In regards to Simpsons, I'd say that expecting that but not any other sign of passing time is a bit ridiculous. They're literally stuck in time. They do not age. Why expect anything else?
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Janis@feddit.de 10 months agonew season ep 1… did you watch it? i matt is stuck in the past. just like the simpsons it has lost touch on all levels.
in simpsons matt failed to adress changes like mobile phones , tablets or just the fact that he owns a house, two cars, two kids and has one job pays the bills. insane. matt felt that and tried make them use a cellphone once in a while but geez this feels outdated and so does futurama this year. not one of the jokes was pointing the viewer to anything new. south park has a hard time these days aswell but did not fail like futurama 2023.
solar opposites is nice I agree. Final Space was better. And again shit wins: lower decks.
pjhenry1216@kbin.social 10 months ago
tux@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I liked the new season so far. But like anything, searching for nostalgia is never going to work. It’ll never hit like it did when you were 20 years younger and watching the show for the first time
Janis@feddit.de 10 months ago
did you watch solar opposites or final space? it is the feeling. it can be done. but maybe not by matt anymore.
tux@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Absolutely watched both. Enjoyed both of them a lot. Wasn’t quite the same, still, great shows
Janis@feddit.de 10 months ago
lemmy know if you find shows of a similar magnitude…always interested.
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 10 months ago
matt felt that and tried make them use a cellphone once in a while but geez this feels outdated and so does futurama this year. not one of the jokes was pointing the viewer to anything new. south park has a hard time these days aswell but did not fail like futurama 2023.
I just washed episodes three and four (with the Bitcoin and being unable to watch a movie without using your phone jokes) and think I get what you mean now.
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 10 months ago
South park made a massive mistake moving to Paramount. The show is essentially dead now to me because it’s unavailable to stream in Canada unless you pirate it. They literally cut off their life long fans, so as far as I’m concerned south park is finished
Janis@feddit.de 10 months ago
dude if you stumble upon any good and worthy substitute for SP let me know.
badbrainstorm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m with you on all of that. Except for South Park. It doesn’t really fit the topic, and also, I am constantly shocked by how after all these years, it can still seem so relevant, and such quick turnaround time on mocking some large social issues that should be made fun of. To me it’s stayed more relevant that SNL. Sure it has times where it tries too hard, or gets formulaic
Janis@feddit.de 10 months ago
SP is still relevant but when this other co writer joined and the whole trump shit went down it kinda lost much of its appeal. i am not even sure if it is a regular show or not anymore…do they plan put out weekly episodes again some time soon?
greensage@lib.lgbt 10 months ago
Not really they just release specials every once in a while.
On August 5, 2021, Comedy Central announced that Parker and Stone signed a $900 million deal for extending the series to 30 seasons through 2027.[14] The deal also included a series of 14 films for Paramount+, which are released twice per year.[15] Parker and Stone later denied that the projects were films, and clarified that it was ViacomCBS (currently Paramount Global) which decided to advertise them as such.[16] Paramount+ advertises the projects as “exclusive events”, and they are generally accepted to be television specials.[17] - Wiki
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 10 months ago
South park lost it’s relevance when it moved to Paramount. By doing so it vanished from the mainstream. It’s not even available where I live so the only way for me to watch it is by pirating