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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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  1. Oh God! by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 4, Funny

    Worst story ever

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    1. Re:Oh God! by ShavenYak · · Score: 2, Funny

      I didn't expect a first post from SpanishInquisition...

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  2. Timeline.... by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lets just hope that he is not on the George Lucas movie release timeline.

    1. Re:Timeline.... by luzrek · · Score: 3, Funny
      I'm probably screwing this quote up but...

      Very few cartoons are broadcast live, it's a horrable strain on the animator's wrists.

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  3. Will be feature James Woods? by saforrest · · Score: 4, Funny

    James Woods: Well, my work is done here, I'm off to fight aliens on a faraway planet.

    Marge: My, Mr. Woods, I'll look forward to seeing that movie!

    James Woods: (Chuckles, eyes dart nervously about) Ahh, yes...heh...a movie....

    1. Re:Will be feature James Woods? by unicron · · Score: 3, Funny

      James Woods: Wow, you're Apu, you are like THE guy around here. Is it true you once worked for 86 hours straight?

      Apu: Yes, towards the end I began believing I was a humming bird of some kind.

      James Woods: Oh yeah, I saw the tapes.(Cuts to tape of Apu vibrating his hands like a hummingbird on Ritalin).

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  4. They say they want it to be feature-film quality by mmacdona86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie"?

    (54% new footage)

  5. This News Reaches Rigel 7... by tunabomber · · Score: 4, Funny

    spacey synthesizer music

    Kodos: The man-planet has produced a Simpsons movie!

    Kang: Set coordinates for the obscure, T-shirt-producing planet known as Earth!

    Together: AWAHAHAHAAHA!

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  6. Re:Maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Hmmm you went to see the powerpuff girl in the thearter? .... I'm just going to back away from that one.

  7. gahhhh by grub · · Score: 5, Funny



    All TV and no Silver Screen make Homer.. something.. something..

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    1. re:gahhhh by gatekeep · · Score: 5, Funny

      Go crazy?

    2. Re:gahhhh by mkarpinski · · Score: 4, Funny


      Don't mind if I do!

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    3. Re:gahhhh by SimStupid · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't mind if I . . . Oh my God! That dog has a puffy tail! Hehehehe. Here, Puff.

    4. Re:gahhhh by silvaran · · Score: 4, Funny

      Blaaah! Blaah! Blululululululu badoo boo! BOO!

    5. Re:gahhhh by Ubergrendle · · Score: 4, Funny

      This has to be a slashdot first -- a string of 4 post, 3 direct replies, all modded 3+.

      Never thought I'd see a score of 3 to a post of "Blaaah! Blaah! Blululululululu badoo boo! BOO!"

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    6. Re:gahhhh by dswensen · · Score: 4, Funny

      YOU obviously haven't been around here very long!

    7. Re:gahhhh by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bah! But then you had to go and post something unfunny!

      That's so... Flanders!

      (/humor)

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    8. Re:gahhhh by edrugtrader · · Score: 3, Funny

      now i'm just karma whoring... this is too easy

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    9. Re:gahhhh by mobets · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow, 6 +5 Funnys right in a row, now that is amazing. If I was creative, I would come up with something beter so say and get 7 in a row. But I'm not creative... oh well.

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    10. Re: gahhhh by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


      > Never thought I'd see a score of 3 to a post of "Blaaah! Blaah! Blululululululu badoo boo! BOO!"

      At least it wasn't modded as "insightful".

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    11. Re:gahhhh by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey, I want some of that karma too!

    12. Re:gahhhh by JohnDenver · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is it me, or is anybody else imagining Homer on Slashdot getting caught up the frenzy of +5 funny posts?

      Homer: Ooooh!!! Look at me!!! I'm funny!!! Make my message funny too!!!
      (reloads page)
      Homer: (screams) Ahh!!! (-1 Troll)??? But I was funny... I'll get you Taco!!!! Mmm.... Tacos...



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  8. no way.. by gatekeep · · Score: 5, Funny

    A simpsons movie? That's unpossible!

  9. Matt Groening in a financial crisis by hound3000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

  10. Behind the Movie? by garcia · · Score: 3, Funny

    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!

  11. Re:Death Knell for the Simpsons? by mcpkaaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    And god knows we all still miss 'My Little Pony' - the icon of both entertainment and education... a beacon in our miserable little lives.

    Wait, no.. I'm thinking of 'Care Bears'. Oh, the humanity.

    ...mmmm okay.

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  12. who's staring? by ejaw5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Skinner: (on intercom) The rehearsal for characters in the new movie will be right here in our school's cafeteria!

    (in classroom, all hats get sucked to the roof)
    Skinner:oh, yes the air conditioner system will be fixed this weekend.

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  13. the real reason by leroybrown · · Score: 5, Funny

    d'ough!

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  14. Assorted movie-related quotes by Wraithlyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey McBain! Your last movie sucked!

    I know... we had script problems from day one.

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    Director: Up and atom!
    McBain: Up and at them.
    Director: Up and ATOM!
    McBain: Up and atdem!
    Director: UP AND ATOM!
    McBain: UP AND ATEM!
    Director: .. Better

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    We came here to make a movie. A simple movie.. a movie about a radioactive man. But you slick small town folk ruined it! We're going back to Hollywood, where people are still good to each other.

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    Homer: The important thing is.. it's got the perfect part for you.. either one of you. It's about a killer robot driving instructor, who travels back in time for some reason. Ron Howard's attatched to direct!
    Ron: I am not!
    Homer: Well. He expressed an interest.
    Ron: No I didn't!
    Homer: Did too!
    Ron: I did not!
    Homer: You lie!
    Alec: Yeah, Homer, most movie scripts are 120 pages. This has only seventeen. And several pages just have drawings of the time machine.

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    [sign on a closed-down movie theatre that reads: Yahoo Serious Festival]
    Lisa: I recognize all three of those words but that statement doesn't make any sense.

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    Lionel Huntz: This is the clearest case of False Advertising I've seen since I sued the movie The Never Ending Story

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    Reporter: Don't you think it's dangerous to send civilians into space?
    Homer: I'll handle this... the only danger in space is if we land on that terrible Planet of the Apes... wait a minute... Statue of Liberty... THAT WAS OUR PLANET! YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

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  15. What will Bart Write? by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    What will Bart be writing on the blackboard?

    I will not sign major motion picture contracts without reading them first.
    I will not sign major motion picture contracts without reading them first.
    I will not sign major motion picture contracts without reading them first. ...

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    1. Re:What will Bart Write? by forkboy · · Score: 3, Funny

      hehe....or perhaps even:

      I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
      I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
      I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.

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  16. Heh... by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "With 53 percent new footage!"

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  17. For this article, you have a choice in comments: by Murdock037 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.)

  18. I can't go... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... I was grounded for bending my wookie.

  19. Re:Pay To See - Simpsons by jeffehobbs · · Score: 5, Funny


    Very few animated movies are shown live, due to the tremendous strain on the animator's wrists.

    ~Roy

  20. Who can forget... by Espectr0 · · Score: 1, Funny

    For the /. crowd:
    Homer:
    "Welcome to the Internet, my friend.
    How can I help you ? "

    Geek:
    " I am interested in upgrading my 28.8 KBaud
    Internet connection to a 1.5 MBit fiber optic T1 line.
    Will you be able to provide an IP router, that's
    compatible with my TokenRing Ethernet LAN
    configuration ? "

    Homer: (silence)
    Can i have some money now?

  21. What percentage of this movie will be any good? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Zero. Zero is a percent.

    1. Re:What percentage of this movie will be any good? by Hillman · · Score: 1, Funny
      Zero" is a concept and almost never observed in reality..

      Like in the statement:"I have ZERO donkeys in my house.". Sorry, but i don't see a donkey in my house, unless it's hiding behind my oven.*checks* Nope, no donkeys. Logic is easy, i could be einstein

  22. This just in... by A+Guy+From+Ottawa · · Score: 4, Funny
    The titles of the first 3 Simpsons movies were just released:

    The Simpsons I - The Pickle Matrix
    The Simpsons II - American Cheese (64 Slices Of...)
    The Simpsons III - The Compuglobalhypermega-Net

    Bhay-gn-flay-vn! Mm-hai... Now that was some clever vhyving!!

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  23. An obligatory Simpson quote... by flogger · · Score: 2, Funny

    probably is not apropriate in this forum.

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  24. Re:For this article, you have a choice in comments by msheppard · · Score: 5, Funny

    MMMmmm... cluster.

    M@

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  25. Making a Movie by malarkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    "South Park did it!!!!!!"

  26. Re:Troublesome... by notaspy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Geese are troublesome.

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  27. More Worker and Parasite! by jvschwarz · · Score: 2, Funny
    Personally, I hope they bring back eastern Europe's favourite cat and mouse team, Worker and Parasite. Now that would make a great movie!

    Krusty: What the hell was that??

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