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My brother watches basically nothing but whatever's on Primetime tv (including new Simpsons) and big Hollywood superhero movies, then bitches endlessly that stuff sucks now.
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Springfieldalbums is a good Instagram follow.  
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e.pilot posted:I hate how rare this has become on modern TV. Everything is a season long if not series long arc that ends up being an absurd time investment for even the most mundane of shows. And the payoff at the end is almost never worth it. Bring back singular self encapsulated episodes, with maybe occasional 2 parters. I feel like there's lots of comedies that still work like this. Dramas on the other hand should be series long arcs imo, it's far better than trying to establish and conclude a story in 45-60 minutes.
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The fact that so many people just put shows on as a background thing or to half-watch while loving around on their phone explains so much of our media landscape. It also explains why so many shows that actually have plots and characters result in the internet being filled with people saying that show is confusing and hard to follow and youtube being filled with "X explained" videos where they just tell you the plot of a movie or TV show.
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I looked up the top rated shows of the last TV season and there are apparently like 5 different shows about various public services in Chicago, multiple doctor and FBI shows and some show based on the real life of Doctor Phil. And these are like the highest rated shows on television. I can not name one person I've ever met that's talked about any of this poo poo. When I used to work in an office with a bunch of random middle aged folks they just watched whatever primetime bullshit was on the networks. I mean all things considered the Simpsons may suck now but does it really suck in comparison to watching a wish fulfillment show about what Dr Phil dreamed of being like? They've gotta put something on in the bg while they post Qanon minion memes to facebook
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Abe Simpson: Terrible father, unfaithful husband, semi-competent cannibal I enjoyed the phrasing. 
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Jan 5, 2021 20:00
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  that IS hotdogs on the bottom right, yeah?
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Baronjutter posted:The fact that so many people just put shows on as a background thing or to half-watch while loving around on their phone explains so much of our media landscape. It also explains why so many shows that actually have plots and characters result in the internet being filled with people saying that show is confusing and hard to follow and youtube being filled with "X explained" videos where they just tell you the plot of a movie or TV show. I can't dig up the article, but years ago, I read a Hollywood writer who described submitting a script for one of those interchangeable police procedurals and getting lambasted by their editor because "You have to be able to follow the plot while you're busing cooking in the kitchen"
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Jan 5, 2021 20:48
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they should make a contest to be the new simpsons voice actor. put together old episodes with the new actors, make an entire episode where each scene has a new actor playing the role that kind of thing
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Jan 5, 2021 21:27
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People have been putting the TV on as background noise since TV existed, why is everyone acting like this is an invention of the cell phone age?
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Jan 5, 2021 21:37
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Baronjutter posted:The fact that so many people just put shows on as a background thing or to half-watch while loving around on their phone explains so much of our media landscape. It also explains why so many shows that actually have plots and characters result in the internet being filled with people saying that show is confusing and hard to follow and youtube being filled with "X explained" videos where they just tell you the plot of a movie or TV show. I was screaming internally the whole way through, but my ex said that it made the movie much clearer.
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Jan 5, 2021 21:42
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Jan 5, 2021 21:45
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Cugel the Clever posted:There's also a huge audience (my dad and brother among them) that has enjoyed the last 20 years of episodes and would be very confused if you told them you thought the show is unwatchable after season X or Y. so they do exist I have never seen nor heard of these people, even if I logically know they must be out there or the money would have dried up by now
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Im sure the Simpsons is a bad cartoon right now, the question is whether it's actually bad in comparison to all the other bad cartoons I dont watch either.
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From what I can tell Bobs Burgers is supposed to be the new animated family network king but I couldn't get into it. I assume its because it's not for me and I am old. But like do people who like Bobs Burgers also hate new simpsons or are new simpsons just a sort of also-ran that some BB fans also like?
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Bob's Burgers is amazing and nu-Simpsons sucks rear end
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MunchE posted:I looked up the top rated shows of the last TV season and there are apparently like 5 different shows about various public services in Chicago, multiple doctor and FBI shows and some show based on the real life of Doctor Phil. And these are like the highest rated shows on television. I can not name one person I've ever met that's talked about any of this poo poo. When I used to work in an office with a bunch of random middle aged folks they just watched whatever primetime bullshit was on the networks. I mean all things considered the Simpsons may suck now but does it really suck in comparison to watching a wish fulfillment show about what Dr Phil dreamed of being like? They've gotta put something on in the bg while they post Qanon minion memes to facebook Pretty sure that's just what the olds love to watch. See also: Young Sheldon. Baronjutter posted:The fact that so many people just put shows on as a background thing or to half-watch while loving around on their phone explains so much of our media landscape. It also explains why so many shows that actually have plots and characters result in the internet being filled with people saying that show is confusing and hard to follow and youtube being filled with "X explained" videos where they just tell you the plot of a movie or TV show. The thing that drives me up the wall is when a new character appears on screen without being explained, and (old) people start asking "wait, who's that??". Maybe if we watch, we'll find out!
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Intel&Sebastian posted:From what I can tell Bobs Burgers is supposed to be the new animated family network king but I couldn't get into it. I assume its because it's not for me and I am old. But like do people who like Bobs Burgers also hate new simpsons or are new simpsons just a sort of also-ran that some BB fans also like? Bob's Burgers is comfort food. It's cute and endearing, the characters are likable idiots and love each other and it's just so drat wholesome, but well written enough to have a few laughs and nothing that makes you feel insulted or like it thinks it's more 100X more clever than it actually is. It's like the animated equivalent of the Bob Newhart Show. The weird thing about Bob's Burgers versus the Simpsons is that BB arrived fully formed and hasn't really changed much at all in like, a dozen seasons. If you watched the first episode and the most recent episode back to back, you wouldn't notice a jarring difference in tone, style, characterization, or writing. Zombie Simpsons is none of those things.
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Hit or miss Clitoris posted:Show, so you could try clicking the link instead of whining into the void but what do I know. Not much, because nothing about that was whining. Intel&Sebastian posted:From what I can tell Bobs Burgers is supposed to be the new animated family network king but I couldn't get into it. I assume its because it's not for me and I am old. But like do people who like Bobs Burgers also hate new simpsons or are new simpsons just a sort of also-ran that some BB fans also like? I guess I'm old too and I love it. I've been alive longer than the Simpsons and I've definitely felt it's simply existed for the last 20+ years but I don't think Bobs Burgers had anything to do with that opinion. ChesterJT fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Jan 6, 2021 |
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ChesterJT posted:Not much, because nothing about that was whining. Yeah sorry that was way more rude than it needed to be, I was just having one of those days From now on I will listen to the radical dude in my mind before posting and remember: 
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I'm glad the dr Katz home movies guy has another successful show 
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Bootleg Trunks posted:I'm glad the dr Katz home movies guy has another successful show H. Jon Benjamin has several successful shows.
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Does dr katz hold up? Home movies is still great but I haven’t rewatched from katz or duckman since I was a teenager
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Some Goon posted:H. Jon Benjamin has several successful shows. He's great as Dr. Orpheus' master in Venture Brothers
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Some Goon posted:H. Jon Benjamin has several successful shows. i meant loren bouchard
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My main problem with BB is that I hear Coach McGuirk and want more Coach McGuirk and I'm never gonna get it. My next two problems are that I dont find Mirman or Schaal funny in just about anything.
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ikanreed posted:I can't dig up the article, but years ago, I read a Hollywood writer who described submitting a script for one of those interchangeable police procedurals and getting lambasted by their editor because "You have to be able to follow the plot while you're busing cooking in the kitchen" I know it's the reason Police Squad! was cancelled quote:ABC announced the cancellation of Police Squad! after four of its six episodes had aired in March 1982. The final two episodes were aired that summer. According to the DVD commentary for "A Substantial Gift" (Episode 1), then-ABC entertainment president Tony Thomopoulos said that Police Squad! was canceled because "the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it," meaning that the viewer had to pay very close attention to the show in order to get much of the humor, while most other TV shows did not demand as much effort from the viewer. In its annual "Cheers and Jeers" issue, TV Guide magazine called the explanation for the cancellation "the most stupid reason a network ever gave for ending a series." and by some weird coincidence bringing it back to this thread, the next paragraph on the wiki is a quote from Matt Groening talking about it... quote:Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, has said, "If Police Squad! had been made twenty years later, it would have been a smash. It was before its time. In 1982 your average viewer was unable to cope with its pace, its quick-fire jokes. But these days they'd have no problems keeping up, I think we've proved that."
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CodfishCartographer posted:It's not just boomers, it's more just general dumbness. I once overheard coworkers talking on a Monday about watching Simpsons the previous night. Except from how they described it they didn't even "watch" it - they put it on in the background while they were cooking or playing board games or something. The coworker explicitly said it's good for this purpose. *and they often even prefer it because the voices don't sound "weird" and the animation is "better"
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Dragonstoned posted:I know it's the reason Police Squad! was cancelled 
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I'm due for a rewatch. I should be watching quality content instead of this dumb poo poo 
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Police squad is so goddamn good.
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If it had run long it could have got stale. It needed more, but not masses more.
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TK-42-1 posted:Police squad is so goddamn good. Need to dust my DVD off too, since I am stuck again doing nothing. Of course this implies I did things before. goatface posted:If it had run long it could have got stale. It needed more, but not masses more. Certainly six more episodes.
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goatface posted:If it had run long it could have got stale. It needed more, but not masses more. The naked gun movies were pretty solid all the way through.
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Bootleg Trunks posted:i meant loren bouchard At first I set out to  , but then I actually couldn't tell because Jon Benjamin has been in all of his shows.
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pablo gbscobar posted:This frame feels familiar this rules tbh
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TK-42-1 posted:The naked gun movies were pretty solid all the way through. I remember the third one being questionable, but I've not watched them in years.
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