SimpsonFan18
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- Jul 1, 2014
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This delivered on all the hype. All 3 segments had me cemented to the screen. Awesome THOH this year. 5/5
To be fair, Rick and Morty has been on the air for nearly 10 years now as opposed to Big Mouth’s 5 years.It's surprising how fast Rick and Morty (and I guess Big Mouth) basically found itself in a position to be comparible to the other shows there.
I...don't think it was.The Pookadook was average HD Simpsons fare
That would be great. I think Matt Selman is starting to become the permanent new showrunner, with Al Jean being reserved for certain special projects. Selman is REALLY livening up the show, and making it more experimental as well.I think Matt Selman will once again be showrunning an another Treehouse of Horror next year. So hey, you're in luck
@Venomrabbit Simpsonsworld was definitely weak in the fact that Selman took what felt like a season's worth of his kind of pandering to the classic era (along with some of his own episodes) and stuck it in a whole seven minute segment of an episode not even halfway into the season.
Yeah...while I can see a reason why it wouldn't be Shauna (given she is a teenager and shouldn't even be attending elementary school), they could of used Francine Rhenquist or even Jessica Lovejoy.Still weird that Janey's framed as the bully when... well, Shauna'd be more fitting but I guess they still can't bring themseves to do that for some reason.
Also, I think the many references to the classic era, aka the most popular with fans, make sense in context... as the segment also pokes fun at fans who endlessly quote the glory days of the show and the memes it generated. But, I'm glad that the segment acknowledges that there are still many seasons after that and includes them as well. It helps it not to feel like its only purpose is to remind us how good it once was.I don't get what was so bad about taking advantage of a 'Westworld' parody to do a meta take on' The Simpsons', with the story obviously being set an alternate universe where the show & its characters are fictional and have apparently gone on for even longer than what we have experienced in the present but seem to be still just as popular, even if what is relived in the amusement park is mainly th classic episode with some Scully and pre-HD Jean stuff here and there).
Fair point.I wouldn't think too hard about the logic of a 'Treehouse Of Horror' segment. I think they picked Janey to supposedly be bad kid in 'Death Tome' was because the idea was funnier and more subversive (as usually she's a friend to Lisa, but in this anime universe). Had they had someone like Shauna instead it'd have been too expected and boring (and besides, it was just a name drop mention).