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Ritznit posted:It's super strange and unfun to see a show that used to offend particularly conservative mindsets the most make a full 180 and get praised by the internet edition of said particularly conservative mindsets. The alt-right isn't 'conservative' in any meaningful sense, it's very much a product of its time. They probably think the Simpsons offended whiny babies back in the day, and it offends whiny babies now. It's all moot since the Simpsons is poo poo now, I would be embarrassed to have them defend my viewpoints.
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We are currently approaching the lowest point of the Simpsons. https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/984670962162348032?s=19
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Phlegmish posted:The alt-right isn't 'conservative' in any meaningful sense, it's very much a product of its time.. lol it's not conservative it just thinks that only straight white men matter (and are the only persecuted people in the world) and that women, gays and ethnic minorities should shut the gently caress up and be grateful for what they have
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Apr 16, 2018 08:43
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Razorwired posted:We are currently approaching the lowest point of the Simpsons. I really really hope this ends up killing the simpsons, but it probably won't I guess
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*Fox points their proverbial revolver at the Simpsons* Don't make me do this. You've made me so much money, you're Americana, and you've been in our lives for nearly 30 years. We can fix you. *Sobs* We can fix this. *Simpsons, no longer aware of what year it is, or who they are, or where they are* Thank you, come again. *Fox cocks the revolver, sobbing* We had fun, didn't we? *Simpsons, flopping on the ground, covered in piss and poo poo* MAYBE IN SHANGRI -LA *GUNSHOT*
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New episode was about Moe's family letting him back into the family's mattress business after decades of estrangement. Most of their disagreements devolve into hitting each other with shoes, a joke that was fine maybe twice but the episode used like 8 times. There's an alright joke where Homer can't start his car because he blows a .09 into his interlock device, so he grabs a nearby dog, and then the dog blows a .12. It wasn't very funny, but at least Moe sounded and acted like Moe. I can't remember the last time he was in an episode where he wasn't a one-line joke about depression. Maybe the bar rag one?
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Apr 16, 2018 12:46
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Cape Fear episode was hosed up. I watched it again last night, all the characters were wearing creepy masks, Mr Burns murders the entire Simpsons family in front of Bart, Itchy and a scratchy exist in the Simpsons world instead of as part of a cartoon within the world, and are Mr Burns henchmen. Bart and Lisa sing the flintstones theme, and Bart finally kills Mr Burns in a swordfight. It's kind of implied as well that all of Springfield died in a nuclear plant accident? It was a really confusing episode
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Apr 16, 2018 12:51
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muscles like this! posted:The one where Bart sneaks out to a rap concert is especially stupid because they try to act like he's always been a fan of hip hop but it had literally never come up before or since. Bart being a Spinal Tap fan made a whole lot more sense. The early 90's were weird as hell
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Apr 16, 2018 13:17
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Iron Crowned posted:The early 90's were weird as hell Klasky never produced anything so good before or since though. That choreography is legit too
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Apr 16, 2018 13:40
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Itchy and a scratchy exist in the Simpsons world instead of as part of a cartoon within the world I remember reading about a recent, non-Halloween episode where Kang and Kodos were actually in the Simpsons universe and it was played as a canon episode. Imagine if the Simpsons had actually been cancelled 15 or so years ago. We’d probably have threads were we talk nostalgically about the show, and wish they’d come back because it’d be soooooo funny to see their take on Trump or hipsters. And then we’d beg Netflix for a revival, just 10 episodes, please!
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Apr 16, 2018 13:49
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Kang and Kodos canonically show up in the Simpsons plenty. Usually just a cameo.
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Sentient Data posted:Anyone have a clip of brockman saying "if the box rattles, throw it away!"? I need to post it in a different thread Frinkiac puts every clip from the Simpsons at you are fingertips, fyi https://frinkiac.com/gif/S06E20/157439/162027/IEFsd2F5cyB1c2UgZnJlc2gKIG1hY2Fyb25pLiBJZiB0aGUgYm94CiByYXR0bGVzLCB0aHJvdyBpdCBhd2F5Lg== 
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Kang and Kodos canonically show up in the Simpsons plenty. Usually just a cameo. The Simpsons go to Diz-Nee-Land. After a really long journey, they dislike all of the lame rides they visit, and decide to go to "Rocket to Your Doom", a just-opened queue-less ride which wasn't on the map. They get in and it immediately transforms into a space ship. At first, the family is skeptical, but a screen appears with Kang and Kodos on it telling them that they are being taken to their home planet Rigel 7. At the planet, Kang and Kodos show them around in a giant pet cage and the Simpsons are informed they are prisoners. Then they are taken as exhibitions to a zoo. After a while, they are informed they must choose one of them to be dined in a ritual. Everybody votes for Homer (even he changes his vote from Bart to himself after seeing the other votes). Afterwards, we can see Homer walking in something that looks like bacon underwear, to be eaten, but he gets rescued by some hippie-looking Rigelians who believe that eating other sentient species is wrong. After an excessive party, he gets on another space ship only for one that also pleases all desires, but he realizes he won't enjoy it without his family and goes back to rescue them. The Rigelians have decided to eat the rest of the family and they are glazed over giant plates with some lettuce and tomato. When Homer offers to be eaten instead, he gets put on a similar plate and annoys the Rigelian chef by eating the glaze and claiming he didn't get any. The Rigelian Queen then eats Homer's previously off-camera severed buttock and gets poisoned because of the fast food life they all lead; even Lisa is the most polluted of them all and would be better chewing tobacco like Bart. The Rigelian Queen dies from the poison. Following the Rigelian Queen's death, the Simpsons get sent home on a space ship that looks like the interior of the original starship USS Enterprise. They set course to Earth. But after a call from Grampa Simpson, the family decides to go anywhere else but home. The credits happen over a montage of several images spoofing Star Trek TV and film franchise scenes.
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Yeah that's a pretty good episode, also pretty obviously not in normal continuity Does no one else remember the episode I'm talking about where Burns stalks the family on a boat and kills them one by one? At one point he had Love and Hate tattooed on his fingers and he calls on the audience to cheer for Love. John Wick of Dogs fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Apr 16, 2018 |
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Apr 16, 2018 18:41
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Yeah that's a pretty good episode, also pretty obviously not in normal continuity I think you dreamed this.
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Sideshow Bob had those tattoos. He's also chased Bart around on a boat.. I think you must have dreamed all that though.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Cape Fear episode was hosed up. I watched it again last night, all the characters were wearing creepy masks, Mr Burns murders the entire Simpsons family in front of Bart, Itchy and a scratchy exist in the Simpsons world instead of as part of a cartoon within the world, and are Mr Burns henchmen. Bart and Lisa sing the flintstones theme, and Bart finally kills Mr Burns in a swordfight. A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Does no one else remember the episode I'm talking about where Burns stalks the family on a boat and kills them one by one? At one point he had Love and Hate tattooed on his fingers and he calls on the audience to cheer for Love. There was a Cape Fear episode with Sideshow Bob where he had Love/Hate tattooed on his fingers. I think you might be insane.
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No it was definitely Mr Burns. And the top half of their heads were these weird paper mache masks. I'll give up the had since no one else has seen this apparently https://vimeo.com/131536873 I saw this play yesterday, Mr Burns Post Electric Play It's about a group of people in the post apocalypse telling stories about the Simpsons to pass the time while trying not to die. In act 2, 7 years later, they are producing plays to make a living in this post electricity world since there is no longer any TV. Act 3 is 75 years later with a cult like post apocalyptic group putting on a creepy rear end Opera, all people who have only heard The Simpsons and other things in oral tradition because television and the internet were long dead before they were even born. Most of the details are distorted or flat out wrong. John Wick of Dogs fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Apr 16, 2018 |
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Apr 16, 2018 19:27
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Now you're thinking either of that Shia LeBoeuf stage play or the Futurama episode with the multiple universes and the boxes.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:No it was definitely Mr Burns. And the top half of their heads were these weird paper mache masks. No, "Cape Feare" was a regular Sideshow Bob episode where the Simpsons move onto a house boat and Bob tries to kill Bart. I don't think Burns was even in it. The giant heads were from "Behind the Laughter". You are combining several episodes together. The episode you are thinking of does not exist.  
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I posted the link an hour ago man, in talking about a postmodern post apocalyptic play based on The Simpsons
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i watched the king leer episode and had my hand on my face in sheer awe at how loving bad the new simpsons are. like it was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. there weren't any jokes except haha homer can't start his car cuz hes drunk, let the drunk dog blow in the breathalizer. i did laugh at that because it was out of nowhere. homer on his Mapple or Crapple or whatever iPhone was really annoying
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Apr 16, 2018 20:34
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Cape Fear episode was hosed up. I watched it again last night, all the characters were wearing creepy masks, Mr Burns murders the entire Simpsons family in front of Bart, Itchy and a scratchy exist in the Simpsons world instead of as part of a cartoon within the world, and are Mr Burns henchmen. Bart and Lisa sing the flintstones theme, and Bart finally kills Mr Burns in a swordfight. What are you talking about? That's a SSB episode isn't it?
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Milo and POTUS posted:What are you talking about? That's a SSB episode isn't it? There’s something wrong with this person. Theyre trying to be clever by referencing the story telling of the play they saw, in which Simpsons stories are passed down after the apocalypse for years and distorted, but going about it in a weird way. He should just say “hey watch this play it’s neat”
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Apr 18, 2018 12:44
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I remember hearing about that play and I really want to see it
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Apr 18, 2018 12:52
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When I first saw the Cape Fear episode I didn't know about the films it references/parodies and it still worked great as its own story. That's how you do a reference properly - make it invisible to those who don't get it. Few seasons later they did The Prisoner and I was like wft is this nonsense what is happening
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bitterandtwisted posted:Few seasons later they did The Prisoner and I was like wft is this nonsense what is happening In fairness I think that's exactly what most people thought when they watched The Prisoner
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Iron Crowned posted:In fairness I think that's exactly what most people thought when they watched The Prisoner Good point.
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Mustached5thGrader posted:There’s something wrong with this person. Theyre trying to be clever by referencing the story telling of the play they saw, in which Simpsons stories are passed down after the apocalypse for years and distorted, but going about it in a weird way. did it ever occur to you that i was stupid as poo poo
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bitterandtwisted posted:When I first saw the Cape Fear episode I didn't know about the films it references/parodies and it still worked great as its own story. That's how you do a reference properly - make it invisible to those who don't get it. A local theater was playing Citizen Kane a few months ago and I took my Simpsons loving friend to it. It was fun to see him discover all the little things and scenes Simpsons referenced that he didn't even realize were references.
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There was no cane in Citizen Kane!
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At least we still have his younger brother George Burns.
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The new one was a "Simpsons go to" episode but this time it was New Orleans. I think this one was like an apology for that time they pissed New Orleans off with that loving great song in the Streetcar Named Desire episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVmBtNaDXQg Mostly it was about how awesome New Orleans is. There was seriously like 2 minutes of just Homer listing New Orleans food. Also they played one of the old Tracey Ullman shorts for the couch gag and boy did it suck. Also a statue of Louis Armstrong comes to life and gives Lisa advice and Homer can see it and talk to it too. He says there's weed in heaven. Bleeding Gums Murphy's nephew made an appearance. Episode sucked
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They already apologized for that like the very next episode by having Bart write "I WILL NOT DEFAME NEW ORLEANS" on the chalkboard
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Quote-Unquote posted:lol it's not conservative it just thinks that only straight white men matter (and are the only persecuted people in the world) and that women, gays and ethnic minorities should shut the gently caress up and be grateful for what they have they can't be conservative, they're so young and irreverent
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as disgusted as a lot of us were with the whole 'head nod' thing I think it's worth circling back to mention that Hank Azaria was really thoughtful and understanding on the topic when he was on Colbert, you can see a recap here. Whole thing is worth a listen actually. hank azaria: pretty cool dude
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In the new one, Ned becomes Bart's teacher, seemingly permanently. I guess it solves the problem of not having one since Edna's voice actress died. Also Bart helps him control the class through a series of pranks to convince them a vengeful god will hurt them if they don't behave.
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PostNouveau posted:In the new one, Ned becomes Bart's teacher, seemingly permanently. I guess it solves the problem of not having one since Edna's voice actress died. This sounds like it could've been a fine episode if it was written twenty-five years ago.
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May 9, 2018 09:39
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Twenty-five years ago they had an episode where Ned became the principal.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Twenty-five years ago they had an episode where Ned became the principal. And the moral was "prayer in public schools is probably ok" lol
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