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SwordMaster13X
07/29/17 7:24:49 PM
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Or is the quality still near the same after 20 plus years?
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joe40001
07/29/17 7:29:16 PM
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It has its ups & downs but I still think it's good overall.

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Deadpool_18
07/29/17 7:29:45 PM
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joe40001 posted...
MegaButterfree posted...
It has its ups & downs but I still think it's good overall.

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Liberals
07/29/17 7:30:24 PM
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The last season was absolutely horrible. I would say it was worse than the worst season of The Simpsons or Family Guy.
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FaytlessHearts
07/29/17 7:30:37 PM
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It has it's ups and downs like that guy said. I was really stoked for that new game, but after so many delays, I won't be picking it up. Not until its a free gwg like the previous one. Or it goes on sale for 5$.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
07/29/17 7:31:59 PM
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MegaButterfree posted...
It has its ups & downs but I still think it's good overall.

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SwordMaster13X
07/29/17 7:33:19 PM
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MegaButterfree posted...
It has its ups & downs but I still think it's good overall.


Yea I think it's good overall. Sometimes I think South Park focuses too much on doing satire of the current pop/political scene rather than the kids going on some goofy adventures where satire is a little more subtle. Recently I was watching older episodes like the Trapper Keeper episode and the episode where Barbrady couldn't read and it seemed a lot funnier than I remembered.
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iLikeMtnDew
07/29/17 7:33:24 PM
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It went downhill after season 11. It's still watchable but not that great anymore
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3rd_Best_Master
07/29/17 7:36:05 PM
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Liberals posted...
The last season was absolutely horrible. I would say it was worse than the worst season of The Simpsons or Family Guy.

This. The season where they mocked SJWs and liberals was amazing. The season where they mocked redhats, conservatives, and internet trolls was their low point.
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SuperExcitebike
07/29/17 7:39:13 PM
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It fell off a cliff at some point in season 10. Return of Chef and Smug Alert were the last great episodes during the hot streak. Now you'll be lucky to find 2 good eps in a season
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Doom_Art
07/29/17 7:39:47 PM
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I liked it back in the day

It's still good at points but I kinda missed when they just did sitcom style crap, just running with the genre

i liked the pop culture stuff back in the day, but it's just kinda a bit much these days
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SwordMaster13X
07/29/17 7:43:00 PM
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iLikeMtnDew posted...
It went downhill after season 11. It's still watchable but not that great anymore


I can agree with this. It definitely doesn't have the charm of the earlier seasons but still it's doing a lot better than Simpsons Season 20.

3rd_Best_Master posted...
Liberals posted...
The last season was absolutely horrible. I would say it was worse than the worst season of The Simpsons or Family Guy.

This. The season where they mocked SJWs and liberals was amazing. The season where they mocked redhats, conservatives, and internet trolls was their low point.


This is South Park, they make fun of everyone. So it's expected they would rail on everyone.


MegaButterfree posted...
SwordMaster13X posted...
MegaButterfree posted...
It has its ups & downs but I still think it's good overall.


Yea I think it's good overall. Sometimes I think South Park focuses too much on doing satire of the current pop/political scene rather than the kids going on some goofy adventures where satire is a little more subtle. Recently I was watching older episodes like the Trapper Keeper episode and the episode where Barbrady couldn't read and it seemed a lot funnier than I remembered.


Oh yeah I totally agree, that's why I like the older format better where every episode was its own self-contained story for the most part, rather than what they've been doing the last couples seasons with a whole season-long storyline.


At first the season-long storyline was kinda neat but it has gotten stale.
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lukabrosci
07/29/17 7:43:01 PM
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its been trash ever since they felt the need to base episodes around current pop culture

just be funny, i don't need dumb references
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DezCaughtIt
07/29/17 7:46:04 PM
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S20 was shit but they were still experimenting with a serial concept. Plus the election kind of fucked up some of their story arcs
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DezCaughtIt
07/29/17 7:46:40 PM
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lukabrosci posted...
its been trash ever since they felt the need to base episodes around current pop culture

just be funny, i don't need dumb references

Don't get comments like this because they've literally been doing this since season 1
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Vertania
07/29/17 7:46:52 PM
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It's been steadily declining for a long time imo. The first two seasons were by far my favorite, 3 and 4 were great, and 5-8 were pretty good but with some shitty episodes. Just got worse from there.

Most characters have been heavily "Flanderized" (especially Cartman, Randy, and Mr. Garrison), they're way too relient of current events, and there's too many trilogy episodes. It's not fun to rewatch a lot of episodes because they're built entirely around a years-old reference.
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lukabrosci
07/29/17 7:48:35 PM
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DezCaughtIt posted...
lukabrosci posted...
its been trash ever since they felt the need to base episodes around current pop culture

just be funny, i don't need dumb references

Don't get comments like this because they've literally been doing this since season 1

they'd reference famous stuff like barry bonds, or al gore

not every new flavor of the month
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Boombam99
07/29/17 7:50:47 PM
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It's still good, but I definitely think they have to go back to every episode being it's own self-contained story, and stop with the season-long continuation stories.
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Vertania
07/29/17 7:50:52 PM
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DezCaughtIt posted...
Don't get comments like this because they've literally been doing this since season 1

In the first few seasons, pop culture references were just brief jokes. Somewhere in the middle, they started basing entire episodes on references and now we're getting them strung along for entire seasons.
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SuperExcitebike
07/29/17 7:51:36 PM
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Vertania posted...
It's been steadily declining for a long time imo. The first two seasons were by far my favorite, 3 and 4 were great, and 5-8 were pretty good but with some shitty episodes. Just got worse from there.

Most characters have been heavily "Flanderized" (especially Cartman, Randy, and Mr. Garrison), they're way too relient of current events, and there's too many trilogy episodes. It's not fun to rewatch a lot of episodes because they're built entirely around a years-old reference.



Seasons 3, 6, and 8 are the best of SP imo.
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lukabrosci
07/29/17 7:51:49 PM
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Basically they are trying to be like an animated SNL
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3rd_Best_Master
07/29/17 7:52:40 PM
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lukabrosci posted...
DezCaughtIt posted...
lukabrosci posted...
its been trash ever since they felt the need to base episodes around current pop culture

just be funny, i don't need dumb references

Don't get comments like this because they've literally been doing this since season 1

they'd reference famous stuff like barry bonds, or al gore

not every new flavor of the month

Yes they did. You're probably just finally old enough for all of those references to have relevance to stuff you understand.
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DezCaughtIt
07/29/17 7:54:47 PM
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Boombam99 posted...
It's still good, but I definitely think they have to go back to every episode being it's own self-contained story, and stop with the season-long continuation stories.

I think they've said they're done with doing season-long stories. They admitted they fucked up last season

Vertania posted...
DezCaughtIt posted...
Don't get comments like this because they've literally been doing this since season 1

In the first few seasons, pop culture references were just brief jokes. Somewhere in the middle, they started basing entire episodes on references and now we're getting them strung along for entire seasons.



Fair enough
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lukabrosci
07/29/17 7:54:51 PM
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3rd_Best_Master posted...
Yes they did. You're probably just finally old enough for all of those references to have relevance to stuff you understand.

examples?
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DezCaughtIt
07/29/17 7:57:20 PM
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lukabrosci posted...
3rd_Best_Master posted...
Yes they did. You're probably just finally old enough for all of those references to have relevance to stuff you understand.

examples?

Well Mecha-Streisand and Kathie Lee Gifford in Weight Gain 4000 for one
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Darkninja42
07/29/17 8:01:48 PM
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I know they said they were going back to the kids just being kids for this upcoming season instead of focusing on politics and all that.

I didn't watch this past season with the continuity, but I thought it was interesting when they dabbled with it for the Stan getting old episode, even though they reset it at the end.
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lukabrosci
07/29/17 8:05:08 PM
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DezCaughtIt posted...
lukabrosci posted...
3rd_Best_Master posted...
Yes they did. You're probably just finally old enough for all of those references to have relevance to stuff you understand.

examples?

Well Mecha-Streisand and Kathie Lee Gifford in Weight Gain 4000 for one

But what were they referencing? Barba Streisand was never Godzilla. If that was done today it would be about Barba Streisand on some talk show in a funny voice referencing something she just said.

They just wanna be relevant instead of silly like they used to be.
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ReD_ToMaTo
07/29/17 8:05:52 PM
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It's been pretty solid. Last season was pretty terrible though.
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Vertania
07/29/17 8:07:04 PM
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DezCaughtIt posted...
Well Mecha-Streisand and Kathie Lee Gifford in Weight Gain 4000 for one

Those were great because, even at the time, the pop culture references were obscure and unexpected. Like, when the boys are camping in the woods and a monster appears that has Patrick Duffy for a leg.

Now it's like, you see something on the news and just start wondering how South Park is going to spin it later in the week.
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omega cookie
07/29/17 8:12:43 PM
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SwordMaster13X posted...
This is South Park, they make fun of everyone. So it's expected they would rail on everyone.

I don't think he's complaining that they made fun of conservatives, just that they didn't make it funny. It was gold when they made fun of being PC for a season, but last season just felt really flat.

Although, the phrase "The joke and cum mines of Mars" is hilarious, no matter the context.
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Fill_Kessel
07/29/17 8:14:16 PM
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I think next season will improve but it's on repeat in my house. Love it.
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ClockworkHare
07/29/17 8:16:22 PM
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3rd_Best_Master posted...
Liberals posted...
The last season was absolutely horrible. I would say it was worse than the worst season of The Simpsons or Family Guy.

This. The season where they mocked SJWs and liberals was amazing. The season where they mocked redhats, conservatives, and internet trolls was their low point.

So what you're saying is they should have done an ever better job of mocking redhats, conservatives, and internet trolls to keep up with the trashing they gave to SJWs and libs. Sounds fair.
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Vertania
07/31/17 3:16:33 AM
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This other topic shows the "Flanderization" I was talking about in here:
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75620924

Randy and Cartman are by far the most popular characters. Randy became the go-to character when they needed a over-the-top, crazy adult and Cartman has basically just an evil mastermind ever since that Scott Tennorman episode. They're too predictable.
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