The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread

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Sniperwoof said:
The escape to Alaska ark is very commonly cited as having a severe drop in quality compared to the rest of the film. Not sure why.
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Besides Bruno's theory about the newer writers, the Alaska portion of the movie lacks many of the supporting characters the Simpsons has, who are a big part of why the show was really good.
 
With the benefit of hindsight I think the movie could have played out like this had it come out in the 90's:

1st act is the Kamp Krusty episode. It ends with the kids coming back from Tijuana with shenanigans or whatever.

2nd act begins when the kids are home and another adventure happens or school starts. Maybe the 2nd act starts with Who Shot Mr. Burns and the 3rd act is the continuation of that but removing some of the weaker aspects of the episode like Maggie being the shooter.
 
I would have loved to see You Only Move Twice extrapolated into a feature film. Supposedly Albert Brooks did so much great improv as Hank Scorpio during the recording, they could have cut around 3 or 4 completely unique episodes of his dialogue. As awesome an episode as it already is, I imagine they left so much on the table, so much 'dysfunctional Springfield' business in the first act, fleshing out cypress creek as a town, bart and lisa in a new school etc.
On the commentary for 22 short films, they also mention floating the idea of a spin-off show called Springfield, where the Simpson family are basically not involved at all. that's another feature length idea I think they could have really hit out of the park, although I understand there's no chance it would actually have been greenlit
 
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Jacques Strap said:
I would have loved to see You Only Move Twice extrapolated into a feature film. Supposedly Albert Brooks did so much great improv as Hank Scorpio during the recording, they could have cut around 3 or 4 completely unique episodes of his dialogue. As awesome an episode as it already is, I imagine they left so much on the table, so much 'dysfunctional Springfield' business in the first act, fleshing out cypress creek as a town, bart and lisa in a new school etc.
On the commentary for 22 short films, they also mention floating the idea of a spin-off show called Springfield, where the Simpson family are basically not involved at all. that's another feature length idea I think they could have really hit out of the park, although I understand there's no chance it would actually have been greenlit
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The funny thing is that Scorpio was meant to be the villain of the Simpsons Movie but they chickened out of using him because he is "too likeable"
 
Doctor of Autism said:
The funny thing is that Scorpio was meant to be the villain of the Simpsons Movie but they chickened out of using him because he is "too likeable"
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That was a good move actually. Scorpio absolutely loved Homer. It would have taken some very contrived writing to make him want to kill him.
 
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I'm going to echo the sentiment that if they ended the series with the movie, they would've gone out on top.

For me, Zombie Simpsons doesn't begin until after the movie with the HD seasons. Hell, they could've held out until Season 20 to do a finale so they could end it with the 20th Anniversary of the show and finally beat Gunsmoke's record.

You'd still have two of the shitty HD seasons but the majority of the show would've still been good, or at least watchable.
 
just caught Marge vs The Monorail
onlines say Nimoy wasn't their first pick. They figured he wouldn't be game so they first tried Takei since he had already been on, but lolTakei kept demanding changes because MUH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION so they dumped him and it turned out Nimoy was totally cool with it
 
XYZpdq Jr. said:
just caught Marge vs The Monorail
onlines say Nimoy wasn't their first pick. They figured he wouldn't be game so they first tried Takei since he had already been on, but lolTakei kept demanding changes because MUH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION so the dumped him and it turned out Nimoy was totally cool with it
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LOL. The Chinaman from Star Trek demanding changes to one of the biggest prime time shows like he has any real power.
 
BrunoMattei said:
LOL. The Chinaman from Star Trek demanding changes to one of the biggest prime time shows like he has any real power.
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He's always had a bug up his ass about whatever civics shit he was involved in irl crossing over with fiction, like I recall he was big mad over the dune buggy scene in Star Trek Nemesis because he was trying to stop dune buggying in fragile desert ecosystems
 
BrunoMattei said:
LOL. The Chinaman from Star Trek demanding changes to one of the biggest prime time shows like he has any real power.
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XYZpdq Jr. said:
He's always had a bug up his ass about whatever civics shit he was involved in irl crossing over with fiction, like I recall he was big mad over the dune buggy scene in Star Trek Nemesis because he was trying to stop dune buggying in fragile desert ecosystems
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He’s the guy with massive pederast vibes, right?
 
Sniperwoof said:
That was a good move actually. Scorpio absolutely loved Homer. It would have taken some very contrived writing to make him want to kill him.
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Just have him not realize it’s Homer until the very end, and then as soon as he does immediately calls everything off and apologizes to Homer like he accidentally took Homer’s car keys or something.
 
XYZpdq Jr. said:
he's Sulu from TOS, in more recent decades the "OH MAI" guy
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He's also openly talked about age of consent with gay men as well. Then there was that time he got extra grabby with a guy's dick on the Howard Stern Show.
 
Well Homer is truly a Millennial now. He's into furry cuckolding.
 
I disagree with everything saying Phil Hartman’s death ended the Simpsons’ golden age. I think everyone likes to point to one singular event as the turning point of a creative work’s critical acclaim. But the truth, lots of things ruined the Simpsons by the late 1990’s:
> Many of the original writers had moved on to other projects and thus were no longer there to write the newer episodes.
> Newer animated shows like Family Guy and South Park took over the spot that the Simpsons had been in and made the Simpsons age out.
> The Simpsons was created as a response to the wholesome family values that 1980’s sitcoms provided and what Reagan’s America wanted. It worked well, but by the late 1990’s, Reagan’s influence wasn’t as prominent as once was. The Simpsons didn’t get the memo, and continued pushing this rebellious attitude.
> The newer episodes became conceptual, and derailed the characters from their canonical backstories and personalities.
 
I haven't watched The Simpsons in going on two decades, but I've always been mildly curious if they ever bother to explain those continuity problems that come up just from the show being as long running as it is.
For example, Granpa Simpsons is pretty firmly established as a WW2 veteran, but that would make him about a hundred now. If Homer is in his 30s Granpa would have fathered him on his college aged wife in his sixties and not during the hippy era as the show depicted it.
Other parts have ages very well though:
 
FuckMeGentlyWithAChainsaw said:
I haven't watched The Simpsons in going on two decades, but I've always been mildly curious if they ever bother to explain those continuity problems that come up just from the show being as long running as it is.
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I believe they retconned Homer and Marge as meeting in the early 90s. I never watched it so idk.

Fun fact: If the Simpsons had started today Maggie's birthday would be in 2021.
 
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