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South Park Season 14 Thread Of Tom Cruise

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DMczaf

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So uh....South Park ripped off College Humor's parody of Inception and had to apologize for it. :lol

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/inception-parodies-seem-to-share-more-than-inspiration/

“It’s just because we do the show in six days, and we’re stupid and we just threw it together,” Matt Stone, who created “South Park” with Trey Parker, said Friday in a telephone interview. “But in the end, there are some lines that we had to call and apologize for.”
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Among the dialogue that appears in both skits:

CollegeHumor: “We need to move to the next dream level before these projections kill us.”
South Park: “We need to move them all to the next dream level before the projections kill them.”

In both skits, one character asks another to define what limbo is and is told:

CollegeHumor: “Shared unconstructed dream space.”
South Park: “Empty scary dream space.”

In both skits, a character is told by the “Inception” team how to escape from limbo, prompting the following exchanges:

CollegeHumor: “That doesn’t sound so hard.”
“It is.”
“Why?”
[a character groans in pain]
“We don’t have time for this.”
“O.K., fine, so next we’re going into Arthur’s dream, and then what?”
“Then we go into Fischer’s dreams.”
“O.K., got it.”
“But Fischer will think we’re in Browning’s dream.”
“O.K. Wait, who’s Browning?”

South Park: “That doesn’t sound very difficult.”
“It is.”
“Why?”
[a character groans in pain]
“We don’t have time for this.”
“O.K., fine, so you’re going to take my son to a dream within the dream, and then what?”
“Then we go into your husband’s dreams.”
“O.K.”
“But your husband will think we’re in Hasselbeck’s dream.”
“O.K. Wait, who’s Hasselbeck?”

Also in both skits, a character speaks the following line of dialogue: “Sometimes my thoughts of my dead wife manifest themselves as trains.”
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When Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone could not find a movie theater showing “Inception,” and were unable to get a DVD screener of the film (or find a watchable version on BitTorrent), they turned to other parodies of that film on the Web, and found the CollegeHumor video.

“We thought their joke was that a lot of those lines were actually in the movie,” Mr. Stone said, “and they were banging them against each other, and showing that the ‘Inception’ characters didn’t even know ‘Inception.’ That was a mistake, and it was an honest mistake.”
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Wait, they didn't actually see it? :lol
 
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squicken

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They watched it when it first came out but were looking for dialog from the movie, and used the CH video b/c they were on their tight schedule and couldn't find a screener. At least I think that's their explanation.
 
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Cheerilee

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DarkhawkX said:
Glad someone else got the Generations homage.
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The wood-chopping scene wasn't referencing Kirk's wood-chopping scene in Star Trek Generations. It was mimicking an action movie's opening with a general trying to bring an unbeatable-but-retired hero back into action, not a poorly-cast "old man action hero" conveniently bumping into an old retired hero shortly after he decides he needs another pair of hands if he's going to go back in time to the most ineffective moment and punch out yet another old man and somehow his first choice Guinan wasn't available to help with the punching.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Commando" has a similar wood-chopping scene in it's opening which fits the theme better than Star Trek, although the dialog isn't perfect. In Commando, the general is telling Arnie about a potential threat and offering him free security, which Arnie gladly accepts, not trying to recruit a reluctant Arnie to deal with the threat. It was probably another old action movie.
 
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Coon 2: Hindsight

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The Coon now leads an entire team of crime-fighters, which includes Stan, Kenny/Bradley, Timmy, Token, Kyle, and Mysterion (which is either Craig or Clyde). They are ready to take their place among the world's most admired and beloved super heroes. But much to the Coon's dismay, someone else keeps beating them to the punch. The nation looks to another hero to get them through the BP disaster and dissent develops within the ranks of Coon and friends.
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Fersis

It is illegal to Tag Fish in Tag Fishing Sanctuaries by law 38.36 of the GAF Wildlife Act
Wait wait.. you can actually watch the full episodes in their website ?!!

WOW!
 
MetalAlien

MetalAlien

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Buckethead said:
You are correct. Pointing out Inception's ridiculousness and inherent self-comedy and little Macky is what made it a good episode in my opinion.
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Valkyr Junkie

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TreIII said:
"we're sorry." :lol

On another note, is it safe to say that Kenny is Mysterion now? :lol
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I wasn't sure if he was him or Mintberry Crunch :lol

If so, his voice wasn't the same as it was the one other time he spoke.
 
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B.K.

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Valkyr Junkie said:
I wasn't sure if he was him or Mintberry Crunch :lol
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He's not Mintberry Crunch. There was another blonde kid in the scene before they put their costumes on who had his hair fixed like Mintberry Crunch.

Tucah said:
Loooved the episode tonight. Glad we get another part next week.
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Maybe next week will be Not Without My Anus 2!
 
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Fersis

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Dechaios said:
Welcome to like 3 years ago!!
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Never watched the show besides some clips.
Gonna watch some episodes now.
 
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