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Germstore posted:I don't see what's disrespectful about that scene. the point is, i don't remember them doing anything for phil hartman except i think a "1955-1998" or whatever thing at the credits
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Absalom Baird posted:I'm engaged in a project to deduce which state(s) Springfield could possibly be in. But wait! I have a novel approach. Instead of looking for clues to CONFIRM, I instead look for clues to eliminate. In one of the Simpsons comics Groening said they lived in "North Tacoma" so I'm happy with that answer
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Jun 30, 2014 21:11
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Germstore posted:I don't see what's disrespectful about that scene. By the way character/actress is dead haw haw. Although now that a little time has passed since seeing it, it's not so bad. It's not like they could so easily just drop her from future episodes without explanation.
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Jun 30, 2014 21:44
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huh, i didn't know thisquote:At the time of his death, Hartman was preparing to voice Zapp Brannigan, a character written specifically for him on Groening's second animated series Futurama.[59] After Hartman's death, Futurama's lead character Philip J. Fry was named in his honor, and Billy West took over the role of Brannigan.[59] West later said that he purposely tweaked Zapp's voice to better match Hartman's intended portrayal.[59]
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Jun 30, 2014 22:34
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LifeSizePotato posted:huh, i didn't know this 'At the time of his death' ... Shot whilst doing Zapp lines, what a way to go.
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Jun 30, 2014 23:15
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The Monkey Man posted:The jockey trolls was when I decided that I'd have to give up watching the show, although I didn't actually stop watching until that season was over. Marathon any of the recent seasons and then watch the jockey troll episode and marvel at how much better it is. At least the voice actors and animation directors were still putting in a solid effort at that point.
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Jul 1, 2014 01:45
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There's something weird about the Simpsons going to a super clean line art, just makes them look... weird, brings out the worst of the design which worked because it was so "scruffy", so to speak
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Jul 1, 2014 01:49
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Based on the pay scale listed on wikipedia, if you're one of the top voice actors on the show, like Harry Shearer guess how much money you've made since 1990? If you said $92,305,000 you'd be close.
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Jul 1, 2014 02:12
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LifeSizePotato posted:the point is, i don't remember them doing anything for phil hartman except i think a "1955-1998" or whatever thing at the credits exactly what send-off would you have liked them to give Phil Hartman's characters, sleazebag lawyer and washed-up actor? they weren't emotionally important to the show, didn't connect to any other characters and didn't need to be written out, unlike Flanders' wife. it's weird to me that anyone could misunderstand that. That little farewell was entirely appropriate and nice. Just a shame that it came as a post-script to a ridiculous terrible episode.
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Jul 1, 2014 02:21
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The new opening is so bad. It's just references to old episodes.
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Jul 1, 2014 02:22
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Big Beef City posted:Based on the pay scale listed on wikipedia, if you're one of the top voice actors on the show, like Harry Shearer guess how much money you've made since 1990? Which is why I've said many times The Simpsons will end once the voice actors get too expensive (or if one of the major ones dies).
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Jul 1, 2014 02:25
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Roger Tangerines posted:exactly what send-off would you have liked them to give Phil Hartman's characters, sleazebag lawyer and washed-up actor? they weren't emotionally important to the show, didn't connect to any other characters and didn't need to be written out, unlike Flanders' wife. Gutcruncher posted:Remember when they treated Troy Mclure and Lionel Hutz with this sort of respect? i was just interpreting what gutcruncher said, i don't care much one way or the other what they did for phil hartman, and i think marcia wallace's thing was nice
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Jul 1, 2014 02:43
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Absalom Baird posted:I'm engaged in a project to deduce which state(s) Springfield could possibly be in. But wait! I have a novel approach. Instead of looking for clues to CONFIRM, I instead look for clues to eliminate. West Springfield is three times the size of Texas. That should help narrow it down.
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Jul 1, 2014 03:19
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literally the only simpsons thing in at least the last 5 years that's made me feel any emotion at all besides "gently caress you"
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Jul 1, 2014 03:35
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gently caress that, the Nelson I know wouldn't give a gently caress about Ms. Krabappel dying.
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Jul 1, 2014 03:37
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So they killed Ned's wife and also Edna? haha, gently caress you Ned Flanders
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Jul 1, 2014 04:01
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Don Tacorleone posted:So they killed Ned's wife and also Edna? haha, gently caress you Ned Flanders Edna - The voice actor died from cancer at age 70. It is time to end it when the teacher is voiced by a 70 year old.
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Jul 1, 2014 04:39
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Don Tacorleone posted:So they killed Ned's wife and also Edna? haha, gently caress you Ned Flanders They should just make it a running joke now.
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Jul 1, 2014 04:47
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Rambling Robot posted:Edna - The voice actor died from cancer at age 70. You never had a teacher in their 70s? It's time to end it when a 10 year old is voiced by a 56 year old.
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Jul 1, 2014 04:56
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Justin Godscock posted:Which is why I've said many times The Simpsons will end once the voice actors get too expensive (or if one of the major ones dies). It'll be when they get too expensive. Harry Shearer has already started talking to the press about how much he'd be willing to give up for some of the syndication and DVD money, which they will never budge on, and given his periodic complaints about the declining quality and his failure to participate in some of the outside merchandising stuff, clear he's getting tired of it. Most long-running popular shows in which the actors still enjoy doing it only cancel because of the ballooning cast salaries and the Simpsons has only been immune because the actors have voluntarily accepted some pay cuts. There's going to be a point when Shearer is tired of doing that, and it will be Shearer, and from there, it will depend on how long it takes a second voice actor to jump off before it gets the axe.
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Jul 1, 2014 04:58
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If Shearer leaves the show is over. He's not just Homer, he's Mr. Burns, Smithers, Lovejoy, Flanders, and a bunch more.
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Jul 1, 2014 05:20
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HJB posted:i kinda wonder if kids love the new seasons and think they're as amazing as our generation considered seasons 3-8 no
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Jul 1, 2014 05:21
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latin american simpsons are the best simpsons matt groening said so
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Jul 1, 2014 05:22
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have you guys ever watched the simpsons in another language the voices sound so wrong and weird at first but you eventually get used to it. german homer sounds pretty right to me now. the spanish ones do a good job of sounding like the american voices mostly
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Jul 1, 2014 05:26
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babypolis posted:latin american simpsons are the best simpsons matt groening said so Was it before they fired the entire cast and hired awful soundalikes or after?
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Jul 1, 2014 05:26
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boom boom boom posted:If Shearer leaves the show is over. He's not just Homer, he's Mr. Burns, Smithers, Lovejoy, Flanders, and a bunch more. Shearer isn't Homer. He does play a ton of roles on the show, but none of them are actually in the Simpsons family and network executives would have zero compunctions about running the show without him if they felt like they could get two more seasons of decent Nielsens out of it. It depends on whether other members of the cast would drop or whether they've come to rely on the money.
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Calaveron posted:Was it before they fired the entire cast and hired awful soundalikes or after? og cast of course. as if later day simpsons needed more reasons to be unwatchable
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Jul 1, 2014 05:31
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Remember when they made that cartoon dinosaur movie for kids like right after Jurassic Park and Yeardley Smith was in it and even children immediately went "That's Lisa Simpson, what is she doing in this dinosaur cartoon?" Someone put this in a Buzzfeed article about growing up in the 90s. Bangarang.
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Jul 1, 2014 05:34
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i always felt bad for yeardley, her real voice is basically lisa simpson. she has to live with that.
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Jul 1, 2014 05:35
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Yeardley Smith was also in Maximum Overdrive, which is a great horrible movie. It costs almost $300k to air a 30-second ad during a new Simpsons episode. I hope these two facts enlighten you all.
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LifeSizePotato posted:i always felt bad for yeardley, her real voice is basically lisa simpson. she has to live with that. i'm sure she can console herself in the giant pile of money she has tho
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Irradiation posted:You never had a teacher in their 70s? ĦAy, caramba!
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Jul 1, 2014 07:36
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SUCH IMPROVEMENT! 
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Uncle Wemus posted:SUCH IMPROVEMENT! The difference in Marge's head turn alone is ridiculous and the new clean style really loses something of its personality
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Uncle Wemus posted:SUCH IMPROVEMENT! This is the perfect example of the show's quality both in animation and writing. Then: hand drawn, effort and personality injected into both the animation and models. Ie: even the shopping cart has personality! Now: stiff, boring to look at, bad flash style animation. No bounce of springiness to the movements. Looks dead. I'm watching treehouse of horror IV right now and it's got so many gems in it. Skinner: "I heard a child is using his imagination and I've come to put a stop to it." And in the Dracula segment Homer: "oh Lisa, vampires are just make believe, like elves, gremlins and Eskimos!" Lisa: "ew dad! This is blood!" Homer: "correction, free blood!" Ahhh good times, how did it all go wrong 
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Jul 1, 2014 11:14
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I always like Simpsons threads for the people who call themselves big fans of the show but have only seen ~40% of the episodes. It's almost as bad as Star Trek fans and their idea of "personal canon". Except worse because at least Star Trek fans never missed entire seasons.
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Jul 1, 2014 11:27
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Lisa becomes enamoured with a new girl at school who is sporty, athletic but also brainy. When Marge finds out she purposely sets up dates with boys for Lisa out of fear of never getting grandchildren. Mean while Bart becomes addicted to pornography and becomes a new visionary pornographer. Guest starring Ellen page and Ron Jeremy.
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Jul 1, 2014 11:40
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ok thx
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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cheerfullydrab posted:I always like Simpsons threads for the people who call themselves big fans of the show but have only seen ~40% of the episodes.  there's no gate and you're not the gatekeeper
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cheerfullydrab posted:I always like Simpsons threads for the people who call themselves big fans of the show but have only seen ~40% of the episodes. It's almost as bad as Star Trek fans and their idea of "personal canon". Except worse because at least Star Trek fans never missed entire seasons. it's kind of hard to be a "true fan" of the simpsons when there's more bad than good episodes at this point Star Trek TNG had one bad season and few a sporadicly bad episodes here and there after it got good. It was never completely lopsided like the simpsons is
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