Why did the golden age of the Simpsons end?
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Why did the golden age of the Simpsons end?
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#2There's a very interesting YouTube video that has a bit more of an explanation on why The Simpsons had a decline.
I liked how they analyze the show and IMO it does a great job explaining why lots of people loved the show up until season 9-10.
Personally I think I enjoyed up to season 12 or so, but definitely after 10 I noticed the shift in style/quality/whathaveyou.
Could never put it into words why it felt like that, until I watched this. [0]
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#3Because the viewers grew up. Saved you a click.
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#4How much of this is not attributable to quality but instead to streaming options?
I watched The Simpsons for most of my childhood, up until college when I was too busy working and studying--most of my TV time then went to Stargate SG-1 and other Sci-fi.
Futurama and Family Guy were in the mix as well up until that time. However, I HAVE still watched Futurama and Family Guy in adulthood, because they were available to stream online! If there are good Simpsons options to stream, without picking up another monthly charge, I'd probably still watch them.
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#5How much of this is not attributable to quality but instead to streaming options? I watched The Simpsons for most of my childhood, up until college when I was too busy working and studying--most of my TV time then went to Stargate SG-1 and other Sci-fi. Futurama and Family Guy were in the mix as well up until that time. However, I HAVE still watched Futurama and Family Guy in adulthood, because they were available to…
The average ratings are unlikely to be influenced given the high sample sizes for the ratings on IMDB. I don't really see how else you are connecting ratings to streaming options...
Re: Why did the golden age of the Simpsons end?
#6How much of this is not attributable to quality but instead to streaming options? I watched The Simpsons for most of my childhood, up until college when I was too busy working and studying--most of my TV time then went to Stargate SG-1 and other Sci-fi. Futurama and Family Guy were in the mix as well up until that time. However, I HAVE still watched Futurama and Family Guy in adulthood, because they were available to…
In some fairness, buying the DVDs used on eBay for the first 10 seasons isn't terribly expensive. I got some of them as cheap as four dollars. I spent a few afternoons ripping all of them and adding them to my streaming server.
I realize that most people don't have streaming servers, but I think most of the people here probably have something that can read off a flash drive?
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#7This reminds me of this video which attributes the decline of the Simpsons to the changes in writers and how the type of comedy itself changed.
I still catch episodes when possible, the old ones definitely have a different depth than the current ones.
The fall of the Simpsons: How it happened: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk
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#8Whenever we talk about Simpsons decline it always occurs to me that even in decline... the Simpsons is still pretty good.
Perhaps that says more about its high points than the "decline".
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#9Later episodes are rated lower, thus writers who mainly wrote later episodes have contributed to episodes with lower rating. This seems like circular reasoning, and doesn't say anything about an individual writers' contribution to the quality of the show.
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#10How much of this is not attributable to quality but instead to streaming options? I watched The Simpsons for most of my childhood, up until college when I was too busy working and studying--most of my TV time then went to Stargate SG-1 and other Sci-fi. Futurama and Family Guy were in the mix as well up until that time. However, I HAVE still watched Futurama and Family Guy in adulthood, because they were available to…
In some fairness, buying the DVDs used on eBay for the first 10 seasons isn't terribly expensive. I got some of them as cheap as four dollars. I spent a few afternoons ripping all of them and adding them to my streaming server. I realize that most people don't have streaming servers, but I think most of the people here probably have something that can read off a flash drive?
As crazy as this feels to say, ordering a dvd and figuring out a way to consume it in this day and age is a huge ask! I haven’t had a DVD player in my house for about 6 years now & no CD-ROM drive in my laptop.
And, again I can hardly believe I’m saying this, it would be such a hassle to physically insert the disk when I felt like watching!
It’s got to be on HBO/Netflix/Hulu/Amazon or available on demand from my tv provider or I won’t watch it outside of theaters. Convenience has bested my better judgement shrugging emoticon