It was a STAR WARS reference!

Jul 15, 199923 posts by 10 postersalt.tv.southpark
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Jordan Bermanalt.tv.southpark
    Think about it, all you pigfuckers who think it was some alien (or
aliens) reference.  Why would Matt/Trey include some parody of an
unmemorable line from a 15-20 year old movie?  What would that accomplish.
Since alien was directly mentioned in the movie, it's not a parody.  A
parody can only be accomplished when people recall what is being parodied on
their own.  Without the alien movie in the show, how many people would have
said, "Oh, that's a parody of a line in alien!  Ha ha ha ha!  I laugh."
    On the other hand, TPM is a current movie which virtually everyone has
seen at least once.  Meanwhile, Matt and Trey hated the Phantom Menace, have
made fun of it numerous times recently, and thought Anakin was a whiny
bastard.  Cartman IS a whiny bastard.  Now, which reference makes more sense
to you???
  • Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

you answered your own question. Obviously the Alien reference makes more sense since Cartman was watching the movie on tv and heard that line which he was repeating. He definitely wasn't watching TPM. Besides, not every joke will be understood by everyone. You simply didn't get it. Had you been old enough to remember Aliens, you'd have caught the reference like the rest of us.

Pupkin 81 said...

The Three hour cut?? No - I picked up the SE (but haven't had a chance to watch it yet)... where did you find a three hour director's cut?

Jealously, Tirya

I taped it off my friends laser disc. It has all kinds of extra footage with Newt and her parents. Lots of cool extras. I think you can only get it on laserdisc...or most likely dvd.

  • It was most definitely an ALIENS reference............mostly.

2) ALIENS Special Edition is available on Laserdisc and just recently released on DVD, it runs 154 minutes total (the "Three Hour" cut is shown on the SciFi Channel from time to time and it is the SAME 154 minute Special Edition as the LD & DVD but it is spread to 3 hours to accommodate those goddamn commercials!)

3) The "Shelly vs. Cartman" episode was moderate IMO, I was not that impressed with the babysitting storyline (the "turd" thing DID get real old real fast, though I LOVED the Atomic Wedgies!) I was more impressed and amused by the Kitty in heat storyline........I think Matt & Trey just wanted a way to show lions fucking onscreen more than anything else! ("Notice the male's swollen balls.") Oh, and when was Kitty ever referred to as "Mr. Kitty".......AFAIK *she* has always just been "Kitty" or "Bad Kitty This Is MY Pot Pie"........!?!?!???

4) On the WebTVers issue, just my .02¢......I would not say *most* of us are idiots......sure *some* are, so are *some* AOLers and yada yada yada....... The fact is, we (WebTVers) now have a Remove Signature option for posting and emailing. The fancy signatures are a way for WebTVers to express their "Artistic Talents" (or lack thereof) and many take advantage of it.....not realizing of course that most 'puter users don't appreciate it and that it is NOT WELCOME in non-WebTV newsgroups. I always turn off my sig when posting or emailing those w/'puters that have a problem with it, but there are just some WebTVers who are just clueless. I'm not saying they shouldn't be chastised, but don't automatically assume that ALL WebTVers are as ignorant as those that don't know it!

5) Don't sue me for my comments, they are not considered sexual harassment.

And now back to our program.......Mkay?

There is NO 3 hour cut.. the LD he talks about is the SAME as DVD, at about 2:30.. 154 if I remember correctly.. and who ever is saying.. Star Wars? SHUT UP! JEEEZUS.. I was SIX when Aliens came out and I recognize that from Aliens.. sheesh..

Justin

Pupkin 81 wrote in message ... >I taped it off my friends laser disc. It has all kinds of extra footage with >Newt and her parents. Lots of cool extras. I think you can only get it on

Jordan Berman said...

MECHASTREISAND

"My mom always said there weren't any REAL monsters, but there are, aren't there, Chef?" - Stan

It wasn't an unmemorable line. and it's a 13 year old movie. If anything, the unmemorable one comes from episode 1.

DaveJordan Bermanalt.tv.southpark

What movie was Cartman watching when he heard the line that he continued to repeat?

A. Aliens. B. Star Wars.

You getting it yet?

A 13-year-old movie, actually, and it's because not every South Park fan is a junior high school student. Some of us actually went to see "Aliens" when it was released in 1986.

No, it's not. You are correct. It's not a PARODY of anything. Stop getting hung up on that word. It was merely Cartman, trying to use a line he had just seen in "Aliens" a few minutes earlier. See? No parody. Just Cartman, repeating a line from "Aliens".

Say it with me. Just Cartman, repeating a line from "Aliens".

Sure, and this was not a parody. Of anything.

Only those people who are unclear as to what a parody actually is.

Stop overgeneralizing. This is a very untrue statement.

Obviously, unless you had a problem comprehending the scene, the fact that it was a SPECIFIC and DIRECT reference to "Aliens" makes much more sense than some contrived atrtempt at tying it in to a different movie.

I can't believe I'm still arguing this dead issue.
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You obviously meant you can't believe how well I rendered your argument impotent.

Or do you *still* think the reference was to "Star Wars" and not
"Aliens"?
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I obviously meant that you need to get over yourself. And yes, it was a Star Wars reference.

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DaveJordan Bermanalt.tv.southpark

Maybe I acted smug, but it was only because I was correct, and dumbfounded by the folks who *insisted* on disagreeing despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Sigh. You made your case and it was summarily shot down. End of story. A this point, you're probably the only person left who still thinks that reference was from Star Wars. Well, you and "Funk".

BTW, this will be my final post on this thread. If getting in the last word will facilitate your thinking that you're right, then by all means, have at it.

But I can boldly state "1+1=6" a million times, and that still wouldn't make it any more correct, and it wouldn't make me look any less foolish.

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On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:23:48 GMT, "Jordan Berman" wrote:

Oh... so the fact that Cartman was watching "Aliens" on TV and heard the line there has nothing to do with it?

----- Lone Wolf Well, isn't that cute. BUT IT'S WRONG!!!

"I'm gonna go play some D & D... in memorium." "That's touching, man." - Froehike and Langely, The X-Files

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:10:34 GMT, "Jordan Berman" wrote:

You mean... other than the fact that they SHOWED the scene from Aliens where Cartman got the line from?

----- Lone Wolf Well, isn't that cute. BUT IT'S WRONG!!!

"I'm gonna go play some D & D... in memorium." "That's touching, man." - Froehike and Langely, The X-Files

ScottyLone Wolfalt.tv.southpark

By your logic, Stan Kyle Eric and Kenny repeating lines after walking out from Asses of Fire wasn't them repeating the line, since the audience had just seen A O F?

Dude, you are fucking weak. To Parody Eric Cartman, that is.

Scotty Hemphill - [email] Drop by the Mr. Bendy Home Page http://www.xprt.net/~iam Lone Wolf wrote in message ...
Lone WolfScottyalt.tv.southpark
Uh... what?

What logic? Are you referring to my post or the other individual?

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:58:50 -0700, "Scotty" wrote:

----- Lone Wolf Well, isn't that cute. BUT IT'S WRONG!!!

"I'm gonna go play some D & D... in memorium." "That's touching, man." - Froehike and Langely, The X-Files

ScottyLone Wolfalt.tv.southpark

The other induhvidule. Sorry about that. I was wrong. It's happened twice this year.

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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:30:42 -0700, "Scotty" wrote:

s'alright. It happens.

----- Lone Wolf Well, isn't that cute. BUT IT'S WRONG!!!

"I'm gonna go play some D & D... in memorium." "That's touching, man." - Froehike and Langely, The X-Files

In article , "Jordan Berman" writes:

The same reason they'd do a parody of an episode of a thirty-year-old TV show?

Jeremy B "Space... it seems to go on and on forever. But then you reach the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you."