What grinds my gears about most about western media reworking things for the Chinese market is often there isnt the "normal" version and "safe for China" version, they just change it entirely and don't bother with two versions releasing the same censored cut in all markets so in effect a lot of media we consume becomes censored by China for us
Either that, or the exact opposite, tailored for the fabled "modern audiences" (that don't watch series, don't go to the cinema, and don't buy videogames, based on series viewership, box office records, and game sales), so, quoting South Park again, "Put a chick in there, make it lame and gay", which would get immediately banned in China. Either way, almost everything produced now in NA is censored to one extreme or the other
I had a Chinese friend that I met while he was an exchange student, then a few months after he returned to China, I tried calling him to ask when he was planning on coming back, but he never answered the phone, so I called his brother and he told me that he can't ever come back because he invested all his savings in "Evergrande Real Estate" (which was the CCP owned real estate developer company that went bankrupt), as a result, he ended up broke and homeless. He told me that his brother had been attending protests, demanding the CCP give back his life savings, he also told me about how his brother was advocating for greater freedom and the downfall of the CCP, then 1 day, while his brother was at a protest, he was caught, and hasn't been seen or heard from since
That's quite unfortunate. I have relatives caught up in it too, although not to the point of homelessness. The Evergrande Real Estate bankruptcy was a big thing in China and a wake up call to most. Since most people believe its safer and more profitable to invest in housing, they basically throw all their money at it; however, there has been signs of possible bankruptcy before and report/warnings, but people just ignore them, believing in the sheer size of the company. Hope your friend is ok.
4:32 So that's where: "Hey Bobby! Rook rook, I'm American!" "I think I'll use my credit card, do you guys have anything non-dairy? Anything gluten free?!" came from lmao
Random fun fact: in the Polish dub of the China episode (and, I guess the halloween special) Winnie the Pooh was voiced by the VA who actually was voicing him in the Disney shows.
As someone who is made in China and went there this summer for a month, restaurants in my town uses a pirated tv box which allows them to watch whatever they want for free and they actually subbed the newer episodes which is crazy
As a drummer, the idea the timmys legs only work when hes ripping double kick patterns is fucking hilarious to me and i with trey and parker would use that gag more often
I already have respect for any creator who refuses to gut their vision just to appease an inhumane government and make more money, but Matt and Trey deserve even more respect. Not only did they actively call out the disgusting censorship of the CCP, but they also doubled down on it in the most South Park way with their sarcastic "apology" and the only way to top that would be posting a picture with a big Pooh plush and calling it "hanging out with our best friend Xi Jinping".
Not to mention they also levied rather scathing criticisms against not only Disney but all of Hollywood. Some powerful people to piss off. They don't make 'em like Matt and Trey anymore.
@@dansmith1661Nothing really happens if you talk about those topics here in the US tho. Everyone openly talks negative things about CEO’s and Big Pharma here in the US.
fun fact: At the exact same time this happened, Blizzard took away the prize money from the winner of a hearthstone tournament after he spoke in support of Hong Kong, it's really funny considering the World of Warcraft episode is one of SP's most iconic episodes and now the people who made the game were now bending a knee to China.
Fun Fact: Those are different devs. These two events have nothing to do with eachother at all. Also, your statement begs the question. Do you get upset at someone for apologizing and changes how they are acting?
@@johnroyal4054 so they say "we approve of genocide if this is what it takes to make a fair bit of extra money", same thing. if you are willing to give up your humanity for money - you have no soul
the reason that the houston rockets situation was such a big deal is because one of their star players yao ming was chinese giving the rockets a huge chinese fan base
@@Bloomser dude the story behind Yao Ming's personal life after he retired from the rockets is just more show off how the CCP treats the people it governs as assets and nothing more.
Yes, now I realize why Harden was so butthurt for Morey, beacause he lost him money for second time, that statment how everything about China is so great and how he search for fake compliments is so weird and fake it hurts
its so sad that blooms killed himself shortly after this video by driving himself out into the desert and shooting himself in the back o the head 5 times, what a tortured soul
A very truly tragic story. I can’t believe they found a note by his body that read “This is goodbye to everyone ive loved, including the CCP, which I loved the most. I wish I never said those terrible, awful, disgusting and despicable things about the CCP, and I was too overridden with guilt to live. I hope the CCP finds it in their hearts to forgive me, ever after im gone. Long live Xi Jingpi❤️” Absolutely a tragedy
I love how all it took for China to ban South Park was for them to rightfully call out the Chinese government for how corrupt they are, despite the many many offensive jokes South Park had prior to this.
I'm inclined to guess that in the CCP's eyes, making generalized stereotypes was one thing, but going at the government directly was Matt and Trey crossing the line like a longjumper as they do lol
7:36 In Mexico, there is a day called "Independence Day", where you are supposed to celebrate your freedon, That same day 53 people were killed in Sinaloa by the drug traffickers and Cartels... But hey... We have freedom... Unless you criticism the government, like in the Tlatelolco massacre, where a group of student protestors got massacred by the government, like 400-500 deaths...
Dude this intro is WAY too wild, I have epilepsy and can't handle all that wild editing. Edit: It's amazing how many incredibly stupid people thought I was being serious.
Not helped that people were becoming aware about Hollywood's capitulating to China, especially Disney trying to make the most Chinese movie to please the Chinese. Then the Hong Kong protests happened and Mulan's live-action actress tweeted support for the China's encroachment and police brutality. Then people found out filming took place and was shot on location near the concentration camps of the Uyghur people and Disney made the boneheaded decision to CREDIT AND THANK THE INSTITUTIONS IMPLICATED IN SAID CAMPS!
it should be a crime to call that move "Mulan", it's a generic kung-fu power fantasy who's female lead happens to be called "Mulan." Everything the original Mulan stood for was spat on in the live action version.
@@timpointer6664 And it perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with how much Hollywood sells out to Poohland for that sweet commie gold. It deserved its absolute karma by flopping in both the US and Chinese markets.
I was in Taiwan during the time this episode came out. It was also during the huge Hong Kong protests. So I essentially had a front row seat to all of this. It was pretty wild
* Independent from West Taiwan. Not technically, Taiwan has not declared independence, but it's rather the Republic of China government that maintains. They are the legitimate government of China. At this point I do think both countries will be better off. Just acknowledging the de facto situation and declare Taiwan an independent country the PRC in my opinion is way off base when they claim that Taiwan is a rebellious province, as the PRC never controlled Taiwan at any point in their history.
Blooms, thank you. It's so nice to see people actually talking about the atrocities in china especially to the eughers(totally spelt it wrong) who are being locked up and even having organs harvested but that's another rabbit hole.
This is why I am actually really worried about people playing up black myth wu kong the way they are the fact is 75% of the people playing that game are from China. If you removed all the Chinese players you would have a few hundred thousand players, but it wouldn’t even break 1 million. I’m worried that it’s success but more importantly than the fact that so many are just blanketly touting it as a massive success like as if it’s some global phenomenon or something that is even greater than games like cyberpunk 2077 for instance (a game that was at lunch anyways banned in China, and therefore unable to take advantage of the market, making an unfair comparison in the first place to say that black myth is selling better than it was) It makes me worry that more companies are going to try and look at that success and then try to market and change things more and more and more to fit the Chinese censorship.
They are not even subtle about it, the guideline of cens... I mean review. Yet many critics and non-Chinese gamers seem to just ignore this document that came directly from the publisher themselves. Sure, some "journalists" are partially to blame here for they think "lack of inclusion" is something more worthy of publication than actual evidence of pushing of a certain political agenda. And if you really want to see the most scorched earth praising of BM:WK, Reuters has one article where they translated part of what media in China said about the game. It literally includes the following sentence "the default language of AAA gaming is now Chinese".
Well it’s simple when American companies go to the shitter because of incompetence and mismanagement people turn to foreign studios. The best games of the last few years were from foreign studios Baldurs Gate 3 was European, Elden Ring was Japanese, and meanwhile American studios stopped catering to their audience and have probably been intentionally dropping quality together to cut costs. I’m all for foreign competition it reminds companies why they have to be competitive. What do American studios have Suicide squad where you have to spend on a battle pass with soulless content to even get cool items frankly American companies in a lot of industries need to be reminded how to be competitive.i dislike American gaming studios now because they cut corners and release shit products and then complain when a foreign company kicks their ass as if they deserve to be industry leaders by default. I coukd have predicted the decline of American companies in general looking at the Chinese exchange students doing more advanced trig and programming in high school than I touched in college. In America people get paid a shit ton to make sub par products and we lost a lot of our older generation talent in programming and many industries that we desperately need to get back. All the experienced programmers and devs probably don’t want to work for these companies seeing what they are releasing now. The free market never intended for shit products and companies to continue succeeding and lowering the quality of the products this is not just a gaming company issue and I’m all for foreigners bringing a better quality product since we dropped the ball it makes them realize what they need to do to be competitive. It will get the desk idiots that are trying to lower the quality across the board fired because they realize other companies and competitors are emerging and bringing some actual heat I mean Baldurs Gate 3 had more content than three western AAA releases combined they are clowns now. I do think it’s a my generation of Americans thing as well they failed to realize that the free market doesn’t give participation trophies like our education system does and they have to fight to control the market. Companies will give a better product when there is the threat of new arrivals to the market threatening their dominance. I honestly don’t give a shit about the video games aspect anymore cause I’m worried about Boeing that was an eye opening case study into how when American companies are sheltered from losses and always win contracts they stop caring about quality through and through and those guys run our defense contracts.
@@spagooter1807 I welcome healthy competition in the game industry, but not a product that is not subtle about pushing a certain ideology. One important thing is being overlooked here: BG3 and ER were made by companies that can be independent from the government of their country, but BM:WK is not the case. Because of the economic and judicial system in China, the notion of "independent companies from the government" does not exist. If the Winnie the Pooh wants this game in a certain way, Game Science cannot say no without being dissolved and CEO arrested. State media already tells you what those in power consider this game to be: a weapon that "conquered the Western gaming culture" and a phenomena proves "Chinese soft power supremacy". Remember, we are talking about an authoritarian state here, so what the people think does not matter, and if you know the rampant nationalism in China in recent years, I am not surprised if a large portion of the population agree with what the propaganda says. US AAA gaming industry is not as in a bad shape as you put it. They are not just making the game you like, but free market only guarantees the most profitable, not the best quality wise (whatever it means) or even the most played, to continue its existence. Call of Duty has remained the juggernaut for more than 10 years globally, and Fortnite is far from being dethroned in the revenue department. They have no problem hiring new "talented programmers" despite firing 10% of their employees. Let's not try to grand stand here. People will sell their dignity if the price is high enough and when they are threatened by student debt of their computer science degree. As of Chinese international students in the US, how many of them are planning for stay Chinese in 10 years? There is a reason why the word "immigration" has been a sensitive word for years and the word "run" was banned for quite a while.
"Which reminds me of today's sponser-" You have no idea how quickly I immediately shifted my mouse from Diablo onto UA-cam to skip ahead before you stopped that bit lol.
still so goofy to me that their guy got so butthurt over being compared to winnie the pooh. If I was a totalitarian dictator, I'd be absolutely floored if people saw me in the same way as a beloved cuddly childhood mascot. People love pooh
I'm pretty sure the love that people have for Pooh is not the kind of love that dictators want. They want respect. Being cuddly doesn't exactly mesh well with being revered.
Bro the Chinese mocking American accents will forever be in my brain even if im 80 with dementia best believe ima be yelling out "I'll use my credit card"
20:13 Actually that was dubbed by Taiwanese South park was on TV in Taiwan for a while, we got mandarin dub back then Then some parents were mad that their kids were watching show like this, so it got banned from TV
love the inch of humanity they gave the guy editing Stans song, admittedly finding something hilarious but immediately forcing himself to fall back in line and act like what Stan wrote was that bad that he had to rip the paper up.
I can totally understand that being compared to such a foolish, silly character would be offensive to Winnieh the pooh. So i get why he asked Xi to remove the comparison from Chinese internet.
That was insane timing! Right as you said FUN at the beginning I got a notice of a response on UA-cam saying “fun” I thought it was a edit for a good 3 seconds
At this point I think disney and south park both know they mutually benefit from south park making fun of them. They may not like some of it but it seems they understand it is just the nature of the game.
@@WokioWolfy I can't find anything outside of anti-woke grifters. If anyone knows a news site with a quote that'll be cool. Would like to see an actual quote not "reportedly" or hearsay
@D4C_LoveTrain1 I see, I just heard tbh, I didn't find anything about it being official, I should apologize to that. Either way, I do hope someone finds it too just so I'm not wrong but if I was, them I'm glad to be wrong.
One thing I really appreciate about this episode is that, despite being part of the Tegridy saga, it harkens back to a lot of classic South Park. From goading a foreign power to Fingerbang to even referencing the fact that Butters used to play drums back in Christian Rock Hard. Just a nice little reminder that, even though Randy has taken over for a bit, it's still South Park at its core.
As a hong kong born and raised; thankyou for the video! Btw the reason we don't share the same legal system is because we were once a British colony. For 200 years. So yes, the culture is massively different. And the protest was to fight off cccp's idea of extradition from hk to china communist legal areas. Needless to say, we won't survive if extradition is actually legal.
21:54 This James Harden interview is even more funny in hindsight because last year Harden blasted Daryl Morey because Harden was acting like a baby and Morey wouldn’t trade him to a team of his choice. There’s even footage of it
I know the real, depressing, reason. But I like to think thr men live longer because their spose helps reel in their destructive tendencies. And women live shorter due to the stress of trying to keep their hubby in line.
Chinese censoring affects gaming too. Any game console or mobile will get censored at some point especially if it gets too big. Thankfully that thing called modding exists
"There is no Tiananmen Square in China. Here we are safe. Here we are free. Xi Jinping has invited you on a trip to Lake Laogai. Do you accept his invitation?"
What grinds my gears about most about western media reworking things for the Chinese market is often there isnt the "normal" version and "safe for China" version, they just change it entirely and don't bother with two versions releasing the same censored cut in all markets so in effect a lot of media we consume becomes censored by China for us
yep, I think R6S changed maps for all versions to appease china. No skulls and blood removal.
Worst part is that they actually used to make 2 versions before but you know the poor CEO's need their extra yachts so cuts have to be made
ONCE MORE ROUND THE SUUN
Both are silly options they just don't get to play
Either that, or the exact opposite, tailored for the fabled "modern audiences" (that don't watch series, don't go to the cinema, and don't buy videogames, based on series viewership, box office records, and game sales), so, quoting South Park again, "Put a chick in there, make it lame and gay", which would get immediately banned in China. Either way, almost everything produced now in NA is censored to one extreme or the other
I had a Chinese friend that I met while he was an exchange student, then a few months after he returned to China, I tried calling him to ask when he was planning on coming back, but he never answered the phone, so I called his brother and he told me that he can't ever come back because he invested all his savings in "Evergrande Real Estate" (which was the CCP owned real estate developer company that went bankrupt), as a result, he ended up broke and homeless.
He told me that his brother had been attending protests, demanding the CCP give back his life savings, he also told me about how his brother was advocating for greater freedom and the downfall of the CCP, then 1 day, while his brother was at a protest, he was caught, and hasn't been seen or heard from since
Well... that escalated quickly. Seems like they did a "Tank Man" on him.
That's quite unfortunate. I have relatives caught up in it too, although not to the point of homelessness. The Evergrande Real Estate bankruptcy was a big thing in China and a wake up call to most. Since most people believe its safer and more profitable to invest in housing, they basically throw all their money at it; however, there has been signs of possible bankruptcy before and report/warnings, but people just ignore them, believing in the sheer size of the company. Hope your friend is ok.
Good. He should have known better in investing.
@@dansmith1661☠️☠️☠️
I feel so sorry for people who end up like this, fuck authoritarianism!
4:32 So that's where:
"Hey Bobby! Rook rook, I'm American!"
"I think I'll use my credit card, do you guys have anything non-dairy? Anything gluten free?!"
came from lmao
the one ur talking about is another one that is basically a different version of the south park version
@@dex1522yes that’s what the original commenter was saying
Random fun fact: in the Polish dub of the China episode (and, I guess the halloween special) Winnie the Pooh was voiced by the VA who actually was voicing him in the Disney shows.
That's Pretty cool
Name??
Amazing
As someone who is made in China and went there this summer for a month, restaurants in my town uses a pirated tv box which allows them to watch whatever they want for free and they actually subbed the newer episodes which is crazy
How much lead do you have inside you, get tested bro
That’s cool lol
the amount of sarcasm and ironi blooms is doing is enourmous
he will never recover his social score
Irony. How did you fuck that up
Professional Sarcastaball player we can tell.
@@Green-6027 Maybe he knows someone with an ironic name
@@maybe8985 xd
I don’t think you know what irony means
As a drummer, the idea the timmys legs only work when hes ripping double kick patterns is fucking hilarious to me and i with trey and parker would use that gag more often
he already mastered it during his fight with Timmy
@@unkennyvalley287 T-T-.. TimmEEh~!!!
I already have respect for any creator who refuses to gut their vision just to appease an inhumane government and make more money, but Matt and Trey deserve even more respect. Not only did they actively call out the disgusting censorship of the CCP, but they also doubled down on it in the most South Park way with their sarcastic "apology" and the only way to top that would be posting a picture with a big Pooh plush and calling it "hanging out with our best friend Xi Jinping".
Not to mention they also levied rather scathing criticisms against not only Disney but all of Hollywood. Some powerful people to piss off. They don't make 'em like Matt and Trey anymore.
@@viljamtheninja I don't think they make them like them back then either. I think the only one that compares to Matt and Trey is Mel Brooks.
Wait I got Xi Wiz,
If you don't get it, it's a play on G Wiz which is a high position within a certain K group
China has less censorship than the US though. Go ahead and talk about the religion of the CEOs of pharma companies.
@@dansmith1661Nothing really happens if you talk about those topics here in the US tho. Everyone openly talks negative things about CEO’s and Big Pharma here in the US.
When Matt and Trey "apologized" to China I half expected them to direct it to Taiwan.
Or used the clip of the half-assed apology of the BP oil spill episode. "We're sorry.. We're sorry."
10/10 intro great work 0:17
I love how the chinese reddit user who was trying to find south park was named "fuckcommunism6969"💀
based
Chinese Chad
@@hossdelgado626Chadnese
they know what they're about.
mega based
The fact that Craig of all characters is the one that came up in the search is hilarious😂
He is too strong for even the CCP to censor because of how little of a fuck he gives, GODSPEED CRAIG
@@DustD.Reaper frrrr
Time Stamp on this? God I love Craig. Craaaiiiiggg
@@RumPool Around 26:37 is the timestamp of Craig
Actually back track it was 26:30
fun fact: At the exact same time this happened, Blizzard took away the prize money from the winner of a hearthstone tournament after he spoke in support of Hong Kong, it's really funny considering the World of Warcraft episode is one of SP's most iconic episodes and now the people who made the game were now bending a knee to China.
Fun Fact: Those are different devs.
These two events have nothing to do with eachother at all.
Also, your statement begs the question. Do you get upset at someone for apologizing and changes how they are acting?
@@jordanekl5383you shouldn’t apologise for hurting chinas feelings.
@@jordanekl5383you shouldn’t have to apologise for hurting china’s feelings.
@@Raine749I'll take a step further, you shouldn't have to apologize for hurting the feelings of a government, especially a evill one like the CCP
@@jordanekl5383 China fan spotted! Long live the glorious Communist Party and Xi Jinping, who looks nothing at all like Winnie the Pooh!
“Consequences of freedom of speech”
Dude that’s such a red flag of a statement
as an EU citizen i sure love having freedom of speech (terms and conditions may apply)
I boycotted the NBA after that. F the commie NBA
I can guarantee freedom of speech but i can not guarantee freedom after speech
Idi Amin
21:41, sooo, they basically said "we approve of genocide if this is what it takes to make a tiny bit of extra money"
No that's not it at all. It's way more money than they can get from just tapping into American and eu markets.
@@johnroyal4054 so they say "we approve of genocide if this is what it takes to make a fair bit of extra money", same thing.
if you are willing to give up your humanity for money - you have no soul
@@event-keystrim213 that was the joke I was making
the reason that the houston rockets situation was such a big deal is because one of their star players yao ming was chinese giving the rockets a huge chinese fan base
Yea I meant to mention this actually, Yao Ming is also the President of the Chinese Basketball Association
@@Bloomser dude the story behind Yao Ming's personal life after he retired from the rockets is just more show off how the CCP treats the people it governs as assets and nothing more.
I love yao ming, amazing player, but yeah yk ccp and the brainwashing lowkey kinda wild
@@Pando0678yao ming the first nba player to be made in a lab
Yes, now I realize why Harden was so butthurt for Morey, beacause he lost him money for second time, that statment how everything about China is so great and how he search for fake compliments is so weird and fake it hurts
its so sad that blooms killed himself shortly after this video by driving himself out into the desert and shooting himself in the back o the head 5 times, what a tortured soul
What
A very truly tragic story. I can’t believe they found a note by his body that read “This is goodbye to everyone ive loved, including the CCP, which I loved the most. I wish I never said those terrible, awful, disgusting and despicable things about the CCP, and I was too overridden with guilt to live. I hope the CCP finds it in their hearts to forgive me, ever after im gone. Long live Xi Jingpi❤️”
Absolutely a tragedy
@@icetr3y488 so sad very sad we will miss him so much
His family disappeared to mourn him too, so tragic
Hey now, he didn't even mention Clintons in this video.
I love how all it took for China to ban South Park was for them to rightfully call out the Chinese government for how corrupt they are, despite the many many offensive jokes South Park had prior to this.
Seriously I thought south park being very vurglar and the city beef guy was enough for south park to be banned in china
@@starmaker75ironically I actually think they admire those characters lol.
I'm inclined to guess that in the CCP's eyes, making generalized stereotypes was one thing, but going at the government directly was Matt and Trey crossing the line like a longjumper as they do lol
Because the Chinese government isn't corrupt.
@ShaggyDabbyDank lol hahaha ha 😅 saying any government especially the ccp isn't corrupt hahaha
Don't apologize to China. As a Hong-Konger, I do not condone the human rights atrocities. 😐
(And it's called freedom of speech, something China lacks)
The CCP is obviously the greatest form of democracy. They only beat people for an hour for doing so much as speaking out of line
Uh what do you mean no freedom of speech
@@Floeflayfloe he said they lack free speech
7:36 In Mexico, there is a day called "Independence Day", where you are supposed to celebrate your freedon, That same day 53 people were killed in Sinaloa by the drug traffickers and Cartels... But hey... We have freedom... Unless you criticism the government, like in the Tlatelolco massacre, where a group of student protestors got massacred by the government, like 400-500 deaths...
Dude this intro is WAY too wild, I have epilepsy and can't handle all that wild editing.
Edit: It's amazing how many incredibly stupid people thought I was being serious.
Cheers!🤘
south parek vs china
close your eyes
Have you ever tried not having epilepsy?
I don’t have epilepsy and I still had a seizure 💀
Them calling out Disney and China aged like wine after what they did with the live-action Mulan.
Not helped that people were becoming aware about Hollywood's capitulating to China, especially Disney trying to make the most Chinese movie to please the Chinese. Then the Hong Kong protests happened and Mulan's live-action actress tweeted support for the China's encroachment and police brutality. Then people found out filming took place and was shot on location near the concentration camps of the Uyghur people and Disney made the boneheaded decision to CREDIT AND THANK THE INSTITUTIONS IMPLICATED IN SAID CAMPS!
''special thanks'' 🙃
These fine German guys in cool uniforms let us film at there hotel
it should be a crime to call that move "Mulan", it's a generic kung-fu power fantasy who's female lead happens to be called "Mulan." Everything the original Mulan stood for was spat on in the live action version.
@@timpointer6664 And it perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with how much Hollywood sells out to Poohland for that sweet commie gold. It deserved its absolute karma by flopping in both the US and Chinese markets.
1:40
As a Taiwanese, so happy to see my country mentioned in your video
Love you Blooms!
You mean Chinese?
The West is with you guys, my man. Except Disney and Hollywood and the NBA, sorry about that.
Taiwan #1
You guys have really good food like boba tea
9:56
As an Israeli, so happy to see my country mentioned in your video
Love you Blooms!
I was in Taiwan during the time this episode came out. It was also during the huge Hong Kong protests. So I essentially had a front row seat to all of this. It was pretty wild
TAIWÁN IS A SOVERIGN NATION INDEPENDENT FROM CHINA
I love saying this cause a it’s true and b it pisses them off
@@giddyup9591yeah, and at first I thought you heard bloom wrong
The CCP are angry with you
uh why are we saying this
* Independent from West Taiwan.
Not technically, Taiwan has not declared independence, but it's rather the Republic of China government that maintains. They are the legitimate government of China. At this point I do think both countries will be better off. Just acknowledging the de facto situation and declare Taiwan an independent country the PRC in my opinion is way off base when they claim that Taiwan is a rebellious province, as the PRC never controlled Taiwan at any point in their history.
Blooms, thank you. It's so nice to see people actually talking about the atrocities in china especially to the eughers(totally spelt it wrong) who are being locked up and even having organs harvested but that's another rabbit hole.
Uyghurs. May or may not have spelled it right.
@mudslicker3122 lol
@@mudslicker3122Ya did it right.
And Disney literally thanked them for helping them film Mulan
Bro the intro was literally so good it basically formed my playlist (when i find the songs)
It was a certified Bing Chiling moment
@@aaronluna4779🥶🍦bing chilling 🥶🍦
The fact that this is also tied in to the covid episode makes me appreciate this show more and more
Because Stan Marsh of course had to do the deed with a bat and an animal I’m not even going try to remember.
@@raiderdare7462 he and Mickey Mouse went on a bender and “played twister” with a pangolin😭😭😭😭
*Randy @@raiderdare7462
This is why I am actually really worried about people playing up black myth wu kong the way they are the fact is 75% of the people playing that game are from China. If you removed all the Chinese players you would have a few hundred thousand players, but it wouldn’t even break 1 million. I’m worried that it’s success but more importantly than the fact that so many are just blanketly touting it as a massive success like as if it’s some global phenomenon or something that is even greater than games like cyberpunk 2077 for instance (a game that was at lunch anyways banned in China, and therefore unable to take advantage of the market, making an unfair comparison in the first place to say that black myth is selling better than it was)
It makes me worry that more companies are going to try and look at that success and then try to market and change things more and more and more to fit the Chinese censorship.
They are not even subtle about it, the guideline of cens... I mean review. Yet many critics and non-Chinese gamers seem to just ignore this document that came directly from the publisher themselves. Sure, some "journalists" are partially to blame here for they think "lack of inclusion" is something more worthy of publication than actual evidence of pushing of a certain political agenda.
And if you really want to see the most scorched earth praising of BM:WK, Reuters has one article where they translated part of what media in China said about the game. It literally includes the following sentence "the default language of AAA gaming is now Chinese".
Well it’s simple when American companies go to the shitter because of incompetence and mismanagement people turn to foreign studios. The best games of the last few years were from foreign studios Baldurs Gate 3 was European, Elden Ring was Japanese, and meanwhile American studios stopped catering to their audience and have probably been intentionally dropping quality together to cut costs. I’m all for foreign competition it reminds companies why they have to be competitive. What do American studios have Suicide squad where you have to spend on a battle pass with soulless content to even get cool items frankly American companies in a lot of industries need to be reminded how to be competitive.i dislike American gaming studios now because they cut corners and release shit products and then complain when a foreign company kicks their ass as if they deserve to be industry leaders by default. I coukd have predicted the decline of American companies in general looking at the Chinese exchange students doing more advanced trig and programming in high school than I touched in college. In America people get paid a shit ton to make sub par products and we lost a lot of our older generation talent in programming and many industries that we desperately need to get back. All the experienced programmers and devs probably don’t want to work for these companies seeing what they are releasing now. The free market never intended for shit products and companies to continue succeeding and lowering the quality of the products this is not just a gaming company issue and I’m all for foreigners bringing a better quality product since we dropped the ball it makes them realize what they need to do to be competitive. It will get the desk idiots that are trying to lower the quality across the board fired because they realize other companies and competitors are emerging and bringing some actual heat I mean Baldurs Gate 3 had more content than three western AAA releases combined they are clowns now. I do think it’s a my generation of Americans thing as well they failed to realize that the free market doesn’t give participation trophies like our education system does and they have to fight to control the market. Companies will give a better product when there is the threat of new arrivals to the market threatening their dominance. I honestly don’t give a shit about the video games aspect anymore cause I’m worried about Boeing that was an eye opening case study into how when American companies are sheltered from losses and always win contracts they stop caring about quality through and through and those guys run our defense contracts.
@@MrTheBest2WasTaken I wish I could say America was only floundering with its AAA gaming industry but that’s far from the case.
@@spagooter1807 I welcome healthy competition in the game industry, but not a product that is not subtle about pushing a certain ideology.
One important thing is being overlooked here: BG3 and ER were made by companies that can be independent from the government of their country, but BM:WK is not the case. Because of the economic and judicial system in China, the notion of "independent companies from the government" does not exist. If the Winnie the Pooh wants this game in a certain way, Game Science cannot say no without being dissolved and CEO arrested. State media already tells you what those in power consider this game to be: a weapon that "conquered the Western gaming culture" and a phenomena proves "Chinese soft power supremacy". Remember, we are talking about an authoritarian state here, so what the people think does not matter, and if you know the rampant nationalism in China in recent years, I am not surprised if a large portion of the population agree with what the propaganda says.
US AAA gaming industry is not as in a bad shape as you put it. They are not just making the game you like, but free market only guarantees the most profitable, not the best quality wise (whatever it means) or even the most played, to continue its existence. Call of Duty has remained the juggernaut for more than 10 years globally, and Fortnite is far from being dethroned in the revenue department. They have no problem hiring new "talented programmers" despite firing 10% of their employees. Let's not try to grand stand here. People will sell their dignity if the price is high enough and when they are threatened by student debt of their computer science degree.
As of Chinese international students in the US, how many of them are planning for stay Chinese in 10 years? There is a reason why the word "immigration" has been a sensitive word for years and the word "run" was banned for quite a while.
@@Jackie-z6g
There’s no language called Chinese so I’m a little skeptical but maybe just a bad translation
Banned in China is a badge of honor.
It's funny that Craig of all characters is still visible in China, considering their censorship on everything LGBT+
Fr whouldt they ban that
That’s what I was saying
Some people see creek as forced ship and craig, tweek aren't gay
@@bayas1302 they’re dating tho
@caramelcoffee706 yeah, i just stated other people's interpretation. I don't agree with that
I don’t know why my brain read the title as “That Time South Park made CHINA Illegal” but it sounds like a really funny concept…
That’s a fun idea for an episode 1.5 billion people are illegal you know
@@Tallyhallfan420 read in the voice of mayor cravendish
@@informalnarwhals like the Zelda character
@@Tallyhallfan420 ye =]
Oh I did made the comment whole lot funnier
"Which reminds me of today's sponser-" You have no idea how quickly I immediately shifted my mouse from Diablo onto UA-cam to skip ahead before you stopped that bit lol.
Yeah, we all want free entertainment, but none of us want to pay it forward. We all have main character syndrome...
I appreciated the satire. Sponsor segments are part of the cancer that is killing youtube.
Bro gotta pay rent somehow
26:26 OF COURSE IT'S CRIAG, HE'S THE BEST CHARACTER AND CAN DO NO WRONG ✨
26:44 the ironic thing is that Craig is gay.
still so goofy to me that their guy got so butthurt over being compared to winnie the pooh. If I was a totalitarian dictator, I'd be absolutely floored if people saw me in the same way as a beloved cuddly childhood mascot. People love pooh
He was trying to beat the allegations... that he was for kids
Totalitarian dictator needs to be scary. No jokes allowed.
@@viljamtheninja ironically ppl use winnie the pooh even more against him for censoring him
I'm pretty sure the love that people have for Pooh is not the kind of love that dictators want. They want respect. Being cuddly doesn't exactly mesh well with being revered.
Like seriously is there anything more insecure, I would own that
now this is the blooms i like
And we should care about what you like because...
@@kobemarion1137it’s aidengotchie90 you spec
@@kobemarion1137they’re commenting on blooms video not ours.. we’re not supposed to care
I agree with op he copped a sub off me.
The child killing sand 🐵 defender?
Blooms is now band in China
theres a band named blooms? i gotta check that out
Lol
really?! when is the concert?
They're on Bandcamp. Not to be confused with the chinese "educational camps".
Whoosh
Bro the Chinese mocking American accents will forever be in my brain even if im 80 with dementia best believe ima be yelling out "I'll use my credit card"
Band in China is one of my favourite South Park episodes of all time.
0:26 for a sec I felt like I was 9 years old me again watching life hacks
Same here
ts went hard best intro ever
I needed a good South Park reminiscing. Thanks Mr. Blooms
20:13
Actually that was dubbed by Taiwanese
South park was on TV in Taiwan for a while, we got mandarin dub back then
Then some parents were mad that their kids were watching show like this, so it got banned from TV
An actually somewhat justifiable reason.
The fact this video was demonitized is just proving this man's point. L Disney and L CCP.
25:43 😂 U got me.😅
Fr
love the inch of humanity they gave the guy editing Stans song, admittedly finding something hilarious but immediately forcing himself to fall back in line and act like what Stan wrote was that bad that he had to rip the paper up.
That was a nice touch lol.
"I HATE THIS FARM"
- Butters
new southpark episode idea: "china learns about the streisand effect"
I think it's crazy that one of the few south park related things they don't have blocked it's a wiki page about one of the gay characters.
I can totally understand that being compared to such a foolish, silly character would be offensive to Winnieh the pooh.
So i get why he asked Xi to remove the comparison from Chinese internet.
poor Pooh 😔
-1 billion social credit
He racka disiprine
“You have big eyes small face what’s your WeChat” goes hard no gonna lie
0:06 BRO chunky pepperoni is not doing ok 💀
Homie was on one cause damn 😭
Dude slept on the wrong side of the bed
@@thecluckster3908 somebody peed in his cheerios
@@hossdelgado626dude was seeing red
Really just shouting in a well for😂
That was insane timing! Right as you said FUN at the beginning I got a notice of a response on UA-cam saying “fun” I thought it was a edit for a good 3 seconds
10:00 I love that so much. What a smart way to hint at something without getting shadow banned.
The zionazis coping just makes it all the more hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
im sorry for my ignorance but what is he talking about lmao
@@thegunguy0 isnotreals genocide against the Palestinians
@@thegunguy0 the US is helping commit a genocide in the Middle East
@@thegunguy0he's talking about how the US funds is-real and their murder of Palestinian ppl
At this point I think disney and south park both know they mutually benefit from south park making fun of them. They may not like some of it but it seems they understand it is just the nature of the game.
Didn't Kathleen Kenedy tried to cancel South Park from airing the Panderverse episode tho?
@@WokioWolfy I can't find anything outside of anti-woke grifters. If anyone knows a news site with a quote that'll be cool. Would like to see an actual quote not "reportedly" or hearsay
@D4C_LoveTrain1 I see, I just heard tbh, I didn't find anything about it being official, I should apologize to that. Either way, I do hope someone finds it too just so I'm not wrong but if I was, them I'm glad to be wrong.
I have been waiting for my injection of south park content... I can never wait for another one of your videos to drop
9:40 "corporations are usually known for their ethical business habits" sure, lmao :D
Pretty sure it was sarcastic tbh
One thing I really appreciate about this episode is that, despite being part of the Tegridy saga, it harkens back to a lot of classic South Park. From goading a foreign power to Fingerbang to even referencing the fact that Butters used to play drums back in Christian Rock Hard. Just a nice little reminder that, even though Randy has taken over for a bit, it's still South Park at its core.
As a hong kong born and raised; thankyou for the video! Btw the reason we don't share the same legal system is because we were once a British colony. For 200 years. So yes, the culture is massively different. And the protest was to fight off cccp's idea of extradition from hk to china communist legal areas. Needless to say, we won't survive if extradition is actually legal.
1:24 Disney? its gotta be Disney...
ahhh yes sure those commies
Disney, owned by China.
Disney was even able to scare Hamas from using there character when Israeli bombs couldn’t that says a lot
5:40 - Dude. BrittMonkey's video is not even ten minutes long - it can't be THAT in depth....
insanely comedic video. Keep it up
That silence after saying that NOW the west would never back a nation committing genocide was *chef’s kiss*. You got my sub just for that.
that goes both ways lol
Remember, this man is not suicidal
Remember people: "Nothing of interest happend. AT ALL"😂😂
The fact that it was ever allowed is still the craziest part to me
Stan: *DEATH GROWLS*
Butters: ''GET ME OFF THAT FARM!!''
This is one of your best videos! Loved it.
I'm genuinely surprised you didn't go "that's right, we're talking about Disney"
As someone that loved Winnie the Pooh as a kid that scene of Randy strangling Pooh was upsetting.
Stan Marsh and the Crimson Dawn go hard 🤘
6:36 Wait there's a real chance that their twitter is less toxic than "X", lol. I guess that's kind of funny.
This quickly became one of my favorite videos on youtube
"Consequences of Freedom of Speech"
.. Now there's some dystopia right there..
21:54 This James Harden interview is even more funny in hindsight because last year Harden blasted Daryl Morey because Harden was acting like a baby and Morey wouldn’t trade him to a team of his choice. There’s even footage of it
No way dude started talking about palpatine
1:31 I was so sure you were going to say Disney here
He tricked us with the ultimate fake out fake out
What's the difference😂
Solid video, man. Respect.
That was the BEST intro ever! Absolute music to my ears!
No!!!! Bring the fun intro back
BEST intro ever
10:36 that’s wrong! Married people don’t live longer. Married males live longer while married women have shorter lifespans.
I know the real, depressing, reason. But I like to think thr men live longer because their spose helps reel in their destructive tendencies. And women live shorter due to the stress of trying to keep their hubby in line.
Toxic fans aren’t fans! I love your content it’s on for when I do my makeup or need a nice voice to relax with! Loved the change xx
That intro was so good it made me subscribe
It's either everything is okay or none of it it's okay.
You're so based for this, blooms
Who needs school when you got this guy?
Blooms' humor in this essay got me cracking up at the store
13:38 - great Scott you’re right! He looks like a deformed clone of Winnie the Pooh after 11 cycles of the Asimov cascade
"Corporations are usually known for their ethical business practices" 😆 yumm that's some tasty sarcasm.
1:20 i thought you gonna say Disney, weird
Haha me too.
12:00 dying fetus is such a metal band name lmao
Ngl, you cooked with that new intro on god for real for real no cap 🖐️😩👌
Those goody live action intros on the VHS were such a nice touch.
Here before China gets it removed lol
Why the heck? This is UA-cam not some type of ‘ ChInEse’.
Chinese censoring affects gaming too. Any game console or mobile will get censored at some point especially if it gets too big. Thankfully that thing called modding exists
Guys I'm starting to think something happened in Tiananmen Square on the night of June 3 1989
"There is no Tiananmen Square in China. Here we are safe. Here we are free. Xi Jinping has invited you on a trip to Lake Laogai. Do you accept his invitation?"
Blooms vs the CCP is a great way to round out August. Absolutely love your content dude
this intro was much better and higher quality, good job :)