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I member when people hated South Park for being preachy and full of messages.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 18:01 |
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I lost it at the "MMA fighter in my spare time" bit, that's directly from the intro to "Flip or Flop: Vegas" and I was delighted to see them take the piss out of it EDIT: my wife's got HGTV on at the moment and I just heard "carrera marble" mentioned twice in the span of like 40 seconds haha Minidust fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Sep 14, 2017 |
# ? Sep 14, 2017 18:04 |
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I think Daryl's rant about arabs blacks and hispanics is going to come up again in later episodes. My favorite joke was the little confederate heart pillow on the loveseat.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 18:21 |
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bob human being posted:I think Daryl's rant about arabs blacks and hispanics is going to come up again in later episodes. My favorite joke was the little confederate heart pillow on the loveseat. Whoa, whoa! We don't take kindly to people who take kindly to continuity 'round here!
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 18:36 |
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I loved the last two seasons more than anything they made before and it's sad watching them go back to this. Oh well, let's just hope or the rest of he season.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 18:40 |
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Sir Lemming posted:Whoa, whoa! We don't take kindly to people who take kindly to continuity 'round here! Now there, Sir Lemming, he ain't causing no trouble.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 18:40 |
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My favorite bits were Cartmans reactions to Heidi.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 18:41 |
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If you watch a lot of the home improvement poo poo on hgtv, those parts are hilarious because of how dead on it is.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 22:15 |
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Hope they do more episodes of the kids being kids or getting into adventures that aren't heavily influenced by politics or what's hot now. Those are my favorite episodes. I always find it weird that people want to see South Park tackle issues.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 23:15 |
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I really liked last season and how it fell apart. It was fascinating to see them try to rework their plan week to week. It wasn't good, but it was interesting. This episode was really bad.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 23:28 |
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Lyer posted:If you watch a lot of the home improvement poo poo on hgtv, those parts are hilarious because of how dead on it is. I'm an HGTV junkie, so that aspect of the episode was loving aces. Not only was it spot-on, but it's the exact kind of stupid poo poo that Randy would try to emulate. The idea of poorly-equipped rednecks replacing Alexa was really loving funny too.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 23:59 |
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Haha, man the bitching in this thread. First eps are always mediocre at best and no, they're not keeping up the continuity unless they think it's funny and the focus is going to be on the kids being kids from now on, they've mentioned it a dozen times already in various interviews. Overall I didn't think this week's episode was great but some of the Alexa gags got a laugh out of me.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 00:04 |
Nah this was abnormally anemic. I've never found myself doubting if i wanted to keep watching this show before, but that's how straight up boring and lame this was. the ep had nothing good for anyone who doesn't watch HGTV Hope it turns around next wednesday.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 01:11 |
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Yeah, there's been plenty of clunkers in South Park's run, but that was easily one of the most half-assed, effortless episodes they've ever done. Very frustrating that they continue to want to do this show but refuse to change their approach in any way. The show has evolved beyond the 6 days to air approach but they refuse to see that or don't care because it still makes them money. If the next episode is this bad then this will be the first season I don't bother to watch as the episodes premiere.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 01:24 |
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I just watched this episode on Hulu and the sound mixing was completely terrible for some reason. Music and sound effects were super loud and the dialog was really quiet, like that final scene of Cartman after he breaks up with his girlfriend I couldn't hear anything he was saying because it was completely drowned out.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 01:39 |
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muscles like this! posted:I just watched this episode on Hulu and the sound mixing was completely terrible for some reason. Music and sound effects were super loud and the dialog was really quiet, like that final scene of Cartman after he breaks up with his girlfriend I couldn't hear anything he was saying because it was completely drowned out. Yeah same here watching it on cable. The ominous music was almost drowning out the dialogue.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 01:41 |
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It was an obscure meta joke about Christopher Nolan. Nah, same here watching on the southpark.cc site (which I guess is really just Hulu)
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 01:55 |
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Too many plot points for one episode. None of them explored.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 05:35 |
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The episode was terrible but I liked the evil glee the protesters took in waving the flag for practical reasons.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 07:25 |
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I was kind of bored, but knowing it triggered Alexas and adding titty chips to people's shopping lists is giving me a chuckle today.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 10:44 |
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vermin posted:Yeah same here watching it on cable. The ominous music was almost drowning out the dialogue. I noticed on my receiver it was only showing "center channel" and "subwoofer". I hosed around with things for a while until I tried watching a different show and it was back to normal. Something was definitely fucky there.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 10:50 |
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Alexa add "Bush did 9/11" to my shopping list
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 11:24 |
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mng posted:I was kind of bored, but knowing it triggered Alexas and adding titty chips to people's shopping lists is giving me a chuckle today. I guess mine didn't pick it up from the bedroom, because that would have been loving hilarious.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 14:41 |
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While the episode was kind boring in general is really had three good ideas (Rednecks replacing Alexa, kids loving around with Alexa, and Randy doing a HGTV show) that should have been picked as the main plot and just ran with it instead of mashing all of them together.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 15:03 |
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Not great but it had some funny jokes I laughed. I liked how it pointed out how silly the confederate flag waving is, racial implications aside. Its sorta how i feel seeing them in Oregon from time. It just looks ridiculous.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 16:28 |
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What side was Colorado even on during the civil war?
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 16:43 |
it was just a territory for the war and was home mostly to people sympathetic to the union.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 16:55 |
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So what you guys are saying is that Matt and Trey need to knock out the wall that they've set up between each episode's production schedule, for a more open episode writing experience they can use to better entertain their guests.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 16:57 |
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The Bee posted:So what you guys are saying is that Matt and Trey need to knock out the wall that they've set up between each episode's production schedule, for a more open episode writing experience they can use to better entertain their guests. They can't break it down because it's a thematic structure bearing wall. They tried breaking it down years ago and the critics said it nearly collapsed.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 16:59 |
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Otto Von Jizzmark posted:Not great but it had some funny jokes I laughed. Pretty much my take. Better than all of last season combined even if not a super strong episode. I watch enough HGTV and mess around with enough automation stuff that I laughed plenty. Weird to have a premiere episode without most of the main cast in it. I imagine they were in the beginning scene, but that's it.
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# ? Sep 15, 2017 18:42 |
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That was kind of an average episode. I'm really mad about it and will stop watching this 20 year-old show because of it.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 00:15 |
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There was enough funny stuff in this one, but it was completely overshadowed by the failure to take on white supremacy, and the weird botched message they delivered in its place. It was so distracting that I was constantly waiting for them to get on their soapbox and get to the point so I could actually focus on the comedy bits and be done with it.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 00:50 |
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They should cancel this season, spend some actual time thinking of funny poo poo, and only inject topical humor when they really feel it. It was fun when they could react to an event that happened on Monday and make fun of it on Wednesday, but you can't do that every week.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 10:53 |
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Every time they've had time to think about things beforehand (like with just about every first episode of a season) it rarely turns out good. It's always toward the end of a season when they're up against a deadline and have to quickly think of some weird poo poo for an episode when it gets better. It's always been like this and every season people go nuts over a weak first episode.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 12:15 |
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Wow, unfunny, and even more incoherent then usual. The only thing that made me laugh was the HGTV parody element. It's funny how much these shows have reshaped people's wants; if you watch the Carribbean or Island life shows, it doesn't matter how remote the location, people always want the same cookie cutter "Open floor plan, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances." Anything that deviates from that, no matter how awesome, or recently renovated, is "dated" and "a complete gut job". Even people who obviously don't cook want these things. fist4jesus posted:Too many plot points for one episode. None of them explored. Yup. Waltzing Along posted:My feeling is that they showed up at the office a week ago and this was the result. Waltzing Along posted:The answer is obvious: they didn't learn their lesson. Couldn't agree more.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 15:03 |
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It seems like they're in 'throw poo poo at the wall' mode since the last season went off the rails. Which is disappointing, they've had a year or so and no shortage of inspiration.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 16:00 |
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2.5/5 stars but as usual every scene with Randy is p much flawless. My mom and brother love HGTV and I cannot tell the difference between any of the shows. Waving the flag was always funny. For me, Cartman & Heidi scenes weren't funny and just a massive bummer because Cartman perfectly captures "whiny bitch blames everything on his girlfriend" and I just derive no joy in watching depictions of Cartman gaslighting an innocent girl to go play with his toys. It's totally old school Cartman but just incredibly unappealing to watch. Cartman bs other assholes is funny because everyone gets what they deserve, Cartman ruining innocent lives is garbage tier TV.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 16:18 |
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Inescapable Duck posted:It seems like they're in 'throw poo poo at the wall' mode since the last season went off the rails. Which is disappointing, they've had a year or so and no shortage of inspiration. Like others have said, though, that's kind of always their mode, especially at the beginning of a season. Doesn't mean it's good, just saying.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 16:21 |
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The HGTV stuff was a hit for me, my wife watches those shows all the time. And Cartman side plot. Everything else was eh.
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# ? Sep 16, 2017 17:50 |
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Pretty good explanation of S20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8KUTZUqyzk
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