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Offline Kimahri
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« on: August 06, 2001, 09:38:52 AM »
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/301984p1.html

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Ever since the FOX network premiered The Simpsons back in December of 1989, rumors about a theatrical film have circulated in fan circles and the press. Unfortunately, they have usually proved to be little more than just that – rumors. Creator Matt Groening has said on a number of occasions that a Simpsons would happen at some point but probably not until the series finally ended its run on the network.
Entering its 13th season (with no signs of stopping), FOX may be re-thinking the "wait for it to end its network run" strategy. With the success of the South Park film (produced while that series was at the height of its popularity) and the Simpsons franchise rising again in popularity, FOX (never one to let a good franchise quietly slip away) is once again looking at the denizens of Springfield and asking if a move into the movie houses is possible.

"Our biggest problem is what do to in a film that couldn\'t be or hasn\'t been done on the series," an anonymous source at FOX told IGN FilmForce recently. "A number of ideas are being floated around, some interesting and some downright awful. The most interesting idea to me is one that would make The Simpsons the core of an animation revival at FOX."

An animation revival at FOX? The last time we heard that kind of statement was right before Titan A.E. was released. Its box office (or lack thereof) nearly destroyed FOX\'s animation department. Their next big project is 2002\'s Ice Age so just where would The Simpsons fit in? Our source elaborates:
"The major concern is that a Simpsons story wouldn\'t be able to sustain an 80 to 90 minute film. Bart and Homer are definitely funnier in small doses which brought some of us to the idea of doing Simpsons short films. The Simpsons have developed such a rich universe that you could easily do a series of shorts that would run with FOX films in release. The beauty of The Simpsons is that you can write funny 3 1/2 minute bits that would run before G & PG films while you could have others that would be tailored for PG-13 and R.

"It\'s also very attractive to advertisers as we\'ve seen with the Butterfinger [ad] campaign. So the studio makes its money not from ticket sales but from advertising & product placement. One of the ideas kicked around even had a whole bit talking about the upcoming FOX releases. Under this plan, the studio would release a DVD of the collected shorts once a year or so, which would make them even more money."

Hmmm.... the revival of the short feature before the films? In a lot of theaters, we\'re getting video projected commercials so why not? I\'d rather be entertained by Bart and the gang while trying to sell me a Butterfinger or some other item than another one of those commercials begging me to join the Marines. Hey, maybe they could have an ad with McBain trying to get us to join the Marines...
It should be noted that this is by far not a done deal. A number of ideas are being considered, according to our source, but this one just seemed so interesting, our source thought they just had to share it. Myself, I\'m certainly intrigued.
 


I would enjoy having a Movie based on the simpsons but i dont know how they would pull it off well.  I agree with the article that simpsons is best viewed as a 30-min television show, and i wonder how they would convert it into a 1 and a half hour movie.

What do you guys think? do you have any ideas for the plot? do you even want to see a Simpsons movie?
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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2001, 09:47:59 AM »
I love the Halloween specials, so i think they should do a nice off-the-wall type of movie... :D :bounce:
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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2001, 09:53:52 AM »
I think since it has become increasingly popular, it would do quite well in the theaters. I would love to check it out on the "big screen". :) Thanks for the article...
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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2001, 10:52:54 AM »
I once heard a rumor stating that Bart would loose his cherry with an older woman in the rumored movie.
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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2001, 10:54:19 AM »
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I once heard a rumor stating that Bart would loose his cherry with an older woman in the rumored movie.
Shutup...just...shutup nO-One...
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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2001, 11:05:28 AM »
The idea of bringing back short cartoons before a movie is great. I totally support that idea and I even hate \'The Simpsons\'. Anything is better then those blasted ARMY commercials or even the M&M commercial that is been playin\' before most current movies.

:laughing: @ nO-One. Yeah, I heard Bart was goin\' to lose it to Stifler\'s (American Pie fame) mom.

MILF!
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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2001, 11:07:32 AM »
hey

I am being serious, I read it,and it sounded very plausable,they talked about how it would affect the series and stuff.
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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2001, 11:16:26 AM »
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hey

I am being serious, I read it,and it sounded very plausable,they talked about how it would affect the series and stuff.
Sure, sure...fine. :rolleyes: How would that effect the series? Would it make it worse?

Note: I\'m just messing with you...
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« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2001, 11:18:40 AM »
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hey

I am being serious, I read it,and it sounded very plausable,they talked about how it would affect the series and stuff.


I can tell you how it would affect the series. Bart would get the older woman pregnant, have to get a job, then they would break up. Then, Bart would be a burn out who was payin\' child support, meanwhile Lisa makes fun of poor ole\' Bart and he curses the whole world and becomes overweight like Homer.
:)
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« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2001, 11:29:51 AM »
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I can tell you how it would affect the series. Bart would get the older woman pregnant, have to get a job, then they would break up. Then, Bart would be a burn out who was payin\' child support, meanwhile Lisa makes fun of poor ole\' Bart and he curses the whole world and becomes overweight like Homer.
:)
Hehehe...yeah...actually, that just might work...;)
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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2001, 11:30:30 AM »
Simpsons movie top stuff. Should be hard to pull off.
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2001, 05:06:39 PM »
Simpsons on the big screen? Talk about a Jump The Shark.
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« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2001, 05:25:04 PM »
It would definatly do good at the boxoffice but would the movei be any good?
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« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2001, 06:58:49 PM »
a simpsons movie would be real bad
every time a cartoon makes a feature film it kill that cartoon\'s popularity the film its self may do well but the show itself is never the same(bevis and butthead, southpark, transformers) whereas making a movie after show dies help revitalize its popularity for example if and when a scooby-doo movie comes out the original series will be popular again for while in reruns and such so in closing they should wait until the series is done and everyone who grew up watching the simpons is reaching middle age and is looking for things to remind us of our youth

a good idea though would be to have a 24 hour a day fox cartoon station with the simpons having 2 five hour marathons a day one during prime time and one around midnite
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« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2001, 07:36:13 PM »
I don\'t think it would be great.......:( :( :( :(
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