• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

South Park Season 20 |OT| A Safe Space To Post

Status
Not open for further replies.
E

ElectricBlanketFire

Member
4bJ2FmU.jpg


Premier: September 14, 2016 on Comedy Central at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT

Number of Episodes: 10

FAQ:

The Lamonster said:
is this the show where santa and jesus fight
Click to expand...

Yes.

Episode 1: Member Berries

Clips:

The National Anthem

Who Are You Voting For?

Lyrics:

Colin Kaepernick is great.
Cops are pigs, cops are pigs.
Wait, someone just took my stuff, I need to call the cops.
Oh, no, I just said cops are pigs.
Who’s gonna help me get my stuff?
Why did I listen to Colin Kaepernick? He’s not even any good.
Oh, I just got all my stuff back
Cops are pigs again, cops are pigs.
Colin Kaepernick’s a good backup…
 
J

JustenP88

I earned 100 Gamerscore™ for collecting 300 widgets and thereby created Trump's America
I know I'm going to get roasted for this but I thought season 19 was pretty damn good.

They've got so much shit to riff on this year. I feel like South Park fallout might be a weekly event on national news this season.
 
S

Spieler Eins

Member
Syder said:
Definitely a new low for the series for me. The subject matter was just terrible. I don't want South Park to be a weekly news update.
Click to expand...

Then you'd have to ask for an improvement over the last 10 seasons. Which you'll only get in the game, if the first one is anything to go by.
 
R

Rich!

Member
Syder said:
Definitely a new low for the series for me. The subject matter was just terrible. I don't want South Park to be a weekly news update.
Click to expand...

...but it wasn't. It had a consistent theme throughout and only used slight references to current events here and there, and considerably less so than seasons 16-18.
 
S

Syder

Member
Spieler Eins said:
Then you'd have to ask for an improvement over the last 10 seasons. Which you'll only get in the game, if the first one is anything to go by.
Click to expand...
Yeah, Stick of Truth was amazing. Can't wait for Fractured.


Rich! said:
...but it wasn't. It had a consistent theme throughout and only used slight references to current events here and there, and considerably less so than seasons 16-18.
Click to expand...
Yeah the same shit repeated week in, week out just isn't for me. I mean, if Trey and Matt want to do the 'DAE hate SJWs' joke for one week, that's fine but a whole season was too much. I think the 6 day turn around on South Park episodes really hurts it.
 
F

fancimus

Member
I'm really excited about season 20, and I'm hoping that maybe there's some sort of tie-in from the show to Fractured.

If the timing works out, how cool would it be if they make the last episode before the game comes out serve as a prelude of sorts to the story in the game?
 
A

Arthr2ShdsJcksn

Banned
I just realized that South Park has more good seasons than The Simpsons. Not saying every SP season was great, but it's definitely been more than the ten or so watchable Simpsons season.

Also, the SP movie was better than the Simpsons.

Also, the best SP video game was better than best Simpsons.

Is South Park just better than The Simpsons?
 
N

neshcom

Banned
I enjoyed the persistent plot, though I kept feeling like the anti-extremism was mostly co-opted into anti-sjw rhetoric. Plus, the season finale was weak. Maybe it's due to not doing as much story continuity, but hopefully it picks up well this season.
 
J

Jonm1010

Banned
Syder said:
Definitely a new low for the series for me. The subject matter was just terrible. I don't want South Park to be a weekly news update.
Click to expand...

South Park has always been very topical. Its part of what has made South Park, South Park.

It can do what no other show can do with its incredibly fast turnaround for episodes.

If anything their shift to season long arcs has actually broken off their old formula.
 
S

Sean C

Member
Syder said:
Definitely a new low for the series for me. The subject matter was just terrible. I don't want South Park to be a weekly news update.
Click to expand...
Huh? South Park has been doing topical satire since, what, almost the beginning? If anything, it was the addition of ongoing arcs that made it less topical than before.
 
S

Syder

Member
Jonm1010 said:
South Park has always been very topical. Its part of what has made South Park, South Park.

It can do what no other show can do with its incredibly fast turnaround for episodes.

If anything their shift to season long arcs has actually broken off their old formula.
Click to expand...
Sean C said:
Huh? South Park has been doing topical satire since, what, almost the beginning? If anything, it was the addition of ongoing arcs that made it less topical than before.
Click to expand...
There's a difference between being topical and covering breaking news, imo. Tom Cruise being a Scientologist is topical. Caitlyn Jenner running someone over and Trump wanting to build a wall is just breaking news. No one will care about these episodes 5 years from now.

If people liked Season 19, more power to 'em. One thing you can say about it is that it didn't adhere to the status quo. As someone that's been following SP hardcore since the beginning, for years, I fantasised about South Park going serialised and having a continuous story. It just didn't work out very well. Don't get me wrong though, SP has been going downhill for a few years now. S19 just stood out as a bad season with no redeeming qualities at all.

Add to that the unmitigated hate on PC culture that to me was poorly handled and ended up making me feel fairly disappointed in Matt & Trey.
 
L

LosDaddie

Banned
Season 19 was amazing. But it's no surprise many on here would claim it's an alt-right show 😂

Can't wait for the new episodes. Almost justifies my Hulu sub alone for the unedited versions that release a day or two after.
 
A

Arby 'n' the Chief

Member
Can't wait! hope it's better than last season. 19 is decent and It has its moments but it was kind of a let down IMO

5-12 are the GOAT seasons though, a lot of south park's greatest episodes reside there.
 
C

CassSept

Member
But they've been referencing current events since season 4.

Elianandkenny.jpg
Click to expand...



I think there were good things about season 19 and bad things. It was definitely an interesting direction for the show. I preferred the approach they took in season 18, but on the whole season 19 was an interesting experiment, we will see what they have learned from them. I hope they don't focus on the election too much, but it's an insane one so a lot of great stuff might come out from it.

Nevertheless, we're getting Fractured but Whole this year too which, going by Stick of Truth, will give us our fill of wacky hijinx.
 
R

Rich!

Member
Syder said:
Add to that the unmitigated hate on PC culture that to me was poorly handled and ended up making me feel fairly disappointed in Matt & Trey.
Click to expand...

And this proves you completely and utterly misunderstood the entire season. They were not attacking PC culture at all. They were attacking those who try and use PC and worthy causes to make THEMSELVES feel better and more important than others. What did you think the entire point of PC Principal and the frat bros was?! The advertisements being alive angle was yet another example of how PC can be twisted for bad means and exploited for financial and other promotional gains.

But you, like many others I've seen online, sadly missed all of that. Sigh.
 
S

Syder

Member
Rich! said:
And this proves you completely and utterly misunderstood the entire season. They were not attacking PC culture at all. They were attacking those who try and use PC and worthy causes to make THEMSELVES feel better and more important than others.
Click to expand...
Lol, okay. I understood what they were trying to say, I just feel they failed. I'm not one of those morons that are trying to claim SP is alt-right but this is one of those times Matt & Trey mishandled something. Just because you like the message they were trying to communicate doesn't mean everyone else has to.

If you or anyone else enjoyed S19 good for you but as someone that feels SP has been in slow decline since 2012, and longs for the golden era of SP, the subject matter of S19 was just not what I want from SP.
 
R

Rich!

Member
Syder said:
Lol, okay. I understood what they were trying to say, I just feel they failed. I'm not one of those morons that are trying to claim SP is alt-right but this is one of those times Matt & Trey mishandled something. Just because you like the message they were trying to communicate doesn't mean everyone else has to.

If you or anyone else enjoyed S19 good for you but as someone that feels SP has been in slow decline since 2012, and longs for the golden era of SP, the subject matter of S19 was just not what I want from SP.
Click to expand...

You're pretty much in a minority here dude. Sorry. Fan reaction to S19 is almost universally positive. And even in this thread, you're the only one who seems to have an issue with it.

South Park can insult and lampoon every single person, culture and cause they wish to, taking it personally is fucking lame.
 
J

Jonm1010

Banned
I thought season 19 was pretty great myself.

I am actually in awe that Trey and Matt have managed to keep the show so good for so long and not feel stale. Still being as relevant as they are and still being so influential with millennials, even younger ones.

I honestly can't think of any other show that has came close to this. I'm sure there are some but its still impressive.

Just the fact we are debating at most whether the show may have possibly peaked in 2012, 15 years into its existence, is pretty remarkable. Most though feeling it is still at a high level.
 
P

petghost

Banned
i think a lot of people just get hurt when south park finally gets around to making fun of the absurdities of their in-group instead of the other absurd groups they laugh at like catholics or whatever. definitely a lot of comedy gold in american culture right now on both sides of the political spectrum so im very excited to see where they go.
 
S

Syder

Member
Jonm1010 said:
I am actually in awe that Trey and Matt have managed to keep the show so good for so long and not feel stale. Still being as relevant as they are and still being so influential with millennials, even younger ones.

I honestly can't think of any other show that has came close to this. I'm sure there are some but its still impressive.

Just the fact we are debating at most whether the show may have possibly peaked in 2012, 15 years into its existence, is pretty remarkable. Most though feeling it is still at a high level.
Click to expand...
I agree. Simpsons writers could learn a few things.
 
J

Jackpot

Banned
Shame last season was so poor. Pretty gross that it enabled a bunch of posters to say how much they hated tolerance and wished they could say it in other threads.
 
J

Jonm1010

Banned
petghost said:
i think a lot of people just get hurt when south park finally gets around to making fun of the absurdities of their in-group instead of the other absurd groups they laugh at like catholics or whatever.
Click to expand...

I think this has a lot to do with it throughout its history.

And hell, I have disagreements with them things over the year but it hasn't made me try and devalue the show because of it.
 
B

Brinbe

Member
Nineteen was okay. I don't know if it was improvement on prior seasons as they were already pretty strong to begin with. It definitely started strong and there was really good episodes in the mix. The continuity was super cool too. But they didn't bring it together at all and it floundered significantly by the end. They basically made zero point and worse of all, it espoused pretty suspect opinions that dumb people just trumpet and repeat without any critical thought because it's South Park.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

South Park is not subversive
4 5 6 7 8
397
54K
Ekai replied
MLB Post Season |OT| BYOB
2 3 4
178
11K
Musky_Cheese replied
  • Locked
Dating Age |OT$6| Just ask her out already
396 397 398 399 400
20K
1M
Spoiled Milk replied
  • Locked
Hillary Clinton retweets Slate voter guide calling her most corrupt candidate
3
3K
ModBot replied
  • Locked
Couple disappear; Man's facebook begins erratic posting; Later, woman found captive
9 10 11 12 13
640
204K
CREMSteve replied
Top Bottom