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 This is The Simpsons Season 28 thread. Feel free to discuss modern Simpsons in general. If the past few threads are any indication, this thread won't be super busy. I'm creating this thread a day early because I might not have consistent internet tomorrow and it's been me who've created it the past few seasons. I might update this OP with something more elaborate later, but the show obviously needs no introduction. There's no huge gimmicks planned for this season; I think they're going to do an hour-long episode, which probably won't be a big deal. "This show sucks now." "No, it's not sad bad; just not as good as the classic episodes." "No, it really sucks. It should have ended at season 9/10/11/12." "I thought this recent episode was okay." "This show started to suck at [exact joke from a season 13 episode]." Anyway, the season premiere: Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus | 8:00 PM on FOX, 30 min 2016 TV-PG In the Season 28 premiere, Springfield burns to the ground, so the Simpsons beseech wealthy Mr. Burns to finance the rebuilding, but he has a price to pay---he's to put on a variety show at Springfield Bowl. Here's the Adventure Time couch gag for the season premiere. Echo Chamber fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Sep 25, 2016 |
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Echo Chamber posted:This show sucks now.
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Sep 25, 2016 21:12
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It's loving bonkers to think that this is season 28 of a show.
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Sep 25, 2016 21:20
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muscles like this? posted:It's loving bonkers to think that this is season 28 of a show. Who knows what adventures our family will have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable?
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Sep 25, 2016 23:06
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How 'bout some crazy weddings?
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Sep 26, 2016 00:56
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Pretty sure if you vote for Kodos this year they count it for Trump.
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Sep 26, 2016 01:01
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Echo Chamber posted:"This show started to suck at [exact joke from a season 13 episode]." If you have FXX, you'll be able to see the exact moment of suckage when they run another Simpsons marathon this Thanksgiving. All 600 episodes will be shown in order.
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Sep 26, 2016 01:01
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Poor Julie Kavner, it sounds like she doesn't have the stamina anymore.
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Sep 26, 2016 01:16
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They mentioned Arnold Palmer on tonight's show and now he's dead.
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Sep 26, 2016 02:00
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Mooseontheloose posted:Poor Julie Kavner, it sounds like she doesn't have the stamina anymore. Yeah I mentioned this last season premiere but it's clearly not getting better. It's one of those things where it feels awful to beat up on a cast for aging after 28 seasons but it's just all so rough. That and the slow tone shift over the years to slightly meaner poo poo (I mean Ralph just got melted into a loving statue in a non THOH episode) just makes the whole thing seem over and done with.
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Sep 26, 2016 07:03
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Simpsons s28: "How did 15,000 people leave so fast?"
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Sep 26, 2016 13:33
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Mister Kingdom posted:They mentioned Arnold Palmer on tonight's show and now he's dead.  I want to believe 
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Sep 26, 2016 16:36
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I did not like this episode. Yet it's still way better than last season's premiere.
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Sep 28, 2016 01:15
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I gave up on thinking it could ever return to classic status, despite there being no reason it couldn't, and have learnt to accept it as a wacky, celeb filled thing with gags that are sometimes funny. This was still dreadful.
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Sep 28, 2016 02:57
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The new episode just ended but it feels like it never started. Was there actually a story there?
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Oct 3, 2016 01:31
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J-Spot posted:The new episode just ended but it feels like it never started. Was there actually a story there? None that I could see.
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Oct 3, 2016 01:35
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Two good jokes (The Pink Panther homage at the beginning and Santa's Little Helper backing out of the room with an egg in his mouth towards the end.) sandwiched between a bunch of unused Homer the Heretic, Burn's Heir, and The Last Temptation of Homer gags.
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Oct 3, 2016 05:09
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J33uk posted:Yeah I mentioned this last season premiere but it's clearly not getting better. It's one of those things where it feels awful to beat up on a cast for aging after 28 seasons but it's just all so rough. That and the slow tone shift over the years to slightly meaner poo poo (I mean Ralph just got melted into a loving statue in a non THOH episode) just makes the whole thing seem over and done with. I haven't watched a Simpsons episode in years, but I'm interested in hearing more about this tonal shift and the melting Ralph into a statue thing. 
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Oct 3, 2016 14:23
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Milky Moor posted:I haven't watched a Simpsons episode in years, but I'm interested in hearing more about this tonal shift and the melting Ralph into a statue thing. Milhouse's dad had his arms cut off, either Sherri or Terri died by drowning ala The Prestige, Ralph is covered in molten metal while doing a "That's All Folks!" gag. It was odd.
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Oct 3, 2016 21:27
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angerbeet posted:Milhouse's dad had his arms cut off, either Sherri or Terri died by drowning ala The Prestige, Ralph is covered in molten metal while doing a "That's All Folks!" gag. Yeah this pretty much sums it up. The show was never especially grounded after season 1 but it's at full on cartoon mode all the time now. Oh Ned got tormented by the ghosts of Edna and Maude for some reason. It's not like you expect anything amazing tuning in any more but they're starting to miss the low bar of being passable.
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Oct 3, 2016 22:13
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There isn't really a big shift. That wasn't even the first time Kirk lost an arm. It happened as a little side joke in the old episode where Homer buys Snakes crappy car from the police auction.
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Oct 3, 2016 22:49
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That first episode of the season certainly was a wet fart. The second one had some chuckle moments though.
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Oct 3, 2016 22:57
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I didn't mind this episode. I'll forgive the Wilhelm scream.
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Oct 3, 2016 23:54
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Tonight's episode was pretty decent so I wasn't surprised to see Matt Selman's name show up as lead executive producer. I noticed the animation direction was a lot livelier than usual. Usually these HD era episodes feel really stiff and the characters never deviate from the model sheets.
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Oct 10, 2016 01:30
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Worst version of "shipping up to Boston" I've ever heard. I guess I'm not an a cappella fan.
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Oct 10, 2016 11:55
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J-Spot posted:Tonight's episode was pretty decent so I wasn't surprised to see Matt Selman's name show up as lead executive producer. I noticed the animation direction was a lot livelier than usual. Usually these HD era episodes feel really stiff and the characters never deviate from the model sheets. I noticed that as well, things like Karl twisting his hat etc. without it being a joke, just little lively things. Otherwise, it was an episode I guess. The Simpsons are going to Boston!.
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Oct 10, 2016 14:02
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I appreciated this episode, except for Doris Kearns Goodwin. My favorite visual gag: 
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Oct 10, 2016 16:18
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 600th Episode!Treehouse of Horror XXVII Dry Hard - Mr. Burns introduces a Hunger Games-style contest in which Springfield's children fight each other for a day in Burns' personal reservoir. BFF - Lisa's imaginary best friend, Rachel, is jealous of Lisa's real best friends and starts killing them so she could spend more time with her. Moefinger - Moe tells Bart that the barflies are actually covert agents and that he wants Bart join their team in Homer's place. Source
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Oct 16, 2016 19:38
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One of you guys!
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Oct 17, 2016 01:03
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Was that last segment (imaginary friend kills everyone) a parody of something specific?
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Oct 17, 2016 01:23
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Hey, I managed to make it to a Treehouse of Horror live on TV for the first time in my life! Cool beans! Also, cool spoiler for that "untitled 2017 Seth MacFarlane show"
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Oct 17, 2016 01:30
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Turdsdown Tom posted:Hey, I managed to make it to a Treehouse of Horror live on TV for the first time in my life! Cool beans! I mean, they're not wrong. Remember Bordertown?
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Oct 17, 2016 01:31
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I can think of a few reasons why they didn't make the Lisa plot the entire episode, but they could have.
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Oct 17, 2016 07:00
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As far as Late Simpsons goes, I thought this was an alright THOH.
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Oct 17, 2016 17:09
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Trust but Clarify Lisa and Bart investigate Krusty's suspicious new "Krustaceans" candy. Meanwhile, Homer wants a promotion at the nuclear plant and asks Marge to help him dress the part, and news anchor Kent Brockman struggles to find his feet in the changing media world.
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Oct 23, 2016 22:51
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Not a good episode. Nothing really dumb or offensive about it; just not much going for it. And a few retreads of previous Brockman episodes from the past few years.
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Oct 24, 2016 02:29
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Holy poo poo! Tibor!
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Oct 24, 2016 06:06
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angerbeet posted:How 'bout some crazy weddings? with sexy results!
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Oct 24, 2016 09:20
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Seriously how the hell did they pick President Trump back in 2000? What was he even doing then? Besides lovely steak at the sharper image
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Oct 24, 2016 09:22
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Alan Smithee posted:Seriously how the hell did they pick President Trump back in 2000? What was he even doing then? Besides lovely steak at the sharper image He was running for president. 2016 is far from the only time he's tried to get into the executive. He tried to be H W. Bush's VP, considered running in 1988 and 2012, and actually did run in 2000.
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