• Hux@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I agree with the graphic.

    However, I recently completed a straight watch-thru of every Simpsons episode, and while watching the lackluster episodes from seasons 20-30, I have to acknowledge one thing:

    Quality of the show and its writing have noticeably improved since around Season 32.

    The most recent episodes feel more centered on the family and much less on bizarre cameos and really outrageous situations. It actually feels like a show about the Simpson family and treats the characters more age-appropriately.

    I don’t like that they lost/recast established voices of minority characters (Apu, Carl, Dr. Hibbert, etc), I do think the quality and the focus of the show is much better than it has been in almost 2-decades.

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    2 months ago

    my pirate collection stops exactly at season 9

    i guess i can now call it my "criterion collection of the simpsons yaaaar"

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      I have it all because hoarding.

      I’ve never watched past season 13. The last season I could get through is 12…

      There’s some bangers in 10-12 though.

      • Des [she/her, they/them]
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        2 months ago

        my ancient hard drive used to have up to 12 i think. and you are right it was hit and miss there were a few goodies but so many bad as well

        and then whatever happened with the really late seasons where the show basically became family guy i get sort of secondhand embarrassed watching

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 months ago

          Gods, how right you are. I stopped after 12 watching as it came out, 10-12 had some great eps but many that I was just… bored watching.

          I’ve seen a scattered few from 13-20 and they were nigh unwatchable. You’re totally right about the Family Guy-ication, and it’s not even early (good) Family Guy. It’s like watching newer Spongebob, after the writer (director?) quit.

          I need to watch the Gaga episode. It sounds truly awful. I don’t know if I’m ready for that psychic damage.

  • racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Isn't it also just because it's old and people get bored of it? People crave new things, and even if it's just as good as in the beginning, it'll get lower ratings because it's not new anymore.

    I remember quite some years ago i was like "i'm finally going to watch southpark". And people were already complaining about how the latest seasons were worse than the first seasons. Watched a ton of seasons in a short period, and honestly can't say the later seasons felt any worse than the first ones when you're not bored of the series yet. Now so many years later when i watch some more southpark, it's not as fun as when i started watching it since the "it's new and exciting" feeling is long gone.

    • menemen@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Probably some truth to that. Also, when Simpson first came out they were quite unique. Nowadays there is a lot of edgy comic shows around.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I was a major adult fan in my twenties who worked with people who could finish a Simpsons joke when anyone started a line from the show. I remember coming in and sadly announcing that I thought I didn't like the show anymore. That was in the oughts. It had been in decline for a while at the time.

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        oh yeah i remember reading about him flying on that plane a couple times, which at the very least raises some flags