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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.
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...
Education is the silver bullet.
Like "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie"?
(54% new footage)
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.
All TV and no Silver Screen make Homer.. something.. something..
Trolling is a art,
A simpsons movie? That's unpossible!
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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And god knows we all still miss 'My Little Pony' - the icon of both entertainment and education... a beacon in our miserable little lives.
...mmmm okay.
Wait, no.. I'm thinking of 'Care Bears'. Oh, the humanity.
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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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Hey McBain! Your last movie sucked!
.. Better
:)
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:
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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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Because any excuse to spread Simpson's quotes is a good excuse to spread Simpson's quotes
"Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
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.
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
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.)
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.
If you can't remember when The Simpsons started, then you still are a kid.
Cheers!
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