also the dvds were carefully packaged.
I hope this information is usefull on what i've said
I hope this information is usefull on what i've said
Published 3 months ago by Robert Bramall
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
order this for a christmas present for my son, who is a fan of the simpson, and is collecting the whole seris
Published 4 months ago by Tiara
5.0 out of 5 stars
Doh!
Has anyone ever written a bad review about the Simpsons? The show is just in a different league to everything else, and provides high quality humour and entertainment across the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Gavin E. Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simpsons 12
Another box set in the series that was a must have purchase as the whole family are huge Simpson fans
Published 5 months ago by BullyFee
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pros and cons of season 12
Pros:
-Detailed and colourful graphics.
-All comic booked themed down to the finest details, i.e. the small leaflet that acts as a episode guide. Read more
-Detailed and colourful graphics.
-All comic booked themed down to the finest details, i.e. the small leaflet that acts as a episode guide. Read more
Published 16 months ago by D. Gray
1.0 out of 5 stars
Suck that i had to pay extra because you sent it wrong
i had to pay for customs because you sent my package wrong so it came over 199 NKR.
i will never shop here again
i will never shop here again
Published 20 months ago by Freddy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fab
Fantastic!
Plenty of episodes, good series and amazingly quick delivery. Arrived on first day of estimated arrival on the second day after I'd ordered it. Read more
Plenty of episodes, good series and amazingly quick delivery. Arrived on first day of estimated arrival on the second day after I'd ordered it. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2011 by GCSEs suck
1.0 out of 5 stars
Packaging needs to be better in the internet age
I bought this box set and after returning 3 times I gave up. The packaging is just not strong enough to be sent in the post unless it is in a strong box. Read more
Published on 12 July 2010 by T. Burzynski
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