Thursday, October 30, 2008

South Park - "Pandemic II: The Startling"


This week, the startling conclusion to last week's "The Startling", and let me just say, I was...less than startled. Less than amused, even.

Let me catch you up, if you were lucky enough to miss last week. Peruvian pan pipe bands are responsible for keeping giant guinea pigs at bay. An evil dude in the government rounded up all the pan pipe bands, and now the world is being overrun by giant guinea pigs.

Now let me recap the latest episode. There are also guinea bees, guinea spiders, etc., each one just a guinea pig dressed up in a costume. Also, the evil guy was a guinea pirate. Craig is the chosen one, and he saves the world.

Thats it. Thats all there was two both of the episodes. A continuation of this season's mediocrity. The only slightly redeeming part of these episodes was Craig's reflection on the crazy situations the boys always end up in. It was amusing to see one of the characters finally step back and say "No", recognizing the absurdity of it all, and suggesting that they simply walk away, pointing out that there is never a reason they HAVE to get involved. Other than that, this was a wholly disappointing effort by Stone and Parker.

D+

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