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[IronRinn]

Just finished watching it. Not great. I guess we'll have to see where they go from here.

And of course Cartman is a gas-lighting piece of shit.

Pretty awful episode. What was with the audio mix?

Ok so it wasn't just me. The soundtrack was way too loud. Completely drowned out some of the dialogue in spots.

 

[Rentahamster]

Pretty awful episode. What was with the audio mix?

Just finished watching it. Not great. I guess we'll have to see where they go from here.

And of course Cartman is a gas-lighting piece of shit.

Ok so it wasn't just me. The soundtrack was way too loud. Completely drowned out some of the dialogue in spots.

Wasn't that on purpose for a gag?

 

[Puruzi]

I didn't notice any audio issues

 

[NealMcCauley]

I liked Randy going in on Daryl, but the rest of the ep was pretty meh.

Ditto the sound mix issue. Seemed like it only impacted certain scenes with no rhyme or reason.

 

[RPGCrazied]

The audio mix on Hulu is awful. Can't hear voices over any other sound, including music.

I noticed this watching through the Comedy Central app this morning. The music was drowning out the voices, I thought it was my headphones.

Overall an okay episode, there have been worse.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

What the fuck was that.

This was their take on white supremacy rallies?

 

[Dangerblade]

I thought it was a great first episode, just the right mix of absurdity and political commentary.

 

[smokeymicpot]

I enjoyed the episode. Nice for the show to be back.

 

[MarauderShields]

Last season looks like no fluke. Show is just bad now.

 

[Merchandise]

Weird pacing and sound mixing,

Spoiler

derka der guys replacing Alexa was pretty funny though

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Thanks for the responses, I'll go ahead and check it out.

 

[formated4tv]

Did anyone else notice that during the first protest march Master Chief was in the protest group?

 

[Intheflorsh]

That was bad. Maybe serialization was not the real problem with the last season, maybe their creative problems are deeper.

 

[DarkKyo]

I liked the episode. It wasn't side-splittingly funny but it had a couple good points and in general I just enjoyed seeing Randy drop-kick structural beams.

 

[formated4tv]

That was bad. Maybe serialization was not the real problem with the last season, maybe their creative problems are deeper.

I kinda feel the same way. I still really like the show, but I feel like the commitment to "Let's make every episode topical" is finally starting to bite them in the ass a little?

 

[UltimaPooh]

What the hell was that.

Sometimes you gotta pick a side South Park if you want to be funny.

 

[shintoki]

Yeah... I think I'm out already.

Humor just was a miss. The kids is echo was funny, because its exactly what we would do when we were 10. But the rest wasn't. Stan is doing some random parody again and Cartman just being Cartman.

Alongside the political message copping out at the end. It looked like they were going to take it in one direction... then just fuck it.

 

[SoulUnison]

There was a kernel of a good concept in there, but the episode felt like 22 minutes of filler.

Just...completely mediocre. No sharp commentary, nothing particularly funny, and that Cartman storyline was... Well, at least it was Cartman-like.

Did anyone else notice that during the first protest march Master Chief was in the protest group?

Maybe it was the remnant of a Gamergate joke, or something?

 

[Sir Doom]

I guess I detached myself looking for deeper political take on this show and just watched it for dumb fun

I enjoyed it. Randy making Darrel an Alexa was funny

 

[Admiral Woofington]

oof this episode was rough. Sound mixing was utter ass.

Cartman's complete 180 with Heidi wasn't funny, it was painful and sad to watch. Mean spirited even. She deserved better. And the rest of the message was forgettable.

Please drop everything focusing on the adults. Just drop it. Have the kids doing dumb crap adventures. Keep away from politics South Park, last season and this episode proved it.

That was bad. Maybe serialization was not the real problem with the last season, maybe their creative problems are deeper.

their problem is the stagnation of writers and their week before method. They need to drop that shit. Prepare seasons as they're supposed to be done. Bring in more writers. They can do amazing crap when they put more than a week's effort such as with the games. But their method has ran its course.

 

[megarockexe]

Yeah, pretty rough overall. I'm not waiting all year for 10 episodes of months-old references. I'm hoping it can get better.

 

[joe2187]

That sucked ass

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I didn't notice any audio issues

did you watch a re-air? Because the Hulu video was what I assume the original broadcast, and the music was mixed SO much more loudly than the dialogue.

 

[Violet_0]

S21 doesn't even show up on my country's SPStudio site and I don't care enough to work around it with proxies. Meh

Please drop everything focusing on the adults. Just drop it. Have the kids doing dumb crap adventures. Keep away from politics South Park, last season and this episode proved it.

I don't like this idea. South Park isn't about the kids going on random wacky adventures, it's not that type of show anymore. If the writing/humor sucks, it doesn't really matter on which characters they focus, it's going to be bad either way

 

[VanCityGamer]

Maybe it picks up. PC Principal is sort of a dumb character. I hope it does, but saying 20 is trash is even more disheartening.

I adored Season 19. All of it. So good! PC Principal is ace!

Season 20 disappointed me and was a step down.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

season 20 was horrible. The only real positive is how anti trump they went even when saying Hillary was a boring uninspiring candidate, but then drove home they really dont want trump to win.

Then when Trump won and they literally had to rewrite the episodes afterwards it turned into something just.... bizarre.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Thought it was a great premiere. The Darryl and flag waving moments had me dying.

"You didn't go to college, Darryl."

I will say, the house collapsing in on the racists would have been a better ending.

 

[Previous]

I found the episode to be okay. Sound mixing was indeed fucked up.

 

[orava]

I guess this episode was way better if you live in US. I was almost completely lost.

 

[kaname-san]

This week's episode had its moments but it was a little weak.

 

[yuoke]

Wish they could go back to episodes like return of the king of the two towers or good times with weapons. Man, season 6-8 was the true golden age.

 

[CassSept]

Damn, that's worrying. Season premiere episodes were often weak in the past but that's a new low.

 

[undrtakr900]

Why can't they just make episodes where it's about the kids doing dumb shit and having fun and getting in trouble? I want more Korn Scooby Doo and dodgeball and jakovasaurs and Timmy joining the crips and cult leader David Blaine.

I agree 100%, I thought the beginning of "kids being kids" playing with Alexa was hilarious, but soon it turned political/topical again. I was happy when Matt & Trey said they weren't going to focus on Trump this season, but they (indirectly) still are.

 

[CDiggity]

I guess it was funny for the whole meta element of them asking Alexa for stuff and accidentally (although probably on purpose) setting off the Echo in my apartment.

But yeah, that was meh.

 

[Puruzi]

did you watch a re-air? Because the Hulu video was what I assume the original broadcast, and the music was mixed SO much more loudly than the dialogue.

I watched it as it aired on television

 

[Yohane]

Last episode was ATROCIOUS

 

[Killthee]

Member berries!

 

[LotusHD]

I am sorry that was pretty bad. I dunno if its the current political climate in the US, but that felt pretty half assed.

Ditto.

 

[Rockandrollclown]

I thought it was funny that they made an episode that seemed largely to just be out to screw with people's Alexas. Not their strongest effort though. Glad I remembered to turn off the 7 am alarm the show set.

 

[Fj0823]

Member berries!

Member AT-ATs?
Member Chewbacca?

 

[smokeymicpot]

Member berries!

Member LightSabers
Member Luke

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Wisecrack on What Went Wrong with Season 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8KUTZUqyzk

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

It was alright but seemed to peak early and the ending was meh.

The Cartman/Heidi stuff could've been left out tbh

 

[Clydefrog]

Watched it on the CC app and yeah the audio (LOUD MUSIC) was messed up. Also the episode sucked ass. Sigh

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Oh hey, I haven't see this new OT...


Yeah that premiere was pretty shit. Like I get what they were doing but... Yeah.

 

[pieface]

Thought it was an incredible start.

The white nationalists, the alexa angle, cartmans relationship.... all fucking brilliant.

 

[dickroach]

The Cartman/Heidi stuff could've been left out tbh

I thought it was funny, but it felt like they started writing her in on Thursday and by Friday were like "should we just end it? we should probably just end it."

 

[UberTag]

Last episode was ATROCIOUS

Atrocious seems a little harsh. I've watched every single modern Simpsons episode. I KNOW atrocious.
But it was an underwhelming misfire given the length of the break. Hopefully next week's episode rebounds somewhat.

 

[-shadow-]

I thought the last episode had a bunch of great gags, but overall kinda lacking. I actually thought it would make the White Nationalists even with the ground, but barely anything was done with them. The Heidi stuff was really off also. And yeah I have to agree with the people that the mixing was really off. I watched it online on the official website and couldn't hear the voices in a few places.

 

[WaterAstro]

I went and watched a few episodes of old South Park. Holy crap... the quality difference is huge. Even the animation is way better now.