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i_c_weiner
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My Fair Laddy
I watched the Simpsons tonight. I was pleasantly surprised. My Fair Laddy was a good episode. I was wondering when they'd do a Willie episode. The best part of the episode had to be "Bombardment". It felt like an older episode.
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GreyThinkyWhale
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« Reply #449 on: 03-04-2006 11:45 »
« Last Edit on: 03-04-2006 11:45 »
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Originally posted by i_c_weiner: My Fair Laddy
I watched the Simpsons tonight. I was pleasantly surprised. My Fair Laddy was a good episode. I was wondering when they'd do a Willie episode. The best part of the episode had to be "Bombardment". It felt like an older episode.
A I actually thought it was an episode from a few seasons back at first. But I didn't remember it. I loved this episode, much better than other recent episodes! A-
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LayZ341
Professor
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I like how they make average episodes better by referring to past great episodes. For example, Frank Grimes' headstone; RIP Grimey.
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DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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Guess I'll post a review again for once...
So here we have the much anticipated Ricky Gervais episode. The outcome? A generally pretty funny episode that probably could have used some rewrites.
I have no idea if this has anything to do with Gervais' style (having never seen much of his other work), or if it's just the usual modern-Simpsons problem, but there was just too much going on. Nothing was ever really developed well-enough to be interesting, and the episode had the same problem as a lot of others this season: that things would seem to just sort of "happen" and there wasn't any particular logic or buildup most of the time, let alone any real development. And while I realize that unrelated openings and plot tangents and all that have become sort of a Simpsons staple by now, it's when you have as much going on as in this episode that I think you really need to drop stuff like Lenny's plasma tv and just cut right to the main story. And speaking of which, what exactly was the main story? Was it supposed to be a satire of reality shows (done decently here, and certainly better than "Helter Shelter", but not exactly bitingly enough to be worth going back to yet again)? Is it about something threatening Homer and Marge's marriage again? Or is it more about Charlie's problems? There just wasn't any cogent enough story for any of this to be developed properly, which is especcially a shame with Charlie as he actually was a pretty charming and interesting character, and very well voiced at that (the whole sequence where he attempts to tell a joke to Marge was just perfectly done). It's these kinds of problems that especcially makes this Simpsons fan long more than usual for the days of season two, where there was one story with a logical beginning, middle, and end, and complete development of it. On a side note, I also thought it was too much of a leap of faith to believe that Marge would so impulsively sign up for the reality show....yet more reason to cut that entire plastma tv tangent and work on making that believable instead.
With that said, this is kind of one of those episodes that's just entertaining despite the obvious story problems. Again, Gervais' character was good, and overall the episode is funny. There were several big laughs (Itchy and Scratchy, the cutaway to the pub which was especcially hilarious, the whole love song sequence), relatively few duds (Marge's "I'll do it!" that gradually became more and more painful is the main thing I can think of), and in general it was just entertaining enough to overcome the story. Another reviewer compared this to season eight, and in a way, that's spot on: much like a number of shows that season ("The Twisted World of Marge Simpson", "The Canine Mutiny", "The Old Man and the Lisa", "Hurricane Neddy", etc.) this episode had a somewhat rambly and pointless story, but at the same time was just simply funny enough that I can't say I wasn't entertained. And even though this review probably seems harsh, it was certainly entertaining enough that I'd be willing to watch again. B
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Yes, thank you for that glorious post, it really differs from all the other posts you've made in this thread.
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