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transgender nerd under canada
DOOP Ubersecretary
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Originally posted by payn: Stop your Simpsons-bashing. No. I won't. Rupert Murdoch guest starred in an episode. The series has hit the bottom, it's become less intelligent, there are too many BLOODY IDIOTIC fans, it's constantly misquoted, and to cap it all off, FOX preferred to treat it like King Turd of Shit Mountain instead of flushing it down the crapper. Sorry, but I'll bash it until it dies. Then I'll just ignore everything after Series 9.
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zoidburgisking
Crustacean
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I'm done watching Fox, except for the few Futurama reruns that might show. I would be very happy if the company collapsed under fail berman's leadership.
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
Moderator
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Evil Fox Exec: Nah. My hatred of Fox got only strengthened. heh heh heh heh heh heh i sense a dark side in this one i do anyways...no!!!!! you cant make a show thats in its upteenth season any better than it would have been if the other show (Futurama) was still on the air. Futurama was just a baby...it had so much to live for...i hate you FOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
Moderator
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by zoidburgisking: I'm done watching Fox, except for the few Futurama reruns that might show. I would be very happy if the company collapsed under fail berman's leadership. that would be SWEET JUICY JUSTICE!!!!!!
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ShadowFox
Crustacean
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Don't get me wrong guys, I hate Fox, and the past season wasn't very good, but I am holding out hope that this one will be good.
payn, don't get me started on anime. I hate that as much as we all hate Fox.
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Jamesbondcja
Professor
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I will still watch the simpsons, buy the Futurama season 4 DVD and cross my fingers for a movie.
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Seraya
Crustacean
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I still like and watch Simpsons, though the past three seasons have mostly been what I like to call 'wacky'. But one good reason to keep watching Simpsons is this... Futurama refernces. Even ones that aren't really real, just a little line or something that an obsessed fan can say... 'Hey, that's similar to something that was on Futurama!'.
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Unca Dave
Crustacean
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I never lost interest in The Simpsons, although it seems interest overall has dropped. I used to head up the SimpSIG in American Mensa. It did just dandy for about five years, but over the last two years members' response dropped off until, according to the site's hit counter, the only one stopping by the site was me when I'd do updates. Finally had to close 'er down for lack of interest. Same thing seems to be happening to the population in general.
The Simpsons is one of the two series that made Fox a viable concern, the other being Married...with Children. I agree with other posters that the last several seasons have been less than stellar. The only reason the show's still in production is that it's a guaranteed audience, still running on its reputation.
BTW, am I alone in thinking that Banzai smacks of xenophobia, or what these days might be called racism? Perhaps that's a thread of its own better suited to a different category.
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ataricat
Crustacean
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The Simpsons is getting a little tired, some of the jokes are getting stale, (They've also been joking about running out of stories for 6 years now.) but it's still worth watching.
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FRY300
Crustacean
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Originally posted by ataricat: The Simpsons is getting a little tired, some of the jokes are getting stale, (They've also been joking about running out of stories for 6 years now.) but it's still worth watching.
Same here I will watch the Simpsons but they are getting old.
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El Zilcho
Professor
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The episode of Simpsons that made me groan in horror was the Brazil ep. I think I mentioned it on this board before, but it bears repeating. Worst line ever was Bart inside a snake: "Don't be sad, it's Carnival!" *dances*
I will watch Simpsons sometimes, but only for the jokes. Some of the lines are real gems ("Look at me! I'm a scientist! Heeheehee! Ahh... Africa." ), but the eps overall are horrible.
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payn
Bending Unit
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Originally posted by Unca Dave: The Simpsons is one of the two series that made Fox a viable concern, the other being Married...with Children.
Someone forgot about 21 Jumpstreet. How much did Johnny Depp pay you to forget? Anyway, I'm not saying the Simpsons is at its best, or that it's great TV, or that it's anywhere near as good as Futurama. What I _am_ saying is that the past two seasons have been far better than the two before. And that they're better than most of what's on TV--which, now (as at any other time in history) isn't hard, but it's (by definition) still rare. And CyberKnight, one of the major things that has improved is the timing. Watch any episode from season 12--it's almost as if the editors didn't know where the jokes were. That no longer seems to be true. BTW, am I alone in thinking that Banzai smacks of xenophobia, or what these days might be called racism? Perhaps that's a thread of its own better suited to a different category. I imagine that many second-generation Japanese-Americans will find Banzai racist, and many first-generation Japanese-Americans will find it hilarious (much moreso than Americans of non-Japanese descent). I base this partly on the reaction of various Japanese-American friends and acquaintances to the Chris Farley sketch on SNL, and partly on pure conjecture. The show is making fun of Japanese TV, not the Japanese people--but if you're oversensitive you can read an insult into that. It all depends on perspective. Although it would be funnier to play it completely straight--bring over one of the real Japanese shows that's being parodied, get a great dubbing team, and show it in prime-time and people would love it.
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User_names_suck
Professor
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it it quite likley that some futurama writers will go back to the simpsons, so it could get better again.
i still think simpsons is very funny it just had some ridculous plots and some fucked up bits. like where marge gets agrophobic after getting mugged, and then doing some body building and finding the guy and beating him up for far too long. and they just keep doing episodes where there in completley diffrent locations because they cant think of normal situations.
but it still usually very funny
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Tahair
Poppler
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ShadowFox, if ur reading this and u get cartoon network, look on cartoon network every mon-thurs @11:30pm, i think ull be a little bit surprised.
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