Two episodes of The Simpsons were relesed this week to celebrate it's 400th episode. The first one was a "24" spoof that was somewhat amusing just because they actually had Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, together with all the "24" montage and stuff. However, it wasn't a really funny episode. I nearly stopped watching it because the main attraction of The Simpons its "plotless" nature. You can start with one story, but end with a whole different one that's barely related to the one before. The "24" spoof made it predictable, you know what's coming next. They are banking on the parody stuff to make it entertaining, but it didn't actually hit the mark.
The second one was really funny. It's about the Fox network's conspiracy/hypocrisy thing. And the fact that Fox is actually airing this episode makes it even funnier. I never archive The Simpsons episodes I download, but considering these two episodes are somewhat different from the normal ones, I'll just burn 'em to CD just the sake of it. I'll probably never watch it again, but one thing about The Simpsons is that it has a very high "rewatchability" value. Star World show reruns of The Simpsons every weekday at 6, and I'll watch it and still be entertained. However, the old episodes where the animations were still "raw" aren't as enjoyable.
You can see how the characters have evolved over the years not only in animation, but also their behavior. Even the nature of the jokes have changed over time. In the old show, everybody was more aggressive. If Lisa were to behave now like she did in the early days of the show, it would be really obvious how out of character she is. I think these 2 episodes were the season ender too, so it'll be a while before I can get my Simpsons fix again. Looking forward to the movie.
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