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Simpsons Mock Apple
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You'd have to have a pretty twisted sense of humor to find most of this funny. It's not offensive, it's just... tame? I dunno. I feel the same way about the Simpsons as moststopped being really funny a while ago. I think the only part I really enjoyed was the 1984 reference and all of Steve Mobs' utterances of "insanely great."
Most of Futurama that I've seen has been far funnier than this clip... or most other clips of the Simpsons from the last few years.
Though that White Stripes appearance was pretty good.
Most of Futurama that I've seen has been far funnier than this clip... or most other clips of the Simpsons from the last few years.
Though that White Stripes appearance was pretty good.
That doesn't mean that they both need to be running, or that they're equally as good, Futurama is far better than The Simpsons, because The Simpsons has been around forever, they have exhausted every story line, and then some, they're doing what South Park did when they ran out of stories, get topical, take something that is in the public eye, and run with it, only downside is it ages really quickly, as can't really be rebroadcast in 2 years time, as it's no longer relevant.
The Simpsons are a parody......always have been, if someone cannot find humour in this....or somehow relate to this episode as a Mac user, they either lack a sense of humour or see this as a personal attack on Apple/themselves.
Actually, they are aimed at different viewers. The simpsons was always aimed at kids with adult humour. Futurama was aimed at IT/Geeks etc. I think that people who no longer find Simpsons funny have grown up, its been 20 years. As a kid what they think of the Simpsons.....not an adult.
Meh. Kinda funny, dragged on for a bit. Liked the 1984 reference.
I think they should end the Simpsons - it's really starting to slow in terms of ideas. I think They should make another series of Futurama though, i have really enjoyed the feature length episodes.
I think they should end the Simpsons - it's really starting to slow in terms of ideas. I think They should make another series of Futurama though, i have really enjoyed the feature length episodes.
Technically the feature length episodes are the new season - they're each being cut up into four parts which make up a 16 episode sixth season. Sucks that it couldn't actually be sixteen brand new episodes to complement the four 'films'.
Sorry, that was very off topic of me
What is funny is some who have responded to this thread got their feelings hurt. I guess it kind of hit home a little. It is just a stupid cartoon. I usually don't like the Simpson's, but this one was funny.
Still love the Simpsons !
Would love to see a parody of those lame Microsoft commercials now.
I bet everyone who works on the Simpsons uses a mac.
Would love to see a parody of those lame Microsoft commercials now.
I bet everyone who works on the Simpsons uses a mac.
Moderators, maybe we could merge with this thread that was going on during the episode? Just an idea.
Would love to see a parody of those lame Microsoft commercials now.
I bet everyone who works on the Simpsons uses a mac.
I would guess so, considering every computer I remember seeing on the show has application windows and a menu bar similar to older Mac OS's.
A little touch I really liked with this episode was in the completely unrelated plot with Homer, when he's snooping through the house and turns on the lady's computer and it made the Mac startup sound.
The episode caught me by surprise last night. Didn't know they were going to do an Apple theme. At first I figured it was a repeat because I thought they poked fun at Apple a few years ago, but half way through I realized it was a new one. Pretty funny overall.
Are you kidding? They get better with age.
But only one episode has made me laugh so hard i cried. That was New York City Vs. Homer Simpson.
Hmm. More "clever" than "funny". Too many uninteresting geek jokes, like they'd been saving them all up for the last 7 years - would have been better with more of Homer (being something of an "everyman") trying to deal with the technology, not understanding why things are the way they are. Bart being a brat and doing some kind of practical joke is passe and went on too long. Missed some opportunities with other characters. Unmemorable - won't go into the classic Simpsons playbook, by any stretch of the imagination.
Besides, Comic Book Guy is definitely either a PC or Linux user, so having him in a Mapple store didn't make much sense.
Not offended or upset by the Apple/Mac/iPod/etc digs. It's more like, okay, yeah, we know it's fashionable to take a shot at them - you don't really do the cutting-edge any more - you should have been doing this 18 months or more ago, and you're just following the pack now.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and resorting to a lame gay joke when there's so many other possibilities seems like a squandered opportunity. Or just running out of material. It's like they went "err... how do we segue to the actual storyline? I know, let's have Bart say something lame, have the characters treat it as offensive, then chase him". That shtick is old. I mean, they could have gone laugh-out-loud hilarious, or really-stick-the-boot-in give-Apple-a-real-serve topical, and I would have enjoyed both. But instead they got their jokes from the opening paragraph of most recent techie blog entries, and gave us neither.
Besides, Comic Book Guy is definitely either a PC or Linux user, so having him in a Mapple store didn't make much sense.
Not offended or upset by the Apple/Mac/iPod/etc digs. It's more like, okay, yeah, we know it's fashionable to take a shot at them - you don't really do the cutting-edge any more - you should have been doing this 18 months or more ago, and you're just following the pack now.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and resorting to a lame gay joke when there's so many other possibilities seems like a squandered opportunity. Or just running out of material. It's like they went "err... how do we segue to the actual storyline? I know, let's have Bart say something lame, have the characters treat it as offensive, then chase him". That shtick is old. I mean, they could have gone laugh-out-loud hilarious, or really-stick-the-boot-in give-Apple-a-real-serve topical, and I would have enjoyed both. But instead they got their jokes from the opening paragraph of most recent techie blog entries, and gave us neither.