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Android Blues posted:Given so much of the show centres around his characters, or uses them to set its locales or flavour its plots, I wonder what they'll do if he does leave? New recurring characters? More focus on the core cast? I hope they loving cancel it already.
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I can't wait to watch two more years of this show without a good 1/3 of its characters. So that scene from Homer to the Max where Ned walks by the window becomes eerily accurate.
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May 14, 2015 12:51
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Kurtofan posted:Can't they find a replacement? Replace Harry Shearer? They're not God, even if they do have 5 fingers.
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Kurtofan posted:Can't they find a replacement?
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A second meteor hits Springfield, kills half the population
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SwissCM posted:I hope they loving cancel it already. Yes. They've got their out now and this must all end. Just give me a good finale.
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drat, obviously a huge blow but I think this is now the beginning of the end. Yeah they could recast, and they likely will for a couple of the major characters, but really this show needs to come to a close. They were renewed for 2 more seasons though...
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I'm curious about the details of him supposedly not being allowed to do other work. That seems like an odd thing to slip in after all these years. I remember at one point reading that he never bothered showing up to table reads with the other actors so perhaps they're trying to crack down on that.
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Y-Hat posted:You say this like anyone can voice Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Smithers, and a bunch of other characters. I mean, plenty of people all over the world do that for the foreign localizations.
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Before anyone gets super pissy (rick and morty is fantastic), it's just a couch gag. More exposure for a show that actually deserves it is a pretty cool thing to do matt groening.
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Kurtofan posted:I mean, plenty of people all over the world do that for the foreign localizations. Yeah, but they haven't grown up with the original voices in the first place. I can tell you, when the actress who did the German dub of Marge died in 2006, having a new voice actor was really loving weird for a while, and that was a very different situation than this. Harry Shearer formed and created these characters through his voice acting.
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Y-Hat posted:You say this like anyone can voice Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Smithers, and a bunch of other characters.
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Tailored Sauce posted:drat, obviously a huge blow but I think this is now the beginning of the end. Yeah they could recast, and they likely will for a couple of the major characters, but really this show needs to come to a close. They were renewed for 2 more seasons though... The return of Poochie to fill the void.
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I don't regret watching the show for this long, but I agree from a fanboy's perspective, it's better if they just end the show rather than recast all of Harry's roles. I understand it from a branding perspective why they want to keep going. Al Jean and the writers like having jobs. Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse had different voice actors; why not shuffle the actors with The Simpsons? This won't change the opinion of those who thought the show jumped the shark over decade ago. Yeah, this is stupid, but people can easily rationalize things if the show is still making a little bit of money. If the two season renewal is already locked, I'd prefer if they simply try to do two seasons without Shearer's characters and just end it there. I don't want two seasons or more where Flanders, Skinner, and Burns sound weird.
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DominoDancing posted:Yeah, but they haven't grown up with the original voices in the first place. I can tell you, when the actress who did the German dub of Marge died in 2006, having a new voice actor was really loving weird for a while, and that was a very different situation than this. Harry Shearer formed and created these characters through his voice acting. Eh, I've seen weirder stuff, like the Dick York/Dick Sargent situation in Bewitched. Switching voice actors is something that really weirds me the gently caress out (the French voice actor for Burns and other characters died, and so did his replacement a couple of years later), but I don't know that it's something they can't write around or something. I'd be weird if there wasn't at least some send off for those characters.
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ReBoot got vastly inferior when Bob was no longer voiced by Goku, I tell you what. e: wait no that's backwards, he became voiced by Goku. Nevermind. Luigi Thirty fucked around with this message at 21:28 on May 14, 2015 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Rick & Morty crossover incoming. More like in...caming.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:That bunch of other characters consisting of Reverend Lovejoy, Lenny, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Otto, and Jasper. Not Lenny!
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Is that cartoon Emmett Brown.
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Echo Chamber posted:
I don't mind them recasting Shearer's roles. The show is already terrible now, I can't see this making it that much worse. It's better than the conspicuous absence of all his characters for two seasons. And as far as I know, the two season renewal is already locked in place, and puts the show 10 episodes short of Gunsmoke's record. In my perfect world, they renew the show for one more 12 episode season to break the record. Also, since it's known ahead of time that that would be the last season, they get all the old writers back to go out with a bang, similar to how they did for the movie. Also they get Harry Shearer to come back for the shortened final season. EDIT: and they give me a solid gold house and a rocket car. OldSenileGuy fucked around with this message at 22:42 on May 14, 2015 |
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Kurtofan posted:Is that cartoon Emmett Brown. Look Morty, just -urrrrp- stick your eyeballs in this Morty. http://www.adultswim.com/videos/rick-and-morty/
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Was that Shearer voicing Flanders in the Rick and Morty couch gag? I haven't watched a new one in a while, so maybe he just sounds that way all the time now, but it sounds... off.
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Mathlete's Feat  SEASON FINALE When a modernized Springfield Elementary has a technical meltdown, Lisa transforms it into a Waldorf school. Meanwhile, Groundskeeper Willie becomes the coach of the mathletes. As noted before, will feature Rick and Morty in a crossover couch gag.
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Two plots and a lengthy couch gag doesn't bode well for this, but the Groundskeeper Willie story at least sounds amusing. For anyone who hasn't checked out the FX app, they've added the ability to play the standard def seasons in the proper aspect ratio. They've also added Chromecast support so I can finally have the show running constantly in the background without having to switch dvds. J-Spot fucked around with this message at 13:54 on May 17, 2015 |
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J-Spot posted:Two plots and a lengthy couch gag doesn't bode well for this, but the Groundskeeper Willie story at least sounds amusing. Given the earlier joke about Willie not knowing grade four math ("Then you'll be teaching Willie!") I don't think it sounds really amusing, so much as stupid.
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PT6A posted:Given the earlier joke about Willie not knowing grade four math ("Then you'll be teaching Willie!") I don't think it sounds really amusing, so much as stupid. Maybe Willie learned something in the intervening 10 years.
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PT6A posted:Given the earlier joke about Willie not knowing grade four math ("Then you'll be teaching Willie!") I don't think it sounds really amusing, so much as stupid. Certainly the show would be much funnier if all of the characters were depicted as being competent at their jobs.
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Don't get me wrong: I love a Groundskeeper Willie plot or subplot as much as the next guy, I just don't think this sounds overly promising. If it turns out as well as My Fair Laddie did, I'll eat my words.
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How many people watching that wondered what the gently caress it was?
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ONe of the nerds was dressed like Homer. That's just odd. The first black president is...decades away.
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Mister Kingdom posted:How many people watching that wondered what the gently caress it was?  
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I have a free Sunday, "hmm...why not watch the Simpsons" I say. And I watch it. Then instantly regret doing so.
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Why in the gently caress has fox decided to bring back Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader
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PenguinKnight posted:Why in the gently caress has fox decided to bring back Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader Can't they find a z grade superhero to make a show out of like everyone else?
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So, two more seasons, eh?
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I'm conflicted on this episode. The story was all over the place and clearly filling time at various points, but I laughed a few times which is more than I can say for the majority of episodes this season. I think the only two episodes I would rate as "good" this season were the Futurama crossover and the one with Homer's cover band.
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It wasn't terrible, just, meh. Which is pretty much the whole season.
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