I have a lot of love for Southpark but i will be one of the first people to admit that the episodes are very... hit and miss with lately being mostly "miss." That doesn't change the fact that it is a fantastic adult cartoon series and I was really excited to see that it had popped up on my Netflix page a few days ago.
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Despite the fact that Southpark has actually attacked Netflix on more than one occasion inside of their episodes most notably one called “Franchise Prequel" where Trey and Matt (the creators of SouthPark) made fun of Netflix for giving the "green-light" for nearly anything related to super-heroes, Netflix now has Southpark series on their own service. But there is a catch.
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The catch is that not all of the episodes are actually available on Netflix, but rather just 4 seasons and also a "best of" series that....to be honest, is actually pretty good. I personally was surprised to see that the episode that makes fun of Netflix, is actually one of the ones that is available on Netflix. I suppose we should give them a few "bro-points" for taking that one on the chin.
For me, I have seen most of these already and Southpark after more than 20 seasons, is actually kind of wearing thin on me. However, sometimes Trey Parker and Matt Stone seem to be the only people in the United States with the guts to take on hot-topic issues, sometimes with pinpoint accuracy.
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For example: The Tron / Facebook episode entitled "You have 0 Friends" is just an amazing piece of cartoon representing an absurd (or is it?) version of real life and they mixed it in with a beloved (at least for me and other nerds my age) movie that most people are vaguely familiar with. It was perfect.
However, for every "You have 0 friends" there are about 6 "kinda lame" episodes that mostly just focus on Cartman being a jerk to everyone and well, that is nothing new.. Whatever... it can't be easy coming up with stuff every week, day in and day out.
The point of all this was that Soutpark being added to Netflix is definitely a good thing and I am happy it is there... especially the "best of " series that they feature. The only downside is the fact that other than that they are very limited in their offerings as they only have season 1 and then seasons 18-21.
Southpark is currently in season 22 and obviously Comedy Central is going to keep that stuff private on their own network before they sell them to Netflix or anyone else... after all there are only 2 shows on Comedy Central and this is one of them.
On a final note it is kind of funny to me that trolling happens not just with individuals, or even political people like Trump, but also with giant corporations: Amazon Prime has all 21 seasons in their library and took the opportunity to hit Twitter with this scathing meme to celebrate Netflix getting Southpark in their library as well.
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I've been picking up the older seasons on DVD so I don't have to track down which streaming service they're currently on, but more importantly because that's the only way to watch some episodes that have been censored or removed entirely, like the Super Best Friends episode.
they fully removed Super Best Friends? That's lame. The scene where Buddha has to be told to stop doing cocaine in front of children is one of my favorite moments of the entire franchise
Yeah that episode is only available on DVD and I believe 200 and 201 aren't available anywhere.
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Thats great news for the production team!
Southpark was one of my favorite shows growing up. I am surprised that it has lasted so long. I will have to check out to see what they have on Netflix, especially the "best of" series. One of the most interesting things about South Park is that they create each episode the week prior to it being released, so they are on a very tight schedule each week getting the episodes out. That is how they are able to keep everything so up to date with what is going on in the world at the time the episodes release.
one of the things I really like about Southpark is the fact that they are definitely "taking the piss' in everything they do.... but sometimes their world outlook actually makes a lot more sense than news stations or "experts" on the subject. This has been particularly true with any sort of political issue.
I do enjoy how they take the piss out of Canadians from time to time too.
There really are some classic episodes from the beginning of the run. I think my biggest issue with Southpark is the fact that it eventually become marketed towards younger kids when it is clearly an adult cartoon. I actually feel the same way about The Simpsons and Family Guy. Great cartoons, but definitely not for kids. I don't really blame the kids for being allowed to watch them either. That is pretty awesome that you can watch whatever episode you want now.