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Post by zappa on Sept 22, 2016 12:10:58 GMT -5
South Park are gotten waaaaay to topical sure making satire of pop culture is fine but their episodes are going to be so dated in a few years. Compared to say the classic era of The Simpsons which are timeless. You can easily watch a Simpson episode from 1994 and it doesn't feel dated.
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Post by thetower52 on Sept 22, 2016 21:53:09 GMT -5
Enjoyed this omen muxh more then last week. Still not a huge fan of this seasons yet. But how one was more funny then last week.
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 23, 2016 0:49:52 GMT -5
Well, that ending was superb. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} And the hits are going to keep coming for Kyle when he finds out who Skank Hunt is. Guess Gerald really is the main villain this season. {Spoiler}On the contrary...if South Park ever planned on a "double turn" angle for their show, this would be the season to truly build on a Cartman/Kyle double turn with Kyle being the big bad.
Really, after the last 19 years of the show where Cartman made Kyle's life a living hell, over and over again, and how Kyle hated that for so long- the more natural endgame would seem to be "Kyle finds out Gerald is Skank Hunt, and he lets it happen because he just wants Cartman to finally get what's coming to him so much he'll let his father get away with it just to see that happen."
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Post by sfvega on Sept 23, 2016 1:04:17 GMT -5
I caught up on the first two episodes today, and man, they were terrible. I thought they had a really good season last year. Weird that they come out so insanely flat. Maybe I'll pick it back up later, but kind of disappointing. They've always gone in cycles though, so that's really nothing new. The member berries thing seems to have run flat after the first 5 seconds, and they keep bringing them back. They need to actually go somewhere with that if they're going to keep bringing them back up.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Sept 23, 2016 3:56:43 GMT -5
From what I've seen in the first two episodes, it's better than season 19 already. However, both episodes have been just ok at best. I'm also already getting tired of the member berries. They seem to have the same problem I have with PC Principal. It should have been a one off thing and that's it. Not something that goes on and on for the entire season.
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Post by canal on Sept 23, 2016 7:37:45 GMT -5
I'm trying to rewatch the whole damn series right now. It's such a different show now and I want to watch it evolve. I hadn't seen some of seasons 1 and 2, so those have been fun to revisit. I do prefer the slapstick absurdity of the old episodes. It was sociopolitical without so much message.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Sept 23, 2016 10:07:45 GMT -5
Well, that ending was superb. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} And the hits are going to keep coming for Kyle when he finds out who Skank Hunt is. Guess Gerald really is the main villain this season. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}On the contrary...if South Park ever planned on a "double turn" angle for their show, this would be the season to truly build on a Cartman/Kyle double turn with Kyle being the big bad.
Really, after the last 19 years of the show where Cartman made Kyle's life a living hell, over and over again, and how Kyle hated that for so long- the more natural endgame would seem to be "Kyle finds out Gerald is Skank Hunt, and he lets it happen because he just wants Cartman to finally get what's coming to him so much he'll let his father get away with it just to see that happen." {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} I really don't think that's happening. Kyle was already remorseful over what they were going to do to Cartman's stuff. He was in tears at the end not because he had a girlfriend to break up with him, but again out of remorse that he treated Cartman so horribly.
There would be stronger hints if Kyle was going to join his dad.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 23, 2016 10:16:50 GMT -5
The member berries are the new Towelie. They aren't funny, have already overstayed their welcome, and you wonder why they even exist.
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 23, 2016 10:57:24 GMT -5
The only salvation I can think of for the member berries is if somebody pulls them out and all you hear are references to old seasons of South Park.
Even that's a one time gag, maybe twice at most.
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Post by Legion on Sept 23, 2016 11:15:44 GMT -5
Cartman needs to go Scott Tenorman on the others now.
Revenge needs to come. Hard.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Sept 23, 2016 13:27:42 GMT -5
The member berries are the new Towelie. They aren't funny, have already overstayed their welcome, and you wonder why they even exist. I member Towelie!
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Sept 23, 2016 13:38:29 GMT -5
The member berries are the new Towelie. They aren't funny, have already overstayed their welcome, and you wonder why they even exist. I member Towelie! Member how that was a sticky situation?
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 23, 2016 21:44:25 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}On the contrary...if South Park ever planned on a "double turn" angle for their show, this would be the season to truly build on a Cartman/Kyle double turn with Kyle being the big bad.
Really, after the last 19 years of the show where Cartman made Kyle's life a living hell, over and over again, and how Kyle hated that for so long- the more natural endgame would seem to be "Kyle finds out Gerald is Skank Hunt, and he lets it happen because he just wants Cartman to finally get what's coming to him so much he'll let his father get away with it just to see that happen." {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} I really don't think that's happening. Kyle was already remorseful over what they were going to do to Cartman's stuff. He was in tears at the end not because he had a girlfriend to break up with him, but again out of remorse that he treated Cartman so horribly.
There would be stronger hints if Kyle was going to join his dad. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}There would be the hints- but if you assume the whole seasons for the last few "one overarching storyline" season have one specific moral- it has done enough for this season to make it clear if there's a lesson to be learned from this season, it will be: "Two wrongs do NOT make a right. You cannot be cosmically "squared away" for the injustices done to you by doing those same injustices to a completely innocent person- OR apologize for those injustices done in the past by the symbolism of letting an obviously guilty person go free. If you've been mistreated by someone or some group, what they did to you may terrible...but EVEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, if you attack someone who's completely innocent and treat them with the same brush, just because you think that if you treat them the same way you were once treated then you're cosmically squared away for the injustices you've suffered...then that's not 'squaring away things', it just means you have become what you hated and you are JUST AS BAD AS THE PEOPLE WHO DID IT TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE."
When THAT seems like the 'moral of this season', it'd make the most sense that endgame would be: Kyle finds out Gerald is Skank Hunt. He doesn't tell anyone and is willing to let it go just to see Cartman get the punishment he deserved for years, even if Cartman was completely innocent 'this time'...and then Stan finds out Gerald was Skank Hunt himself and calls Kyle out for this."
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Sept 26, 2016 7:26:38 GMT -5
I (and probably everyone else) get the point of the member berries, and it's absolutely true. All this nostalgia and trip-down-memory-lane crap (see superhero movies and sequels en masse) is lazy as hell
they showed them a few times, that's enough now. However, I'm sure there will be more to them (you've seen the guys eat them right?)
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Sept 26, 2016 7:34:25 GMT -5
NEW YORK, September 26, 2016 – The police are investigating Cartman’s mysterious disappearance on social media in an all-new episode titled “The Damned” on Wednesday, September 28 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.
Gerald enjoys more media attention as Skank Hunt 42 continues to troll everyone and anyone. Meanwhile Garrison is getting ready for the Presidential debate.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Sept 26, 2016 11:13:22 GMT -5
Quite enjoyed the second episode.
When it comes to the break ups, I'm glad they showed that Wendy was actually reluctant to go through with leaving Stan, and that she's only doing it for the sisterhood. The way she words the letter makes it clear it's not up to her side to fix the boys or the situation, but that she's counting on Stan to fix it, and she knows he can.
I might be stretching a bit, but that's the sort of mindset I'm used to Wendy having.
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Post by BRV on Sept 26, 2016 11:44:27 GMT -5
I'm trying to rewatch the whole damn series right now. It's such a different show now and I want to watch it evolve. I hadn't seen some of seasons 1 and 2, so those have been fun to revisit. I do prefer the slapstick absurdity of the old episodes. It was sociopolitical without so much message. I don't have a problem with "South Park" spinning a political narrative or the message they're trying to convey with the show, but as you've said, I prefer the off-the-wall absurdity of the earlier seasons. I just want the show to be funny again. It's almost like the last two seasons have become whodunit thrillers, with last season being a battle over the history of PC Principal and this season's arc already becoming finding the person behind SkankHunt42. The show gets so bogged down with these angles that it loses track of actually being funny. Again, this has nothing to do with the politics or the message, I just miss being able to kick back and laugh for 30 minutes without furrowing my brow and wondering which direction they're going to take this storyline.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Sept 26, 2016 14:18:48 GMT -5
Quite enjoyed the second episode. When it comes to the break ups, I'm glad they showed that Wendy was actually reluctant to go through with leaving Stan, and that she's only doing it for the sisterhood. The way she words the letter makes it clear it's not up to her side to fix the boys or the situation, but that she's counting on Stan to fix it, and she knows he can. I might be stretching a bit, but that's the sort of mindset I'm used to Wendy having. No I think you made a great point. They did a good job keeping Wendy relatable in this. She was very reluctant but she had to choose between her friends and her boyfriend. And this happens while Stan was going through his own anguish over what he and the other boys did to Cartman. They've actually put some good psychology into the writing so far.
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Post by andrew8798 on Sept 28, 2016 20:52:37 GMT -5
Time to see what happens this week
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Post by andrew8798 on Sept 28, 2016 21:16:32 GMT -5
Butters sees what is going to happen
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