Comments on: The Long Simpsons Episode http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: theopoole http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-317891 theopoole Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:16:24 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-317891 Hi Rosemary Squires, You are terrific. You are a highly talented singer with a great personality. Thank you for a wonderful performance Tues: 25/9/07 at the Brew-house Theatre Taunton it was an honour to meet you and also your charming husband. Theodora poole. Wed: 26/9/07. Hi Rosemary Squires,
You are terrific. You are a highly talented singer with a great personality. Thank you for a wonderful performance Tues: 25/9/07 at the Brew-house Theatre Taunton it was an honour to meet you and also your charming husband.
Theodora poole. Wed: 26/9/07.

]]> By: The Yellow Kid http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-301029 The Yellow Kid Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:33:01 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-301029 Well, Bobby still goes to Tom Landry Middle School, just like he always has. But Joseph went through puberty and his voice did change. Well, Bobby still goes to Tom Landry Middle School, just like he always has. But Joseph went through puberty and his voice did change.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300903 Tom Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:12:40 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300903 Has Bobby Hill got noticeably older over the course of King Of The Hill? I wd imagine that being very hard to do. Has Bobby Hill got noticeably older over the course of King Of The Hill? I wd imagine that being very hard to do.

]]> By: Steve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300901 Steve Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:07:58 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300901 'Just because it’s animation it doesn’t HAVE to stay still.' no pun intended ha ha ‘Just because it’s animation it doesn’t HAVE to stay still.’

no pun intended ha ha

]]> By: Steve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300900 Steve Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:07:20 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300900 The movie is at least ten years late - surely most people agree on that. 'I think a bad episode of the Simpsons is still better than say The IT Crowd, because of the comfort the characters give me.' Fair enough but the Simpsons characters ceased to give me comfort long ago as they've actually either lost the qualities that made them distinctive in meaningful ways and just become interchangeable AnySpringfieldians much of the time (as part of angry mob chasing Homer for the hundredth time and what have you), or they've had those qualities stretched and ramped up to become hyper-parodies of themselves. Or they've just got nowhere left to go - what to do with Burns, Skinner and the like except retcon their pasts again and again. Rather than wanting it to have stopped I think I would've liked to see it change in particular ways. Ground things in reality more ala King Of The Hill, AGE the kids (not necessarily season by season but quicker than as is), have Bart and Lisa go through high school (with a man doing the voice haha), get Maggie talking...it would've allowed more scope for stories rather than being a restriction. I wonder if they ever considered this. Just because it's animation it doesn't HAVE to stay still. Likewise just because it's animation I see no reason to take it less seriously than a long running live action show like, say, Doctor Who (which many of us take 'the fun experience of' very seriously of course). I'm still looking forward to the Futurama movies tho. The movie is at least ten years late – surely most people agree on that.

‘I think a bad episode of the Simpsons is still better than say The IT Crowd, because of the comfort the characters give me.’

Fair enough but the Simpsons characters ceased to give me comfort long ago as they’ve actually either lost the qualities that made them distinctive in meaningful ways and just become interchangeable AnySpringfieldians much of the time (as part of angry mob chasing Homer for the hundredth time and what have you), or they’ve had those qualities stretched and ramped up to become hyper-parodies of themselves. Or they’ve just got nowhere left to go – what to do with Burns, Skinner and the like except retcon their pasts again and again.

Rather than wanting it to have stopped I think I would’ve liked to see it change in particular ways. Ground things in reality more ala King Of The Hill, AGE the kids (not necessarily season by season but quicker than as is), have Bart and Lisa go through high school (with a man doing the voice haha), get Maggie talking…it would’ve allowed more scope for stories rather than being a restriction. I wonder if they ever considered this. Just because it’s animation it doesn’t HAVE to stay still. Likewise just because it’s animation I see no reason to take it less seriously than a long running live action show like, say, Doctor Who (which many of us take ‘the fun experience of’ very seriously of course).

I’m still looking forward to the Futurama movies tho.

]]> By: pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300859 pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:12:17 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300859 i found that aspect of it suffocating: THIS IS THE SIMPSONSDOME NOR ARE WE OUT OF IT as kit marlowe wd have put it (had he not resigned after series 4) i found that aspect of it suffocating: THIS IS THE SIMPSONSDOME NOR ARE WE OUT OF IT as kit marlowe wd have put it (had he not resigned after series 4)

]]> By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300832 Pete Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:49:10 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300832 I just don't understand this sense of betrayal. A point that becomes very clear is that, having now run for 400 episodes, it is much more difficult to find anything new to do in the Simpsons world. And the shock of the new is integral to series one even being watchable at all (because in itself that is pretty ropey stuff). Series 3 and 4 get much love, because they had discovered what they could do. By series 17 certain things get exhausted. If you had rather it had stopped, then fine, but actually I think a bad episode of the Simpsons is still better than say The IT Crowd, because of the comfort the characters give me. It isn't just about humour I suppose (which is also why the film feels odd as all the characterisation is done for it). I just don’t understand this sense of betrayal. A point that becomes very clear is that, having now run for 400 episodes, it is much more difficult to find anything new to do in the Simpsons world. And the shock of the new is integral to series one even being watchable at all (because in itself that is pretty ropey stuff). Series 3 and 4 get much love, because they had discovered what they could do. By series 17 certain things get exhausted. If you had rather it had stopped, then fine, but actually I think a bad episode of the Simpsons is still better than say The IT Crowd, because of the comfort the characters give me. It isn’t just about humour I suppose (which is also why the film feels odd as all the characterisation is done for it).

]]> By: Steve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300827 Steve Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:21:13 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300827 I just don't buy the 'Even rubbish episodes of the Simpsons are better than 90% of television' defence. I laugh at a 00s Simpsons about as much as I laugh at an episode of Still Game or The IT Crowd. Therefore 00s Simpsons to me are only as funny as late night but fairly pedestrian British sitcoms*. Maybe they're better than 90% of television as well tho - I mean there's a LOT of television these days. Pick 10, 20, 50 TV shows you like and you can say they're better than 90% of TV - it's worthless praise. *but these sitcoms don't have the weight of expectation, feeling of betrayal or even the predictability of modern Simpsons episodes. I just don’t buy the ‘Even rubbish episodes of the Simpsons are better than 90% of television’ defence. I laugh at a 00s Simpsons about as much as I laugh at an episode of Still Game or The IT Crowd. Therefore 00s Simpsons to me are only as funny as late night but fairly pedestrian British sitcoms*. Maybe they’re better than 90% of television as well tho – I mean there’s a LOT of television these days. Pick 10, 20, 50 TV shows you like and you can say they’re better than 90% of TV – it’s worthless praise.

*but these sitcoms don’t have the weight of expectation, feeling of betrayal or even the predictability of modern Simpsons episodes.

]]> By: tracerhand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300808 tracerhand Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:51:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300808 Surely three episodes of the Family Guy would be THREE TIMES WORSE than just one episode of the Family Guy Surely three episodes of the Family Guy would be THREE TIMES WORSE than just one episode of the Family Guy

]]> By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300803 Pete Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:29:06 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300803 The logic in your response Steve strikes me as next to non-existent. The logic in your response Steve strikes me as next to non-existent.

]]> By: Steve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300549 Steve Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:13:58 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300549 Rubbish episodes of The Simpsons are or might as well be the worst thing ever because great episodes of The Simpsons were the best thing ever. Rubbish episodes of The Simpsons are or might as well be the worst thing ever because great episodes of The Simpsons were the best thing ever.

]]> By: Ben http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300544 Ben Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:04:33 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/08/the-long-simpsons-episode/#comment-300544 I've not seen it yet, but the Family Guy movie (which really was just three episodes of the show stuck together to make one long episode) was hysterically funny. I've heard mixed things about the Simpsons' effort, but I can't see how I'd fail to find it mostly funny. And to be honest, if I'm going to the cinema, mostly funny IS better than 90% of movies that make it into our local movie theaters. I’ve not seen it yet, but the Family Guy movie (which really was just three episodes of the show stuck together to make one long episode) was hysterically funny. I’ve heard mixed things about the Simpsons’ effort, but I can’t see how I’d fail to find it mostly funny. And to be honest, if I’m going to the cinema, mostly funny IS better than 90% of movies that make it into our local movie theaters.

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