Standing tall, on the wings of my dream
Nov. 8th, 2004 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatWell, I watched the Simpsons Halloween special last night. I'm not sure it's actually reasonable to call it a Halloween special, since it aired an entire week after Halloween, but, to be fair, I'm not sure they actually DID use the word "Halloween" anywhere in it. They just called it "Treehouse of Horror XV." "Treehouse of Horror" was actually the official title all along, but they didn't start putting it in the actual episodes until a few years ago. For what it's worth, I think only the first one had an actual treehouse in it.
Anyway, I didn't much care for the episode. It was probably the worst one since the Homer trying to get into Heaven/fairy tale/dolphin one, which might have been the worst Simspons Halloween special ever (although, to be fair, I only saw that one once, and I'm not in the mood of running over all the others to make sure none of them were worse). The Kang and Kodos sitcom SHOULD have been funny, but I really didn't laugh much. Probably the funniest part was that they played the theme from Perfect Strangers, but even then there was no real joke. It was just funny because, well, it was the Perfect Strangers theme. The first two segments had some amusing moments, like the running gag with Homer's frisbee and the Victorian Comic Book Guy, but they weren't anything spectacular. The third story was the worst, taking a premise that had been done in a million cartoons, and not doing much new with it. While I'm sure everyone is annoyed by comparisons and contrasts of the two animated shows that Matt Groening created, I have to say that Futurama got a LOT more comic mileage out of the concept. The ending was essentially a combination of two earlier Treehouse of Horror endings: Burns's head on Homer's body from the second one, and the inside-out chorus line from the fifth. So, yeah, not a very good episode. I'm hoping the rest of the season will be better.
Anyway, I didn't much care for the episode. It was probably the worst one since the Homer trying to get into Heaven/fairy tale/dolphin one, which might have been the worst Simspons Halloween special ever (although, to be fair, I only saw that one once, and I'm not in the mood of running over all the others to make sure none of them were worse). The Kang and Kodos sitcom SHOULD have been funny, but I really didn't laugh much. Probably the funniest part was that they played the theme from Perfect Strangers, but even then there was no real joke. It was just funny because, well, it was the Perfect Strangers theme. The first two segments had some amusing moments, like the running gag with Homer's frisbee and the Victorian Comic Book Guy, but they weren't anything spectacular. The third story was the worst, taking a premise that had been done in a million cartoons, and not doing much new with it. While I'm sure everyone is annoyed by comparisons and contrasts of the two animated shows that Matt Groening created, I have to say that Futurama got a LOT more comic mileage out of the concept. The ending was essentially a combination of two earlier Treehouse of Horror endings: Burns's head on Homer's body from the second one, and the inside-out chorus line from the fifth. So, yeah, not a very good episode. I'm hoping the rest of the season will be better.
