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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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I love the Simpsons and always will, but I really wish they'd've quit while they were ahead. They do like one or two good jokes an episode, and maybe one or two episodes a year, and that's enough to string us along, but honestly it's been pretty terrible for like, what, ten years now?
Come on. American TV should take a cue from the brits, do 6-10 good shows per season, and not pump out the constant idiot drivel. Sometimes the Simpsons seems like they have a long list of has-been celebrities who've paid good money to appear on the show, regardless of how unfunny their lines are, and they're only now getting to the 'M's.
Honestly--sentimentality aside--I don't want to hurt your guys' feelings, but really they've sucked for ages, and should only appear for annual specials. I wish they'd make one good episode a year, but they're contracted to 20, and are, therefore, doomed to mediocrity and halfwit halfjokes. It's like a hungover whank at this point...it still feels kind of good, and you can't quite say no to it, but it chafes and makes you tired and bored. |
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Tony_Balony

Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Don Gately

Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Location: In a basement taking a severe beating
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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Czarjorge wrote: |
Rewatchability is why I think Futurama is a superior show. Perhaps if it had run for for as long as the Simpsons it would have fallen apart. And yes, Groening had already learned alot of things from doing the Simpsons. But pound for pound, episode for episode, Futurama wins. Even if you compare all four seasons of Futurama to seasons 4-7 of the Simpsons. |
Blasphemy. Burn her. She's a witch. |
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JustJohn

Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Agree. Futurama is made of win. |
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GoldSoundz

Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Location: Pohang
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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Ever notice that Toonami has seasons 6 through 8 and they play them over and over? Why can't they get a few more (newer) seasons? The Simpsons is about the only thing I have to do here in Korea. Having been here for 4 months, I've seems the same episodes at least 3 times. CAn't they get some episodes direct from the factory? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Tooniverse does exactly the same thing every night starting around midnight. It's gotten to the point where I can't watch those seasons anymore for a while. |
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livinginkunsan

Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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there should be a simpson's sticky..  |
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IncognitoHFX

Joined: 06 May 2007 Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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I've been watching the Simpsons since I was 5. I used to watch it religiously. I've seen every episode from Season 3 up to Season 10(ish) at least five times. I have buttloads of quotes memorized, and I get batsh*t angry when some newb claims "Family Guy is better".
Futurama was great too, but as another poster said... it didn't have nearly the impact the Simpsons did.
Off the top of my head:
Homer: "It's just a little airborne... it's still good! It's still good!"
Bart: "It's gone dad."
Homer: "I know."
Smithers: "Will you be donating that money to the local orphanage now, sir?"
Mr Burns: "When pigs fly!"
*Pig flies by followed by awkward silence*
"I am evil Homer! I am evil Homer!"
"Mmmm... Forbidden... donut... *gargle*"
"$0.35, eh? And it only transports... matter?"
Bart: "Take 'em away, boys!"
Chief Wiggum: "Hey, hey--that's my job. Bake 'em away, toys! Ugh... just do what the boy says."
Chief Wiggum: "Let that be a lesson to the rest of you... nuts."
Grandpa: "SEXXXXXXXX... What's the matter with hearing your grandpa talk about seexxxxxx... I had sexxxxxxxxxx!"
Grandpa: "Latex Con-Dom... Oh boy, I'd like to live in one of these!"
Grandpa: "The year was nineteen-dickety-two, it was the Second World War Two... and I was wearing an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time."
Martin: "Dickety? Highly dubious."
Grandpa: "What's that, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem!"
Japser: "Paddlin' the school canoe, you better believe that's a paddlin'!"
*Moe's Tavern get swarmed with rats* "Everyone tuck your pants into your socks."
Ugh... sorry about that. I could literally quote Simpsons for hours and hours and hours and hours. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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When Homer goes to work wearing a pink shirt.
Mr. Burns: "Judging by the outlandish color I'd say he's some sort of freethinking anarchist." |
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Tiger Beer

Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:03 am Post subject: |
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SuperFly wrote: |
Please try this experiment for me....
Go to this site http://www.watchthesimpsonsonline.com/ and click on season 17. Then choose episode number 1704. For some reason, the site loads the episode fine only about 50% of the time. Right now, I can't get in. I want to know if this has anything to do with my firewall, my company blocks youtube between 9-6pm except for lunch time.
Thanks
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Nothing when I tried to view it just now. |
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movybuf

Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Location: Mokdong
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:04 am Post subject: |
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Czarjorge wrote: |
I can hear the ridicule already, but I'm gonna say it anyway...
Futurama was a better show. To all those who disagree...
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You sir, are wrong. Nothing can compare to the complexity that is, "The Simpsons." No show even comes close.
I will agree with the others that they should have quit while at the top. I think "Seinfeld" ended at the right time. They did it right. |
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Stormy

Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Here & there
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: |
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Boodleheimer wrote: |
i'm a huge fan. the earlier episode can be watched again and again.
FUGU!
but the recent ones suck. it's sad, really. |
I compIeteIy agree with aII of this except for the FUGU part cos I don't know what that means.
The rest of it though.......yes. |
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MikeGrey

Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Location: Incheon
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:49 am Post subject: |
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In Middle school we did pretty much nothing but quote the Simpsons waiting for the school bus.
yeah. I know. nerds.
It hasn't been funny in at least ten years. It's amazing that it's reached the tipping point where the bad episodes outweigh the good. It's been on for 20 years. I wish it would get canceled, but it's like SNL now. It's a cultural institution for America.
Futurama got really good towards the end before it got canned. The movies have been kinda lacking. Decent, but I think they're better at doing half hours more than full length movies.
Hank Scoprio and the one where Sideshow Bob become mayor are my favs.
"They you're guilty consciences may force you to vote democratic deep down inside you secretly long for a cold hearted republican to lower taxes brutalize criminals and rule you like a king. That's why I did this. To protect you from yourselves!"
And nothing beats Homer's sugar episode |
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flakfizer

Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:54 am Post subject: |
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IncognitoHFX wrote: |
Grandpa: "The year was nineteen-dickety-two, it was the Second World War Two... and I was wearing an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time."
Martin: "Dickety? Highly dubious."
Grandpa: "What's that, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem!"
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Isn't this a mixture of two separate episodes? Most of it sounds like the one where grandpa talked at Bart's school (flying hellfish, I think) and the part about the onion on his belt is where he is trying to show Mr. Burns that he can bust up the union strikers by boring them with go-nowhere stories. |
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Stormy

Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Here & there
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:42 am Post subject: |
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flakfizer wrote: |
IncognitoHFX wrote: |
Grandpa: "The year was nineteen-dickety-two, it was the Second World War Two... and I was wearing an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time."
Martin: "Dickety? Highly dubious."
Grandpa: "What's that, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem!"
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Isn't this a mixture of two separate episodes? Most of it sounds like the one where grandpa talked at Bart's school (flying hellfish, I think) and the part about the onion on his belt is where he is trying to show Mr. Burns that he can bust up the union strikers by boring them with go-nowhere stories. |
Nerd aIert. OnIy a Iight saber fight wiII settIe this one boys! |
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