simpsons ruined by sky one

jiltloop

I grew up with the simpsons, i loved the simpsons, i religiously watched the simpsons everyday. I loved Sky One for playing at least four episodes of the simpsons after 6pm everyday. Then all of a sudden I realised that I could no longer stomach the simpsons, not even the new episodes. I have seen some episodes over 20 times and never complained about watching them again. But now i can not watch the simpsons at all and i've realised that its all Sky One's fault. Why did they have to play so many simpsons episodes everyday? I think everyone would have been satisfied with 2 or 1 episodes per day. Why did they have to ruin it all? Am I alone with these thoughts?

Mahatma coat

tis little ya have to be worried about alrite!

SoupyNorman

Does this reflect your sentiment?


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054857603

Lirange

Many of the best writers (e.g. Brad Bird) left the show several years ago and the show's never been the same. But I always preserve the memory of the show at it's zenith and just pretend the slide into mediocrity never happened.

Tar.Aldarion

Moved from AH.

Sherifu

I'm not so sure about the argument in the OP. Sky didn't kill my love of Star Trek or Stargate. I think there was also a decline in funny in the later seasons of The Simpsons.

Zangetsu

The last ep I watched was pretty decent, a rip on 24. Few classic Homers and a well placed Ralph, they didn't seem to write an end to the ep tho, was a little confusing.

Mossy Monk

I don't blame Sky. You should blame yourself for watching too much tv.

Earthhorse

It's those TV networks, Marge, they won't let me. One quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves. But they won't. They won't let me live!

Our man in Havana

Moved to Prime Time Cartoons.

Creamy Goodness

you're not a true simpsons fan if you've gotten bored of the episodes pre 1998.

Pigman II

jiltloop wrote: »

I grew up with the simpsons, i loved the simpsons, i religiously watched the simpsons everyday. I loved Sky One for playing at least four episodes of the simpsons after 6pm everyday. Then all of a sudden I realised that I could no longer stomach the simpsons, not even the new episodes. I have seen some episodes over 20 times and never complained about watching them again. But now i can not watch the simpsons at all and i've realised that its all Sky One's fault. Why did they have to play so many simpsons episodes everyday? I think everyone would have been satisfied with 2 or 1 episodes per day. Why did they have to ruin it all? Am I alone with these thoughts?

Where are these thoughts you speak of? All I see is a lot of inane rambling from one who could actually watch an episode of a tv show TWENTY times over before 'suddenly' becoming sick of it.

Schism

jiltloop wrote: »

I grew up with the simpsons, i loved the simpsons, i religiously watched the simpsons everyday. I loved Sky One for playing at least four episodes of the simpsons after 6pm everyday. Then all of a sudden I realised that I could no longer stomach the simpsons, not even the new episodes. I have seen some episodes over 20 times and never complained about watching them again. But now i can not watch the simpsons at all and i've realised that its all Sky One's fault. Why did they have to play so many simpsons episodes everyday? I think everyone would have been satisfied with 2 or 1 episodes per day. Why did they have to ruin it all? Am I alone with these thoughts?

Reminds me of the person in the US who sued McDonalds for making her fat. There ain't nobody forcing you to watch Sky One that much.

pablomakaveli

I think its more to do with how crap the simpsons has gotten over the last ten years. iv seen the classic episodes hundreds of times and still find them hilarious but i would rarely watch the newer episodes. the writers that ruined the simpsons should be shot or at least beaten to death with inflatable monkeys :mad:

xbox36016

viva la simpsons

jackdaw

jiltloop wrote: »

I grew up with the simpsons, i loved the simpsons, i religiously watched the simpsons everyday. I loved Sky One for playing at least four episodes of the simpsons after 6pm everyday. Then all of a sudden I realised that I could no longer stomach the simpsons, not even the new episodes. I have seen some episodes over 20 times and never complained about watching them again. But now i can not watch the simpsons at all and i've realised that its all Sky One's fault. Why did they have to play so many simpsons episodes everyday? I think everyone would have been satisfied with 2 or 1 episodes per day. Why did they have to ruin it all? Am I alone with these thoughts?

I can't watch the new ones .. absolute ****e ...
it's not Skys fault it's FOX's for still making it !!



but i do love the old eps ! (season 1 - 8 or 9 ) ..

JaneyMc

I don;t watch any of the new episodes. They all seem to follow the same crap format that drives me insane. I find the humour has been watered down and is now less witty.

I love the older Simpsons, I haven't seen some episodes in years, so now I'm a bit older and I get a lot more of the jokes that would have went over my head when I was younger.

jackdaw

When did those writers leave the Simpsons ?

after season 8 ? thats when i notice the huge drop in quality .. from season 9 onwards...

Indie18

i wouldn't blame sky for me going well off the simpsons. they still show futurama every day and i just cant get tired of that it just makes me wish that they would make new episodes because it is quality were as the simpsons lost its brilliance years ago.

jiltloop

I suppose it is mostly the writers fault, I don't watch the new simpsons at all anymore. But even in the evening when they have four simpsons on in a row, old classics or not, I find I can't sit through them anymore like I used to.

Mr.Nice Guy

The Simpsons has been ruined by the fact they continue to produce new episodes. It should have went out on a high instead of dragging on into the Spider Pig bollocks that it is these days.

It makes me sad because I still adore the classic episodes from the peak years.

itsjaybud

jiltloop wrote: »

I suppose it is mostly the writers fault, I don't watch the new simpsons at all anymore. But even in the evening when they have four simpsons on in a row, old classics or not, I find I can't sit through them anymore like I used to.

+1......

Pigman II

Bought Season 1-10 there recently on DVD and have been working my way through them. It's amazing how different the show was back then. It's as though you can feel the creators actually cared about what they were doing. They were trying to create entertaining stories with coherent plots and good moral messages.

Todays stuff is literally like they just spitball random ideas around the writers lounge until they have enough hit or miss rubbish to fill up 22mins. I think I'd be embarrased if I was on either the writing or production team of this show. I don't really blame the actors as it's not their fault they're being fed garbage to voice week after week.

The two things that killed this show were (and coincidentally they both initial FG):
1) Frank Grimes: This ep gave Homer the licence to act like an idiot for the first time without consequence. It destroyed the moral centre of the show.
2) Family Guy : It demostrated that there were enough idiots out there who would lap up this sort of crap. Simpsons soon followed suit and has been more or less aping it for the best part of a decade.

armour87

We are The Simpsons generation.

Mossy Monk

Yes you are.

armour87

armour87 wrote: »

We are The Simpsons generation.

Yes I am.

Mossy Monk

armour87 wrote: »

Yes I am.

Why would you quote yourself?

Earthhorse

armour87 wrote: »

We are The Simpsons generation.

We feel neither highs nor d'ohs.