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« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2008, 02:41:10 pm » |
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I memorized "Holy Grail" really well I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "White and Nerdy" "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" - Nny I draw too, dammit! |
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« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2008, 05:42:25 pm » |
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« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2008, 06:03:04 pm » |
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The title makes me hopeful that they see the absurdity in "covering" the last decade.
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« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2008, 06:37:40 pm » |
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The title makes me hopeful that they see the absurdity in "covering" the last decade.
This episode is set, what, two years before "I Married Marge"? That's one hell of a comb-over on top of Homer's head.
Seems to be a couple of years after "The Way We Was" (so to speak), since Marge attending Springfield U is part of the plot. Depends on just how long they dated before Marge got pregnant. |
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I memorized "Holy Grail" really well I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "White and Nerdy" "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" - Nny I draw too, dammit! |
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« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2008, 07:53:34 pm » |
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So...just throw cannon out the window, eh? If you do that, it's not even The Simpsons anymore.
On the plus side, I do like the old school Weird Al. But that's about it.
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« Reply #35 on: January 15, 2008, 08:22:13 pm » |
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Stuff like this makes me wonder what the show will be like if it's still around in the next decade (which it most likely will).. probably some "Y2K Panic Flashback" episode or something equally stupid, with Bart still in diapers. The Simpsons stopped being "The Simpsons" a long time ago. I understand it's a cartoon but they could have found a creative way to either age the characters (even slightly), or to retcon certain events without completely ignoring the past. And yes, that is quite a comb-over considering it was sometime in the early nineties that Homer got that hair-tonic to regrow his hair (and went back to being bald at the end). Not to mention that Bart, Lisa and Maggie were alive and all the same ages they are now.  |
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« Reply #36 on: January 15, 2008, 08:23:02 pm » |
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So...just throw cannon out the window, eh? If you do that, it's not even The Simpsons anymore. I'll be satisfied if there's a line or gag referencing what a temporal migraine this is. |
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I memorized "Holy Grail" really well I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "White and Nerdy" "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" - Nny I draw too, dammit! |
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« Reply #37 on: January 15, 2008, 09:05:01 pm » |
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I understand it's a cartoon but they could have found a creative way to either age the characters (even slightly), or to retcon certain events without completely ignoring the past. I've always been an "Aging Characters" proponent. But a bit too late now, isn't it? |
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« Reply #38 on: January 15, 2008, 09:47:33 pm » |
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I don't see what the fuss is about. Sure it's cannon rape, but hasn't there been much, much worse on and off for the last 9 or 10 seasons? The wacky seasons are going to outnumber the good ones in the very near future, at which point, well, this will be The Simpsons...
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« Reply #39 on: January 15, 2008, 10:38:57 pm » |
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The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).
1066 and All That
In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
Dorothy L Sayers
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
Ayn Rand
Parallel Lives current status:
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« Reply #40 on: January 20, 2008, 09:59:10 am » |
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I bet, when they started making The Simpsons, they newer thought about the show still being around for 20 years. And they properly didn’t think of those kinds of problems, and didn’t think about getting the mathematics right in the timeline. So, any flashback or future episode poses the risk of some kind of problem. It is at the back of my mind most of the time. But it doesn’t worry me. I like The Simpsons to bee contemporary. But it would have been a totally deferent show if the persons had been grooving up. (Maggie 21 years old today.) Personally I am looking forward to this episode. Because it is a flashback episode, it makes room for some other storylines then normal. And I am quite fond of episodes concerning the relationship between Marge and Homer. (And I have a thing about drawing Marge with her hair down. I am hoping for some interesting scenes.)  |
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« Reply #41 on: January 20, 2008, 12:02:57 pm » |
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And I have a thing about drawing Marge with her hair down. You and me both. You know, it'd be fun if they did a single episode with the characters at the age they are, just to see what they could come up with. |
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The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).
1066 and All That
In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
Dorothy L Sayers
The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.
Ayn Rand
Parallel Lives current status:
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« Reply #42 on: January 20, 2008, 03:28:14 pm » |
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And I have a thing about drawing Marge with her hair down. You and me both. You know, it'd be fun if they did a single episode with the characters at the age they are, just to see what they could come up with. Especially if they don't make it a flash-forward and set it during the "now." |
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I memorized "Holy Grail" really well I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "White and Nerdy" "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" - Nny I draw too, dammit! |
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« Reply #43 on: January 20, 2008, 08:11:31 pm » |
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You know, it'd be fun if they did a single episode with the characters at the age they are, just to see what they could come up with.
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« Reply #44 on: January 20, 2008, 09:19:04 pm » |
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Yeah, I like that.
"Lisa" in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" was probably about the age Lisa would have been at the time if she aged normally...
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