The Simpsons is one of the greatest shows of all time, everyone has watched The Simpsons at some point in their life, we know the characters, the jokes, everything. I'm sure we can all agree that the quality has dipped in the past...decade. But that doesn't change the fact that we all love it, but I'm sure we're all expecting it to die within the next few years, but that's what gets me thinking, what would the world be like if The Simpsons stopped airing? Even if you don't watch the show anymore you still could, you could watch all the new episodes and catch up, there have always been new episodes of The Simpsons to watch...but soon there won't be. The Simpsons was created as a short in 1987 and then a full TV series in 1989 and has been on air since, that means this show is older than I am, it has been around since birth. I don't remember a point in my life when I didn't watch The Simpsons, it has always been there, so when the day finally does come where it ends...that just seems strange to me, it is strange to picture a world without The Simpsons. Hell, it's even stranger to picture a world
before The Simpsons, that means in 1985 there wasn't a person on the planet who would know the names Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa & Maggie have any kind of connection to each other, but nowadays those are household names (Which begs the question why Homer & Marge still aren't common names). The Simpsons have always been there in my life, and regardless of their current quality, the day they leave is not a day I will be happy about.
-Danny
No matter how many people want The Simpsons to end, there's always going to be more people who want it back, like me! Keeping regular TV seasons on is still more preferable to only having holiday specials or short films or just having couch gags with no actual episodic storylines.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Dark Knight Court yet? It's like the Gravity Falls episode Land Before Swine (Admirable Animations #23), except that this teaches us the opposite techniques of that episode. I think it would make a very interesting blog post if you haven't done it already.
ReplyDeleteLand Before Swine taught us how to avoid Flanderization if you seem to be going down that path by having characters mess up in a way that you could argue is excusable because it is in character for them. Dark Knight Court taught us how to reverse Flanderization by having characters do the right thing that seem like it could or should be out of character for them, but does it in such a way as for viewers to take it as a more moral side to this character revealed without tarnishing their original personality or insulting their character.