Every Simpsons ever dicussion

*turtlefanforever* · 08-26-2014, 11:33 PM

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* · 08-26-2014, 11:51 PM

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* · 08-27-2014, 01:03 AM

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

*Slade* · 08-27-2014, 01:15 AM

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~~ · 08-27-2014, 01:52 AM

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.

*Wildcat* · 08-27-2014, 02:25 AM

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* · 08-27-2014, 02:31 AM

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* · 08-27-2014, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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* · 08-27-2014, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Wildcat

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* · 08-27-2014, 02:56 AM

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* · 08-27-2014, 03:04 AM

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~~ · 08-27-2014, 03:08 AM

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* · 08-27-2014, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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* · 08-27-2014, 08:03 AM

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* · 08-27-2014, 09:17 AM

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* · 08-27-2014, 10:44 AM

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* · 08-27-2014, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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* · 08-27-2014, 11:14 AM

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* · 08-28-2014, 08:53 AM

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* · 08-30-2014, 10:54 PM

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

08-26-2014, 11:33 PM	#1
turtlefanforever Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,098	Every Simpsons ever dicussion 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.

08-26-2014, 11:51 PM	#2
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	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. __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

08-27-2014, 01:03 AM	#3
turtlefanforever Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,098	yeah I've been enjoying the good stuff. And making sure to catch each Treehouse of Terror

08-27-2014, 01:15 AM	#4
Slade god status Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 3,291	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. __________________ Do not concern yourself with what I've already done: rather tremble at the thought of what I am about to do. Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48140

08-27-2014, 02:25 AM	#6
Wildcat Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 3,516	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. __________________ Nothing can survive the will to stay alive, cause if you try, you can do anything. Last edited by Wildcat; 08-27-2014 at 02:30 AM.

08-27-2014, 01:52 AM	#5
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	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.

08-27-2014, 02:31 AM	#7
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	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.

08-27-2014, 02:56 AM	#10
Wildcat Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 3,516	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. __________________ Nothing can survive the will to stay alive, cause if you try, you can do anything.

08-27-2014, 03:04 AM	#11
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	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.

08-27-2014, 03:08 AM	#12
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	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.

08-27-2014, 08:03 AM	#14
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,501	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. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

08-27-2014, 09:17 AM	#15
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	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. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

08-27-2014, 10:44 AM	#16
turtlefanforever Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,098	hmm 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.

08-27-2014, 11:14 AM	#18
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	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.

08-28-2014, 08:53 AM	#19
turtlefanforever Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,098	hm 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

08-30-2014, 10:54 PM	#20
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	To make up for the episodes I missed, I watched my favorite season last night, 4.