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spaceblancmange posted:Behold the ravages of age. It also sounds like they didn’t record those voiceovers in the normal booths.
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Atomic Robo-Kid posted:Groening has also said he hates the southern space chicken lawyer. I've read this sentence a dozen times and am still unable to process it.
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Apr 12, 2019 04:41
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Laterite posted:I've read this sentence a dozen times and am still unable to process it.  I'm sorry. I thought you was corn.
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Apr 12, 2019 04:43
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Data Graham posted:Did they ... did the simpsons just make a simpsons reference https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/1084668932571709440
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Apr 12, 2019 04:55
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YeahTubaMike posted:here's the thing about fry & leela -- fry was a self-centered dumbass with absolutely nothing to offer, and leela had self-esteem so utterly abysmal (she was, after all, ostensibly the only one-eyed alien in existence who grew up as a lonely orphan) that she slept with zapp brannigan & nearly married that shapeshifter who treated her like dirt. the only reason the fry/leela thing "worked" is because she didn't know she could do better, unless both of their characters were COMPLETELY overhauled in the post-movie era. I was actually going more for "Fry was a relateable everyman protagonist that the target audience could identify with vs elfo who is a loving keebler elf from elf-town" I mean you're right that on closer inspection their relationship was problematic but at least they got the writing 101 basics down
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Apr 12, 2019 05:57
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Thank god the house across the street has its window blinds drawn for the top window, that's critical for the show and in no way overly busy
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Apr 12, 2019 06:13
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So no more Simpsons on Hulu? I have to pay for another loving streaming service?
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Apr 12, 2019 06:17
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Just lol if you consider season 30 to be the simpsons anyway
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Apr 12, 2019 06:30
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If you pay for more than like 2 streaming services you're a sucker
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Apr 12, 2019 07:51
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Fojar38 posted:Elfo being hot for princess loving sucked though and I'm not sure what they were thinking aside from trying to do a Fry/Leela thing without realizing why the Fry/Leela thing worked That was honestly the biggest disappointment about Disenchanted for me, moreso than the show not being particularly funny. The clingy loser getting a will-they won't-they romance was always a terrible trope and a show written for 2018 really ought to know better. The female griffon being called "bird-man" and by male pronouns was also super off-putting.
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PostNouveau posted:
That beak cannot be aerosol holy poo poo. 
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SirPablo posted:So no more Simpsons on Hulu? I have to pay for another loving streaming service? Heh, isn't this so much better????
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Fojar38 posted:If you pay for more than like 2 streaming services you're a sucker Netflix + Hulu + Amazon Prime is literally still cheaper than like the cheapest cable available. Also Hulu comes bundled with lots of weird stuff. I went to the Sprint store to ask about my bill and apparently every Sprint account comes with Hulu? What? I’m not exactly complaining, Hulu has great stuff, I just didn’t know about it. Basically if you pay for cable for any reason other than sports, you’re a baby boomer.
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SirPablo posted:So no more Simpsons on Hulu? I have to pay for another loving streaming service? https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-streaming-details-price-release-date-shows-movies-2019-4 quote:Kevin Mayer, Disney's direct-to-consumer and international chairman, said on Thursday that the company "will likely" bundle Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus at a discount.
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Bust Rodd posted:Also Hulu comes bundled with lots of weird stuff. I went to the Sprint store to ask about my bill and apparently every Sprint account comes with Hulu? What? I’m not exactly complaining, Hulu has great stuff, I just didn’t know about it. Spotify as well, but every time I try to redeem it, it gets mysteriously 503'd
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Bust Rodd posted:Netflix + Hulu + Amazon Prime is literally still cheaper than like the cheapest cable available. Just cancelled our household's cable and went all-streaming about a month ago. Whew! Under the wire
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Apr 12, 2019 13:56
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So, will The Simpsons become "Disney's The Simpsons," like when Doug became "Disney's Doug?"
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Iron Crowned posted:So, will The Simpsons become "Disney's The Simpsons," like when Doug became "Disney's Doug?" I can only hope they fire all the voice talent and replace them with soundalikes for pennies on the dollar
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Apr 12, 2019 14:27
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Goddamn listen to Julie Kavner barely wheezing out her one line
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Calaveron posted:Goddamn listen to Julie Kavner barely wheezing out her one line It's a drat tragedy. I feel sorry for them but then I remember they're getting paid millions to do this gig. I guess I probably wouldn't quit either.
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Apr 12, 2019 16:21
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Applewhite posted:It's a drat tragedy. At some point you've got to have enough money and its just about the ego of being the voice.
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Apr 12, 2019 16:24
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Bust Rodd posted:At some point you've got to have enough money and its just about the ego of being the voice. And also the inherent sorta-tontine. You quit, you're the first to break up the original gang.
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Apr 12, 2019 16:31
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Atomic Robo-Kid posted:Groening has also said he hates the southern space chicken lawyer. What a jerk. Space Chicken is great. He strongly implies that in the future the Chickens and the Kentucky Colonels have finally learned to live in peace without drawing attention to it. Hes one of the most inspiring characters in the show tbh
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Apr 12, 2019 16:37
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Bust Rodd posted:At some point you've got to have enough money and its just about the ego of being the voice. I dunno. I think even for the insanely wealthy, you still look at an offer to do a couple days of work for $250,000 or whatever x24 for the whole seasons and go "drat, that's a lot of money for not a lot of work"
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Apr 12, 2019 16:45
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Honestly, I was just waiting for something to point at and say "there it is, there's the final nail in the coffin."
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Apr 12, 2019 16:49
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Why does Homer look at Marge when he's yelling at Bart?
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Calaveron posted:Goddamn listen to Julie Kavner barely wheezing out her one line seriously, i understand that people age, and i'm probably not going to sound the same after 30 years either, but jesus christ
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Apr 12, 2019 17:15
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What are the official, authorized, "good" seasons of the Simpsons?
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:What are the official, authorized, "good" seasons of the Simpsons? 2-7 definitely, i'd say most people will say 2-8 or 1-8 as well, but 1 & 8 are a teensy controversial with some people. 9-11ish is seen as "some good episodes some stinkers" and anything after is pretty bad.
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I'm pretty generous but I'd still stop before you do the teens
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Calaveron posted:Goddamn listen to Julie Kavner barely wheezing out her one line She sounds like she's doing Jacqueline Bouvier's voice: 
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CodfishCartographer posted:9-11ish is seen as "some good episodes some stinkers" and anything after is pretty bad. this but the american empire
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I’d say 2-9 for me. Season 1 shouldn’t be skipped though and there’s some good stuff in season 10 and 11.
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SeANMcBAY posted:I’d say 2-9 for me. Season 1 shouldn’t be skipped though and there’s some good stuff in season 10 and 11. Yeah, after watching Season 1 for the first time in at least 20 years it was a nice treat. Not amazing like the seasons that followed, but the only real stinker was the one where Bart goes to France.
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If you want to see what people refer to as classic Simpsons greatness, nearly every single episode from seasons 3 to 7 are guaranteed optimal viewing. Season 2 is also really good, but it is not quite in the same tone and style of what people consider "classic Simpsons." I believe season 8 is also firmly in the classic era, but some do not, as you can see the very early signs of bad Simpsons emerging. Season 9-12 seemed bad at the time but are okay compared to almost everything that came after, though they are still more bad than good and very distinctly different from the previous seasons. Season 1 should not be watched by anyone who is unsure of what "classic Simpsons" is, it's worth watching but only for perspective.
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It was all downhill after the Tracey Ullman shorts.
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J-Spot posted:Remember when this show was a horrible assault on family values? Now it's considered family-friendly enough to fly under the Disney banner. Nowadays it's about the most family friendly value out there - mindless consumerism.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:If you want to see what people refer to as classic Simpsons greatness, nearly every single episode from seasons 3 to 7 are guaranteed optimal viewing. Season 2 is also really good, but it is not quite in the same tone and style of what people consider "classic Simpsons." I believe season 8 is also firmly in the classic era, but some do not, as you can see the very early signs of bad Simpsons emerging. Season 9-12 seemed bad at the time but are okay compared to almost everything that came after, though they are still more bad than good and very distinctly different from the previous seasons. Season 1 should not be watched by anyone who is unsure of what "classic Simpsons" is, it's worth watching but only for perspective. Season 1 is way more of a mixed bag than it gets credit for tonally. "Bart the Genius" "The Call of the Simpsons" "The Telltale Head" & "The Crepes of Wrath" are pretty canonical episodes that have a lot of good material, and "Life on the Fast Lane," is just a loving good episode and I've quoted the poo poo out of it for 20 years.
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