Imaginationland’s Hilarity Far From Imaginable

SP-ImagEver wonder what would happen if your imagination was being held hostage by terrorists?

Luckily, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have the answer.

A three-part episode on the eleventh season of South Park, “Imaginationland” addresses the war on terrorism and the imaginations of Americans and also touches on a few other topics in the South Park universe making it a fairly enjoyable story.

Watching “Imaginationland,” you get the idea that Parker and Stone have decided to address a smorgasbord of ideas, including sub-par movie directors, bad sci-fi movies and the inevitable showdown between Kyle and Cartman. Usually in a situation like this, you’d expect the feature to be structurally flawed, but somehow “Imaginationland” puts all of these ideas together and presents them in a way where they are absolutely hilarious. Watching the transgression of events unfold will be a delight for hardcore South Park fans, while viewers unfamiliar with the series will still find them entertaining.

Featuring the likes of Mel Gibson, Al Gore, Michael Bay and every cartoon character you could imagine, “Imaginationland” has the biggest cast of characters since the South Park movie nearly a decade ago. Again, while many may think it would be nearly impossible to put all of these characters together in a cohesive and fluid work, “Imaginationland” gets it done and is an absolute blast from start to finish. In addition, the plot development involving Cartman, Kyle and Butters throughout the story is extremely fun to watch and gives the story the type of depth that isn’t found in animated sitcoms anymore.

For that reason, “Imaginationland” is a worthy addition to any South Park fan’s DVD collection.

The commentary on the disc is also probably the best ever done on a South Park DVD for the simple reason that it doesn’t pull any punches. On every other South Park DVD available, Stone and Parker give mini-explanations of every episode and don’t get as deep as you’d like them to. On “Imaginationland” however, Parker and Stone talk about the inspiration behind the DVD and a few other things on their minds, which ends up being another great reason to buy the feature.

That being said, “Imaginationland” is an entertaining 64-minute romp that combined with two additional bonus episodes and hilarious commentary is a definite must-own for any fan of the series.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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