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Originally Posted by zamler
Well that didn't take long.
The Simpsons is still one of the best shows on TV, even if it doesn't live up to its glory days. And Fox, yea, what a bunch of idiots.
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Oh gosh, how hurtful.
Frankly the Simpson's isn't funny any more, and its mainly due to the shift in the characters with Bart being the only one thats retained his consistancy over the year.
They took Homer from being a slightly stupid good hearted man who would find a way to win in the end or do the right thing in the end to a lout.
Marge has pretty much become the stereotype of the 50's house wife, its almost like she's a battered house wife because she just gives in now, she really used to be the strength behind that family.
Lisa is just annoying now, she's become the Brian Griffin of the Simpson's, where when they do a Lisa episode I pretty much turn the channel because she's annoying.
Bart may be consistant, but his jokes and resolutions are exactly the same in every episode, you used to have flashes of out right brilliance with him, for example the dream episode where he grew up to be the Presidents brother.
But you rarely see anything that makes him the least bit redeemable.
The other characters used to be fairly fleshed out, but they are now merely carboard cut outs that utter lines that allow the Simpsons to hit home runs at their expense.
I miss the snarly comic book gut with the "Hey I'm watching you" when an expisoded became repetitive.
I miss the real fat tony from the episode where Bart becomes a made man, instead we got that crappy Jersey Shore episode, and then the lame Fat Tony is not fat tony he's his brother fit tony.
After nearly 2 decades on the air, its pretty clear that the Simpsons has run out of ideas and edge. Its time to do the dignafied thing, take it out back and put a bullet in its head and roll out the inevitable Millhouse spin off.