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Groening Says The Simpsons Movie Planned
Alex T-B writes "Matt Groening in a news conference revealed that a film based on The Simpsons is planned [Woo-hoo!], although no deals have been struck yet [D'oh!]. (WARNING, geeky Simpsons reference: A film about The Simpsons? That is unpossible!)"
Now, if they can get Conan O'Brien at the helm... :)
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Here is a link describing all the various rumors and reoprts of a Simpsons movie.
FYI: Fox purchased the simpsonsmovie.com a few years back. Currently it's just used as a placeholder housing ads for 20th Century Fox films and video releases.
He also didn't say What?
it's just Me fail English? That's ompossible!
What they need to do for the movie is do it in 3D like that one episode they did..that was some of the best 3d work i've seen and all the characters looked awesome...or have the 3d + live action like at the end of the episode..what was the line.. "mmmm erotic cakes"
If a cow had its chance, it would eat you and everyone you care about.
"(Case in point.... Springville demolishes the Burns Casino, and the episode is about Homer teaching Flanders to live a little.)"
Well, Mr. Superfan, it's SPRINGFIELD, not SPRINGVILLE.
(Springville is where Mr. Jack-in-the-box must live.)
-thomas
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I can't decide if you're trolling or not (if so, GOOD troll!), so I'll answer you as if you aren't:
SP:BLU was really an animated slice of genius. So many things go by so fast that you have to watch the movie at least 3 times to catch them all; it's very detailed and incredibly funny.
IMO the Simpsons movie will be up to the same standard of quality, but we'll see.
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Every tv show kills themselves when the finally make a movie. Examples: Beavis and Butthead, Southpark (that one happend REALLY fast), The X-Files (debatable).
I think the simpsons is still very good but it's been slowly degrating over the years. In the opion of a lot of earlier posts: it's just not as good as it used to be. Now they're going to release a movie and finally put it to an end.
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I don't think I sat through one episode of the Simpsons last season. Time to call it a day. Either that, or have the writers shot.
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Let's just say the people at Fox have a few ideas up their sleeves for this one.
I'm talking, of course, about little green space aliens named Osmodiar that only Homer can see.
They always have twists. It's an intro with a few in-jokes and other refences, a knee-slapper or two, and then the twist to the main-ish-er story.
Consider: all they have to do is add a further twist. Granted, the build will have to be larger, but the movie won't be any different in scale compared to the show as Really, Really Big Man is to Really Big Man.
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News of Star Wars Episode II and the Simpsons movie got me thinking...
"No I'm Luke Skywalker with the light saber and the nnng and the nnng!" -Professor Frink
Plus we'll finally get to to see "Luke be a Jedi tonight" on the big screen!
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South Park was controversial because of all of its shock value when it first came out. Parents and (more importantly) schools were so angry, they started to ban the t-shirts. This led to the "forbidden fruit" effect, so the shirts became incredibly popular. I remember the same thing happening with the Bart Simpson "Eat My Shorts" and "Underachiever and Proud of it" shirts when the Simpsons were in their infancy. The Simpsons sold out long ago; they've even spoofed this in a recent Halloween special. ("A Simpson on a t-shirt? Well, I never.")
Now, of course, those same kids who got their kicks with "South Park" have "The Tom Green Show" to fuel their ADD. Ah, what a wonderful time to have cable...
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Those figures are weekly. If you earn $50 million per week for a few months domestically and abroad, then it quickly adds up toa couple hundred million dollars.
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>The ironic thing, of course, is that the Simpsons paved the way for all the "prime-time" cartoons on TV now.
I hate to be a stickler but I think that The Flintstones did that a longgg time ago. From what my parents have told me they were an even bigger sensation than The Simpson's was.
LL
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hey what I think would be a really good idea is people send in scripts for short segments... and then having the real writers try to fit a few of them together like a puzzle.... not only keeping with the original style of having one major story line and then lots of back plots... somewhat like 22 short films about springfield episode... that can sure last a good hour and a half... even more
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Unpossible? That's a completely gromulent word.
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
you should go back to your Dharma and Greg episodse and stay away from the Simpsons and South Park which, apparently, go over your head.
"Bigger, Longer and Uncut" is one of the funniest things ever to cross a movie screen.
'Essen mein scheisse!"
...dave
Think different? I'd be happy if most people would just think...
The "story" would have to have some Very Special Episode quality to it, of course. Kind of like the Transformers movie--the show itself was one thing, and then the movie came out and Whoa--BIG plot! Big themes! Major cast changes! etc etc etc.. not that the Simpsons would do such, necessarily--but I'm sure there's some sort of Comedic equivalent. (I believe the same sort of thing happened with the GI Joe movie, no?)
I guess the moral here, is that there's a pretty good history of animated shows going to feature length film, that, well, hey.. I have faith in the Simpsons Crew to pull it off.
What might be a problem is balancing the need to draw in the average fan and the need to make the Devoted fan excitedly happy...I mean, you know they're going to need to make ALLLL sorts of references to past shows.. they need to balance that against getting the Occasional viewer to have fun with the movie, too.
Nitpicking, but Skinner says "Radio Man" :)
Are you kidding? I went into the South Park movie with no expectations. I'd only seen the show a couple of times and didn't think it was that great. The movie had me laughing as hard as I could for the entire run length!
Let me put it another way:
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<shaking head> There's just no reasoning with some people.
Beavis and Butthead bad. Simpsons good. (South Park great!)
Somehow, detached from my actual behavior, this innocence burdens me still.
That's unpossible. The best, though, was: Tyranny and oppression are a small price to pay to live in the land of the free. --M. Burns I want to see Hugo again. It's high time Bart's brother started getting his share of the fame and fortune.
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I hope they get $10,000 for this movie. Why? Because with $10,000, they'd be millionaires.
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SNPP.COM has a 1998 interview with Mike Scully, executive producer of The Simpsons. He basically states that animation is the only way to go.
Here's an excerpt from the interview:
"It would have to be animated. I don't see how we could ever do a live-action movie as funny as the animated series. The animation allows so many creative liberties that you just wouldn't be able to acheive with live-action. I think it would be impossible for a set of actors to portray these characters. The audience likes to see them the way they are, and if you tried to turn, say, John Goodman into Homer, then it ultimately has to be disappointing to everyone, including John Goodman. Obviously, he could never live up to Homer."
. . . like reusing the backgrounds.
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Here's my prediction (if the movie comes out)
1. Tons of people will see it immediately.
2. Tons of people will bitch about how it sucked and was nowhere near as good as the earlier episodes.
3. 2 years later, after seeing the movie a few times, the same people will say that the movie is brilliant.
4. A year after that, when the sequel is released, tons of people will say that the first movie was better.
BRING BACK CONAN!
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Actually, Ralph Wiggum said this first. In a later episode, Homer repeated it.
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Funny, I shouldn't have been able to hear that...
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Yeah, that'll teach 'em not to be just plain mean! Oh wait...
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Depending upon your point of view, the TRUE location of Springfield has already been revealed. In last season's finale "Behind the Laughter", they refer to the Simpsons as a "...this northern Kentucky family".
BTW, that ep. was one of the funniest EVER!
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Yup, the Simpsons movie just won't be right without Phil doing some of the voices. No Troy, no Lionel Hutz?
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God damn I miss him!
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dude, what crack have you been smoking? 'un' possible because of the irony of Ralphie's assertion that it's impossible for him to fail English, yet his statement contains the incorrect (or perhaps uncorrect) negating prefix. 'om' isn't a negating prefix like 'im' 'an' or 'un'. I think your hearing is ompaired.
That "Simpsons reference" was about the lamest thing I ever read. "Me fail english? That's unpossible." has nothing to do with the topic. It was a random line that had the idea formed around the quote. The postperson could have used an open quote like, "This will be the best movie ever, now let us never speak of it again." or something that could universally apply. S/he could have also used one of the myriad quotes from the Radioactive Man (or radioactive men) or Itchy and Scratchy Movie Episodes. Why did s/he pull this random quote and stick it in? I don't know. I would expect that slashdot would have the decency to ban lame people from posting. btw, I am a casual reader so I have no account and don't want to make one.
As far as I can remember, Matt Groenig said he won't be using the Troy McClure character any more to respect the memory of Phil Hartmann.
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ahhhhhh... sweet movie
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I'm hoping (personally) that Leo will have the lead role as Bart. Perhaps Jonathon Taylor Thomas? And maybe an Olsen Twin as Lisa?
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hey did you think that the show was *really* based on homer's life too?
No, I imagine that Homer's life is very little like the show.
The Simpson's movie had heart, but "Football in the Groin" had a football in the groin.
"Simp-son, Ho-mer Simp-son,
He's the greatest guy in hist-o-ry
From the
Town of Spring-field
He's about to hit a chestnut tree--
Aiiiiieee!! <CRASH!> "
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I hope this movie isn't a let down like most movies "ported" over from TV. I was slightly dissapointed with the ST:TNG movies. I hope its a cartoon, and not something stupid like The Flintstones.
I don't know - I guess it could work if it's a full-length cartoon, or something...but I can't see a live-action Simpsons.
Also, I hope they get back some of their old writers for it - because the show's quality has been seriously dropping the last couple of seasons.
Just my $0.02.
If Phil Heartman were still able to work his magic for us we'd some day be able to hear, "Hi! I'm Troy McCluer. You might remember me from other films such as _The Simpsons: The Movie_ and _The Simpsons II: More Money For Us_." Though, it's Lyonel Hutz I miss even more.
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Lighten up.
I bet your are a die hard fan of the Simpsons -not unlike- Database is of "Itchy and Scratchy".
Taken from episode 4F12:
Database: On the "Itchy & Scratchy" CD-ROM, is there a way to get out of the dungeon without using the wizard key?
Homer: What the hell are you talking about?
Shopkeeper: This monkey's paw will grant you three wishes, great or small,but...
...that there will finally be a Simpsons movie!
Matt: Cool! I'll finally get a Simpsons movie!
Shopkeeper: Yes, but each wish may carry dire consequences...
Matt: They can't stop me if I use the paw!
Shopkeeper: You're not listening! Without Conan or your other old writers it won't
Matt: I wish...
Shopkeeper: No! Don't do it!
Matt:
*whoosh*
...Well, I hope it turns out to be a good film, but I'm a little skeptical. Five or six years ago would have been a much more opportune time, and they're not making episodes up to the quality of the old days. But, time will tell, I suppose...
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...why wouldn't Groening and company be able to make a feature film with The Simpsons?
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although a CG simpsons movie might be cool instead of 2d animation
CG was cool, but an entire movie of it just wouldn't be The Simpsons.
It's just a little airborne, it's still good, it's still good!
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All those problems didn't stop Mike Judge from make a Beavis and Butthead movie...
The ironic thing, of course, is that the Simpsons paved the way for all the "prime-time" cartoons on TV now. And now, after the B&B and SouthPark movies, we finally get the Simpsons one. Here's hoping it doesn't suck.
I'm guessing that they'll use this movie as the big sendoff for the Simpsons. Probably get 1, maybe 2 more years out of it, the movie, then call it quits. Sure, the Simpson's isn't what it used to be (see Season 4), but it's still one of Fox's highest rated shows, and continues to pull in the ad dollars. 2 more years seems possible.
South Park started losing viewers after the whole "Who is Cartman's Dad?" debacle. It started as a cliffhanger, but then 2 or 3 re-runs and the *dynamite* "Not Without My Anus" played before the resolution episode. This pissed off a lot of people who then stopped watching.
Personally, I thought the whole set-up was brilliant! I think what it did was weed out the true fans who were willing to wait a couple of weeks for the resolution from the hipsters who started watching it because it was the cool thing to do. The 3rd Seasons of South Park has had some great episodes, the 3 or 4 that I've seen.
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It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
I hope it's as good as Titan A.E.!
I think it's unpossible.
4? Sorry, but you might not think it was funny, but that movie was definately aimed at an adult audience -- as in sophisticated in thinking, not as in able to watch movies with swear words. It put up a veneer of being childish, but that's all it was.
Well, except for "uncle fucker". ^_^
Anyway, if you were let down, that must mean you like the series, in which case I must say you were definately on crack if you didn't like the movie. IMNSHOBIK. Have a nice day.
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About 1/2 way through season 4 FOX switched to a new annimation house which gave it the ppearance of change. Lets also not for get that Season 3 was the last one for Conan O'brian who was a writer. Both of those events changed the look and feel of the simpsons.
What many people dont seem to realize is that the simpsons is a constantly evolving show. MG is always trying new things...sometimes they work, sometimes they dont. The simpsons have always rocked, the reasons seem to change every couple of years, and right after the change MG and crew are ripped on. Of course looking back, those change seasons seem to be the most popular.
Check out www.snpp.com for the answers to ANY simpsons question you may have.
The Following is from it:
"Rock Bottom" List of corrections:
"Peoples' Choice Award" is America's greatest honor
Styrofoam is not made from kittens
The U.F.O. was a paper plate
The nerds on the internet are not geeks
The word "cheese" is not funny in and of itself
The older Flanders boy is Todd, not Rod
Lyndon Johnson did not provide the voice of Yosemite Sam
If you are reading this you have no life
Roy Rogers was not buried inside his horse
The other U.F.O. was an upside down salad spinner
Our universities are not "hotbeds" of anything
Mr. Dershowitz did not literally have four eyes
Our viewers are not pathetic, sexless food tubes
Audrey Hepburn never weighed 400 pounds
The "Cheers" gang is not a real gang
Salt water does not chase the "thirsties" away
Licking an electrical outlet does not turn you into a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger
Cats do not eventually turn into dogs
Bullets do not bounce off of fat boys
Recycling does not deplete the ozone
Everything is 10% fruit juice
The flesh eating virus does not hide in ice cream
Janet Reno is evil
V8 juice is not 1/8 gasoline
Ted Koppel is a robot
Women aren't from Venus and men aren't from Mars
Fleiss does floss
Quayle is familiar with common bathroom procedures
Bart is bad to the bone
Godfry Jones' wife is cheating on him
The Beatles haven't reunited to enter kick boxing competitions
The "Bug" on your TV screen can see into your home
Everyone on TV is better than you
The people who are writing this have no life
Remember it, write it down, take a picture, I dont give a fsck!
They got Conan to come back and help with the script? Thats possible, right?
:(
Too bad Phil Hartman cant come back, though... the movie, no matter who was writing it and how good it was, would not be as good without Troy McClure.
But they will always live on in re-runs. Fox needs to have an all Simpsons channel...24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I don't think I would leave the house.
Bart: "You made a movie?!"
Barney: "I made a movie?! No wonder I was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly!"
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Maybe we could get Bill to play Mr Burns?
Patrick Stewart as Homer...But then Homer might sound eerily similar to the (ex-)head of the Stonecutters.
"Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!"
UNpossible, fool. Check out the Ralph Wiggum file. Open your freakin' ears, jackass.
The Ralph Wiggum File
last season had some great moments,..
"I don't even believe in Jeebus!"
people said similar crap about the South Park movie, and it was great. so, i advise you to
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thanks
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Think different? I'd be happy if most people would just think...
What's everyone griping about? Unpossible is a perfectly cromulent word.
must be a slashdotter. In fact, I think I had to pull him from a LUG mailing list for snide remarks.
Just yesterday I was watching the "Itchy and Scratchy Movie" episode, and was thinking "if I&S is what the Simpsons use to be self-referential, then why isn't there a simpsons movie?"
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that makes no sense at all. clearly the joke's humor lies in the fact that ralph dosen't understand grammar even when he's talking about his english grade. using "un" instead of "im" in "impossible" is funny because it points out the non-uniform use of prefixes in english. OMpossible makes no sense at all. besides, even the SNPP says it's "unpossible" http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F05.html.
- "Hear that?! The percolations are imminent! Cease your ingress!"
It reality this might wind up like a Money Python movie - a bunch of gut-busting sketches all tied together. Except that, with the Simpsons, one of their best techniques are the subtle plot twists that almost go unnoticed. The episode never starts out having anything to do with the actual plot. (Case in point.... Springville demolishes the Burns Casino, and the episode is about Homer teaching Flanders to live a little.)
Anyway, I just don't know if a longer, uncut Simpsons episode would really be entertaining. It will be interesting to see what it's rated though.
I'd rather have someone respond than be modded up.
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Oh, and my sig, of course, even though it's from a different episode.
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[adopting Simpsons Comic Book Guy persona] I hope this movie isn't a let down like most movies "ported" over from TV. I was slightly dissapointed with the ST:TNG movies.
only *slightly*??
with a lame-o Kirk revivification, really lame-o Action Movie One Liners, and desperately lame-o plot holes large enough to float a dyson sphere through, the NextGen movies were more than disappointing -- they sucked ass.
Although nothing can match the heartbreaking crapola of forced-deadpan "She'll Breed You'll Die" Alien4 : Resurrection.
hmmm... that almost sounds like "Star Trek : Insurrection", with similar promo posters, and similarly terrible stories. coincidence? i think not.....[/CBG persona]
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i disagree.
the simpsons' success is due to one thing only: incisive WIT and tons of it.
the modern simpsons look stunning compared to the drawing of the really early episodes and shorts -- and many of those episodes are waaay funnier than some of their newer, crisper descendants.
i've never found south park even slightly entertaining, but i think its popularity signifies that high production values aren't necessary for a cartoon to be successful.
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the problem with teens is they're looking for certainties.
Hollywood, Television, has become the dream machine. We need to take that back; each of us is a Dream Machine
Bart: awww..how come I get lice and nothing ever happens to milhouse?
Milhouse: Cooold...sooo cooold....
Anyways, I'm as skeptical as all the fans. The recent 'plot' location episodes try to hard. "Yeah, it reeks of effort." Episodes such as simpsons going to Japan, Simpsons at the Whitehouse in the future, etc. They have funny moments, but nothing as a whole.
Although it would be cheesy and kinda predictable, they could slip in many relatively unknown characters, esp. Gil ("Oh boy, now it's Gil's time to shine!") and Cletus ("I can see my Ma from up here! HEY MA! Get off the roof!")
Seeing as how their best episodes are ones that don't involve them all in a consistent plot, and how good movies try to have a consistent plot (like the many posts on 5-minute plot shifts), this is questionable.
My cat's breath smells like cat food.
Me fail english? That's unpossible!
I bent my wookie.
The doctor said I wouldn't have so many nosebleeds if I kept my finger outta there!
Tastes like burning!
*raises mail flag* hahaha!!
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*raises mail flag* hahaha!!
*lowers mail flag* awwww...
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You'll remember such witty comments as this from here and here.
(I only got a 3 for that! I'm just feeling sorry for myself cause I got modded down for the first time ever on this story)
I hate movie cynics who can't find anything good in anything. You're the same people who will see the Simpsons movie and parade around bitching about how the lines were stupid or "It wasn't really Simpsons" or something like that. I overanalyze movies to a fare-thee-well, but I still know how to enjoy them. You cynics might want to learn to do the same.
...it is filled with trailer-ready oneliners instead of characteristic dialogue.
...it allows large, yet elementary concept errors that no serious SpecFic writer has gotten away with since the 1950s.
...it completely discards the previous character development arcs in favor of pasteboard-cliche marketable Action Figures.
bullseye. you're absolutely right, i do express my opinions on a movie ---- IF
sometimes a sequel or book-into-film adaptation can, by virtue of its overall cinematographic effect, overcome these difficulties and still be quite good. Example: i actually like Alien3 BETTER than Aliens (but not, of course, more than Alien) despite the fact that it was a large departure from the first two stories. the music, the sets, the emotional content -- i found myself very moved by the climax, which i thought was perhaps the best possible end to the srtuggle of Lt. Ripley to eradicate her demons.
Anyway, I guess if you're saying that I'm overly cynical for not checking my brain at the box office so i can "learn to [enjoy a bad story]", then I am indeed guilty as charged, and shamelessly so.
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the problem with teens is they're looking for certainties.
Hollywood, Television, has become the dream machine. We need to take that back; each of us is a Dream Machine
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Just out of curiousity, didn't Matt Groening have his name pulled from the credits of that episode? That said, I certainly wouldn't mind a quick pass through appearance by the Futurama gang, like when Bender was working as a telethon employee at the end of an episode. That moment was particularly funny as Family Guy was the last show flashed on the screen as one of the shows trying to be saved by the telethon, and then the second commercial after the closing credits was for the return of Family Guy. :)
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Thats stupid.... Stupid like a FOX!!!!!
There won't be more than one more season of the Simpsons anyway (they said as much in an episode this spring, and it's no surprise, really).
A feature film is probably more about going out with a bang than it is attempting to boost merchandise sales.
bzzzzzz, wrong, i'm watching it right now, (Me fail english? that unpossible!
Only dead fish swim with the stream...
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i have secret behind the scenes foto of john goodman as homer simpson. here's the url. Homer Goodman
They already did that years ago, with The Simpsons meet The Critic.
Let's admit it folks, the reason why matt g announced for a movie is because the Simpsons are going bye bye. This is usuall for hollywood. One more chance to revive the show. If the movie fails, the simpsons has seen it's last days. Don';t get me wrong, I love the simpsons, but it's running out of juice.
the truth is out. john goodman is to play homer simpson. check out the behind the scene foto Homer Goodman
How do you get several hundred million dollars from this? To me, it looks like 60 or 70 million, minus the 21 million it cost to make. Now, 40 or 50 million dollars is a whole lot of money, but it isn't hundreds of millions...
I hope they have some cool itchy and scratchy cartoons.
hey!!!! You copied me from Apache Bigger Longer uncut!
I'm learnding the way slashdot moderation works!!
I know. I realized that after the fact. Sorry... :)
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This is true. However they whole episode was supposibly about the fictional actors behind the Simpsons, therefor, I think its safe to say that FOX will try and say that the actors are from there.
Turn it up! TUUUUURN IT UUUUP!
Most folk'll never lose a toe, and then again some folk'll...
Too bad those containment towers can withstand a 747 crashing into them. Hmm.
Lets not forget Lionel Hutz. Attorney at Law....or should we say Miguel Sanchez?
Touche!
If this film flops, and the odds are that it will, it will be because of a number of reasons. One thing I fear that the Simpsons movie will do is give away too many secrets. For instance, revealing the TRUE location of Springfield. It's things like this that caused the X-Files movie to kill the series. Another thing, the Simpsons is directed toward the TV Generation. Anything that lasts longer than 30 minutes will be wasted on the small attention spans of viewers. Then, there's overkill, which is my main concern. I'm worried that the creators will try too hard. And finally, the hype. I'm absolutely certain that this particular film will be blown out of proportion and many people will be let down.
To those who doubt, I affix the soundclip here: www.geocities.com/johnmcd_3/english.wav I have most other classic Simpsons quotes on my archived hard drive (~500).
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Yesterday Matt Groening gave an interview at the National Film Theatre here in London. He spoke for about an hour, before being joined on stage by Mike Scully (executive producer), Bonnie Petilia (casting director), a number of the writers and animators, and Yeardly Smith (the voice of Lisa Simpson).
At this point, he and the cast and crew proceeded to answer questions from the audience, one of which was "will there be a Simpsons movie?"
He answered that a Simpsons movie would only happen "when the show has been cancelled". He added that there is so much work involved in creating a 20 minute episode, the thought of a 90 minute feature is daunting.
I also attended the Simpsons Mania 2000 cast reading at the Playhouse Theatre last night (which was excellent by the way) during which Matt Groening again answered the question "when will there be a Simpsons movie?". His answer this time? Again he said [it will only happen when the Simpsons has been cancelled].
So, there currently is no movie happening.
It will only happen when the show has been cancelled.
Mark.
Check closed captioning.
-- unpossible
Q.E.D.
but this is the simpsons... imagine all the self-referential humor another big marketing splurg'll do... now something new can replace the bartman shirts as the worst. shirt. ever.
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They're still in, aren't they?
It MAY work.. if it's done a la X-Men fashion.. that seemed to work... but perhaps the jury is still out. If they really want to make it work in a Live Action format... perhaps they should retain the services of Patrick Stewart as Homer... God knows he's got the hairline for the part....
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CG Simpsons?
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Mmmmm... erotic cakes!
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The Southpark movie made several hundred million dollars. It turns out that adults enjoy behaving like the children they hypocritically deride.
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Well, that's an informative article. Basically, their kinda planning, sorta smelling some money, but really-really busy, so don't expect them to even start hammering something out until Matt and the writers get a break, like late winter.
The Simpsons CD kinda sucked, the best track being Do The Bartman was funny about 3 times then got old. I hope they can line up some decent music for the film, as Matt seems prone to tossing a tune here and there. Songs from the TV show are usually much better, so there's hope.
It's got a ways to go to outdo SP:BLU
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20% new footage!
hom3r is a Simpsons fan? Damnit, I thought it meant the Illiad would be in 1337 $34k.
The robotic Richard Simmons.
Oh my god, his ass is gonna blow!!!
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Is a Simpsons meet Futurama movie (or episode, for that matter). Thoush, that might get a bit creepy after a few seconds :)
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You cant show a cartoon movie! People will think it's for little kids, and the adults wont go see it!
Not necessarily. For example, anime is a subclass of the animated cartoon, but it isn't generally for kids. That is, except for Pokécrap.
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I have a serious question of how they will up the animation quality and still make it somewhat consistent with the series. Think about it... Animation for TV is very cheap compared to animation made for the big screen. The drawing styles and color schemes for Simpsons are extremely simple. If one takes Disney's Aladdin and the following TV series, the TV series is a passable variation on the movie quality animation wise. The Simpsons is even cheaper and I really have to see the big screen version (at least a trailer) to be convinced that it won't blow up in Groening's or Fox's face. Besides, I keep hearing that no company outside of Disney has been able to make a good strong profit out of any animation movie in a long time in the US.
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Maybe the movie will tie up all the loose ends of the series. The movie will then be 45 hours long.
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It seems perfectly cromulent to me.
I'm sorry, but with the way the last season has been going I'm gonna pass on a movie.
The Simpsons have turned into "Homer's adventures", and don't get me wrong, I like Homer a lot but the wit seems to be completely gone.
Whichever writers got fired/left around the 3rd season really need to come back if they expect the hard-core to go to the movie.
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I think the movie is just a great way to top it all off. Magie will speak, other than "Homer", Smithers will pronounce he is "truly" gay, we will find out what state Springfield is in. It will just be a great way to end the whole Simpson's saga. I'll be sad to see it go, but if they make a movie I really think that'll be the end of it.
I've been an avid Simpsons fan since Ulman, but I'm weary of a movie at this late date. IMHO, most of the Simpsons' best eps are long gone, and I really don't see them keeping me in stitches for 2+ hours. I *REALLY* hope I'm wrong, but I'm planning for the worst.
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On one hand, there is the "tv show to movie" curse of doom.
On the other hand, The Simpsons already gets away with tons upon tons of jabs at Fox, Disney (how they weren't sued for the Itchy and Scratchy Land episode, I'll never know). Imagine what they could do without having to get by network censors. And especially if they could retrieve some of the early writers... there's definitely potential here.
I missed a couple under the educational section:
"Phony Tornado Alarms Reduce Readiness" "Young Jebediah Springfield" (A Watch-and-Learn Production) "Locker Room Towel Fight : The Blinding of Larry Driscoll" "Regional Geographic Presents: Birds - Our Fine Feathered Colleagues" (nature film) "Earwigs: Ewwww" (nature film) "Man vs. Nature: The Road to Victory" (nature film)
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Groening has had almost nothing to do with the Simpsons over the past few years. He has devoted the vast majority of his time to getting Futurama off the ground and left the Simpsons to others...have you noticed his credit on the show lately? Something like "creative consultant". I know it's always gonna be his baby, but I wonder what role he'd really have in a movie.
I hope this movie doesn't suck. If so, I'll be forced to run out of the theater screaming "Save me Jeebus!"
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I don't remember seeing a single cartoon brought to the movie that was cool. The Jetsons? the Flintstones? (ok... granted this was not an animated movie but anyway) South Park???
While I loved all of those cartoons I don't remember any of these movies being good.
Don't get me wrong, I really LOVE the Simpsons... but I'd rather watch 3 episodes in a row rather than to watch a 1h30 Simpson movie.
As I did with South Park I won't pay 10$ (+pop corn and all) to go see it in a movie theatre... I will wait to rent it with a couple of friends a few months later hoping it can be good anyway...
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Ah damn, if only they had done this one a few years ago when Phil Hartman was still alive.
He did so many of the voices of The Simpsons, the show just hasn't been the same since he passed.
What would a Simpsons movie be without Ted McClure?
Worst episode ever....
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The Simpsons Movie (with 53% new material) I'll have to forbid my oldest son from seeing it until he makes it to the Supreme Court. Hey, as long as it's not "The Simpsons Meet the Flintstones", I'll go see it.
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(southpark fans please dont flame me)
don't get me wrong, i thought the southpark movie was alright. i just didnt like the stupid musicals that were in it. also, southpark has lost some viewers since the movie came out (around here at least. im seeing less and less of those cheesy southpark shirts). basically what im trying to get at is that i hope the simpsons DONT sell-out like southpark did.
just my 2 cents..
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The cake is a pie
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I have memorized every single Simpsons episode word-for-word by heart. hey, maybe I should put that in my personal ad....
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worst... episode... ever...
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With a production as large as a full-scale animated movie, I have to say this sounds more like wishful thinking than anything very real. So far it sounds like they have no ideas, no script, no backing, no firm plans, just Matt saying that they'll be doing one. I'd personally love to see it, but my guess is the show will be off the air before there's a chance to do the movie...I've been watching it less and less as it seems to be running out of steam.
Simpsons fans have been waiting for this since '93!
Check out SNPP.com's info concerning the Simpsons movie which has been collected over the years.
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It's a quote from the show - look it up.
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I'd imagine that they would have specified any other differences if it were not going to be animated, like the TV series.
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If you've seen the early episodes written by Matt you'll be glad he isn't around. Its not that he's a terrible hack, but the magic of the Simpsons was more or less developed by Fox with their assortment of really talented comedy writers. Remember Matt's Homer Simpson? The stern father? That's not the Homer you've fallen in love with, you love the Jerkass Homer.
Like all television The Simpsons is a huge production, lots of people and lots of work. Matt certainly is the creator but it wouldn't be fair to call him the author. He's a great figurehead, but the less influence he has the better. I'd much rather see Conan attached to this than Matt.
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actually yes it should....
the first thing i thaught of with this was "oh no..." a movie tie in is usually the first sign of something going downhill (quick cash in before the ship sinks!) but
the simpsons has a way of defying expectations remember the "who killed mr. burns" thing a few years back? with any other show it would have been really really lame (JR is gonna die!!!) but no, the Simpsons handled it with loads of humor.
the most recent new episode, the behind the laughter season finale, could have easily been a self congratulatory clip show, but was actually a hilarious spin on modern pulp documentary. and as for self congratulatory clip shows, the 168th episode spectacular was awesome.
so yes, there's an excellent chance that the movie does the show justice.
good work boys, and hears to another happy ten years.
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The over marketing of the Simpsons, was of course, a parody of the whole merchandising silliness. I mean, there were Simpsons nightlights (hang on to them - valuable someday), Simpsons shampoo, and on and on...This was done for a laugh at the expense of the suckers who bought the stuff. And this was even before The World's Most Expensive Toy Commercial, aka Phantom Menace. This kind of self-referential humor is one of the things I like most about the Simpsons.
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Hmm... seems a lot like Slashdot.
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Ah...hasn't anybody else noticed that the page with this announcement also has the announcement of the title of the second Star Wars movie?
Sheesh--maybe I should start selling Arizona beachfront property to Slashdotters....
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Well, maybe you should wait for the DVD "Director's Cut" version. With Bart after the credits saying "We put all the good stuff in the movie! Watch it again!"
WARNING, geeky Simpsons reference: A film about The Simpsons? That is unpossible!)"
Actually the reference should be "that's unpossible". -hom3r