Topic: Wii and Southpark

[BlackNMild2k1]

"Are they going to show this episode again before the second part airs? "

It comes on again tonite. same time and same channel.
Its also up on youtube and gonintendo suposedly has it on their site also.
you can also find on bittorrent if you don't want to wait or want to see a better quality version.

[Ceric]

It would have been good minus the feces and all the sex scenes.  I'm somewhat scarred now.

[Requiem]

Retard monkey-fish-frog

[UncleBob]

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Originally posted by: JonLeung
I thought the South Park writers didn't know anything about video games?

I remember hearing about how they created a game character named Mega Mega Man, and at the time they didn't know that there already is a game character named Mega Man.  Seriously, WTF, they never heard of Mega Man?

Though I suppose they could be trying to keep up and throwing around the names of known consoles is easy enough, or they could've gotten some help or other writers or something.  Still...who DOESN'T know Mega Man?  >_<

Who?

[zakkiel]

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It is in Japan and from what I've heard it not exactly flying off the shelves in Europe either.

In order for something to fail, there has to have been some intention of success. Microsoft never had a shot at Japan.

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I just realized that the appearance of these consoles doesn't necessarily mean that they are celebrating them. South Park has always been about the ridicule of social traits, world events and fads. When they stated that the PSP was a gift from God, I wouldn't be surprised if the writers were making fun of the fanboys that saw the PSP as the end all of handhelds.

You are attributing way, way too much subtlety to South Park. This is the first season where they haven't beaten you over the head with the point at the end of every episode. Also, Matt and Trey have reputedly expressed how anxious they are to get the Wii.

[Chris1]

Saw this last night, pretty funny stuff, I can relate to Cartman.  Also saw that creepy PS3 commercial during one of the breaks.  I thought it was more offensive than Ms Garrison's xxx scenes!

[NWR_pap64]

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Originally posted by: zakkiel

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It is in Japan and from what I've heard it not exactly flying off the shelves in Europe either.

In order for something to fail, there has to have been some intention of success. Microsoft never had a shot at Japan.

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I just realized that the appearance of these consoles doesn't necessarily mean that they are celebrating them. South Park has always been about the ridicule of social traits, world events and fads. When they stated that the PSP was a gift from God, I wouldn't be surprised if the writers were making fun of the fanboys that saw the PSP as the end all of handhelds.

You are attributing way, way too much subtlety to South Park. This is the first season where they haven't beaten you over the head with the point at the end of every episode. Also, Matt and Trey have reputedly expressed how anxious they are to get the Wii.

To me, South Park has ALWAYS been about subtle political and social commentary. True, they create some of the most shocking and outrageous humor out there, but once you look past the humor you will find a depth not seen in other shows. These are the same people that have shunned Family Guy for being nothing but jokes, jokes and jokes interrupting the story. Clearly, Matt and Trey want some depth in their shows.

They have dealt with hypocrisy in society and politic, dissected the double standards of religion and just made fun of pop culture in general.

Heck, even Team America World Police feature this kind of writing.

So once again, while everything is dressed in outrageous and even sick humor there us a subtle commentary to all the episodes in South Park.

But I am derailing the thread here...

[zakkiel]

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To me, South Park has ALWAYS been about subtle political and social commentary. True, they create some of the most shocking and outrageous humor out there, but once you look past the humor you will find a depth not seen in other shows. These are the same people that have shunned Family Guy for being nothing but jokes, jokes and jokes interrupting the story. Clearly, Matt and Trey want some depth in their shows.

Oh boy.

This is a show in which they take a stance (usually predictable in advance) spend the show beating the hell out of it in the most obvious ways and then, in case you are a true moron and still managed to miss the point, batter the hell out of it by having a character (usually Kyle or Stan) directly state their message (which, when stripped of its comic trappings, is usually either incredibly cliche or stunning stupid) to the audience at the end. I applaud this season for at least dropping that last bit.

I have seen South Park make a subtle point once. It was the episode where Cartman got disciplined by Ceasar the Dog Wheesperer. It provided a neat bit on insight into Mrs. Cartman's character.  

[Kairon]

They made Team America: World Police. They have my vote.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Originally posted by: zakkiel

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It is in Japan and from what I've heard it not exactly flying off the shelves in Europe either.

In order for something to fail, there has to have been some intention of success. Microsoft never had a shot at Japan.

The amount of $$$$ that MS spent in Japan alone means that they thought they had a chance at some point.

[Rhoq]

No Wii for Cartman.