the simpsons thread!!!

[Jack Skellington]

i'm sure there are other simpsons heads here

[Ecto Jedi]

Let me be the first to say that seasons 3 to 8 contain hordes of classic episodes that leave no doubt as to why the series was named the most important American primetime show ever -- witty, sharp, consistently groundbreaking and always entertaining.

Anything post-1998? Mostly garbage.

[Jack Skellington]

i thought you guys would like to see an OFFICAL pic matt did for maxim magazine in 2003 or so

[ZariusTwo]

Now, if the show had a lot more rule 34 in it, it'd be better than it has been in years...

[Mecha Cow]

I can't even watch The Simpsons for more than five minutes anymore. I know hating on the newer episodes is the cool thing to do, but they're literally painful to watch.

[cqb101]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

I can't even watch The Simpsons for more than five minutes anymore. I know hating on the newer episodes is the cool thing to do, but they're literally painful to watch.

Completely agreed. I haven't sat through an entire episode of the Simpsons in probably 5 years.

[Brodie]

This thread should be closed. Especially after the movie.

[Jack Skellington]

Originally Posted by Brodie

This thread should be closed. Especially after the movie.

the movie kicked ass!

[Ra]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

I can't even watch The Simpsons for more than five minutes anymore. I know hating on the newer episodes is the cool thing to do, but they're literally painful to watch.

I third this emotion as well. The last "new" episode I watched was when the family went to London. I only watched half of the episode before turning off the television in disgust. Homer was once a caring, clumsy, and "dim-witted" father. Now he's just stupid and gets his family into dangerous situations (for his own personal gain at times). That's probably the thing that I hate the most.

[AquaParade]

I think the problem with the episodes now, is it seems like the writers are trying too hard to be random, or have those ...wtf...parts that family guy pulls off so well...or used to before it was cancelled...but thats another thread entirely. The simpsons was better when it had cohesive story lines that developed the characters of springfield, while being funny and clever along the way.

As for the movie, I thought it was much better then any recent simpsons episodes, so I'm really glad about that...but the Simpsons will never reach how good it was in the 90's....personally, I think they need to start expanding and age the characters and show some more permanent things affecting springfield. How did such a great show become so mediocre?

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Hmm, I always thought seasons 1 and 2 were okay too. Plus I thought the show was still funny until about midway through 2001.

In my opinion people are overly critical of the show, because I think it had more good years than a lot of people on the Internet give it credit for. But the last few years have been pretty bad.

[KROW]

I still find at least two or three bits in a recent Simpsons episode that I find funny. Compared to the same old garbage on TV lately, the show still kicks ass.

[Brodie]

Originally Posted by Jack Skellington

the movie kicked ass!

I guess you like being wrong. Because the movie was terrible.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Brodie

I guess you like being wrong. Because the movie was terrible.

Yes, because having a different opinion means you're wrong!

I'd say it was okay. I was entertained, but a week later I forgot almost everything about it.

[Brodie]

SOmeones opinion thats different from mine isn't wrong? What?

No, no. That must be wrong.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by LeoInRed

I think the problem with the episodes now, is it seems like the writers are trying too hard to be random, or have those ...wtf...parts that family guy pulls off so well...or used to before it was cancelled...

Yea, like that embarassing "yellow fever" joke that I kept seeing on a TV spot for last weeks episode.

[Drtooth]

I will say The Simpsons this season had a very very slow start (and one of the worst Halloween specials I've ever seen from the series), but the last several episodes were pretty good. I'm still a loyal fan of the show, even though they haven't done anything interresting since 2000. I still think last week's episode about the Primaries was the only time the Simpsons have been topical, and not 2 1/2 years later.

I still think the movie was utterly amazing, but only because the older writers had their hands in it. Though it was at least 10 years over due.

But I wouldn't mind seeing it cancelled if Fox would make actual new actual episodes of Futurama. Not just movies. Full half hour episodes on Fox. Too bad they won't.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Futurama is going to be on Comedy Central though, meaning there will finally be something worth watching on that network other than South Park, which actually had its worst season last season IMO. I hope they can pick it up this year.

I stopped watching last night's Family Guy after 10-15 minutes. It used to be offensive and funny, now it's just offensive.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

Futurama is going to be on Comedy Central though, meaning there will finally be something worth watching on that network other than South Park, which actually had its worst season last season IMO. I hope they can pick it up this year.

Yeah, but they won't be new episodes. Just chunks of the new movies in 4 part stories. And since the writier's strike has actually haulted production on the next few movies (or so I've been told), I don't even think they'll do that for a while. So we won't really get new episodes. Unless you count DTV's cut into segments episodes. (Why I'm also hoping the Tiny Toons DVD collection will release "How I spent my Summer Vacation" on a sepperate Disk, instead of the 5 part episode "saga")

I stopped watching last night's Family Guy after 10-15 minutes. It used to be offensive and funny, now it's just offensive.

It was offensive... to my intellegence. it went nowhere, it made no sense, and everr point it tried to make got buried under a wacky convelution. Not even Cutaways. The neding made no sense. If they wanted to put the Fast Food companies in a bad light, they could have put any number of odd things behind the "restricted" door than talking Cows with the voice of Ricardo Montelbam (sp?). American Dad, however, was the best Spy movie send up I had ever seen, ever. Even the Animaniacs episode didn't stack up.