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The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread
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If anyone ever has time to waste. I bet it's going to be a real doozy to read ancient posts about the Simpsons back when people were optimistic about the show.
My contribution:
My contribution:
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An interesting post from 1992 comparing Simpsons to Disney:
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Both of these Usenet posts were made in 1992. Since then, the show's been shoehorning adult humor every chance it gets, making it even more unsuitable for kids compared to thirty years ago. That's not to mention how much the show has declined in quality since these posts were made. Also, if the OP user felt Aladdin was shallow then (ironic given the film's been retroactively considered by most people has a hallmark of Disney's Renaissance period, and is much more of a masterpiece compared to modern-day Disney films), I can only imagine what their opinions would be on Disney's even more soulless endeavors since then.
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Both of these Usenet posts were made in 1992. Since then, the show's been shoehorning adult humor every chance it gets, making it even more unsuitable for kids compared to thirty years ago. That's not to mention how much the show has declined in quality since these posts were made. Also, if the OP user felt Aladdin was shallow then (ironic given the film's been retroactively considered by most people has a hallmark of Disney's Renaissance period, and is much more of a masterpiece compared to modern-day Disney films), I can only imagine what their opinions would be on Disney's even more soulless endeavors since then.
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Plus it's so political a kid would probably find it boring.
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It would have been interesting to see what they think about the current zombie Simpsons.
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They wouldn't survive modern Simpsons, just like how that OP user wouldn't survive modern Disney.It would have been interesting to see what they think about the current zombie Simpsons.
This person wasn't satisfied with the episode "Kamp Krusty":
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I have to wonder if kent brockman winning the lottery despite already having a high paying, high profile career was a reference to the saying of "All this and heaven too." The man won 130 million dollars when he didn't even need it and yet the family couldn't afford a 750$ operation to save the family dog. Frankly the whole show in the early days gave off this cynical "life's not fair deal with it attitude." Something lost on the show now.
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The old episodes had several plots showing the families income struggles despite having a pretty good house. How it seems the family travels to another country every other season.
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Yeah it never was consistant. The family could have a car with no floor and not even enough money to pay for dinner one minute then spend 1100 dollars on itchy and scratchy money and STILL have enough for thier vacation the next.
Also here's a rather shocking line I'm amazed hasn't been cut or edited out of the show.
Ms. Hoover: This is nothing but dead white male bashing from a pc thug! It's women like you that keep the rest of us from getting husbands!
I wish to remind you all that line was from 1996....and will never be written into a simpsons episode ever again.
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Oh, trust me: they definitely could and would use a similar line like that in woke zombie Simpsons – albeit it would be said ironically and from a right wing strawman villain character in a way to portray them as being a fake victim who doesn't understand privilege or whatever. For example, you know there's going to be an episode about the Replacement Theory, and a line of dialogue akin to Ms. Hoover's would be said by the antagonist (possibly a poor parody of Tucker Carlson).
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Before the pandemic, the last movie I saw it was 8 bucks but 5 for matinee.
Now it's 10 dollars and 8 bucks for matinee.
I want off this ride.
Anyways, I dont recall if I talked about this or if it's already been brought up but I watched this Principal Skinner compilation of dark jokes and I think it's the perfect encapsulation of the decline of quality.
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I don't think there's really an episode of season 1-10 Simpsons I really dislike.
(although around the middle is the most enjoyable)
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Everything up to 8 was perfect writing wise, 9-10 it began to decline but I'd argue it was still funny, everything past season 11 was unwatchable.
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It sucked when the local TV station started almost exclusively airing reruns of what I then started calling "crappingly new" Simpsons. That was back when I started to notice the decline. Sometimes it'd be a good old episode, but because of some licensing issue the station had with FOX (IIRC), it was usually an episode past season 10-11.
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This person had a question about Marge's hair:
And the responses to that question:
And it ends with this guy summing up the thread:
If OP user posted today, we'd likely have a thread on him over his peculiar obsession with Marge's hair.
And the responses to that question:
And it ends with this guy summing up the thread:
If OP user posted today, we'd likely have a thread on him over his peculiar obsession with Marge's hair.
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Channel 4 in the UK is the same. They'll usually play something post Season 22 (so even worse!) but every now and then they'll show a few Season 2 or 3 episodes in conjunction then go right back to the shit.
Last week it was the likes of Dancing Homer, Bart The Daredevil and Dead Putting Society. Tonight it's Part 1 of that rap/Great Gatsby episode
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Mucker Marlson! GEDDIT?!?!?
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The movie came out 15 years ago. And the show still won’t stop…