The newest season (South Park)
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The 15th season hasn't excited me so far. Royal Pudding and Crack Baby Athletic Association were pretty good but the others were just OK.
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Aizen011 wrote...
Did anyone watchd City Sushi?Yes. I laughed my ass off when I correctly predicted that the chinese guy would use the past of the japanese to talk shit about the japanese.
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I'm hoping this season ends with them advancing in age again. The 5th grade is their next year in school, right?
Stan as a cynic surprises me because I'd have guessed Kyle first.
Stan as a cynic surprises me because I'd have guessed Kyle first.
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The second half of season 15 has aired four episodes so far. What does everyone think?
I didn't care for the premiere, Ass Burgers, but each episode has had me warming up a bit more to South Park again. (I hated the first half of this season.) The latest episode, Broadway Bro Down, was hilarious, and it makes me think that South Park has finally gotten away from their attempts at social critique. The idea behind the episode was crazy as hell and didn't have any sort of message, and I laughed my ass off. That's the way it should be.
I didn't care for the premiere, Ass Burgers, but each episode has had me warming up a bit more to South Park again. (I hated the first half of this season.) The latest episode, Broadway Bro Down, was hilarious, and it makes me think that South Park has finally gotten away from their attempts at social critique. The idea behind the episode was crazy as hell and didn't have any sort of message, and I laughed my ass off. That's the way it should be.
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Broadway Bro Down. Very funny episode but didn't really see an underlying theme like their other episodes. It was obviously a plug for the Book of Mormon musical, which is hilarious. I watched Wicked and I didn't feel like giving a bj afterwards lol
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The latest episode, 1%, was funny, and again, I think it was because instead of trying to make a statement or point out perceived flaws within the Occupy Wall Street movement, they just went crazy with shit.
Moving on to the series as a whole, it's known that each episode of South Park is basically made in six days. Comedy Central even had a special detailing the process (though I didn't see all of it). This supposedly allows them to do topical jokes, but is it really worth it? They haven't done very many topical jokes in a long time; even the latest episode could have been started a month ago instead of a week ago.
Being a huge Simpsons fan, I own several of the seasons, and the writers and producers for the show have said on the commentaries that each episode will be meticulously examined. Every script is rewritten several times, and the large staff that works on the show will try to pick apart every joke in an attempt to make each episode good. A lot of time is spent on every episode. This is the opposite of what happens with South Park. It is hard to compare the comedy of each show because they have different types of humor, but I regularly am pleased more by The Simpsons than South Park. Even if an episode of South Park makes me laugh nonstop, the next week's episode could bore me to tears. On the contrary, I haven't hated an episode of The Simpsons in years; even the ones that aren't great at least aren't boring or so stupid that it's off-putting.
Plus, The Simpsons puts out a lot more episodes every year. The past seven seasons of South Park have had 14 episodes each, and they're usually split into two groups that air at different times in the year. The Simpsons average about 21 episodes a year, and they aren't split up. The Simpsons, despite spending more time on each episode, show 1.5 times as many episode of South Park. Isn't that crazy?
The "6 days to air" thing also seems to really stress out the South Park staff. So why do they continue to do it? Why not just work for a couple of months, create a decent number of episodes, and then have an extended vacation? Why do they force themselves to produce an episode within a week? It's not like it guarantees quality.
Moving on to the series as a whole, it's known that each episode of South Park is basically made in six days. Comedy Central even had a special detailing the process (though I didn't see all of it). This supposedly allows them to do topical jokes, but is it really worth it? They haven't done very many topical jokes in a long time; even the latest episode could have been started a month ago instead of a week ago.
Being a huge Simpsons fan, I own several of the seasons, and the writers and producers for the show have said on the commentaries that each episode will be meticulously examined. Every script is rewritten several times, and the large staff that works on the show will try to pick apart every joke in an attempt to make each episode good. A lot of time is spent on every episode. This is the opposite of what happens with South Park. It is hard to compare the comedy of each show because they have different types of humor, but I regularly am pleased more by The Simpsons than South Park. Even if an episode of South Park makes me laugh nonstop, the next week's episode could bore me to tears. On the contrary, I haven't hated an episode of The Simpsons in years; even the ones that aren't great at least aren't boring or so stupid that it's off-putting.
Plus, The Simpsons puts out a lot more episodes every year. The past seven seasons of South Park have had 14 episodes each, and they're usually split into two groups that air at different times in the year. The Simpsons average about 21 episodes a year, and they aren't split up. The Simpsons, despite spending more time on each episode, show 1.5 times as many episode of South Park. Isn't that crazy?
The "6 days to air" thing also seems to really stress out the South Park staff. So why do they continue to do it? Why not just work for a couple of months, create a decent number of episodes, and then have an extended vacation? Why do they force themselves to produce an episode within a week? It's not like it guarantees quality.
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I can only guess, but I imagine it's a matter of cost.
I know the simpsons go through writers like otaku go through used tissues. So maybe they bring in cheaper new blood more often than south park. That'd be my guess.
I know the simpsons go through writers like otaku go through used tissues. So maybe they bring in cheaper new blood more often than south park. That'd be my guess.
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K-1 wrote...
The "6 days to air" thing also seems to really stress out the South Park staff. So why do they continue to do it? Why not just work for a couple of months, create a decent number of episodes, and then have an extended vacation? Why do they force themselves to produce an episode within a week? It's not like it guarantees quality.
Why does Activision release a CoD every year?
But on a serious note it's most likely because Comedy Central probably doesn't have as big of a financial backing on south park when compared to Fox and the simpsons.
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GSDAkatsuki wrote...
K-1 wrote...
The "6 days to air" thing also seems to really stress out the South Park staff. So why do they continue to do it? Why not just work for a couple of months, create a decent number of episodes, and then have an extended vacation? Why do they force themselves to produce an episode within a week? It's not like it guarantees quality.
Why does Activision release a CoD every year?
But on a serious note it's most likely because Comedy Central probably doesn't have as big of a financial backing on south park when compared to Fox and the simpsons.
I imagine Futurama doesn't do the six days thing, or Ugly Americans, or any other cartoon Comedy Central has produced. It's a really weird way of doing things. I have to assume that Matt and Trey want to do it that way, but I have no idea why.