I am a huge fan of South Park, actually of most animated comedies for that matter, so I figure I would post a review of the Season 19 premiere and see how I enjoyed it.
After the horrendous episode that was Season 18's finale, I went into Season 19's premiere not expecting much, and didn't get much more. The problem with this episode was that it just wasn't funny. The plot was actually pretty intelligent, and there was some interesting character moments to be had, but a South Park episode should be good for at least a few laughs, and that was not provided. The episode is a look into some of the social issues of the past few months, mainly focusing on Caitlyn Jenner(I just realized that how she spells her first name, so strange) and the Deflategate scandal. Honestly, I thought the episode was perfect for these two issues: interesting for 10-15 seconds of dialogue, but then completely boring after that.
On the positive side, this episode introduced us to a new character, PC Principal, who is actually a principal who does stuff. I know, shocking right? The character isn't bad, and if he sticks around, he definitely could get better. Randy was the star of the show. Every scene he was in progressed the story and was at least slightly funny, which is more than I can say for everything else. Most of the episode felt really disjointed, Cartman getting an ass-kicking was deserved but just didn't fit, Kyle's story was interesting enough, but didn't get enough time to fully develop, and my fav Stan didn't really have anything to do. That was probably the most disappointing aspect of the episode, as I feel like he could have added something to all of this.
As with any episode of South Park, everyone has a different way of looking at the issues it addresses. I personally don't think Deflategate was anything more than a confusing waste of time, but it did make the NFL relevant during the offseason, which is something. As for Caitlyn Jenner, she's nothing more than a normal person, and is not any better or worse than anyone else. After all, isn't that what equality is?
For boring the hell out of me for half an hour(writing this review was more fun) and writing a confusing albeit somewhat intelligent storyline, I give this episode a
4/10 stars
Let's hope the second episode of S19 is more enjoyable than the first.
After the horrendous episode that was Season 18's finale, I went into Season 19's premiere not expecting much, and didn't get much more. The problem with this episode was that it just wasn't funny. The plot was actually pretty intelligent, and there was some interesting character moments to be had, but a South Park episode should be good for at least a few laughs, and that was not provided. The episode is a look into some of the social issues of the past few months, mainly focusing on Caitlyn Jenner(I just realized that how she spells her first name, so strange) and the Deflategate scandal. Honestly, I thought the episode was perfect for these two issues: interesting for 10-15 seconds of dialogue, but then completely boring after that.
On the positive side, this episode introduced us to a new character, PC Principal, who is actually a principal who does stuff. I know, shocking right? The character isn't bad, and if he sticks around, he definitely could get better. Randy was the star of the show. Every scene he was in progressed the story and was at least slightly funny, which is more than I can say for everything else. Most of the episode felt really disjointed, Cartman getting an ass-kicking was deserved but just didn't fit, Kyle's story was interesting enough, but didn't get enough time to fully develop, and my fav Stan didn't really have anything to do. That was probably the most disappointing aspect of the episode, as I feel like he could have added something to all of this.
As with any episode of South Park, everyone has a different way of looking at the issues it addresses. I personally don't think Deflategate was anything more than a confusing waste of time, but it did make the NFL relevant during the offseason, which is something. As for Caitlyn Jenner, she's nothing more than a normal person, and is not any better or worse than anyone else. After all, isn't that what equality is?
For boring the hell out of me for half an hour(writing this review was more fun) and writing a confusing albeit somewhat intelligent storyline, I give this episode a
4/10 stars
Let's hope the second episode of S19 is more enjoyable than the first.
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