From: psukeoekusp@outlook.com   
      
   hello. i go by big lumby on the internet. i am a junior in high school,   
   currently entering my 2nd semester. i am also an amateur pixel artist   
   and chiptune musician, with 1 e.p to my name and a second one to be   
   released this spring. i am not a wealthy person, only earning change on   
   the off change i get it, as well as doing jobs for my local community   
   such as shoveling snow for the neighborhood. i don't own the newest   
   consoles on the market, nor do i own the best computer money can buy. i   
   don't do much either, save for the schoolwork that i am obligated to do   
   or the chiptunes i dabble with. however, there is one thing that you   
   must know for this article of sorts; i am a huge fan of more adult   
   animation; specifically, stuff like family guy, futurama, and the simpsons.   
      
   from the money i've scraped together and the old possessions i've traded   
   in, i've amassed a sizable amount of dvds, including a season 3 box set   
   of the simpsons. that is the extent of my exposure on full episodes of   
   the simpsons, excluding the excruciatingly long run it has had on fox,   
   fxx's annual 12-day long simpson marathons, and syndicated reruns of the   
   show via my24. none of the people i live (that being my mom, my dad, and   
   my brother) would ever buy anything simpsons related, due to them not   
   being interested in them. i wouldn't blame them, considering the duds   
   the simpsons have had over the years, but, i digress.   
      
   from these episodes, i've caught a glimpse of the extravagant and   
   astounding humor of the simpsons in it's prime. i will admit, a few of   
   the episodes i don't care much for (mainly 'when flanders failed' for   
   it's a-plot), but most of them i've thoroughly enjoyed ('homer at the   
   bat', 'lisa the greek', 'treehouse of horror ii', 'flaming moe's',   
   etc.). i can definitely see why people hold the golden age in such high   
   regard; the writing is, as legs would put it in my favorite episode of   
   season 3, superb.   
      
   likewise, i can see why people have a distaste for seasons 13 and   
   beyond; those are the episodes my24 has been airing since its later days   
   as a upn affiliate, and the one's i've seen most often. the simpsons   
   have, in my opinion, become a decomposing corpse that barely qualifies   
   as a zombie, if it does at all. the writing doesn't resemble the cynical   
   humor of groening and the heart of simon that was fused so long ago.   
   now, it feels like i'm watching animated fuller house, a feeling akin to   
   torture by the iron maiden.   
      
   personally, i can't help but feel as if it severely needs to be canceled   
   after a painful 30 seasons on the air, yet fox just won't because it's   
   the cornerstone one of the three things it's known for. i don't feel   
   like they owe me something for these near un-watchable episode. i feel   
   like they need to put ol' yeller down, for all of our sakes. sure, there   
   have been gems from the later seasons, but, in terms of good episodes in   
   a season, something like season three can effortlessly beat out multiple   
   seasons from the post-season 12 era.   
      
   i plan on talking here more often, but i thought i'd introduce myself to   
   the community. i'm planning on reviewing the new simpsons episodes once   
   they air, as well as reviewing the older ones from the dvd sets i have.   
   i'm glad this board is still alive and kicking; despite all of the new   
   technology around me, i like to take solace in the more ancient aspects   
   of tech.   
      
   thank you for reading   
   lumby   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)