The 450th episode of The Simpsons last night was predictably mediocre and humor-free. Cheap one-off jokes, characters that have become mere shadows of their former selves- it was just more evidence of a show that should have died years ago.
Anyone still fooling themselves into somehow thinking that it’s still worthwhile, do yourselves a favor. Throw on the third or fourth season of the show and compare it to what it’s become. The new Simpsons seems positively ADD-riddled, afraid of character moments and development, and even of giving a joke proper comedic timing. The animation may be improved but that’s all, folks.
Anyway, enough of that. Last night’s episode was followed by a little mini-doc on the series by Morgan Spurlock, and it’s available on Hulu right now. Check it out.
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The Simpsons are still on the air as a public service to prevent the cancer that is Seth MacFarlane from getting another television show and thus keeping Armageddon from taking place.
I'm not going to comment on whether the Simpsons is better or worse now or 15 years ago – that's up to personal taste. What I do want to comment on is that I don't think there's ever been a generation so poised to become crotchety old men as this one. We're barely in our 30s and we're already saying "Back in my day….". We're the most pampered and privileged generation of all time, and it turned us all into little bitches with "action figures".
It's not a question of "Back in my day", though, it's a question of quality. There shouldn't be any doubt that the show's quality has been in decline for years and years.
Warduke: I'm trying, but I can't bring myself to disagree with you.
It isn't a good show anymore. I'm sorry. They can keep saying how great it is, but it isn't. It's not just some bitter rant, it's the truth. It is a poor show now.
The show went thru a low period a few years ago but it has been getting better, spottily, in the last few seasons with some clever eps …. the "24" spoof was pretty funny (season 18), Funeral for a Fiend (season 19), Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind (Homer can't remember what awful thing he did), the Debarted (Bart suspects a mole is letting Skinner in on his pranks) … surprisingly some of the more interesting eps have been Lisa-centric: the crossword puzzle ep; Lisa the Drama Queen (apparently a Bridge to Terabitha spoof), and the Da Vinci Code spoof …
I was quite never sure if the show's quality was dipping or if the show's lack of funny was directly propositional to my declining use of Sticky Icky. I guess I should check out some of the older shows again.
When will people learn to stop giving links frickin' Hulu? Get it through yer head:
IT CAN'T BE SEEN OUTSIDE THE US.
Does anyone still need convincing that The Simpsons is not half the show it used to be? Do people not use their brains anymore? Your axe grindin' is a waste of time. People have already made their minds up. We still want to watch The Simpsons.
Ah, bullshit. It's still "worth while". Much more so than most of the dreck on TV. It's nowhere near as good as it once was, but it's still worth watching.
Yes, new Simpsons compared to its glory days is pretty bad… But new Simpsons compared to MacFarlane shows or cbs comedies or, hell, a lot of "comedies" currently on TV is not bad at all.
It's more than a show now – it's a cultural reference point and once it's over it's over. There will only be a void or Seth Macfarlane. I say let it run til TV itself folds, which won't be much longer coming anyway.
Accurate assessment is accurate.
The Simpsons jumped the shark in 1995. Specifically, during the two-part "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episode. A rabid fan up to that point, I simply found myself laughing a lot less during that two-parter, which was gimmicky and forced. And as Season 7 got underway, the show simply never regained the creative vigor it enjoyed in its heyday.
I continued to watch in growing horror as the Simpsons began a slow decline from the greatest comedy show American television has ever produced into virtually unwatchable dreck–a state iit had reached by about the early- to mid-aughts. I stopped watching shortly thereafter, preferring to remember it in its spry, early years, rather than its grotesque later form (Kind of like Marlon Brando).
And to the Family Guy bashers. FG was admittedly a blatant rip off, and its best episode will certainly never equal the quality of the best Simpsons episodes from years past. But on the other hand, the worst episode of FG is still better than anything the Simpsons has produced in years. Christ, the worst episode of American Dad is better.
Ever since they started airing them in HD I started watching again, and while there have been a few clunkers there have some episodes where I found myself laughing out loud… multiple times…I'd take Simpons over Family Gay any day.
fuck your days past bullshit.. the simpsons doesn't need to prove anything to anyone, know this.. its a comic strip with dual plots and it won't deviate.. what do you think of Family Guy, Alex? you seem to be anti-ADD and want the Simpsons to end.. what? so we can have another shitty McFarlane show, another crime drama, maybe more 'reality tv'!? I can't believe there are fools that nitpick the simpsons into hatred, your opinion is shit now. go watch Glee, closet homos..
Alex is absolutely right, stop crying. In it's prime (seasons 2-8) it was the most intelligent show ever made. At least in the top three. It's now vulgar-slapstick Married with Children, but somehow even less funny.
So why don't you crybabies stop watching the fucking show? Seriously, if you don't enjoy it then just stop watching, it's that simple. Go watch your DVDs of the first few seasons are feel all uber dork superior because people that watch the show now are stupid.
How come haters always bring up the REALLY early seasons? Are you trying to say the show is 15 YEARS past it's prime? C'mon. That's just nostalgia. You'll say the same thing about the 19th season in 10 years.
Yeah. Wah, wah. It's not as good and Alex is wrong about wanting it to end. Just watched the latest episode. I got weepy during "Moon River". Kiss my ass.
Matt Groening is obviously the great man, he knew for sure what for he created Simpsons, it is the most awarded animated television sitcom, and as <a href="http://www.superiorpapers.com">research paper</a> shows The Simpsons has won dozens of awards (25 Primetime Emmy Awards, 26 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award etc.) Time magazine named The Simpsons the century's best television series, but as for me it get low.
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