South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2

This is labeled as a movie, but it really is more of another special. I like the episodes better. This movie/special features a drought coming everywhere with Pi-Pi taking advantage of the situation by using pee for his water park, or I guess pee park is more accurate. We learn that Manbearpig has a family and Pi-Pi is using them to control them. I really did like the use of celebrities here. I thought that Randy would be returning to his form.

I was annoyed at how he was just going back to what he was doing earlier. At least we get a nice resolution and good pacing from the previous installment. It could have used more jokes. It was good how the celebrities were more disgusting by what was going on than the audience. That's how comedy should work. They mentioned events that happened three years ago, yet how are the characters the same age? ***

Like the title says. Lately, they've been putting out a bit of garbage material. I will always watch South Park because I'm a loyal die hard fan of the show, but I have to retort that the creators could go back to their roots when every episode took us by surprise, entertained us fully and always kept us guessing the next scene.

Now, I swear, I could tell what was going to happen every time before I even saw it. The show needs to either hire new avant guarde writers that get it, or the creators need to strap on their big boy belts and guide the show in a new direction. I can appreciate the efforts to make new material, and at that, that it can be a very difficult task after so many seasons, but something has to be done, or the show will decline in viewership.

Don't take it from me and judge for yourselves. Watch the darn thing and tell me you weren't left with a hole in your stomach.

Not overly funny, just appropriately targeted satire at streaming, crypto, and celebrities, especially spot on criticism of streaming services not obtaining talent, especially considering I also watched the abomination that was Netflix Resident Evil also today, no amount of properties are gonna matter without any talent to actually make them good.

It's somewhat nonsensical and it relies on literal toilet humor. But it's entertaining and short enough that you don't get too bored by it. It's still a weaker South Park than seasons past and doesn't target as much of the current political climate but it does live up to the premise. Streaming services are helping create lower quality programming to fill their broadcast slots. This is a lower quality than normal for South Park but that could be simply because it's stretched out over 50 minutes instead of a tight 22.

I'm continuing to feel that none of these really require the Paramount+ runtime, and are regular episodes worth of material stretched out. But i just adjust my mindset accordingly, i'm watching a "special" episode, and it's not a problem really. Very decent, far from perfect, and not exactly great, but very decent. Randy is gonna be actually himself from this on, i'm so happy!