South Park gets Censored (fo realz)

Started by §P0oONY5 pages
§P0oONY Senior Member

I was talking about in their current forms... Hence the leaving out Futurama as the new proper series hasn't started yet.

New Simpsons isn't great. It's certainly less entertaining than the 3 I listed above it.

meep-meep What are you angry about?
Originally posted by Mindset
Family Guy is the worst "adult" cartoon I know.
Bardock42 Junior Member

I like South Park, and I think the last few seasons have been great. Family Guy is pretty funny to me, but lately it's been a bit meh at times. Simpsons pretty similar. Futurama is great. American Dad is pretty good, too.

Cause you guys asked.

inimalist Junior Member

assy mcgee

Symmetric Chaos Fractal King

Well if we're listing good adult cartoons I'll toss my vote in for Monster. I guess that's more "mature" than "adult" though.

Mindset Senior Member

Isn't that anime?

Mindset Senior Member

Originally posted by §P0oONY
I was talking about in their current forms... Hence the leaving out Futurama as the new proper series hasn't started yet.

New Simpsons isn't great. It's certainly less entertaining than the 3 I listed above it.

Family Guy is horrible though.

Symmetric Chaos Fractal King
Originally posted by Mindset
Isn't that anime?

Same difference really. It's a great example of how to do an adult animated show without appealing to people who still think that swears and poop are edgy.

meep-meep What are you angry about?
Originally posted by inimalist
assy mcgee

I found that show pretty funny, in an extremely immature kind of way. Apparently not many other people did.

It was pretty easy to forget though. Meh.

Symmetric Chaos Fractal King

Back on topic: I still don't understand how people set out to offend people then act shocked when someone gets offended.

Bardock42 Junior Member
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Back on topic: I still don't understand how people set out to offend people then act shocked when someone gets offended.

Who acted shocked?

Grand-Moff-Gav Senior Member
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Back on topic: I still don't understand how people set out to offend people then act shocked when someone gets offended.

I think they were making a fairly good point, if we can make fun of other religious leaders (Jesus, Joseph Smith, Tom Cruise) then it isn't right for networks to say "oh, just don't mock Muhammad".

As Kyle said in one episode "it's either all ok, or none of it's ok".

Mindset Senior Member

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Same difference really. It's a great example of how to do an adult animated show without appealing to people who still think that swears and poop are edgy.
Well yea, but it's not a comedic adult cartoon, is it?

Symmetric Chaos Fractal King
Originally posted by Mindset
Well yea, but it's not a comedic adult cartoon, is it?

Correct, it's a drama.

Ultraviolence Restricted

How irrelevant.

queeq Chaos

Ridiculous.

Looks like the great networks are so very much afraid. 'Fear leads to the Dark Side."

SamZED Senior Member

Originally posted by Grand-Moff-Gav
I think they were making a fairly good point, if we can make fun of other religious leaders (Jesus, Joseph Smith, Tom Cruise) then it isn't right for networks to say "oh, just don't mock Muhammad".

As Kyle said in one episode "it's either all ok, or none of it's ok".

Kyle also said "shut up, fatass" whenever Cartman mocked him, his mother or his people. I guess the freedom of speech only works to the point when someone gets offended. Ofcourse the show shouldn't be banned but there's nothing wrong with some people hating it and making threats. I mean, insult someone on the street and expect to either get sued or punched in the face. That's how it works. Also all it does is makes the show more popular.

Pandemoniac Disco Infernal

I just would like to believe that the censorship on this episode was a wink to the religious extremist suppression of free speech, but I am afraid that this time they truly got scared. Might be nothing, but the reference to Theo van Gogh they made reminds me how vulnerable you can be in in a free world as long as it has lunatics next door, seeping in and trying to take over

Symmetric Chaos Fractal King
Originally posted by Pandemoniac
I just would like to believe that the censorship on this episode was a wink to the religious extremist suppression of free speech, but I am afraid that this time they truly got scared.

The writers explicitly stated that much of the censoring was added in by a frightened network.

Mindship Snap out of it.

All the networks should synchronize as many shows as possible to show/say something "offensive" about Islam. This way the radicals can't pick on any one show, and they'll just have to try to destroy America...

...oh, wait, they already are.