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So on FXX they started making """""vaporwave""""" ads for their rerun marathons. The simpsons have hit a new low imo. Although, this fits the dated timing of the actual show pretty well, to be fair. edit: also wow another terrible new page post by Hrist!
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The best joke was the bit about the light confirming that the computer is off, but even that is pretty goddamn weak. It bothers my that they hold on the package of “MyPhonies” for like a half second, even though the store clerk already said the name of them. The joke’s already been delivered, you don’t need to show it to us again.
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Sep 11, 2018 22:46
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CodfishCartographer posted:The best joke was the bit about the light confirming that the computer is off, but even that is pretty goddamn weak. Bad Simpsons isn't even aimed at the lowest common denominator, it's aiming for the subterranean morlock denominator that even the other subterranean morlock denominators think is kind of slow
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Sep 11, 2018 22:55
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CodfishCartographer posted:The best joke was the bit about the light confirming that the computer is off, but even that is pretty goddamn weak. Everything seems to just be padding for time. It's so slow-paced and I always wonder if it's the improved animation, the voice actors getting older, extending run times, or all those and more.
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Sep 12, 2018 18:50
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I know it's Youtube comments but gutz1981 2 years ago Typical Lisa. Thinks shes so clever, but when her plans fall apart for her, she turns on the "Please feel sorry for me." switch and expects to get away with her mistake. Well TS little girl. Ha ha 734
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Sep 12, 2018 18:58
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Plan Z posted:Everything seems to just be padding for time. It's so slow-paced and I always wonder if it's the improved animation, the voice actors getting older, extending run times, or all those and more. I assume the actual reason for the padding is just laziness. More padding means fewer jokes they need to write. I doubt it's the animation, since that's all done on computers now and likely takes significantly less time than the old hand-drawn stuff, and I doubt it's the voice actors getting older since I don't think they're involved with the writing process? Also I was under the impression that run times have been getting shorter over the years.
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Sep 12, 2018 19:08
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iirc someone involved with the show said that "Mapple" was an intentionally bad parody, partially intended to incite fans. So, the usual contempt for the fanbase the show has held since Al Jean took over as showrunner.
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porfiria posted:I know it's Youtube comments but tethered swimming?
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Sep 12, 2018 19:49
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CodfishCartographer posted:I assume the actual reason for the padding is just laziness. More padding means fewer jokes they need to write. I doubt it's the animation, since that's all done on computers now and likely takes significantly less time than the old hand-drawn stuff, and I doubt it's the voice actors getting older since I don't think they're involved with the writing process? Also I was under the impression that run times have been getting shorter over the years. Run times are shorter but the pacing is all hosed up since they linger on "jokes" way too long and also every episode has an A, B, C and D plot
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Sep 12, 2018 20:09
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Hrist posted:also wow another terrible new page post by Hrist! oh Hrist! we don't deserve you! and i mean that in the worst way possible
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Sep 12, 2018 20:27
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Improbable Lobster posted:also every episode has an A, B, C and D plot ive seen more than my fair share of modern simpsons and id struggle to recall even a single plot thread
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Sep 13, 2018 01:29
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Why is al Jean so mad
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Sep 13, 2018 01:42
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Uncle Wemus posted:Why is al Jean so mad Imagine trying to lie to yourself for 20 years that the show is just as good as ever. That has to be doing something bad to your brain.
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Sep 13, 2018 01:50
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lol amateurs, watch the one where they move to denmark (it's this season) you won't make it 5 minutes in.
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Sep 13, 2018 01:51
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SeANMcBAY posted:Imagine trying to lie to yourself for 20 years that the show is just as good as ever. That has to be doing something bad to your brain. probably thinks its better now
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Hrist posted:So on FXX they started making """""vaporwave""""" ads for their rerun marathons. The simpsons have hit a new low imo. The vapor wave stuff is just stolen from when Simpsons wave was popular for a week.
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Sep 13, 2018 01:52
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I'm watching some choice episodes from season 14 and they're real bad lol. In one ep they even showed a sorta, almost funny-ish visual gag of a exterminator's name painted on the side of a van: "A Bug's Death" complete with a Pixar-like logo. Not great, but then a few minutes later Homer mentions that he only picks exterminator names based on how funny they are. The writers probably even thought they were clever by crawling up their own rear end and being aware of it. Hilarious
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Sep 13, 2018 03:39
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Uncle Wemus posted:Why is al Jean so mad The gently caress happened to him, anyways? He showran some fantastic episodes, but now look at the poo poo he churns out. Did he just stop caring at some point?
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Sep 13, 2018 05:51
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I watched some of the Conan writer's roundtable and Al Jean comes across like he's confused, with the least interesting stories. When he's talking I swear Conan is mentally going "oh stop TALKING"
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I just watched a season 28 episode in which a dog explodes, a doctor puts a gun to his head, a tied up woman is driven over by a car covering the windscreen in blood, either Sherri or Terri is pictured drowned in a tank of water, and then Ralph is thrown on the tyre fire.
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Horace posted:I just watched a season 28 episode in which a dog explodes, a doctor puts a gun to his head, a tied up woman is driven over by a car covering the windscreen in blood, either Sherri or Terri is pictured drowned in a tank of water, and then Ralph is thrown on the tyre fire. halloween?
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Sep 13, 2018 21:01
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Normal episode. It was this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Burns%27_Fleeing_Circus
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quote:This season’s opener seems fresh. Maybe as fresh as season 20, but who’s counting? From the very opening, which puts an Adventure Time spin on Springfield...'Monty Burns Fleeing Circus' is a full variety show, the likes of hasn’t been seen since about aught nine. Or at least the Pee Wee Pageant of 1913. Fire this person into the sun.
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Watched S28E1. Simpsons go to NYC, because Bart wants to know women don't hate him. So they track down Cletus daughter, who is some kind of adult child. Episode has a killer 9/11 joke. What trash.
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Horace posted:Normal episode. It was this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Burns%27_Fleeing_Circus Made it as far as quote:Couch gag and can’t read any more of that page. What a loving mess. (I like your av and username though. I had forgotten about Horace.)
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Sep 14, 2018 09:05
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I actually sat through the Denmark episode, because most of the "jokes" were just talking about how cool it is to live in Copenhagen. "Homer, do you think I'm handsome? In Denmark, I am considered a 4" got a  from me, but it's a pretty old joke.It also had a single Danish voice actor with the rest of the screentime being Hank Azaria and whoever doing bad Swedish accents, which is honestly more than I expected.
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The already did a Lego episode and what else does anyone know about Denmark? Bacon? Carlsberg? I tried to think of famous Danes and Sandi Toksvig was all I got.
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Kierkegaard and Niels Bohr, dude. For shame e: who the hell is Sandi Toksvig
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H.C. Andersen, Mads Mikkelsen, Tycho Brahe.. You're playing with the big boys now, Mikkelsen, apparantly!
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I was thinking more of living people for the celebrity cameos that Simpsons go to X episodes are based around
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bitterandtwisted posted:I was thinking more of living people for the celebrity cameos that Simpsons go to X episodes are based around Ah. Who's Sandi Toksvig?
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Sep 14, 2018 10:44
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THE BAR posted:Ah. TV and radio lady no one outside the UK has heard of, including Danes probably.
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bitterandtwisted posted:I was thinking more of living people for the celebrity cameos that Simpsons go to X episodes are based around Then it's just Peter Madsen, I guess if they do another submarine-themed episode
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So I watched the first few episodes of Disenchanted, and it's better than over half the Simpsons' seasons and it's still not good
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tote up a bags posted:So I watched the first few episodes of Disenchanted, and it's better than over half the Simpsons' seasons and it's still not good The first episode had some weird pacing issues. Like they made sure there was a delay and no music after every joke, maybe for a non-implemented laugh track or something. It got better, but never really funny.
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bitterandtwisted posted:TV and radio lady no one outside the UK has heard of, including Danes probably. She's the current host of QI, which is the patron show of trivia nerds. I'm pretty sure most Danes have no idea who she is, but I'm surprised that there are goons who haven't heard of her.
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Disenchantment has the same type of humor as the last seasons of Futurama except in a fantasy setting and even more stale which is too bad, Bean is a pretty good lead character
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bitterandtwisted posted:I was thinking more of living people for the celebrity cameos that Simpsons go to X episodes are based around There’s King Diamond but nobody on current Simpsons is even hip enough to make references to 80s metal.
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Dimebags Brain posted:There’s King Diamond but nobody on current Simpsons is even hip enough to make references to 80s metal. King Diamond owns
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Dimebags Brain posted:There’s King Diamond but nobody on current Simpsons is even hip enough to make references to 80s metal. Metallica did make an appearance, I'm assuming Lars had some lines
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