Simspon fans?
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I can't stand "The Simpsons". At all.
I have never found it funny, and have given it plenty of chances to prove itself.
I have never found it funny, and have given it plenty of chances to prove itself.
The Simpsons used to be one of the greatest shows of all times. Now it's just sad to watch it continue to air.
The Simpons is like watching the really slow kid with braces who's bad at sports trying to play hockey but just ends up getting beaten to a pulp.
If its a show I enjoy then I try and think of reasonable, cannonical ways to justify slip ups in continuity.
If its a show I enjoy then I try and think of reasonable, cannonical ways to justify slip ups in continuity.
Matt Groening was the brains behind The Simpsons and the show was at its best when he had the most creative control. The Simpsons is very unusual for American comedy as it has quite a lot of subtle humour, something that most US comedy shows simply don't do. The non-inclusion of a "laugh track" or "studio audience" really helped The Simpsons, because it didn't telegraph to the audience what to laugh at, therefore allowing for more subtle and multi-layered readings of the humour. Adults, teens and kids could all interpret an episode completely differently without ever thinking "why is the audience laughing at THAT?" and there were easter eggs in every episode for this purpose. In this respect, The Simpsons is probably the most influential comedy cartoon ever made.
It did falter over time, and some episodes nowadays are particularly rubbishy, but even at it's worst The Simpsons still fares better than clones such as Family Guy, that copy all the superficial aspects of The Simpsons but don't really understand how and why the humour aspect of it works.
It did falter over time, and some episodes nowadays are particularly rubbishy, but even at it's worst The Simpsons still fares better than clones such as Family Guy, that copy all the superficial aspects of The Simpsons but don't really understand how and why the humour aspect of it works.
It was better when the jokes weren't completely obvious. It was better when the characters weren't gross caricatures, when Homer was actually nice once in a while, when Bart actually cared about Lisa, when Marge wasn't violent. It was better when the episodes would have emotion.
Then they dumped all that on a barge and sailed it into the middle of Bad Place River, and all they have left is the husk of what used to be.
Then they dumped all that on a barge and sailed it into the middle of Bad Place River, and all they have left is the husk of what used to be.
I havent watched it in a few years. I did love it though!
I allso had a simpsons game which was fun!
I allso had a simpsons game which was fun!
Been so long since I watch The Simpsons I can't really compare older and newer episode, which ones are better and stuff. I can say that I probably enjoyed the 15 first seasons (not watching it in it's original form, but translated from the American version to french Canadian often made me watch the same seasons mixed up a bit, so I have no idea which season I was following.) I did saw some of the last season episodes (in the original version), was enjoyable.
It went downhill after the movie was released. Even before then, the series was starting to slide down into mediocrity
Your avatar is out of Futurama, which had about the same humor for the most part.Onyx Oblivion said:
Anyway, there are some truly hilarious and well-written episodes, simply as far as comedic writing goes, not limited to being The Simpsons. The newer episodes are painful though.
You see, it works in Futurama. The setting and characters are perfectly executed, there is no family dynamic, and it shows a hysterical take on aliens.Jhil said:
Overall I love The Simpsons and was raised by it alongside Pokemon and Sonic, and I still get excited when my Tivo records an episode from 1993-2001. Sure, it declined a good deal, but it's still doing quite well for something that went 400+ episodes.
Of course, I must acknowledge that barring the very best of The Simpsons, Futurama is even better.
Of course, I must acknowledge that barring the very best of The Simpsons, Futurama is even better.
