The characters are simply not themselves anymore, their attitudes and personality's are completely different from the 90's. My main gripe is with Homer and Bart, because I think they made the show funny in the first place.
Homer has always been known for being stupid and unintelligent. But now, the way they try and get laughs are him not acting in a silly manner, but doing silly, over-the-top things and over-reacting in stupid ways, about everything. Not the subtle stupidity that I perceived earlier in the series. One particular instance that comes to mind is from the previous show I just saw. When Marge kicked Homer out, he took a suitcase and filled it with food and walked out. WTF, thats stupid, and its not funny. I think it would have been a bit more funny if Homer simply took only the beer out of the fridge, not the everything in the fridge. I liked it better when the story revolved Homer getting into a jam, or discovering something completely strange and thinking it is awesome.
Bart simply is not the same either. He was once all about being a rebel, he pretty much did what he wanted. He used to be a typical rebellious kid, who did things kids would do. Kids could relate very easily to him, hassle the babysitter, stealing, love comic books, read "PlayDude." Now they put him in positions and situations that he would never be put in back in the day. They make him get into trouble on purpose, just to make him seem like a rebel. The stories that involve him just aren't good anymore.
I haven't seen very many episodes of recent Simpsons, now I remember why.
I also think the animation sucks, I hate that it is all done on computer now. The hand drawn gave it a really warm feel that was easy to watch. Now everything is just simply to fluid and I HATE how the but slight shadows on the character edges.
Me ranting after being let down by one of the best shows ever. IMO Why oh why did they have to keep show going and ruin its reputation. At least those of us who were around for the good seasons can reminisce, I pity the generation of kids now
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