REVIEW: Treehouse of Horror XVIII

Topic: The Matrix...It's like it's from another millennium

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[Stretch Dude]

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The intro was amusing. House in a microwave is never not funny.

E.T. Go Home: This was an okay one. Nice having the aliens (or Kodos, at least) being major THOH characters again. The multitudes of Rigellians had some amusing designs. Coulda gone without the testicles joke and the middle of the shower scene, although I loved the capper on the latter. And Homer's Lincoln? Freaking. Hilarious.

Mr. and Mrs. Simpson: Nothing to do with Halloween...and yet I was entertained. I am...confused. The lasagna scene stands out in particular as amusing, likewise the bit with Homer kicking the couch.

Heck House: Also okay. Coulda used more Hell, though. You can never get enough Hell. And it was kinda weird having an ending that addressed the whole Halloween-show thing. I liked the return of Flanders' attitude towards Fox, though.

Not the best THOH ever, but satisfactory.

[Mattee]

What a huge dissapointment in every way. I'm officially bummed out about the new Halloween Specials. Only THOH 12 was worse

[Lisabella]

My Quick Thoughts:

Opening: Loved Marge and the bump characters - how many of us have ever wished we could do that? 

Seg 1: Nice use of Kodos, and I actually found Homer amusing.  The thing with the tentacles and the shower went on too long.  B-

Seg 2: Not a Halloween thing, more of an AU one, but the best executed of the three segs.  Assertive!Marge forever and always rocks my socks. A

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I don't quite like them doing it on top of Wiggums' corpse though.

Seg 3: Weakest of the three, but I found Ned wonderfully amusing.  C

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I was dissapointed that dead Springfieldites like Doctor Nick didn't show up down there.

ETA: Maurice LeMarche described a segment in TOH which got cut on his myspace blog:

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Where Marge whips Peter Griffin with an eggbeater.

Apparently, everyone at FG didn't like that so Fox forced them to cut it?  Too bad - would've been funny.

[Archonix]

Unfortunately I've had a request to remove certain posts from this topic after claims were made regarding some of their content. I'm trying to sort out the details. Carry on reviewing for now.

[Opus]

All I can say is that this is by far the worst THOH I've ever seen.  I hope they make up for this *word not in dictionary* before even more fans stop watching the simpsons.

A C- from me, unfortunally.  Maybe with those pieces that Dane said that were cut out, I would have a different opinion.  Sometimes small things make a big difference.  I have to wait until the dvd comes out to find out.

[sabrina_diamond]

Let's see, THOH 18 hasn't even shown where I live, but I saw the Mr and Mrs Simpson segment on Youtube...

All I can say is: Well excuted and thought out, but seeing Homer and Marge shooting and damaging the house at each other was a bit offputting and very disturbing. Secondly, this section didn't even seem to belong in a Halloween segment, it seemed all Alternate Universe.

Also: How did Marge's hair fit under that blonde wig? "Mystery Skank"  (LOL)

But I DID enjoy the bits where Homer eats the lagsana and the ironic twist of Homer/Marge being both assasins. Homer has a secret agent's lair in his bathroom? 

I also laughed when Lisa and Bart were totally oblivious to Marge and Homer's intentions/destruction of living room. "Are you fighting over us again?" "Icecream, icecream!"

I give it 7.5/10