South Park Season 25 is OVER ALREADY!? [Review]

[@Johnny2Cellos]

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[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

:)

[@OutrageousLilKillers]

I just love how even handed the Pajama Day episode was - called out the people with outlandish Nazi Germany comparisons while also calling out people who saw masks less of a safety thing and instead of a way to flaunt their feelings of moral superiority. Like the post covid episode said said we all gotta cut each other some slack and chill out!

[@jacksonfurlong3757]

Say what you want, Johnny, Tolkien Dwarves have beards, I'll die on this hill

[@OutrageousLilKillers]

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[@AstroKing276]

Loved the diss on almond milk 🤣🤣🤣

[@alphamuskrat499]

In my high school, we weren't allowed to wear hats. So some of the parents would buy hats and hand them out to the kids who were protesting the rule. The pajama episode felt EXACTALY like the real reactions from the school board and the principal. Basically they acted like having a hat inside was a gateway drug to breaking more rules. So dumb

[@12DAMDO]

can your parents come over to my high school? i keep explaining to these people that wearing a hat ain't hurting anybody but they just repeat "it's the rules" without backup arguments

[@alphamuskrat499]

@@12DAMDO I wish I could help man, my school just continued to not give a fuuuuuuuck

[@derpoltergeist8265]

@@12DAMDO I wore a hat in school because started to lose my hair when high school started. Some teachers allowed it, some got angry at me. Really fucks with your self esteem and personal perception when you're 18 and your hair is falling out...

[@pollyflox7100]

That makes no sense to me at all. Growing up in Australia, wearing a hat during recess/lunch was MANDATORY in schools. Literally every primary school had "No hat = No play" everywhere. Why ban them if they prevent sun damage???

[@alphamuskrat499]

@@pollyflox7100 it's so ridiculous it like if they let you do something you want it somehow always leads to you doing something wrong or worse

[@grainisobtained1690]

After this season my favorite South Park quote is "Weak, I live in a hotdog." Cartman's delivery and the tropical house music in the background jst tied it together

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

was the highlight for me too. only scene that actually made me smile althoug not laugh out loud

[@ChippyGaming]

I didn't even realise it had wrapped up

[@sussybaka3878]

I think they will continue the season later this year

[@malcolmxpanther]

I hope they finish the season later because a six episode season seems kind of lazy.

[@awhryan]

Didn't expect to see a "child friendly" terraria KZbinr comment on a south park video

[@Logan50566]

@@awhryan are child friendly you tubers not allowed to watch adult content?

[@awhryan]

@@Logan50566 that wasn't what I was implying. It just surprised me to see him commenting on this video. Are we really being rude in south park comment sections now?

[@themaskedblueknight7490]

If they are doing vintage stuff, I'd love to hear Cartman go back to saying some of his old sayings "Screw you guys, I'm going home!" "Respect my authoritah!" and things of that nature.

[@themaskedblueknight7490]

@@choiboi09 NO KITTY THIS IS MY POT PIE!

[@jordanb.4514]

nah

[@Leslie-hn8co]

And do that little voice he does

[@andrewekker938]

@@Leslie-hn8co"But meeeeeeeemmm"

[@Leslie-hn8co]

@@andrewekker938 yes that shit is so funny

[@ComicalRealm]

South park is actually genius, able to maintain extremely entertaining and funny storylines with hidden meaning and statements behind all the jokes and profanity, this show needs more credit

[@JCOdrjones]

They're not doing anything that wild compared to Family Guy or American Dad. It's just sometimes some people find SP funnier (even when it's mid or low tier af)

[@InfinityNL2000]

Bro, can you just one time not be here?

[@rio.escobo]

@@JCOdrjones these guys only like these past too new crappy episode cause of the prompting of race war and pro whlte propaganda to create more trouble. Atleast family guy is funny with this prejudice jokes that don’t last the whole episode 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Sencorer]

@@rio.escobo what?…

[@owl509]

@@rio.escobo low IQ moment

[@SayMy_User_Name]

The big fix is an instant classic to me.. the whole retcon of tokens name is absolutely hilarious.. it’s gaslighting and a Mandela effect all layered in to one joke.. genius

[@toast99bubbles]

I'm guessing one of the two specials will be for the 25th anniversary. It's the perfect timing and fits with the format of them being an hour long.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

That tracks!

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@Johnny2Cellos South Park makes fun of topics that KZbinr Some More News and Sci Man Dan make fun of all the time. I cant be the only one who noticed that.

[@Caraphatash]

Randy getting ready to shoot the boys in help my teenager hates me was genuinley one of the funniest moments in the season. as well as butters saying he shouldn't listen to what they say in church

[@chonchjohnch]

This

[@brokensights]

In South Park: The Stick of Truth/Fractured but whole, there is still the name Token instead of Tolkien. Guess they missed a spot!

[@moderndavinci6599]

Bro if they went back and updated their game just for that bit that'd be insane

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

​@@moderndavinci6599 part of me wishes they went back on The List and remade the shots of the list to have Tolkien written instead of Token

[@commanderdeadhead812]

The reason fans are complaining about lord of the rings that its inaccurate to the books. Yes I know its an adaptation things change for the sake of the medium but outright changing what is clearly written in his books in order to modernized something thats already timeless for no reason other than to say you have a diverse cast in middle earth project while re writting the work just for that hell they don't even have the rights to the story they are adapting and rather fabricate and rework over whats written instead of adding to it. Tolkein had a diverse line of characters in a section of his world that he himself didn't elaborate so its an open book to create something new and add to his world but no they rather rewrite, copy and " modernize" his work. P.S. Its not a small section of fans that are lashing out, its most of them, hell production fired a expert who's been studying tolkein before either me or you were born because he didn't agree with their changes to the story not to mention calling fans who dislike it raging racists is not the best way to garner good will towards your project especially if you have amazon levels of money and the trailer looked a lot worse than a movie decade old made with less money.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

The show is probably going to be bad! Complaining that there are black actors in it is still racist!

[@commanderdeadhead812]

@@Johnny2Cellos their complaining because its doesn't match the BOOKS the thing that, you know, you need to follow. Second since when a dwarf that lives underground that also is a miner get melanin from abstaining from the sun for centuries also elves in the books and all media up to date are white since they were born under starlightand their homes are usually in northern part of middle earth hell the main complain is that they race swap characters for the hell of it not because their skin is black hell if tolkein wrote that they were black, people wouldn't complain as much also the other major complain is that the fact that Dwarven women have beards and look so alike to the men dwarves that the other inhabitants of middle earth can't tell the difference. It's not about race is about staying true to the source material imagine if they made a black panter show and race swap black panther for no reason other just to have a white guy as black panther people obviously its own fans will loose their collective shit over that change. The lesson is simple respect the source material for it pave the way to your project. Its the act not the race that upsets people. An example the live action movie of avatar the last air bender

[@Johnny2Cellos]

My dude, I promise you that none of your arguments are meaningful justifications. If seeing a black person takes you out of the narrative, that’s a huge yikes

[@commanderdeadhead812]

@@Johnny2Cellos ok so what would happen if I made Candyman movie but instead of African Americans as the main focus and main antagonistic i made it in the suburbs with an all white cast it would be ok regardless if it make sense According to the original story or that white washes a movie. Would fans of the original be ok with, my guess is no, so trying to spin it as a race thing is worth only wrong but ignorant to the main problem, its not about the race its about altering a pre-made and pre written story not for the sake of inclusion or diversity but for the ability to say its inclusive even though this is the same company that is know to abuse its employees makes billions for just existing and recently used the term latinx for hispanic/latino heritage month even though latinos have both loudly and strongly consider it slur and an insult to our language. Like I said In my previous comments its not about the race itself its the act of race swap characters without a reason or meaning just to get brownie points. So I'll say one more time IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR THEIR SKIN IS, WHAT MATTERS IS THAT IT MAKES SENSE ACCORDING TO THE WORLD OF TOLKEIN which by the way if they had the self respect to explain why a female dwarf is black and has no beard and why an elf has no long hair and is not white like accordining to tolkein books in a Lotr series then it probably would gone better but they don't they just did to say their version has this characters based on their skin regardless of merit, of the author and of the actors themselves. It seems very disrespectful to be given an acting roll based on your skin and not your acting skills, not to mention amazon while promoting the show have done incredibly shady stuff like hiring actors to pose as superfans for their marketing promos which since they got called for, unlisted the video and the actors themselves haven't read a single of tolkeins books. Know let me ask you a question would it take you out of the story of let say: the native people of wakanda in a new black panther movie suddenly instead of the original wakandas from both the comics and first movie were replaced with Asians for no reason other than for they shows creators to say the have asian wakandans and the believe it makes the movie better and automatically call anyone that dares critize it as a racist bigot who hate asians yeah doubt it would go smoothly without people loosing their collective shit over it. P.S. if you think its still racist then why both me a latino and Just some guy who's is black btw not only refuse these changes but consider it pointless and not at all good for the story and franchise of Lotr and especially him he hates these changes in fact he's already made several videos on why it doesn't make sence in the story and were talking about a guy who went way out of his way to learn quenya(elvish latin) something not many people can do or do properly this man can have full on conversations in language invented by the author J.R.R. Tolkein himself

[@Johnny2Cellos]

You have spent an embarrassing amount of time justifying these racist takes

[@ryanolphie2166]

I'm having a hard time knowing what to feel for this season, It went by so fast that if felt incomplete. To make things worse I don't have a Paramount plus account (nor do I have any plans to get one in the near future) so I'm feeling a bit left out with the specials forcing me to see them by either spending the effort for some out of the box method or by paying for something I don't want. Maybe I wouldn't have an issue if they aired all the specials on TV for everyone to see, but right now this makes things harder for the average viewer that has to watch their budget

[@aych33]

im not sure if they were all free to watch initially as they came out but its now all free to watch on south park studios. But who knows how long that will last. I was trying to find the St Patricks special on some bootleg site only to figure out that i can watch them at south park studios

[@peterversionone]

I was able to watch it on hbo max

[@ryanolphie2166]

@@peterversionone Including the two future episodes? because last I checked those are exclusive to Paramount plus

[@peterversionone]

@@ryanolphie2166 you are right. The regular season though is on hbo max

[@stormwilliams3347]

I just watched them all free on Comedy Central

[@alterego6075]

The South Park video games are just as well executed as the shows. So much great content...especially for someone who has been there since day one, like myself. Saw the pilot episode the night it aired...was in the theater opening night for Bigger, Longer, Uncut....and so on, and on lol. This show has been a huge part of my life for years. Matt and Trey are seemingly bottomless pits of humor and creativity.

[@cheesy1776]

Speaking of the games, I really hope they make a third one, set in the Post Covid Special

[@NuggetGX]

@@cheesy1776 what if they made a game thats a mix of plague inc and south park where you have to infect everyone with covid 😂😂😂😂

[@WalnutSpice]

Damn that must've been cool. I was there since the pilot myself, watching it with my parents. But ya know, as a 1 year old lmao

[@NuggetGX]

@@WalnutSpice 💀

[@alterego6075]

@@WalnutSpice I was 21 when the first episode aired on Comedy Central. August 13, 1997. And while looking that date up, I just came to the realization my daughter was born on the same date, in 2012. Pretty wild.

[@genitalwarthunder8784]

In ‘Here Comes the Neighborhood’ the Black family name was actually the Williams. I love how NOBODY remembers that their name WASN’T black. His original name was Token Williams.

[@BLANDMEDlA]

If I'm not mistaken, Trey's daughter now voices one of the new school girls.

[@hmlandis1370]

Yeah, Heather Williams.

[@1366Erik]

That's really cool!

[@snausages43]

She used to voice Ike

[@hmlandis1370]

@@snausages43 I forget whether or not she did his voice in "Mexican Joker" and "Turd Burglars".

[@zayerbayer]

I was wondering when you would come out with a South Park review again. Glad to see they're back! This season was absolutely amazing. the only subpar episode IMO was Pajama Day. but all the 5 other episodes were amazing!

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Season 25 is basically the reverse of Season 2. The former had a meh premiere, the latter had an amasing one, quickly though the former becomes superb while the latter falls into lazy, uninspired territory with glimmers of fun here and there.

[@dandytv1510]

I thought Pajama Day was a great episode. I liked the social commentary of them stating "things are looking pretty N_azi Germany" to describe the current state of the modern world.

[@cheesy1776]

Sad that’s it’s over, didn’t realize there’d only be 6 episodes . Loved this season, can’t wait for another

[@ryancj1542]

It'd be cool if one of the paramount specials was a prequel about the parents

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

I would absolutely love that although it would be tricky to decide what decade to put them in. I guess you would have to have randy being born 46 years ago. Which represents some continuity issues since they went to Woodstock! But that never really made sense anyways ;) But it was super controversial when the Simpsons had to retcon how Homer and Marge met and put them in the '90s. Probably would work here though because they would have no real lore in the backstory of the adults.

[@ColinElkin-ce1337]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 True. In the current timeline, assuming Randy is 42 (as he was in the Lorde episodes), he would have been born in 1980. That means, if the parents are the age of the kids, the special would take place around 1988-1990-ish. Maybe they could make another special with the parents as teenagers set in 1997 (since that's the year South Park first premiered) and make some meta-joke about the series premiere of Terrance and Phillip. They could call it "some new vulgar cartoon on Comedy Central."

[@nataliaborys1554]

Oh I'd love to see the parents be turned into 10-year-olds (to match our usual cast) and go on an adventure similiar to a typical South Park episode. Young Randy could be hilarious

[@catandogclone7880]

It’s very refreshing seeing Randy in his old outfit during episode 5. Also, the hotdog house Liane and Eric move into is the one from the first season intro. And it makes me laugh going back to see the “Token Black! Productions” from Raising the bar episode.

[@lior3300]

i really loved them going back a bit from story driven episodes. the jokes were great, happy that the dads didn't killed their kids... they still has few good years ahead of then

[@laneminor6240]

I'll be honest, I am VERY tired of tegridee farms. I think the two related episodes work fine here... the St. Patricks one is particularly hilarious... but I'm really, really, really annoyed with all the focus on it and Randy just promoting it from the last two seasons. Hopefully Matt and Trey will leave it on the back burner for a while and keep Randy as 'regular dad' Randy, or give him fun roles that do more than have him ramble about the best weed.

[@manavbhalla2861]

Literally the whole community and everyone I have spoken to feel this way.

[@cjg8763]

In Streaming Wars Randy goes back to his old character as a scientist / geologist / eccentric dad for a while and it was so awesome and refreshing but then he reverts back to tegridee farms at the end and I was like NOOOOOO

[@drasticbread249]

"I Think My Teenager Hates Me" was my favorite episode for awhile, it reminded me of a lot of classics where the story revolves around little more than the kids doing kid things, like old favorites of mine "W.T.F." and "The Losing Edge."

[@aych33]

Randy and Butters together is my new favorite combination, I never realized it would have worked so well. Randy has a tendency to go on shortlived stints as different characters that he is mentally committed too. Butters isnt just gullible, he is the most captive of the kids to his imagination still (I.e. Big Rig Butters & Detective Butters etc from the multiple personalities episode). Butters personality and willingness to go along with things worked perfectly with Randy this episode and I hope to see more of them together one day

[@judasthagoat8754]

In addition to hearing music from the Stick of Truth, I also noticed Freeman’s Tacos from Fractured but Whole in the background of one of the scenes of episode 6

[@OutrageousLilKillers]

I just love how even handed the Pajama Day episode was - called out the people with outlandish Nazi Germany comparisons while also calling out people who saw masks less of a safety thing and instead of a way to flaunt their feelings of moral superiority. Like the post covid episode said said we all gotta cut each other some slack and chill out!

[@kevin_dasilva]

everybody needs to be called out, society is becoming more and more schizophrenic

[@1366Erik]

@@kevin_dasilva Just a little bit ha

[@NoaVanSnick]

Worst season ever, feels like it was made for 5 year olds. They really suck now

[@GiuseppeDeStefano]

I think the most interesting evolution is Cartman. After moving in the hotdog house, in the Airsoft episode he looked so happy to share moments with friend, in a warm hearted way you would never expect from him. In the last episode he looked depressed while doing cynical / sarcastic appreciation on "how cool St. Patrick celebration" are. I guess they are cooking something emotional.

[@saku-miskarentola9576]

They could make a special about Cartman getting to know his dead father he never really met. Maybe somehow solve, why he acts like he acts.

[@Killertakeout]

I'm sure that SP is going to start doing the Rick and Morty thing by doing a little of the old, a little of the new, some serialized, and some one off episodes. A healthy mix of what every person would want

[@brooke4128]

trey has an older step son and I do think that matt’s children are possibly old enough to be teenagers!

[@moondivine2288]

I’m not sure about their situation but, Trey and his wife got divorced. He doesn’t have a stepson anymore. I don’t know if Trey still has a relationship with his former stepson. Probably too personal for him to mention

[@watershipfalls5520]

I'm a little miffed by the changing of Tokens name, But everything else was pretty great though, I would have loved to see more Garrison, Myabe have Bebe say a few lines, Stan and Wendy interacting again, More on the Tegridy and Creddigree war and where it will lead too and maybe the return of Scott Tenorman and Trent Boyett.

[@shawnjohnson4318]

Changing his name was the biggest gaslighting I’ve ever seen. They even changed the titles and subtitles of old KZbin videos

[@1366Erik]

@@shawnjohnson4318 I think it's hilarious.

[@jokc8]

Episode 5 was great because it is one of the few episodes they show teens. You mostly see preteens and adults in the show, teens are rarely a focus. It’s a refreshing introduction to a new group in the show.

[@silverhammerman7489]

The Tolkien episode was absolutely hilarious. Best episode I'd seen in a few seasons I'd say

[@DillonMaynard]

Even though I'm disappointed the season was so short, it was enough to show that the team has found the perfect groove between old and new elements of the show.

[@natecampbell2216]

I’ve loved the season so far. Been absolutely fantastic

[@dragmire3D]

Speaking of the South Park games, Randy's weird St. Patrick's day powers feel like it was pulled from a cut game asset.

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

guess you saw a different season than me. how was it vintage? the kids didnt really go on any adventures, nothing really escalated, and there were hardly any jokes in it. most the topics were so heavy handed that it almost felt like them preaching to me.

[@thevinyltruffle]

City People is happening to my small city right now. While our city’s population is almost a million, that pales in comparison to most major cities in the US. We are getting a flood of ppl from California. 200k houses are selling for 500k+ in bidding wars. A house goes on the market and closes in literally days.

[@nothat0therguy992]

Overall I enjoyed Season 25, was it the best season ever? No, but it certainly wasn't the worst season either. I just can't believe it's already done

[@chriskoloski32]

Personally I dont give a shit about if people want one or two black characters in a fantasy world full of orcs hobbits and elves. I care more when they take already existing white skinned characters, like say....a Norse mythology warrior king, and then replace him with a black woman

[@sparco956]

I care that they misrepresent characters thay are historically black. Seems like they can't do either one correctly. Probably because certain non-black Americans dont actually know or care to know about American history when it comes to Black citizens

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

The teenager episode definitely was my favorite SP episode in quite awhile.

[@arthurdurham]

Everything besides "Back to the Cold War" was great. I agree it felt like a classic South Park format and I'm all for it.

[@12DAMDO]

i agree.. Back To The Cold War felt a bit weak compared to the rest of the season, and i can't tell if it's the timing of its release or if it's the execution.. but at least the horse was kinda funny i guess

[@joshuaW5621]

This is one of my favourite seasons in a few years and it’s great to see it back to normal, even though I feel kinda bummed that this season is quite short. I just hope we don’t have to wait too much longer for the next couple of episodes, as long as they can turn out this good.

[@ebi_tempura]

The issue most tolkien fans have with the race swapping isnt that black characters are in the show. Its that non white races EXSIST within tolkiens work and instead of doing anything interesting by exploring that the show runners decided to mix up the races. Ultimately none of this matters but it was the lazier of the two options

[@SuperWorldJumper]

Remember when seasons used to be 14 episodes, with two batches of seven every year? Wish we could go back to that.

[@justseanyt]

I agree

[@RealTalk720]

Tinfoil prediction: Tolkein's dad will buy Randy's farm and accidentally start to treat him like an antibellum slave

[@mightyfilm]

I have to admit, I was hoping they'd build up Mr. Garrison's airing of his relationships to the children to become a major source of tension in an upcoming episode. The reason they all got in trouble in Pajama Day was because he got pissed off that the kids didn't care about his personal life, and who can blame them? It feels that the first two episodes of the season were setting up that sort of payoff not happening.

[@codythinks4749]

Pyjama day took me back to like season 6/7 kinda feels, more kids being kids even reminded me of the movie with the kids banding together, that episode alone really assured me that these guys still have it 😍

[@gregoriogutierrez3756]

The Saint Patrick's Day special was not my favorite out of the season but that's because the episodes that came before it were gold to me especially the one about Tolkien

[@watershipfalls5520]

You mean Token.

[@michaelcain-pruis2422]

I actually noticed most the season repeatedly used the South Park game's soundtracks. It really threw me for a loop, because I've put unhealthy hours into replaying the two games 😭

[@whoeverofhowevermany]

13:28 notice how Randy's hand is on the plants? I want to see him learn that he actually really respects and loves the plants more than to exploit them

[@mathieuleader8601]

In the South Park pilot episode intro we see Cartman's new hotdog house

[@mart5610]

the st Patrick's special episode was my favorite out of them all. Good old tegridy farms story with towlie baked af

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

good old tegridy farms? tegridy farms is one of the newest developments in south park o.O

[@madmachanicest9955]

I know I know he talks about it in the video but I love the fact they went back and changed his name from token to Tolkien in the subtitles of every single solitary episode. 😂

[@winston6175]

I also love seeing some character growth from cartman, like when he's crying tears of joy because he realizes how shitty of a situation he's put himself in from the previous episode.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I just completed and 100 percented Stick of Truth, so I KNEW I'd heard that snippet before. I just couldn't place it.

[@darkychao]

this new production schedule is really what the series has needed for a long, long time. them trying to force long-form storytelling into their existing format was just not working, now that they've got two separate formats for the show (and after seeing how the Post-Covids turned out), I'm actually exited to watch the series for the first time in a half a decade.

[@virus-eiiz]

loved this season tbh i really hope future south park content feels more vintage and kid-focused

[@ChrisMorganComedy]

I don't think it would be nice to change the race of a black character into a white one. I feel the same way about any race doing that to any other race. Those fans have a right to complain about the Lord of the Rings show. Could you imagine if they remade Friday with all white people? That's one of my favorite movies.

[@alexvaughan1013]

After seeing Stan crying while wearing a mask, it's kind of ironic that he's the only boy wearing a mask for Airsoft! (besides Kenny, but he always covers his face)

[@brookez3116]

My other favorite thing about the Tolkien gaslighting is that they went and changed it in Phone Destroyer too

[@moonbeamsun9066]

I used to accidentally pronounce Token’s name as Tolkien, so the fact that his name change actually was that is very hilarious to me.

[@nothingman7163]

They were getting a lot of grief over serialization where plot line would spread 4-5 episodes so instead they just made them stand alones. I personally see no issue but I really hope South Park doesn’t end; I believe the world is a better place because of and needs South Park.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

They’ve been renewed for like 5 additional seasons

[@aayank93]

Plzz get your facts straight before commenting. Fans are not mad bcoz there is a black character in it, they are mad coz it doesn't align with the internal logic of the universe. For ex. There is a reason why Dwarves are not black its bcoz they live underground or in caves where they hardly see any sunlight. Another ex. - ELF is a race in itself, there is no such thing as a white elf, black elf, brown elf etc there are just elves. I am what people like to call a POC and i couldn't give a rats arse about the color of the character but what i do care is the consistency and internal logic of the story. Diversity is good but not when its done at the cost of story telling.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

None of what you described is storytelling

[@aayank93]

@@Johnny2Cellos A Story that is devoid of internal logic and consistency isn't much of a story now is it? If they wanted to include POCs they could've done it in a much better and a meaningful way, but clearly, they didn't do their homework and just included diversity for the sake of diversity.

[@bobsaget9675]

South park has become one if not the most inconsistent posting show to exist. Skipping weeks mid season, only putting out 6 episodes last season, the specials randomly posted on other platforms, the story lines jumping. About to become a family guy fan.

[@sumspring4112]

I noticed the Stick of Truth music IMMEDIATELY.

[@potential_zealot7013]

you clearly do not understand why fans hate the rings of power. it’s literal mythology made for europeans by a european man. it’s disrespectful to cast non-white actors, that’s the entire point of the casting. the show is a middle finger to Tolkien.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

Truly the more y’all try to justify this the more embarrassing it is

[@DJ-kp7mf]

@@Johnny2Cellos no whats actually embarrassing is people like. You not understanding. The problem isn't having Black characters in Lord of the Rings. It's how they do it. They're butchering the the lore to push their political beliefs. One thing most fans of any series really don't like is when the lore is getting butchered. Especially if it's due to politics they don't particularly care for. If they were to actually do their damn research and actually try to be creative for once. Instead of shoehorning in black people in a situation that doesn't make any sense lore wise. They would instead focus on the more unexplored regions and cultures of the Lord of the Rings. They could instead actually add black people in well also enriching the lore of Lord of the Rings. I guarantee you if it was a situation more like that very few fans would be angry.

[@Realshadow77]

Majority of the fans who are complaining about the Lord of the Rings show, aren't upset about black people being part of a fantasy franchise, they are upset about the inconsistency of multi-racial societies existing in a pre-established, medieval-inspired setting with limited means of travel and no globalization. If anything that's the kind of virtue-signalling corporations take part in, that this episode is satirizing.

[@tomoshow7212]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thought that this season felt like classic South Park. I'm very happy with it.

[@FoxUnitNell]

It's a vintage handling of current modern day trends as well as old trends which are far more important since the advent of social media so I don't think we would do a conscious aware customers or PJ day because there wouldn't be so much response to these things outside the information age of the internet. I think if south park continues having an older process to modern things they could keep a strong output for decades to come.

[@mamodokod]

Dwarves are described as pale bearded people that live primarily underground. Even the women are supposed to have beards, she shouldve had a beard.

[@C.Mustard]

Randy has super powers now lol that felt weird

[@makakaGaming]

Glad to see them back to normal, personally liked the last few seasons but this is still better :) also the same happened with The Witcher show (episode 2) and in episode 6 they broke from their story format of "intro, but, and then, but" which is as they say was their problem with Family Guy's "then and then and then", have to agree it's my least favourite

[@liamjones9115]

Mr Mackey being scared off getting older and preferring things being better in the 80's was an Avatar for Putin

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

St. Patrick acting like a perv was definitely a highlight for me, also the kids telling Randy off for trying to make it all about him wich was a big issue in post tegridy farm south park

[@carlodurant87]

whats with all the short seasons these last 7-8 years. whatever happened to 13-15 episodes from the first 15 seasons or so

[@JacobSauers]

Personally, I really don’t like the “special” format. I don’t like the writers talking through randy about their own show… kind of a weird way of breaking the 4th wall and it seems all they do is self defame and criticize their own show. Doesn’t make me want to watch it

[@LiminalMan777]

For days after my wife and I watched this season we'd just randomly blurt out "La Croix" "Mac Book"

[@mathieuleader8601]

I can see the next Paramount + specials being about Superfriends but like the Tim Allen movie Santa Claus movie with Randy and his new superpowers taking on the mantle of St. Patrick and attempting to join the Superfriends if Seaman or one of the godly members has either retired or died

[@saku-miskarentola9576]

I just think the Super best friends should make a return, with Muhammad uncensored. Don't know if they let it happen in Paramount plus. And maybe Jesus would finally tell his opinion about gay marriage or homosexuality.

[@SnakeWasRight]

There is no one up in arms that there are black characters in the new LOTR show. The fact that elves and dwarves are casted as TOKEN black characters should be offensive to everyone, but it also includes races that were explicitly white. But that's not really the problem. The problem is that it's a sign that the writers are activists, not good writers. Everyone also forgets to mention that people are mad the female dwarves DONT have beards, and the cartoonish look of many of the weapons, as well as turning galadriel from a ruler into a warrior. But sure, it's just people who dont want to see black people... yawn. Actually, we would all love to see story lines focusing on the parts of middle earth where there were black and brown people, like Harad and the easterlings. But no, the new writers dont actually care about those cultures, they JUST want token black characters in regions that were explicitly based on European peoples. So yes, these people are far bigger and better fans than the mindless zombies just consuming more content because content.

[@gilbirdsareawesome]

The only issue i had with season 25 was it was so short. I wanted more.

[@huxleyginsberg13]

Nice review! I completely agree that this season felt largely like a throwback. I wasn’t a big fan of episode 4, and episode 6 was also just okay but it did make me laugh a lot. I really enjoyed the other 4, especially the teenager episode!

[@Ottoow06]

I loved it, I remember feeling like I was 10 years in the past while watching. The good old fun feel.

[@Armada762]

Check again, Johnny Jr. token specifically said that he based his universe. On medieval england and as far as I know there wasn't any black people in medieval england sorry

[@Walker-ow7vj]

Nobody likes rings of power and purposely miscasting is a valid complaint. It’s literally stupid anytime with every race. It’s like thinking it’s dumb that they raceswapped Sarah for tlou show when she’s been white these past 10 years makes no sense

[@SAYoung15]

The end of city people where Eric ends up and stays in the hot dog was quite a gut punch

[@robertdullnig3625]

“The Big Fix” is also a response to long-running animated shows like The Simpsons being encouraged to replace white voice actors with appropriate actors of color. Which they do with Tolkien’s Dad at the end of the episode, but in such a way that parallels Randy’s shifting accent as a farmer.

[@CoryDavisPAg]

I was quite disappointed with season 25. I am a big fan, especially of the vintage seasons. Season 25 was really lacking on the side plots, making the episodes a little too linear and boring in comparison to the usual structure. This really bothered me. The last episode was awesome though.

[@ANDROLOMA]

Wow. And all this time I thought the kid's name was "Tokin'."

[@thatoneguy1232]

1. The Big Fix 2. Help, My Teenager Hates Me! 3. Credigree Weed St. Patrick’s Day Special 4. City People 5. Pajama Day 6. Back to the Cold War

[@dustinjohnson9258]

I want Trent Boyett ManBearPig and Satan to return!

[@Whatitdoo942]

I think the teenager episode inspiration was euphoria.

[@fabianstonepsn6866]

Randy touching the leaves like that guy in the Japanese dark souls game lmao

[@d14m0nd3lf]

i didn't hate the female dwarf character because of colour i hated that she didn't have a beard because gimli in the two towers explicitly states that all dwarfs male or female have big bushy beard

[@reek4062]

The lotr adaptations are not canon.

[@slevinchannel7589]

South Park makes fun of topics that KZbinr Some More News and Sci Man Dan make fun of all the time. I cant be the only one who noticed that.

[@aaronm8143]

The two paramount specials, and season 25 were something special. Especially the specials, and the second episode of this season.

[@maxmazzotti6651]

We unfortunately didn’t see any Canadians guy!

[@Elidrawsthings]

On the subject of the lord of the rings series coming out. I don't nor have I ever really given a shit about who people cast for any production (outside of good acting). What sorta gets me is the idea of companies saying "oh hey, we have black people, see isn't this original?? Isn't it cool?!?!?" While ignoring good story telling. Give me an all black female cast in a scifi story, fine, but give me a good story and not diversity as a hollow substitute. I really couldn't care less if an adaptation of one of Tolkien's writings has (insert ethnic group), just maintain the integrity of his world and stories.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

I don’t think those things are related. If white people can be in lazy cash grabs, why can’t non white people? Amazon isn’t presenting diversity as some sort of selling point, they just cast the show. It’s just weird to say “I’m cool with black casts but only if it’s good”- that’s not equal, that’s forcing a higher standard

[@Johnny2Cellos]

I think the issue is how often news media and people react to the diversity and not the content, and that becomes the focus.

[@Elidrawsthings]

With respect intended, diversity is absolutely a selling point. It isn't anything new, companies will attach themselves to some sort of cultural virtue to make themselves seem important. Look, I'm 100% against lazy cash grabs of any kind. As far as your point regarding media content, people like tucker Carlson or ben shapiro will use diversity as a bat to beat social media over the head. There was rhetoric of that sort with the shape of water and The batman, both well executed stories with compelling narratives, but the neckbeard right got upset merely because they had diverse elements (as though onto itself it is bad)

[@JoeJaffa]

It may not be over yet. I think they said they were going back to how they used to do it, with another run of episodes coming later this year.

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Any proof of that?

[@JoeJaffa]

@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 No proof. It may not even be right. I just sort of remember reading it somewhere.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

On Comedy Central it called this latest episode the season finale

[@misscheif]

Wait ✋️ the issue is that 'dark skinned elves are not a thing' not 'black people can't be elves' Elves are supposed to look alien and pale, like they have never been in the sunshine before (at least that's how I read them to look like) THEN everyone jumped on a hate campaign against the series as if these makeup artists don't have pale makeup tones for clients with a non- white completion 🤦‍♀️ which IS dumb, and why I roll my eyes at them. And the other issue was women playing dwarves that look distinctly feminine. Female dwarves are suppose to be indistinguishable from male dwarves. Which I will go with the hate mob on. Have women in the roles, idc, but don't take their beards away and plush up their eyelashes 😒

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

well look at vikings or last kingdom. they shove black people into every story even if it doesnt make any sense. if lotr got released on netflix today, galadriel would have been a black chick..... the nazgul would be wearing rainbow capes to signal their support of the LGBT community and to not promote the stereotype that black(covered) people are bad and white is good.

[@snausages43]

Cortado? Metal bottle water? Tesla!