Half an hour of animated suck
Sep. 11th, 2006 03:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiI just went back in my LJ, and found my entry from last year discussing the '05 season premiere of the Simpsons:
Unlike many other folks, I've been defending the show for years, as I've quite liked the surreal trips they've gone on, the self-referential stuff, and the exploration of some of the minor characters. But this episode was by-the-numbers and bad as anything.
My rant back then also contained the phrase, the ball was dropped right from the opening scene.
Both of those statements apply to last night's season premiere, as well. The opening few minutes, featuring Otto unable to deal with not having his hard-rock music, was about four minutes too long, and was painfully unfunny. The fact that it set up a repeat situation (the kids having to carpool) didn't exactly add to the thrill.
The good news is that the entire show didn't suck as much as the first five minutes. The bad news is that it still did, indeed, suck. A lot.
Unlike many other folks, I've been defending the show for years, as I've quite liked the surreal trips they've gone on, the self-referential stuff, and the exploration of some of the minor characters. But this episode was by-the-numbers and bad as anything.
My rant back then also contained the phrase, the ball was dropped right from the opening scene.
Both of those statements apply to last night's season premiere, as well. The opening few minutes, featuring Otto unable to deal with not having his hard-rock music, was about four minutes too long, and was painfully unfunny. The fact that it set up a repeat situation (the kids having to carpool) didn't exactly add to the thrill.
The good news is that the entire show didn't suck as much as the first five minutes. The bad news is that it still did, indeed, suck. A lot.