Is South Park any good nowadays?

Tempted to get back into it

Its alright. Not at its best, but hasn’t been a particular decline recently. They have been releasing stuff quite infrequently and normally as films/double length episodes though since the pandemic. Think they are signed up to keep doing stuff for quite a while longer.

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Wasn’t there a thing recently where they’re kind of contracted to release stuff for different platforms and it went a bit haywire?

don’t think it’s been on for a while mate

just had a look then and the last episode i remember seeing is the cash for gold one, which was apparently 12 years ago. thats ages.

Yep, some controversy about how they licenced stuff to different platforms, and who had rights for future ‘episodes’. I think the new specials/films, rather than standard seasons, is at least partly related to that. Don’t think it has been properly resolved yet, but I don’t think it has stopped production or anything. The figures for the licence deals are amazing though (like around $1b).

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I often think about that bit in the film where chef says “havent you heard of the emancipation proclamation?” and this army general says “i dont listen to hip hop”

That was good

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Agreed

I’ve enjoyed some episodes in the last few years but I can’t remember which ones sorry

This, but it’s “Never has been” instead of me forgetting that the meme was “always has been”

Didn’t like it years ago, even more certain I wouldn’t like it now

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I don’t really agree. They do sometimes slide too far towards the edgelord/two sidesing everything, and they certainly can be out of touch as rich, white ‘liberal’ americans (i.e. like It’s Always Sunny can be). Plus, their ‘thing’ that they satirise all sides, doesn’t always look great and can certainly sometimes feel like punching down.

However, I think generally their politics aren’t terrible or at least are vaguely progressive. Understand why some people don’t enjoy it though, and would have your general view about them.

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So, the chamber of farts has another victim, eh?

The seasons 1-10 are my problematic faves. It started getting shit when every episode ended like a splatter film for no apparent reason other than they ran out of ideas.
And yeah sometimes it can be kind of enlightened, other times their message is atrocious.

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Cartman being prescribed Lizzo because his mum can’t afford Ozempic, that’s very funny shit imho

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Dunno, but what are everyone’s favourite episodes

Return of the Fellowship to the Two Towers - as an unabashed Butters stan, this is my absolute fave. The bit where Randy is like “God I hate it when pornos try to have a plot!” before realising it’s Lord of the Rings :sob: :sob:

Scott Tenorman Must Die - obviously

Make Love Not Warcraft - “I wanna play Hello Kitty Island Adventure” :star_struck: :sparkling_heart: also the “how do you kill that which has no life?” was always a useful reference point in Countdown

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Casa Bonita and Imaginationland probs

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‘Cancelled’

Make love not warcraft
Awesom-o
Casa bonita
The one where everyonemicrowaves their balls to get testicle cancer to get stoned becsuse the space hopper shit made me laugh
Fat Butt and Pancake Head (mitch connor episode)

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Lemmiwinks

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Don’t know why I made this thread

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it’s cos you were tempted to get back into it

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