The Simpsons New HD Opening Sequence

It had to change because things can't stay the same forever. they have to change in order to fit in current times. It's time to let go of the 90's and let the simpsons update itself.
 
I didn't think it was that bad. Kinda cute. In all honesty, though, this new opening doesn't stand a chance, as it's stuck with the albatross known as the recent seasons of The Simpsons.
 
It also amazes me that something as small as a crow offends people. I'm not going to insult the writers and explain why that joke is funny but I bet the haters will get it in another 10 years when the staff mentions it in the DVD commentary track. I noticed a decrease in the "they stole it from Family Guy" comments because they mentioned Family Guy doing a similar thing in a commentary track sequence on Season 3 (or was it 2?) so there's still time for people to catch up.


If I hate a show, I stop watching it instead of watching it for years and years. Why is it so hard for people to stop watching a show they hate? It's like they want the show to make fun of them and if that's the case ... Congratulations! Your hate and constant excuses are helping the show continue. If you'd like another example of this attitude, watch Adult Swim (especially on Sundays).

Al Jean said as long as the ratings are good, they'll continue so if The Simpsons are truly causing you pain and suffering: STOP WATCHING! I hated Ally McBeal and I did better things than talk about it to other people. Other people stopped watching as well and it's gone. Now the same thing is happening with King of the Hill and other shows. Bad shows go away when less people stop watching. Last year's Halloween marathon on Adult Swim is an excellent example of this.



200+ episodes - 1 episode =
200 episodes or more
 
This opening shows the dangers of getting too comfortable letting the computer do a lot of the work for you. Nothing in that opening (or in the show in general) has any life or soul to it. It's too shallow, too false, too mechanical. And adding to this is how busy it all is. Someone needs to tell the people working on this show that we don't need to see every single character all the time. The new openings to King of the Hill and American Dad show the correct way to upgrade something. This new Simpsons opening is just nonsense.

I can't believe there are actually people who like how this turned out.
 
King of the Hill is a bad show?

A lot of us have stopped watching The Simpsons. I myself stopped watching it years ago but I still catch reruns of the newer episodes every now and then. But it's still upsetting to us knowing how good the show used to be and seeing what it has become. The Simpsons was once brilliantly written, featured characters with personality that you actually cared about, and it was actually worth tuning in to watch every Sunday night.

But these days The Simpsons is but a mere shell of its former self. I remember a time when the characters actually had personality, I remember when the show was actually well written, I remember when they didn't shove characters who were once funny down our throat all the time, I remember when special guest stars actually meant something and brought something to the plot rather than just randomly appear as if the show was saying "LOOK WHO WE COULD AFFORD TO GET!".

I honestly believe that the reason The Simpsons is still on the air is because it carries the name The Simpsons. And I really believe that anyone who defends this show and says that it's still good is just looking through the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia and doesn't want to admit just how bad it has become.
 
That or they got into the show after glory days were already over and to them today's Simpsons is "their" Simpsons.

These days I watch the show because, like a train wreck, it's hard to look away.
 
Just as I feared, the animation is way too stiff. And the new gags/characters didn't really add anything (like the crow during the choir) and will become more tiresome every time this intro plays.

Am I the only one who isn't thrilled that we see Ralph, Jimbo, and Kearney before we see the Simpson family? It's nitpicking, I know, but I don't like it. Especially since Ralph is the most overrated secondary character ever.

I also noticed Burns wasn't in the Power Plant, though it's just as well, since Burns hasn't been a presence in the series for quite a few seasons now.

And yay, super long couch gag again. Is it so hard for the writers to keep these under five seconds? I guess if you have a weak plot you have to pad it somehow...
 
I've seen the new Simpsons HD opening on youtube and while I can admit yes it is stiff and lacks fluidity
other than that it's alright, but that only minor to me.

The involving of every character is rather nice and hard to accomplish in such a short time frame and
yet I applaud them in their success considering their large character cast.

Other than fixing the stiffness, I'm okay with it really and look forward to their
new episodes with great optimism. :)
 
This show could be done in flash now and I don't think anyone would notice by this point.

And yes I suppose you could say the same for Family Guy, but to say that about the Simpsons when the animation used to have a lot of life to it is just criminal.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a long gap after Season 2 until more DVD sets were released?? Are they even releasing the show on DVD anymore? Many people on the [TZ] Adult Swim board certainly seem to hate the show ( I dare not check the official AS board for any opinions) and the ratings certainly aren't that high either (Wasn't KOTH cancelled once then brought back then cancelled again?)



So you've stopped watching it and yet you haven't? You're bringing this anger upon yourself. If you stopped watching, I guarantee you'll be a lot happier.



Throughout your post, I was saying "it still is" through many of your comments. Yes, they use lots of celebrities for cameos. Some of them are funny; some are not. And yet they've still had them voice original characters (off the top of my head, Sarah Michelle Gellar and [though I didn't see the episode] Jack Black). Times change. People change. This new intro is yet another example of it. If people truly hated it, the show would be cancelled by now. Ironically, many criticisms people have for the newer episodes are ones that I've had for the earlier seasons. I like more characters. It keeps the show fresh instead of being about the same thing over and over. Which leads me to ....



If that comment doesn't define denial, I don't know what does. Last year in one of the Toon Zone chats, I wanted to know what season caused this sudden hate. Truth be told, the chat was about Seasons 11 -18 and yet I could only find two bad seasons. I'm sure a log of it exists somewhere, but if not I would gladly go through it again on TZ and defend The Simpsons (and even though this is the internet where people hate popular things, I bet I wouldn't be the only one to defend "the dark saga" of The Simpsons) Of course it's much easier to keep watching to let the show continue or stop watching the show (and mean it) until The Simpsons are taken off and replaced with something else.
 
Exactly. Just because something looks pretty, colorful and high-def doesn't mean it's actually good.

You want to see the right way to upgrade an opening sequence? Check out King of the Hill.
 
Are you serious? The King of the Hill upgrade was pathetic. It was exactly the same as it was on episode 1 only it was in high def. There were so many characters they could have added to the opening but they didn't. It was such a waste.
 
Which is why I liked it so much. How would adding people like Hank's Japanese step-brother or Joe Jack make the opening better?

I'll grant you that replacing Buckley with Lucky would of made some sense, however.
 
So what else do you think they should have done for the King of the Hill opening, Master Moron? It's not like the Simpsons, which has been on longer and has added more characters. All the important characters are already shown in the old KOTH opening and in my opinion if something isn't broke (which it wasn't) why change it? The opening just got a simple spit shine and was left alone, which I think was very respectful. Sometimes change for the sake of change isn't a good thing.

You want another example on how to properly upgrade an opening then? American Dad, even that one isn't in HD.



It wouldn't have. The idea of the original KOTH was simply a time-lapse "day-in-the-life" of the main character. He stands there in the alley with his buddies as his family and neighbors go about their daily routine. There's no reason to change that, especially if changing it means throwing in a ton of tertiary characters who wouldn't even make sense roaming around the alley. The only thing I would have altered with the new HD opening would have been to replace Buckley (who has been dead for a decade) with Lucky. But even that isn't much of a big deal.
 
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