The Official South Park Thread

[Andrew]

So I guess we basically got a three part commercial for Order of the Stick.

[Andrew]

I didn't care at all for the season finale last week. To me, it felt like one bad (and overly long) Family Guy cutaway joke, with a depressing ending. A disappointing end to what I feel was one of the worst seasons to date, if not the worst.

[Kenny]

It's funny, the thing that bothered me the most about the last episode was that it messed with the show's continuity. In a previous episode, Butters' book resulted in the Kardashians getting murdered, so for Kim to be alive just for the sake of the joke felt cheap.

I enjoyed the trilogy, particularly the George R R Martin jokes. It felt like it was going to be about Randy, but Kenny was the real highlight (I loved the anime sequences).

Overall, I quite liked the season, but I feel it's becoming too reliant on pop culture.

[Oznogrd]

I just caught up on the season. I don't know about worst season ever rights, i might give that to 16, but that could be influenced by my own mood at the time.

But I do agree the past 2-3 seasons have been subpar as compared to the rest of their body of work. A few years ago, I never would've dreamed of getting behind on South Park. This year I went a couple of months and there was no great loss in not being current on the episodes.

They've always been semi-dependent on pop culture. That's nothing new.

[Andrew]

They've always been semi-dependent on pop culture. That's nothing new.

True. I reckon they used to handle it a lot better though, better utilised it in both plots and throwaway jokes alike. My main complaint is that the tone of the show has just become too mean-spirited, to the point where it's depressing rather than funny.

[Kenny]

Stumbled across this today on Yahoo:

George R.R. Martin: 'I'm Into Boobies, Not Weenies'

"I have been that told my character in ‘South Park’ is obsessed about weenies,” he told Clevver News at the Sandiego Comic-Con. "I have to deny this as a scurrilous rumour.

"I have nothing against weenies. Weenies are fine, but I am not obsessed with weenies."

He added: "I am definitely on the boobies side of the equation. They picked the wrong equation for me."

He went on to drive his point home one more time, saying: "Boobies, not weenies."