tyler
A Burden on Online Simpsons Fandom Since '13
#89
Fun fact: the reason Farnsworth from Futurama is in the quick scroll-thru of Homer's initial body options is because the character the protagonist takes over in the original movie is surnamed Farnsworth. Neat right? Only the finest research for you fine folks. Anyway, Heaven Can Wait isn't a horror movie, but it is enough of a supernaturally leaning comedy that it could lead to some exciting antics or inspired body swap gags. The way I see it there's two ways this could shake out effectively: you could give it to a single alone character like Moe and have their body leaps be an opportunity to mend their life, the original movie's concept leads to its football fanatic protagonist coming in to millions of dollary-doos and using that on his passion, so Moe could use it on idunno, time travel technology for caveman hookers? It would be less glamorous means but you could set that up and have the gallery of bodies picked off as each scenario towards his goals goes wrong.
Or, do it with Homer if you must, but give Homer his own millionaire life swap and have him and his low ideals and schlubby ways crater the entire thing in an instant, a bit like the first Herb episode. Homer wouldn't have a clue what to do with that money, and his chance at fortune would not last, nor would it ultimately phase him. From said disaster, we have him being given new bodies as he keeps ruining things for others, if you're a millionaire, you must be at the helm of something big and be responsible for others after all. Make Homer such a disaster that Heaven hesitates to give him more chances but it's too late to rescind their magical offer. There are two vital throughlines here: character arcs that suit their owners and punch a hole in the premises' good intentions by giving them to the bozos of Springfield, and a kinetic gallery of body swaps that connect together and affect each other, more than just a detached slideshow of character gags but a story woven through the chaotic folly and the damage in its wake. Yes I realize I pretty much rewrote the outline of this thing twice in full. I could write my college thesis on Treehouse of Horror at this point.
Anyway it does none of that, it is in fact a lazy series of character gags like Homer as Chalmers pranking Skinner or Homer as mr Teeny or...oh thats it thats all of them. Well the one with any semblance of inspiration is Homer taking some rando football boy body - perhaps meant to mirror Warren Beatty's lead character in Heaven Can Wait - and ruining it overnight, that's a start towards my suggestion but its an isolated joke and nothing more, it feels much more like easy stereotype humor this way, as opposed to a springboard for more. We wrap with Homer as Moe, kinda weird, and Moe as Maggie asking to suck on Marge's tits. Lovely. Boy this is a pretty short paragraph right here and this is the part actually about the segment we got. How bout that huh? Yeah.
Fun fact: the reason Farnsworth from Futurama is in the quick scroll-thru of Homer's initial body options is because the character the protagonist takes over in the original movie is surnamed Farnsworth. Neat right? Only the finest research for you fine folks. Anyway, Heaven Can Wait isn't a horror movie, but it is enough of a supernaturally leaning comedy that it could lead to some exciting antics or inspired body swap gags. The way I see it there's two ways this could shake out effectively: you could give it to a single alone character like Moe and have their body leaps be an opportunity to mend their life, the original movie's concept leads to its football fanatic protagonist coming in to millions of dollary-doos and using that on his passion, so Moe could use it on idunno, time travel technology for caveman hookers? It would be less glamorous means but you could set that up and have the gallery of bodies picked off as each scenario towards his goals goes wrong.
Or, do it with Homer if you must, but give Homer his own millionaire life swap and have him and his low ideals and schlubby ways crater the entire thing in an instant, a bit like the first Herb episode. Homer wouldn't have a clue what to do with that money, and his chance at fortune would not last, nor would it ultimately phase him. From said disaster, we have him being given new bodies as he keeps ruining things for others, if you're a millionaire, you must be at the helm of something big and be responsible for others after all. Make Homer such a disaster that Heaven hesitates to give him more chances but it's too late to rescind their magical offer. There are two vital throughlines here: character arcs that suit their owners and punch a hole in the premises' good intentions by giving them to the bozos of Springfield, and a kinetic gallery of body swaps that connect together and affect each other, more than just a detached slideshow of character gags but a story woven through the chaotic folly and the damage in its wake. Yes I realize I pretty much rewrote the outline of this thing twice in full. I could write my college thesis on Treehouse of Horror at this point.
Anyway it does none of that, it is in fact a lazy series of character gags like Homer as Chalmers pranking Skinner or Homer as mr Teeny or...oh thats it thats all of them. Well the one with any semblance of inspiration is Homer taking some rando football boy body - perhaps meant to mirror Warren Beatty's lead character in Heaven Can Wait - and ruining it overnight, that's a start towards my suggestion but its an isolated joke and nothing more, it feels much more like easy stereotype humor this way, as opposed to a springboard for more. We wrap with Homer as Moe, kinda weird, and Moe as Maggie asking to suck on Marge's tits. Lovely. Boy this is a pretty short paragraph right here and this is the part actually about the segment we got. How bout that huh? Yeah.
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