"…which, if it’s anything like the first one, people will like more in hindsight after realizing how joyless other monster movies are." (clip of Aaron Taylor Johnson in Godzilla 2014)

Yeah, I suppose I was narrowing that down a bit too much. I agree, the older eps weren't better just because they often directly hooked into the source material. Good points you're making here (and reminding me of some classic eps I need to watch again).

Exactly, the older episodes had beautiful animation which had to be really worked at. I could sit down and watch any given THOH ep like the one you mentioned and it would still feel fresh. THOH or regular run, new eps with their overly clean cut and paste digital format coupled with the often poor writing make it feel…

Any given episode of Brooklyn 99 is much funnier and better written than the Simpsons. Even the last few seasons of the Office with Andy as manager were far more entertaining than the Simpsons currently. It's too bad NBC seems to be gravitating back towards laugh track and multi cam again, not saying those can't still…

Oh, I'm sorry, that really IS your opinion and personal summary of the overall quality of the show? OK. Like I said, just stating the obvious in that it sounds like a carbon copy for every excuse used on a million forums for any other entertainment property. But hey, if you really do think that "It's good enough for…

No, we have not "all become Comic Book Guy." Whether it's the Simpsons or any other show or movie, discussion of the quality does not = "You're just a nerd in a basement" which is a tired strawman used by the staff of this show or people like Damon Lindelof (I absolutely loved it when George R.R. Martin dumped all…

"The Simpsons are still better than 90 percent of the crap on TV."
But people got spoiled by its genius in the early days and now think its the "in" thing to bash the Simpsons."

I think my thoughts on last night's THOH and the show in general the past 15-16 years can be summed up by paraphrasing the last tone deaf and condescending title card line from Homerzilla: