The Official Simpsons Griefing Thread

[Lucky Wildcard]

People still watch The Simpsons? I stopped at seasons 10-11.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

People still watch The Simpsons? I stopped at seasons 10-11.

Apparently. I still do out of morbid curiosity.

 

[Chicken Dippers]

The Simpsons went from fantastic to good, good to okay, okay to mediocre, mediocre to bad, bad to shit, and now it's basically just a shitstain on the rug that some people nonetheless find amusing

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

I still think that this show needs to held up as an example of how NOT to handle criticism if you're a tv show/cartoon writer

 

[Enclave Supremacy]

Too be fair that episode had a nice touch. There's a part where a wall is covered in "Owner of the Month" plaques at the power plant and one of them is the two Germans from Christ knows what season ages ago.

But yeah the show is too old now. Remember watching an episode after ages and they have like iPhones and shit. It's just not right.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Too be fair that episode had a nice touch. There's a part where a wall is covered in "Owner of the Month" plaques at the power plant and one of them is the two Germans from Christ knows what season ages ago.

But yeah the show is too old now. Remember watching an episode after ages and they have like iPhones and shit. It's just not right.

Actually they're called "MyPhones" in-universe. I shit you not. They made episodes about that.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

There's also "blocko" blocks, an obvious parody of LEGO®.

I can watch a newer Simpsons episode and kind of enjoy it, although all the ones I've seen have been consistently inferior to the older ones. I more or less stopped watching the show regularly since around 2009ish.

It sounds like it's declining in quality even more, especially with Krabappel's VA passing away. Who's the new teacher now?

It's just not right.

The old tube set in the couch gag being replaced by an LCD one also seems a little off. It's a minor thing though.

 

[Drawets Rednaxela]

So there's two Halloween episodes this year and neither of them air on Halloween weekend...

Could be worse. It could have been airing in November.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

It sounds like it's declining in quality even more, especially with Krabappel's VA passing away. Who's the new teacher now.

Never bothered to show him/her. Like the writers don't give a shit about that, much like the rest of the show.

 

[Too Many Crooks]

I stopped watching after season 10. It's a shame that a show runs on so long and takes a downward spiral in quality.

 

[CWCissey]

I watched last week's episode and that was actually pretty good!

 

[RJ MacReady]

I feel like The Simpsons has reached a point where the best and most interesting thing it could do is go out with a bang and end. The powers that be should have let it die with dignity in the last decade; it's limped on since then because there's no reason for FOX to give up the revenue.

I was trying to think of a plausible reality where it would have concluded by at least 08, but since no amount of money is too much for FOX it's hard to say. I do know that as the show's viewership was tilting downwards they were desperate to strike oil again, but it never happened.

 

[Quijibo69]

I watched the new THOH episode and it gave me both cancer and herpes. See you in another 5 years new episodes.

 

[John Titor]

I threw on this season for background noise. I was surprised to see the Halloween episode because they never did a non-Treehouse of Horror one before. It was pretty good, I even liked it better than the actual Treehouse episode.

 

[Picklepower]

I'd say it was good from seasons 1-13, I'm going a little higher then most people, when it gets to seasons 11-13 there are episodes that I think are bad, but also some episodes I really like.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Too be fair that episode had a nice touch. There's a part where a wall is covered in "Owner of the Month" plaques at the power plant and one of them is the two Germans from Christ knows what season ages ago.

The problem I have with gags like that is that it feels lazy. Like they're saying, "Hey, I know you don't much like the show now, but remember those episodes you loved? Weren't those great? LAUGH YOU BASTARDS!"

 

[vertexwindi]

I'd say it was good from seasons 1-13, I'm going a little higher then most people, when it gets to seasons 11-13 there are episodes that I think are bad, but also some episodes I really like.

The stories get lazy around that time but they still have some good gags here and there.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Simpsons has been shit for like 15 years now. If not more

 

[CephalopodEnthusiast]

I used to watch The Simpsons, but I stopped after the movie came out.

Nowadays I prefer Futurama.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

The problem I have with gags like that is that it feels lazy. Like they're saying, "Hey, I know you don't much like the show now, but remember those episodes you loved? Weren't those great? LAUGH YOU BASTARDS!"

See with me, I feel that while they're cute every now and again. In a series like this, one that's been beyond shit for over a decade at this point. It just makes you want to watch the episode(s) the new one is making a reference to.