Considering 'Futurama is the best animated tv show' is obvious trollbait, I don't mind replying to someone else's trollbait to my trollbait! I actually never really cared for Simpsons myself. Not a Groening worshipper at all, and find it hard to really compare a lot of Futurama with the Simpsons. Simpsons is a family-oriented(as in they are a family)show, and a lot of 'eyeball injuries' as Groening once put it.
Futurama doesn't have that family slant at all. Where most Simpsons episodes would have Bart worrying about hurting the ones he loves, and in the end come to his senses, there's no guarantee in Futurama what side Bender's on!
I would't necessarily say one's funnier than the other, but Futurama's subject matter is what I like. Violent internet ad banners, drunken robots, sexy alien babes, robosexuals and cyclopses are much more exciting, and in a strange way more relevant, to me than the off-beat slice of Americana that Simpsons offers. Simpson's really pushes the limits of what a family sitcom can be, but that's all it will ever be, a family sitcom. Futurama doesn't try to be that at all. Futurama is Futurama, any attempt to say,'it's kind of like this or that' will fail miserably. It's the most unique, well written, beautifully acted, and exceptionally animated show on tv.
The animation is the best quality I've EVER seen on television. The blending of the 3d and 2d, the character designs, and the fantastic storyboarding and cinematography of episodes like Parasites Lost and Time Keeps on Slippin' blow Simpsons, and every other show, away.
So, hey, if you like Simpsons better, great, like it. Most people like it more than Futurama, for some reason I'll never know. But Futurama's the best, and I hope that the over-popularity of the Simpsons doesn't destroy my favorite show.
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Considering 'Futurama is the best animated tv show' is obvious trollbait, I don't mind replying to someone else's trollbait to my trollbait! I actually never really cared for Simpsons myself. Not a Groening worshipper at all, and find it hard to really compare a lot of Futurama with the Simpsons. Simpsons is a family-oriented(as in they are a family)show, and a lot of 'eyeball injuries' as Groening once put it.
Futurama doesn't have that family slant at all. Where most Simpsons episodes would have Bart worrying about hurting the ones he loves, and in the end come to his senses, there's no guarantee in Futurama what side Bender's on!
I would't necessarily say one's funnier than the other, but Futurama's subject matter is what I like. Violent internet ad banners, drunken robots, sexy alien babes, robosexuals and cyclopses are much more exciting, and in a strange way more relevant, to me than the off-beat slice of Americana that Simpsons offers. Simpson's really pushes the limits of what a family sitcom can be, but that's all it will ever be, a family sitcom. Futurama doesn't try to be that at all. Futurama is Futurama, any attempt to say,'it's kind of like this or that' will fail miserably. It's the most unique, well written, beautifully acted, and exceptionally animated show on tv.
The animation is the best quality I've EVER seen on television. The blending of the 3d and 2d, the character designs, and the fantastic storyboarding and cinematography of episodes like Parasites Lost and Time Keeps on Slippin' blow Simpsons, and every other show, away.
So, hey, if you like Simpsons better, great, like it. Most people like it more than Futurama, for some reason I'll never know. But Futurama's the best, and I hope that the over-popularity of the Simpsons doesn't destroy my favorite show.