Every Simpsons ever dicussion

[turtlefanforever]

we're a couple days in now. Who's been watching? who's still watching/watching now? Just found out I had FXX otherwise would have been watching the whole time.

Lets talk it out while it's still going.

[The Stryker]

Well it's about to get into the sh*t seasons so I doubt I'll be paying much attention in a day or so.

[turtlefanforever]

I've been enjoying the good stuff. And making sure to catch each Treehouse of Terror

[Slade]

I've only watched a handful of episode my entire life. Don't know why. Just never did. I've got it on now though. Think I've watched 4 so far.

[Leo656]

I'm honestly amazed at just how much was cut for time from so many episodes. I've seen some of the earliest ones literally hundreds of times in repeats, and was surprised at how much I hadn't seen since the original airings. I used to catch every new episode religiously from when it started until somewhere around 1993 or so, whenever it was when it was on against Lois & Clark. I definitely remembered seeing some of the cut bits before, but hadn't noticed not seeing them on repeats. That's always fun. Right now they're getting into the seasons I haven't seen much of, so most of the rest will be "new" to me.

I keep telling myself I'll get the rest of the DVDs one day, but I only have the first two seasons. :ohwell:

[Wildcat]

Been watching since Saturday. I don't have all the DVDs plus it gives me something to watch between my usual stuff. Really been enjoying it.

I haven't seen the older ones in a really long time. Gotta say, the humor is still pretty much the same. I don't see how a lot of people complain or say Homer got dumber. Finally comparing it to the newer ones I think it's another case of people just having fond memories of growing up with it.

Some stuff is predictable and Homer was as stupid as he is now.

I love The Simpsons, I'm glad it's still going, I watch it every season. I hope it goes as long as possible. Next month is the crossover.

[ssjup81]

Homer did get dumber. Early Simpsons he really wasn't. Same goes for Peter on Family Guy. He wasn't that dumb when the series started. Even Ed from we, Edd, n Eddy wasn't dumb the first season and came across as a sci-fi, monster movie, comic book nerd.

[Wildcat]

Homer did get dumber. Early Simpsons he really wasn't. Same goes for Peter on Family Guy. He wasn't that dumb when the series started. Even Ed from we, Edd, n Eddy wasn't dumb the first season and came across as a sci-fi, monster movie, comic book nerd.Maybe not in the first couple of seasons. I have season 1 on DVD but now having seen a good handful from each single-digit season he's just like he is now.

So he got dumber pretty quickly then but people make it out to be recently.

[ssjup81]

Maybe not in the first couple of seasons. I have season 1 on DVD but now having seen a good handful from each single-digit season he's just like he is now.

So he got dumber pretty quickly then but people make it out to be recently.I was watching some season 3 eps and he still didn't come across as brain dead to me, but they seemed to gradually make him dumber over time. He does have a crayon stuck in his brain after all.

[Wildcat]

I started watching at season 4 or 5. Anyway his dumb personality really came about during the mid 90s.

A lot of shows do it though. A character or 2 will be changed a bit after the first seasons. Then that's what they become. I remember Fresh Prince Carlton wasn't as immature in the early episodes. At first he was just a conservative rich kid then pretty quickly he got his childish side. I guess to work better with Will.

[ssjup81]

Originally? I started watching the show in the first season, despite my mother not allowing me to after she saw an episode because she felt the topic matters weren't appropriate for kids...but she eventually gave in round about the ep with the crazy babysitter...about 1990. First ep I saw was when they got Santa's Little Helper. Well actually, I started watching the Simpsons when it was still apart of the Tracy Ulman Show. I would watch when I had days off from school since I wasn't allowed to stay up that late on a school night. My bedtime was 8:30. lol

I haven't really kept up with the Simpsons since the late 90s, but have caught an ep here or there since then. To me it feels as if it lost something or either I just grew bored of it.

[Leo656]

My Mom used to love the Tracy Ullman show, so when The Simpsons were getting their own show it was kind of a big deal to us as a family. We watched most of the first two seasons or so together but then Mom and Dad started drifting out of it. They'd watch it if it was on but never made it a point to watch it when it was new anymore. Kinda sad, there weren't many shows that all three of us liked to begin with.

[Wildcat]

Originally? I started watching the show in the first season, despite my mother not allowing me to after she saw an episode because she felt the topic matters weren't appropriate for kids...but she eventually gave in round about the ep with the crazy babysitter...about 1990. First ep I saw was when they got Santa's Little Helper. Well actually, I started watching the Simpsons when it was still apart of the Tracy Ulman Show. I would watch when I had days off from school since I wasn't allowed to stay up that late on a school night. My bedtime was 8:30. lol

I haven't really kept up with the Simpsons since the late 90s, but have caught an ep here or there since then. To me it feels as if it lost something or either I just grew bored of it.Oh, well I meant in this marathon. I don't remember my first episode but I do have season 1 on DVD.

I can see people getting bored of it but not when they say it's no longer good and it changed too much. Obviously some plots were more creative back then but the humor seems the same to me. Which is where the boredom would come from but hey at least it stayed itself.

Can't blame it for copying itself. It probably set the standard for the 2000s and such.

[ZariusTwo]

I've never purchased this show on DVD and I really don't feel like doing so, even if it were just to collect seasons one-eleven. It's one of those shows that I appreciate, but would'nt know where to begin in a marathon. I don't have the time

Watching the first season or so and it has such rich black humor and very often the tone is downbeat with a slight upbeat near the end, it sort of upset me when I was younger but now that I'm in my thirties and having coped with two depressions it feels like a more appropriate slice of conventional life, albeit exaggerated a bit.

I remember how much of an impact episodes like "The Tell-Tale Head" and "Bart Gets An F" had on me as a child, back when I would feel connected to Bart to the point where if he was crying or in trouble, my heart would reach out to him, nowadays I find Bart such a non-entity and some episodes that focus on his "possible future" usually turn out to be depressing (in one of them, he's divorced and locked in a custody battle...ugh), he never grows, everyone else sort of does, but he just does'nt.

[BubblyShell22]

I've been watching it when I remember to or when I feel like it. I'm not going to watch all of them though. I just feel the new ones don't feel the same as the earlier seasons. I still watch when I can, but I just feel like they don't measure up to me. I did like the Lego one though and can't wait for the Family Guy crossover coming up.

[turtlefanforever]

This marathon really takes me back. I especially love the Treehouse of Horror ones. They've always been my favorites. Watching 13 right now. Wish they'd put them all on a DVD.

[turtlefanforever]

I'm honestly amazed at just how much was cut for time from so many episodes. I've seen some of the earliest ones literally hundreds of times in repeats, and was surprised at how much I hadn't seen since the original airings. I used to catch every new episode religiously from when it started until somewhere around 1993 or so, whenever it was when it was on against Lois & Clark. I definitely remembered seeing some of the cut bits before, but hadn't noticed not seeing them on repeats. That's always fun. Right now they're getting into the seasons I haven't seen much of, so most of the rest will be "new" to me.

I keep telling myself I'll get the rest of the DVDs one day, but I only have the first two seasons. :ohwell:

i hear ya I was the same way. Had the first 6 seasons then just kinda lost track. I'm really getting into it again though

[snake]

I don't have FXX on my regular TV, so I haven't been able to watch it. Plus it's at season 12 or 13 now, so I missed out on the good episodes.

[turtlefanforever]

the Treehouse of horror episodes seem to go up an hour everyday. Yesterday it was 10:30 am and 11:30 PM today it's 9:30 am and 10:30 PM

[snake]

To make up for the episodes I missed, I watched my favorite season last night, 4.

[Metalwolf]

Homer did get dumber. Early Simpsons he really wasn't. Same goes for Peter on Family Guy. He wasn't that dumb when the series started. Even Ed from we, Edd, n Eddy wasn't dumb the first season and came across as a sci-fi, monster movie, comic book nerd.I think general consensus is that the show started going downhill during/after season 10, as that was when the last of the original writers left. If you look on The Dead Homer Society site, you'll see what I mean.

[Leofan26]

Watching the early episodes of The Simpsons and the newer ones in an all day marathon, really see how much in went down hill in my opinion.

I agree with whoever said Homer got more stupid as the series went, not only that but he became a much worse father. At least in the early episodes he tried to have a good relationship with Bart, you barley see that these days.

Than we have Lisa, oh boy what they did to her character. She's become my least favorite characters over the years :(

Homer and Marge's relationship screams divorce these days. You use to feel the love they once had.

Poor Bart, he's treated like crap by the family a lot of the times :(

However, some of the spoilers from the up coming episodes have my intrest. Maybe I'll stay tuned this time:)

[turtlefanforever]

And so it ends today. Although I felt a bit of oversaturation and got a we bit bored of it I am becoming a tad bit sad knowing it'll be over so soon.