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So I just finished watching the new South Park episode... and turns out Holographic Michael Jackson is actually a major part of the episode. I don't have any clips but I got some screenshots so here's basically what happens.
Early on in the episode, a concert is thrown in the city of Denver with many female musicians (Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj and 'Lorde'), but it's also announced it's featuring a holographic performance by Michael Jackson. We see him come on when Iggy is performing, dancing to a tune similar to Billie Jean.
For the record in the last shot, he isn't grinding up against Iggy, he's still standing to the side of her. 'Lorde' (who, to keep things simple, is really just the character Randy dressed up as her) then makes a comment about how rehashing dead people is so wrong.
A while later, 'Lorde' comes up on stage and performing, awkwardly knocking over a microphone and pulling out a few cables, which cause a technical mishap as the Holographic Michael Jackson comes on stage, yells "I'm free!" and jumps off, before running off into the crowd.
He then runs through the foyer of the arena, escaping security guards (who grab him, but go right through him because he's a hologram) before rushing out into the free world.
A while later, we cut to a bus that is travelling to South Park. The old guy asks MJ what he's upto in the mountains, to which MJ says he is going there to take care of some important business.
Old guy: "Ohh! Are you a fisherman?"
MJ: "Yes... I'm just a fisherman... I'm just gonna fish and hunt".
Old guy: "What do you prey upon"
MJ (freaking out): "NOBODY - THAT'S IGNORANT!"
It goes on for another 15 seconds, MJ stressing it's all 'allegedly' before saying he doesn't want to talk about the topic (nobody around them really cares). We then see the bus travel into South Park.
We then cut to the lab where they made the holograms. A group of men are trying to decide what exactly to do about the escaped hologram. They decide to bring back 'Project Alpha' - the first ever hologram to ever premiere on stage... yep. In a parody of the Terminator, they bring back Holographic Tupac to hunt down Holographic Michael Jackson and contain/destroy him.
It's one of many plots in the whole episode (that are merging towards the end) and it's going to be a two-parter so I'm not sure what Holographic Michael Jackson is trying to achieve. I don't think they will do something along the lines of MJ preying on a child or anything. In 2004 they did an episode based around him that strongly implied that they believed MJ was being framed for the allegations because he was an easy target so I don't think they'll resort to that... at least I hope not. It seems to be parodying the Terminator so it might be similar to that film or something.
Interested to see how it turns out though because I think the idea of a Holographic Tupac hunting down a Holographic Michael Jackson in a Terminator-like style is pretty funny.
PART 2 UPDATE:
Keep in mind, if you haven't watched either of these episodes it probably won't make a lot of sense as I leave out many details since I focus solely on MJ's involvement. If you like South Park's humour though, you should totally go watch it! So focusing on Michael Jackson, he is first seen when 'Lorde' (aka Randy) is at the Police Station, trying to report the Hollywood producers who hologram'd him.
An officer walks in and states they caught a black man sneaking around the old Jefferson house. The Chief then asks the officer if he shot and beat the black man (obvious reference to what's been going on in America). MJ is then brought is struggling and yelling "We have to stop them! HEE-HEE!", to which the surprised Chief goes "Oh my god! He's not BLACK!" (referencing the joke from the Jeffersons episode).
A while later, we are back at the police station. Many of the officers are crowded around a desk, trying to figure out a way to profile him as a black man so they can beat and choke the hell out of him.
Meanwhile, Randy talks to Michael Jackson and we find out that Michael Jackson intended to stop the Holiday Special that's going on (which is being run by the record label executives who hologram'd 'Lorde' against 'her' will. They're going to use a bunch of holograms of Elvis and Kurt Cobain etc and for it to make much more sense, just watch the actual two episodes). ANYHOW Randy and Michael agree to help each other stop it. Michael says "We have to reach the children, it's our only hope!" to which Randy replies "Then we'll have to do it together. I love children just as much as you do". "ALLEGEDLY!" Michael screams, "THAT WAS A CIVIL SUIT AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE!!"
Some time later, we go back to the Police Station and the Police are starting to agree on how they should profile MJ. Down at the reception, a Terminator-esque theme plays as Holographic Tupac marches in and ignores the receptionist, proceeding up to the main office.
"SIR! A black guy just walked into the police station!". The chief chuckles and edges him on, interpreting it as a joke. This carries on for a bit until Holographic Tupac suddenly walks up into the main office, to which the cops immediately open fire on him (and one even tries to choke him). Upon seeing him, Michael freaks out and tells Randy to run as they climb out a window and escape through the stairwell.
We later see Randy, Sharon (his wife) and Michael run into their home. They check on the TV to see if the holiday special had started yet, which thankfully it hasn't. They decide to need to spread the word about the Holiday Special, so they agree to try and start a trend via Twitter. Next time we see MJ, he's on Twitter (haha) trying to spread the word as Randy gets a call from the Record Executive, (who hologram'd him earlier), saying he has his son and that he better co-operate.
Randy runs down the stairs - only the open the door to Tupac!! He rushes back upstairs as the Police surround the house (cue more jokes about the American police being racist etc etc).
A while later one of the cops announces to the rest of the Police that Tupac said he wasn't going to shoot him ("I ain't gonna kill you man, you're the King of Pop. Let's go cap that whitey producer"). Eventually, we see Michael Jackson sneak up from behind and cap the record executive who's responsible for starting all the holograms
You can often see 'people' tweeting throughout the program, many of the usernames are MJ references too! I saw one called thillern1ght and another one mentioning Billie Jean.
Ahh I just love how absurd South Park gradually gets throughout it's episodes :hysterical:
Early on in the episode, a concert is thrown in the city of Denver with many female musicians (Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj and 'Lorde'), but it's also announced it's featuring a holographic performance by Michael Jackson. We see him come on when Iggy is performing, dancing to a tune similar to Billie Jean.
For the record in the last shot, he isn't grinding up against Iggy, he's still standing to the side of her. 'Lorde' (who, to keep things simple, is really just the character Randy dressed up as her) then makes a comment about how rehashing dead people is so wrong.
A while later, 'Lorde' comes up on stage and performing, awkwardly knocking over a microphone and pulling out a few cables, which cause a technical mishap as the Holographic Michael Jackson comes on stage, yells "I'm free!" and jumps off, before running off into the crowd.
He then runs through the foyer of the arena, escaping security guards (who grab him, but go right through him because he's a hologram) before rushing out into the free world.
A while later, we cut to a bus that is travelling to South Park. The old guy asks MJ what he's upto in the mountains, to which MJ says he is going there to take care of some important business.
Old guy: "Ohh! Are you a fisherman?"
MJ: "Yes... I'm just a fisherman... I'm just gonna fish and hunt".
Old guy: "What do you prey upon"
MJ (freaking out): "NOBODY - THAT'S IGNORANT!"
It goes on for another 15 seconds, MJ stressing it's all 'allegedly' before saying he doesn't want to talk about the topic (nobody around them really cares). We then see the bus travel into South Park.
We then cut to the lab where they made the holograms. A group of men are trying to decide what exactly to do about the escaped hologram. They decide to bring back 'Project Alpha' - the first ever hologram to ever premiere on stage... yep. In a parody of the Terminator, they bring back Holographic Tupac to hunt down Holographic Michael Jackson and contain/destroy him.
It's one of many plots in the whole episode (that are merging towards the end) and it's going to be a two-parter so I'm not sure what Holographic Michael Jackson is trying to achieve. I don't think they will do something along the lines of MJ preying on a child or anything. In 2004 they did an episode based around him that strongly implied that they believed MJ was being framed for the allegations because he was an easy target so I don't think they'll resort to that... at least I hope not. It seems to be parodying the Terminator so it might be similar to that film or something.
Interested to see how it turns out though because I think the idea of a Holographic Tupac hunting down a Holographic Michael Jackson in a Terminator-like style is pretty funny.
PART 2 UPDATE:
Keep in mind, if you haven't watched either of these episodes it probably won't make a lot of sense as I leave out many details since I focus solely on MJ's involvement. If you like South Park's humour though, you should totally go watch it! So focusing on Michael Jackson, he is first seen when 'Lorde' (aka Randy) is at the Police Station, trying to report the Hollywood producers who hologram'd him.
An officer walks in and states they caught a black man sneaking around the old Jefferson house. The Chief then asks the officer if he shot and beat the black man (obvious reference to what's been going on in America). MJ is then brought is struggling and yelling "We have to stop them! HEE-HEE!", to which the surprised Chief goes "Oh my god! He's not BLACK!" (referencing the joke from the Jeffersons episode).
A while later, we are back at the police station. Many of the officers are crowded around a desk, trying to figure out a way to profile him as a black man so they can beat and choke the hell out of him.
Meanwhile, Randy talks to Michael Jackson and we find out that Michael Jackson intended to stop the Holiday Special that's going on (which is being run by the record label executives who hologram'd 'Lorde' against 'her' will. They're going to use a bunch of holograms of Elvis and Kurt Cobain etc and for it to make much more sense, just watch the actual two episodes). ANYHOW Randy and Michael agree to help each other stop it. Michael says "We have to reach the children, it's our only hope!" to which Randy replies "Then we'll have to do it together. I love children just as much as you do". "ALLEGEDLY!" Michael screams, "THAT WAS A CIVIL SUIT AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE!!"
Some time later, we go back to the Police Station and the Police are starting to agree on how they should profile MJ. Down at the reception, a Terminator-esque theme plays as Holographic Tupac marches in and ignores the receptionist, proceeding up to the main office.
"SIR! A black guy just walked into the police station!". The chief chuckles and edges him on, interpreting it as a joke. This carries on for a bit until Holographic Tupac suddenly walks up into the main office, to which the cops immediately open fire on him (and one even tries to choke him). Upon seeing him, Michael freaks out and tells Randy to run as they climb out a window and escape through the stairwell.
We later see Randy, Sharon (his wife) and Michael run into their home. They check on the TV to see if the holiday special had started yet, which thankfully it hasn't. They decide to need to spread the word about the Holiday Special, so they agree to try and start a trend via Twitter. Next time we see MJ, he's on Twitter (haha) trying to spread the word as Randy gets a call from the Record Executive, (who hologram'd him earlier), saying he has his son and that he better co-operate.
Randy runs down the stairs - only the open the door to Tupac!! He rushes back upstairs as the Police surround the house (cue more jokes about the American police being racist etc etc).
A while later one of the cops announces to the rest of the Police that Tupac said he wasn't going to shoot him ("I ain't gonna kill you man, you're the King of Pop. Let's go cap that whitey producer"). Eventually, we see Michael Jackson sneak up from behind and cap the record executive who's responsible for starting all the holograms
You can often see 'people' tweeting throughout the program, many of the usernames are MJ references too! I saw one called thillern1ght and another one mentioning Billie Jean.
Ahh I just love how absurd South Park gradually gets throughout it's episodes :hysterical:
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