The Simpsons: Season 14 [Blu-ray]

As expected

Product was in great condition.

The Simpsons episodes are very funny.

It came out awhile ago, but I just recently got it and finished watching the episodes and bonus features. Unlike any other DVD review I've done, I won't bother to review each individual episode this time, but I'll instead list some of season fourteen's highlights, as well as some of the duds.I can say right away that I was surprised by this season. After season 10-ish, I haven't really enjoyed any of the seasons on DVD... bland stories, weak jokes, and just general mediocrity. For season fourteen though, I was happy to find that I actually LIKED a lot of the episodes.Before watching any of the episodes, I read a lot of people's reviews complaining that Homer is beyond dumb in this season... that his IQ had dropped 30 points, and that he changed for the worse. While there are gags in some of the episodes that make Homer come off as a complete retard, most of the time the jokes were still funny to me, so the new Homer didn't bother me this season.The season as a whole is average or slightly better throughout ... I found myself rating most every episode between 3.5 and a 4.25 rating out of 5. My favorite episodes of the season include "Treehouse of Horror XIII" (Mostly in part to the 'Send in the Clones' bit), "Helter Shelter", "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", "Three Gays of the Condo", and "Dude, Where's My Ranch?". Those five episodes I gave 'season high' 4.25s to. The worst episode, and the only one to get a 3.25 from me, is "Pray Anything". It's just a boring episode with very little to chuckle at. Regardless, the season averages about a 4/5 for me. Even though I wouldn't call a single episode from this season GREAT, I'd willingly watch most of these episodes a second or third time over again.As for the bonus features, they're like the menus -- based almost entirely around Treehouse of Horror episodes from seasons past. I don't have any issues with this, but I don't understand why they haven't just released a Treehouse of Horror I-XX or XXII box set or something. I assume they'll do it at some point...The other features include the usual... commentary on every episode, art galleries, and deleted scenes. I haven't and usually don't watch episodes with commentary, so I can't comment on how they are, but apparently Matt Groening isn't in many of the episodes.Overall, The Simpsons: The Complete Fourteenth season is the best season to me since the tenth. Although nothing about this season will blow you away, you'll more than likely approve of more episodes than you disapprove.4/5

Whew! After the 20th season debacle, I thought it was all over.In the 14th season DVD, there is commentary on every episode. Though only four episodes have Matt Groening, each episode has at least seven people commenting with one episode containing 12. Guests Joe Mantegna, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Tony Hawk, Mark Hoppus, Scott Thompson and David Byrne join the regular writers, animators, directors and cast during the commentaries. In fact, there are noticeably more visits from the cast in these commentaries (no Harry Shearer or Julie Kavner, though).While the storylines and jokes may be a tad weaker, the 14th season is the first season to utilize digital animation and coloring, abandoning cels, ink and paint, so the overall LOOK of the show is different, probably better and crisper.Homer also is stupider than in previous season with some gags falling flat, making one wonder if Homer is too stupid/less funny in this season. However, remember that in season 14 Homer died in the first episode when he was first over the cliff chasing the giant donuts hanging from the helicopters. The Homer in the rest of the episodes is a clone. That is how I am rationalizing the ultrastupidity of Homer this season.Also, the usual deleted scenes and animation showcases are here. The menus are formatted the same as the last few collections with menu animations worth sitting through their entirety before they loop. In other words, it's the same comfortable format fans of the DVD sets have been used to and sorely missed in the 20th season DVD set.If you are a collector of all the seasons, then do not hesitate with season 14. Just pretend that the 20th season set didn't happen.If you hate the "accordion" packaging of seasons 11-13, you'll hate this packaging, too. It's the same.Life is back to normal.

The answer is, yes. Yes it does. The Simpsons was most definitely past its prime in its 14th season, but let's face it - Many of us want to own all the seasons regardless, and furthermore, there's still plenty of gems sprinkled throughout this run anyway.So, I'll spare you the review of the season itself as most of you already know how you feel about it and get right down to it - The common complaint from people is that this Blu-ray isn't TRUE HD because it's an upconvert in the video department. As true as this is, we should be very clear about one thing - The upconvert the studio are able to do from the source is going to look ten times better than what your Blu-ray player or TV can do from a DVD. The result is that this is still very much an impressive looking show on Blu-ray in its 14th season, and nobody should really hesitate to pick this up over the DVD. If you need further reasons, the fact that the episodes are on less discs, and are on scratch resistant coating for that matter, should also sweeten the deal.

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Another great set of episodes, my only issue would be the case the discs come in. The artwork is great but the discs get scratched very easily.

Simpson.... Doh

Excellent !

We love the simpsons doesnt everyone

The discs all seem to work and I love the product, however the condition of them is not as good as I had hoped or as they had implied they would be. The cardboard cover is very bent, scratched and worn and while this does not affect the discs, it is not in as good a condition as described. Great episodes though and I'm happy with the product overall.

I love the Simpsons. And it is better to be able to watch them back to back. Very happy