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[annissamazing]

I'm slightly annoyed at last night's South Park. Firstly annoyed because they lost any hint at subtlety they used to have. I continued watching hoping it would get better...and it kind of did... Then they ended the show by shrugging their shoulders and saying, "We don't know how to fix it...screw it." Justin says that they ended it that way because the way the South Park-ers were fixing the future has nothing to do with fixing the situation with illegal immigrants from Mexico. Yeah, he's probably right.

I've been noticing the social commentary in South Park has been heading the way of Rush Limbaugh. Short, easy answers that sound good but don't actually work in practice.

But then...I suppose that's why most people don't get their political opinions from South Park.

Angel was slightly disappointing as well. But maybe that's because most of this season's episodes have been exceptionally good.

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[sprgtime.livejournal.com]

Did you catch the Mormon episode of Southpark last season? It was my favorite. :)

[annissamazing]

Yep, I caught it. Honestly, it kind of ticked me off. But then I kind of just shrugged and said to myself, "I've laughed when they've made fun of stuff I agree with, so I suppose I can laugh now." What I posted in my livejournal was, "I'm not going to have a crisis of faith over an episode of South Park."

[sprgtime.livejournal.com]

Really? It ticked you off? How come? I was surprised/delighted that they portrayed the Mormon family so kindly. That was part of the humor of it, I suppose. The perfect happy little family enjoying time together and volunteering their time helping others, etc.

I was also surprised at how much detail they went into with the history stuff (lost pages w/Harris, the cute pictures of everybody, Angel Moroni). One part (the hat bit) I'd even forgotten about until seeing the cartoon, then I remembered... oh yeah, we did go over that in seminary.

The only part that got on my nerves a little was their "dumb dumb dumb" song. But it was still funny. And I do laugh when they make fun of other people's belief systems, so I guess it was my turn.

[gwenaiver.livejournal.com]

its getting to Angel's last shows. I think Joss is just going to fuck around until the end.

*G*

[annissamazing]

Probably. Since we're nearing the end of the series, I'm expecting a lot more regulars to die. So when Spike was dusted I thought, "He wouldn't kill off Spike so unceremoniously ...or maybe he would..." and then everyone else died too and I knew that no one was going to stay dead.

[gwenaiver.livejournal.com]

Wow... I'm behind. Last one i saw was the one involving muppets... yea, i'm not kidding behind...

Nah, I think that Angel is going to survive, with Spike..... everyone else is up for grabs.... maybe like.... gunn will not die.

I hope they get picked up by someone else, be maybe its time that she show end before they start makeing things bad like what happened with Buffy........

*G*

[annissamazing]

Really? I loved the last season of Buffy. Well, I loved all the seasons of Buffy. Season 3 was the best in my opinion (do villains really get any better than the mayor?), but I think the seasons after that definitely had their strong points.

Season 4 had Something Blue, Hush, and Restless
Season 5 had The Replacement (which was on FX this morning, hooray!), Fool for Love, The Body, and The Gift.
Season 6 had Once More with Feeling, Hell's Bells, Normal Again, and that whole Willow-as-the-Big-Bad thing for the finale.
Season 7 had Conversations with Dead People (one of the scariest things I've ever seen on t.v.), Storyteller, and Chosen (which I thought was a fantastic way to end the series).

Yeah, I feel odd recapping all these episodes, but in my opinion, the story arcs in these seasons were so good! And although the individual episodes probably don't stack up to the first seasons of the show, the few gems they had elevate the whole season above the others.

I could've lived with Xander not having his eyeball poked out, though.

I loved the muppet episode. I just keep thinking of the phrase "quality edutainment" and I crack up all over again.

[cristoforio.livejournal.com]

Hearkening back to the age-old (at least, Norse-age-old) tale of giving up an eye in order to gain wisdom. Thus, Harris is planted firmly on course to become one of the new generation of Watchers.

[annissamazing]

Good point!

I so want an update... Maybe we can get one more out of Angel. It was nice to see Andrew in L.A. and to get an update on where everybody from Buffy was and what they were doing.

[gwenaiver.livejournal.com]

Yea, we could have done with out that

The last season was good, I don't disagree. And there were high points, but it was kind of almost always very good before graduation, even that depressing season where Angel was evil. But after that it wa kind of "oh, shit, we need to think of something now"....

[annissamazing]

heheh...well, I can't argue with that! :)