Category Archives: Cartoons
My Top 6 Favorite South Park Episodes
As you read this, I am hip deep in cows, fart jokes and biting social satire on a quest to uncover the Stick of Truth! The long-awaited South Park RPG was released yesterday, and I tell you without a hint of remorse that I dipped into my savings to buy the game as soon as possible. So far, Stick of Truth is as glorious as we all hoped it would be. And I am definitely in a South Park mood.
So how about we talk about our favorite episodes?
Is it OK if I love them all?
I have been a South Park fan since before my dad would even let me watch it. I can still remember begging him to record an episode so that my brother and I could watch it later, because it aired after our bedtime. It was the first season episode where the boys get into a race with Death because Stan’s grandpa wants to die…or something. My memory is fuzzy. But what’s not fuzzy is that unlike other venerable animated series, South Park has remained as funny and as sharp as ever even though they’re nearing 20 seasons.
Putting together this list was tough, but I think I have my narrowed down favorites! And please share yours in the comments. I’d love to hear them.
Animated, Fan-Made Batman vs. Terminator is Pretty Sweet
Some Batman fans decided to whip up this sweet animation and share it with the rest of us! I love the Internet!
It ends pretty anticlimactically, but that was still a pretty badass bit of animation. It was posted by Mitchell Hammond, with the original concept by Tony Guerrero.
Spongeman Squarewatch
Parody, they name is funny.
Who doesn’t love a good parody cartoon? This one is by El Cid, though, of course, it pales in comparison to the greatest Watchmen parody cartoon of all time.
Marvel Has Animated Movies Coming Out As Well!
For some reason, Marvel continues to try and compete with DC at animated movies. I never watched that Iron Man/Hulk team-up, but I understand it was an abomination fit only for stupid children. Welp, Marvel is trying again with the laboriously named Marvel’s Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher.
It looks maybe OK. I like the anime idea, maybe. It’s hard to say at this point. The trailer doesn’t really show much. The story is that Punisher gets taken into SHIELD custody after he interferes in a mission. From there, Punisher and Black Widow get sent on a new mission to take down some bad guys named Leviathan. It sounds about as cheesy as that Iron Man/Hulk team-up. And clearly it’s not based on any existing comic book. So really…what the heck is Marvel thinking?
Batman and Son is the Next DC Animated Movie
They found the absolute worst voice actor for Damian. Jeez. But I will admit that Damian grew on me in the comics after awhile, mostly because of his time serving as Dick Grayson’s sidekick. They made an amazing team. And considering this movie is marginally about Robin, I’ll definitely pick it up to watch. Though I’m rather lukewarm on DC’s animated movies these days. I wonder if they really do make a lot of money. What else would justify their existence?
What do you henchmen and henchwomen think? Are you still digging these movies?
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