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https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/913508642283954176 https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/913429181475651585 This is yet another Simpsons thread. Yes, this show is still on. This show has its share of ups and downs even after you stopped watching. Save for one or two bad episodes, I thought Season 28 was solid. If these trends continue... AAAAAAYYYY!!!  "The Serfsons" will be the season premiere. In a magical medieval world, Marge's mother is turned into an Ice Walker and the only way for Homer to afford the cure is to force Lisa to use illegal magic. When the King discovers this, he kidnaps Lisa, and Homer must lead a feudal uprising to save her. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau guest stars. Bucking tradition of these type of episodes, it looks like this episode is sticking with one story, rather than having three separate ones for each act. At least I can't find any descriptions for other plots.  Go nuts with Frinkiac.
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Nice shout out to the Gelatinous Cube.
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I'll admit "That's more than a lvl 10 giant spider makes in an entire campaign" got me  Mister Kingdom posted:Nice shout out to the Gelatinous Cube. Is this about the cat? It's about the cat isn't it?
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The dried hanging corn by the window. The prank scroll. Sorcerer Intendent Chalmers. I didn't really need a Simpsons D&D campaign, but now that the idea is out there.
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I thought that was a fairly sweet episode altogether. Touching the right spotsInkspot posted:The dried hanging corn by the window. The prank scroll. Sorcerer Intendent Chalmers. I refuse to believe that in the ~3 decades of simpsons, no one has made a Simpsons DnD campaign
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I'm surprised nobody else used feudalism as a surrogate for capitalism in recent memory to mock people's attachment to the system. I kind of felt the ending tried to backpedal too much from making any point, but I can justify it as mocking people's tendency to both hate the status quo and fear change. Pretty inspired episode. I'm cool with the idea of more episodes effectively being one long THOH sketch. I'm surprised to see Troy McClure as one of the heads.
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Marge now sounds like what her mother did in the early seasons, and Marge's mother doesnt sound anything like what she used to. It was really distracting.
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The premiere was a surprisingly not awful episode. It was funny, and not quite as pointless as I thought it'd be, especially with the whole feudalism = capitalism angle.The Coxie posted:Marge now sounds like what her mother did in the early seasons, and Marge's mother doesnt sound anything like what she used to. It was really distracting.
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Springfield Splendor Marge and Lisa turn Lisa's sad experience into a successful graphic novel-turned-Broadway show, but they struggle with creative differences and ego.
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Oct 8, 2017 14:01
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Wow, that was....good? Like, not even "late Simpsons good" , but just plain good. I laughed real laughs multiple times! Glad to see the Simpsons can still do a good one every now and then.
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Oct 9, 2017 03:37
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Yeah that one was legit.
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Oct 9, 2017 03:40
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It's really weird how the animation has jumped in quality since season 28. Martin Short's character was actually animated, and not at all stiff; Rachel Bloom's was really good too. I don't know what prompted the change in direction and quality, but it's very noticeable. Besides the animation, that was pretty drat good. I'm hoping they bring Bloom's therapist character back, or just have her back as someone else, because she fits right into the show.
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Oct 9, 2017 08:52
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That was fine. They had a few episodes like this the past few years, where one character creates a thing that gets life of its own and causes a rift in the family. The obvious one that comes to mind is "Angry Dad", but I there's been a few others. But I'll take it. Animation was good, and I liked the jab at convention speeches masquerading as questions.
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I really liked both episodes, thought the primer could have used more jokes about Medieval society being really terrible, and less Game of Thrones jokes, but over all it was great. The second though, was great. I loved the stuff about the comic book and creating it and the comic con panel was amazing. The animation of Alison Bechdel dancing in Bechdel test FAIL cracked me up. Echo Chamber posted:Animation was good, and I liked the jab at convention speeches masquerading as questions. Oh god yes. I've experienced all of those, nothing like having a real question and being behind a bunch of poeple who want to talk about themselves, some thing they have planned but aren't going to actually do.
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Nichael posted:The premiere was a surprisingly not awful episode. It was funny, and not quite as pointless as I thought it'd be, especially with the whole feudalism = capitalism angle. The premiere was based on the writer's mother-in-law making a similar choice to Jacqueline's when she was diagnosed with cancer.  Watching the premiere again with my husband, I really enjoyed all the background gags, like the potion labels in Hibbert's office and the various stores.
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Whistler's Father Homer discovers that Maggie is a whistling savant and launches her baby-celebrity career. Meanwhile, Marge impresses Fat Tony with her interior design taste, and he hires her to style his brothel.
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Just caught up to this season and wow does the score sound weird with no Alf Clausen orchestra and a synth soundtrack instead. At least we got one more of his in this week's episode.
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I liked the episode. Kind of felt like Grampa should have been involved with the plot resolution more.
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Treehouse of Horror XXVIII Maggie becomes possessed by an ancient demon; Lisa discovers a creepy and perfect version of her family in an alternate universe; and Homer cannibalizes himself.
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The animation on the whistling was really good. Though that made it even more disturbing.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Treehouse of Horror XXVIII In addition, Fox will be airing a mocumentary about "Homer at the Bat," called Springfield of Dreams. The time depends on what NFL game you get: people with 1PM games get it right after that game, and people with 4PM games get it at 3PM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rakj3zmCpXc
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Yeah came here to post about that, starts in 5 minutes for me on the east coast. Wouldn’t have know if it wasn’t for having the football on and catching a commercial, and the DVR wouldn’t have picked it up either.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Treehouse of Horror XXVIII This was fuckin dire and awful, why did I watch this?
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Last Chance posted:This was fuckin dire and awful, why did I watch this? I only watch the Halloween specials anymore, and man does Marge's VA's voice get noticeably rougher every year.
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Last Chance posted:This was fuckin dire and awful, why did I watch this? I agree. Pretty lame for a Halloween episode, they usually go all out even during lackluster seasons. William Friedkin as a guest voice was odd. I know he directed the Exorcist, but why did they make him the priest? Max Von Sydow is still alive. Coraline spoof was meh. And the self cannibalization story was just annoying.
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Oct 23, 2017 11:37
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I actually found that third segment to be kind of disturbing and uncomfortable to watch.
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J-Spot posted:I actually found that third segment to be kind of disturbing and uncomfortable to watch. I almost found it effective but then they kind of blew it with the ending.
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I think the THOH episodes have been awful, I mean way worse than normal episodes ever since the end of the classic era. The only thing I can say this had going for it was that at least it succeeded in being at least a little disturbing.
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J-Spot posted:I actually found that third segment to be kind of disturbing and uncomfortable to watch. It felt a little try-hard-y to me, probably because they pushed the grossness (while going to great lengths to avoid actually showing anything gross, such as having Homer wear oven mitts through the entire segment) but the jokes weren't landing. It felt more like a Family Guy bit than a Simpsons bit except Family Guy would have taken it that one extra step and shown the grossness.
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It seems like a lot of cartoons try to toe the line between body horror and humor by having occasional jokes/plots with limbs or parts of limbs getting cut off. I don't know if this can really be called a trend, but I've seen casually used more and more since like ten years ago. I know "Trilogy of Error" dates a bit earlier than that, but that was the exception, and it was a clever enough episode that I give it a pass. I'm just not a huge fan of thinking about body parts getting cut off, let alone getting eaten. I guess it was successfully disturbing.
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Gimmedaroot posted:I agree. Pretty lame for a Halloween episode, they usually go all out even during lackluster seasons. That was Ben Daniels from The Exorcist TV series as the priest. I thought Friedkin showed up as the therapist in the self cannibalization story.
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That short was based on a short story about a surgeon getting trapped on a desert island or something, wasn't it? e: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Type Stephen King, go figure. "Lady fingers, they taste just like lady fingers."
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We live in the universe where Neil Gaiman was a two time guest and Michael Jackson only one. I don't think that's particularly bad, just... a strange probability. e: sweetmercifulcrap posted:I think the THOH episodes have been awful, I mean way worse than normal episodes ever since the end of the classic era. Whoa there chief, while they went to poo poo when they started parodying non-horror/thriller/sf movies, there were still segments that were better than some of their seasons. Like, if IX or X is the start of mediocre Treehouse bits, there's still the Harry Potter, SaviourX fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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J-Spot posted:I actually found that third segment to be kind of disturbing and uncomfortable to watch. We were having dinner while watching that. That one was the worst, but the coraline and exorcist thing were pretty bad too. angerbeet posted:That short was based on a short story about a surgeon getting trapped on a desert island or something, wasn't it? Wasn't one of the early family guy episodes based on this too? Or was that just coincidence? mrfart fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Oct 30, 2017 |
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Grampy Can Ya Hear Me Grampa gets a hearing aid and finally hears what everyone has been saying about him. Meanwhile, Mr. Skinner discovers that his mother has kept the ultimate secret from him.
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It turns out that his mother is actually a random woman who stole her identity when the real Agnes died in the war.
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President Kenny Hitler!
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Wooooow, an "Everyone Loves Ned Flanders" callback almost a quarter-century later...confusingly to fill time on an episode that had 3 unique (and mostly unfulfilling) plot threads. Not a knock, though. It was a fun episode.
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Episode wasn't great, but Skinner's plot hits a nerve. Mainly because I'm 30 now but I still think about mistakes and missed opportunities in college. Wished the plot had a real resolution.
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