And on a sidenote is it a good thing Disney just buying up everything? In a few decades when Disney owns pretty much most things media related.
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It's a very fucking bad thing.
But it's hard to get people to care about anti-trust matters today. They're way more interested in x-men being in the marvel movies or whatever, so its a perspective has been dangerously absent. And of course the six mega conglomerates that own the media sure aren't going to let anyone start rocking the boat about monopolies here.
In America we've been gradually turning back the clock to the year 1900 in public policy since like the 1980s; and the current state of affairs with monopolies and corporate influence on politics directly stems from repealing all the legislation specifically built to protect against that sort of stuff in the first place.
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Any corporate grouping is pretty bad for creation and competition. Disney's waves of acquisition has already killed Star Wars, made Pixar movies into toy commercials and pretty much neutered Marvel so I don't expect anything good coming out of it.
They only bought FOX to get the rest of the Marvel verse from their greedy grip though so maybe they'll stop there.
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IMHO, Simpsons are not what they used to be for soooooooo long that they stopped being a hero and grew into a very boring villain most people wouldn't mind stepped off the stage and retired.
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Yet, the viewer rating, although in decline, is still at a healthy level (last season was at 4.1m viewers) for a series that's almost 30 years old.
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I kinda hope they retire the simpsons but give money to MG to create someting new. (Though disenchanment was kind of dissapointing too)
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30 is a nice even number to end on anyway. I love the show but it really is time to put it to rest.
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+1
I feel exactly the same, but it's often difficult to end something which is still successfull (just like with gambling).
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I'll just leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXBJIZ1NXFU
(Watch for the special guest at 2:13).
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Just end with this torture and bring back Futurama.
Though im sure, much like Fox, disney would rather mak money from merch. They also very clearly pay for good reviews, so i wouldnt be surprised if the indb score went up for the simpsons
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Just end with this torture and bring back Futurama.
But they already did. If I remember correctly there have been 2 new seasons and 4 movies (due to good DVD sales) after the show was originally cancelled after 4 seasons.
(I might be wrong and there was only 1 extra Season since for some weird reason the german seasons are split differently than the originals.)
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I think 7 seasons, but For fans any new season of simpsons could have been a new season of Futurama instead :P
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So could Disenchantment and not a single tear would be shed.
I mean I get that Matt Groening wants to try something new but this is just embarrassing.
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I'm not worried about The Simpsons as it's been almost a satire of what the show used to be, for the past 15 years at least so I don't think Disney can make it worse. If they cancel it, it'll be a mercy killing.
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Isn't this what most of the Internet already believes?
It's like saying "I don't like The Big Bang Theory". :D
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In certain corners of the internet, sure. But, that isn’t indicative of the world at large. The Big Bang Theory is utterly terrible, but it’s a more popular show than Futurama. The numbers don’t lie.
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Well... basically all Chuck Lorre shows come down to what in math is refered to as lowest common denominator.
That's not saying they're not occasionally funny.
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Well, our part. The more active part. We're not really the surface level "Facebook and Instagram" type of users, are we?
Not to mention, not everyone is on the Internet like that.
That's my entire point. We're the minority, but we're also the majority in these circles. It's like going to a gun show and saying "I like guns! There, I said it!".
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Isn't this what most of the Internet already believes?
lol okay man, nice backpedal. 🙄
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lol okay man, nice backpedal. 🙄
Haha, what is this? :D
Yeah, no shit I didn't count people who only use Facebook and Instagram mainly through their phones as core internet users. And especially not as people who we have here. Or are they also the nerdy types that discuss cartoons over Internet forums now?
My point stands. Just because I can run and sometimes jog over the road when jaywalking, doesn't mean I'm a runner.
EDIT: Even then, "most". Not all. "Most". "Most" has a definition.
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Now taking bets. Which country will Disney acquire first?
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Probably a small island nation, preferably a tourism oriented one. Or they could try their luck at declaring Disneyland a sovereign state, they might actually be able to pull it off.
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Why so small, they probably aim for the Moon or Mars, or hey hey....Pluto!
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Costa Rica, will be the new Costa Disney's Resorts
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The Simpsons should have been retired like 20 years ago.
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The internet's filled with people who don't like The Simpsons. They're also not the actual target audience because we're not a lucrative market. We bitch, moan and complain so much. We're really flaky, we don't support their platform and we're way stingier than other demographics.
Mind you, that's me as well.
If The Simpsons turns a profit, the showrunners are happy with it and everyone involved is satisfied, then who am I to say that they should cancel? People say they want more Matt Groening stuff, but they seem to not realize that they've aged now. They and Groening both. They've aged and they've matured. Groening's evolved his style as well. That hypothetical show is a white whale. People will obsess over it endlessly. They hype themselves up to no end. This will be amazing. Disenchantment was just a random mishap. The next one will be perfect. It'll be awesome! It'll be the 90s again and all the jokes will be really topical and I'll feel like a kid again and everything will be just like it was.... but it won't. The Simpsons wasn't so amazing because it was an amazing show. It was amazing because it was enhanced by everything around it. Childhood, growing up with them, the current world around it, the lack of an endless source of entertainment.
There's a reason why people who get into The Simpsons now aren't very impressed.
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The Simpsons is currently amidst its 30th season. By its end, Matt Groening’s long-running series will have 663 original episodes to its name, which is not just an impressive feat, but a lucrative one. That’s good. The problem is that those dollar signs will soon be reflecting in the eyes of Disney, who will eventually acquire America’s animated family. That’s bad.
Well, at least for those who love the new episodes.
Here’s why: According to Variety, The Simpsons has been a loss for the Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC), and that loss has only increased over the years, but the network has always recouped the costs through licensing deals and merchandising opportunities. One example is its landmark 2013 deal with FXX, which was valued at roughly $750 million and expires in 2023.
That all changes, however, with the impending Disney takeover, which will alter how those licensing deals are orchestrated. What’s more, FBC and 20th Century Fox will no longer share a balance sheet, which means the cost per episode will go solely to FBC. In other words, FBC will be footing the bill for new episodes with no guarantee on recouping those expenses.
To make matters more complicated, the show is also entangled in a web of archaic syndication deals, which has limited the ways in which Fox has been able to fully exploit the series. In fact, when Fox reached the aforementioned deal with FXX, it had to secure permission from all the TV stations where the initial licensing deals were set up.
Most of those initial deals were exclusive and contingent on the premise that Fox would continue airing new and original episodes, which puts Fox in a catch-22 and Disney at an opportune position. Because if Fox can’t recoup the money, they can’t make the episodes, and if they can’t make the episodes, then the door is open for Disney to rework all that old paperwork.
As Variety points out, Disney has “a multitude of options.” One source tells them that Fox has considered breaking down the episodes into multiple batches for multiple licenses, though Disney could also opt out of any third-party and keep Springfield within Disneyland — or, more specifically, its forthcoming Disney+ streaming platform.
Still, there’s no reason to run out in the town square and scream, “Won’t somebody please think about the children!” At least not yet. The series is currently in negotiations with 20th Century Fox Television and FBC for two more seasons, so fans will have plenty of time to share fresh donuts with Homer and go skating around Evergreen Terrace with Bart.
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/01/the-simpsons-disney-fox-ending/
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