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finbar
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:26
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Originally posted by DrSpike
Glad you like the Simpsons.  |
It's an extraordinary piece of writing. I keep meaning to tape an episode and extract - on paper - a scene breakdown from it to examine their storytelling methods. A recent ep started with Homer and Bart using fire crackers to solve problems around the home - extracting a video jammed in the VCR, etc - and, within 30 seconds, the entire family was at a literary convention, and within another 30 seconds, the ep was about Krusty's love child. Usually the story shifts are seamless. On the odd occasion they're not, the ep just feels fragmented.
Beyond the storytelling, though, it's the density of the writing that lifts the show above most - if not all - others. You couldn't count the layers they manage to weave into their dialogue.
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Have you watched Family Guy? This is my favourite funny cartoon, though Futurama also has its moments. |
I haven't seen Family Guy, and Futurama just doesn't cut it for me. The characters are uninspired, the situations uninspiring, and it's always trying too hard. It labours trying to achieve what the Simpsons achieves on its ear. Which isn't to say what they do with the Simpsons is easy - it's not, it's incredibly difficult, but that they make it look easy is the indicator of their great skill.
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deity
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Parrot Towers, Killcare Heights, NSW, Australia
May 1999
time: 14:26
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quote:
Originally posted by finbar
It's an extraordinary piece of writing. I keep meaning to tape an episode and extract - on paper - a scene breakdown from it to examine their storytelling methods. A recent ep started with Homer and Bart using fire crackers to solve problems around the home - extracting a video jammed in the VCR, etc - and, within 30 seconds, the entire family was at a literary convention, and within another 30 seconds, the ep was about Krusty's love child. Usually the story shifts are seamless. On the odd occasion they're not, the ep just feels fragmented.
Beyond the storytelling, though, it's the density of the writing that lifts the show above most - if not all - others. You couldn't count the layers they manage to weave into their dialogue.
I haven't seen Family Guy, and Futurama just doesn't cut it for me. The characters are uninspired, the situations uninspiring, and it's always trying too hard. It labours trying to achieve what the Simpsons achieves on its ear. Which isn't to say what they do with the Simpsons is easy - it's not, it's incredibly difficult, but that they make it look easy is the indicator of their great skill. |
never takes my advice...
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trev
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Adelaide, Australia
Feb 2003
time: 14:56
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I will be on probably from now to about midnight ( no later as I have a lecture to attend at 8am) so come online and restart a game asap
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trev
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Adelaide, Australia
Feb 2003
time: 14:56
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Hydey calls the game off for the night and I was on the verge of a city capture too, I suppose Hydey hopes I will forget the game status before it's resumption but I have frozen it into my memory, so he is not in luck
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