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Simpsons on the Silver Screen
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Matt Groening is going to actually go through with it. This article
says that the cast of the Simpsons has signed on for at least 3 feature films. Hooray!" I hope they call them Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
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I have watched the simpsons for years, how long have they been on exactly? I can remember seeing episodes even when I was a kid.
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Maybe we can have a 10 minute futurama opening cartoon. Kinda like the short clip of Dexter's lab the played during the Powerpuff Movie.
You know, you could make an absolutely hilarious parody of the Star Wars saga using the Simpson family.
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Lets just hope that he is not on the George Lucas movie release timeline.
According to this, The Simpsons are going to be on Inside The Actor's Studio, on Nov. 18. How freaking cool is that?
James Lipton: Homer, what is your favorite curse word?
Homer Simpson: D'oh!
Unfortunately, Nov. 18 is when they tape it, not when they broadcast it...
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oh geez.
has the simpsons jumped the shark too?
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James Woods: (Chuckles, eyes dart nervously about) Ahh, yes...heh...a movie....
Like "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie"?
(54% new footage)
So the only thing different? A further expanded plot. Ok... I'm not sure that makes any difference, in the grand scheme of things, but I'd probably go see it anyway.
The downside is, unless Matt brings in a ton of animators or turns the background over to a Beowulf cluster (I can just imagine that...) of renderers, the show doesn't gain anything cinematic, so big screen, eh!
Maybe they'll get lucky and score a hit like Blame Canada, eh!
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I don't know how well the simpsons will translate to the big screen. Part of what is so groovy and wonderful about the show is the seeming randomness of it. There are little plot consistancies, but there is not a single focus or drive behind the series. It is a combination of many things and an excellent reflection of all the things that are right and wrong with America.
I predict that when the movie start coming out, the simpson will jump the shark. Not a bad run, really.
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Isn't this a repeat?
No, wait.. this same rumor recirculates every few months, that's right.
As much as I'd love to see it happen, I'll believe it when there's something resembling a formal announcement.
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The simpsons has withstood being ruined by it's own popularity long enough, I guess.
I can't help but see this as a bad, bad thing.
All TV and no Silver Screen make Homer.. something.. something..
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I don't think that the Simpsons translate well to a feature film. Like the article said, they don't even fill a 22 minute show with quality. Even some of the best episodes were of the form BAA, where there was a five-minute substory to hook into the next two acts. So that's about a fifteen minute episode.
Can they make a coherent movie eight times that long?
I don't think so; let's not forget that the show started as 1 min shorts. I think that if they do make a movie, it should be in the form of "22 Short Films about Springfield," which (in an homage to Bach and a wonderful movie about Glen Gould) passed a semi-coherent theme back and forth between subplots. I think that The Simpsons could really do something creative and kinda tweak with traditional notions of film, linearity, etc.
It would be like their sendup of Lola Rennt with three stories told from different perspectives (a later episode that was actually quality, even though the story itself was about seven minutes long).
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With a show as old as the Simpsons, it can't be easy to keep the endless jokes coming (or funny for that matter). The article even makes reference as to how bizarre the show has become lately, presumably in attempts to be original and unique. That being said, how on earth do they plan on creating material that is above and beyond the show? For three full two hour movies? (which is equivilant to roughly 4-6 episodes each, in terms of tmie, or 12-18 episodes. That's longer than a normal season of episodes!). Well, to the best of luck. Its a task I couldn't handle.
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Just to name a few...
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I hope they call them Episodes 4, 5 and 6
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Okay look, I LOVE the simpsons, but I find it very hard to imagine it translating to the big screen well. The problem is that most of the simpsons is small bits that fit well in a 30 minute time slot. When you try to drag something like that to 90+ minutes it tends to do just that, drag.
I'd love it if they made a simpsons movie and it was good but I'd bet heavily against it.
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A simpsons movie? That's unpossible!
Boy, I guess the ole' boy got used to having two sources of income when Futurama was on and now just can't cope with one cash cow.
Let's hope that the writers of the feature films are those that wrote during the Golden Age of The Simpsons (Seasons 3 - 7 give or take). Honestly, if the style and quality of the movie is at all similar to the show in the past few years, I'm not sure I'd be able to sit through the whole thing. Even the writers and producers admit on the Season 2 DVD commentary tracks that Simpsons today is a little bit more low brow, hyperactive and random, and with a lot less character and plot.
Maybe some of you like this Family Guy-like style, but I think it has degraded an amazingly intelligent funny show to just an occasional funny show (I won't be a jerk and try to state that it's not funny anymore). Nevertheless, I hope the producers and writers consider these films more seriously than the show as it now stands, as I would love a great Simpsons movie. Otherwise, I'll just have to stick with Futurama (almost as good as the Simpsons when they were great, but not quite).
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Well, I just hope the movie won't be in the same framerate of the Simpsons episodes (unlike the South Park Movie).. otherwise it wouldn't feel like a movie at all.
;)
Btw: It's been more than 11 years but Maggie hasn't learned to speak yet. I hope she'll make the move in the movie.
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I can't wait to see the Behind the Movie about this one.
Bart: Homer was too drunk to play his parts. He couldn't even remember his lines!
Homer: Oh yeah you little... Do'h!
I think the Simpsons changed enough to fit the longer timeslot... and I guess they should be able to change again...
Can't help but feel they left their run too late for the movie though...
*shrug*
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The show's been going downhill ever since season 9. The episodes still have their moments, but they just don't have that charm that they did before. I mean, I've seen everything pre-9 a dozen times, and they're still fun to watch. I see a new one once, and I'm sick of it halfway through.
Now there'll be not one, but a few movies that I'll have to sit through. The Simpsons (and I'll bet money that they'll refer to themselves in the third person. Something else they've only really done since the 9th season. "Should the Simpsons get a horse?", "The Simpsons are going to japan!") will go on some "zany", contrived adventures, and I'll have to watch just in case its good. I'd rather just see what they did right in the beginning; let the characters create a situation, instead of inventing a situation, and forcing the family into it, even if its contrary to their personalities.
I suppose this is more a rant against recent simpsons in general, but if they make a movie, that'll tick me off, too.
Worst episodes ever.
Skinner: (on intercom) The rehearsal for characters in the new movie will be right here in our school's cafeteria!
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Maybe they'll make an Itchy & Scratchy short.
That would be cool.
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I think that episode was more a parody of the movie Go. Three different intersecting stories that all start from the same point. Run Lola Run was the same story with three different outcomes.
will Bart get a chance to use the f word?
The Simpsons have been going downhill for the last few years. I've been a devout fan watching even the reruns every day for the last X years... but recently I've decided to stop. You can only see that damn "elf jockey" episode so long before you realize they've mostly run out of good ideas. Granted, the show still manages to make me laugh once in a while, but it's definitely lost it's magic in recent years. To be honest, if they're having trouble making 30 minutes (or 23 minutes or whatever) funny, I simply can't see them keeping the show funny for a complete 90 minutes. I'd love to be proved wrong of course...
It's really too bad that Futurama and Family Guy were cancelled. They were great shows with a great style of comedy behind them. I really hope someone realizes that all these so-called "reality" shows are retarded, and gives Futurama another chance. It has/had almost limitless potential.
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Anticipating a hit with Simpsons after seeing them on the Tracy Ullman show back in the 80's or whenever, I actually taped the first 3 episodes but stopped after that as they sucked. The first season of the Simpsons was crap. After that, everything was brilliant comedy and I love it!
Meh.
Ummm ....silver screen run off.....
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I remember Matt Groening mentioning something a while back about getting tired of doing the Simpsons and expressing disappointment with Fox over the marketing of Futurama. With that in mind, it seems that movies made from a series tend to end the popularity of the series, as if the public just got their fill of the series. Beavis and Butthead is an example of this. Beavis and Butthead was a huge hit, but after the movie Beavis and Butthead Do America came out, the series just kind of went down the tube. I just wonder if this is Groening's way of taking the Simpsons out with a bang.
another episode of the simpsons however big budget OR even a commercial that promised Groenings "Life In Hell" would become a series.
think about that for a while......
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The writers of the Simpsons know how to pull of a good show, even if it has been awhile since doing so. I think going out with a bang (a movie) will make for an impressive final memory in the great series.
I just hope the dollar signs in all of their eyes don't fog their creative vision.
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If only he had done this when Phil Hartman was alive.:(
Can they make a coherent movie eight times that long?
Probably they can. And while this may not be the best example, look at Beavis and Butthead do America. While it wasn't anything that could be called great film, it was amusing and true to the original show.
I think Simpsons can do something similar and be just fine.
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I mean come on, one of the things that so endearing about the simpsons is that they have carte blanche to do whatever in any given episode.
No episode affects the next, with minor exception (eg. Maude flanders death), and because of that the creators are not limited as to what can happen; A fact they seem to relish, even mock with in-jokes: "Oh look, we've won a trip to Delaware"
But major motion pictures are built on structure (ie. most commonly three acts, set-up - crisis - resolution)
So it would seem that some major event (ie. The movie's selling point)would have to occur involving the Simpsons in the motion picture (Obviously the set-up doesn't have to be that lrge because these are characters we already know and love). And due to the scale of a film, wouldn't that major event have to be permanent/immutable, somehow affecting or tying into the series?
So finally how is the film to work as a concept without fucking with the time-tested formula?
Merchandising?
T-shirts?
CD's?
somehow I doubt they'll be able to entice Conan O'Brien to go back and write a couple of Simpsons features. He's got other shit goin' on now.
Beavis and Butthead Do America was absolutely hilarious and their weekly show wasn't even a full 22 minutes. I'm sure the Simpsons' crew can come up with something just as funny.
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I heard it was Don Knotts as Granpa, Gallagher as Homer, Julia Roberts as Marge, that Culkin brat as Bart, Lucy from 7th Heaven as Lisa , and the CGI animated baby as Maggie. Oh, and the Olson Twins as the twins.
No wait, I like Don Knotts. I meant Strom Thurmond.
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What will Bart be writing on the blackboard?
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Get your animation fix this weekend when "Jonah, a Veggietales Movie" makes its silver screen debut.
The beavis and butthead show was garbage compared to the show, and likewise the simpsons movie will be garbage compared to the show. Facts: The people writing the movie will not be the same people who have written for the show for the past 8 years or so. The show will have an elongated plot line that is drawn out and movie-ized. It won't have an interesting 22 minute plot. The production company will have influence on the product. it's going to be shite.
I saw Matt Groening in Montreal (here) a few months ago at the Simpsons Reading (Just For Laughs Festival). He confirmed that there would, in fact, be a Simpsons Feature.
The show (reading) was pretty cool, too. (-:
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Didn't they do this Lola rennt thing and story-from-each-perspective in an episode where Homer's finger is sewn back on by the mob doctor and Lisa has her science project (Sparko/Speako??) destroyed by goons?
"With 53 percent new footage!"
"Derp de derp."
They are:
1. "Woohoo!"
3. Some more obscure quote from the show;
2. Diatribe about the show's declining quality in recent seasons; or
4. "Worst movie ever."
Take your pick. (Of course, if anybody can figure out a Beowulf cluster joke to shoehorn into the topic at hand, I'm willing to add a #5.)
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"The downside is, unless Matt brings in a ton of animators or turns the background over to a Beowulf cluster (I can just imagine that...) of renderers, the show doesn't gain anything cinematic, so big screen, eh!"
You knew it was in there and just didn't look...
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i might have agreed, if 'south park' wasn't one of the funniest movies ever. i had low hopes for that, and was shocked and amazed at how frickin funny and well done it was. so, who knows.
if it gets a rating of PG-13 or R - it will most likely be good
If it gets a rating of PG - I am sure it will be an abomination - especially if matt groening loses creative control in the process.
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It's Linguo. Homer:"Linguo..dead?" Linguo:"Linguo IS dead!"
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I hope this isn't too stupid of a question, but what is the refrence of episode 4, 5, 6 supposed to mean?
all i could think of was star wars, but there already is a 4, 5, and 6 so that didn't make any sence
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They should just use real live actors and scenery instead. Think of all those create cartoon to movie conversions: Scooby Doo, The Flinstones, Inspector Gadget, The Grinch...
I hope they call them Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
Yeah. I hope they don't.
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From the all-knowing Internet Movie Database's Simpsons trivia section:
The primary cast all have agreements in their contracts that hold them to doing three movies based on the show in the future.
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You could have said the same thing about South park before the movie came out. And I don't have to tell you that the movie was super funny.
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This is slightly offtopic, but the episode you quoted as sending up Run Lola Run (Lola Run Lola...) might have had a scene or two for that movie, but you might want to also think about Go or Rashomon
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I think the difference is South Park (as well as the Beavis and Butthead movie) were great because the premis of the shows rarely, if ever, were really focused around a plot; the plot in both being nothing more then a simple frame to law a series of jokes and gags around.
So changing the show from 22 minutes to 90-120 minutes wouldn't be hard. The Simpsons, on the other hand, do have (or try to) stories behind them, and the show relies on the stories as part of what makes it good. Trying to stretch one of those stories to 2 hours will be very difficult.
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you managed to sit through the episode where Homer snores. You're a better man than I.
he should name them 7,8,9. that would be a funny jab at Lucas.
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Wayne's World was successfully (from some point of views) ported to the silver screen. Who's to say that the same can't be done for the Simpsons? Okay okay, Wayne's World 2 sucked. But still....
There's never enough when you have too little
Yeah, kinda like that Dexter's Laboratory short... but hopefully not, y'know, lame as all hell?
Honest, the Powerpuff Girls Movie rocked... but that Dexter cartoon they ran ahead of it was way below Cartoon Network's normal standards. I can only assume they finished PPG and said "Hey, this is barely an hour long; someone slap together a Dexter short to give us a decent running time. We can't move the release date, so we'll need to start animating right now and just work out the story later..."
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Why doesn't the Simpsons have it's own slashdot icon for stories on them?
no no no...5. Profit?!?!
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A good analogy would be Beavis and Butthead. Each epi-choad of B&B had around 5 minutes of action. The movie was apparently developed by stringing together nearly independent, slightly expanded, episodes with several 'glue' scenes that essential comprised the overall plot. It was amazingly effective.
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Acording to some of the modding here, Simpsons would be modded redundant, instead of funny. What is up with Trolls who mod redundant material down? Why not just mod the good stuff up.
Everytime I see the 'Shin'ing now, the REAL one, I can't help but laugh about it because of the Simpsons. That is how you know you are seeing some serious humour, when it has the power to overcome something scary, or dry as is the case with Shakespearean spoofs.
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About the only things a movie format has to offer that can't be done in a TV show are (1) swearing, which really only means a half-dozen or so new words since the show really pushed the boundaries out in this area in the early 90's, (2) Nudity, which in cartoon form doesn't seem that popular outside of Japan, and (3) A longer format, which is dubious since they can always split an episode into two parts. None of this seems to really offer much in the way of new ground for them to cover.
Sooo... I think the best we can hope for is a long version of a TV series episode, maybe with a bit more time spent in the writing phase than your typical TV studio allows. But given the string of crappy movies that have been out in the last few years, I guess the whole thing isn't really all that bad. I'll see it - especially if there's a Futurama short at the beginning.
Think of the cameos!
Won't someone please think of the CAMEOS!
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Comedy is philosophical, and you are a prime example of all the educational shortcomings you outlined.
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The job of the university should be to create a graduation class of people who
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people are going to require a broad education, one that has challenged them on
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people who are eternally curious, doggedly determined, and, above all, brilliant.
How many non-issues can you present as issues? Like anyone is thinking, "We should not think creatively and thoughtfully." Broad education-- what's that? I was going for narrow mindedness.
College, just like life, is exactly what you make of it. There aren't pretend forces at work like "lower standards" that limit one's potential. Learned that shit watching the Simpsons, especially Homer.
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I'd like to present a challange to you all: Please name any TV shows that became GOOD movies. I can't think of any.
Here are the TV-to-MOVIE examples that I can think of:
The Avengers
X-files
The Saint
Scooby-Doo
The Brady Bunch
Lost In Space (although I did like seeing Heather Graham in latex, it still sucked)
That doesn't give me much hope. I guess X-files wasn't horrible, but it wasn't better than a good episode, and it wasn't worth $7.
Wait, i got one, the first Wayne's World.
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Remember the crumby Halloween ep about the 3D Homer? That was the lamest they made. They spent too much time worrying about technically producing it, and not on a funny story.
If they base this movie on one or few story lines, they better be based on satire of something. The Simpsons are at their best when they are making fun of Hippies, Tobacco, Lawyers, Hucksters, Evil super villans, and violence on TV. I think they could even introduce a new villan, something like Hank Scorpio.
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You mean...dare we say....the real f word...fart?
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They'll make live action movies of the Simpsons that really suck. Tom Arnold will play the grandpa since he'll be too old to be the dad in that one ... well I guess there is always plastic surgery, but I digress.
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"Lola Rennt"? I think you misspelled "Rashomon".
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What I'd like to see is something like a 5-DVD set containing all of the Simpsons' cartoons.
I can't belive you were modded +5 Insightful...
If I had any mod points right now, you'd get modded down - and I never do that.
Like the article said, they don't even fill a 22 minute show with quality.
But yet, they've been on the air for 11 (12?) years?
It's a cartoon man. Get a grip.
Could be worse. At least we haven't seen any Natalie Portman / Hot Grits tie-ins.
yeah, that's what I thought.
Sit on it, Potsie.
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Beavis & Butthead, what about South Park, consider what the difference was between the TV show and the movie.
If they could do that ANYBODY has a shot of making a good movie(a said a shot, did not say they would)!
Are you insane?
I laughed my bag off at the Brady Bunch movies.
Now I have no bag.
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While I thank you for your efforts and agree that the quotes themselves are certainly funny (and I agree with your sig) I'm not sure if the moderation is accurate. Since you've compiled funny film related Simpsons quotes I originally thought that "Informative" would be a better mod. However, on further reflection, "Redundant" is always the most accurate mod for any Simpsons references on Slashdot since most of us geeks could probably recite them in our sleep.
My next sig will be ready soon, but friends can beat the rush!
"South Park did it!!!!!!"
An entire movie could be made about either one of these characters and their little side lifes when they are not involved with one of the Simpsons and on the regular show.
They have been on over 12 years i think... my memory might be hazy, i think i remember watching the show when i was 6 (indicated cause i moved that year) and im almost 19 now. So the point being, there is always 1 or 2 shows a season referring how many times the same plot has been done. Still would be fun to see though.
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Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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No offense meant to TheTomcat but...
I was in McDonalds the other day and Elvis was in the queue infront of me. I asked him what he had been doing over the last few decades. He ***confirmed*** he has in fact been working in a range of convenience stores across the United States.
Do I get modded up to (Score:4, Informative) now too?
No, because we all know Elvis worked for only ONE convenience store .. 711.
I love Simpsons family, i live in Mexico and i really love them talking in spanish, i mean, they are in primetime in national television here. I just hope the movie will be dubbed in Spanish (Mexican) not like First DVD season(just spanish subtitles)
If you anywhere between the ages of 19 and 25, you're still just a damned upstart kid!
NOW GET OUTA MY DAMNED BUSHES!
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If you ever get a chance to see mr. show they do a great inside the actor's studui bit :)
I suppose tomorrow we will start to see the simpsons movie on the various P2P file services. Heh.
XXX
"Son, in a sporting event, it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get" - Homer J. Simpson
I think she said "burlap".
I hear that Star Wars played at some places with a live orchestra but I didn't manage to see that unfortunately.
The simpsons claimed to have the second biggest orchestra on tv (after star trek) so maybe that would work, but I don't know.
Bevis and Butthead. It was hilarious untill that whole "Fire!Fire!Fire!" fiasco. It's like the writers had to suddenly insert some level of political correctness.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
I'm Phil Hartman! You may remember me from such afterlives as Eternal Peace in Heaven, and Dantes Seventh Circle!
Lola Rennt is also known as "Run Lola Run". It's a nice short German movie which takes three attempts to get to its ending.
Reality is defined by the maddest person in the room
You don't have zero donkeys in your house, you have no donkeys in your house at all. It's impossible to have zero or something; if you do, you don't have any. You do not have donkeys in your house, thus it's misleading to say "I have zero donkeys in my house."
Ever noticed how series tend to dump out a movie or two just before they die. Witness the X-files. Barts days are surely numbered...
I think it would be filthy if we got a 3D movie of the Simpsons. How hard could it be? It would not have to rendered all hardcore like Star Wars. It would be heaps better than the 3D Homer halloween episode they did years ago. I cannot wait!
Meat is murder, I eat chicken.
My question is:
Why not use CGI? The industry is ready for another big complete CGI film. The technology is there, USE IT!
I don't think people will be as impressed using human actors (unless you paint them yellow) as comparred to using a 3d CGI Homer. Also, by using human actors, you kinda close the door to future movies.
The dingo ate my sig.
How does one go about signing up a crew of animated characters to a movie deal? What "beenies" would one offer to sweeten the pot? The promise of replacing the dull animators brush with a new soft one, or ensuring the coloring remains within the lines.
Or maybe the alternative tack, akin to "you'll never work in this town again", threating to erase thier legs or restore them to thier original Tracy Ulman show coloring and crudeness.
And yes, I realise that the "crew" probably referred to animators, voice actors, etc.
Krusty: What the hell was that??
... if that's your best, your best won't do... - Twisted Sister
Maybe they can make one of the movies basied on a few cool episodes. For example, when Homer goes into the Future, Maggi or Lisa is the president of the US (Firtst woman) and Bart is a drunken "Adult" Film star. Now that would be cool!
Mod: +4 Interesting, +3 Funny
NO! NO! Please don't mod me, I'm too young to die a troll. *click* Oh the pain, the pain...
Bart and Lisa at the movies:
Lisa covers her eyes when someone screams...
Bart: Lisa...If you don't watch the violence, you'll never become desensitized to it!.
I brought my Simpsons-reference sig and everything!
:)
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Here's where the show finally jumps the shark...
-AlPhAbEt
I know the picture. But the Simpsons episode in question was pretty clearly a "Rashomon" parody.
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Soon to be followed by The Simpsons: The Musical and The Simpsons: The Musical, The Movie
The part of this episode where lisa is running to school is definitely a rip off of run lola run. The "generic techno music" and "camera" angles are way too similar to be coincidance.
After what happened to the Flintstones, I'm not that optimistic.
-- Ed Avis ed@membled.com
These movies will not be live action. These movies will not be 3d. These movies will be animated just like the show. It's all very simple.
Though, there is a very funny commentary on the simpsons 2 dvd about who would play the simpsons characters in a live action movie. But this is a JOKE, and not how the movies will turn out.
And remember, this isn't a requirement. Matt, Sam, and James all have the power to say "no movie".
If it was run lola run it would have been the same scene over and over with minor differences.
"My god he's onto something."
Sigh...in this context, God is spelt with a capital letter.
"The old coot (empiror) is mr burns"
That should be emperor. And "mr" has a capital letter. FFS.
"and the guy in black (leather) could be smithers. bart and lisa as luke and lea? grandpa as obi wan?"
Smithers has a capital letter, since it is a name. Ditto Bart, Lisa, Luke and Leia. Leia has an i in it. Grandpa and Obi Wan are also capitalised, since they are also names.
Don't blame me. Blame the anal-retentive English teacher who lives in my forebrain.
Note to M1-ers: a curt but otherwise insightful message is not "Flamebait" or "Troll".
'god' is only capitalized 'God' if you are attempting using it in the sense of a personal noun (i.e. someone whose proper name is God), or you wish to connote divinity or otherwise elevated status. As a standard noun, it deserves no special treatment.
Since a good number of us don't believe in any indivual named 'God', let alone in divinity itself, using 'god' in its non-capitalized form is perfectly acceptable when using a common figure of speech.
Just because I share a set of common expressions with you doesn't mean I need to validate your personal beliefs in any posting I make.
"Consider the lillies of the goddamn field."
That's not how I remember it!
I just saw Rashomon recently. It told the story from different points of view, but had completely different tellings of the same event based on the point of view in question. The Simpsons episode didn't change a thing, it just added more detail with each retelling. There was a brief bit of Lola Rennt in it (the scoring and the scene with Lisa running to school) as well, but I don't dare consider it much of a parody of either.
Raptor
"Procrastination is great. It gives me a lot more time to do things that I'm never going to do."
A curling rock, perchance?
I thought so!
"A simpsons movie? That's unpossible!"
Why not? It'd be a perfectly cromulent film.
you even dare call the simpsons intelligent...
it's TV.. it's not intelligent... it's entertainment...
people who criticize a cartoon are morons...
It wasn't generic techno music, it was the main theme from "Run Lola Run".
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. -- Carl Sagan
They've been on since 1989. So it's even longer than you think.
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