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Ikrik:
--- Quote from: tomselleck69 on 24 Mar 2008, 01:54 ---
South Park - Went the same way as the Simpsons.
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Please explain this, I personally completely disagree with you but can you explain to me why you believe South Park is going/has gone the same way as the Simpsons?
tomselleck69:
In retrospect "went the same way as the Simpsons" was a pretty bad way of phrasing it. The Simpsons lost whatever "spark" was responsible for the tone of seasons 4-9 (or wherever the "sweet spot" was), and the show became less and less funny as it went on. With South Park, either I have just completely grown out of it, or Matt and Trey are just not trying anymore. I can't tell. They have always stuck to one of several templates, but lately it has been really, really egregious. Season 10 (with a couple exceptions in the latter half) was lousy, season 11 was worthless, so far season 12 has been another set of South Park mad libs (fill in terrible deed by Cartman/pop culture figure/all adults do something completely irrational as if it was commonplace/boilerplate moral or conclusion that every issue has multiple sides).
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 23 Mar 2008, 06:32 ---This. Seriously, heroes is one giant letdown. Ever since the writers strike i've stopped watching it.
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That's not hard to do, considering they haven't had any new episodes since the writer's strike occured and ended. They decided to just leave the season as is rather than rush out a few episodes to make the last few weeks of the interrupted season.
Narr:
Whipstitch: You know, good point. I never really thought about how Mythbusters is edited, but it is rather annoying. I suppose I never noticed because I haven't watched a live episode in like a year. It's set up to record on my parent's DVR so I just watch through it, fast forwarding through the commercials when I stop by for lunch or something.
Honestly, it makes a lot more TV bearable, especially shows that are in an hour block but have 45 minutes of commercial.
Alex C:
Yeah, I'm kind of at the point now where I watch television mostly so I can more comfortably take part in random conversations when bumming around campus. I doubt I could stand what little television I do watch if it weren't for the DVR. It's probably fair to say the issues I have with the editing on Mythbusters says more about my low tolerance for television's foibles than it does about the quality of the show, really, but that still doesn't excuse all the damned puns on the part of the narrator.
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