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Wow, that was a monumental episode. Not only did it seem like an obvious retrospective on the creator's part and their getting tired. But it was equally directed at fans of the show as well.
Edit: going back and re-reading some of nruva's posts makes this episode even more hilarious.
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As always, SP studios has the whole episode online for free, but if you want to see the ending we're all talking about, watch these two clips in order (the beginning of the episode is about how Stan's gotten cynical and everything seems like crap to him):
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clip...k#tab=featured
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clip...e#tab=featured
Here are several interesting mainstream reviews of the episode, while I don't agree with everything said, the episode certainly provoked interesting discussion:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/youre-getting-old,57155/
http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2011/0...he-tao-of-poo/
http://tv.ign.com/articles/117/1174811p1.html
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2011/06/sou...e-getting-old/
Spinmaster would love this episode.
But really, great episode. When the old dudes start stealing britches and then Randy and Sharon start talking and it reflects that sideplot...perfect.
I feel kinda relieved that the creators of South Park agree with me and it's not just nruva. I wonder how long they've felt like this.
OK, OK... Did anyone not think of SouthTownKid when they were explaining Stan's condition... I mean, anyone?
Nah man, The Kid's a realist. Spins is the one who's more of a contrarian than cynic.Quote:
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ha! i thought i was the only one that noticed that.
http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0617/southpark.html
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There had been speculation that the animated comedy's recent mid-season finale 'You're Getting Old' marked the beginning of the end for the series, due to its dark and cynical tone.
However, in an interview on the 'Daily Show with Jon Stewart' Parker said that he and co-creator Matt Stone have "not really" grown tired of the series.
He added: "We love 'South Park', that's still our thing."
Parker admitted that the self-mocking tone of the mid-season finale reflected "things we were feeling" but described making the episode as "fun".
He added: "We did it by the seat of our pants.
"Obviously it had a lot of themes and things we were feeling in it, but we came back and people were like, 'Are you okay? Is the show coming back?' and we were like, 'Yeah'."
He also admitted that they currently have no idea about how to resolve the mid-season cliffhanger, in which Stan's parents Randy and Sharon separated and Kyle befriended his old nemesis Cartman.
Parker said: "We don't know what's going to happen, but we'll figure it out in August".
Well that confirms my hopes.
I tried looking to see if they made any comments after the Tony Awards, but they hadn't yet --thanks for sharing this.
I'm really curious to see if they carry this forward somehow --it seems like it could be interesting if they do.
So... 2nd half of the season started this evening, what did people think?
It was nice to see they decided to carry on the ending of "You're Getting Old". I laughed at the secret of the society of cynics, watching Stan break through a window shooting wildly, and the slightly vague ending after the question of taking "a hard left" vs. sticking with what worked.
Incidentally, there's a documentary on Sunday that shows what it's like for them to create a show on their 6 day schedule.
Here's a clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nr94O1Vvjk
Looks fascinating.
I did like the sly stabs at Perry and Bachmann at the beginning
Rewatched it today and "You vampire son-of-bitches!" [BLAAM] might be my favorite line.Quote:
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For those who might have missed it, Here's the whole episode online, free.
2:37.Quote:
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Not sure if joking or real.
I would have liked it if they did this on a different episode. Didn't really like the City Sushi episode. But I've always wanted to see how they put together a show in just six days, so it'll be cool to see it anyways.
They showed a clip on Jimmy Kimmel when he had them on and they showed them doing the voices for the HumancentiPad episode. Maybe it will be clips from various shows of the beginning of season 15.Quote:
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I feel the same way, but maybe LustForLard's right on this (I hope so). That was my least favorite episode of the past season, and I think it might have been the one that drove them to do the "You're Getting Old..." episode.Quote:
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Maybe they will show the aftermath of it that made them do the "You're Getting Old..." episode. I think THAT would be better to see the inside scoop on that. But after how Matt and Tray have done other episodes I wonder if they were just trolling the audience getting them to think that this would be the end of the series.Quote:
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So did anyone see the behind the scenes? It was pretty interesting thats for sure. It was all about the HumancentiPad episode incase you were wondering.
I enjoyed the documentary, the latest episode wasn't bad. There wasn't a particular highlight for me but it wasn't awful at any point either. I did like the Life of Brian jokes with Butters, the idea of “Texans Versus Mexicans” and the Darth Vader scream (which reminded me of all the Star Wars stuff Trey had in the documentary).
He also reminded me a bit of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbGPNdrRjxU
It took me a minute to remember from my high school Spanish classes that Mantequilla is butter in Spanish.
It was a good episode but for me it picked up once Cartman became a actual member of the border patrol, loved the piņata fake out
The doc itself reminded me of my fav part of the HumanCentipad which was Cartman saying how his mom fucked him
This week's episode won me over on title alone: Bass to Mouth.
I liked it, it was more like a screwball comedy that brought back Lemmiwinks and his full entourage. Cartman and the school administration's machinations also made for hilarity.
Just saw it earlier and liked it too.
LOL'ed at Cartman's suicide note. These last 2 episodes were pretty good.
Did I say ass to trout? I meant to say bass to mouth. I guess it means the same thing.
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We're gonna throw Cartman under the buss m'kay?
No we are literally going to throw Cartman under a buss
I don't know about this weeks episode. Clearly a step up from the last couple of weeks but still not great. Mackey was great and had me laughing more then once.
Hopefully its up hill from here on.
i am going to have to take my wife to more broadway shows.
It was a pretty good episode. Love the subtle (???) "Spiderman ruined Broadway!" jab.
Yeah, Spiderman was a nice touch --especially for Randy's speech at Shelly's door :lolz:
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BRO-DWAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Thought this last weeks one was good. Figured a OWS was coming..
i thought it was good if not forgetable.Quote:
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the best part was that last bit by cartmans mom- 'my boy can be a little dramatic (nervous laughter)'. that part was epic.
Cartman's stuff was excellent. The OWS stuff was also nice but I wish they'd spent more time with that --I'm looking forward to seeing how this is carried on later.
Liked the episode, but I thought it was a huge build up that lead nowhere.
Is it just me or is Jimmy a good fighter, lil' guy was owning that 5th grader
Loved the bit with the splinter protester only being that Butters went to the bathroom
Episode with tiddlywinks was terrible. There is only one time when his character should be seen, and that would be his introductory episode.
Episode with bro-dway was great. Surprised they didn't touch on Elton John's homosexuality, unknowing viewers would think he's straight since they're all doing it for the head from women. Not sure why a kid who's ate vegan food all his life would be fat, either, but hey. Only two complaints from me.
Occupy episode was terrible until the end when the viewer finds out who killed all of Cartman's stuffed animals. Curious if that's how Trey feels about Obama, that he should be blamed instead of Wall Street. Kind of hard to tell.
Also, I liked that 'The Making of South Park' special. I feel relieved now that Trey feels every episode he makes is the worst episode ever, because that's how I've felt about SP for a few years now too. lol @ the asian dude's girly hair, too, and no one ever brings it up. That's a character just waiting to get reamed on SP.
Sage found catafish's plight a bit too close to home...Quote:
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I love episodes like tonight's --I love when they just take a common, but under-critiqued observation like History Channel's fall into stupidity and take it into the realm of absurdity. I was actually hoping this one would turn into a 2-parter. Anyway, the 1/16th was a lovely way to kick it off.
Liked this episode. I was really hoping to see them goof on this guy:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk...tfpzo1_500.jpg
But I was left disappointed. :(
Let's make a vagina joke with Natalie Portman. That's funny, right?
Episode had a lot of potential with the source material, fell flat on everything besides the 1/16th guy.
Not to sound like some kind of guy who likes the smell of his own farts, but I'm pretty sure if I was a South Park writer I could make this show great again.
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Professor LoneSage of Devry Institute you must help them make the show better!
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I liked the episode tonight, just like last week, it was ok, nothing phenomenal, just a bunch of silliness.
Maybe it was the nice buzz I had going tonight, but I liked this episode. Sux that this was the season finale.
Overall, this season had more hits than misses (imo). Hearing that the show will go on at least for another 5 years made me a REALLY happy panda. :D
*Sees baby, pauses, then goes back to jacking*
hey it could have all been avoided if clyde listened to his mother.
How many people here lumberjack it?
i tried for the first time after the episode tonight. :DQuote:
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plus i never thought of the tank as a nice shelf for my comic book and chocolate milk before.
To quote the president of the T.A.P.
SHIT!