Comments on: The Simpsons Movie: A Conversational Review

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:46:23 +0000

I stopped watching the Simpsons something 6 years ago when it stopped being funny and had more guest stars than the Love Boat did in the 70’s. But give me all of seasons 2 – 8. (Season 1 seems much weaker when I see it in repeats than I’d remembered as a kid)

Sounds about like I expected, unfortunately. I was really hoping they’d bring back some of the classic writers and hit one out of the park.

But as Ivan says, there are Futurama episodes coming this year. So I have something to look forward to. (Plus isn’t the ever rumored Samurai Jack movie finally getting off the ground?)

By: Ivan Wolfe

Ivan Wolfe — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:46:12 +0000

Of course, on the other hand, I’m missing Futurama like crazy and am ecstatic that it’s coming back.

By: Ivan Wolfe

Ivan Wolfe — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:39:50 +0000

That should be “wasn’t finding the non-political episodes as funny”

By: Ivan Wolfe

Ivan Wolfe — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:39:03 +0000

I stopped watching the Simpsons about two years ago after several blatantly political, anti-conservative episodes. I have been told they were anomalies, but I also realized I just wasn’t finding even the non-political episodes not as funny as older episodes. And you know what? I haven’t missed the Simpsons one bit.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:27:48 +0000

Actually I think the Kwik-E-Mart thing is pretty much a genius move. But having the “O” in FOX be a big donut is annoying.

By: BTD Greg

BTD Greg — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:45:36 +0000

Susan, you would have hated going with Allison and me to the Kwik-E-Mart last night then. The place was packed. Maybe I’ll post some pictures later.

By: Supergenius

Supergenius — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:45:14 +0000

Jeff, I knew that, and still it only merits a chuckle.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:43:22 +0000

I’m getting tired of all the hype they’ve got built up around this movie. Best way to kill a movie for me for sure.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:10:52 +0000

“Spiderpig” is the funniest part of the movie. Too bad it’s also been played to death on the movie ads already (why those ads have been playing nonstop during really young kids’ programming is another problem altogether). There’s also a set-up to a sex scene that made me laugh out loud. Other than that, I thought the movie was mildly amusing.

By: Jeff G

Jeff G — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:27:11 +0000

The scrolling ticker thing was a bit of an inside joke. On one episode they had it and FOX got in a bit of a tiff about it. FOX forbade the Simpsons from ever having on the show again so as to not confuse FOX viewers who might mistake it for real news. That’s why it was so funny to everybody else.