I've heard that it's good again nowadays. Do you not agree?
I've got no opinion myself, I starting watching seasons 1-18 on shuffle and found myself not enjoying most episodes after season 14. There are some episodes prior to that too, but season 14 did seem to be about the tipping point where it was no longer worth it for me. I haven't watched any episodes after season 18 as far as I know.
P.S. I'm glad you agree. I've tried to find the tipping point myself, and I agree; season 14 seems to be the last season where I could pick any episode and still enjoy it. 15 still had a few gems, but the commercialization started kicking in in that season, I think.
So when I recommend The Simpsons to people these days, I try to recommend seasons 4-14, and tell them to start watching at season 7 or so, because some people are put off a bit by the animation style of the earlier seasons.
Yeah I was pleasantly surprised when I saw you'd said season 14 - I actually ended up taking seasons 14 onwards out of my shuffle folder because I was skipping more of them than I was watching. I absolutely love the old ones too (possibly in part due to nostalgia), but I see your point about the animation style I suppose...
Oh no, same here... When I first started watching Simpsons, I couldn't really get into the older seasons (due to the style, but also the more muffled audio), but after I got into the rhythm, I now realize they have some of the best episodes among all of them!
I watched every episode up until season 24, after giving it QUITE a few seasons to "get good" again. I watched a few episodes of the newest season on TV the other day; it seemed better than the last seasons I watched, but nothing NEAR as good as the old seasons. It just feels like they keep on jumping the shark with every single episode; advertising "see Lady Gaga in the new Simpsons episode!" or "Unmissable Family Guy/Simpsons crossover", and if that's the selling point of your adult cartoon, you've lost the plot.
In fact, the closest thing to the early Simpsons I find these days is Bob's Burgers. It's not as slapstick or prop comedy funny, but the dialogue and plot reminds me a lot of the old Simpsons episodes.
Point is, I think it might be better than it was a few seasons ago, but it's still no longer the show I got to know and love.
Hmm, I don't think I'll bother to go out of my way to watch them based on that. I was really quite saddened by some of the season 18 episodes, I don't want to disappoint myself again! 14 seasons and a game (Hit & Run) is plenty anyway; enough that by the time I get to the end it's been long enough that I can start again at the beginning.
I've heard that it's good again nowadays. Do you not agree?
I've got no opinion myself, I starting watching seasons 1-18 on shuffle and found myself not enjoying most episodes after season 14. There are some episodes prior to that too, but season 14 did seem to be about the tipping point where it was no longer worth it for me. I haven't watched any episodes after season 18 as far as I know.
P.S. I'm glad you agree. I've tried to find the tipping point myself, and I agree; season 14 seems to be the last season where I could pick any episode and still enjoy it. 15 still had a few gems, but the commercialization started kicking in in that season, I think.
So when I recommend The Simpsons to people these days, I try to recommend seasons 4-14, and tell them to start watching at season 7 or so, because some people are put off a bit by the animation style of the earlier seasons.
Yeah I was pleasantly surprised when I saw you'd said season 14 - I actually ended up taking seasons 14 onwards out of my shuffle folder because I was skipping more of them than I was watching. I absolutely love the old ones too (possibly in part due to nostalgia), but I see your point about the animation style I suppose...
Oh no, same here... When I first started watching Simpsons, I couldn't really get into the older seasons (due to the style, but also the more muffled audio), but after I got into the rhythm, I now realize they have some of the best episodes among all of them!
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I watched every episode up until season 24, after giving it QUITE a few seasons to "get good" again. I watched a few episodes of the newest season on TV the other day; it seemed better than the last seasons I watched, but nothing NEAR as good as the old seasons. It just feels like they keep on jumping the shark with every single episode; advertising "see Lady Gaga in the new Simpsons episode!" or "Unmissable Family Guy/Simpsons crossover", and if that's the selling point of your adult cartoon, you've lost the plot.
In fact, the closest thing to the early Simpsons I find these days is Bob's Burgers. It's not as slapstick or prop comedy funny, but the dialogue and plot reminds me a lot of the old Simpsons episodes.
Point is, I think it might be better than it was a few seasons ago, but it's still no longer the show I got to know and love.
Hmm, I don't think I'll bother to go out of my way to watch them based on that. I was really quite saddened by some of the season 18 episodes, I don't want to disappoint myself again! 14 seasons and a game (Hit & Run) is plenty anyway; enough that by the time I get to the end it's been long enough that I can start again at the beginning.
Maybe I'll check out Bob's Burgers one day.
Thanks.