The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Here is the info straight from the hollywood reporter.

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As much as I want to see these two simpsons teaser clips I think I will just wait for them to surface online instead seeing Ice Age 2.

But more importantly, let the bickering, fighting, nit-picking, and good old fashion complaining begin regarding the notion a feature length film of the long running TV show.

Added note of no real importance: It arrives in theaters on mine and b.miller's birthday as we share the same day.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Mmmm...will have to see the trailers to see if this looks like a good idea.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

I know what you mean. And I don't quite understand the necessity for a movie at this point. What can be achieved by making a feature film?

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

i only hope they're finally making a movie now because they finally came up with an idea awesome enough to merit a movie and not because they finally sold out.

but hey, i'll see it on release date. HAH

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

I thought the movie was going to be the end of the series.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

It'll be really good or really bad. They'll be no inbetween.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

I don't think so. I remember hearing Fox picked it up for another few seasons.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

You're correct. The show has been picked up for another two seasons.

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With this renewal, that will take us to Season 19. And at the moment only seasons one through seven are available on DVD.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Here's the link for the trailer.....

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:)

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

i used to love the simpsons, but their time is way past. i have absolutely no desire to see this film in theaters.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

I would have to agree with you here. I'm a big fan of The Simpsons and my wife is a fanatic, but the past few years have featured some of the worst writing the show has seen during its reign. The new episodes that have aired recently have been devoid of laughs. My wife hopes the show will make it 20 years, but unlesss they get some better writers (or some old ones return) this show will continue to decline.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

i gotta agree the gags in the newer episodes have wained tremendously, but if you compare it still to 90% of the comedy on TV - it is still funny in the main, and the Simpsons will keep going i feel for a few more seasons...

i'm not sure about a big screen outing, these tend not to be that great, and big budget usually ruins these things...

that teaser trailer is quite funny though...i just hope the 'story' is a worthwhile one, the Simpsons works in 25 minute snippets but a 90 minute movie has gotta be worthwhile, that said i'll end up waiting for it to come on DVD rather than pay out for the Cinema...even if it does turn out to be great

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Resurrection of a thread from days past to bring you the following link and information.

A new trailer for The Simpsons Movie debuted tonight.

link.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

that was hardly a trailer. it was worse than a bumper that FOX would show between shows to tell you of a new episode.

and last night's episode, WTF? helicopter loonytunes? it was horrible. thank goodness for Family Guy.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Absolutely. Not their best moment, Homer joins the army, haven't we seen this before? But after 17 years or whatever, they are proabably going back to the well a few times!


p.s. Yes, Family Guy was hilarious, as usual! Amazing the stuff they get away with.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

the reason i can ignore you people is that you like dreck like family guy ;)

:boxing:

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

True. I mean, really.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Nicely put dubby.

The more people go monkey clapping for Family Guy the more I get called a snob when explaining why I don't enjoy it to these individuals.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Family Guy is crap!:mad:

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

family guy is bad? im confused.

simpsons have been in a tail-spin for about 5 seasons. family guy while i admit isnt for everyone, it is at least original and witty.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

I like Family Guy as well, but........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBLhn...elated&search=

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Nice that someone clipped and upped that scene in particular. I always mention it to people, now I have an example to further reference my point.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Didnt South Park do a two part episode rippin on Family Guy? Someone mentioned that to me, but we aint got new episodes of SP over yet.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Family Guy is forty thousand times funnier than modern day Simpsons, and anyone who thinks otherwise is full on fucked in the head.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Toms right. I can't remember the last time the Simpsons was even funny, let alone smart.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

i stopped watching simpsons at around season 10, but from what i understand, the people who are doing the Simpsons movies are the guys from those golden seasons 5-8 so i'm looking forward to it!

as for Family Guy, it was funny before it was cancelled. I don't think you can honestly say it's at the same level now. I'd like to see one episode without a single nonsensical reference to some past event and accompanying flashback. Maybe Simpsons is just as bad as that now i dunno, but let's see what Family Guy's like on season 17 or whatever... Simpsons season 3 kicks all sorts of Family Guy season 3 ass. undisputedly.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Fuck that! Family guy is following in the same suit as a Kevin Smith film, ten years from now, you will need a reader's guide to get all the little piddly bullshit referential nonsense that pervades that show that at the time seems so hip and of reverance. You can use the same arguement for the Simpsons too, but it doesn't seem as painfully over the top as the Family Guy.

And there is the goddamn turd that could'nt get flushed down the toliet, American Dad.

As someone above, b.miller, in particular mentioned, Family guy is now a series of thought bubbles that begin with, "Hey, remember that one time....", then cue the film reference.

The Family Guy resurrected is nowhere near what it was before cancellation.

And as a simpsons fan/appologist, yeah, it's not stellar at all anymore, but I get a least a laugh and a chuckle, one of each from most episodes. However there are some that are so bad it makes me cringe, but never to the level of going to watch Family Guy.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Can't believe we're debating cartoons worth... They're supposed to make you laugh, is all. The Simpsons used to, ten years ago, still does occassionally. The Family Guy consistently makes me laugh, don't care if it's over the top of juvenile. It's a freakin' cartoon. Freakin' sweet.
:p
p.s. Sometimes comedy is supposed to be topical, cos no one laughs at "where's the beef?" jokes in 2006.

p.s. to Dirty0900: yeah, South Park ripped on Family Guy as being a bunch of puns and recollections written by manatees who moved "idea balls" from one side of a tank to another. Truth hurts, but it's still funny.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

True they are just cartoons, but compare Family Guy to The Simpsons is not really much of an arguement. On one level, it's apples to oranges, but The Simpsons level of writing is leaps and bounds above the Family Guy.

So yeah, they're cartoons, but much greater thought and care goes into each episode of the Simpsons, compared to Seth McFarlane thinking it would be funny to parody Lost at the moment as it's the hip TV show. Even the bad episodes of The Simpsons will stand up better upon review than Family Guy.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

New Trailer.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Sweet.....

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

I love the shot near the end with Homer and the Pig where he's craddling it and blowing on it's belly.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

I really think this film will be shit. It should have been made 6 years ago, from the trailer it looks like theres to many ideas being checked around.

*Runs*

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Yeah, I have a feeling this is going to be a near miss, but I like to keep hope alive, mainly out of sheer enjoyment occassionally of weekly episodes.

This week's episode spoofing Michael Apted's Up documentary series of films had some great laughs.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Okay....check yerselves, people. "Just cartoons"? Do you have any idea how much work goes into making an animated short, commercial, television show, or feature film? Or how many incredibly talented artists it requires to be able to pull it off? And I suppose that shows like the Simpsons and Family Guy have two strikes against them in that they're also comedies...Hollywood's least respected genre. All based on ignorance. Most any great comedian could also deliver a high quality dramatic performance, but not so many dramatic actors can deliver a high quality comic performance. Put simply, great comedies are about a hundred times harder to make than great dramas.

All that being said, I think it's hard to compare Simpsons to Family Guy to South Park to any other animated show on tv. They all just have very different approaches. South Park's put down of Family Guy seemed kind of failed to me because it was essentially criticizing a bird for flying. The comedic style of Family Guy is unabashadly to go off on tangeants as the opportunities present themselves, just as a bird's main mode of transportation is to fly. South Park is a more solid three act structure. The Simpsons falls somewhere in the middle, but probably closer to the three act structure again.

I hope the Simpsons movie is good. I honestly haven't heard anything about the film from friends working over there since they're all preoccupied with the fact that the studio's shutting down when they finish up the projects they're already working on.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

To quote myself Sean, So yeah, they're cartoons, but much greater thought and care goes into each episode of the Simpsons.

I do have an idea of the amount of work goes into creating an animated short, a feature, a commercial and a feature length film. I've been privy to people who've worked on the simpsons, as well as others in the film industry, the context of that quote is taken a bit too far, but I can understand your knee jerk response sean, esp. in light of the recent thread regarding animated films a few weeks back. I feel I've pretty well checked myself and have tried to avoid the simple breakdown you've made regarding the big three(Simpsons, S.P., and F.Guy).

Everyone one has their bias regarding the big three and you could almost draw and analogy to political parties with the shows in questions. But at this point in the evening I don't have the patience to do so.

So to answer your query, I do understand the amount of work, time and creative ingenuity that goes into constructing a 30 second shot, or a 30 second spot, or a 30 minute short.

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

As far as Simpsons vs. Family Guy goes, here are my thoughts. The Simpsons, partially becauase of their longevity (and speaking as a whole, not specific recent or past seasons), is a lot more characeter based. Think about how many episodes there have been about secondary characters, like Apu or Moe, that are more story driven. You actually care about the characters. Family Guy is more random and skit based, without the attachment. Besides Brian and Stewie, I feel like most of the other characters aren't that compelling, at least not to base a whole episode around. I'm not saying that one show is funnier than the other, they're just funnier in different ways.

One show I have recently enjoyed more is Futurama (also apparently coming back with new episodes). I think it has the development of the characters, but also a lot more freedom for random stories and parodies. My favorite episode is the one with the Harlem Globetrotter planet and the time crystals. Completely hilarious, but it also ends on a sad and touching note. And there's also that Fry's dog episode.

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Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

Actually the complete 8th season is now available....

Re: The Simpsons - The Movie - 07.27.07
 

how come nobody ever splits the family guy into eras? I personally found their first run a lot funnier than once they were brought back.

and WHY isn't American Dad in any of these comparisons!!!!???! i am OUTRAGED!!!

or not.