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muscles like this! posted:I ain't watching his video but I'm just going to guess that it is because of no white people. Which is ironic because the real issue with Moana is that it was still ultimately written and produced by white people and is something of a hodgepodge of cultural elements. It still tries really hard to be inclusive and respectful of the subjects it handles and isn't nearly as bad as Mulan was for dressing up a Chinese cultural hero like a Geisha.
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brugroffil posted:Some early Simpsons episodes were a joke every line. Last Exit is nonstop jokes. Its also the greatest episode so perhaps thats the reason.
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Sentient Data posted:I used to skip about 5 minutes in to get past the opening ad and intros, but now it's gotten to the point of being almost 15 minutes because they feel like they have to spend such a long time proving they have the correct opinions on the latest hot button topic. I already had to just say screw it to a couple other entertainment podcasts when they wouldn't shut up about politics, I don't want to lose another I don't care about the political stuff but holy poo poo their ads are grating. I swear there's like 15 or 20 minutes of t-shirt and patreon shilling every episode.
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muscles like this! posted:So it turns out that guy who made the "Apu is totally not racist" video also made a video about how he hates Moana. Very surprising! Would it surprise you to find out he's a Brony? It sucks he has bad opinions because he's a really good animator  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-yA8U2XgI
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Improbable Lobster posted:I don't care about the political stuff but holy poo poo their ads are grating. I swear there's like 15 or 20 minutes of t-shirt and patreon shilling every episode. It’s their full time job now so I don’t blame them. They do good work and are better than the other popular Simpsons podcast imo.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:If I listen I end up mashing fast forward until the next clip plays. uhhh why don't you just, you know, watch the actual episodes then
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Improbable Lobster posted:I don't care about the political stuff but holy poo poo their ads are grating. I swear there's like 15 or 20 minutes of t-shirt and patreon shilling every episode. I think they've greatly expanded the guest interview part. I swear the Summer of 4 foot 2 episode had no-poo poo 45 minutes of bio with the guest, who was some animator or comic artist or who gives a gently caress I've never read her poo poo and don't care about her childhood, talk about The Simpsons dammit.
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PostNouveau posted:I think they've greatly expanded the guest interview part. I swear the Summer of 4 foot 2 episode had no-poo poo 45 minutes of bio with the guest, who was some animator or comic artist or who gives a gently caress I've never read her poo poo and don't care about her childhood, talk about The Simpsons dammit. Yeah, they've been doing it like What A Cartoon lately where they don't start talking about the actual episode until after the ad break, which sucks when the guest is someone I don't give a poo poo about, like most of them.
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PostNouveau posted:I think they've greatly expanded the guest interview part. I swear the Summer of 4 foot 2 episode had no-poo poo 45 minutes of bio with the guest, who was some animator or comic artist or who gives a gently caress I've never read her poo poo and don't care about her childhood, talk about The Simpsons dammit. to be completely fair that particular guest was an actual simpsons artist on the official simpsons comic so it's warranted imo
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muscles like this! posted:I ain't watching his video but I'm just going to guess that it is because of no white people. just watched it and you're partly right the rest was long digressions about how sad he is, complaining how a disney movie is escapist fiction for 9 year old girls and that he couldn't relate to it at all jesus what a poo poo show
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Plan Z posted:
My favourite gag which has been stuck in my head lately is the 'Aaronson and Zykowski are the two biggest gossips in town', it's such a good straight up joke. I feel if they made it today, it'd be in a montage with clips of every character or maybe they would call the Jimmy Kimmels and get a few celebrities reacting to Homer getting his new job
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Fingerless Gloves posted:My favourite gag which has been stuck in my head lately is the 'Aaronson and Zykowski are the two biggest gossips in town', it's such a good straight up joke. “I’m seeing double! Four Krusties!”
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Sockser posted:It sucks he has bad opinions because he's a really good animator The first is a requirement for the second
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Talking Simpsons is the best Simpsons podcast there is. Before that I listened to Worst Episode Ever and had to stop just because of how personally repellent the hosts were as human beings. Bob and Henry are good dudes who don't give a gently caress and I enjoy their opinions and their friendship.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Yeah, they’ve forgotten about editing. These episodes are getting near Return of the King length every week. If I listen I end up mashing fast forward until the next clip plays. Last episode they started talking about James Woods out of nowhere for an extended amount of time, and I was just thinking, 'Come guys, I know James Woods is a bad person, we all do, if you were talking about Homer and Apu it would be relevant, but you're not, it's Brother From Another Series, pull it back to the actual episode". Improbable Lobster posted:You mean the show that had the Chapo guys on it gets political? Whaaaat ...On the episode where they literally have George Bush appear. It was also kind of awkward especially when the Chapo guy just exclaimed 'Shut up, Bitch' to a soundbite of Barbara Bush and everybody shared an awkward silence. khwarezm fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Oct 26, 2018 |
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Atlas Hugged posted:Which is ironic because the real issue with Moana is that it was still ultimately written and produced by white people and is something of a hodgepodge of cultural elements. It still tries really hard to be inclusive and respectful of the subjects it handles and isn't nearly as bad as Mulan was for dressing up a Chinese cultural hero like a Geisha. Book your trip at the Disney Polynesian Resort today! VERTICAL INTEGRATION
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Sight gags are important as well. Early Simpsons has funny poo poo happening in the background constantly and Rick & Morty and Bojack Horseman are constantly filling space between scenes with great gags and weird visual callbacks. Archer is a beautiful show that has only gotten prettier and prettier over its lifetime but one of the reasons I tapped out on it is the last few seasons are basically a radio show, in that unlike R&M/Bojack, I don’t feel like I’m missing important things if I can’t see the screen. Also I’m just getting into podcasts as a hobby, but the idea that there are multiple podcasts supporting multiple people wherein they focus and dissect on only this show is really bogglesome. It’s one thing to trawl threads for dank memes, but finding hours upon hours to listen to other people talk about a single show that stopped being good 20 years ago seems absurd. Are there big MASH or Twin Peaks podcasts?
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Bust Rodd posted:Sight gags are important as well. Early Simpsons has funny poo poo happening in the background constantly and Rick & Morty and Bojack Horseman are constantly filling space between scenes with great gags and weird visual callbacks. Hooked on TJ Hooker is a good podcast about one show.
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Iron Crowned posted:Hooked on TJ Hooker is a good podcast about one show. Weird name for a Twin Peaks podcast, but that's okay
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Iron Crowned posted:Hooked on TJ Hooker is a good podcast about one show. It’s a hilarious show. Especially when Sajdak and Jupin guest star.
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I also generally enjoy listening to Talking Simpsons (I have a very long commute so don't mind the episode length) but did prefer Chris over most of the special guests. I followed both guys on Twitter after discovering the show for the first time and Bob was in the middle of some beef with a random guy giving him poo poo or something and constantly tweeted about it trying to call this troll out so I unfollowed him pretty quickly. It was grating to say the least.
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Bust Rodd posted:Archer is a beautiful show that has only gotten prettier and prettier over its lifetime but one of the reasons I tapped out on it is the last few seasons are basically a radio show, in that unlike R&M/Bojack, I don’t feel like I’m missing important things if I can’t see the screen. I was really blown away by how good-looking Archer turned out to be. There was some herky-jerkiness about the Flash animation early on, and the mouth movements have never looked very natural, but the 3D CGI backdrops are gorgeous and there is some pretty incredible full-body action they've developed an ability to do. This article was a great read https://variety.com/2018/tv/features/archer-animation-evolution-100-episodes-interview-1202828645/ The best thing about it for me is seeing it as the evolution of Sealab -> Frisky Dingo -> present-day fully-developed prime-time material. There's a clear genealogy and a consistent artistic vision to all of them, and it's almost a perfect case study in what happens if you find a creative person with a lot of untapped talent and water that plant with ever-increasing amounts of money.
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Not confirmed but the guy who originally made that Apu documentary is saying that he's heard from multiple sources in The Simpsons that they're just going to quietly phase the character out completely and he won't even appear as a background character any more. I guess that's better than doubling down but it still seems like the cowards way of dealing with the issue.
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Anyone who ever thought that wasn’t the best case scenario was shooting for the moon. What, Matt Groening gonna tweet out “Were sorry to all the Indian fans for 30 years of dog whistling, our bad!”
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muscles like this! posted:Not confirmed but the guy who originally made that Apu documentary is saying that he's heard from multiple sources in The Simpsons that they're just going to quietly phase the character out completely and he won't even appear as a background character any more. I guess that's better than doubling down but it still seems like the cowards way of dealing with the issue. Meanwhile, Sanjay's role will be expanded significantly
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Oct 26, 2018 22:23
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Give Apu a spinoff. Actually, come to think of it, he's one of the few characters that could conceivably carry one. Well, 10-20 years ago anyway and not accounting for the racism.
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khwarezm posted:Last episode they started talking about James Woods out of nowhere for an extended amount of time, and I was just thinking, 'Come guys, I know James Woods is a bad person, we all do, if you were talking about Homer and Apu it would be relevant, but you're not, it's Brother From Another Series, pull it back to the actual episode". They were comparing Pat Sajak to James Woods in terms of Twitter presences. It came up naturally and not at all like you're describing
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If you're posting in the "golden age of simpsons was great" thread and yet are also riled up about wokeness or sjws or whatever I'm gonna guess you never actually got a lot of what they were going for during the good seasons
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Riptor posted:If you're posting in the "golden age of simpsons was great" thread and yet are also riled up about wokeness or sjws or whatever I'm gonna guess you never actually got a lot of what they were going for during the good seasons Lol are there people that are really that dense
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They should kill him off. Maybe he gets trampled by an elephant. Or electricuted by the squishee machine. Or dies in an armed robbery. Or lung cancer from excessive pollution. Couldn't be worse than a t-shirt gun.
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SirPablo posted:They should kill him off. Maybe he gets trampled by an elephant. Or electricuted by the squishee machine. Or dies in an armed robbery. Or lung cancer from excessive pollution. Promoted to Regional Manager and moves to Capitol City
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Oct 27, 2018 04:31
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apu died on the way back to his home planet and then they bring Roy back to manage the kwik e mart
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Peter Daou Bundy posted:apu died on the way back to his home planet If they did at the end of a random episode I would actually laugh, yes.
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Milo and POTUS posted:If they did at the end of a random episode I would actually laugh, yes. But Lisa would make some comment about it being a meta joke and Marge comment on that. Ruining it.
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SirPablo posted:They should kill him off. Maybe he gets trampled by an elephant. Or electricuted by the squishee machine. Or dies in an armed robbery. Or lung cancer from excessive pollution. But as the Simpsons likes to remind us so very much, Apu is Hindu and therefore would be reincarnated.
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Oct 27, 2018 07:29
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About a year after they phase out Apu, they'll announce the final episode of The Simpsons.
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Just dropping Apu seems kinda lame but I suppose it’s the best way modern Simpsons could ever handle the issue.
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Then, someone will dress up as Apu in the Treehouse.
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