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Post by horsemen4ever on Jan 28, 2013 19:22:54 GMT -5
I also like Pokemon, and on the show they said "it was incredibly stupid" and that is one of my favorite episode. So I can take a Brony parody, it would be an acknowledge of it to the mainstream.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 28, 2013 19:28:46 GMT -5
Ok, I will admit little knowledge of bronies. I have seen what I thought were joke avatars and sigs, in here w/my little ponies. I heard a piece about this trend on Howard Stern. If accurate, this is a disturbing trend. Could one of you fill in the blanks so I do not go around with the wrong idea? Thnx Pro tip: don't take anything said on Howard Stern at face value. Dude is a professional troll, after all. Basically the broad sum up is it is just fans of a cartoon show. Nothing more nothing less. Granted that does include all the things the comes with a large fanbase of ANY cartoon show, such as fanfics and rule 34. Oh and the big reason so many people are weirded out are they think the show is meant for little kids, even though this new show was intentionally created as a general audience show. For crying out loud the show even has a reference to The Big Lebowski, pedophile character Jesus and all. So yeah, that's about it. It is a large fanbase of adults(not just adult males) of a general audience cartoon that thanks to its previous history is seen by a lot of people as meant only for little girls, and thus that unsettles them.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 28, 2013 19:38:46 GMT -5
I would love to see follow-up on Stan's alcoholism.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jan 28, 2013 19:40:21 GMT -5
Damn. I hoped the news would be "There is no Season 17"
South Park just hasn't been funny for me since Season 10. I guess it's at least a tiny bit better than the previous seasons but it's still hard for me to understand how so many people can find some of the shit they put out funny in recent years.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 28, 2013 22:35:15 GMT -5
I'm honestly fine with a brony episode. Can't be any weaker than how they handled wrestling fans Personally, I thought they handled wrestling beautifully- I don't think enough fans acknowledge just how much acting goes into it. And they got Vince's mentality down without using the same slobbering caricature everyone else does. As for FiM, I don't know if it's got a big enough profile to carry an entire episode with the enitre town. Maybe a side story where Cartman gets paranoid and tries to rub out anyone that might know he's secretly a brony, when in reality most of the kids know but no one cares.
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Post by chazraps on Jan 28, 2013 22:45:31 GMT -5
I'm honestly fine with a brony episode. Can't be any weaker than how they handled wrestling fans Personally, I thought they handled wrestling beautifully- I don't think enough fans acknowledge just how much acting goes into it. And they got Vince's mentality down without using the same slobbering caricature everyone else does. Beyond that, what made the episode great was that it WASN'T AT ANY POINT SUPPOSED TO BE A PARODY OF WRESTLING. Trey and Matt have said for quite a while they wouldn't do an episode making fun of wrestling as wrestling already makes fun of itself and is too self aware. The "Wrestling" episode wasn't a topical episode, but rather a "kids" episode that explored that point in every kids' life when they become obsessed with wrestling. And, in that regard, it excelled. I also never got the "DON'T YOU DARE MAKE FUN OF MY SELECT ESOTERIC INTERESTS, 'SOUTH PARK!'" mentality. Do you mean to tell me religion, sexuality, politics, race, gender, the economy, natural disasters, terrorism and epidemics are all fair game, but adult males who enjoy a cartoon based on toys for little girls isn't? And I say this as someone who watches "MLP:FiM." In the grand scheme of things, if you think it's the most sacred cow "South Park" could make a joke about, you might need to re-evaluate a few things.
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Post by Rican on Jan 28, 2013 23:03:47 GMT -5
Personally, I thought they handled wrestling beautifully- I don't think enough fans acknowledge just how much acting goes into it. And they got Vince's mentality down without using the same slobbering caricature everyone else does. Beyond that, what made the episode great was that it WASN'T AT ANY POINT SUPPOSED TO BE A PARODY OF WRESTLING. Trey and Matt have said for quite a while they wouldn't do an episode making fun of wrestling as wrestling already makes fun of itself and is too self aware. The "Wrestling" episode wasn't a topical episode, but rather a "kids" episode that explored that point in every kids' life when they become obsessed with wrestling. And, in that regard, it excelled. I also never got the "DON'T YOU DARE MAKE FUN OF MY SELECT ESOTERIC INTERESTS, 'SOUTH PARK!'" mentality. Do you mean to tell me religion, sexuality, politics, race, gender, the economy, natural disasters, terrorism and epidemics are all fair game, but adult males who enjoy a cartoon based on toys for little girls isn't? And I say this as someone who watches "MLP:FiM." In the grand scheme of things, if you think it's the most sacred cow "South Park" could make a joke about, you might need to re-evaluate a few things. AAAAALLLLL of this. If South Park can make fun of every religion, race, ethnicity, handicap, and political party, a f***ing cartoon is not exempt.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 23:08:43 GMT -5
Beyond that, what made the episode great was that it WASN'T AT ANY POINT SUPPOSED TO BE A PARODY OF WRESTLING. Trey and Matt have said for quite a while they wouldn't do an episode making fun of wrestling as wrestling already makes fun of itself and is too self aware. The "Wrestling" episode wasn't a topical episode, but rather a "kids" episode that explored that point in every kids' life when they become obsessed with wrestling. And, in that regard, it excelled. I also never got the "DON'T YOU DARE MAKE FUN OF MY SELECT ESOTERIC INTERESTS, 'SOUTH PARK!'" mentality. Do you mean to tell me religion, sexuality, politics, race, gender, the economy, natural disasters, terrorism and epidemics are all fair game, but adult males who enjoy a cartoon based on toys for little girls isn't? And I say this as someone who watches "MLP:FiM." In the grand scheme of things, if you think it's the most sacred cow "South Park" could make a joke about, you might need to re-evaluate a few things. AAAAALLLLL of this. If South Park can make fun of every religion, race, ethnicity, handicap, and political party, a f***ing cartoon is not exempt. I hate when they make fun of peoples' belief systems also.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 28, 2013 23:13:48 GMT -5
AAAAALLLLL of this. If South Park can make fun of every religion, race, ethnicity, handicap, and political party, a f***ing cartoon is not exempt. I hate when they make fun of peoples' belief systems also. The thing with South Park is nothing is sacred and that's how it has to be. The second one thing is considered sacrosanct, then EVERYTHING must also be given the same courtesy. If one thing cannot be mocked, then nothing can be mocked.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 28, 2013 23:21:45 GMT -5
Don't mean to sound ignorant, but are people here worried that south park may or may not make fun of a pony cartoon?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2013 23:26:10 GMT -5
Don't mean to sound ignorant, but are people here worried that south park may or may not make fun of a pony cartoon? I'm not worried, it would just give me an even bigger reason to not like it.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jan 28, 2013 23:38:30 GMT -5
They need to do a Brony episode, an episode about social justice warriors, an episode about the EVERYTHING IS A CONSPIRACY!1 loons, and who the hell knows what other socially relevant thing I'm leaving out. Sucks we gotta wait until September, but it is what it is. I liked a lot of the last season.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Jan 28, 2013 23:40:40 GMT -5
The one thing they didn't make fun of, no mater what their take on the subject is, and I understand giving that their bosses are at the center of it, is SOPA. They never addressed. At least the Daily Show addressed it, even if they were making fun of Viacom along the way.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 0:30:45 GMT -5
Don't mean to sound ignorant, but are people here worried that south park may or may not make fun of a pony cartoon? Isn't it how it always is with them?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 0:40:52 GMT -5
Dude, most of us have been chill on the matter for months. I even said I'm fine with it. Do we have to start this cycle again?
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Post by chazraps on Jan 29, 2013 3:18:19 GMT -5
The one thing they didn't make fun of, no mater what their take on the subject is, and I understand giving that their bosses are at the center of it, is SOPA. They never addressed. At least the Daily Show addressed it, even if they were making fun of Viacom along the way. I don't believe "South Park" ever had a chance when it was topical to work it into their run. They've mentioned a few times on commentaries about things that they've wanted to rip into, but once something is gone (SOPA was killed pretty quick) it doesn't do them a whole ot of good to trudge it back out. Besides, after "The Daily Show" ethered it, there wasn't a whole lot for them to do. Stone and Parker have been very pro-file-sharing from the jump, citing their show as one of the first to really benefit in '97 from peer-to-peer sharing. If they're willing to air an image of Muhammad, I don't think they fear SOPA.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 29, 2013 3:49:19 GMT -5
I hate when they make fun of peoples' belief systems also. The thing with South Park is nothing is sacred and that's how it has to be. The second one thing is considered sacrosanct, then EVERYTHING must also be given the same courtesy. If one thing cannot be mocked, then nothing can be mocked. This. This was the ENTIRE POINT of 200 and 201.
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Post by clifford on Jan 29, 2013 11:32:38 GMT -5
Why does so much discussion here spiral into My Little Pony debates?
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 29, 2013 11:39:16 GMT -5
I would take it as a badge of honor. I have a sense of humor, I can take it. If you can't laugh at yourself, than what does that say about you? I'm a master of self-deprecation, but I don't like mean-spirited s*** and don't tolerate it from anyone. With all due respect, I just don't think you understand how South Park works.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 11:48:55 GMT -5
Why does so much discussion here spiral into My Little Pony debates? Honestly, I wish it didn't. It's been quiet on both ends for so long that we don't need to be at each other's throats over this again.
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