It has really good timing and the voice actors are legitimately funny and work well together. It's just stupid enough to be funny while not completely losing the viewer. It doesn't ask anything of the audience either. South Park wants to force you into some pretty dumbass introspection on issues they're completely missing the point on because they just hate it when opinions gain steam. Aqua Teen Hunger Force doesn't care about morals, it's just a show about sentient but stupid fast food items with vague super powers.
I was watching it the other day, very high, and I started thinking about how Shake is Trump, Frylock is Obama, and Meatwad is Biden. Really makes you think.
South Park started as something more comparable to ATHF and then decided to have lessons a few seasons in. I was in middle school when it came out and have been going through it now just to see how bad it really is and they don't really get up their own ass that much until around season 6 and they don't go all in with it until 9 or so. Regardless of era, they're way funnier when they're trying to be dumb as hell and not trying to push a point.
I actually had a great time with the early seasons, the edgy bits can come off a bit contrived but that's the late 90s for you. Something else they actually managed to dial into hard that I remember at the time is that although the age is a bit off, the main characters reflected being a millenial middle schooler hard.
Yeah I was right around the same age as the characters when it first aired haha. There are definitely some things that seem exaggerated that really aren't. I definitely liked the earlier seasons. It's been a long time since I watched them though.
It has really good timing and the voice actors are legitimately funny and work well together. It's just stupid enough to be funny while not completely losing the viewer. It doesn't ask anything of the audience either. South Park wants to force you into some pretty dumbass introspection on issues they're completely missing the point on because they just hate it when opinions gain steam. Aqua Teen Hunger Force doesn't care about morals, it's just a show about sentient but stupid fast food items with vague super powers.
I was watching it the other day, very high, and I started thinking about how Shake is Trump, Frylock is Obama, and Meatwad is Biden. Really makes you think.
Southpark definitely felt like the voice of Gen X's "caring about things is dumb".
South Park started as something more comparable to ATHF and then decided to have lessons a few seasons in. I was in middle school when it came out and have been going through it now just to see how bad it really is and they don't really get up their own ass that much until around season 6 and they don't go all in with it until 9 or so. Regardless of era, they're way funnier when they're trying to be dumb as hell and not trying to push a point.
Yeah that's a very good point. Earlier South Park is pretty funny because it doesn't take itself too seriously.
It used to mainly be about how children are assholes
I actually had a great time with the early seasons, the edgy bits can come off a bit contrived but that's the late 90s for you. Something else they actually managed to dial into hard that I remember at the time is that although the age is a bit off, the main characters reflected being a millenial middle schooler hard.
Yeah I was right around the same age as the characters when it first aired haha. There are definitely some things that seem exaggerated that really aren't. I definitely liked the earlier seasons. It's been a long time since I watched them though.
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Absolutely. I enjoy plenty of media with a statement but I still love plenty of shit that's just entertainment for entertainment's sake.
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And Carl is the average voter
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