DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 If Futurama were still on the air, they should make a joke about Season 7 of The Simpsons being new to DVD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T®ITEC Report post Posted April 26, 2004 Tonight's ep. was definitely.. weak. Loved the "Catch Me If You Can" scene, and that's about it. Well, with a couple of exceptions, I've really loved this season. "Today I Am A Klown" was pathetic, though, I have to say. It should never be rerun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 If Futurama were still on the air, they should make a joke about Season 7 of The Simpsons being new to DVD. Amen to that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobobrazil1984 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 Futurama was a great show, so the futurama-bashing makes me less inclined to take this negative Simpsons review seriously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook Report post Posted April 26, 2004 What I don't like in the Simpsons nowadays is their complete inability to make a logical storyline. Take tonight's episode for instance. At the end, there were not one, but three major items that went completely unaddressed: 1. What happened to Grampa? They just left him in Miami and last we saw he was at the gay guy's place. 2. Did they just leave Maggie behind in Springfield while the four of them were jetting around the country? They could have addressed this in five seconds by having a single scene or even have someone say a line, but they didn't. 3. What happened with Bart and Lisa fighting? They had the big fight on the bus and another one while watching the movie. Then they just stopped and forgot about it. What gives? Note: I was flipping back and forth between this and the hockey game, so I may have missed the explanation to these. If so, pretend I never made this post. In fact, forget me altogether. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Psycho Diablo 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 I don't think this board likes Futurama too well. (I've heard the word "overrated" one too many times) Though, if Futurama is overrated, Family Guy is about ten times that.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest I Got Banned for Sucking Report post Posted April 26, 2004 I finally watched a new episode of The Simpsons recently - where Milhouse moves to Capital City - and how terrible it was. The Simpsons hasn't been good for a while now. It's a tragedy, really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 Worst. Season. Ever. Yet Arrested Development is going to get cancelled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted April 26, 2004 Last night's Simpsons was pretty bad as well. I did like the little Catch Me If You Can "animation goof" .. or whatever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cherry Blossom Viscount 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 What I don't like in the Simpsons nowadays is their complete inability to make a logical storyline. Take tonight's episode for instance. At the end, there were not one, but three major items that went completely unaddressed: 1. What happened to Grampa? They just left him in Miami and last we saw he was at the gay guy's place. 2. Did they just leave Maggie behind in Springfield while the four of them were jetting around the country? They could have addressed this in five seconds by having a single scene or even have someone say a line, but they didn't. 3. What happened with Bart and Lisa fighting? They had the big fight on the bus and another one while watching the movie. Then they just stopped and forgot about it. What gives? Note: I was flipping back and forth between this and the hockey game, so I may have missed the explanation to these. If so, pretend I never made this post. In fact, forget me altogether. Yes, just like an older episode of the "new" Simpsons where Gary Coleman was the guest star. The episode started when Springfield was in the middle of a heat wave and it was too hot for Bart and Milhouse to go outside. So, they dressed up as girls and Homer caught them and somehow Bart got injured. Then, the episode shifted to Bart lobbying the school for a wheelchair ramp so he could get inside the school. The Mafia constructed the ramp, but charged the school 200K leaving the school bankrupt and closing it. THEN, a private company takes over the school and has the children help them create a toy, one which destroys other toys. Somehow Bart and Homer steal all the "Funzos" and burn them and they eat dinner with Gary Coleman and it's Christmas time. This was one of the most UNFUNNY, inane stories I've ever seen. What was the episode about? Please tell me. It's like the writers have a bad case of ADD now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonX 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 It's become almost a pathetic running gag amongst Simpsons writers that the opening act of each episode has to be a totally seperate storyline that serves zero purpose except to fill up time in the episode before they start the "real" plot of the episode. Much in the same way it's become a running gag that the writers half-ass the Halloween episodes by doing them at the very last minute and not bothering with any sort of narrative framing story since it takes too much work on their part to try and write a quality Halloween episode.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2004 I don't think this board likes Futurama too well. (I've heard the word "overrated" one too many times) Though, if Futurama is overrated, Family Guy is about ten times that.. I agree completely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
