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The Simpsons - The Complete Tenth Season Collector's Edition [1990] | ![The Simpsons - The Complete Tenth Season Collector's Edition [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517ZqW1VaYL._SL160_.jpg)
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| Directors: Jim Reardon, Pete Michels
Actors: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £39.99
Buy New: £14.99
You Save: £25.00 (63%)
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Rating:  12 reviews
Format: Box Set, Pal, Subtitled
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 495 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.7 x 1.1
EAN: 5039036035149
ASIN: B000ROAPYA
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 1991
Release Date: September 10, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW USUALLY SHIPS IN 24HRS
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Even as we arrive at season ten, these Simpsons DVD boxsets remain irresistible. Put together comprehensively and with real care, this latest release upholds the standard for terrific (and many) DVD extras to back up and complement the episodes themselves. Season ten of The Simpsons features 23 episodes, spread across four discs, and there are some belters contained within. "Lard Of The Dance", for instance, finds Homer and Bart trying to steal and sell grease, against the backdrop of Lisa's school dance. "Lisa Gets An `A'" meanwhile sees the Simpsons' eldest daughter getting addicted to videogames, while "Mayored To The Mob" throws in Mark Hamill and a science fiction convention. Quite brilliant stuff. The lazy argument though is that by season ten, The Simpsons was on the slide, but there's plenty of compelling evidence in this boxset to counter that. Sure, not every episode's a classic, but there are a lot of laughs and much entertainment to be gleamed here. Furthermore, when you factor in the commentaries, deleted scenes, sketch gallery and look at the upcoming film, once again the stops have been pulled off for a distinguishable TV collection. Again, The Simpsons--in more than one sense--sets the standard that the others look up to. --Jon Foster
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This could be the last truly good season the Simpsons ever did. August 10, 2007
Mr. D. Bowman
39 out of 60 found this review helpful
The classic years are over folks. But don't let that put you off buying this fab boxset, yet!
This is still when the Simpsons were a great T.V. show with consistently good episodes and the characters still had, well their character. Homer isn't the total selfish jerk of later seasons, Lisa is still considerate and not a selfish political motivated mini-horror and Bart still has his genius wit.
This season is a slight change from the previous seasons. The stories become a bit more zany, well quite a bit more zany and thus the founations for the massive drop in quality later on are placed. However, here the writing is still brilliant for much of the season. You can clearly tell it's not as perfect throughout as the previous 7 or 8 seasons but it's a massive step up from the seasons that come later and still retains the brilliant satire and quick wit that made the series one of the best ever.
A worthwhile purchase because it's still a mostly good season of a great comedy series. Sometime after this the quality of comedy and the quality of characterization gets into freefall. I'll consider the next couple of series to see where it all went wrong, but this might be the last Simpsons boxset I buy and it's still a very good purchase.
 Three stars for DVD quality August 4, 2007
M. D. P. Meechan (Glasgow)
30 out of 53 found this review helpful
Season 10 of The Simpsons continues the decline in the show's quality that started with season 9, and which continued for several seasons to come. Part of this was to do with the writing, which was no longer as consistently funny as it had been. Another reason is that, after 200 episodes, there are few storylines left that hadn't been done before. Therefore, this season includes stories in which Marge is disappointed in Bart and Homer; Homer behaves selfishly; Lisa's intelligence is questioned; Homer gets a string of inapproporiate jobs; Bart misbehaves; and the family cause chaos on a foreign holiday. Been there, watched that. Admittedly, there are few (if any) shows that last for ten years and don't repeat popular storylines, but most of the 'repeat' offenders (Cheers, Friends etc) bowed out before they became stale.
There is also a palpable move in focus towards the supporting characters, and we see spotlight episodes for characters including Apu, Mr. Burns, Chief Wiggum and Ned Flanders. For the most part, these episodes are so-so, but they tend to rely on characters behaving 'out of character'. This means that we get a drunken Ned Flanders marrying a cocktail waitress in 'Viva Ned Flanders', and Mr. Burns trying to be loved in 'Monty Can't Buy Me Love' (surely an episode title conceived before the story was itself). Another mainstay of The Simpsons, guest stars, is over-used this season. In one episode, 'When You Dish Upon A Star', the stars of the episode are Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger and Ron Howard, and the Simpson family seem like hurried additions to the plot. Episodes featuring guest stars work when the 'star' has a supporting role, or cameo, not when they dominate the entire story!
Sadly, there is not one truly outstanding episode in this season of The Simpsons, and the only reason I've given this DVD set 3 stars is because of the quality of the DVD contents. There are the usual entertaining commentaries, deleted scenes and behind the scenes featurettes, as well as adverts featuring the characters, and a look at The Simpsons Movie DVD (although this feature is 'a rather shameless promotion'!) We also see the last appearance of the late, great Phil Hartman, voicing Troy McClure in 'Bart the Mother'. This is not enough, however, to convince me to buy this DVD, and I would advise you to pick up some of the earlier seasons on DVD, if you don't already own them.
 Series 10 every classic episode June 28, 2007
T. Jarvis
18 out of 61 found this review helpful
This brilliant series of the simpsons originally aired between August 1998 and May 1999 this has soem great episodes
Like Lard of the dance where homer makes a profit out of greeseand mayored to the mob where home is mayor quimbys body guard every episode is a classic extras including trailers for the simpsons movie and deleted scenes from this series.
feeling stupid? i know i am! August 29, 2007
radio atlantis (tha north of ireland)
15 out of 26 found this review helpful
at present i don't know quite what to make of the simpsons. given the paucity of newer eps and the increasingly erratic nature of the guest 'stars' (the inclusion of a certain socialite/ heiress/ useless human being an all time low) one could be forgiven for thinking the simpsons is dead. yet a decent enough movie would suggest all is not yet lost, even if they did draft some of the older writers back for it. as another reviewer has pointed out this is probably the last of the really good series so we might as well enjoy it while it lasts.
but this is the point where the cracks begin to show. a change from the occasional joke falling flat to entire subplots (senor ding dong?) and even whole episodes ('30 minutes over tokyo'), seemed somehow that the nature of the humour changed. and yes, no-one needs to hear 'i will always love you' again. in any context. ever.
said that the treehouse of horrors episode is very strong with jerry springer allowing himself to be send up, homer finally getting the haircut he wanted and itchy and scratchy attempting to get their own back on those people who watch to get a thrill on the violence ('hey lise, we're in a cartoon'. 'how humiliating'). elsewhere the hippie ideal appears to be well and truly dead as homer does his best to ruin said hippies livelihood, homer wimps out on the 'opportunity' to become an organ donor and becomes an inventor ('you've got it set on "whore"'). there are the usual disturbing. brilliant moments; willie gets shown to be not the man you think he is (and finds a use for vim and brillo padsmost of use have never considered before), the catholic church makes a few...'changes'...and watch superintendant's reaction when ralph mispronounces his name.
4.5 stars, round up. sadly probably the last time too
Getting Better! September 4, 2007
li
14 out of 38 found this review helpful
the Simpsons movie was pretty impressive
but at least the episodes are getting better!
Disc 1 - Lard of the Dance, The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace, Bart the Mother, Treehouse of Horror IX, When You Dish upon a Star, D'oh-in in the Wind.
Disc 2 - Lisa Gets an A, Homer Simpson in: Kidney Trouble, Mayored to the Mob, Viva Ned Flanders, Wild Barts Can't Be Broken, Sunday, Cruddy Sunday.
Disc 3 - Homer to the Max, I'm with Cupid, Marge Simpson in: Screaming Yellow Honkers, Make Room for Lisa, Maximum Homerdrive, Simpsons Bible Stories.
Disc 4 - Mom and Pop Art, The Old Man and the C Student, Monty Can't Buy Me Love, They Saved Lisa's Brain, Thirty Minutes over Tokyo.
Bonus features - Introduction by Matt Groening, Audio commentaries on all 23 episodes, Deleted Scenes with optional commentary, Animation Showcase for Lard Of The Dance, Animation Showcase for Homer To The Max, The Simpsons Movie - DVD Sneak Peek, Butterfinger Commercials, Intel Homer Advert, CC's Commercials, Sketch Gallery with 5 images, Crank Calls 5:40, A Bit From the Animators.
All 10/10 disc with NO mix ups.
Watch it!
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