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Rutibex posted:the simpsons had to become what it did, because the writers refused to allow Bart/Lisa/Maggie to grow up. if it was going to continue with good episodes that are semi-grounded in reality they should have made Bart/Lisa teenagers in season 9. only way to get more family situations out of the same cast.
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Khorne posted:The one thing south park has done right: aging the kids slightly over the years. of course, maybe they knew what they were doing. The Flintstones tried this strategy, and the franchise tanked soon after. The SImpsons stayed in a time bubble and has been profitable for decades  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlxVFaEGyTo
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Feb 5, 2017 18:45
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Khorne posted:The one thing south park has done right: aging the kids slightly over the years. Even then, the SP kids I thought only went up a single yearr and they've gone unaged for the last 15 or so years, haven't they? I've said this before, too, but when the characters have to interact with modern characters or celebrities, it sort of jumps out with how out of time the Simpsons are. The cast were sort of designs of the late 80s in their fashion sense, but in the episode when Bart went to the other 4th grade class the kids were much more modern in their look and talk. When the cast has to go out and interact with something in the new hip popular culture, they sort of stand out like sore thumbs. I know the Simpsons has done 'future' episodes in the past, but I'm sort of surprised they've not done the gimmick of a 'real time' Simpsons episode how where the characters would be and who they'd be if they'd actually aged over the last several seasons and it was them in 2017 or something: Bart and Milhouse at 40, Homer at nearly 70, Mr. Burns at nearly 110, Lisa being mid-30s burned out teacher who is considered a conservative monster by the standards of today. All their fashion, attitudes, environment being built around a modern day Springfield.
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Feb 5, 2017 21:44
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They have a flat screen tv now instead of a crt.
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Feb 5, 2017 21:46
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JediTalentAgent posted:
This would be hysterical.
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Feb 5, 2017 21:48
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JediTalentAgent posted:Even then, the SP kids I thought only went up a single yearr and they've gone unaged for the last 15 or so years, haven't they? It's a subtle difference, but it has definitely been beneficial to the show. Simpsons has just kind of gone on past its expiration date.
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Feb 5, 2017 21:56
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Bart would be using Milhouse as for an abusive food and activity challenge Youtube channel that also doubles in a retro-gaming and media review site. Milhouse, so happy to be able to 'beat' Bart and be a 'winner', coupled with his own self-destructive personality, allows himself to do things like eat a fire ants and drink a slushie made of nothing but jalepeno peppers. Bart refuses to let Milhouse read the Youtube comments for fear that if he saw how much people were making fun of him for his reactions he'd stop participating.
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Feb 5, 2017 22:04
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I know it kind of sounds innocuous, but the thing that bugs me is every episode of modern simpsons now has a musical montage. It's pure filler with a couple of unfunny sight gags and it's seriously in every episode.
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Feb 5, 2017 22:57
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screaden posted:I know it kind of sounds innocuous, but the thing that bugs me is every episode of modern simpsons now has a musical montage. It's pure filler with a couple of unfunny sight gags and it's seriously in every episode. thats not new, they have done that since season 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtBMQ59xmv0&t=190s
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Feb 5, 2017 22:59
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I feel like I remember a vague trend of the Simpson really sucking around election time. Does anyone else remember a pretty stupid one where all of Springfield voted for Ralph Wiggum as a presidential candidate?
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Feb 5, 2017 23:00
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Rutibex posted:thats not new, they have done that since season 1 I phrased that wrong, I meant a montage set to a popular song. It obviously happened in earlier seasons, like Ringo Starr in the episode where Marge paints Burns and at least that made some sense. The ones now feel like they're thrown in without any relevance to what's happening in the episode
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Feb 5, 2017 23:42
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The animation of Mr Burns and Smithers in the start of the voting clip is so, so bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BceHGzsDVLY
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Feb 6, 2017 00:04
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the lowest point of the simpsons is right now, its the fact that they are still making it i mean the downward slide started around season 11 or something i dont remember exactly, but its been a long slow decline that will keep reaching new lows as long as it goes
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Feb 6, 2017 00:10
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The weirdest part to me is Fox could end the series tomorrow and continue the syndication everywhere to rake in the billions for the next 2+ decades without becoming increasingly sadder as it hits newer lows. Just give the franchise its dignity.
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Feb 6, 2017 01:14
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Cough Drop The Beat posted:The weirdest part to me is Fox could end the series tomorrow and continue the syndication everywhere to rake in the billions for the next 2+ decades without becoming increasingly sadder as it hits newer lows. Just give the franchise its dignity. I think they use it to bootstrap other shows they air adjacent to the Simpsons
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Feb 6, 2017 02:38
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Hammerite posted:you haven't seen the episode and yet you can recognise a description of it and refer to it matter-of-factly by title? do you spend your time reading and memorising synopses of Simpsons episodes so you can appear knowledgeable about them in gbs? I Googled "homer simpson choreographer" and then read the Wikipedia synopsis. I could be wrong. YeahTubaMike posted:You're thinking of Dancin' Homer, which is a good episode. The episode that poster was describing appears to [be] Homer & Ned's Hail Mary Pass, which I have not seen/do not remember seeing.
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Feb 6, 2017 02:50
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Jesus chirst that political commentary in homer votes tho
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Feb 6, 2017 03:13
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Lmao that homer raped by panda was not some kinda standout terrible lowest point but a forgotten blip that doesn't even make the shortlist of worst episodes
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Feb 6, 2017 03:13
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This is made even funnier when watched in the context of how relatively straight the show had been until then.
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Saint Drogo posted:Lmao that homer raped by panda was not some kinda standout terrible lowest point but a forgotten blip that doesn't even make the shortlist of worst episodes It's not even the most uncomfortable "Homer gets raped" scene.
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Feb 6, 2017 03:55
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Razorwired posted:It's not even the most uncomfortable "Homer gets raped" scene. Even the scene where Homer's gay roommate kissed him while he and Marge were fighting was pretty uncomfortable.
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Feb 6, 2017 04:05
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I'm not a huge Simpons fan. I watched it on TV as a child, and enjoyed it, but I wouldn't say I've seen all the good seasons. Hearing these plot synopses(like the few above) just make me feel like I'm catching up on an old friend who is into some really nasty stuff now. Like just awkward and sad,.
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Feb 6, 2017 04:22
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It was the time Homer tripped on MDMA with Lena Dunham to a Spacemen 3 song. e: Here's the clip because a sentence like that really needs context to be believed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjVdLSPE7qo death by computer fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Johnny Aztec posted:I'm not a huge Simpons fan. I watched it on TV as a child, and enjoyed it, but I wouldn't say I've seen all the good seasons. It's worth tracking down and watching seasons 3 through 7. The quality is very high and very consistent. 8 is worth a watch though it was starting to show wear. You'll actually appreciate it more as an adult than you would as a child, there are a lot of political and historical and a few sexual jokes that you wouldn't get as a child.
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Feb 6, 2017 04:57
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Past like season 8 or 9 there are really only a few good episodes per season then you get to season 14 where there is like one funny bit per season. I still like the everybody hates Ned Flanders song, but that episode was complete trash for the remaining 17 minutes.
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Feb 6, 2017 05:13
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A dozen years from now, we'll be reading about the golden years of the 20th season
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Feb 6, 2017 05:19
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the simpsons will never end, it has become one of the Golden Immortal Shows. it is in the company of such greats as The Price is Right, Jeopardy, The Young and the Restless, and Survivor
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Saint Drogo posted:Lmao that homer raped by panda was not some kinda standout terrible lowest point but a forgotten blip that doesn't even make the shortlist of worst episodes Oh man, I forgot about that episode. That was pretty bad.
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since we all basically agree that it went downhill after season 8/9/10/etc can we make this the golden age of Simpsons thread to post our favourite gags ill start https://www.instagram.com/p/BA_E4LlE3xC/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtIUSEEZgBI
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death by computer posted:It was the time Homer tripped on MDMA with Lena Dunham to a Spacemen 3 song.
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death by computer posted:It was the time Homer tripped on MDMA with Lena Dunham to a Spacemen 3 song. Was there a subplot about Bart, Lisa and some pebbles?
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Das Boo posted:Was there a subplot about Bart, Lisa and some pebbles? No, but Marge shacked up with Dunham's character's father. get that OUT of my face posted:that episode ended up being a dream The classic cop-out. It's hard to say which was worse, that slow reveal and the constant undermining of it before the ultimate non-joke ending or... everything else.
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nickhimself posted:The Simpsons is actually still more or less just as good as it's always been This. Still prefer Family Guy though.
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Sentient Data posted:A dozen years from now, we'll be reading about the golden years of the 20th season I don't know, it's not like SNL where people just always remember the years when they first started watching the most fondly. The consensus seems almost universal for where the peak was for the Simpsons, the only debate is how soon and how steep the decline was
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death by computer posted:It was the time Homer tripped on MDMA with Lena Dunham to a Spacemen 3 song. Was that a homestarrunner character on the tattoo
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Feb 6, 2017 06:49
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the lowest point of the simpsons is the most recent episode hth
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Feb 6, 2017 07:45
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wow the lena dunham one was real? I for real figured that was the joke one someone was trying to sneak in.
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I can't process how the Simpsons went from being the coolest thing on tv as a kid to bring easily the worst poo poo i have ever seen.
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TheSpamalope posted:I can't process how the Simpsons went from being the coolest thing on tv as a kid to bring easily the worst poo poo i have ever seen. remember that poo poo being concerning, like "WHOA SHOULD WE LET KIDS WATCH THIS??" lol Barts a TERRIBLE INFLUENCE ON TODAYS YOUTH- someone in like 1990
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:remember that poo poo being concerning, like "WHOA SHOULD WE LET KIDS WATCH THIS??" Went from freaking out about Bart, to Beavis and Butthead, to South Park. Really shows the degeneration of our society over the past 20ish years.
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