Simpsons on the Silver Screen 433
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Matt Groening is going to actually go through with it. This article
says that the cast of the Simpsons has signed on for at least 3 feature films. Hooray!" I hope they call them Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
Oh God! (Score:4, Funny)
Woo-Hoo! (Score:2, Insightful)
Doh!
Maybe (Score:2, Interesting)
Bart Wars? (Score:2, Interesting)
You know, you could make an absolutely hilarious parody of the Star Wars saga using the Simpson family.
Re:Bart Wars? (Score:2)
Timeline.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Timeline.... (Score:2)
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Re:Timeline.... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Timeline.... (Score:3, Funny)
Very few cartoons are broadcast live, it's a horrable strain on the animator's wrists.
Re:Timeline.... (Score:2)
no, i'm not kidding.
Inside the Actor's Studio?! (Score:5, Informative)
James Lipton: Homer, what is your favorite curse word?
Homer Simpson: D'oh!
Unfortunately, Nov. 18 is when they tape it, not when they broadcast it...
Re:Inside the Actor's Studio?! (Score:2)
James Lipton:I have only one word to describe the Simsons. And that word is...Scrumptastic.
Homer:Mmmm. Donuts.
jumped the shark. (Score:2, Insightful)
has the simpsons jumped the shark too?
Re:jumped the shark. (Score:2)
Re:jumped the shark. (Score:2)
Will be feature James Woods? (Score:4, Funny)
Marge: My, Mr. Woods, I'll look forward to seeing that movie!
James Woods: (Chuckles, eyes dart nervously about) Ahh, yes...heh...a movie....
Re:Will be feature James Woods? (Score:3, Funny)
Apu: Yes, towards the end I began believing I was a humming bird of some kind.
James Woods: Oh yeah, I saw the tapes.(Cuts to tape of Apu vibrating his hands like a hummingbird on Ritalin).
They say they want it to be feature-film quality (Score:5, Funny)
(54% new footage)
Pay To See - Simpsons (Score:3, Insightful)
So the only thing different? A further expanded plot. Ok... I'm not sure that makes any difference, in the grand scheme of things, but I'd probably go see it anyway.
The downside is, unless Matt brings in a ton of animators or turns the background over to a Beowulf cluster (I can just imagine that...) of renderers, the show doesn't gain anything cinematic, so big screen, eh!
Maybe they'll get lucky and score a hit like Blame Canada, eh!
Re:Pay To See - Simpsons (Score:2)
Re:Pay To See - Simpsons (Score:5, Funny)
Very few animated movies are shown live, due to the tremendous strain on the animator's wrists.
~Roy
Re:Pay To See - Simpsons (Score:2)
I wonder if they will use a cluster of Frinkiac 7s to generate the animation?
Re:Pay To See - Simpsons (Score:2)
I am not overly hopeful (Score:2, Interesting)
I predict that when the movie start coming out, the simpson will jump the shark. Not a bad run, really.
Repeat? (Score:5, Informative)
No, wait.. this same rumor recirculates every few months, that's right.
As much as I'd love to see it happen, I'll believe it when there's something resembling a formal announcement.
Re:Repeat? (Score:2)
-a
This News Reaches Rigel 7... (Score:4, Funny)
Kodos: The man-planet has produced a Simpsons movie!
Kang: Set coordinates for the obscure, T-shirt-producing planet known as Earth!
Together: AWAHAHAHAAHA!
gahhhh (Score:5, Funny)
All TV and no Silver Screen make Homer.. something.. something..
re:gahhhh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:gahhhh (Score:4, Funny)
Don't mind if I do!
Re:gahhhh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:gahhhh (Score:4, Funny)
Never thought I'd see a score of 3 to a post of "Blaaah! Blaah! Blululululululu badoo boo! BOO!"
Re:gahhhh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:gahhhh (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:gahhhh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:gahhhh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:gahhhh (Score:3, Funny)
That's so... Flanders!
(/humor)
Re:gahhhh (Score:5, Funny)
Attention spa ... what was I talking about again? (Score:4, Insightful)
Can they make a coherent movie eight times that long?
I don't think so; let's not forget that the show started as 1 min shorts. I think that if they do make a movie, it should be in the form of "22 Short Films about Springfield," which (in an homage to Bach and a wonderful movie about Glen Gould) passed a semi-coherent theme back and forth between subplots. I think that The Simpsons could really do something creative and kinda tweak with traditional notions of film, linearity, etc.
It would be like their sendup of Lola Rennt with three stories told from different perspectives (a later episode that was actually quality, even though the story itself was about seven minutes long).
Re:Attention spa ... what was I talking about agai (Score:5, Insightful)
Probably they can. And while this may not be the best example, look at Beavis and Butthead do America. While it wasn't anything that could be called great film, it was amusing and true to the original show.
I think Simpsons can do something similar and be just fine.
Re:Attention spa ... what was I talking about agai (Score:2)
Re:Attention spa ... what was I talking about agai (Score:2)
'jfb
no way.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:no way.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Matt Groening in a financial crisis (Score:2, Funny)
Will they even be good? (Score:5, Insightful)
Maybe some of you like this Family Guy-like style, but I think it has degraded an amazingly intelligent funny show to just an occasional funny show (I won't be a jerk and try to state that it's not funny anymore). Nevertheless, I hope the producers and writers consider these films more seriously than the show as it now stands, as I would love a great Simpsons movie. Otherwise, I'll just have to stick with Futurama (almost as good as the Simpsons when they were great, but not quite).
Re:Will they even be good? (Score:2)
slashdot: "BOOOO!!!"
McBain: "Maybe all of you are homosexuls!"
slashdot: "BOOOO!!!"
Bart reading slashdot: "this is terrible"
Re:Will they even be good? (Score:2)
Behind the Movie? (Score:3, Funny)
Bart: Homer was too drunk to play his parts. He couldn't even remember his lines!
Homer: Oh yeah you little... Do'h!
Re:Behind the Movie? (Score:2)
Super... (Score:2, Insightful)
Now there'll be not one, but a few movies that I'll have to sit through. The Simpsons (and I'll bet money that they'll refer to themselves in the third person. Something else they've only really done since the 9th season. "Should the Simpsons get a horse?", "The Simpsons are going to japan!") will go on some "zany", contrived adventures, and I'll have to watch just in case its good. I'd rather just see what they did right in the beginning; let the characters create a situation, instead of inventing a situation, and forcing the family into it, even if its contrary to their personalities.
I suppose this is more a rant against recent simpsons in general, but if they make a movie, that'll tick me off, too.
who's staring? (Score:2, Funny)
(in classroom, all hats get sucked to the roof)
Skinner:oh, yes the air conditioner system will be fixed this weekend.
I hate to say it, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
It's really too bad that Futurama and Family Guy were cancelled. They were great shows with a great style of comedy behind them. I really hope someone realizes that all these so-called "reality" shows are retarded, and gives Futurama another chance. It has/had almost limitless potential.
Re:I hate to say it, but... (Score:2)
the real reason (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the real reason (Score:2)
Funniest. Simson reference. ever.
Where's Phil? (Score:3, Insightful)
Assorted movie-related quotes (Score:5, Funny)
I know... we had script problems from day one.
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Director: Up and atom!
McBain: Up and at them.
Director: Up and ATOM!
McBain: Up and atdem!
Director: UP AND ATOM!
McBain: UP AND ATEM!
Director:
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We came here to make a movie. A simple movie.. a movie about a radioactive man. But you slick small town folk ruined it! We're going back to Hollywood, where people are still good to each other.
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Homer: The important thing is.. it's got the perfect part for you.. either one of you. It's about a killer robot driving instructor, who travels back in time for some reason. Ron Howard's attatched to direct!
Ron: I am not!
Homer: Well. He expressed an interest.
Ron: No I didn't!
Homer: Did too!
Ron: I did not!
Homer: You lie!
Alec: Yeah, Homer, most movie scripts are 120 pages. This has only seventeen. And several pages just have drawings of the time machine.
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[sign on a closed-down movie theatre that reads: Yahoo Serious Festival]
Lisa: I recognize all three of those words but that statement doesn't make any sense.
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Lionel Huntz: This is the clearest case of False Advertising I've seen since I sued the movie The Never Ending Story
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Reporter: Don't you think it's dangerous to send civilians into space?
Homer: I'll handle this... the only danger in space is if we land on that terrible Planet of the Apes... wait a minute... Statue of Liberty... THAT WAS OUR PLANET! YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!
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Because any excuse to spread Simpson's quotes is a good excuse to spread Simpson's quotes
Interesting to see how they do it. (Score:3, Interesting)
No episode affects the next, with minor exception (eg. Maude flanders death), and because of that the creators are not limited as to what can happen; A fact they seem to relish, even mock with in-jokes: "Oh look, we've won a trip to Delaware"
But major motion pictures are built on structure (ie. most commonly three acts, set-up - crisis - resolution)
So it would seem that some major event (ie. The movie's selling point)would have to occur involving the Simpsons in the motion picture (Obviously the set-up doesn't have to be that lrge because these are characters we already know and love). And due to the scale of a film, wouldn't that major event have to be permanent/immutable, somehow affecting or tying into the series?
So finally how is the film to work as a concept without fucking with the time-tested formula?
Re:Interesting to see how they do it. (Score:3, Informative)
the general rule is that no episode affects the scripts of later episodes unless ther is a real world reason for it (except for occasional references, for instance referencing sideshow bob's previous antics whenever he gets out of jail). for instance, lisa stayed a vegetarian because it was a condition in the mccartney's contract when they appeared to be on the show. maude flanders died because the voice actress quit.
What will Bart Write? (Score:5, Funny)
I will not sign major motion picture contracts without reading them first.
I will not sign major motion picture contracts without reading them first.
I will not sign major motion picture contracts without reading them first.
Re:What will Bart Write? (Score:3, Funny)
I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
I will not download pirated movies from the Internet.
Matt Groening confirmed... (Score:4, Informative)
The show (reading) was pretty cool, too. (-:
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Comment removed (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Somethings ......... (Score:2)
So changing the show from 22 minutes to 90-120 minutes wouldn't be hard. The Simpsons, on the other hand, do have (or try to) stories behind them, and the show relies on the stories as part of what makes it good. Trying to stretch one of those stories to 2 hours will be very difficult.
Heh... (Score:2, Funny)
For this article, you have a choice in comments: (Score:5, Funny)
1. "Woohoo!"
3. Some more obscure quote from the show;
2. Diatribe about the show's declining quality in recent seasons; or
4. "Worst movie ever."
Take your pick. (Of course, if anybody can figure out a Beowulf cluster joke to shoehorn into the topic at hand, I'm willing to add a #5.)
Re:For this article, you have a choice in comments (Score:2)
"I cant' believe it, 3 replies and Fandango's already sold out."
How about that for #5?
Re:For this article, you have a choice in comments (Score:2)
6. Beowolf cluster of Frinkiac 7s
Re:For this article, you have a choice in comments (Score:2)
Re:For this article, you have a choice in comments (Score:5, Funny)
M@
I can't go... (Score:2, Funny)
This is all just a rip off of the smurfs (Score:2)
Oh the pain of Simpsons on Silver Screen. (Score:2)
My Eyes, the goggles do nothing!
Timothy whats a matta you! (Score:2)
Yeah. I hope they don't.
or better (Score:2)
Icon (Score:3, Interesting)
Could be done (Score:3, Interesting)
A good analogy would be Beavis and Butthead. Each epi-choad of B&B had around 5 minutes of action. The movie was apparently developed by stringing together nearly independent, slightly expanded, episodes with several 'glue' scenes that essential comprised the overall plot. It was amazingly effective.
The real trick will be... (Score:3, Interesting)
About the only things a movie format has to offer that can't be done in a TV show are (1) swearing, which really only means a half-dozen or so new words since the show really pushed the boundaries out in this area in the early 90's, (2) Nudity, which in cartoon form doesn't seem that popular outside of Japan, and (3) A longer format, which is dubious since they can always split an episode into two parts. None of this seems to really offer much in the way of new ground for them to cover.
Sooo... I think the best we can hope for is a long version of a TV series episode, maybe with a bit more time spent in the writing phase than your typical TV studio allows. But given the string of crappy movies that have been out in the last few years, I guess the whole thing isn't really all that bad. I'll see it - especially if there's a Futurama short at the beginning.
The Prayer (Score:4, Insightful)
Please not like Scooby-Doo.
Please not like Scooby-Doo.
Please not like Scooby-Doo.
This just in... (Score:4, Funny)
The Simpsons I - The Pickle Matrix
The Simpsons II - American Cheese (64 Slices Of...)
The Simpsons III - The Compuglobalhypermega-Net
Bhay-gn-flay-vn! Mm-hai... Now that was some clever vhyving!!
An obligatory Simpson quote... (Score:2, Funny)
a challange (Score:2)
Here are the TV-to-MOVIE examples that I can think of:
The Avengers
X-files
The Saint
Scooby-Doo
The Brady Bunch
Lost In Space (although I did like seeing Heather Graham in latex, it still sucked)
That doesn't give me much hope. I guess X-files wasn't horrible, but it wasn't better than a good episode, and it wasn't worth $7.
Wait, i got one, the first Wayne's World.
Re:a challange (Score:2)
These movies now and it 20 years (Score:2)
Re:These movies now and it 20 years (Score:2)
Re:Awsome (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Awsome (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Awsome (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Awsome (Score:5, Insightful)
I have watched the simpsons for years, how long have they been on exactly? I can remember seeing episodes even when I was a kid.
If you can't remember when The Simpsons started, then you still are a kid.
Cheers!
Re:Death Knell for the Simpsons? (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, no.. I'm thinking of 'Care Bears'. Oh, the humanity.
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[McP]KAAOS
Re:Death Knell for the Simpsons? (Score:2)
Re:Death Knell for the Simpsons? (Score:2)
Re:Death Knell for the Simpsons? (Score:2)
Now, saying that, I loved the movie right up until HotRod became Rodimus. He was such a sucky leader. I wanted Galvetron to kill him. Plus the toy wasn't near as cool as Optimus.
Yes, I liked the show, and yes I had the toys. I don't think the Simpsons will go in the tubes because of a movie in the same way that Transformers did- I mean, the 2 best characters died in the first 10 minutes or so. If Homer and Bart die in the first 10 minutes, who is gonna replace them? Maggie-mus and Apu-tron?
Simpsons, to me, appears to be getting old, until, that is, I watch an episode I haven't seen, like a new one, or one from seasons 2-6 (I watched the original skits on The Tracy Ulman Show, too). I think the best way to keep the movie true to form, is for a lot of interlinking skits to be tied together following a bigger plot line. This would keep it true to its current successful form.
my 2 cents is free....
Re:Troublesome... (Score:4, Informative)
2) There are around 22 episodes in a standard Simpsons season.
Re:Framerate (Score:4, Interesting)
She said "Daddy" once. But just one word doesn't count, I know. Even if Elizabeth Taylor said it.
...laura who feels The Simpsons are well past their Best Before date
Re:Framerate (Score:2, Informative)
Of course, there was the other episode where she could speak quite well once it was discovered she was an alien...
Re:Framerate (Score:2)
I forget, was it Kodos or Kang who was the father?
FOOLISH HUMANS! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Re:It can be done (Score:2)
Wait... you're talking about Frog Baseball, right? The second time I saw them in a theater, in that "Do America" thing, they weren't nearly as funny.
Re:with an all star cast (Score:2)
And a desperatly aging Leondardo DeCaprio with lots of makeup doing Millhouse
If lucy isn't availble for Lisa, somebody might call up that annoying pepsi girl.