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Posted by Leperous on Tue Jan 20th at 12:06pm 2004

Okay, I just read this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3412515.stm
and thought, what a load of crap.

Personally, I think since about series 12 or so (same time Groening started with Futurama?), new Simpsons have sucked monkeys- the stories are too wacky and don't go anywhere (and usually just shamble along in a random direction), they always have to go to another country or have a famous person randomly appearing in it, jokes in general are blatantly obvious Scary-Movie-type humour, and all the characters have changed. Homer is now just obnoxious and borish, Marge now tries to be cool, Bart has turned gay, Burns just turns up to make random old people jokes, etc... New ones just don't seem to be either funny or clever any more. Am I getting old, or am I right?





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Posted by matt on Tue Jan 20th at 12:43pm 2004

Series 11 ends on BBC2 tonight with "Behind the laughter" for those of use in the UK without Sky, (Digital telly with a sunscription charge of like ?40 per month) the BBC is the only way we get new simpsons episodes. So just spare a thought for the lowal fans in the UK who have to put up with the BBC and their scheduling bastards. God knows when we'll be able to see series 12. Wanted to see that episode with the Queen, but now sky, no new simpons. *sighs* [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Tue Jan 20th at 12:43pm 2004

For the most part I'd have to agree with you. But there have been a few episodes in the last few seasons that were great. Such as the one where Comic Book Guy gets involved with Skinners mom.

I'm just sad that they canceled Futurama, I mean the Simpsons aren't going anywhere, it's a franchise, but Futurama was still relativly young and now it's gone, besides re-runs on cartoon network. Fox, as usual, cancels the wrong shows (Futurama, Family Guy) so they can have a new reality show (shudders).

The best thing that's become of the Simpsons recently is Hit and Run, it's icredibly fun, however even at some point it becomes a pain in the ass.

The show consists of highs and lows now. And thats sad. But they're getting better, they're not as random anymore. [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Tue Jan 20th at 12:48pm 2004

I agree, I saw that one at a friends, the one when bart looks after the comic store is a great episode. [addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Tue Jan 20th at 1:06pm 2004

Hmmm, well series 11 is pretty bad too, did it kick off with the lame Superbowl episode? The episode yesterday with Otto's marriage was utterly crap, except for the brief scene with Homer and the ice cream It's quite disturbing how the writers/animators are trying to make Marge sexy in newer episodes, too...





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Posted by Crono on Tue Jan 20th at 1:15pm 2004

Yeah. I tend to block the bad ones from my memory.

I just remembered the chili cook off one (Guatemalan Insane Asylum Chili Peppers). The whole part with the dog when he wakes up is great

Homer:"Wait a minute, dogs can't talk"
Dog:"Woof woof"
Homer:"Damn stright!"

Yeah, the whole marge-erotica isn't going over well. I can't wait until these writer's contracts are up, or some of them leave.

It's kind of like the Bond movies, the games are starting to have better storylines.


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To matt downbelow: I don't really remember that one . . . Probably blocked it from my memory, but the Jebus thing was hillarious so was "I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Super-Man".

Anyway I wanted to add that, when I get a lot of free time, I'll get working on a picture I've been wanting to make:

Homer in an HEV suit running away from some head crabs. . .and maybe one with him kicking the charge-dog things in the ass. I'm making them for my friends store, so he can hang em up, like a double sided poster thing.

Any suggestions on that front are welcome
[/EDIT] [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Tue Jan 20th at 1:16pm 2004

The only really lame episode I've seen from a later series is whe homer starts asking god for everything, and it end up on top of the church flooded with god being fed krispa' chicken from the kernal! [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Tue Jan 20th at 4:07pm 2004

I agree... since 11 or 12 it has gone seriously down hill.



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Posted by Gwil on Tue Jan 20th at 4:19pm 2004

Simpsons: Used up a lot of the genuinely ingenious storylines, what do they do?

EXTEND THE BIT CHARACTERS PERSONALITIES AND ROLES!

Theyre doing more or less the same as Itchy and Scratchy with the addition of Poochy - and like Leprous said, it certainly does show...

[addsig]



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Tue Jan 20th at 5:30pm 2004

? quote:
Theyre doing more or less the same as Itchy and Scratchy with the addition of Poochy - and like Leprous said, it certainly does show...


Oh, the irony of it all. [addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Tue Jan 20th at 6:51pm 2004

Maybe it's on purpose?

Even the worst Simpsons episode is better than almost all of TV right now. The only things better written than the current episodes were the old episodes. Those old episodes were miles beyond everything and, to be honest, are tough to continually make after 15 seasons.





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Posted by matt on Tue Jan 20th at 6:54pm 2004

? posted by Crono
Homer in an HEV suit running away from some head crabs. . .and maybe one with him kicking the charge-dog things in the ass. I'm making them for my friends store, so he can hang em up, like a double sided poster thing.

Any suggestions on that front are welcome
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Give me a slice!

/end simpsons quote

[addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Tue Jan 20th at 7:02pm 2004

? posted by Yak_Fighter

Even the worst Simpsons episode is better than almost all of TV right now. The only things better written than the current episodes were the old episodes. Those old episodes were miles beyond everything and, to be honest, are tough to continually make after 15 seasons.

Yak, perhaps you need to live the UK television revolution that I hear you're having over there Less reality TV and more Office, I say.





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Posted by Crono on Tue Jan 20th at 7:32pm 2004

The problem is that if the writing actually changed, we wouldn't even know until 2006 (Season 17). Since how they write and produce the shows. Right now, they're finishing up animating the last episodes for season 16. The writers are allready writing, or possbly done for season 17.

Reality shows are evil. they're also poinless:

Host: "If you survive this truckload of rocks, you win 1 million dollors"

Annoying Contestant: "Woooo, bring it on!!!!"

Wouldn't it be easier to just shoot everyone who tries out for a reality show?

That includes the Real World and Road Rules. [addsig]



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Posted by Sim on Tue Jan 20th at 9:43pm 2004

And there's Big Brother in the UK. Hooray, let's all watch people sit in a house for several months. I see more excitement in retirement homes.

[addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Tue Jan 20th at 9:51pm 2004

? posted by Sim

I see more excitement in retirement homes.

Wheelchair races are the next big thing.





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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Tue Jan 20th at 11:30pm 2004

? quote:
The only things better written than the current episodes were the old episodes.


Do you live in the US? I have to say, some of your programming when I went on holiday there was downright shameful. [addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Tue Jan 20th at 11:36pm 2004

Yeah, I'm American, and I really don't watch the telly outside of the Simpsons, Futurama, local news, sports, and movies.

There's so much crap it's beyond my ability to comprehend. My house has satellite TV and I only watch one out of the 700 or so channels (which is ESPNews)





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Posted by wil5on on Wed Jan 21st at 12:00am 2004

? posted by Leperous

Personally, I think since about series 12 or so (same time Groening started with Futurama?), new Simpsons have sucked monkeys- the stories are too wacky and don't go anywhere (and usually just shamble along in a random direction), they always have to go to another country or have a famous person randomly appearing in it, jokes in general are blatantly obvious Scary-Movie-type humour, and all the characters have changed. Homer is now just obnoxious and borish, Marge now tries to be cool, Bart has turned gay, Burns just turns up to make random old people jokes, etc... New ones just don't seem to be either funny or clever any more. Am I getting old, or am I right?

OMG Lep! Its like youve taken my thoughts and put them into words, and did a better job of it than myself. I stopped watching new simpsons a while ago... the only simpsons I watch now are repeats of the old ones.

? posted by Leperous

Yak, perhaps you need to live the UK television revolution that I hear you're having over there Less reality TV and more Office, I say.

I havent seen the Office yet... best UK show ever IMO is Dead Ringers... it is impossible not to laugh all through that show. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Wed Jan 21st at 6:18am 2004

Yak, what about Family Guy?

However, Futurama doesn't get enough credit, not by a long-shot. [addsig]




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