User_names_suck
Professor
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« Reply #80 on: 04-07-2004 20:28 »
« Last Edit on: 04-07-2004 20:28 »
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Originally posted by Xmpel: No, you're a proud ignoramus.
Anyways, I saw an episode about Homer getting scared by a bear or something and I starte crying with laughter. Not because it was a funny episode but just because it was the worst ever episode of The series ever !
I just couldn't stop laughing at how silly it was, I mean, they couldn't have come up with anything better and more down to earth than Homer chasing a bear dressed up like an idiot ?
Are you even supposed to be able to relate to this show anymore ? Even Futurama was more down to Earth and it's settled a thousand years forward in time.
This is by far the worst ever episode of any Tv-series. Yeah that was a bad episode,(though far from the worse) not represntative of the recent rise in quality it was a season 14 holdover anyway. but did you seriously watch t.v shows because you can relate to all the situations. I personally cant relate to having a babysitter bandit come in my house. or going on a student exchange trip where I was a slave for some evil french wine makers while an albanian spy moves into my familes house. Or even having a distarous camping trip where are RV falls over a cliff and My Dad gets mistaken for bigfoot. So I guess Simpsons has always been shit is that what your saying.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by 3/4 of a Jesus: AHEM?!?! I am a proud female nerd, thank you
Right on, sister! Oh and, Xmpel, you are referring to "The Fat and the Furriest". Personally, I thought it was okay, but not a high point in season 15.
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M0le
Space Pope
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Lisa: That's specious reasoning Dad. Homer: Thank you, honey. Lisa: By your logic I could say that this rock repels tigers. Homer: I see. How does it work? Lisa: It doesn't work! It's just a stupid rock! But I don't see any tigers around, do you? Homer: (Looks around in amazement) Lisa, I want to buy your rock. (Lisa refuses, then shrugs and takes the money) One of my favourite conversations from Simpsons history.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by User_names_suck: but did you seriously watch t.v shows because you can relate to all the situations. I personally cant relate to having a babysitter bandit come in my house. or going on a student exchange trip where I was a slave for some evil french wine makers while an albanian spy moves into my familes house. Or even having a distarous camping trip where are RV falls over a cliff and My Dad gets mistaken for bigfoot. So I guess Simpsons has always been shit is that what your saying. The point that Xmpel is probably trying to make (this is just a guess) is that The Simpsons is now completely outrageous, but not even in a funny way. But, I also agree with user_names_suck, the show has always had that theme of a dysfunctional family, and alot of the time the situations aren't relatable to anything in the real world. Plus, the episodes that were referenced by you, user_names, ("Some Enchanted Evening", "The Crepes of Wrath", and "The Call of the Simpsons" ) are actually relatable, but on a different level than that of the story: "Some Enchanted Evening"-You can relate to a marriage being strained and a husband and wife trying to repair it. You can also relate to having a babysitter that was mean, just not on such an outrageous level as that of the episode (i.e. a babysitter who is a criminal that ties up the kids and loots the house). "The Crepes of Wrath"-If you look at it, alot of this episode is about Homer and Bart's father/son relationship. Homer finds Bart to be a hoodlum, but develops a father/son relationship with Adil. I'm sure that, as a kid, you're parents were mad at you, but talked (at least as a joke) about how great your friend was and how they wished that they were their kid. You feel sorry for Bart in the story, because Homer isn't proud of him like Adil. "The Call of The Simpsons"-Many people can relate to a camping trip gone awry, but just not on the level presented in this episode. Of course, Homer's mistaken identity really can't be related to. So, I wouldn't say that Xmpel hates the show and always has, he was probably just saying that the characters are unreachable (of course, I could be entirely off-base here). But, as I said before, user_names_suck brings up a good point: not all episodes can be related to.
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User_names_suck
Professor
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Gorky I'm aware of what he's saying but I just gave examples of season 1 episodes saying well there's always been crazy cartoon moments. Fat and the furriest wasn't actually that bad, its just a light hearted episode that fills a production run basically. Homer is far far away from being a jerkass.
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Woodbot 2.0
Starship Captain
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Originally posted by newhook_1: "The Fat and the Furriest" is like a "good" episode in season 11 ("Behind The Laughter", "Guess Who's Coming To Critisize Dinner" etc.). It's worth watching once or twice for one or two good gags, but that's it. Here are the gags I do like from the episode: -Lenny,Carl aand Bart singing "Sky Rocket's in Flight -"Do I dare put caremel over the cotten candy?Bwhahahahaahahahaahahahahaa!" -Maggie "stuffed"
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by leelaholic: Am I the only one here that considers "The Fat and the Furriest" a guilty pleasure episode? I'll agree that it isn't good, but I certainly think it's better than people say it is. I agree. I didn't see it the first time it aired, but I did read the reviews by some of the members of PEEL and The NHC. Once I saw it (I believe it aired 3 weeks ago), I found it to be an okay episode, and not as bad as people make it out to be.
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Action Jacktion
Professor
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Coming this Sunday to Fox: three episodes of The Simpsons. Yes, for some reason they aren't showing Malcolm in the Middle so The Simpsons will be on from 8:00-9:30.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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And the fact that Frankie Muniz is an adult is just another reason to cancel the show. The big problem with live-action shows featuring child actors is that the inevitable happens: they grow to be adults. These characters lose something, and the show ultimately fails. So, the crew usually tries to compensate for one star becoming less and less of a kid and more and more of an adult by adding another child. This attempt usually makes the show lose something else, until it completely crumbles. In fact, I believe that there is now a baby on the show, so their you have it. Maybe your dream will come true, DotheBartman.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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I agree with Fishy Joe that three episodes in a row in one night is a bit much, especially if you consider that they are all reruns. Instead of filling almost all of Sunday's schedule with The Simpsons, Fox might be better off showing Malcolm in the Middle *shudders*. At least this way people won't get tired of the show and stop watching it all together. Or, they could at least show some kind of Top Ten episodes thing, where they show the fans' favorite episodes, so that there would be a bit of variety. Showing reruns from this season over and over is getting kind of tired, at least vary it up a little.
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User_names_suck
Professor
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Maybe the MITM spot could get taken up by Family guy seems a logical move but I guess logic doesn't come into Fox's moves so who knows.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Yeah, Family Guy does seem like a natural choice. Or maybe there is a project in production at Fox that would be perfect for the timeslot. Who knows?
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DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #106 on: 04-10-2004 20:07 »
« Last Edit on: 04-10-2004 20:07 »
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Originally posted by FishyJoe: I hate Malcolm too, but three Simpsons episodes is a bit much. Pretty soon they're going to make it four Simpsons episodes per week. When will it end? FOX is realizing that The Simpsons is the only surefire ratings hit on their Sunday night lineup, so they are showing it as much as possible. It reminds me of what ABC did to "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?".
Yeah yeah, I know The Simpsons isn't a flash-in-the-pan fad like Millionaire, but still. If you show it that much, people are bound to get tired of it. Well, the problem that befell "Millionaire" was that it was running three or four nights a week at one point. That's insane for any show, let alone a newer show. Running the Simpsons that often (outside of syndication) would be a mistake too, but it would hold its own better because its been on for so many years now that people are accustomed to seeing it everywhere, and have grown to love it as a staple of american television. Millionaire was still too new (and probably would have been cancelled fairly quickly anyway, due to its nature) so people got sick of it quickly, which hasn't happened to The Simpsons. In fact, the fact that its show 2-3 times a day in most syndication markets and still maintains top ratings is a good display of its ressiliancy and lasting appeal, something "Millionaire" never had. "MASH" reruns certainly haven't been killed by over saturation either, to use another example. The "three in a row" idea has been done before anyway, and has never killed the show. They just do it once in a while if they're getting seriously killed in the schedule and don't have much of a choice, IE right now. The following week probably won't be a three in a row thing, and I doubt we'd see any more until some point in the summer. They just need to fill in the schedule SOMEHOW while they sort things out. As for next season, I would guess either Malcolm will move back to the post-Simpsons slot (probably depending on how much the ratings have slipped this past year), or Family Guy will go there. Or maybe "American Dad". Either way I'd say Family Guy is probably a shoe-in for some slot on the Sunday lineup(assuming Fox does indeed air it, anyway), although its always possible they'll put it somewhere else. There could always be some other new show they'll want to plug in there as well, since the post-Simpsons slot is frequently used for such a purpose.
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CyberKnight
Urban Legend
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Originally posted by DotheBartman: Well, the problem that befell "Millionaire" was that it was running three or four nights a week at one point. That's insane for any show, let alone a newer show. Running the Simpsons that often (outside of syndication) would be a mistake too, but it would hold its own better because its been on for so many years now that people are accustomed to seeing it everywhere, and have grown to love it as a staple of american television. Millionaire was still too new (and probably would have been cancelled fairly quickly anyway, due to its nature) so people got sick of it quickly, which hasn't happened to The Simpsons. Interestingly enough, that's exactly what happened with Sky One in the UK (also known as "The Simpsons Channel" ). They run at least two episodes every night (and sometimes 4). And the result? If you look at their weekly top 10 ratings, it's almost always filled with Simpsons, often completely. Futurama was one of the rare shows that broke that record, usually coming in anywhere from 3rd to 10th overall. It'd be interesting to see the correlation of people sick of the Simpsons with Sky One (Simpsons) viewers.
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Mouse On Venus
Liquid Emperor
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Time for a review of the second Season 15 episode I've seen thus far: Diatribe Of A Mad HousewifeAfter the promise shown in "I D'oh!bot", this is a relapse of the overly forced comedy that ruined the show for me in the first place. Homer's antics were just painful to watch, and in a bad way, and Marge's out-of-touch housewife rambling was similarly bad. Also, the attempt at some sort of emotional plot towards the end of the episode seemed very contrived and forced, as if it was an afterthought. And Marvin Monroe's return seemed utterly pointless, although I'm sure some people enjoyed it. Thank god the writers are still into the whole background gags motif. "Boris' Car Loft" was the only joke that got a significant laugh from me in this episode. Some of the Bookachino's stuff was quite amusing, too.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Mouse On Venus: And Marvin Monroe's return seemed utterly pointless, although I'm sure some people enjoyed it.
Actually, in my opinion that was the worst part of this otherwise great episode. For one thing, Dr. Marvin Monroe hadn't appeared since at least season 6, and he was never really all that popular to begin with, so bringing him back seemed rather useless. It also conflicts with the Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Wing in the hospital, seen in the 2-parter "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". So, why did they bring him back? My theories: 1.Perhaps watching him on screen while doing three seasons worth of commentaries got the crew thinking about bringing him back. 2.Maybe they really do want to open up the story of Monroe's real name, Marilyn Monroe (mentioned in the commentary for "Some Enchanted Evening" ), although it seems like a waste of time to actually produce such an episode. 3.Mike Reiss always discusses pulling one over on the fans, maybe he talked Al Jean into bringing Monroe back. Out of all of those, 3 seems the most likely.
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User_names_suck
Professor
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I found the marvin monroe joke funny jebus christ lighten up. For me it was another solid episode yeah perhaps one too many captian wacky jokes but it didn't really distract from my enjoyment of the episode. I dont see how people could really find it painful but whatever. An intresting plot idea with some nice art direction for Marge's novel sequences. not the funniest ever but there was still a pretty consistent amount of gags. another enjoyable episode.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Leelaholic, you should be shot the way you sugarcoated Diatribe.
Lamest episode ever, most of my laughs were forced apart from the Apu porn movie joke.
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