This week on South Park, I write a review about reviewing. Will it go over well? Does anyone care what I write in this intro? Stay tuned to find out!
Following the gentrification storyline last episode, this week focuses on the actual restaurants brought in by the city's recent efforts. I did like the look of these new restaurants, as they combine the classic South Park look with a more modern, Soda Sopa kind of flavor. However, despite some good moments, the overall quality lacks a bit with this week's episode, which starts right with the premise.
At the beginning of this installment, we are treated to some shots of Gerald, Cartman and other assorted characters using Yelp as a weapon to earn better treatment in restaurants. That's the problem with this episode, you see, Yelp is not really a modern thing. Without trying to rant too much, South Park has always been hip and ahead of the times, but this is a case of falling behind in a massive way.
The restaurant owners fight back against the Yelp reviewers, led by Whistlin' Willy, who has one of the funniest moments of the episode. However, Cartman, selfish as he is, believes that the reason Yelp reviewers are being shut out has to do with the other Yelp reviewers. He leads them in taking down several businesses, and forcing the rest to comply. In the end, Kyle and the restaurant owners solve the problem in traditional South Park style, tricking the reviewers into a false sense of security and feeding them boogers and c**.
You might notice that I didn't include much of a recap- that's because there just wasn't that much to talk about. This Cartman storyline is similar to a thousand others we've seen in the past, but that isn't completely the problem. The reason South Park succeeds is because they make the show interesting and always evolve. That just isn't the case this week. I could've taken the same Cartman plot for the millionth time if it was funny or at least slightly interesting, but that just isn't the case. I haven't even gone into the subplot of this episode, a feud between Cartman and debuting David, the weakest subplot of the season.
It goes back to what I said previously about South Park being behind the times. This is a middle-of-the-road kind of episode, with some high(the aforementioned Whistlin' Willy segment and a hilarious bit with all the Yelp reviewers), but the bulk of the episode is dry and bland. The good parts of this story are done to death, the subplot is bad, and the redeeming qualities are not enough to save it.
5/10 stars
We are going in the wrong direction here. After a few solid episodes, the season is starting to drag. Hopefully Matt and Trey will be able to liven it up a bit next week, because the warning signs are really starting to show. But for as negative as my review was, I'll give them this much- this episode was still miles ahead of the sh** we got last season.
Following the gentrification storyline last episode, this week focuses on the actual restaurants brought in by the city's recent efforts. I did like the look of these new restaurants, as they combine the classic South Park look with a more modern, Soda Sopa kind of flavor. However, despite some good moments, the overall quality lacks a bit with this week's episode, which starts right with the premise.
At the beginning of this installment, we are treated to some shots of Gerald, Cartman and other assorted characters using Yelp as a weapon to earn better treatment in restaurants. That's the problem with this episode, you see, Yelp is not really a modern thing. Without trying to rant too much, South Park has always been hip and ahead of the times, but this is a case of falling behind in a massive way.
The restaurant owners fight back against the Yelp reviewers, led by Whistlin' Willy, who has one of the funniest moments of the episode. However, Cartman, selfish as he is, believes that the reason Yelp reviewers are being shut out has to do with the other Yelp reviewers. He leads them in taking down several businesses, and forcing the rest to comply. In the end, Kyle and the restaurant owners solve the problem in traditional South Park style, tricking the reviewers into a false sense of security and feeding them boogers and c**.
You might notice that I didn't include much of a recap- that's because there just wasn't that much to talk about. This Cartman storyline is similar to a thousand others we've seen in the past, but that isn't completely the problem. The reason South Park succeeds is because they make the show interesting and always evolve. That just isn't the case this week. I could've taken the same Cartman plot for the millionth time if it was funny or at least slightly interesting, but that just isn't the case. I haven't even gone into the subplot of this episode, a feud between Cartman and debuting David, the weakest subplot of the season.
It goes back to what I said previously about South Park being behind the times. This is a middle-of-the-road kind of episode, with some high(the aforementioned Whistlin' Willy segment and a hilarious bit with all the Yelp reviewers), but the bulk of the episode is dry and bland. The good parts of this story are done to death, the subplot is bad, and the redeeming qualities are not enough to save it.
5/10 stars
We are going in the wrong direction here. After a few solid episodes, the season is starting to drag. Hopefully Matt and Trey will be able to liven it up a bit next week, because the warning signs are really starting to show. But for as negative as my review was, I'll give them this much- this episode was still miles ahead of the sh** we got last season.
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