“Oh come on Edna! We both know these children have no future!!” – Seymour Skinner In the second part of my two part series chronicling my hatred of Zombie Simpsons episodes involving time shifts, I will address the failures of episodes with a flashforward premise. As I warned in the end of part one, there will be some similarities in this post. If you think I am just being lazy (which I do not deny), try this exercise: Make a list of reasons you think the shit your dog took this morning was gross, then make a list of reasons…
Day: February 12, 2009
Simpsons vs. Zombie Simpsons
The above is a perfect example of the difference between Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons. That is a screen grab from Season 7’s “Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming”. Bart and Lisa are in the airbase and the gate is closed; Homer and Marge are trying to get inside. The shot pans down from the top of a razor wire fence and all we see is Marge bandaging Homer’s hands while he says, “Okay, so we can’t go over the fence.” That’s it. The whole thing takes four seconds, we know exactly what Homer did, and all we need to see is the…
Quote of the Day
“Oh, hello Charles. Be a good fellow and tell our viewers about your Theory of Natural Selection.” – C.M. Burns “Glad to, Mr. Burns. You see, every so often Mother Nature changes her animals giving them bigger teeth, sharper claws, longer legs, or, in this case, a third eye.” – An Actor Portraying Charles Darwin