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We’re at a point where the current Simpsons writers grew up watching the show. Some are young enough to have been born after the show stopped being good. They’ve been doing throwbacks and sequels to Golden era episodes (Pin Pals). They’ve been putting memes in episodes (Homer using the gif of him backing into the bush). And now it looks like a new version of 22 Short Films? (Steamed Hams was the biggest meme of 2019, right before covid set the world’s kitchen on fire.) They’re clearly aware that people love The Simpsons. And they know people love The Golden Era. They just haven’t put together that people specifically love the Golden Era and that the show’s been bad the last ~fifteen years. No amount of throwbacks and sequel episodes are going to bring that spark back. They really ought to end the show. It doesn’t have any dignity left. And yet they keep trying to wring more out of it.
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je1 healthcare posted:All of my knowledge of golden-age hollywood celebs comes from Merry Melodies impersonations Finding out that Peter Lorre was an actual person was a loving trip
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Oct 10, 2022 08:57
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https://twitter.com/Codenamegamma/status/1579292616612806657 All the voices sound like bad impressions
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Oct 10, 2022 11:45
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Yeah definitely still in the early stage when the writers have mentioned they weren’t consistent about what Krusty’s show was or his level of celebrity. I think in the episode with his dad he’s living in an apt and cleaning his own shower, not many eps later would have a mansion & airplane. the mansion and airplane belonged to Rory B Bellows, sorry Mr Interweb posted:i can't believe frank welker is still alive I think of Frank Welker and the first thing that comes to mind is We Hate Movies saying "if you printed his IMDB page at work you'd be fired"
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Oct 10, 2022 13:37
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SuddenCactus posted:https://twitter.com/Codenamegamma/status/1579292616612806657
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Mantis42 posted:What if 22 Films of Springfield was really unfunny? Haha, oh noes, I think I missed that one, probably browsing on my phone. It wasn't altogether too bad, but the overarching Anonymous parody story was really lame though. It might've come off better if they played it straight with no voice over intros or at least not actually show the hackers on screen. I didn't laugh too much, but I think I realized that at least for me, a big part of the issue really is that it's been running for too long. Like even if they had legitimately good jokes, it's hard to dissociate from how stale and dragged out the show and its characters feel at its core. Detective No. 27 posted:We’re at a point where the current Simpsons writers grew up watching the show. Some are young enough to have been born after the show stopped being good. Not that it matters anymore, but if say, the show had stopped at season 11 or 12 and been brought back a few years ago as a reboot or something, it would likely have had a good chance at being reasonably funny even with the current writing group you mention.
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Oct 10, 2022 15:08
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SuddenCactus posted:https://twitter.com/Codenamegamma/status/1579292616612806657 God drat it! I knew they were lurking! I loving knew it! Listen, Fox. You took my "He's been in a comma since the beer explosion" idea. Just changing it slightly does NOT make this legally okay. Starting right now, when I changed the laws slightly in my favor. I want compensation! 
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Oct 10, 2022 15:38
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https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1579271623747596288?s=46&t=UJHgYfBQiEwp_jEEieywWg
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Oct 10, 2022 17:09
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Lol, that one is pretty funny.
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Oct 10, 2022 17:18
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SuddenCactus posted:https://twitter.com/Codenamegamma/status/1579292616612806657 This would be an ok idea if it wasn’t for Marge’s voice. That thing is a war crime.
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Oct 10, 2022 17:40
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Julie Kavner should take the James Earl Jones approach and just give them permission to AI her voice from this point forward. She sounds so rough 
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Oct 10, 2022 17:57
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SuddenCactus posted:https://twitter.com/Codenamegamma/status/1579292616612806657 This would have been an awesome ending. Unrelatedly, Julie Kavner sounds like she's trying to talk with a literal rock wedged in her throat. Apparently her voice has been described as "honeyed gravel" -- I think the honey has dissolved by now. emgeejay posted:https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1579271623747596288?s=46&t=UJHgYfBQiEwp_jEEieywWg Oh man, this might actually get me to watch The Simpsons.
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Oct 10, 2022 18:05
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Lmao I missed the Martin Prince tweet. That’s actually kinda cool, I guess? I mean if the show’s been on this long, go for broke, I say.
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Oct 10, 2022 18:13
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Just more mutilating the corpse
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Oct 10, 2022 18:18
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YeahTubaMike posted:Unrelatedly, Julie Kavner sounds like she's trying to talk with a literal rock wedged in her throat. Apparently her voice has been described as "honeyed gravel" -- I think the honey has dissolved by now. It's been said before but she now sounds like the voice she did for when Marge's mom had laryngitis.
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Oct 10, 2022 18:28
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The new one has a framing device of an Anonymous-style anarchist collective taking over the show to show unaired footage to destroy the value of the IP with show-destroying scenes. The framing device parts are terrible, but the skits are OK. Some notable ones: - Future Bart goes back in time to the pilot to give them news from the future that they can blow everyone's minds by predicting. - Martin Prince is a 36-year-old cop undercover - Lenny is a figment of Carl's imagination - The whole show was a coma dream Homer had after falling into Springfield Gorge It's generally not as good as it could have been. Good idea, meh execution.
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Oct 10, 2022 20:55
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I mean if what your'e saying is that the episode's gimmick is to explain that the reason the Simpsons got terrible is that it's all a bad dream or drug-induced hallucination we've been having since 1991,
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Oct 10, 2022 21:00
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emgeejay posted:https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1579271623747596288?s=46&t=UJHgYfBQiEwp_jEEieywWg I recognized Selman & Nangle as two Doughboys guests who show up too much to make skippable episodes
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Oct 10, 2022 21:12
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emgeejay posted:https://twitter.com/nanglish/status/1579271623747596288?s=46&t=UJHgYfBQiEwp_jEEieywWg I can't believe they'd sink *this* low... they really made Martin straight?
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Oct 10, 2022 21:38
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Soon I’ll be queen of 21 jump street. Er, king. KING!
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PostNouveau posted:The new one has a framing device of an Anonymous-style anarchist collective taking over the show to show unaired footage to destroy the value of the IP with show-destroying scenes. I think the framing actually took away from how funny some of the segments could've been. It was really really bad. Heck, they should've just done it as a V/HS parody for Halloween or something. Anything would've been better. The problem being that like much of modern Simpsons, they overly explained the zaniness of the proceeding clips instead of letting them stand on their own. And yeah the coma segment would actually have been a great way to end the episode/series.
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Oct 10, 2022 23:21
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iamsosmrt posted:I think the framing actually took away from how funny some of the segments could've been. It was really really bad. Heck, they should've just done it as a V/HS parody for Halloween or something. Anything would've been better. The framing bit was bizarre, he repeated the line about 20 million bitcoin or whatever twice, I guess the fact that he was mentioning bitcoin was supposed to be the joke in itself because I didn’t hear any.
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PostNouveau posted:The framing device parts are terrible, but the skits are OK. Some notable ones: There was another episode recently where Homer talked about some cartoon show that can predict the future, Disney+ even has a section on there now for the episodes of Simpsons that predicted whatever. It's loving weird. Especially since from what I've seen the majority of these predictions are actually things being photoshopped and passed around twitter, like Bart's Osaka flu being changed to the corona virus, and more recently some one put a screenshot of Queen Elizabeth into homer's coffin and stuck the exact date on the wall behind her. In all seriousness though, There's the Trump Joke (which cannonically is mentioned by Lisa in 2030 so hold onto your hats next election! simpsons predicted it!) . and a $9 next to a silhouette of the twin towers on an advertisement about cheap bus tickets to New York. what else has the simpsons """"""""predicted"""""""? edit: I decided to google it!.. good lord why did I google it. QwertySanchez fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Oct 11, 2022 |
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This prediction still holds up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWgI2YAupCM
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Oct 11, 2022 02:17
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Marge did become a robot
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SuddenCactus posted:https://twitter.com/Codenamegamma/status/1579292616612806657 This doesn’t match the old animation at all. You can easily tell it’s not hand drawn and the colors are all off. If anything it looks like something from like season 12
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Oct 11, 2022 06:41
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lol They are just mutilating the corpse at this point
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71s5CPlL9Sk This is my second favorite Simpsons arcade game. You can download here: https://macaw45.itch.io/kevin-costners-waterworld?ac=qfCyYFQF-yt
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Professor Wayne posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71s5CPlL9Sk still prettier than the real thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfRf9eSvMrk
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Professor Wayne posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71s5CPlL9Sk Hate to say it, but recreating a working Waterworld arcade game ruins the joke about the Waterworld arcade game.
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Oct 13, 2022 02:46
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Did they actually do a Roblox episode?
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Nuts and Gum posted:Soon I’ll be queen of 21 jump street. They should've made Martin trans. Well OK, they shouldn't now, because they should have stopped making it by now
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:They should've made Martin trans. There's a future episode where Lisa goes through her Facebook and sees "Marsha Princess." I think the last name was Princess. I might be giving them ideas again.
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Oct 14, 2022 14:57
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OK thats really poo poo. what was I thinking
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At least you took a line and expanded on it I'm almost postive their only thought was "what if prince became princess lol"
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Oct 14, 2022 15:42
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Tbh if it had just been Marsha Prince it would've been fine probably
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Oct 14, 2022 15:52
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Should be Martha so it could be a shameless reference to better days
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Oct 14, 2022 15:59
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Whizzing Wizard posted:Did they actually do a Roblox episode? No, but the Roblox DOES have "Find The Simpsons!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3cFR_IHwzw  
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I'm old and don't understand Roblox. But also don't explain it to me.
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Das Boo posted:I'm old and don't understand Roblox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ If there's one thing you should know about it, it's this.
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