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Data Graham posted:I was just at Universal and the Simpsons 3D ride is loving hilarious, it's from right at the height of their powers Really? I've always thought it was very much in the realm of post-good Simpsons, though perhaps the best example of it. It came out shortly after the movie did, in 2008.
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That hardly sounds like Ned at all. Marge sounds worse and worse but Ned doesn't even sound like someone trying.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:Really? I've always thought it was very much in the realm of post-good Simpsons, though perhaps the best example of it. It came out shortly after the movie did, in 2008. Most of the humor value comes from the videos and theming while you're waiting in line, which is mostly clips from Golden Age episodes like "Itchy & Scratchy Land". But also there's a lot of new bespoke interstitial stuff that feels like it fits right in texturally with all the good stuff. What it does a really good job of is reminding you of when all of that was a thing, and what it felt like.
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Feb 21, 2023 03:29
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bobjr posted:That hardly sounds like Ned at all. Marge sounds worse and worse but Ned doesn't even sound like someone trying. Shearer stopped caring about the show years ago, could hear in it Burns seasons back
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Feb 21, 2023 06:43
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bobjr posted:That hardly sounds like Ned at all. Marge sounds worse and worse but Ned doesn't even sound like someone trying. I was genuinely going to ask if he had been recast at some point. He sounds tired, like there's no flair or fun inflections in his reading. He's just reading.
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Feb 21, 2023 07:16
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He's been very vocal about the Simpsons only being a paycheck for him since the single digit seasons
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Feb 21, 2023 08:42
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The Simpsons from the outset was always a cynical product, not an artistic endeavour. The quality of the first few seasons is more a testament to Sam Simon and the original writers room they got together. Not just the people but the writing process and inertia of the ideas was good enough for a decade of great content. Nostalgia largely blinds us to Bartmania and the sheer amount of merch and licensing deals that made the show a cultural juggernaut in the early 90s. The satirical nature of the show (even towards itself or its owners) has done a great deal to subvert its own legacy. I can't blame the voice cast for only doing it for the money. Especially this far in when any creative spark has long faded. No matter the effort, you're getting paid and Fox/Disney are making a profit. The product will continue to be marketed.
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Feb 21, 2023 10:54
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zetamind2000 posted:"It's just a slight heatwave" I watched this for way too long and got a rogue wave, an ice circle, and meteors falling down the chimney.
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Feb 21, 2023 12:18
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“It’s just a will… … … o’ the wisp!”
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Feb 21, 2023 13:05
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The line of thinking that led whatever writer to believe that Chalmers yelling "siinNNERRRS!!" like he's saying "SKINNER" is a good joke, egad I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a gag e: also wait a minute, is modern Simpsons still doubling down on the weird "Flanders as a teacher" / "prayer in schools is actually fine" stance that seemed so bizarre back in the day when it first happened
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Feb 21, 2023 14:10
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Das Boo posted:I watched this for way too long and got a rogue wave, an ice circle, and meteors falling down the chimney. The Bermuda Triangle https://clips.twitch.tv/HonorableRelentlessBisonPJSugar-VQAPahyhahFmEVsF
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Feb 21, 2023 19:55
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This is the closest it will ever get to steamed hams https://clips.twitch.tv/TrappedSilkyCattleBabyRage-o6oOKz2q53kRTe0Q
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Data Graham posted:The line of thinking that led whatever writer to believe that Chalmers yelling "siinNNERRRS!!" like he's saying "SKINNER" is a good joke, egad It's one of those things where you can see the thought process clearly "Things sound alike", but you cannot for the life of you understand why someone would think it is funny.
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I don’t know exactly how to articulate this, but is The Simpsons the laziest continued exploitation of a successful media IP? Like I get it, media companies are going to milk their hit IPs for all they can get - Marvel, DC, Star Wars, HP, the Disney cannon, Roald Dahl, Mario, Pokémon, Call of Duty, Warcraft, etc. We’re going to get sequels, spin-offs, remakes, reboots for the rest of our goddamn lives. But is The Simpsons unique in that their strategy to continue to exploit their IP is just… keep developing content for the original show forever?
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Halisnacks posted:I don’t know exactly how to articulate this, but is The Simpsons the laziest continued exploitation of a successful media IP? I mean they tried some spin offs (Wiggum PI, The Loveomatic Grandpa) but none of them seemed to stick
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Halisnacks posted:I don’t know exactly how to articulate this, but is The Simpsons the laziest continued exploitation of a successful media IP? Wow looks like someone's never experienced the deep lore and compelling new characters from The Simpsons Tapped Out
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Feb 22, 2023 15:13
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Data Graham posted:The line of thinking that led whatever writer to believe that Chalmers yelling "siinNNERRRS!!" like he's saying "SKINNER" is a good joke, egad Familiarity is the one thing the Simpsons still has going for it. It's the only reason anyone tunes in to new episodes to keep the thing going. There's no clever jokes or character development, you're just there to see Disco Stu say "eyyyyy" and get that warm glow of knowing that that is indeed a thing that he says.
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No Dignity posted:I mean they tried some spin offs (Wiggum PI, The Loveomatic Grandpa) but none of them seemed to stick On a less joking note there's Futurama and Disenchantment.
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No Dignity posted:I mean they tried some spin offs (Wiggum PI, The Loveomatic Grandpa) but none of them seemed to stick The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour erasure is real. Ghost Leviathan posted:On a less joking note there's Futurama and Disenchantment. Does something being from the mind of the same creator mean it’s the same IP (appreciating there is the consistent Groening style)? Star Wars and Indiana Jones aren’t the same franchise, for instance. Although I guess I put “Roald Dahl” in my initial list so I’m not winning any consistency contests here. Halisnacks fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Feb 22, 2023 |
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Feb 22, 2023 18:02
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Late Futurama is garbo and disenchantment threw away all its potential, so I'd say they follow the shared canon just fine
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Halisnacks posted:Star Wars and Indiana Jones aren’t the same franchise, for instance. Looks like someone is ignoring those R2D2 and C3PO hieroglyphics in Raiders to suit their narrative.
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My only narrative is that the Simpsons is creative garbage in more ways than one: the content they churn out, as well as their IP strategy.
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IUG posted:Looks like someone is ignoring those R2D2 and C3PO hieroglyphics in Raiders to suit their narrative. R2D2 was also on One-Eyed Willy’s pirate ship at the end of The Goonies, along with being on the mothership in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. What I’m saying is R2 gets around.
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Remember newspaper comics? I'd say those are the laziest ip revenue generators. Someone somewhere is raking in the big bucks from Haggar the Horrible merch I'm sure
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Maaaaaaaaaaarge! You’re breaking my hearrrrt! Maaaaaaaaaarge!
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dont get on my bad side mate
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PostNouveau posted:Wow looks like someone's never experienced the deep lore and compelling new characters from The Simpsons Tapped Out Heh. Facebook just reminded me that ten years ago today, I became Neighbors in The Simpsons(tm) Tapped Out with my old buddy Jason. I wonder if he ever got enough donuts to buy the Duff Brewery? And I still say Das Bus is the inflection point between Good Simpsons and Bad Simpsons.
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Feb 22, 2023 23:25
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We never came home, Bart. We died on that island. 20 years ago.
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TheAwfulWaffle posted:Heh. Facebook just reminded me that ten years ago today, I became Neighbors in The Simpsons(tm) Tapped Out with my old buddy Jason. I wonder if he ever got enough donuts to buy the Duff Brewery? Season 9 as a whole is full of a lot of good gags that are surrounded by the sloppier style that will ultimately become the Simpson's downfall.
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I accidentally watched the Simpsons the other day and the voices are so terrible now who's even paying attention to the bad stories?
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Watched part of a newer episode the other day where Flanders had sex with a woman he barely knew and she was married to sideshow Mel. Ned Flanders yelled something like "youre a cuck?!" Show seems to be doing fine.
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Yeah, I saw the one where Lisa dreams of eating meat because of a viral infection and Krusty's kid stops her using a popular tiktok dance. I'm pretty sure I made that up but same goes for the above post.
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I saw one a week ago where Bart starts a fashion line with a child clone of The Weeknd
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The full episode summary doesn’t help explain things The Rich Texan attempts to escape from a ruthless debt collector named Kostas Becker and his henchmen Seamus and Collette, but is captured and murdered for not paying his debt. Later, Homer and Ned Flanders are collecting trash in the park when Ned stumbles down a hill and finds a bag containing over $173,296 in cash, which he donates to a local orphanage in the name of his grandfather, Sheriff Ned Flanders. Kostas finds out that Ned is the grandson of the former Sheriff, whom he killed over a debt. Kostas finds Ned at church and demands that he retrieve the money. Ned takes Barb, the director of the orphanage, on a date to a festival, and they return to her home to make out, but Ned leaves in disgust upon learning Barb is in an open marriage with Sideshow Mel. Homer is captured by Seamus and Collette after they mistake him for Ned. Knowing they have captured the wrong man, Kostas calls Ned and threatens to kill Homer if Ned calls the police. Marge asks Ned if he knows where Homer is, but Ned lies and tells her that Homer left for Shelbyville. Marge looks for Homer around Springfield and ends up at Lard Lad's donut shop while Kostas is eating breakfast there. After Seamus and Collette attack Comic Book Guy; Fat Tony and his minions Johnny Tightlips, Legs, and Louie confront Kosta and demand that he leave Springfield, but Kostas single-handedly kills them, which also results in the deaths of Disco Stu and Mr. Burns. Kostas spares Marge and leaves, but drops Homer's work ID on his way out, and Marge realizes Kostas has kidnapped Homer. While Kostas tortures Homer, Ned prays at church, horrified at himself for the debt, for risking Homer's life and for making out with Barb.
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bobjr posted:The full episode summary doesn’t help explain things It is a Fargo parody hth
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zetamind2000 posted:When [Shearer] dies the show will deepfake him for 80 more years
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs3bXmPVy-U
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Animal Friend posted:Nostalgia largely blinds us to Bartmania and the sheer amount of merch and licensing deals that made the show a cultural juggernaut in the early 90s. oh the days of black bart t-shirts and "The Simpsons Sing the Blues" inexplicably selling millions of copies, even though 11 year old me wanted to turn inside out from secondhand embarrassment listening to it PostNouveau posted:Wow looks like someone's never experienced the deep lore and compelling new characters from The Simpsons Tapped Out That stupid game was mighty confusing to me in the time before FXX being The Simpsons Channel. "Carl's Icelandic? What the gently caress is a Grumple?"
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In the new one, Ned accidentally joins the Mafia, then turns snitch when Lisa points out to him that he's in the Mafia. It's bad. 3/10
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PostNouveau posted:In the new one, Ned accidentally joins the Mafia, then turns snitch when Lisa points out to him that he's in the Mafia. Don't forget the gently caress you directly to the audience when the family laughs for like 5 minutes straight about how they "always thought it would be Homer that would have reached out to the mafia for help" (and it's Marge that says it!  )
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