South Park gone...South?

TeddyTedson

Anyone else think the last series or two including this one have just not been the same?
They always focus on something now, "South Park does facebook".
The older episodes were great, when they focused on an original story.
It's great that they can make episodes so quickly now they can incorporate real world events in to them and all but... it feels very forced.
I even watched some of the really really old episodes and though they were great too.
I'm not a huge fan but occasional watch it and just think it's gone quite poor. Especially that new series from what I've seen.

QuinnC88

Sorry man but i have to disagree with you...In my opinion this series has been class so far..ok i understand what your saying about original storyline's, the past few seasons have been a lot different compared to the older one's but every show has to evolve with time, i can honestly say that i cant recall a recent episode in which i didn find funny.

TeddyTedson

Don't be sorry:D
But you're wrong!!:P

No, I guess everyone is different and all, I just miss the old original plot episodes.
I'll have to watch a new one and an old one, one after another to really understand myself how I feel about it.

That facebook episode though, the whole thing about being sucked into facebook was just....no very south park.

TheDukeOfEarl

This season, in my worthless opinion, has been somewhat hit & miss. I did quite enjoy the Crack Babies though, specifically Cartman as the

Slave Trader from the Deep South.

al28283

No, only a few episodes per season are about current events and thats the way its always been, all the way back to the early seasons
with Kyles gay dog Sparky, or trying to save money to buy a Sega Dreamcast.
You are just getting older and more aware of what it is they are referencing in their episodes

jaykhunter

I'm a massive South Park fan and in general I really enjoy their stuff (it gets better on subsequent watches) but hate this season. Thankfully tonight's episode is a belter and it'll make u feel good about SP again

phasers

I agree OP, I've absolutely hated the last two seasons of South Park. Every single one was about a movie/current events. And no matter what anybody says, it did not used to be like that.

Not only that, but the characters have changed. Remember when the kids acted like kids, and they didn't need to rely so heavily on background characters for laughs?

johnnycnandy

I agree that the standard is way down in the last 2/3 seasons. But that being said, I though TMI was one of the best episodes in years. And Crack Baby Basketball was really good too. I was actually saying to a friend the other day that I thought the show was much better when the stories are some kind of random madness rather that trying to respond to some news story.

How Soon Is Now

To be honest South Park is still miles ahead of Family guy. American Dad is miles ahead of Family guy now sure.

If anything id rather they wrapped that up if there gonna finish any animated show.

Mr.Nice Guy

I also think the standard has been down the last 2/3 years with some exceptions. It hasn't reached Simpsons' level of shameful decline though and the final episode of the season leads me to think it won't get to that stage.

nyarlothothep

I think that there has been a decline albeit a graceful one, as hard as that is to imagine with the amount of toilet humour the newer episodes contain. I thought the Slash joke in Crack Baby Basketball was amusing and a good riff on the father christmas theme, its not laugh out loud funny but I just liked the idea. Some of the best episodes ever in SPs history imo have been in the later seasons too, like World of Warcraft, Major Boobage, the Passion of the Jew. Its certainly going downhill but not as much as it could do, if its to go any further south I'd like to it to be along the lines of S7 of TNG.

tweedledee

Yeah,last couple of episodes were weak,not that sharp as they usually are

tallaghtmick

spoiler for the newest episode which leads me to believe this is the last series

stans parents breaking up saying they are sick of it all with hints to previous episodes and the same "****" over and over again with crazy storylines.I did read somewhere that this is the last year they are contracted to make south park and they dont want to renew hence the crappy plots

jaykhunter

i'm with u until the "hence the crappy plots". Matt & Trey know they've exhausted their best stuff and admit that they're just going thru the motions but they're not actively trying to be shít! the second half of season 15 (which'd already b contracted for) will be very interesting - i doubt they'd continue phoning it in; I imagine (hopefully) they'll try out different ways to tell a story, maybe longer continuous ones; whatever happens I sincerely hope it won't be 7 'reset' eps

thebostoncrab

I don't understtand the hate aimed at the new season. I haven't laughed so hard during SP episodes on first viewing in quite some time. It's been a strong season.

Diabhal Beag

I haven't enjoyed it at all in the last two years. Went from hilarious episodes to could have been a lot better episodes. People still don't notice how big the slide was due to what The Simpsons has become. Granted SP will never be as bad as Simpsons turned out to be but it's easy to see that Matt and Trey have given up.

Brennaldo II

If they are gonna end it I wouldn't mind seeing a 2nd film. Go out with a bang rather than making the last season 'half-decent' because they're 'tired of it'. The fans who have been watching since the start deserve more.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/07/19/south-park-return-date-announced/

The network also likely put the fears of many fans to rest that the show’s creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were calling it quits after they alluded to a possible end to the series during June’s mid-season finale “You’re Getting Old.” Parker and Stone are signed on through 2013, Comedy Central told EW, which will bring the show to a staggering 17 seasons.

jaykhunter

Wow, 2.5 more seasons? Did not see that coming! That's a massive commitment considering how they left mid-way in S15. I really hope they have something creatively fulfilling and not just parodying a movie or whatever's in the papers that week.