I guess I don't really care about the show nowadays. Back in the days I would watch the show religiously without missing an episode, but now that the series is a shadow of its former self, I don't really mind missing an episode. I don't even know at what point the show is anymore, I still watch it every now and then, but it's no longer the habit it used to be.
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If you hate the newer Simpsons seasons, why do you continue to watch?
- Thread starter a gal and her dog
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I stopped watching new episodes of "The Simpsons" in early Season 17 - not because I lost interest, but because my job always required me to work Sunday nights at that point and I had no method of recording the show anymore. Since then, my schedule's changed and I've gotten DirecTV, but I've found that I don't really miss the show all that much. I have my DVDs of the classic seasons, which I never tire of, and I'm just not particularly inclined to sit down and watch the new ones.
A while back, I did catch up on Season 17 a bit through the Internet, but a lot of the episodes were strictly hit-and-miss. I guess I just want consistency from the show - I don't want to have to go into an episode thinking "Okay, will it be good or will it suck?" The show's track record has become way too uneven for me to stick by it with any sort of regularity.
A while back, I did catch up on Season 17 a bit through the Internet, but a lot of the episodes were strictly hit-and-miss. I guess I just want consistency from the show - I don't want to have to go into an episode thinking "Okay, will it be good or will it suck?" The show's track record has become way too uneven for me to stick by it with any sort of regularity.
valentin p
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I stopped watching after season 9 because we switched to satellite and they didn't offer local channels so no Fox. They were finally available like 2/3 years later I think but by that time I kinda lost habit of watching television in general so I ended up 'missing' the worst seasons of the Simpsons. When I started watching the Simpsons again around the time I started posting in Toon Zone which made me start watching TV in general again :sweat:
And while I agree that the show is not as good as it used to be, one thing I've noticed is that while watching the 'classic' seasons I used to watch as a little kid I no longer like them as much either. They were good for their time but I don't think they've aged as well. If the Simpsons weren't a part of my childhood I'm not so sure I would enjoy the classic seasons as much as I do.
So I don't actually hate newer simpsons like most, and I think if I had watched them as a kid I would probably like them a lot more like the classic seasons. And I definitely tend to like newer Simpsons to newer Family Guy.
And while I agree that the show is not as good as it used to be, one thing I've noticed is that while watching the 'classic' seasons I used to watch as a little kid I no longer like them as much either. They were good for their time but I don't think they've aged as well. If the Simpsons weren't a part of my childhood I'm not so sure I would enjoy the classic seasons as much as I do.
So I don't actually hate newer simpsons like most, and I think if I had watched them as a kid I would probably like them a lot more like the classic seasons. And I definitely tend to like newer Simpsons to newer Family Guy.
luvvey_00001
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I wouldn't say I hate the show -- then, I doubt I'd watch it. But you can count me among the people who think it declined in quality around season 9 and truly got bad halfway through season 13. But the show's legacy is so great that I just feel like I'd be missing out on something by not seeing every episode. It's only a half hour of my time. The show is rarely painful to watch; it's an honest attempt at the good comedy they used to be able to do, but it fails in certain ways. And from some sort of academic standpoint, I kind of like seeing what goes wrong and thinking about how it could've been improved. It's kind of a great study, because you've got good and bad examples of comedy that can be compared to each other one a very one-to-one basis, because they're from the same series.
Even though the writing is several magnitudes worse now than it once was, it's still a well-crafted show in other ways, and it has some sort of aesthetic appeal to it. Partially because it's animated. I think a live-action show that goes bad is a bit harder to tolerate. Also, they still hit the mark once in a long while.
Now, I do make an effort to avoid repeating my criticisms of the show again and again in the talkback threads, because no one wants to see that. I only chime in when I have a specific criticism to offer on the current episode. Anything more would be just as much of a burden to me as to everyone else.
Even though the writing is several magnitudes worse now than it once was, it's still a well-crafted show in other ways, and it has some sort of aesthetic appeal to it. Partially because it's animated. I think a live-action show that goes bad is a bit harder to tolerate. Also, they still hit the mark once in a long while.
Now, I do make an effort to avoid repeating my criticisms of the show again and again in the talkback threads, because no one wants to see that. I only chime in when I have a specific criticism to offer on the current episode. Anything more would be just as much of a burden to me as to everyone else.
How long ago was that for you? just curious.
I honestly watched The Simpsons only for a few months in 1992ish, but that's because Grandma was babysitting me and she liked it. I paid it no mind; I just didn't find it funny then. I occasionally caught snippets when flipping through the channels or waiting for a tape to rewind. I did like the theme music/opening sequence and the credits font, though.
I think the only times in my life I ever watched a full ep were:
*10th grade English. Our teacher showed an ep that was a takeoff on "The Raven". I tuned it out.
*Earlier this year, in the waiting room at the hospital, just after I cut my thumb really badly. Never mind that my left thumb was throbbing and wrapped up in toilet paper and masking tape, and never mind that they had turned off the power earlier today because mom forgot to pay the bill AGAIN, I think I could have laughed if something that I thought was funny was on. This ep, however, failed to make me laugh.
Admittedly I've not seen much of the show in any incarnation, so maybe I am missing out on something good. Platypus Comix has a couple episodes listed that Martianinvader thinks are standout, but even these don't grab me. Maybe I just wasn't made for this series.
I honestly watched The Simpsons only for a few months in 1992ish, but that's because Grandma was babysitting me and she liked it. I paid it no mind; I just didn't find it funny then. I occasionally caught snippets when flipping through the channels or waiting for a tape to rewind. I did like the theme music/opening sequence and the credits font, though.
I think the only times in my life I ever watched a full ep were:
*10th grade English. Our teacher showed an ep that was a takeoff on "The Raven". I tuned it out.
*Earlier this year, in the waiting room at the hospital, just after I cut my thumb really badly. Never mind that my left thumb was throbbing and wrapped up in toilet paper and masking tape, and never mind that they had turned off the power earlier today because mom forgot to pay the bill AGAIN, I think I could have laughed if something that I thought was funny was on. This ep, however, failed to make me laugh.
Admittedly I've not seen much of the show in any incarnation, so maybe I am missing out on something good. Platypus Comix has a couple episodes listed that Martianinvader thinks are standout, but even these don't grab me. Maybe I just wasn't made for this series.