“Listen to your mother kids, aim low; aim so low no one will even care if you succeed.” – Marge Simpson If there is such a writing style as “corporate fanboy”, IGN has perfected it in their Zombie Simpsons “reviews”. Even by the pitifully low standards of Zombie Simpsons “Bart Gets a Z” is an undeniable mess comprised of unfinished ideas, jokeless dialogue, and random outbursts. I mentioned this briefly in the Crazy Noises conversation, but even individual scenes are so ill defined that it was actually a surprise when they cut to commercial. It was self evidently terrible enough…
Day: October 7, 2009
Spurlock Non-Update: No Sequel
Yesterday, at the Mipcom thing we mentioned a little while back, Groening himself said that there would be no sequel to the movie so long as the show was on the air. AceShowbiz: There won’t be a sequel to "The Simpsons Movie" until the TV series finally wraps. In an interview at the Mipcom sales mart for a creative keynote event, creator Matt Groening told director Morgan Spurlock that the second movie is far from happening because making the series and producing the movie was so exhausting. That’s followed up by yet another ‘I dunno’ from Al Jean on the…
Quote of the Day
“Well, I need something for my son’s birthday.” – Homer Simpson “Ah, perhaps this will please the gentleman. Take this object, but beware: it carries a terrible curse.” – House of Evil Owner “Ohh, that’s bad.” – Homer Simpson “But it comes with a free frogurt.” – House of Evil Owner “That’s good.” – Homer Simpson “The frogurt is also cursed.” – House of Evil Owner “That’s bad.” – Homer Simpson “But you get your choice of topping.” – House of Evil Owner “That’s good.” – Homer Simpson “The toppings contains potassium benzoate.” – House of Evil Owner “…” –…