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...Has gone downhill. It started off so well, with fresh characters and infinite potential. It grew and grew, becoming an excellent cartoon with relatable characters and solid plotlines.
Now look at it. They now make epsisodes as random as possible, for no reason. Jokes are no longer funny. The characters are now blander than ever. I can watch an episode from the early / middle seasons as many times as I want without getting bored, but the new episodes lose their appeal... while you're watching them.
An example. The last episode I watched:
The simpsons go to shelbyville, and realise that Springfield is very un-cultural.
A theatre is built in Springfield, and everyone goes to it and is excited, but then they leave because they remember they hate stuff like that.
The theatre is made into a prison.
Homer is arrested because chief wiggum discovered an old law that said it's illegal to kick a can five times in a row.
Homer becomes a prison rat, and gets loads of high- class items in his cell from the guards.
There's a riot and everyone escapes. The end.
How much bullshit can they possible shove into one episode? It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not entertaining, it doesn't develop the characters, and above all; it doesn't feel realistic. You can't relate to it. And that's one of the main reasons why I just don't enjoy watching ANY of the "new" simpsons episodes.
Here's what I propose, or at least, what I think would be interesting-
if they started a new series set a few years later.
You see, they could start again. Ditch all the "wacky" stuff and go back to what made the simpsons great: Realistic, but funny stories that follow ONE SCRIPT and not a billion piled into 20 minutes.
Think about it; Marge and Homer would be exactly the same, from the way they act to the way they are drawn. Homer would still be an idiot, but he would no longer do random crap because it's just getting ridiculous now. You'd still have the elementary school, because Maggy would be the same age as Bart and Lisa are currently. Talking of these two, they'd be at high scool, which would give endless potential for storylines. Obviously most of the episodes would focus around the kids, because dispite bieng the same characters, they'd have changed a little.
You may think this sounds like bullshit, but it's a chance to start again. To make The Simpsons respectable again. They really need to move the characters along in some way, it's obvious they're scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Now look at it. They now make epsisodes as random as possible, for no reason. Jokes are no longer funny. The characters are now blander than ever. I can watch an episode from the early / middle seasons as many times as I want without getting bored, but the new episodes lose their appeal... while you're watching them.
An example. The last episode I watched:
The simpsons go to shelbyville, and realise that Springfield is very un-cultural.
A theatre is built in Springfield, and everyone goes to it and is excited, but then they leave because they remember they hate stuff like that.
The theatre is made into a prison.
Homer is arrested because chief wiggum discovered an old law that said it's illegal to kick a can five times in a row.
Homer becomes a prison rat, and gets loads of high- class items in his cell from the guards.
There's a riot and everyone escapes. The end.
How much bullshit can they possible shove into one episode? It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not entertaining, it doesn't develop the characters, and above all; it doesn't feel realistic. You can't relate to it. And that's one of the main reasons why I just don't enjoy watching ANY of the "new" simpsons episodes.
Here's what I propose, or at least, what I think would be interesting-
if they started a new series set a few years later.
You see, they could start again. Ditch all the "wacky" stuff and go back to what made the simpsons great: Realistic, but funny stories that follow ONE SCRIPT and not a billion piled into 20 minutes.
Think about it; Marge and Homer would be exactly the same, from the way they act to the way they are drawn. Homer would still be an idiot, but he would no longer do random crap because it's just getting ridiculous now. You'd still have the elementary school, because Maggy would be the same age as Bart and Lisa are currently. Talking of these two, they'd be at high scool, which would give endless potential for storylines. Obviously most of the episodes would focus around the kids, because dispite bieng the same characters, they'd have changed a little.
You may think this sounds like bullshit, but it's a chance to start again. To make The Simpsons respectable again. They really need to move the characters along in some way, it's obvious they're scraping the bottom of the barrel.
That'd be an awesome tag-line.
