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  • Will the Simpsons ever be great again?

    From TronNerd82@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 1 10:22:07 2023
    The Simpsons was a staple of 90s TV, but it's been on the air for so
    long, it's become painfully hard to watch modern episodes.
    The question is:
    Will the Simpsons ever reclaim its former greatness that so horribly
    abandoned us in the 2000s?
    Or will our favorite yellow family be doomed to permanent mediocrity?
    Let's debate.
    ..

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  • From Borax Man@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Dec 3 20:08:52 2023
    On 2023-11-30, TronNerd82 <tronnerd82@aol.com> wrote:
    The Simpsons was a staple of 90s TV, but it's been on the air for so
    long, it's become painfully hard to watch modern episodes.
    The question is:
    Will the Simpsons ever reclaim its former greatness that so horribly abandoned us in the 2000s?
    Or will our favorite yellow family be doomed to permanent mediocrity?
    Let's debate.
    .

    I don't think there is any debate about this. Unless the original
    writers and showrunners return, AND they are able to tap into the
    spirit of the times, 30 years after the fact, The Simpsons will remain
    as it is now. The show was showing signs of decline by Season 7, and
    by Season 9 or 10, it was clear that its period of greatness had
    finished.

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  • From Bozo User@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Dec 12 20:52:11 2023
    On 2023-11-30, TronNerd82 <tronnerd82@aol.com> wrote:
    The Simpsons was a staple of 90s TV, but it's been on the air for so
    long, it's become painfully hard to watch modern episodes.
    The question is:
    Will the Simpsons ever reclaim its former greatness that so horribly abandoned us in the 2000s?
    Or will our favorite yellow family be doomed to permanent mediocrity?
    Let's debate.
    .

    No. I think Futurama took the role of the 2000's making a double satire
    on the futurist art/movies from the 50's and the 'current' society. Nerds/geeks won.

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  • From Your Name@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Dec 22 08:30:56 2023
    On 2023-12-21 06:49:04 +0000, TronNerd82 said:

    The Simpsons was a staple of 90s TV, but it's been on the air for so

    long, it's become painfully hard to watch modern episodes.

    The question is:

    Will the Simpsons ever reclaim its former greatness that so horribly

    abandoned us in the 2000s?

    Or will our favorite yellow family be doomed to permanent mediocrity?

    Let's debate.


    It hasn't been great for decades. Like many US shows, it has been
    dragged on well past its use-by-date. It also hasn't been helped by
    having the old episodes on near-constant looping re-runs (same with
    Friends).



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  • From Renee McNeely@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Dec 28 07:44:09 2023
    On 2023-12-21 04:30 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2023-12-21 06:49:04 +0000, TronNerd82 said:

    The Simpsons was a staple of 90s TV, but it's been on the air for so

    long, it's become painfully hard to watch modern episodes.

    The question is:

    Will the Simpsons ever reclaim its former greatness that so horribly

    abandoned us in the 2000s?

    Or will our favorite yellow family be doomed to permanent mediocrity?

    Let's debate.


    It hasn't been great for decades. Like many US shows, it has been
    dragged on well past its use-by-date. It also hasn't been helped by
    having the old episodes on near-constant looping re-runs (same with Friends).


    Was Friends ever good though? It's one of the least funny shows I've
    ever seen.

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