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SeANMcBAY posted:Why are they suddenly trying to do gimmick direct sequels to 25+ year old episodes. Are the ratings really that bad now? a lot of people with stockholm syndrome who aren't as discerning about "classic" or "poo poo" episodes remember the callbacks from back when the show was actually still good and relevant
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I hate when you start watching a Simpsons that looks older, but then they make a reference to Jessica Simpson or those wassssuuuup commercials and you realise you’re watching poo poo tier Simpsons. It was the safety salamander one, in case anyone was wondering. Really terrible episode from the Jerkass Homer period.
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rip good simpsons https://twitter.com/SimpsonsQOTD/status/938014792547295232
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Mr.Tophat posted:New simpsons is torture Hell, it's just depressing honestly. Sad. It was so good once upon a time. I'm way more generous than most of gbs. I'd probably still recommend up to season 11-12. But even then, there's more bad seasons than good.
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Riptor posted:Homers loud-whispering is agonizing too Homer's loud-whisper has nothing on British kid tv shows. I wanted to set kipper and his damned conkers and sour hearts on fire
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Sentient Data posted:Homer's loud-whisper has nothing on British kid tv shows. I wanted to set kipper and his damned conkers and sour hearts on fire u wot m8
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Sentient Data posted:Homer's loud-whisper has nothing on British kid tv shows. I wanted to set kipper and his damned conkers and sour hearts on fire Thanks for reminding me, the one where they went to England sucked "It's Tony Blair! Maybe he'll help!"
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cool new Polack jokes posted:Thanks for reminding me, the one where they went to England sucked There have been worse episodes, but I can't remember any lazier ones. 20 minutes of celebrity cameos and pop culture references.
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bitterandtwisted posted:There have been worse episodes, but I can't remember any lazier ones. 20 minutes of celebrity cameos and pop culture references. The 300th episode extravaganza with Tony Hawk and Blink 182
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Iron Crowned posted:FYI "SMRT" was Dan Castellaneta loving up the line, and they thought it was funny and kept it in. My name... is a mistake?
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cool new Polack jokes posted:Thanks for reminding me, the one where they went to England sucked I didn’t even get some of the jokes in that episode and I’m English. Like Bart and Lisa getting high off really sugary candy. That was so pointless. Also they must have recorded it before Tony Blair became a figure of total hatred.
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SEX BURRITO posted:I didn’t even get some of the jokes in that episode and I’m English. Like Bart and Lisa getting high off really sugary candy. That was so pointless. Trainspotting reference.
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bitterandtwisted posted:Trainspotting reference. ^ I wanted to give context to how lazy that episode was in terms of cameos and stuff, but any ridiculous thing I can come up with while thinking "imagine if an english show did a we're in the US episode like that" is already probably half a season's worth of actual simpsons episodes. The writing team feels like the last minutes of the terminator when its ripped to poo poo but still just pulling along on its elbows somehow just as fast.
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SEX BURRITO posted:I didn’t even get some of the jokes in that episode and I’m English. Like Bart and Lisa getting high off really sugary candy. That was so pointless. The episode aired post-Iraq Tony Blair so he was totally hated at the time.
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Sentient Data posted:Homer's loud-whisper has nothing on British kid tv shows. I wanted to set kipper and his damned conkers and sour hearts on fire Sorry. I started doing this for some reason last year. I don't know why I started, but I grew up watching The Simpsons. I apologize though. I also apologize for thinking of this: https://youtu.be/5wguuKpRJRE When I heard about this: https://www.usnews.com/news/ohio/articles/2017-02-21/ohio-bill-would-require-teaching-cursive-writing-in-schools I apologize everyone.
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My Youtube homepage recommends random Simpsons clips to me from time to time because of the links I click in this thread. I got a good chuckle from a bunch of Ralph clones... (Disclaimer: I got a good chuckle, but I've also had several beers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkE1WDGup_s
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Backweb posted:My Youtube homepage recommends random Simpsons clips to me from time to time because of the links I click in this thread. I got a good chuckle from a bunch of Ralph clones... (Disclaimer: I got a good chuckle, but I've also had several beers) Why the hell would they be cloning Ralph?
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Have future episodes become like a once a season thing now? Great, fantastic, haven't ground that concept into the dirt with sheer incompetent writing no sir.
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The one where Lisa is president is probably the last decent one. And even that’s ruined by Homer having a terrible treasure hunt B plot.
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SteelMentor posted:Have future episodes become like a once a season thing now? Great, fantastic, haven't ground that concept into the dirt with sheer incompetent writing no sir. The Simpsons have probably repeated every possible episode concept just slightly changed around like 4 times each. Like when you have an hour before an essay is due and didn't do it so you just click the source links in wikipedia and reword stuff enough that it passes the plagiarism test
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Dec 11, 2017 01:08
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"Homer and Marge's marriage is on the rocks" is a story concept that should be a huge deal that comes up like once in the entire run of a show like this, but it happened like three episodes into S1 and they basically had no choice but to do it again about every fifth episode from then on until eternity
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Data Graham posted:"Homer and Marge's marriage is on the rocks" is a story concept that should be a huge deal that comes up like once in the entire run of a show like this, but it happened like three episodes into S1 and they basically had no choice but to do it again about every fifth episode from then on until eternity They only did it a few times during the classic era. Post-classic, at least once per season.
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SEX BURRITO posted:The one where Lisa is president is probably the last decent one. And even that’s ruined by Homer having a terrible treasure hunt B plot. Lol, the episode previously established as the single worst ever is now one of the best of its kind
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ExplodingSims posted:There are people who consider that the worst episode? Back when it came out, yes. One of the first I personally remember people complaining about online along with The Principal and the Pauper.
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Dec 11, 2017 05:01
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3 pages of arguing about the cost of the simpson's house when it's already answered in the show with "don't ask me how the economy works."
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Nanomashoes posted:3 pages of arguing about the cost of the simpson's house when it's already answered in the show with "don't ask me how the economy works." Reminds me of the contest to win the Simpsons house replica they built or a cash reward for guessing who killed Mr Burns and in all the shots it was completely furnished but in reality all the furniture was removed and it was probably barely livable so of course the person who won took the cash
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Data Graham posted:You know what has to be in the top three worst things about modern Simpsons? Whenever Homer breaks randomly into song. Amnesia episodes? I don't know if I've mentioned it before but I love how in the rock bottom mash-up they made the time on the wall clock jump around.
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worst episode was Mr. Lisa's Opus, it's the episode that made me take it off rotation as even background tv no single 5seconds of it were defensible or redeemable in any way
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Backweb posted:My Youtube homepage recommends random Simpsons clips to me from time to time because of the links I click in this thread. I got a good chuckle from a bunch of Ralph clones... (Disclaimer: I got a good chuckle, but I've also had several beers) As much as I hate defending a new Simpsons episode, I remember that one being decent. It was also a different take on the "future" episodes as it was more of a glimpse into what would have happened had they actually aged and advanced. Certainly not classic material, but for a modern episode you can do a lot worse. Aesop Poprock posted:Reminds me of the contest to win the Simpsons house replica they built or a cash reward for guessing who killed Mr Burns and in all the shots it was completely furnished but in reality all the furniture was removed and it was probably barely livable so of course the person who won took the cash Two different contests. The Mr. Burns contest involved someone being drawn into the episode. It was apparently won by someone who didn't like the Simpsons and declined. Couldn't tell you what the contest for the "real" simpsons house was, but I remember seeing a video of it and it was a nightmare incarnate.
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cool new Polack jokes posted:Lol, the episode previously established as the single worst ever is now one of the best of its kind It’s pretty bad. But nowhere near the worst. I liked ‘smell you later’, the TV guns, and the first ever joke about Trump being a bad president. Today I had a newish episode on in the background. Lisa was falling in love with a fat dumb kid who was a competitive eater, and Marge was worried she’d end up with a version of Homer. So she was encouraging Homer to take Lisa out on a ‘date’ so she’d get a better impression of men or something. And then Marge wore a dress designed by a project runway winner and I think I dropped a load of IQ points typing that out.
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I think the last Simpsons episode I watched and truly enjoyed was Homer to the Max whixh was in S12, otherwise there isn't any one episode that drove me pff, just the fact that there were less funny episodes over time until around S14 when I just gave up the ghost.
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Aesop Poprock posted:Reminds me of the contest to win the Simpsons house replica they built or a cash reward for guessing who killed Mr Burns and in all the shots it was completely furnished but in reality all the furniture was removed and it was probably barely livable so of course the person who won took the cash They took the elephant prize
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Iron Crowned posted:
This makes me sadder than it should. SEX BURRITO posted:It’s pretty bad. But nowhere near the worst. I liked ‘smell you later’, the TV guns, and the first ever joke about Trump being a bad president. I remember when I used to watch hollyoaks because it was on the same channel as the Simpsons rather than the other way around.
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Aesop Poprock posted:Reminds me of the contest to win the Simpsons house replica they built or a cash reward for guessing who killed Mr Burns and in all the shots it was completely furnished but in reality all the furniture was removed and it was probably barely livable so of course the person who won took the cash If I remember right you'd also have to pay out of pocket to have the exterior redone in order to comply with the Homeowner's Association
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Sotar posted:I think the last Simpsons episode I watched and truly enjoyed was Homer to the Max whixh was in S12, otherwise there isn't any one episode that drove me pff, just the fact that there were less funny episodes over time until around S14 when I just gave up the ghost. S12 is where I stopped watching because there were some truly horrible episodes in that stretch. This is the season that had the infamous panda rape episode.
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Justin Godscock posted:S12 is where I stopped watching because there were some truly horrible episodes in that stretch. This is the season that had the infamous panda rape episode. He was getting dry humped if that makes it better.
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