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Last Chance posted:So I was thinking... if the simpsons were cancelled in like... 2000 or earlier, would we see people clamoring for a revival now? Is no parallel universe safe from the simpsons continuing to air? Definitely. I could also imagine a parallel universe Simpsons being better than what we have now as well.
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If the Simpsons had been cancelled years ago in 2000, we'd have had 1 live action movie that would be horrible and done in that wacky Tim Burton or Grinch/Cat in the Hat magical fantasy way by 2003. Also, 2 animated movies, with one of them being direct to video holiday themed one before an attempt to revive them as a 3D animated movie circa 2010 that might lead into a 3D animated TV series that would offset the costs by paying the cast much less money.
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Aug 22, 2018 12:22
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JediTalentAgent posted:If the Simpsons had been cancelled years ago in 2000, we'd have had 1 live action movie that would be horrible and done in that wacky Tim Burton or Grinch/Cat in the Hat magical fantasy way by 2003. I feel like your timeline is off, I'd bet on no live action, but definitely a revival around now in the 3D TV series vein. Again though, ~2000 cancellation, would have cemented the Simpsons as the best TV show of not only the 90's, but in the running for all time.
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Aug 22, 2018 12:45
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Data Graham posted:Just caught this tonight and for fucks sake I laughed until I hurt Ive seen this a million times but the timing of the house suddenly getting up and running away still caught me and made me laugh. "Oh Kent, I would be lying if I said my men weren't committing crimes". "....Well touche"
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Aug 22, 2018 14:58
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King of the Hill was always better anyway
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Aug 22, 2018 16:31
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LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:It's a little weird that there are two episodes in the early teens that deal with Homer commiting a crime and then end with a trial turning out to be fake. And both involve Homer being tricked by someone in a rubber mask. Both episodes have really weird endings where it’s obvious the writers are just kind of stuck in a corner so they do a stupid montage in the former, and in the latter episode I think Homer does his angry fist shake and it’s over.
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Aug 22, 2018 16:53
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Every time I've watched one of the new episodes, it always kind of just ends at some arbitrary point. I guess it goes with the lovely music number they insist on having in every loving episode.
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Aug 22, 2018 17:13
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If the Simpsons was canceled in 2000, I can see that replacing McFarlan's eternal struggle to reboot the Flintstones. "Holy caca, Marge!" Bart also has a retro Poochy skateboard deck. And so on.
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Aug 22, 2018 22:43
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Simpsons cancelled in 2000 might have meant Fox would give up primetime animation entirely after Futurama/Family Guy/Etc don't become massive hits. Adult Swim might have been big enough to cause Fox to revive Family Guy and start up American Dad, maybe give Futurama a similar revival sooner than the eventual Comedy Central/DTV Movies.
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Aug 22, 2018 22:56
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I'd imagine Simpsons getting gobbled up by adult swim, too
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Aug 23, 2018 02:36
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Also 9/11 would've been even worse probably
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Aug 23, 2018 03:31
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Riptor posted:Also 9/11 would've been even worse probably Al Gore would've won handily and 9/11 wouldn't have happened, somehow
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Aug 23, 2018 03:43
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CodfishCartographer posted:I'd imagine Simpsons getting gobbled up by adult swim, too It really is hard to say what would have happened to animation at Fox without Simpsons. Would they be really gunshy, or would they be willing to give some series time to establish in the hopes of getting another Simpsons hit to anchor a block.
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Aug 23, 2018 04:11
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Drink-Mix Man posted:PYF moments from The Simpsons season 14! I had to quote this 2 month old post specifically to state: this is the point that caused me to stop watching the show for 5 years. I still don't watch new episodes unless the TV is on the channel when they come on, but this part made me so angry.
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Aug 23, 2018 05:38
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This is the universe that gave us Bob's Burgers and Rick and Morty so I'm okay with out it worked out in the end in some ways
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Aug 23, 2018 05:59
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I forgot about the awful completely garbage and out of nowhere line "that's it kids ; suckle daddy's sugar ball" what the gently caress were they thinking .
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Aug 23, 2018 08:50
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Peter Daou Bundy posted:I forgot about the awful completely garbage and out of nowhere line "that's it kids ; suckle daddy's sugar ball" what the gently caress were they thinking . now chew through my ball sack
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Aug 23, 2018 20:06
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PancakeTransmission posted:I had to quote this 2 month old post specifically to state: this is the point that caused me to stop watching the show for 5 years. I still don't watch new episodes unless the TV is on the channel when they come on, but this part made me so angry. lmao
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Aug 26, 2018 20:33
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SeANMcBAY posted:He died 20 years ago today. Today is not may 28
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Aug 26, 2018 20:45
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That’s what I get for not verifying something I saw on Twitter. I do think the show really did go downhill after him. His last episodes were some of the last good ones.
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Aug 26, 2018 20:55
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The cat burglar episode was actually probably one of the weakest of the pre-season 10 run
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Aug 26, 2018 21:06
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:The cat burglar episode was actually probably one of the weakest of the pre-season 10 run 
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:The cat burglar episode was actually probably one of the weakest of the pre-season 10 run This would be contentious even if you narrowed the scope to just season 5.
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Aug 27, 2018 03:29
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The third act with the catburglar/search is weak, but homer's drunken posse is gold
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Aug 27, 2018 04:19
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Analytic Engine posted:The third act with the catburglar/search is weak, but homer's drunken posse is gold  It's Hammer!!!
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Aug 27, 2018 04:23
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It's weak only if you are a philistine who doesn't appreciate movie parodies from before Seth McFarlane salted the earth
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Aug 27, 2018 04:25
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Yeah, that is one of the weakest of the classic era, but it's still at worst a B-/C+
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Aug 27, 2018 04:41
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Analytic Engine posted:The third act with the catburglar/search is weak, but homer's drunken posse is gold Yeah, exactly. The central plot is kind of lame, but Homer's militia is hilarious. So many good moments/quotes.
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Aug 27, 2018 06:34
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Drink-Mix Man posted:PYF moments from The Simpsons season 14! 14 was so much worse than even 13 and I'm surprised they didn't just kill it then and there.
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Aug 27, 2018 06:46
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I've just started reading John Schwartzwelder's The Time Machine Did It. The gags per page ratio is off the charts. Was interesting to see what episodes he wrote (Homer The Vigilante was one amongst 59). Lots of classics but when the Simpsons got bad he did some of the worst clunkers like that alligator one and the UK trip. Anyone else read through his Frank Burly series?
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super sweet best pal posted:14 was so much worse than even 13 and I'm surprised they didn't just kill it then and there. 
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:The cat burglar episode was actually probably one of the weakest of the pre-season 10 run Whats the matter with you kid? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ZfVe7sJDQ
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Aug 27, 2018 12:41
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spaceblancmange posted:I've just started reading John Schwartzwelder's The Time Machine Did It. The gags per page ratio is off the charts. Was interesting to see what episodes he wrote (Homer The Vigilante was one amongst 59). Lots of classics but when the Simpsons got bad he did some of the worst clunkers like that alligator one and the UK trip. Anyone else read through his Frank Burly series? I read that same book, and it's great. No idea how he slipped so badly though.
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Aug 27, 2018 14:03
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Fear of Flying, The Front and Homer Vs Patty and Selma are all much weaker than Homer the Vigilante. The clipshows are almost entirely garbage though. The 138th Episode Spectacular is the only good clipshow.
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Improbable Lobster posted:The clipshows are almost entirely garbage though. Petition to ban clipshows. They're just lazy writing (or lack thereof). Stooge fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Aug 27, 2018 |
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Aug 27, 2018 16:41
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Nutsngum posted:Whats the matter with you kid? Weak plot, weak antagonist, weak gags. First act and third act are pretty bad. It's just weak.
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Aug 27, 2018 17:23
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Stooge posted:Petition to ban clipshows. No one does clip shows anymore afaik. They were mandated by networks to save money but still produce a full season and they figured people would want to see them back when you couldn't just rewatch everything online.
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Aug 27, 2018 17:31
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:No one does clip shows anymore afaik. They were mandated by networks to save money but still produce a full season and they figured people would want to see them back when you couldn't just rewatch everything online. Contemporary reruns weren't even that common back in the early 90's as they are now. Sure your local UHF station would run reruns all day, but they were 20+ years old at the time. Even that hour between the National News and Prime Time was usually some type of local programming. I very vividly remember that reruns of Cheers was a UHF Saturday afternoon thing while it was still producing episodes, but UHF was mostly just reruns of TV from the black and white or early color era. When it came to TV back then, if you liked a TV show, you wanted to watch all of them on first run because if a show only got one or two seasons, you would never see it again.
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Clipshows are such a bizarre idea in the 21st century. Like I hear about the rationales behind them when they were a thing, but why not just make a season an episode shorter instead? Besides it's not like they're actually that good for rewatching the good bits from other episodes, if they air once or infrequently it's pretty drat meaningless and if reruns are common then you might as well just have the actual episodes playing in full rather than all cut up with a lovely framing device. I've heard on podcasts like Talking Simpsons that the network originally wanted way more clip show episodes of the Simpsons to pinch pennies, something like 3 or 4 per season, and the production team had to fight against it hard. The ones that we have are a low point for the golden age episodes but keep in mind it could have been much worse. khwarezm fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Aug 27, 2018 |
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