yeah Hughes’s take seems to be... “i need to virtue signal somehow so i guess flatly misunderstanding what SP does and has always does” is the way he thinks he can score hypothetical internet points?

Bro this is what irks me: like, if you want to say the show isn’t as funny as it used to be (fine) because it focuses more on current events than silly absurdism (totally fair) or that you think the characters have all been Flanderized (valid) that’s great. But this tired argument that they are all about “both sides…

I have teenagers. There are a bunch of kids that LOVE South Park. I don’t think it’s going anywhere b/c it keeps catching on with each generation.

The problem is... the show is good and has been for years. It’s probably even great now and has taken some of the most insightful political opinions I’ve seen a mainstream show take — and I’m left anarchist so I have really strong opinions about political opinions.

Cartman was maybe the avatar of social media 10 years ago. Now I just don’t think South Park is as relevant as it used to be.

Not to dash your hopes or anything, but Maher is a boomer-lite autocrat that prefers liberal autocracy to conservative autocracy (‘conservative autocrat’ = Dennis Miller). Those two dudes are birds of the same feather, just simping for different billionaires.

Show us on the doll where the nasty straight white man touched you.

Why does it need to die, it is still good. You don’t like it stop watching it.

The first movie didn’t have to span his entire character arc. Let him be the bad guy for a while.. Oh wait, yeah, I guess Disney has to have a moral outcome in every flick. Bummer.

Yeah, if it were a setup for a series based on the book but with a new take, I’d be more interested. But it’s pretty clear that this is a one-off that they tried to tie up as many things as possible by cutting corners with the plot. I think they knew their chances for a sequel were slim to none.

If I hadn’t already read the books I might welcome this take, but as I'm familiar with the series it really does feel like an adaptation that misses what drew fans to begin with.

Butler’s ethnic origin wasn’t exactly ambiguous. He was established as Russian. Even his first name (a plot-relevant reveal) is Slavic.

I think the thing about Gad is, when he’s in family-friendly Disney mode, he comes across like a family-friendly plus-size jolly entertainer Disney built in a lab. I think he’s talented and has potential, but not if he sticks to this mode indefinitely, and without varying from it.

I’m not someone who thinks that movie adaptions have to stay faithful to their books, but man, all of these changes seem antithetical to why I liked these books as a kid.

Counter argument , as a person from Ireland, who grew up with onscreen portrayals of us as stupid peasants , or comic relief , generally played by someone doing a terribly fake oirish accent ,and with all the YA heroes generally being played by either an American or occaisional English Actor , this is a nice change…

As I gather, the books were about a child criminal mastermind, being a criminal mastermind - which conflicts with Disney’s (supposed) family friendly and positive, non-controversial image they cultivate.  Removing the key energy of the book likely left a lot of flailing to find the purpose in the story in the first…

I have to disagree. From all the descriptions, they’ve already deviated significantly from the spirit of the books and just turned him in to Generic Gifted White Boy Looking for -insert family member here- ™. Part of what set the books apart was that he began as an anti-hero and still hadn’t completely come around by…

I can’t say I “loved” the books, but they were interesting. I powered right through them as an adult, mostly because I wanted to see what all the hooplah was about. They were okay. Better than Harry Potter, which is to say overrated but not terrible.

Sounds like they tossed the book into a woodchipper and pulled out bits and pieces to make their own movie, a la Eragon.

Even for free I think I’m going to pass.

Maybe they’ll release an interactive version so the audience can buy loot boxes that fix the fur on the characters.