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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Jun 15, 2005 16:21:40 GMT -5
Damn right you will, woman! ;D
I think it's mostly adults collecting SIMPSONS toys/merchandise more than kids now. And we all know, kiddies don't buy movie tickets anyway. Their parents do.
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Post by Sybillness on Jun 15, 2005 20:16:00 GMT -5
Just a little side note, long before I was married, my young nubile girlfriends and I would get together every Sunday night and have SIMPSON'S parties. We'd all get drunk watching SIMPSONS and laugh our butts off. And then there'd be pillow fights, oh wait, that was a different party...aaaahhh, good times. But seriously, we did that every Sunday. It was soooo much fun! Now we're all too busy and grown up. Sniff...
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Sept 20, 2005 19:09:29 GMT -5
From IMDB:
Slow Start for 'Simpsons' Movie
Despite having announced months ago that a Simpsons movie had been greenlit, the film's producer has indicated that the movie is still in development. David Mirkin, who also produces the TV series, told today's (Tuesday) Houston Chronicle that no release date has been set. "It's all about the quality -- the writing -- which we're working on now. We are very quality conscious, and we don't want the series to suffer because of the movie." Mirkin did indicate that the crude animation of the TV show will be enhanced for the movie. He said, "We're looking at various tests to get the right look. We're taking it into the realm of cinema but not too far from how it looks on the show."
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Post by Termination on Sept 21, 2005 10:37:25 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. I have this feeling which I'll describe in one word. GarfieldHope I'm wrong.  |
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Post by Quorthon on Sept 21, 2005 10:45:02 GMT -5
Hey, part of the Simpsons' charm for me has always been the crude animation. Especially in the 3-7th seasons (rough estimate). I think it's too sharp these days.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Sept 21, 2005 13:25:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. I have this feeling which I'll describe in one word. GarfieldHope I'm wrong. I can almost guarantee you'll be wrong. Garfield was never really funny. Not even in the original strip. |
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Post by Quorthon on Sept 22, 2005 9:14:50 GMT -5
Dude, Garfield's funny! It's just that the movie was made after the character's popularity had already peaked--in the 80's. That cartoon they made for kids was one of the best written of ye olde 80's-90's Saturday Morning Time-Wasters.
That movie looked just awful to me.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Sept 22, 2005 15:32:45 GMT -5
Okay, I'll give you that the animated cartoon was funnier than the strip.
I think Lorenzo Music's deadpan voice had a lot to do with it though. That guy was a genius at that kind of delivery.
But the comic strip? Ooh, the big fat cat is lazy and he loves lasagna! Hilarious! ;p
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Post by Quorthon on Sept 22, 2005 16:28:31 GMT -5
Well, I guess it's not everyone's cup-o-lasagna...
For me The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes were always held in higher regard. I don't think there's ever been a comic with the quality artwork that Bill Waterson poured into C&H, and there probably never will be again.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Sept 22, 2005 20:37:53 GMT -5
Well, I guess it's not everyone's cup-o-lasagna... For me The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes were always held in higher regard. I don't think there's ever been a comic with the quality artwork that Bill Waterson poured into C&H, and there probably never will be again. you're talkin' funny comic strips! Love both of those. I can go back and read any of my Far Side or Calvin & Hobbes books which reprint the strips, and find myself laughing hysterically at comics I've read several times already. And I gotta give Waterson major props for never having sold out even though the offers were there. No C & H toys, school supplies, clothing, Happy Meals, etc. And no, those bootleg stickers with Calvin peeing on something don't count. |
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Post by Fenril on Oct 8, 2005 14:44:28 GMT -5
And I gotta give Waterson major props for never having sold out even though the offers were there. No C & H toys, school supplies, clothing, Happy Meals, etc. And no, those bootleg stickers with Calvin peeing on something don't count. The "Tenth anniversarry edition" had several essays by Watterson were (among many topics) he discussed just that --why he never sold out the strips and the lots of problems that came with it. I did enjoy Garfield quite a lot, and it's worth pointing out than in the earlier years (all the way back to the '80's) the strip actually did get more serious now an then. Recall and early series where Garfield wakes up in a deserted house where no one has lived in 10 years. Or the great movie "9 lives of the cat", 9 shorts with different animation styles and genres, all about cats. It's just that C&H and "The far side" are so much better. And non-american strips like "Mafalda" (argentinian), "La chora interminable" (mexican), etc. tend to be even better, but that's a very different subject. Of the current batch of (american) comic strips the only one I like is "The boondocks", extreme attitude and all. I feel that other once-great comic strips like "Fox trot" and "Cathy" (yes, Cathy) have sold out over the years. Back on movies, I do hope they never try to do "The simpsons" in computer, it just wouldn't feel right --that old halloween 3-D episode notwithstanding. |
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Post by Fenril on Oct 8, 2005 14:46:21 GMT -5
P. S. I also love "For better or for worse", among thousands of others. We really should start a separate thread for comic strips.
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Post by Quorthon on Oct 10, 2005 11:36:15 GMT -5
The "Tenth anniversarry edition" had several essays by Watterson were (among many topics) he discussed just that --why he never sold out the strips and the lots of problems that came with it. How did that essay go, what'd he say? |
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Post by Fenril on Oct 11, 2005 19:29:51 GMT -5
The "Tenth anniversarry edition" had several essays by Watterson were (among many topics) he discussed just that --why he never sold out the strips and the lots of problems that came with it. How did that essay go, what'd he say? If memory serves right (considering I don't have that book at hand right now) he basically discussed that he considered licensed merchandise to be a striping of a comic strip's soul, and that he respected his characters too much for that. You really should check out that book, as he shares a lot of interesting information about the strips, how he created each character, what he was trying to do with certain stories, etc. |
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Post by Bartwald on Oct 31, 2005 13:28:41 GMT -5
I'm here to defend Garfield: The Comic Strip. Hey, I always thought it was very funny - it should not be compared to that strange movie they "based" on it! Far Side is great, too, but for example Mafalda never worked for me.
And The Simpsons in 3D or heavily computerised is not something I want to see.
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