If you absolutely love “South Park,” then “Imaginationland” is probably worth checking out.
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The "South Park: Imaginationland" DVD release combines the three-part trilogy of episodes from Season 11 into a sixty five minute ´feature-length´ film. The ´Unrated Director´s Cut´ throws away the Comedy Central Censors and goes for the gusto with a number of F-Bombs and other swear words that typically are bleeped out during the televised episodes. The three episodes originally aired on Comedy Central between October 17 and October 31, 2007.
The essential underlying story of "Imaginationland" is that Cartman had made a deal with Kyle that if he could prove that leprechauns truly existed, Kyle would suck Cartman´s balls. The leprechaun appears and Cartman tells Kyle that he expects to gain relief for his dry balls. However, the leprechaun delivers a message that a terrorist attack is imminent. Kyle, Stan and Butters find a special hot air balloon and after a rather horribly ditty, the Mayor of Imaginationland takes them to a place where all of man´s imaginary creatures exist. A terrorist attack on our imaginations causes an uproar and the Pentagon must decide whether or not they should nuke our imagination.
A few subplots are thrown into the film to add to the basic storyline. Butters becomes trapped in Imaginationland but serves as the Neo-like hero who can harness his imagination and help defeat the evil imaginary creatures that threaten to overtake our imagination. Stan is sent into a "Stargate" like device to follow in the footsteps of Kurt Russell (who is raped by imaginary Christmas critters) and find out what is happening. The government and others step in to help Cartman gain the oral satisfaction he craves from Kyle and a few other things happen. Kenny doesn´t die.
"Imaginationland" is not the "South Park Movie." It is exactly what it is: three episodes combined to tell their entire story arc and removed bleeps to provide stronger language that what is typically heard on Comedy Central. It is rude and crude, but fans of "South Park" should find it tremendously funny. I did. There are a number of parodies throughout the film. "Star Wars" is heavily parodied and Luke Skywalker is one of the nine legendary figures who help guide Butters. "The Abyss," "The Matrix," "Stargate" and countless cartoon shows are also parodied.
What I enjoyed the most in "Imaginationland" was the plethora of familiar characters that populated the film. I saw Smurfs, Predators, Aliens, Freddy Kruger, Jason, Orko from He-Man, Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake and dozens of others. Some of the familiar characters meet an unfortunate demise and those that despise the old "Strawberry Shortcake" cartoons will find themselves rewarded here. Characters from previous "South Park" episodes are also included in this hour long opus, although I was surprised to not see Mr. Hanky.
If you are expecting another "South Park: The Movie," you are going to be dissatisfied with "Imaginationland." This is nothing more than a three part collection of episodes joined together and containing a little foul language and perhaps a few extra bits of footage. There is plenty of oral sex, rape, murder and other off-colored jokes contained in the show and this may be some of the more vile South Park material you will find, but once the Season 11 box set comes out, "Imaginationland" on DVD will serve only as a more harsh compilation of part of the season. It is funny and it is crude, but if you´ve already seen the episodes, it doesn´t offer too much more. It is definitely something for the "South Park" faithful.
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