‘What kind of woman can’t have abortions and bleed out her snatch once a month‽’ My review of South Park, season 9
Oh L-rd I’m back on my feet again. I have a good reason for that, though: the series fucking stinks. I basically say that in every one of these reviews because it needs to be emphasised that this uninspired crap did not deserve numerous seasons… and I can think of much better shows that received far fewer… so if you believe that the good die young, you can point to this awful franchise as evidence for your conclusion.
Now join me as we reenter the tedious, unfunny, and uninspired world of South Park! Remember: misery enjoys company!
Mr. Garrison’s Fancy New Vagina: Oh G-d, WHY‽ Why does this show have to be so fucking terrible? We’re already starting out with (quite possibly) the most cissexist episode in the series? Ugh… why…?
Sigh… okay, so, I need to admit that this story contributed to misconceptions that I had postoperative transgender people, because that is what it does: it spreads hurtful stereotypes about them and their bodies. Already in the first two min
‘Even if global warming were real—which all proven scientific data shows it isn’t…’ My review of South Park, season 8
Ughhhhh, it’s another one of these heaps… wait, it’s only fourteen words episodes long? Oh, thank goodness. I have to admit that I did watch nine of these episode a long time ago: at least one in the ’00s and the others in the ’10s, so I had some idea of what to expect, but I did not remember any of them being laugh-out-loud funny. I can say that they definitely aren’t funny now either.
Good Times with Weapons: A rare example of a South Park episode that is somewhat visually decent. Even if animé isn’t really your bag, half of the time this episode looks kind of good, and we can see the characters moving their legs rather than hopping around with them stuck together like they are pieces in a boardgame. One complaint is that the animation is still a little jerky, but I won’t look this gift horse in the mouth.
Okay, so visually this is a relatively good episode. The writing sucks dirty balls, though. Kenny hits Butters with a shuriken, which creates a distracting, unpleasant
‘If it weren’t for tobacco, many of our black friends wouldn’t be here today.’ My review of South Park, season 7
Imagine life in a post-South Park world. No more wars, no more famines, no more poverty, no more sickness. I can already see the homeless breaking out into song as the one barrier between them and the millions of uninhabited houses around the world is finally lifted. Physicians could retire happily knowing that their services are no longer needed. The occupiers of Palestine would have no choice but to surrender their ill-gotten gains to the Palestinians, confident that the natives shall take better care of them than the settlers ever did. Even wolves and sheep would put aside their differences before making sweet, sweet love with each other. In short, everything would be bright and sparkly with rainbows and flowers and stuff everywhere. Paradise was only a word until now. Ahhhh…
Let’s get this show on the road. Easier to run over it that way.
Cancelled: If only.
Krazy Kripples: Jimmy tells several boring jokes that get no reaction whatsoever. I thought, ‘There must be only
My review of South Park, season 6
I am starting to think that I haven’t been harsh enough on this series. The main reason for that is that I am mostly chill in real life, but the more that I subject myself to this cartoon, the more that I despise it. Between the lazy gross-out humor, harmful stereotyping, useless messaging, and worst of all, the undeserved popularity, it boggles my mind that nobody (to my knowledge) has tried to tear this program a new one. It does occasionally show signs of promise, but I shouldn’t hold back for that reason alone.
Let’s cut the crap and take this season apart.
Jared Has Aides: Probably the most glaringly obvious issue with this series (apart from the mostly bland art style) is how aged so many of these themes feel. I am not referring merely to the pop-culture references and the discriminatory humour, but also the subject matters. This story is a great example: Jared Fogle, Subway’s answer to Ronald McDonald, has long since fallen out of the mainstream, and for something much m
My review of South Park, season 5
Yes, I suffered through another one of these. I don’t understand how I managed either.
It needs to be said that this is a show that is nowhere nearly hated enough. Even people who rightfully criticize the show’s generic messaging can’t help but defend its humor. I could understand an educated adult with a humble knowledge of comedy finding maybe half of the jokes funny, but if you’ve enjoyed something more sophisticated like How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, most of the jokes in this series are as lazy as they are predictable. Only in my weakest moments am I going to crack a smile at bodily functions or misapplied sexual activity.
This is not to say that ‘inappropriate humour’ should never under any circumstances be offered to a more demanding audience. In fact, there are some examp
My review of South Park, season 4
Given how pleasantly surprised I was by how my review of season 3 was received, I soon contemplated doing a review of season 4, but reviewing another season of this series feels like kicking at an open door: I already said that this show is a waste of time, so why bother?
A few reasons: first, as I mentioned in my season 3 review, I have something of a morbid fascination with this series, even if a good episode comes out only once in a blue moon. Twoth, sometimes I need a little distraction in between my studies, and I can think of unhealthier ones than watching this show. Lastly, writing helps us compose and organize our thoughts. It becomes easier for me to elaborate on how I feel about this television programme when I lay out my opinions like this. (I could also add that reviewing another season confirms my overall impression of this show, but that feels like a cheat to me.)
This season comes with one new challenge: because Mary Kay Bergman (*a
We need more media with lower-class characters (proletarian, lumpen, even petit-bourgeois, tbh)
Seems every character is a noble or rich dude.
I'm playing Dynasty Warriors Origins. I love the game so far, a return to form for the series. That said, most of the characters are nobles. It's good that the main character is a commoner, of sorts. And Zhang Jiao was clearly commoner. But your sidekick makes a comment about how "Isn't it CRAZY that the Empress is a COMMONER?! Gee, that sure is strange!" and it reminds me that a lot of media nowadays has the ASOIAF / Game of Thrones problem where the main POVs are generally noble or not of humble birth or means. I mean, okay, Dynasty Warriors is based off of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is notorious for this issue, but that was a book from the feudal era of China. I mean, come on, it's not just ASOIAF / Game of Thrones, it's also all the TV shows we have nowadays about rich dudes or rich serial killers.
This is especially true for fantasy novels, even now. Forget bloodlines and mystical mumbo-jumbo, it's not just that. T
My review of South Park, season 3
South Park. Truly the bane of ‘adult’ animation. I put ‘adult’ in scare quotes because it qualifies as such only insofar as the subject matters involved are traditionally considered inappropriate for children (but they’ll probably enjoy them anyway). Other than maybe Fritz the Cat, no other creation has set the bar so low for the genre, where approximately half of the humour consists of reminding us that bodily functions exist, along with gore, cursing, narcotics, alcohol, and all those other stuffs we grown-ups like. Ayup, we sure do like ’em. Yup, yup.
Although the show does sometimes involve subjects that would be more interesting to grown-ups than to kids, the way that the writers integrate these subjects is both shallow and unrewarding, like when Stan Marsh’s parents (very briefly) divorce only for the writers to hit the reset button at the end. You can find an episode where the kids indirectly infect their parents with herpes as petty revenge for the parents’ plan to inf
Cabaret & the Seductive Power of Evil
It’s 1971 in a filthy German nightclub, and Liza Minnelli is starting to think she’s made one of the worst mistakes of her life -- and she's not the only one. But what nobody realizes is that the weird little low-budget queer musical they're making would become the stuff of Hollywood legend. This is the story of Cabaret — the film that made icons out of its stars, transformed the very genre of movie musicals, influenced art and culture for decades to come from Chicago to Schitt’s Creek ... and served as a warning that’s as timely today as it was back then.
Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Bonnie and Clyde, a nice round number of a milestone that will presumably be commemorated by retrospectives and analyses of the film – and for good reason. It was, most agree, the starter pistol…
Trope Talk: Environmental Storytelling
Hmm
I should watch Arcane, ig
There was a time, before Postmodernism had atrophied and before it simply became a formal textual strategy for ignoring what is going on in the world, when one of the early postmodern bywords “reflexivity” connoted a kind of fun and carefree field of play with a satirical overtone that made all...
Countdown To Looking Glass - (1984)
Docudrama uses fictional reports of a crisis in the Middle East, which leads to a nuclear confrontation between the US and the USSR. The story is told through a live news report that follows the apocalyptic world-ending nuclear exchange. An excellent, dramatic doomsday scenario in which the Cold W...
17 Moments of Spring (All episodes subtitled in English)
In spring 1945, Nazi Germany is running out of time, and the Third Reich is scrambling to find ways to survive and continue its nefarious deeds. Soviet intelligence resident in Berlin, Standartenfuhrer Max Otto von Stierlitz (also known as Colonel Maxim Maximovich Isaev), is on a mission for the Center: to identify and disrupt Germany's looming negotiations with the United States and Great Britain.
What sets this TV series apart is how it portrays the truth of any confrontation with evil: the enemy is not an operatic villain who can be defeated like an evil clown-hooligan, driven away with a stick. The enemy is hostile not in appearance, but in the essence of their beliefs. The show presents the enemy, not as cardboard cutouts, but as humans who are intelligent, and have their own plans and ambitions.
The Bad Batch season 3 finale
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2434741
Couldn't find a "TV" or "television" comm (which we need).
What did everyone think of the finale? I liked it! Finally, a good ending for once. Great stuff, good ending. Just what I wanted.
And it ended logically too.
Of course, this is a later set-up for Thrawn.
We got no Palpatine in the end there.
Lots of impressive shots from the cinematography. Well-done angles there.
Glad Omega became a pilot for the Rebel Allliance.
At least some people get their happy ending in the end in this galaxy.
Too much war and too much "dark times."
We need good stuff happening for once, otherwise what they fight for is worthless.
It's About to Get CRAZY! The Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 14 ‘Flash Strike’ Breakdown and Review!
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2397084
How is The Bad Batch going for all of you?
Enjoying it so far?
