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The Simpson's Movie Confirmed
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on Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:34 AM
from the not-a-joke dept.
from the not-a-joke dept.
bagsc writes "BBC News reports Twentieth Centruy Fox confirms The Simpsons are going to the movies! Should hit theatres in 2007." From the article: "A 25-second trailer for the film has been shown to US audiences at screenings of Ice Age: The Meltdown, promising to introduce 'the greatest hero in American history'. It then cut to Homer Simpson, wearing only his underwear, who admitted: 'I forgot what I was supposed to say.'"
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Simpsons Film in Preproduction 331 comments
93,000 writes "According to Yahoo news, a Simpsons feature film is now in preproduction. In TFA, Nancy Cartwright is quoted as saying "We've just done the table read for The Simpsons movie, so although we've been promoting that we're going to do it, now we're actually doing it and are in production . . ." Also from TFA: "'They are working on hammering out a script, but there's no title or production date or release date,' studio spokeswoman Antonia Coffman told E! Online Wednesday. 'We always wanted the show to end first but it just keeps going. Now they've worked out a team to simultaneously do [both the film and show].'""
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Obligatory. (Score:5, Funny)
My eyes! The goggles do NOTHING!
Re:Obligatory. (Score:5, Funny)
that's unpossible!
"gay" tag? (Score:3, Insightful)
(http://www.demaagd.com/ | Last Journal: Sunday October 27 2002, @06:53PM)
Re:"gay" tag? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:"gay" tag? (Score:4, Insightful)
And using "childish" is derogatory to children; "uncool" is derogatory to those in the tropics...
Re:"gay" tag? (Score:4, Funny)
(http://255.255.255.255/)
Re:"gay" tag? (Score:5, Funny)
Windows users aren't necessarily gay, you insensitive clod.
Quickest way to Jump the Shark (Score:3, Interesting)
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Re:Quickest way to Jump the Shark (Score:5, Insightful)
(http://www.designpoolstudio.com/)
And what about South Park The Movie... that was brilliant.
Re:Quickest way to Jump the Shark (Score:5, Insightful)
it's funny: my nephew's ten, and a huge fan of family guy. he thinks the simpsons are a poor imitation of the former - not funny, and not worth watching.
they'll do a movie and cash out of the franchise before its fan base and ratings erode significantly. It's good business.
In other words, the decision to do a film is a signal from Fox that they believe the swan song soon cometh.
Maybe that's where the good writing went (Score:5, Insightful)
Yes, I know people have been complaining about a drop in quality for many years, but I felt that was arguable. The 2004-2005 season, though, really was pretty weak.
Re:Maybe that's where the good writing went (Score:4, Insightful)
You mean like Funniest Home Videos?
Re:Maybe that's where the good writing went (Score:4, Insightful)
(http://www.tzs.net/)
Which still leaves it one of the best shows on television.
Oblig. (Score:1, Funny)
Ponies? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ponies? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ponies? (Score:4, Funny)
Comic Book Guy: Excuse me, I believe this family already had a horse, and the expense forced Homer to work at the Kwik-E-Mart with hilarious consequences.
Homer: Does anyone care what this guy thinks?
Crowd: No! (CBG sulks away)
Please note (Score:3)
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~Will
Obligatory apostrohpic jihad notice. (Score:1)
Apostrophes are for possessives and contractions. Pluralization does not allow an apostrophe.
Tagging? (Score:5, Insightful)
(http://haltingpoint.blogspot.com/)
Well, (Score:5, Funny)
ZE PAIN (Score:1)
Movie Traditions (Score:5, Insightful)
(Last Journal: Saturday August 18 2001, @11:04AM)
The second really isn't a problem. But what story is too big for a Simpsons episode? Given the unreality of the series, what premise could carry a movie that shouldn't simply be an episode?
About the only storyline not used several times is the death of one of the major characters (and I mean a Simpson, not Mrs. Flanders). Which would make for a pretty disappointing movie, I think, not to mention some very out-of-character writing in all likelihood. I mean, what are they going to do, have Homer heroically sacrifice himself to save Springfield? (Not to mention they've basically done that a number of times, minus actual death...)
Oh well. It's quite likely that it will be at least average, given the state of movies lately, and what more can you ask for?
DOH!! (Score:1, Informative)
(Last Journal: Sunday August 28 2005, @03:46PM)
Odd BBC Reporting (Score:1, Offtopic)
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April Fools? (Score:1, Offtopic)
(http://www.krunk4ever.com/)
You can watch the clip here (though the clip is ~1 min long; not the 25secs they mentioned):
http://media.putfile.com/The-Real-Simpsons45 [putfile.com]
Preview was a dud (Score:5, Informative)
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Movie script idea (Score:2, Funny)
(http://www.360replays.com/)
Good News Everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
(Last Journal: Friday May 04 2007, @08:30PM)
Never mind.
WORST APOSTROPHE EVER (Score:1, Informative)
You know, sometimes it's OK to end a word with the letter s without involving an apostrophe. Filthy, filthy apostrophe, why must you taunt me so?
Movie? We don't need no stinkin' movie! (Score:2)
(http://www.cryptohedonology.com/)
Well, from the studio's POV, the answer is clear: $$$. However, I cannot understand why FANS would want a movie. As a fan myself, I would MUCH rather have advertisers pay for 3 half-hour segments I can Tivo and watch at my leisure than one 1.5 hour "diluted episode" where I must pay $10+parking+food=$20+. Not to mention the psychological stress induced from just setting foot in theater drenched in sticky crap, chatty middle-aged know-nothings, and creepy teenage residues of every sort. In the case of some TV shows like Star Trek, you main gain some leverage going to the big screen because the special effects will be beefed up. This might offset some theater-vs.-home issues...
Ok, perhaps I need to get out more. But my question remains...
16 months (Score:2)
Simpsons teaser playing at a theatre near you (Score:2, Informative)
Just a bit of trivia... (Score:1)
Yes this is real (Score:4, Interesting)
The trailer says it should be July 2007. So, is this the last season of the Simpsons on Fox? They previously stated that the movie would be after the show ends.
!gay, !ponies (Score:3, Insightful)
See the tags "!gay" and "!ponies"? I'm not the greatest code monkey ever, but if my memory serves me I believe that little ! says something important.
Dont be so quick on the draw
Oblig. Simpson's Quote (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Saturday November 10, @03:30PM)
straight! (Score:1)
(http://joshthejenius.com/)
See that guys? They changed it!
Can we all stop worrying about how we should use our genetalia now?
Ya know, for a bunch of geeks who claim not to "get any", this certainly raised quite the ruckus. If homosexual geeks are just as unlucky as the rest of us, I'd argue "the gamers" deserve this word fair and square around these parts.
P.S. Not a gamer, not a homosexual, just sick of the debate.
A non-cartoon would be interesting, not this! (Score:3, Interesting)
(Last Journal: Monday February 13 2006, @07:11PM)
That would sure be more interesting to me than just MORE and MORE of the same, but now as a movie. *yaawn*
Is there a spot for Tracy Ullman? (Score:2)
(http://www.perfectreign.com/)
Cool. (Score:1)
(http://loudorangecat.com/)
I want to see a truly R-rated Family Guy movie even more than a Simpsons movie. (The Stewie DVD was bleeped; Why?)
Old news (Score:2)
(http://belgand.livejournal.com/)
The same teaser, of course, also aired on Fox during the commercials for the Simpsons this past Sunday.
Confirmed broadcast (Score:1)
(Last Journal: Monday March 20 2006, @11:07AM)
The end .... (Score:1)
(http://slashdot.org/~RageEX)
A Movie! (Score:2)
I'm underwhelmed. (Score:1)
Re:OOOOkkkkkaaayyy! (Score:3, Insightful)
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Re:Not a prank. (Score:1)
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Shirley you can't be serious.
Re:Simpsons Poll (Score:2)
For a while, there was a few 'Simpsons hour' features a week with 2 extra repeats in addition to the 6pm episode. At one point I think there were more than 10 episodes shown a week.
All the repeats were randomly selected from any of the entire history of the simpsons, except I hardly ever get to see the very early episode I really liked where they get lost in the bush and Homer ends up catapulting a rabbit over the horizon.
Apparantly channel Ten loves the simpsons as much as I do. My wife however despises the fact that my daughter and I can watch repeats over and over again without getting bored of them
Re:Simpsons Poll (Score:1)
Season Seven (Score:1)
(http://joshthejenius.com/)
After season six...but to be fair- what could possibly be better than season six?
...except maybe Futurama...
Still watch it, it's still great (Score:2)
I still watch it and think it's great. It's not as funny to me as the classic episodes, but then again, they weren't that funny the first time I saw them either. It takes at least two repetitions for all the jokes to sink in in my experience, and repetition enhances many of the "classic" jokes...anticipation of the joke adds to the humor, as does social reinforcement (i.e. all the cliches that get thrown around).
The Simpsons is still one of the funniest character-driven shows on TV right now, along with Earl and The Office. The Family Guy and South Park are gag-driven humor, more like animated Saturday Night Live sketches, or the movie Airplane. They make absolutely no attempt to make you care about the characters, who are simply broad caricatures for the gags to play out against. When it's funny, it's really funny. But that's all they have, and as a result each show has a lot of awkward misses (just like SNL).
The Simpsons on the other hand can swing dramatic and ratchet up the tension, which then allows for comic relief and added comedic release. The best example is the death of Maude, which was both an emotional and hilarious episode.
It's a real TV show as opposed to a collection of silly bits...I find it much more rewarding to watch on a regular basis. The Family Guy on the other hand I can drop in and out of whenever I want and there never seems to be any difference.
Re:Wow, feeling sexist today? (Score:1)
I can understand if they had just said Homer. More antics do revolve around him than any other character. But why mention Bart, at the exclusion of the rest of the family? No more of the show is about him than Lisa or Marge (Maggie does very rarely play a major role). Obviously the author did not consider them as important. If he had, he would have mentioned them, or just generalized to "his family", or only talked about Homer. Why wouldn't he consider them as relevant as Bart? What is the ONLY thing that sets them apart, other than their gender?
And finally, how is MY message a troll? I didn't expect anyone to respond. You can accept or reject my conclusion at your discretion. If you have a logical argument against it I would love to hear it but I don't see what it could be. A troll is written with obvious logical and factual flaws in an inciteful way as to provoke as many responses as possible.
In conclusion, fuck you.
Yes. Simpsons. Arcades. NES. (Score:2)
(http://hisham.livejournal.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday March 29 2006, @03:15PM)
Whoa, that was so long ago. Surely, the movie will be the swan song of the series. The classic cartoon style where nothing ever changes in the universe (or hardly changes, at least) made it hard for the Simpsons to remain interesting over the years. When Groening branched out to Futurama (and hell, that was 5 years ago already!) it was a clear sign that the Simpsons weren't interesting enough anymore even to its creator.
I hope the movie will coincide with the ending of the series, and will allow them to break free of the format's restrictions. It will either be entirely forgettable, or a masterpiece. Here's hoping for the latter, for old times' sake.
Re:nth post? (Score:1)