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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I kind of hate Tress MacNeille, her work is so “generic animation voice acting” that I feel she brings down most work she is in. Naturally there’s a huge increase in her usage during the Scully seasons which were also the “steep decline” seasons. I think she comes across as generic is because she's been in like every cartoon ever made at this point. Kinda like how Frank Welker's monkey noises sound more like monkeys than the real thing sometimes.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I kind of hate Tress MacNeille, her work is so “generic animation voice acting” that I feel she brings down most work she is in. Naturally there’s a huge increase in her usage during the Scully seasons which were also the “steep decline” seasons. This is just because she has been in so much because she is very good. Yes, her voice is a little overexposed, but I wouldn't call her performance as Dot Warner generic. It doesn't help that she basically replaced Phil Hartman, but her characters aren't nearly as well written as Phil's were.
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The Yeeeeees Guy was the worst of the bunch. At least the other referential/parody characters were funny at first, he wasn't even funny the first time. Naturally, I remember him popping up more and more as well.
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Disco Stu was funny for exactly one joke at Homer's yard sale and never again
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I thought the disco chart and goldfish shoes scene was funny
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bitterandtwisted posted:I thought the disco chart and goldfish shoes scene was funny I'm pretty sure that's all the same scene? They get all of their good 'disco guy in the 90s' jokes at once and then he just keeps on hanging around saying DISCO STU forever
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No Dignity posted:I'm pretty sure that's all the same scene? They get all of their good 'disco guy in the 90s' jokes at once and then he just keeps on hanging around saying DISCO STU forever Nah, the yard sale was the George Bush episode (season 7) and the goldfish shoes was the pretzel wagon episode (season 8).
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Which season was the "Disco Stu ... was talking to YOU" one seriously what the gently caress even e: oh yeah it was supposed to be a "lol ancient Greeks" thing I guess. Still
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Okay, two episodes then. Stu was tapped out after the goldfish shoes
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Sideshow Mel at the town hall is a bit of a funny joke at first, since he's so weird and apparently still in character makeup, and then the joke eventually unjokes as his presence becomes just a signifier that everybody in town is there and the population of Springfield is incredibly finite. I don't think they've tried to expand on Bumblebeeman much, which is probably for the best since he's a fairly shallow joke on the incomprehensibility of Mexican television. The fact that the Simpsons canon has become cemented and the current writers just can't or won't build out new material really handicaps the show, since they're stuck with the jokes that were made 20 years ago that they can only slightly recontextualize. sweet geek swag posted:This is just because she has been in so much because she is very good. Yes, her voice is a little overexposed, but I wouldn't call her performance as Dot Warner generic. It doesn't help that she basically replaced Phil Hartman, but her characters aren't nearly as well written as Phil's were. I think it's a little of both. There are some roles where she really acts, and there are some roles where you can barely tell that it's her, but she does so many roles that are just generic cartoon female, and that's partially her fault for being unadventurous, and partially the fault of the people writing and directing her just wanting that specific generic voice so often. I had a similar feeling about Rob Paulsen for a while, but I did eventually notice him in a few roles where he actually acts with some kind of finesse.
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Feb 26, 2024 16:14
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"IF THESE TRENDS CONTINUE..." is still in my lexicon
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Data Graham posted:Which season was the "Disco Stu ... was talking to YOU" one Discus Stu, you mean.
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Data Graham posted:it's only a matter of time before they turn the "YeeeEEEEEEESSS? guy" into a character with a whole backstory
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF4-wQb3xA4
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Man, remember when the show used to reference other media by inserting it flawlessly into a scene without holding your hand and telling you, the viewer, what the reference was? They were so drat good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJXI-cnpzY That clip literally says all the character names and that it’s Mario Kart out loud 
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I would have found this mildly amusing if they did it in like season 14.
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"Lisa-uigi" would have been better. Not that anything could have salvaged this. Also, the "punchline" is pretty dumb when Homer mentions "Rainbow Road". Being a modern Simpsons writer seems like such an easy gig.
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You Are A Werewolf posted:Man, remember when the show used to reference other media by inserting it flawlessly into a scene without holding your hand and telling you, the viewer, what the reference was? They were so drat good. I lol'd so many times watching this Including right at the very end when they cut off right before they could have done one more obvious one, Streetcar  (also funny how they went back to the same well multiple times, like with Godfather and the Graduate, and getting a different gag out of it each time)
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The Mario Kart segment could have been mildly amusing, but they didn't just fail to be funny, it's like someone took the segment and actively tried to make it un-funny. It actually might be one of the best examples of the show going out of its way to over-explain and ruin every joke just to make sure everyone gets it.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:The Mario Kart segment could have been mildly amusing, but they didn't just fail to be funny, it's like someone took the segment and actively tried to make it un-funny. It actually might be one of the best examples of the show going out of its way to over-explain and ruin every joke just to make sure everyone gets it. If they would have shortened it and not have the delivery be so awkward, “what’s Mario Kart?” could have been a pretty funny punchline.
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Ugh the animation is so lazy, the kart steering wheels don’t move even when they are turning, why have a generic cloud start the race instead of Lakitu, and with so many items to choose from why use a generic bomb? First draft final draft.FireWorksWell posted:Also, the "punchline" is pretty dumb when Homer mentions "Rainbow Road". Being a modern Simpsons writer seems like such an easy gig. Yup I’ve listened to a few interviews with them when they’ve been on the Doughboys podcast, they had a Simpsons trivia segment & guaranteed anyone reading this thread has watched more eps than they have. Although yeah, considering it’s acceptable for the main cast to be audibly dying guessing would be a cushy gig with standards that low and an audience/network that will always be there.
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Instead of having Yoshi Milhouse just announce who he is ("look, it's Milhouse as Yoshi! Get it? *elbow knudge* Geeeet iiiit??"): "(adoringly since he has a crush on her) Hey Lisa Mario, I got this shell... you can have it." "Thanks!" *uses it on him*
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Ned gets a ghost item & it’s Maude. Nelson Bowser corners Milhouse & keeps hitting him with shells, not trying to win the race. Krusty drives into lava and the race stops because a man died.
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Marge: "There's no need to use weapons - just enjoy the ride!" She cruises along slowly, ignoring all the chaos around her, and ends up casually winning the race while everyone else's cart is destroyed.
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literally announcing their parody very slowly to the exclusion of actual visual gags or a few quick jokes is such hostile execution it feels like everyone involved had to be forced to do it under duress.
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Like ffs just watch that other video with all the movie parodies to see how it’s supposed to be done
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Have they introduced any stereotype characters in the last 20 years? Everybody was talking about Disco Stu and Bumblebee Man and I was just wondering if they introduced Crypto Joe or Karen.
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Oh lord that really was that bad. "And I'm the dream version of milhouse" got a tiny laugh from me but every other thing that happened was just embarrassing. Sad. They really do choose the lovely "jokes" to make sure everyone gets it. We know they can do better....
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I'm Lisa Mario
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Das Boo posted:Have they introduced any
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that clip is bullshit, how can a blue shell hit yoshi when 2 other racers passed lisa? also arent blue shells not even in the item pool for the first lap?
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PhazonLink posted:that clip is bullshit, how can a blue shell hit yoshi when 2 other racers passed lisa? Anybody can make a flat nothing of a joke. The mark of a real hack is over-explaining your jokes while not bothering to develop more than a cursory understanding of what you’re lampooning.
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was going to write about how mario kart and even the blue shell appear in a lot of cartoons because, as far as games go, everyone seems to know mario kart. but then I saw the blue shell has its own wikipedia page..??
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Riptor posted:I'm Lisa Mario I’m wario. I ah-love consistency in jokes wahhh
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PhazonLink posted:that clip is bullshit, how can a blue shell hit yoshi when 2 other racers passed lisa? They don't care about the reference or the vehicle for it and they hate the audience (and hopefully themselves)
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Plant MONSTER. posted:was going to write about how mario kart and even the blue shell appear in a lot of cartoons because, as far as games go, everyone seems to know mario kart. a lot of things have their own wikipedia page, like overwatch porn.
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PhazonLink posted:a lot of things have their own wikipedia page, like overwatch porn. <Zelda CD-i voice, incredulously>: It does not!
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