South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2

Like the title says. Lately, they've been putting out a bit of garbage material. I will always watch South Park because I'm a loyal die hard fan of the show, but I have to retort that the creators could go back to their roots when every episode took us by surprise, entertained us fully and always kept us guessing the next scene.

Now, I swear, I could tell what was going to happen every time before I even saw it. The show needs to either hire new avant guarde writers that get it, or the creators need to strap on their big boy belts and guide the show in a new direction. I can appreciate the efforts to make new material, and at that, that it can be a very difficult task after so many seasons, but something has to be done, or the show will decline in viewership.

Don't take it from me and judge for yourselves. Watch the darn thing and tell me you weren't left with a hole in your stomach.

I'm continuing to feel that none of these really require the Paramount+ runtime, and are regular episodes worth of material stretched out. But i just adjust my mindset accordingly, i'm watching a "special" episode, and it's not a problem really. Very decent, far from perfect, and not exactly great, but very decent. Randy is gonna be actually himself from this on, i'm so happy!

This is the kind of television you can enjoy if you afford it a lot of goodwill. It made me laugh twice, which is more than most shows these days, but it's not like the heights of the show back in the day.

What I will say though is that it's becoming very clear that Trey and Matt feel pretty nostalgic about the earlier seasons, and for what it's worth, I think that's a good thing. They clearly have respect for what made South Park good in the first place and they want to honor that.

I think the problem comes with the fact that these meta-narratives are getting a little rediculous. This feels like something a talented fan fiction writer would make and feel proud of themselves about, but not an actual South Park episode.

I think it's getting clear that these characters might be getting a little thin for now. Honestly, focusing on the adult versions of these characters and their families seems like it's becoming more and more of an essential development.

It's somewhat nonsensical and it relies on literal toilet humor. But it's entertaining and short enough that you don't get too bored by it. It's still a weaker South Park than seasons past and doesn't target as much of the current political climate but it does live up to the premise. Streaming services are helping create lower quality programming to fill their broadcast slots. This is a lower quality than normal for South Park but that could be simply because it's stretched out over 50 minutes instead of a tight 22.

Not overly funny, just appropriately targeted satire at streaming, crypto, and celebrities, especially spot on criticism of streaming services not obtaining talent, especially considering I also watched the abomination that was Netflix Resident Evil also today, no amount of properties are gonna matter without any talent to actually make them good.