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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
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Nyovne
Netherlands19135 Posts
On October 10 2013 23:38 maartendq wrote: It's come to the point where I can watch south park without even coming close to laughing.. I know, exactly the same  . The last 4 seasons or something I've just been watching all the eps looking for that one, perhaps two episodes each season that are actually fun to watch. | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
But I appreciate the show for its (slightly) more subtle humor, too. Like the fact that Cartman pretty much traveled by plane crash in that episode, to the point that they barely even bothered explaining it. They just showed Cartman getting into the plane, then cut to a shot of the plane crashing, as if expecting us to assume that that's how he went around. To me, that's just hilarious.  | ||
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Necro)Phagist(
Canada6657 Posts
On October 11 2013 03:19 Conti wrote: I've laughed during the last episode, though the episodes are definitely not nearly as strong in humor as they used to. But I appreciate the show for its (slightly) more subtle humor, too. Like the fact that Cartman pretty much traveled by plane crash in that episode, to the point that they barely even bothered explaining it. They just showed Cartman getting into the plane, then cut to a shot of the plane crashing, as if expecting us to assume that that's how he went around. To me, that's just hilarious. While I don't think it's really more subtle at all.. I agree the part I laughed the most at during the last episode was "There's a black guy in the back!" then cutting right to the plane on fire and crashing. | ||
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VayneAuthority
United States8983 Posts
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gingerfluffmuff
Austria4570 Posts
On October 10 2013 23:38 maartendq wrote: It's come to the point where I can watch south park without even coming close to laughing.. This. The massive apple advertising and the usage of main threads(topics+messages) which even 3 year olds can understand have done the show no good. I am happy for those two, getting XX million per season and god know how much from the foul fruit. I guess its the way you need to design a show to have success nowadays. As long the network is paying, they will continue to produce seasons, gg. | ||
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Uhnno
Netherlands288 Posts
On October 11 2013 03:30 VayneAuthority wrote: the problem with this episode was an overabundance of cultural references. You had to see way too many movies, keep up with the zimmerman case, etc to know what was going on completely. The episode last week was funny by it's own merit and you did not need to necessarily understand what was going on. That's the difference between a successful episode and a failure like this week. While this is true, the value of understanding the subtle references and nods does give it a distinct kind of humor which I can appreciate. Heck I'm not American and I get the jokes, hardly a failure I'd say. Last weeks' one was better though. | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
On October 11 2013 03:30 VayneAuthority wrote: the problem with this episode was an overabundance of cultural references. You had to see way too many movies, keep up with the zimmerman case, etc to know what was going on completely. The episode last week was funny by it's own merit and you did not need to necessarily understand what was going on. That's the difference between a successful episode and a failure like this week. Hmm, I'm not quite agreeing with you for this episode. I haven't seen World War Z, all I knew was that it was a terrible movie. And after having seen the South Park episode, I know now of a few more stereotypically stupid things that happens in the movie. I can enjoy that. In general, though, I had exactly the same criticism as you some seasons ago, when they spent whole episodes parodying not some big blockbuster, but some totally obscure film nobody has ever seen before. | ||
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Velouria
United States78 Posts
I havent enjoyed this new season though, I really don't like how "pretty" everything is, even in some of the weaker s2 and s3 episodes there were some epic moments just because how primitive things looked. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/313_cartman_monkey.gif) | ||
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
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zeo
Serbia6296 Posts
anyway I guess its cool now to ride on the Zimmerman hate train. With enough intense misleading media coverage you can make anything 'fact' and and then use those 'facts' as a reference to current events. Meh, what can you do. | ||
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AlternativeEgo
Sweden17309 Posts
As for the episode I think it was rather meh. | ||
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
On October 11 2013 06:54 zeo wrote: I can't remember the last time Jimbo was on an episode of South Park anyway I guess its cool now to ride on the Zimmerman hate train. With enough intense misleading media coverage you can make anything 'fact' and and then use those 'facts' as a reference to current events. Meh, what can you do.Well I think Kyle summed it up at the end of the episode. He was a killer doesn't matter if he got away with it or not. | ||
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Nick Drake
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Hrrrrm
United States2081 Posts
On October 11 2013 10:16 Nick Drake wrote: Very rare that I don't like an episode, usually I'm defending/explaining them to people who hate them, but this one was just all over the place and didn't even have a cogent point. Why did they even bring up Stand Your Ground laws when the Zimmerman trial was a basic self defense case? Whoosh. It was about the absurdity surrounding the entire thing and how different groups overreacted to whatever they felt like overreacting to. Hence why you had the scene about the blacks rioting which never came. And then Zimmerman getting an instant electric chair for shooting a white person even though it ends up the white person didn't even die. Trying to take one part and harping on it is the wrong way to go about it since everyone can pick a certain scene depending on your point of view and point what's "wrong" with it. The entire thing was wrong and ridiculous, that's the point. | ||
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
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Nick Drake
76 Posts
On October 11 2013 10:51 Hrrrrm wrote: Whoosh. It was about the absurdity surrounding the entire thing and how different groups overreacted to whatever they felt like overreacting to. Hence why you had the scene about the blacks rioting which never came. And then Zimmerman getting an instant electric chair for shooting a white person even though it ends up the white person didn't even die. Trying to take one part and harping on it is the wrong way to go about it since everyone can pick a certain scene depending on your point of view and point what's "wrong" with it. The entire thing was wrong and ridiculous, that's the point. Whenever they are being blatantly absurd, they usually have 1 or 2 reasonable/calm characters pointing out the absurdity. Like Token. Or Kyle. | ||
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
On October 11 2013 03:15 Nyovne wrote: I know, exactly the same . The last 4 seasons or something I've just been watching all the eps looking for that one, perhaps two episodes each season that are actually fun to watch.That's exactly south park anno 2013: one or two really good episodes and another 10 that aren't worth watching. Seasons 6,7 and 8 really are the best by a long shot. | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
On October 11 2013 12:41 teddyoojo wrote: oh dear, this was def the worst episode ever Yeah, it was a dud. South Park has been a little hit or miss the past handful of seasons but when it's funny it's hilarious. | ||
Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
Really like that they take stuff that happensin america and the world and integrate it into their show. | ||
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