There is really something to be said how the only 'relevance' these NuSimpsons episodes get is when they do these 'meta' episodes, which are just wallowing in it's own nostalgia, pining for the days they were actually relevant, and they just keep making these gimmicky episodes
fuck you OP stop making gimmicky threads STILL bitching about how the simpsons isn't relevant. "oh come all ye faithful" was a good christmas special and most the episodes are good fun. Anyone who hates the newest seasons isn't worth listening to and are just wallowing in their own nostalgia
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>>155229990I really like this design for older homer. Looks nice.
>>155229990Remember, with the Simpsons floating timeline Homer will be a zoomer in a couple years.
>>155230056It's just Groening
>>155229990Look man they're literally not allowed to end it. They have to keep going forever and ever because there's too much money involved. If a writer admits they can't come up with a truly witty script that holds up to the classic episodes and quits, guess what, they're just gonna get replaced with another writer who'll do it.
>>155230091the show hasn't made a profit in decades
>>155230135If that was true they'd cancel it
>>155230056>>155230081Yeah, the whole point there is that he's meant to look like a Groening version of Homer, since he created his own version of the Simpsons too.
>>155230091I just wish they'd do SOMETHING to justify its own existence, change up the show a bit.I feel like they don't even properly milk it, where are the new Simpsons games?>>155230135>>155230180The show itself doesn't make profit, it's all about the merch and ancillary products.
>>155230070>2035>in a couple years
>>155230215>The show itself doesn't make profit, it's all about the merch and ancillary products.so it does make a profit.
>>155230215>The show itself doesn't make profit, it's all about the merch and ancillary productsNo. It's because if they ended it all of the show's staff would be out of a job. It's kept running as a favor to everyone and to keep them employed.
>>155230070It’s funny because the Simpsons writers these days can barely relate to millennial experiences, according to IMDB this episode in question was written by one 1962-born nepo hire, another nepo hire, and one millennial, even the artists are out of touch. Also according to IMDb one of the character designers for the episode has worked on the show since 1990, another since 1992, another since 1991, etc. etc.I assumed as such because just look at this fucking Comic Con in the episode, it’s 2026 and there are people fucking cosplaying as characters from Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Doctor Who (of fucking course it’s mostly Disney-owned properties), nowadays you’d see more anime cosplayers at conventions.
>>155231145did you know that when they had Steve Allen on Round Springfield, Groening, Brooks, and Shearer were like "Omigod omigod omigod!" and totally in awe of him while the younger writers like Bill Oakley were like "tf is this geezer?"
i'm only saying modern cosplayers don't dress like Star Trek or Dr. Who characters anymore, this isn't the 80s
>>155231443Did you forget the Doctor Who cosplaying in the 2010s? They were probably drawing from that plus how Disney briefly had the rights to air Who on Disney+ in recent years
>>155229990Sugar
>>155231034no lol this is a Disney product we're talking about, they're not in the business of keeping people employed for no reasonthey're making a lot of money from merchandisesame with Star Wars, and Disney in generalDisney's biggest money makers are the parks and merchandise
>>155231552>Disney's biggest money makers are the parks and merchandiseWeird how they neglected the parks for so long. They are finally doing some major overhauls and I think they are opening a new gate.
>>155231145This out of touch idea of geek culture reeks of buzzfeed and funko popsLike who the fuck cosplays as an alien from Avatar? Especially in 2026, that film is infamous for having zero cultural impact.
>>155231659There is an Avatar area at Disneyworld
>>155231659I kinda would, I like Avatar. But a human cosplay would be easier.
>>155231145I saw a guardians cosplayer this yearDo YOU go to cons?Gotg is still known for rivalsWere you at amimenyc?
>>155231659People still cosplay avatar Go to more cons and touch grass lol, normies do whatever pleases them
>>155231659>zero cultural impact.yeah, THAT'S why it has two out of three of the top movie grosses of all time, three of the top 20, a Disney park zone and two more movies still to come, because NOBODY CARESthe furries own your sad ass, zoomie>>155231145but anime is pedoshit, why would they put that in their show>nepo hirewhat is it you think that meansdo you think if someone's dad is a plumber and they train as a plumber they're a nepo hire? do you have any idea how many people you've heard of? like if there's 10000 kids going through LA highschools just because their parents work in the city, do you not imagine that a lot of them are going to end up trying the family business just because they have the contacts? yeah i get it you fell off the bus and before you made it out on to North Alameda you'd sucked a few dicks to make rent, it's an expensive city, you were a fool to come with so little preparation and so much expectation, but is it really the fault of those kids that their parents had real jobs? do you honestly think these kids are getting jobs solely because somebody heard of their parents when literally everybody else applying for those jobs is in the same position just because it's a small town with very few actual jobs going? or do you think maybe, your writing is crap and derivative, theirs isn't, and the problem is you can't admit your plan of sucking dick at the bus station within five minutes of arriving wasn't a good one?
>>155231990Just the most normie shill opinions ever condensed to one comment
>>155231552except nobody has bought Simpsons merch in years
>>155232124Leave your basement once in a while
>>155232124as he said they just use the show as gratis employment for old has-been writers and animators from 30 years ago because they would be out of a job otherwise with newer shows that have Millenial production teams.
>>155231145>>155231443I don't think you've been to any of the major cons lately
>>155231145Looks like Harry Potter in the middle and Batman in the background, which are not Disney IPs
>>155231145Cons aren't just people dressing in latest fad. I've gone as the shadow this year and that is hardly on the normie mind Plenty of other characters and IPs people do or original ideas.
>>155231145>1962-born nepo hireBoomers won't let goThey'll die and they'll still control it allAt best Gen X will have a deathgrip too
>>155230135It still gets milions of views, moreso than SpongeBob which sits under 30k
Al Jean sucks dick, we know.
>>155231145>cartoon con>every cosplayer is based on properties with mostly live action adaptationscouldn't even be assed to draw one person cosplaying as famous and iconic cartoon character miss geraldine grundy
>>155230081Homer groening
>>155234093To play Devil's Advocate- that in itself could be seen as a meta gag about how 90% of people that goes to Comic-Con has never read a comic book in their life.
>>155231145I like how the family is portrayed in this couch gag. Then there's this ToH segment that just seemed to base most of them off a single sitting of Toonami
>>155236896Who's Marge supposed to be in both images? Everyone else I get, but not Marge.
>>155237667On the one on the left she's Jun from Gatchaman (in the US she's named Princess and the show was called Battle of the Planets)
>>155237667Rangiku from Bleach
>>155236896The couch gag is basically mix of the ones Boomers/Gen X (which was the age range of the writers on Simpsons at the time IIRC) would've grown up with (Ultraman, Astro Boy, Battle of the Planets) plus two that the writers would've been aware of during the 90s (Sailor Moon, Pokemon)
>>155236896Wasn’t that ToH scene released in like 2013? Pikachu being included with then supposedly relevant anime characters is a perfect sign that an out of touch boomer wrote it, he’s literally the first thing that comes to mind when a non-weeb thinks of anime.
>>155229990The second segment of that episode is about Maggie being an ipad baby and Elsagate
>>155233874Why was that guy in charge of the show for 22 seasons?
>>155239660What happened to elsagate babies?They bitch about miles morales?
>>155232124I saw a lot of Mexicans wearing Bart and Homer shirts when I went to Florida.
>>155231145I instead think it's more like the artists would prefer for the comic con to be more about comics instead of anime. More out of pedantery rather than any hate or disdain at the competition, I think the same when I see Western characters at an anime convention.
>>155240555they're italian brainrot kids now
>>155235886Marvel/DC Comics are expensive ($15 USD). I laugh when The simpson or other cartoons showcase comics with a pricetag of "10 cents"
