Simpsons in widescreen

alecrain · 29-04-2009, 09:08 PM

WOW, I almost cried form happiness when I saw the first scene in WS!!!!!!
It's unbelievable that they have been on air for 20 years and are still very popular.

GO SIMPSONS!

Coogs289 · 29-04-2009, 09:24 PM

watching it right now, intro was awesome!

: it took AGES at the end though...

jaydee · 29-04-2009, 10:15 PM

I can remember when it first aired and grown men in my office were walking around going "Doh" and talking about Duff beer.
20 years on and I still think it's pathetic, I know I'm in the minority and so many people love it, including my teenage kids.
I just can't understand mature men watching this junk and imitating it, at the end of the day it's a kids cartoon.
But for those of you who like it good luck to you and it must be good to have lasted this long, it's just not my thing.
Please don't flame me over this, it's just my 2 cents worth.

Jesk · 29-04-2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

I can remember when it first aired and grown men in my office were walking around going "Doh" and talking about Duff beer.
20 years on and I still think it's pathetic, I know I'm in the minority and so many people love it, including my teenage kids.
I just can't understand mature men watching this junk and imitating it, at the end of the day it's a kids cartoon.
But for those of you who like it good luck to you and it must be good to have lasted this long, it's just not my thing.
Please don't flame me over this, it's just my 2 cents worth.

thankyou! someone else that doesnt give a toss about the simpsons

Gobes32 · 29-04-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jesk

thankyou! someone else that doesnt give a toss about the simpsons

So instead you post in a thread about The Simpsons..........

Coogs289 · 29-04-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

I can remember when it first aired and grown men in my office were walking around going "Doh" and talking about Duff beer.
20 years on and I still think it's pathetic, I know I'm in the minority and so many people love it, including my teenage kids.
I just can't understand mature men watching this junk and imitating it, at the end of the day it's a kids cartoon.
But for those of you who like it good luck to you and it must be good to have lasted this long, it's just not my thing.
Please don't flame me over this, it's just my 2 cents worth.

if it's any compensation, i'm only 15. lol
and i know many "grown men" who enjoy the show. another popular show is two and a half men!

_2: funny stuff...

cheers, Anthony

jaydee · 29-04-2009, 10:35 PM

Love 2 and a half men, now thats funny.

RG · 29-04-2009, 10:42 PM

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Love 2 and a half men, now thats funny.

Bah, the yanks wouldn't know good humour if it jumped out with a Wile.E.Coyote style sign telling them it was funny.

Brit humour ftw, unless it is Futurama or Family Guy/American Dad.

**Peuty** · 29-04-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

.......at the end of the day it's a kids cartoon....

Have you even watched an episode before?

jaydee · 29-04-2009, 10:44 PM

Aw c'mon RG, what about Raymond & Seinfield?

RG · 29-04-2009, 10:46 PM

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Aw c'mon RG, what about Raymond & Seinfield?

Raymond not funny.

Seinfeld so funny it's hard to believe it's yank.

jaydee · 29-04-2009, 10:47 PM

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Have you even watched an episode before?

I've tried several times, but nuh, just not for me. My son says "Come on Dad, just watch this bit, it's funny", so I do but when the ads come on I leave.
Don't get me wrong I think it's pretty clever, but I don't find it funny.

Mark351 · 29-04-2009, 10:48 PM

Isn't it an adult cartoon that originated on an adult show? Most kids don't get half the good jokes that are comedic commentary on social, political and religious topics, and just get off on the visuals. Maybe you don't get them either jaydee? It's certianly not as witty as it was 15-20 years ago, but it's still good for a laugh.

vanman_75 · 30-04-2009, 12:04 AM

heard on the radio ,ten is axeing the simpsons and extending the news to save cash ....hope its only the repeats and not the new stuff

Spudz27 · 30-04-2009, 12:12 AM

I have seen enough simpsons to tell every episode word for word. Foxtel has it Everyday, I have seasons etc. I love the show, but I don't go around quoting them.

I'm not lying, I'm just telling fiction with my mouth.

uranium_death · 30-04-2009, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by RG

Raymond not funny.

Seinfeld so funny it's hard to believe it's yank.

Raymond is one of the few Yank shows I can stand.
The others being Seinfeld, Two and a Half Men, and My Name is Earl.

Brit comedy is different.
The Americans don't understand subtlety. For them it's overt face pulling, over-acting, and filth. Some shows can rise above though....

The beaut thing about this thread is that nobody is really right. Opinions are only that.

The Simpsons is fantastic, and it's lasted 20 years due to the family structure around it. We can all see ourselves in the story at some point.

I saw the new opening credits on Youtube last week (I am busy Wednesday nights) and yeah...they look good, but the 'old' ones did the job, and were faster.
Since The Simpsons credits don't actually show any names (except for at the very end), I thought it was just a waste of time in the end...

But a great show.

uranium_death · 30-04-2009, 01:04 AM

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heard on the radio ,ten is axeing the simpsons and extending the news to save cash ....hope its only the repeats and not the new stuff

Ten News currently runs from 5pm to 6pm. They want the news to also occupy the 6-6:30pm timeslot too.

I do not miss an episode at 6pm, for I really don't like TV and it's one of few shows I actually make an effort to watch, even if I have seen the episode 300 times.

ILLaViTaR · 30-04-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

I've tried several times, but nuh, just not for me. My son says "Come on Dad, just watch this bit, it's funny", so I do but when the ads come on I leave.
Don't get me wrong I think it's pretty clever, but I don't find it funny.

Try watching the episodes made before 1999. They were awesome.

Since they replaced their writing staff the show got to the point that I was embarrassed to watch the crap and have never watched it since.

Rodp · 30-04-2009, 07:20 AM

This widescreen season is still the sub-par episodes that have plagued the Simpsons for a few years. Occasionally there will be a decent episode and occasionally there will be a funny line but it's not the show it used to be. That's to be expected 20 years on but I guess no-one will pull the trigger until it starts to lose money.

It may be a cartoon but it's clearly aimed at an adult/mature audience.

bob^ · 30-04-2009, 07:48 AM

The widescreen version is now HD too. Too bad CH10 think 24 hour sport in HD is the most important thing in the world and have gotten rid of all their HD programming!

But I agree that the Simpsons have gone down hill. Anything before around season 17-18 always makes me laugh no matter how many times I watch it.

LTDHO · 30-04-2009, 09:07 AM

Damn did I miss the first intro? :(

ZA-289 · 30-04-2009, 09:42 AM

Check it out on youtube LTDHO, its been on there for months.

MITCHAY · 30-04-2009, 10:13 AM

I watch the odd episode of the Simpsons every now and again but not religiously like I use to.

I can't barely stop laughing during Two and a Half Men a lot of the time, that show is hilarious

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Tuddy200 · 30-04-2009, 12:33 PM

Bahhh just get Austar/Foxtel/Cable in your area, flick over to The Comedy Channel and done. Whose lins is it anyway?, Just for Laughs, The world stands up....

TV1 ... JAG!

NCIS, beats the hell out of those CSI crap! Oh and Fox Classics. MASH! If I had 8-10 hours to waste in front of a TV at some point, that would be my choice of programs! Just for 15mins poke Blood Sweat and Gears....

BlackLS · 30-04-2009, 12:48 PM

Simpsons has to be an all time classic altho recently Family Guy has the upper hand.

How I Met Your Mother and The Office are other US comedy shows I like.

uranium_death · 30-04-2009, 01:25 PM

Family Guy will never be a classic in the same sense as The Simpsons.
Family Guy exists because of The Simpsons, dare I say.

Family Guy lacks the creativity and sensibility of The Simpsons, in which it is totally stupid and unrealistic (though I still enjoy it).

The Simpsons' family dynamics are far more believable, which is why it will always be THE most groundbreaking cartoon series ever.

vanman_75 · 30-04-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by uranium_death

Ten News currently runs from 5pm to 6pm. They want the news to also occupy the 6-6:30pm timeslot too.

I do not miss an episode at 6pm, for I really don't like TV and it's one of few shows I actually make an effort to watch, even if I have seen the episode 300 times.

myself like you news only good for fishing weather for me ,life is about humor...not drama .they just always seem to keep all the junk shows on ,but then i guess there biggest viewers would be woman ,and the elderly ...at a guess .i saw the first episodes and nearly know all the punchlines these are sad times indeed

LTDHO · 30-04-2009, 01:58 PM

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Check it out on youtube LTDHO, its been on there for months.

Thanks mate.

Re: Comedies.
The Simpsons win hands down, followed by American Dad and Metalocalypse (sick humour)
Non cartoon are 2.5 men, not much else really compares. Raymond and Sienfield are very lame.

Rodp · 30-04-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I watch the odd episode of the Simpsons every now and again but not religiously like I use to.

I can't barely stop laughing during Two and a Half Men a lot of the time, that show is hilarious

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I'm not sure if it's aired in Aus yet but the episode where Jake and the ex-footballers daughter go out on a date, Hank gets kicked out and Charlie screws up with his missus so they're all hanging out at Charlies smoking cigars had me in stitches the whole episode.

It's purile humor but it wraps it up in enough sarcasm and chauvinism to make it endearing to your average male. :P

Rodp · 30-04-2009, 02:15 PM

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How I Met Your Mother and The Office are other US comedy shows I like.

I wonder how The Office would be received now. It started off as a stinker but now it has its own identity, I find it much better than the original UK version.

I'd have to say my must watch US comedy at the moment would be the Big Bang Theory and it's not necessarily because I work with a guy who's exactly like Sheldon.

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Corner Gas was also mentioned on here not long ago. I grabbed the first season and 6 episodes in, I don't think I've ever seen such a refreshing and natural comedy series where it feels like I'm not watching a bunch of comedians that can't act. Kudos to whoever recommended it.