Post # 10

Whcih was Better Simpsons or Futurama?




Hey well I want to see what every one things about this “Which was better the “Simpsons” or “Futurama”. I am sure Almost everyone has seen the “Simpsons” but not everyone might have seen “Futurama” as Fox in their infinte wisdom moved it to a different time spot every week and then showed reruns every 4 or fifth week. Now I know “Simpsons” season 5 and six are almost untouchable as that was really the pinnicale of the show . But “Futurama” was almost all good right from the get go as it came out in 2000 and ran right after the “Simpsons” some weeks. The “Simpsons” is down right awful now and is in need of a mercy killing, as much as I would hate to see it go off the air, for it to drag on like this is just sad. Reality check once you have to start putting a celebrity into every show just so people will tune in every week it might be time to call it quits. They keep saying “oh this will be the last year” well when is it? The show isn’t funny the jokes are so lame if there are any and it just feels crummy, except for the actually animation which has gotten much better over the years, if anyone recalls the first year of the “Simpsons” which is so bad it is almost un watchable. “Futurama” started off much better in both the animation department and the joke department. Although they are both animated show by Matt Groening they take very different approaches to animation. There seems to be a lot more creativity and daring in the “Futurama” episodes. I would argue that “Futurama” is a much smarted show than the “Simpsons”, not that the “Simpsons” are dumb, certainly not at the level of some family guy jokes, but that “Futurama” uses a lot of jokes that you might not get or sight gags(which is why I love watching them over and over again). “Simpsons” on the other hand doesn’t try to incorporate math jokes of which there are litteraly tons( I found this out after listening to the commentary , cause it all went over my head ) but is is timely in it’s comical gaufs at political and everyday life. It definitely paved the way for shows like “Family Guy” and “South Park”. I love the “Simpsons” and “Futurama” but I think if I had to pick one I would go with “Futurama” as it just keeps making me laugh. Well tell me what you think i would love to have some input!