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Old 11-12-14, 09:42 PM
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South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014



Butters thinks he's living in a virtual reality.
Episode 7 of 10

<fieldset style="width: 500px; margin: 0px auto; font-size: smaller;"><legend>South Park Season 18</legend>
Episode 1 -- "Go Fund Yourself" -- 9/24/14
Episode 2 -- "Gluten Free Ebola" -- 10/1/2014
Episode 3 -- "The Cissy" -- 10/8/2014
Episode 4 -- "Handicar" -- 10/15/2014
Episode 5 -- "The Magic Bush" -- 10/29/2014
Episode 6 -- "Freemium Isn't Free" -- 11/5/2014
Episode 7 -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Fun episode. And no topical satire. Unless I'm missing something about VR right now.
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Originally Posted by Troy Stiffler
Fun episode. And no topical satire. Unless I'm missing something about VR right now.
The whole thing was based on the Oculus Rift, which is on the verge of being released. So I'd call that topical.

Sony also has one in the works, currently known as Project Morpheus.
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Haha. Shows what I know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_Rift
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Originally Posted by TheKing
The whole thing was based on the Oculus Rift, which is on the verge of being released. So I'd call that topical.

Sony also has one in the works, currently known as Project Morpheus.
Didn't the kickstarter for Oculus rift start in 2012? And I think that the consumer version is due "some time" in 2015. I'd assume that if it was going to be released in the first quarter of 2015, they'd have a more definitive release date planned.

This seems like the kind of episode they could have created any time in the past two years and released it any time in the next 12 months.

Not that I'm complaining about it, but when I think of South Park topical episodes, the topic is usually something immediately relevant.
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

The call center guy was amusing, especially when he got the call from his virtual self. (or vice versa, not sure which one was real)
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

The riff on phone customer service was inspired and hilarious. I was nervous this story was going to have no punchline and drift into meaninglessness, but I thought the set-up did get paid off in the end.

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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Steve was awesome.

Loved Butters punching his dad in the balls in VR.
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Even though the Oculus was used the episode was more about VR/dream tropes in general.

I like what they did here. It was a slow build that eventually defied any logic, but still didn't go completely off the rails. I also liked the "oh, fuck you" gag when obvious references/puns were made.

PS. The line about customer service being more about how the rep acted than solving the issue was dead on. I worked phone tech support many years ago and when it came to quality assurance evaluations actually resolving the issue was not a factor at all.

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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Oh, Fuck YOU!
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Originally Posted by boogieman03
Oh, Fuck YOU!
It's a Total Recall!

This episode was great. Loved the ending. It could have served as a series finale.
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

I liked the live action ending.
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

Steve: Fuck YOU
Steve #2: No, no no... do not fuck me. Then we are fucking ourselves!!
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Re: South Park (S18E07) -- "Grounded Vindaloop" -- 11/12/2014

This was a really funny episode. Loved Butters punching his dad in the balls and then hearing his Grand Theft Auto escapades.

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