hentaimaster said: when 2 stupid things collied =_=
How dare you call the Simpsons stupid! >:(! If anything is stupid it's Family Guy with all it's "humor" coming from crass jokes and cutscenes with pop culture references. No skillfully written comedy there.
You forgot: While The Simpsons' animation varies from crazy (early days) to lazy (latter days), Family Guy's animation has been atrocious throughout its entire run.
evazion said: What? That's standard operating procedure for the majority of TV comedies, including Family Guy and the Simpsons.
Uh, no. First of all, there's multiple different formats for TV series, even sitcoms. A series such as The Jeffersons didn't follow the same formula as Sanford and Son. Nor did Frasier follow the same formula as Friends. And notice how my examples are a good parallel to how the Simpsons compare to Family Guy.
And the Simpsons most often followed one of three general formulas. But the one they most often followed was the simple three stage episodic plot which started off with some comedic side story that led into the main story and then ended with a 'third act' which had a moral or connection to the second act.
The majority of Family Guy episodes flow from scene to scene with no real flow, breaking into multiple random side plots, parodies or 'flashbacks' that have no connection to the main plot. This leads to the majority of the episodes having to end with a cop-out ending or a random fight scene.
Remember former President George Bush (the Senior) saying how america's families should be more like the Waltons than the Simpsons?
Well, I had hoped that in either the Family Guy or The Simpsons somebody did a parody of (now former) President George W. Bush making a speech of how america's families should be like more like the Simpson's than the Griffin's. Too bad it never happened.
Observing said: Remember former President George Bush (the Senior) saying how america's families should be more like the Waltons than the Simpsons?
Well, I had hoped that in either the Family Guy or The Simpsons somebody did a parody of (now former) President George W. Bush making a speech of how america's families should be like more like the Simpson's than the Griffin's. Too bad it never happened.
I love parodies.
The problem with President Bush's Comments was he didn't realize The Simpsons was a Sitcom that parodied other sitcom and all the characters basically did all the things you normally SHOULDN'T do in real life. Whereas most episodes ended with a moral or realistic plot point that tied the overly crazy and UNrealistic characters back to the real world and gave you a emotional attachment.
In other words, all he was seeing was a crazy dysfunctional family seemingly put there for the sake of comedy, but not looking at the end result.
In contrast, a lot of shows that came out following the Simpsons, such as South Park or even Family Guy, very rarely have that real world connection. And have absolutely no moral ties or sense of trying to connect to the viewer and WERE just shows trying to mostly be as abstract and random as possible to instill a laugh out of their audience. If President Bush was making his comment about shows like this (or even Married with Children or Sienfield or any shows around in his day), then it would have been more accurate.
Dunno why the whole "Simpsons Vs. Family Guy" thing has come up in this thread, but let me add my two cents: the worst episode of The Simpsons (and the last couple seasons have been pretty bad) is still far better than the best episode of Family Guy.