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Some real good jokes in there, I thought. ”I’m gonna stick up for my friend.” ”Yeah, let’s see how that works for you in 2018.”
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Why are both Apple and Amazon late with making the Kavanaugh episode available? Season pass my butt.
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Repeating the same joke over and over in an episode has always been a staple/flaw of South Park and this was one of the worst examples, with Mr. Hankey repeatedly going off and then using the ambien defense. How many times did it repeat? I lost count. It doesn't help that it wasn't funny to begin with. Are we supposed to laugh at him saying these things as some sort of callback to the early days of South Park? Are we supposed to find it offensive too? The real life parallel isn't funny at all and they did nothing creative to satirize it. They also weirdly combined the controversies of Apu and Roseanne even though they are separate issues. I think they should have picked one or the other - either South Park no longer finds a talking turd character acceptable, or the talking turd character is tainted by things it said in real life. But just having him tweet and say offensive things exactly like Roseanne without any creative edge to it is ultra lazy, let alone doing it so many times.
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Hanky was a ton of fun in the early days and I'm almost certain helped them more than like once.
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Hi Jinx posted:Why are both Apple and Amazon late with making the Kavanaugh episode available? Season pass my butt.
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Oct 12, 2018 02:44
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So bad. So very very very bad. They need new writers in the writers room. Or something. They hosed up a Mr Hanky episode. Rock Bottom. This is Rock Bottom for South Park. At least it can't get worse. Hopefully. But sometimes The Rock would Rock Bottom people multiple times. So yeah. And there's my impression of a 2018 South Park joke. It was the ambien. Ambien is code for watching a 2018 South park, btw. Zing.
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I was around ninth grade when Mr. Hankey first debuted and I didn't find him funny even then. Oh boy, a talking poo who talks like a children's cartoon. Hilarious and not forced at all. I mention that only because I feel like they've basically hosed up every single Mr. Hankey episode since the beginning. When I describe him as juvenile humor, I'm not talking about low-brow comedy, I'm talking about humor that should literally be funny only to 5-year-old children. Hot take.
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Oct 12, 2018 03:40
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It's a hot take because it came out of your rear end
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Oct 12, 2018 04:40
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I kinda miss the episodes where they just have the kids being kids to each other.
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Oct 12, 2018 05:04
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I got some good chuckles out of the townspeople heckling Mr. Hankey but that's about it. What's even the point of this show anymore? Kids being kids are the best episodes. Stuff like Marjorine or The Losing Edge are still hilarious. I know this post is probably coming across as "Why the gently caress are you complaining, just stop watching" but IDK, I used to love South Park so much. Everything now just sounds like poo poo.
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sure okay posted:I kinda miss the episodes where they just have the kids being kids to each other. This is literally all anyone wants out of the show but they just can't give up their sweet gig of having their blog posts animated into a half hour famous cartoon 10 times a year.
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Oct 12, 2018 05:32
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sure okay posted:I kinda miss the episodes where they just have the kids being kids to each other. Yep. They've lost sight of the show.
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Oct 12, 2018 05:44
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I think the "current events" angle gives fresh material, whereas "kids being kids" material is pretty limited, especially as you get further into your 40's and 50's and run out of memorable kid material to animate. The problem is that the former needs some actual time and effort to make polished episodes, not their "6 days to air" procrastination bullshit. I've always thought that the multi-part episodes (e.g. Go God Go, Imaginationland, etc.) are the best, and those clearly require some forethought and planning.
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Oct 12, 2018 06:30
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It doesn't have to be restricted to "kids being kids", just tell a good funny story. Recent example: Cock Magic
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:Repeating the same joke over and over in an episode has always been a staple/flaw of South Park and this was one of the worst examples, with Mr. Hankey repeatedly going off and then using the ambien defense. How many times did it repeat? I lost count. It doesn't help that it wasn't funny to begin with. Are we supposed to laugh at him saying these things as some sort of callback to the early days of South Park? Are we supposed to find it offensive too? The real life parallel isn't funny at all and they did nothing creative to satirize it. They also weirdly combined the controversies of Apu and Roseanne even though they are separate issues. I think they should have picked one or the other - either South Park no longer finds a talking turd character acceptable, or the talking turd character is tainted by things it said in real life. But just having him tweet and say offensive things exactly like Roseanne without any creative edge to it is ultra lazy, let alone doing it so many times. Sometimes PC babies don't even know why they're upset.
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Flatscan posted:Sometimes PC babies don't even know why they're upset. Oh ha ha I get it like in the episode
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yeah i considered posting the same for the lols but your response really wasn't that at all so I skipped it.
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Oct 12, 2018 07:26
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Hot take: The show's been topical since the 90s, and early seasons haven't aged well, so if you're not used to it by now you're wearing some pretty thick rose-colored glasses.
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Oct 12, 2018 08:39
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The early seasons are far better than what we're getting. The movie is even better
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Oct 12, 2018 08:42
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Early South Park ages well because it shows you can be politically incorrect without being nazis.
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Oct 12, 2018 08:56
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Early South Park really is both awesome and terrible at the same time for different reasons. The show will never hit the levels of Season 6-8, where they were just nailing it. South Park is perhaps one of the shows that goes through more changes than just about any show in existence while still maintaining the basic premise of it. This season is okay and every episode has had plenty of good jokes, but they do seem to be really struggling with having any real plot to them. Like the past episode the Mr. Hankey plot was pretty weak, and the PC Babies plot didn't exist other than to make jokes about PC people.
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Oct 12, 2018 09:48
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Yes that is what they are for.
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I'm actually really enjoying this season so far. A lot better than the previous one and definitely season 20 for sure! At this point if we can just get another consistently funny season like 17, 18, or 19, that would be divine. Loved all those, especially 18!
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Oct 12, 2018 19:44
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I dunno, "Christian Rock Is Hard" was on last night and I was amazed at how well a 15 year old episode with a Napster b-plot had aged
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Oct 12, 2018 19:54
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Cartman's better at singing than he has any right to be
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precision posted:I dunno, "Christian Rock Is Hard" was on last night and I was amazed at how well a 15 year old episode with a Napster b-plot had aged The 6 thru 8 seasons of South Park is not only peak South Park, but top tier TV. Like every episode from season 7 is solid.
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Oct 12, 2018 20:43
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That's definitely one of my favorite episodes of all time; it's the perfect use of Cartman.
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"Token, we've been over this." "Just because I'm black doesn't mean I know how to play bass! ... God drat it..." It's definitely peak Cartman.
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Oct 12, 2018 20:57
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This season might actually be worse than the last one.
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Power_of_the_glory posted:This season might actually be worse than the last one. It might actually be worse than Season 20.
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Power_of_the_glory posted:This season might actually be worse than the last one. Last season was actually pretty decent. Quite a few drat good episodes in season 21.
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Oct 13, 2018 02:20
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I liked the hummel episode well enough
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Milo and POTUS posted:I liked the hummel episode well enough There's a lot going on with that one.
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Milo and POTUS posted:I liked the hummel episode well enough Yep, you have that one, then the special ed science fair, the Halloween episode and the Columbus day episode... All pretty solid but overshadowed so much by the season 20 trainwreck people forget 21 exists.
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This season is pretty good so far, I like the reduced serialization and I think it's going to work out better for them. This episode was a bit weaker than the first two but still pretty fun. Turns out Mr Hanky is a piece of poo poo, the brief Kavanaugh moment, and Kyle getting smeared literally in poo poo were pretty amazing. I liked where they were going with PC Principal (was that Vice Principals music there at the beginning?) and Strong Woman though it felt a bit similar to the prosecutor situation in Trial and Error S2.
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If the only major serialization going forward is the school constantly being shot up that alone will make this a good season, imo.
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I feel like I missed something with the ending of that episode. I guess I haven't really kept up with the drama, but i understand the Simpsons was under fire for Apu being a racist caricature. So they sent Mr. Hankey to the Simpsons as a 'place where people don't care about being controversial'? I don't get the message or reference. Is it just a joke directed at the PC audience? The way it plays makes it look like an attempt at coming from some moral high ground, saying the Simpsons is unable to move on from it's history as a racist cariacature. But that's such a strange pot/kettle calling position for South Park to take I can't help but think I missed something obvious.
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I don't think they genuinely buy into the racist Apu idea, they just saw an opportunity for a sick burn on a show that, for other reasons, is limping along way past the time where it should have been put down.
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they just loved the pun "the problem with a poo" and had to find some way to use it
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I really thought Mr. Hankey would go off to work at the White House in the end there. And if you didn't find the Cumboni funny you're a fundamentally broken person. This season is good so far.
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