cyber_turnip
Urban Legend
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Plus points about the writer: - He's written for both shows
- He wrote "Holidays of Future Past" which was actually a pretty decent episode of The Simpsons - the first episode I'd say qualifies as "genuinely good" in years and years
- "Holidays of Future Past" was an episode set in the future
- He wrote "Roswell That Ends Well" - usually regarded as the very best episode of Futurama
And the cons: - Every other episode of The Simpsons that he's written (and there's quite a few) has been absolutely terrible, just as pretty much every episode of the show is, these days. He did write "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" which was slightly less terrible than usual for the show, now, but it still sucked
- All of his other Futurama credits are pretty poor:
"My Three Suns" - usually considered to be one of season 1's weaker episodes "Mars University" - usually considered to be the worst of season 1 "A Head in the Polls" - hardly one of the all-time favourites, a so-so episode "The Deep South" - as above "The Cryonic Woman" - considered by a lot of people (including myself) to be the worst episode of the original run "Where the Buggalo Roam" - usually considered to be one of the show's very worst "Neutopia" - whilst I don't mind it, personally, this is often cited as a lot of people's most-hated episodes and it generally ranks pretty lowly amongst fans
So, yeah, it could go either way, very easily. He might pull off another of his incredibly rare great episodes, or it might just add to the mass of crap that he's written. I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't hire David X. Cohen or Ken Keeler to write the episode as a freelancer, to be honest.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Every other episode of The Simpsons that he's written (and there's quite a few) has been absolutely terrible, just as pretty much every episode of the show is, these days.
While they're far from classics, his Simpsons episodes are generally considered by fans to be among the better outings of their respective seasons... I recall Moe Baby Blues and The Way We Weren't in particular receiving a lot of praise upon the initial airings of season 14 and 15. I also personally consider The Monkey Suit to be easily one of the best post-classic era Simpsons episodes.
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Lambda
Bending Unit
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They should have used a Futurama writer as well, in my opinion. A current one. I'm worried about characterisation.
He did write Neutopia (although the entire episode was pretty much just about the battle of the sexes) and it didn't air that long ago. I believe he can pull it off.. and it'll probably be worth watching with involvement from DXC, Keeler and perhaps Groening himself. But I suppose Futuramas own writers haven't been perfect at that. I do agree, though
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ShinyMetal***
Professor
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Cyber-turnip makes a great point. Matt Groening will most defidently be involved considering the fact that he does still work for the Simpsons and has had loads of experience working with Futurama. He will cleary be getting involved a great amount with this epsiode.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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I'm sure Groening and Cohen would have some level of involvement, though I'm more than happy to have J Stewart Burns at the helm of this one. Roswell That Ends Well is pretty much my favourite episode.
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TheAnvil
Bending Unit
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Plus points about the writer:
- He's written for both shows
- He wrote "Holidays of Future Past" which was actually a pretty decent episode of The Simpsons - the first episode I'd say qualifies as "genuinely good" in years and years
- "Holidays of Future Past" was an episode set in the future
- He wrote "Roswell That Ends Well" - usually regarded as the very best episode of Futurama
And the cons:
- Every other episode of The Simpsons that he's written (and there's quite a few) has been absolutely terrible, just as pretty much every episode of the show is, these days. He did write "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" which was slightly less terrible than usual for the show, now, but it still sucked
- All of his other Futurama credits are pretty poor:
"My Three Suns" - usually considered to be one of season 1's weaker episodes "Mars University" - usually considered to be the worst of season 1 "A Head in the Polls" - hardly one of the all-time favourites, a so-so episode "The Deep South" - as above "The Cryonic Woman" - considered by a lot of people (including myself) to be the worst episode of the original run "Where the Buggalo Roam" - usually considered to be one of the show's very worst "Neutopia" - whilst I don't mind it, personally, this is often cited as a lot of people's most-hated episodes and it generally ranks pretty lowly amongst fans
So, yeah, it could go either way, very easily. He might pull off another of his incredibly rare great episodes, or it might just add to the mass of crap that he's written. I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't hire David X. Cohen or Ken Keeler to write the episode as a freelancer, to be honest.
My Three Suns is one of my favorite episodes. And a lot of his Simpsons episodes are regarded as some of the best since the show went downhill after Season 8 (I also particularly like "The Monkey Suit"). One of his episodes has one of my favorite quotes from Futurama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYm7DqAAQpc
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Lambda
Bending Unit
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« Reply #172 on: 10-09-2013 19:09 »
« Last Edit on: 10-09-2013 19:10 »
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Keep in mind, however, that Neutopia is considered by many to be a very bad episode.
yeah, should've clarified that I didn't care for the plot. I don't really know what writers are on The Simpsons these days, but after looking up which episodes he wrote, they are among the better. The Way We Weren't, in addition to those mentioned earlier, being one of them. in retrospect, that episode messed a bit with canon
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cartoonlover27
Professor
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I'm not sure about J. Stewart Burns, as he seems to be hit or miss based on the list of things he's written.
My Three Suns is one of my all time favorites, and Mars University is one of my all time least favorites, for example.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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in retrospect, that episode messed a bit with canon
I disagree. They kept the time period vague and neither Homer nor Marge were aware of who the other one was in the flashbacks until after telling the story. Unless you're referring to some of the side characters, but I still can't think of anything right off the bat?
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Lambda
Bending Unit
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I disagree. They kept the time period vague and neither Homer nor Marge were aware of who the other one was in the flashbacks until after telling the story. Unless you're referring to some of the side characters, but I still can't think of anything right off the bat?
I was mainly thinking about Homer meeting Lenny, Carl and Moe. We had already seen them as children in the somewhat earlier episode The Blunder Years, but it turns out they were twelve in that one and ten in The Way We Weren't. In Flaming Moe's, Moe says that his mother won't be home for 20 minutes. It's a throw-away remark probably, but if he was abandoned, why does he live with her when he's older? Of course that could be easily explained by it being just a joke, or that she needed someone to take care of him. Otherwise you're right, they never really made a reference to the time period except during the 60's/70's looking kissing scene.. and because The Simpsons takes place in the present, the flashbacks cannot be consistent anyway.
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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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The episode is now officially going to air as the finale to the 25th season of The Simpsons (as opposed to the premiere of season 26).
Source.
That's cool. It means we get it 4 months earlier, or so.
I was looking at Wikipedia at The Simpsons episode list for Season 25 and couldn't see it listed, what happened?...
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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I was looking at Wikipedia at The Simpsons episode list for Season 25 and couldn't see it listed, what happened?...
Fox have rescheduled it for season 26. Meanwhile, The Man Who Came to Be Dinner has been pushed back to season 27.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Yeah, I think they'll either show a clip from Simpsorama or The Man Who Came to Be Dinner.
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