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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 11, 2022 10:45:26 GMT -5
Season 33's about three quarters done and honestly it might be the strongest the show has been in years. While not hitting on classic quotes and gags, we've gotten a lot of episodes that have a deeper focus on the character dynamics, even giving us more focus on characters like Martin and Brandine. And episodes like "A Serious Flanders" and "Pixelated and Afraid" may have been some of the more compelling episodes the show have done ever. Pixelated and Afraid especially for just how the story progresses and how strong Homer and Marge's relationship is. If the most you've seen of modern Simpsons are those Disney shorts, then you're doing a disservice. While not every episode is a classic, this has been a sign that the show is trying to progress and get better.
A review of "Pixelated and Afraid" by The Simpsons Theory for those wondering about it.
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Post by chrom on Apr 11, 2022 11:46:44 GMT -5
Brandine and Cletus got development beyond the idiotic hicks
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Post by Muskrat on Apr 11, 2022 12:07:30 GMT -5
I don’t even think I’ve finished Season 31 and 32. I should get on that, I know Season 33 is debuting weekly on Disney+ here in Canada along with the other animation domination shows
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Post by chazraps on Apr 11, 2022 14:26:32 GMT -5
I hear last season was the best the show has been in decades. Glad to hear the quality has sustained. Been meaning to check it out again.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Apr 11, 2022 14:56:22 GMT -5
A switch flipped for me somewhere between 18-20 where I found most of the shows unbearable.
Even if it’s gotten “good again” it’ll probably still feel different from the fondness I remember as a kid
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Post by Heeltown, USA on Apr 11, 2022 23:46:40 GMT -5
With no disrespect to the creators or any fans of the show, I am 38 and have spent more of my life NOT watching The Simpsons than I have watching.
As someone that could, and can, quote the first 10 seasons and loved that show, the damage is done. Not intentional, but I can say I will never watch an episode of the Simpsons ever again. At someone’s house and its on in the background? Cool, whatever. It’s an old school episode? I’ll feel nostalgia for 30 seconds and distract myself on my phone if nothing else holds my attention
I hope a new generation is getting quality enjoyment out of the show. But if you don’t mind me, Im gonna put an onion on my belt, which was the fashion in my time, and go yell at a cloud. Seems way less of waste of time than to watch any of it.
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Post by thechase on Apr 12, 2022 3:39:51 GMT -5
Recently I've re-cut some episodes (for example, I joined up the blood transfusion part of "Blood Feud" as a new ending to "Last Exit to Springfield" and the move to Cyprus Creek as the ending of my ideal series finale "Homer's Enemy")
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Apr 13, 2022 19:02:17 GMT -5
A switch flipped for me somewhere between 18-20 where I found most of the shows unbearable. Even if it’s gotten “good again” it’ll probably still feel different from the fondness I remember as a kid I ended up watching two episodes from the most recent season at a friend's house, and I do agree with the OP - the show is funnier and better written than it has been in a very long time But you could not be more right about it feeling different from when you were a kid. God help you if Marge has any dialogue in your episode...
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 14, 2022 1:29:30 GMT -5
A switch flipped for me somewhere between 18-20 where I found most of the shows unbearable. Even if it’s gotten “good again” it’ll probably still feel different from the fondness I remember as a kid I ended up watching two episodes from the most recent season at a friend's house, and I do agree with the OP - the show is funnier and better written than it has been in a very long time But you could not be more right about it feeling different from when you were a kid. God help you if Marge has any dialogue in your episode... Vince McMahon……………Marge Simpson 🤝 “Our voices are f***in’ shot to bits, aye”
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2022 15:02:16 GMT -5
I'm glad to hear it.
I dropped Family Guy and Simpsons years ago (Simpsons several years before Family Guy) and I've been rewatch binging Family Guy from the start. The newer stuff is funnier than I remember when it originally aired - I'm on season 16. When I finish these last few seasons I'm doing Simpsons next.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 22, 2022 19:07:52 GMT -5
Putting it here
Fan artist/animator Spikermonster (known for his aged up teen character designs) was the couch gag animator for the season finale.
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Post by Kalmia on May 23, 2022 5:06:47 GMT -5
I don't find the episodes anywhere near as funny as the golden years, but the stories have vastly improved over where they were. The show seems to have regained some of its heart and I don't find myself hating every single character anymore.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 23, 2022 6:55:14 GMT -5
When I fell out of the Simpsons I wasn’t like totally hating it, I just felt like others said that there wasn’t as much heart from the earlier seasons and Groening’s other shows had more engaging ideas. The last episode that I recall standing out for me was the Lego one. So I may have to look back into the show if this is the case.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on May 23, 2022 7:42:59 GMT -5
The focus on supporting characters has breathed new life into the show the past couple of years. Fleshing out Moe, Smithers, Comic Book Guy, Super Nintendo Chalmers, and Shauna has been fantastic for the show.
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Post by Kalmia on May 23, 2022 8:02:34 GMT -5
The focus on supporting characters has breathed new life into the show the past couple of years. Fleshing out Moe, Smithers, Comic Book Guy, Super Nintendo Chalmers, and Shauna has been fantastic for the show. Yes, this has helped a lot! There have been a few episodes centered on either/or Chalmers and Shauna in recent seasons that especially stand out. Instead of being one note characters it made me actually feel something for them. Have the Simpsons become the least interesting part of The Simpsons?
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Post by Legion on May 23, 2022 8:24:52 GMT -5
The focus on supporting characters has breathed new life into the show the past couple of years. Fleshing out Moe, Smithers, Comic Book Guy, Super Nintendo Chalmers, and Shauna has been fantastic for the show. Yes, this has helped a lot! There have been a few episodes centered on either/or Chalmers and Shauna in recent seasons that especially stand out. Instead of being one note characters it made me actually feel something for them. Have the Simpsons become the least interesting part of The Simpsons? I'd say Marge and Homer continue to be the most interesting characters on the show - as the OP points out with the specifically referenced episode. The expansion of depth for the side characters has definitely helped. Where the show continues to struggle is the kids - Bart and Lisa written as either adults trapped in kid bodies, or worse as extreme parodies of their most extreme traits. In the classics years, both would encounter adult situations and even adult viewpoints - and take adult stands - but always from the base of being kids. Bart especially is either a literal sociopath or cynical void - though a recent episode introducing a new teacher at least tried to capture an awkward and innocent schoolboy crush - so maybe they are at least trying to address that.
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Post by Kalmia on May 23, 2022 9:12:23 GMT -5
Yes, this has helped a lot! There have been a few episodes centered on either/or Chalmers and Shauna in recent seasons that especially stand out. Instead of being one note characters it made me actually feel something for them. Have the Simpsons become the least interesting part of The Simpsons? I'd say Marge and Homer continue to be the most interesting characters on the show - as the OP points out with the specifically referenced episode. The expansion of depth for the side characters has definitely helped. Where the show continues to struggle is the kids - Bart and Lisa written as either adults trapped in kid bodies, or worse as extreme parodies of their most extreme traits. In the classics years, both would encounter adult situations and even adult viewpoints - and take adult stands - but always from the base of being kids. Bart especially is either a literal sociopath or cynical void - though a recent episode introducing a new teacher at least tried to capture an awkward and innocent schoolboy crush - so maybe they are at least trying to address that. I think part of my viewpoint against Homer and Marge is coloured by how painful it is to hear Julie Kavner do Marge's voice these days.
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Post by DoubleDare on May 23, 2022 19:16:18 GMT -5
That is good to hear, even though I won't watch it as I checked out of the Simpsons, and Fox Sunday Night over 10 years ago, and like most fondly remember the first 10 seasons of the Simpsons mostly, but if it still is going to be on, then its good to hear it is becoming good again for the current viewers.
They really should replace Julie Kavner, I did for old times sake a year or so ago go to fox on a Sunday night and yea her voice is just sad to hear.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on May 24, 2022 10:50:28 GMT -5
Been watching it on and off since it's on at my job during my downtime. It's a different flavor but it's at least a good one. I'm impressed.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on May 24, 2022 12:19:26 GMT -5
Its weird... why care now about quality control and not the past 2 decades or so?
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