Simpsons Movie
Pardon me, but I’m just not thrilled with the idea of a Simpsons Movie. I mean, the idea is brilliant: get people to pay for something they’ve been getting for free for, oh, about 17 years. (Good lord, I feel old. Since I remember watching the Simpsons Christmas Special back when it first aired.)
The Simpsons Movie has some serious shark-jumping surrounding it. Will this be a la the Family Guy “movie” (3 more-or-less-random episodes surrounded by thin plot.) What will the movie show that FOX wouldn’t be willing to air? A naked Homer? Profanity?
Part of the charm of the Simpsons is the way it has continually skirted censoriffic issues. Implied nudity is usually ten times more hilarious than actual nudity (think Austin Powers, where naughty bits are covered by, among other things, sausages, bananas, melons, and a balloon.) And profanity, from a dialogue point of view, is a cheap way to fill air (unless you’re going for some sort of F-bomb record, like “Boondock Saints” or Scorcese films.)
So, what will a Simpsons Movie accomplish? Just a glorified lengthy episode. And for a TV show that’s never gone out of the realm of 22-minutes, I think 90-100 minutes will cause some yawns and some seriously flat jokes. And its not like they’ve been jam-packing the past few seasons with jokes, anyways. The idea for a movie feels like about ten years too late.
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