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Damn, this episode just...sucked. I've been a fan of the series since the start, but I only laughed once. I'm beginning to think Trey and Matt really have run out of ideas.
 
Sapiens said:
Typical South Park greatness.

It wasn't as funny, but at least it was interesting.

All you idiots can just go away - South Park isn't for you. Go watch Family Dad or Simpsons or some other shit.
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Dude, they spend 20 minutes banging in the same point about the paparazzi. It's not a way out there concept by any means.
 
dead souls said:
Oh, cut the bullshit. It wasn't offensive or shocking, just lame and unfunny. If wanting a comedy show to be funny makes me a pussy, well then I guess I am one.
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Well I obviously was not talking about you dumb shit.
 
LordAzrael said:
Damn, this episode just...sucked. I've been a fan of the series since the start, but I only laughed once. I'm beginning to think Trey and Matt really have run out of ideas.
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Couldn't agree more. It's almost funny how the show has basically become so goddamn formulaic. Practically every episode now follows one of these formulas:

1) Characters (usually Stan and Kyle) get involved in some activity/event/misadventure that devolves into a non-sensical, outlandish conspiracy/mystery/scheme. Some gross-out and ridiculous humor is thrown in here-and-there, and the episode ends with Trey and Matt telling their sociopolitical message and the show's world returning to some kind of faux-normalcy.

2) Cartman comes up with a scheme and/or gets involved in some thing in which Kyle (whom he hates with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends) is either the victim or offended by Cartman's shenanigans. Because he, naturally, hates Cartman with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends, he either attempts to stop Cartman and/or begrudgingly teams up with him for some greater good. Episode ends with Cartman's plans usually back-firing on him and the show's world returning to some kind of faux-normalcy, with Kyle and Cartman still hating each other despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends.

3) Episode lampoons a tired-out film or television plotline convention and ends up being a tired-out, boring mess.
 
To be fair, I still quite enjoy the show and I thought the last few seasons have been generally very good. While that last episode was pretty bad, I'm expecting a return to form in the upcoming episodes. No reason not to think they won't bounce back as they always do.
 
I changed my mind, this last episode was fucking amazing. Lots of jabs at both paparazzis and famous people who whore themselves out. Amazing.

Insight into how the media frenzy in magazines that people eat up, Britney Watch...

Classic.
 
I still haven't had a good laugh yet this season.
I'm sorry but the episode was simply not funny. Does anyone really still care about Britney? Maybe it's because I don't care and don't think The Wicker Man is worth an episode theme. I just didn't like it.

I really want to see something new. When will I get a Kenny- Butters episode? That would be too good.
 
They should really cancel the show, they are long past their best (before they totally do a Simpsons). IMO the show already began to get worse from season 8, and it hasn't been the same since.
 
MinionBE said:
They should really cancel the show, they are long past their best (before they totally do a Simpsons). IMO the show already began to get worse from season 8, and it hasn't been the same since.
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Or maybe you should just stop watching and let those of us who loved the last few season have our fun. Season 8 and 9 were fucking awesome.
 
I AM JOHN! said:
Couldn't agree more. It's almost funny how the show has basically become so goddamn formulaic. Practically every episode now follows one of these formulas:

1) Characters (usually Stan and Kyle) get involved in some activity/event/misadventure that devolves into a non-sensical, outlandish conspiracy/mystery/scheme. Some gross-out and ridiculous humor is thrown in here-and-there, and the episode ends with Trey and Matt telling their sociopolitical message and the show's world returning to some kind of faux-normalcy.

2) Cartman comes up with a scheme and/or gets involved in some thing in which Kyle (whom he hates with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends) is either the victim or offended by Cartman's shenanigans. Because he, naturally, hates Cartman with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends, he either attempts to stop Cartman and/or begrudgingly teams up with him for some greater good. Episode ends with Cartman's plans usually back-firing on him and the show's world returning to some kind of faux-normalcy, with Kyle and Cartman still hating each other despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends.

3) Episode lampoons a tired-out film or television plotline convention and ends up being a tired-out, boring mess.
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Wow I pretty much agree with everything you said.

I think your #3 can still exist as I loved the episode "Asspen".
 
I AM JOHN! said:
Exactly. The only thing that really saves it is that it's pretty hard to get any worse than "Kenny Dies" :|
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Is this a joke post? Kenny Dies was easily one of the best South Park episodes.

"It was the heat of the moment..."
 
I read the comments on GAF before watching, so obviously went with very low expectations, and I actually ended up enjoying it. I think it was better than last weeks but still a pretty mediocre episode. The sheer ridiculousness of it all (Britney running around with half a head) made me laugh a little and the camel toe was awesome, as well as Butters getting mistaken for a giant squirrel. As I said average at best episode but still better than last weeks IMO. I never give up on South Park though, even when it's mediocre it still makes me laugh more than a lot of other shows, and Matt and Trey always have the potential to bounce back.
 
I actually found the latest episode depressing. It was certainly apt, and a worthy social commentary in a sledge-hammer sort of way. Just not what I was expecting.

I haven't watched much South Park since the early seasons except for a stray episode here or there, so I was curious to see where it was at.
 
I almost liked this episode, untill the lame crab-people esque twist, Season 12 isnt off to a great start imo. After the awesome that was Imagination Land, I was all excited.
 
So let me get this straight. I like almost every south park episode, I'm a fan, but because I didn't like this one, I'm a fuckin troll who should go watch 'shit' like Family Dad and The Simpsons...


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(Just watched the episode again where Butters is sent to a bicurious camp and Cartman tries to prevent the showing of a pic where he has butters weiner in his mouth. :lol )
 
UnholySpectacle said:
Everyone, go look up Shirley Jackson and read The Lottery. Then you might actually care for the episode.
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I guess. I still found it very very funny regardless of not having read that - though it was easy to see which sections were in direct reference to it. Not sure where the hate is coming from here, but whatever. I thought it was great.
 
Amazing episode. It was funny as hell and topical, exactly how it should be. It's sad but true that the world, and especially the US, has come to this. Great comparison with the whole sacrifice thing, and that we really haven't gotten much further when it comes to this sort of stuff.
 
No Means Nomad said:
Dude, they spend 20 minutes banging in the same point about the paparazzi. It's not a way out there concept by any means.
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You're right that the entire episode was just hammering home like two points, but the funniest and most accurate parts were not about the paparazzi at all, but rather the average person's reaction to Britney. That's where I was rolling, the entire time. (What's she done now, she's so stuuuupid, what a trainwreck!, she must be stoned again, she's really chubbed up!, she's got some zits - ouch!, no doubt now she's had plastic surgery in the past - talk about embarrassing *smirk*, etc.)

Trey and company so beautifully nailed the unbelievable shithead attitude so many people adopt when their Britney Bloodlust kicks in (or just general celebrity bloodlust, even). I'm talking dead-on accuracy. I hear this stuff all the time, the hard-on folks have for being able to take her down a few pegs, to point and laugh for the sake of that delicious comeuppance she's apparently so long overdue for. (Ugh.)

But, yeah, if you just didn't find it funny, then I'd agree - why even bother watching SP if not for some yuks, but I personally practically gave it a standing O. Not because it broke new ground with some wild unprecedented message, but rather because of how well they nailed their presentation of the issue, managing to still be hilarious while carrying plenty of weight in their message(s).
 
I AM JOHN! said:
2) Cartman comes up with a scheme and/or gets involved in some thing in which Kyle (whom he hates with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends) is either the victim or offended by Cartman's shenanigans. Because he, naturally, hates Cartman with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends, he either attempts to stop Cartman and/or begrudgingly teams up with him for some greater good. Episode ends with Cartman's plans usually back-firing on him and the show's world returning to some kind of faux-normalcy, with Kyle and Cartman still hating each other despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends.
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Eh. It's understandable since Cartman's been getting progressively racist and evil as the show's progressed.
 
Ghost said:
I almost liked this episode, untill the lame crab-people esque twist, Season 12 isnt off to a great start imo. After the awesome that was Imagination Land, I was all excited.
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I still cant beleive imaginationland was the most popular eps from last season.

They sucked hard in comparison to night of the living homeless or the nigger guy episode.

Tonsil trouble was a really shitty episode , the britney one was a lot better.

Still stupid , but some parts made me laugh at least, unlike tonsil trouble.

I laughed when the papparazzi (probably spelled that wrong) busted through the window and took pics upside down.

However, Britney staying alive afterwards was just plain idiotic.

Hopefully better episodes are to come , otherwise i would agree on the cancellation thing , unfortunately , as i love this show. But id rather see it cancelled than turn into a simpsons.
 
Souldriver said:
So let me get this straight. I like almost every south park episode, I'm a fan, but because I didn't like this one, I'm a fuckin troll who should go watch 'shit' like Family Dad and The Simpsons...
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Yep me too, I guess. South Park superfans are nearly as sensitive to criticism as Lost fans are.
 
Finally watched it. Great episode. Literary and cinematic allusions and references (appropriately placed, of course) for the win.

Seeing Stan and Kyle hear that Brit's alive, and then seeing her was one of the most horrifically hilarious things this show has done. Totally gross, but I couldn't stop laughing at how inappropriate and disgusting that was. How they managed to turn my utter revulsion into chuckles is quite astonishing.

Very gross, very smart, very parodious and mocking tone. Smells like South Park to me.
 
therapist said:
I still cant beleive imaginationland was the most popular eps from last season.

They sucked hard in comparison to night of the living homeless or the nigger guy episode.

Tonsil trouble was a really shitty episode , the britney one was a lot better.

Still stupid , but some parts made me laugh at least, unlike tonsil trouble.

I laughed when the papparazzi (probably spelled that wrong) busted through the window and took pics upside down.

However, Britney staying alive afterwards was just plain idiotic.

Hopefully better episodes are to come , otherwise i would agree on the cancellation thing , unfortunately , as i love this show. But id rather see it cancelled than turn into a simpsons.
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WOAH there what’s with the cancellation talk? A couple of average episodes and it needs to be cancelled? Whoever is calling for the show to be cancelled is seriously jumping the gun. Guaranteed this season will deliver some golden episodes. Not every episode can be pure brilliance, and these 'poor' episodes aren't that bad. There have been far worse South Park episodes in the past and nobody was calling for the show to be cancelled then, and good job, because we'd have missed out on some comedy gold if they had.

P.S. I'm not singling out you just saying that whoever is calling for cancellation is insane.
 
You know, the last two or three seasons have some of my favorite episodes. This isn't like the Simpsons, which hasn't produced a great half-hour of comedy in, like, going on a decade now.
 
Toy Soldier said:
You're right that the entire episode was just hammering home like two points, but the funniest and most accurate parts were not about the paparazzi at all, but rather the average person's reaction to Britney. That's where I was rolling, the entire time. (What's she done now, she's so stuuuupid, what a trainwreck!, she must be stoned again, she's really chubbed up!, she's got some zits - ouch!, no doubt now she's had plastic surgery in the past - talk about embarrassing *smirk*, etc.)

Trey and company so beautifully nailed the unbelievable shithead attitude so many people adopt when their Britney Bloodlust kicks in (or just general celebrity bloodlust, even). I'm talking dead-on accuracy. I hear this stuff all the time, the hard-on folks have for being able to take her down a few pegs, to point and laugh for the sake of that delicious comeuppance she's apparently so long overdue for. (Ugh.)

But, yeah, if you just didn't find it funny, then I'd agree - why even bother watching SP if not for some yuks, but I personally practically gave it a standing O. Not because it broke new ground with some wild unprecedented message, but rather because of how well they nailed their presentation of the issue, managing to still be hilarious while carrying plenty of weight in their message(s).
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Saved me a lot of typing. It was a great look at how pathetic mainstream America has become for anti-celeb news (e.g. these celebs are beautiful but flawed, so my life isn't that bad). That lie-detector reality show on Fox is just the beginning. People are obsessed with others' dirty laundry.
 
sh4mike said:
It was a great look at how pathetic mainstream America has become for anti-celeb news (e.g. these celebs are beautiful but flawed, so my life isn't that bad).
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Great look? It's the same story that's been told millions of times before for a century, except this time Britney didn't have a head.
 
I AM JOHN! said:
Couldn't agree more. It's almost funny how the show has basically become so goddamn formulaic. Practically every episode now follows one of these formulas:

1) Characters (usually Stan and Kyle) get involved in some activity/event/misadventure that devolves into a non-sensical, outlandish conspiracy/mystery/scheme. Some gross-out and ridiculous humor is thrown in here-and-there, and the episode ends with Trey and Matt telling their sociopolitical message and the show's world returning to some kind of faux-normalcy.

2) Cartman comes up with a scheme and/or gets involved in some thing in which Kyle (whom he hates with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends) is either the victim or offended by Cartman's shenanigans. Because he, naturally, hates Cartman with all his heart and soul, despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends, he either attempts to stop Cartman and/or begrudgingly teams up with him for some greater good. Episode ends with Cartman's plans usually back-firing on him and the show's world returning to some kind of faux-normalcy, with Kyle and Cartman still hating each other despite the fact that they spent numerous seasons being oft-quarreling friends.

3) Episode lampoons a tired-out film or television plotline convention and ends up being a tired-out, boring mess.
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This. They've got a successful formula, and who can blame them? I'd probably be doing the same thing, producing an episode with as little work as I could, because I'm a lazy bastard. Thats also probably why I don't make tv series for a living.
 
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Great look? It's the same story that's been told millions of times before for a century, except this time Britney didn't have a head.
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Exactly. That's my biggest complaint about the episode. Who didn't know that the media/people in general love to build up celebrities and then trash them.

What's that Parker/Stone? Paparazzi culture and celebrity "news" is vapid and often mean-spirited? Thanks South Park, I never could have come to that conclusion on my own. .
 
whytemyke said:
these are all uncensored too. "JUST LET IT GO WITH YOUR FUCKING BALLS ALREADY, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!"
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Awesome. They're rippabile using Orbit Downloader, too :)

640x480, 29.970 fps, 500Kbps On2 VP6 video, 128 Kbps 44.1 KHz Stereo CBR audio.
 
Waikis said:
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Beats the annoying as fuck "not available in your region" message even if it is serving the same purpose. Made me smile instead of wanting to kill someone. :D :D
 
For some reason I can watch the full episodes on southparkstudios.com (I'm in Germany). Pretty awesome quality, much better than my usual TV Rips
 
The whole gross-out gag got old really fast. Otherwise, it was a great SP episode.

Ghost said:
I almost liked this episode, untill the lame crab-people esque twist, Season 12 isnt off to a great start imo. After the awesome that was Imagination Land, I was all excited.
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I actually thought it would turn out to be a crab people plot.
 
Rez>You said:
Beats the annoying as fuck "not available in your region" message even if it is serving the same purpose. Made me smile instead of wanting to kill someone. :D :D
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I noticed that the page that image comes from uses a two letter country code, so I put some others in. Found a New Zealand one:

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Here's the URL if you wanna try:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/notavailable/index.php?country_code=NZ

Just replace NZ with any other two letter country code to see if they have an image for it (they don't have one for all of them).
 
Jacobi said:
For some reason I can watch the full episodes on southparkstudios.com (I'm in Germany). Pretty awesome quality, much better than my usual TV Rips
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Oh God they missed an awesome opportunity for a Sorry Germany Full Episodes Coming Soon poster:lol
 
I hope that they can provide full episodes for Family Dad too so the idiots can have something to watch when they don't like a South Park ep enough to cry online like a bitch about it.
 
Sapiens said:
I hope that they can provide full episodes for Family Dad too so the idiots can have something to watch when they don't like a South Park ep enough to cry online like a bitch about it.
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That joke gets funnier every time you use it...

Are you sure you don't watch those shows?
 
LordAzrael said:
Damn, this episode just...sucked. I've been a fan of the series since the start, but I only laughed once. I'm beginning to think Trey and Matt really have run out of ideas.
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I thought the episode was lame too.

But you think they're running out of ideas based on one episode? The premiere was hilarious.

Hyperbole is amazing.

(Though I laughed at BRITNAY. WAOTCH. :lol )
 
radioheadrule83 said:
I heard that full episodes were on southparkstudios.com and I just checked it out to see if I could maybe view the latest episode...

[IG]http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/notavailable/sorry_GB01.jpg[/IMG]

:lol
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Weird, I can watch them and I live in the Netherlands :O
 
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