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**nerkvcbtre** · 11-14-2006, 05:52 AM

Agreed. I watched it last night, and didn't budge at all. The simpson's have just lost their funny. As they said in Southpark - "Simpsons did it!"; and its true - they have done pretty much everything. I can only wonder what odd rehash of an old episode they may pull for 2 hours..

The Simpsons stopped being funny around Series 10. Groening had left to do Futurama so he was no longer directly over seeing the production, a lot of the good writers had left by this point to pursue other projects, and The Simpsons just decided to go for Family Guy style jokes. That is not meant to be a direct attack on Family Gut, but whereby in the past the show had tried to remain grounded in a sense of emotional and social awareness of the characters involved, suddenly the show broke these boundaries and just went after cheap cut away gags, ludicrous storylines and downright unbelievable situations (Homer going to the land of the midget jockeys?) And don't get me started on the 'celebrity' appearances.

Needless to say, I haven't lol'd at The Simpsons for several years, and I don't think I'll be loling at it anytime in the future either. Which is a shame as I loved the show, I've got Series 3-7 on DVD here, but it ran its course and is now being exploited for every single penny it can.

Oh, that was all in my opinion of course. If you still like it then good on you!

11-14-2006, 05:52 AM	#18
nerkvcbtre Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 519 Senior Member	Agreed. I watched it last night, and didn't budge at all. The simpson's have just lost their funny. As they said in Southpark - "Simpsons did it!"; and its true - they have done pretty much everything. I can only wonder what odd rehash of an old episode they may pull for 2 hours.. The Simpsons stopped being funny around Series 10. Groening had left to do Futurama so he was no longer directly over seeing the production, a lot of the good writers had left by this point to pursue other projects, and The Simpsons just decided to go for Family Guy style jokes. That is not meant to be a direct attack on Family Gut, but whereby in the past the show had tried to remain grounded in a sense of emotional and social awareness of the characters involved, suddenly the show broke these boundaries and just went after cheap cut away gags, ludicrous storylines and downright unbelievable situations (Homer going to the land of the midget jockeys?) And don't get me started on the 'celebrity' appearances. Needless to say, I haven't lol'd at The Simpsons for several years, and I don't think I'll be loling at it anytime in the future either. Which is a shame as I loved the show, I've got Series 3-7 on DVD here, but it ran its course and is now being exploited for every single penny it can. Oh, that was all in my opinion of course. If you still like it then good on you!
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