Nah, they say that it's exactly the same as the originals, and have been equating people that liked it to Trump supporters in their inability to let go of the past. Sometimes it's funny, and I wouldn't have cared if it was an episode or two, but it's getting a bit old to get my opinion flogged every episode for liking a movie they Matt and Trey didn't. 

But ah well, I'll just skip the next few episodes and take it back up again next season. I still love the show :)

Member Mr Hankey...?

This. 

Same here.  And I do love, and agree, with them taking the piss out of the Force Awakens.  Was it a bad film? No, but it wasn't a great one, either.  It's true it was basically just a rehash of pieces of the original trilogy and had some very large plot holes, with a side of "because we said so" moments.  I'm glad I watched it, but I was never compelled to watch it a 2nd time.

I have the same sentiments as you OP ...

South Park's main appeal is the humor and not the plot ... (Plot be damned if it's not coherent to watch.)

oh this.

Season 14 is the last good one in my opinion (not without its shitty episodes either) and I think every season was perfect until season 10 where the first bad episodes started to appear. "A Million Little Fibers" is one of the worst in the series, along with "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining" and "Crippled Summer".

Besides, every season is getting less episodes, so there's no way the newer seasons are better than the old ones.
In short: Season 1-9 perfect, Season 10-14 flawed with some great episodes, Season 15-20 boring

There was one episode years ago where the kids had a school news program and they had this great idea, put in a lot of work, and then it was "have to do it again next week" and they bail.

Most shows get old after season 5-7 range and have to keep reaching to stay funny, entertaining, engaging, and relevant. Once you change a show you tend to see fans splinter with some liking different periods or styles. I doubt if we were still saying "Oh my god, they killed Kenny! You bastards!" anyone would still find it funny. I think the "member berries" storyline is in part Matt and Trey fighting the desire to just do what is comfortable and familiar to appease people.

I get the criticisms people have, some episodes through the years have really fallen flat. I don't think anyone wants another Towlie centric episode. Over all though I'd take South Park mentality over what I see in too many shows to just be formulaic and boring.

Family Guy hasn't changed its format and all and it's just as funny as when it first started (actually much funnier now). Then again, its ratings are terrible, so it could be just me.

South Park is still funny, but feels quite lazy. Instead of having to come up with a lot of jokes, they keep making the same ones throughout the season. Hopefully they put more effort next season. I still love this season, just not as much as I would if they'd go back to their roots only in terms of the format of the show.

People change as well so hard for me to say.  I admit the initial Family Guy had me busting out laughing back in college.  However, since it came back from cancellation years ago I get some chuckles, but feel built a tolerance to the shock of the random jokes.

I'd say Futurama is my personal gold standard for wetsern comedic animation series.   Part of that is it isn't always trying to make me laugh, some episodes actually affected me emotionally making it so I wasn't numb to barrage of jokes.  Again, humor is incredibly subjective and I agree others feel differently given Futurama was canceled...3 times I think.

I agree, most jokes are just already overused, trying to joke on Star Wars and Trump is like beating a dead horse.

And that new format is horrible... Only one big episode... I hope they change it back next year.

Worst season of South Park ever