South Park vs Family Guy: The Final Battle. - Blu-ray Forum

Nerdkiller likes BD · 05-23-2008, 09:44 PM

Over the past few weeks, I've been hearing about the rivalry between Family Guy and South Park on different sites (including this one), so I've decided to finish this off once and for all. So basicly, which do you think is better...South Park...or Family Guy? Don't det me wrong, I enjoy both shows, but both seem to be degrading a bit (especially South Park with the Britney episode), but this is up to you and only you.

Mouse · 05-23-2008, 09:48 PM

I'll go with Family Guy since I still watch it. I havn't cared for South Park since the first season. But really if there is a rivalry I would of picked The Simpsons and Family Guy as they have more in common.

haushausman · 05-23-2008, 09:51 PM

No contest: South Park.

Love the S.P. Family Guy episode: "This is like the one time I went to Mexico on a date with Gary Coleman."

Random pop related jokes all strung together.

I take just Leopold Butters on TV for 5 hours verses any Family Guy episodes.

Good poll BTW... this should be interesting.

Blu-Style · 05-23-2008, 09:52 PM

South Park!

King since first episode.

Batman00 · 05-23-2008, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mouse

I'll go with Family Guy since I still watch it. I havn't cared for South Park since the first season. But really if there is a rivalry I would of picked The Simpsons and Family Guy as they have more in common.

Well obviously, one is the copy of another. I love both, but overall funny animated series with great story-lines that mean something, my pick has to be The Boondocks. Those episodes have an impact on culture and represent something (well some are just written very well)

haushausman · 05-23-2008, 10:00 PM

Don't ask Kevin Smith what he thinks about Family Guy (from Wikipedia):

Family Guy vs. Clerks

Kevin Smith and David Mandel, co-creators and executive producers of Clerks: The Animated Series, have gone on record showing hatred towards Family Guy. In the final episode of their Clerks, they include a scene where a bad comedy writer consults a book entitled How To Write Cartoons by Seth MacFarlane, leading him to suggest the writers send the characters to Gilligan's Island and make gay jokes about them, parodying the heavy usage of pop-culture references and offensive humor on Family Guy. On the DVD commentary to Clerks: The Animated Series, Smith refers to Seth MacFarlane as a nemesis, and Mandel calls the show "Emmy-nominated shit."

Moefiz · 05-23-2008, 10:01 PM

I will have to go with Family Guy,for some reason I couldn't get into South Park from day one I did see the Brittney episode the other night and I did last my ass off.

BruceWayne · 05-23-2008, 10:02 PM

I like both a lot, but find myself re-watching Family guy more often. Have to go with Family Guy, but by a small margin.

Great poll OP, as has been said, this should be interesting

JasonR · 05-23-2008, 10:04 PM

Southpark

/Thread

Moefiz · 05-23-2008, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BruceWayne

I like both a lot, but find myself re-watching Family guy more often. Have to go with Family Guy, but by a small margin.

Great poll OP, as has been said, this should be interesting

I agree, I don't mind re-watching Family Guy either.

Slackr89 · 05-23-2008, 10:10 PM

i cant stand south park, i could go on, but in short imo south park is the worst cartoon ever made. <prepares flame shield

>
family guy for me.

Futurama>The Simpsons>Family Guy>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>South Park

deathscripture · 05-23-2008, 10:13 PM

I guess if I have to choose I go with Family Guy, simply because I do not have to pay a cable/sat bill to see it. I am broke and can't afford a satellite.

DaleDark · 05-23-2008, 10:26 PM

To me, Family guy tries to be as offensive and boundry-pushing as South Park, and as reverential and witty as The Simpsons, but does neither as well as the aforementioned shows. That, and the fact that FG is one long stream of unrelated, pop culture referencing, flashbacks which, while sometimes are amusing, have nothing to do w/ the actual stories, makes it one of the most overrated waste of times in TV history (brought to you by the same network responsible for THE most overrated wastes of time in TV history, American Idol). South Park FTW.

P.S: For those that will undoubtedly quote ratings, I respond w/ a quote from Penn Jillette; ".......and "Candle In The Wind" by Sir Elton John is the best selling song of all time. Just cuz it's true, don't make it right."

My_Two_Cents · 05-23-2008, 10:30 PM

Both are excellent, though I, too, enjoy watching FG over-and-over without ever getting tired of it.

I laughed till I cried during the first time I saw the SP "red-rocket" bit

(y'all know what I mean), but I don't recall others like that. With FG, I find myself in tears at least every-other new episode seen for the first time.

jadedeath · 05-23-2008, 10:39 PM

South Park was intentionally designed to be bad.

Family Guy couldn't even do that correctly.

I voted South Park.

The jokes are more thought out, and sometimes take an entire episode to pull off, like the Passion of the Jew where it took the entire episode to figure out that Cartman was just using it to fuel his own Jew hate. Funny as hell to see Mel Gibson in that episode as well.

Family Guy is just 5 minute long jokes {that suck} like Peter hitting his shin and hugging it on a curb for 5 minutes, I spent the entire time looking at my watch trying to figure out if Seth MacFarlane was actually going to write another joke or just keep this one going on for the entire episode.

Logan

Philip1 · 05-23-2008, 10:42 PM

Gotta go with South Park, those guys don't seem to have any limits to who or what they make fun of, I love the Osama Binladin episodes.

Nerdkiller likes BD · 05-23-2008, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDark

To me, Family guy tries to be as offensive and boundry-pushing as South Park, and as reverential and witty as The Simpsons, but does neither as well as the aforementioned shows. That, and the fact that FG is one long stream of unrelated, pop culture referencing, flashbacks which, while sometimes are amusing, have nothing to do w/ the actual stories, makes it one of the most overrated waste of times in TV history (brought to you by the same network responsible for THE most overrated wastes of time in TV history, American Idol). South Park FTW.

What d'ya expect? It's from FOX.

jadedeath · 05-23-2008, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerdkiller likes BD

What d'ya expect? It's from FOX.

And Family Guy doesn't even have the balls enough to make fun of Fox as much as the Simpsons do.

Maybe they're afraid of getting shit-canned again?

Worst decision ever by FOX was to bring Family Guy back to appease the pot-smoking idiot college students who jerk-off to much while watching Jackass. Distant second is making American Idol.

Logan

cdblu · 05-23-2008, 10:54 PM

these are both good shows. But I have to pick family guy because sp can get a little preachy sometimes. I must say though that neither of these come close to the simpsons when they were in their prime.

LynxFX · 05-23-2008, 11:09 PM

South Park because they know what they are, plus all of the great local references of where I used to live, colorado.

*Crab people....crab people....*

View Poll Results: Which one?
South Park	208	53.89%
Family Guy	178	46.11%
Voters: 386. You may not vote on this poll

05-23-2008, 09:44 PM	#1
Nerdkiller likes BD Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Wrestling in Ireland. PSNetwork: Nerdkiller316PSN Nerds beaten up: Loads 4K collection:75 Blu-ray collection:880 Trading Score:1	South Park vs Family Guy: The Final Battle. Over the past few weeks, I've been hearing about the rivalry between Family Guy and South Park on different sites (including this one), so I've decided to finish this off once and for all. So basicly, which do you think is better...South Park...or Family Guy? Don't det me wrong, I enjoy both shows, but both seem to be degrading a bit (especially South Park with the Britney episode), but this is up to you and only you.

05-23-2008, 09:51 PM	#3
haushausman Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Chicago Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:343 Blu-ray reviews: 5	No contest: South Park. Love the S.P. Family Guy episode: "This is like the one time I went to Mexico on a date with Gary Coleman." Random pop related jokes all strung together. I take just Leopold Butters on TV for 5 hours verses any Family Guy episodes. Good poll BTW... this should be interesting. Last edited by haushausman; 05-23-2008 at 09:55 PM.

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05-23-2008, 09:48 PM	#2
Mouse Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Texas, USA Blu-ray collection:83 DVD collection:116 Trading Score:1	I'll go with Family Guy since I still watch it. I havn't cared for South Park since the first season. But really if there is a rivalry I would of picked The Simpsons and Family Guy as they have more in common.

05-23-2008, 09:52 PM	#4
Blu-Style Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Германия	South Park! King since first episode.

05-23-2008, 10:00 PM	#6
haushausman Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Chicago Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:343 Blu-ray reviews: 5	Don't ask Kevin Smith what he thinks about Family Guy (from Wikipedia): Family Guy vs. Clerks Kevin Smith and David Mandel, co-creators and executive producers of Clerks: The Animated Series, have gone on record showing hatred towards Family Guy. In the final episode of their Clerks, they include a scene where a bad comedy writer consults a book entitled How To Write Cartoons by Seth MacFarlane, leading him to suggest the writers send the characters to Gilligan's Island and make gay jokes about them, parodying the heavy usage of pop-culture references and offensive humor on Family Guy. On the DVD commentary to Clerks: The Animated Series, Smith refers to Seth MacFarlane as a nemesis, and Mandel calls the show "Emmy-nominated shit."

05-23-2008, 10:01 PM	#7
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	I will have to go with Family Guy,for some reason I couldn't get into South Park from day one I did see the Brittney episode the other night and I did last my ass off.

05-23-2008, 10:02 PM	#8
BruceWayne The Dark Knight Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Gotham City Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:887 DVD collection:496 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:6	I like both a lot, but find myself re-watching Family guy more often. Have to go with Family Guy, but by a small margin. Great poll OP, as has been said, this should be interesting

05-23-2008, 10:04 PM	#9
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	Southpark /Thread

05-23-2008, 10:10 PM	#11
Slackr89 Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Edmonton, Alberta PSN: Slackr Blu-ray collection:116 Trading Score:2	i cant stand south park, i could go on, but in short imo south park is the worst cartoon ever made. <prepares flame shield > family guy for me. Futurama>The Simpsons>Family Guy>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>South Park

05-23-2008, 10:13 PM	#12
deathscripture Member Member since:Feb 2007	I guess if I have to choose I go with Family Guy, simply because I do not have to pay a cable/sat bill to see it. I am broke and can't afford a satellite.

05-23-2008, 10:26 PM	#13
DaleDark Special Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI 4K collection:119 Blu-ray collection:1124 DVD collection:415 Blu-ray reviews: 3	To me, Family guy tries to be as offensive and boundry-pushing as South Park, and as reverential and witty as The Simpsons, but does neither as well as the aforementioned shows. That, and the fact that FG is one long stream of unrelated, pop culture referencing, flashbacks which, while sometimes are amusing, have nothing to do w/ the actual stories, makes it one of the most overrated waste of times in TV history (brought to you by the same network responsible for THE most overrated wastes of time in TV history, American Idol). South Park FTW. P.S: For those that will undoubtedly quote ratings, I respond w/ a quote from Penn Jillette; ".......and "Candle In The Wind" by Sir Elton John is the best selling song of all time. Just cuz it's true, don't make it right."

05-23-2008, 10:30 PM	#14
My_Two_Cents Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Wherever I may roam.... Home Theater Gallery:40 4K collection:35 Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:19 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:4	Both are excellent, though I, too, enjoy watching FG over-and-over without ever getting tired of it. I laughed till I cried during the first time I saw the SP "red-rocket" bit (y'all know what I mean), but I don't recall others like that. With FG, I find myself in tears at least every-other new episode seen for the first time.

05-23-2008, 10:39 PM	#15
jadedeath Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007	South Park was intentionally designed to be bad. Family Guy couldn't even do that correctly. I voted South Park. The jokes are more thought out, and sometimes take an entire episode to pull off, like the Passion of the Jew where it took the entire episode to figure out that Cartman was just using it to fuel his own Jew hate. Funny as hell to see Mel Gibson in that episode as well. Family Guy is just 5 minute long jokes {that suck} like Peter hitting his shin and hugging it on a curb for 5 minutes, I spent the entire time looking at my watch trying to figure out if Seth MacFarlane was actually going to write another joke or just keep this one going on for the entire episode. Logan

05-23-2008, 10:42 PM	#16
Philip1 Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:358 DVD collection:43 Digital collection:77 iTunes collection:77 Prime collection:8 Blu-ray reviews:7	Gotta go with South Park, those guys don't seem to have any limits to who or what they make fun of, I love the Osama Binladin episodes.

05-23-2008, 10:54 PM	#19
cdblu Senior Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:california Blu-ray collection:58	these are both good shows. But I have to pick family guy because sp can get a little preachy sometimes. I must say though that neither of these come close to the simpsons when they were in their prime.

05-23-2008, 11:09 PM	#20
LynxFX Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007	South Park because they know what they are, plus all of the great local references of where I used to live, colorado. Crab people....crab people....

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