The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD Collector's Edition: The Official Thread

[The Governor]

Kind of like the fucking assholes who paraded around saying the show was headed back to classic era status when Jean took over from Scully.

But seasons 13-15 were better than the scully era.

[Charlie]

That's totally indisputable in my opinion, but looking through threads from back then people thought that Jean would be the saviour and make the show what it used to be. How wrong they were.

[The Governor]

That's totally indisputable in my opinion, but looking through threads from back then people thought that Jean would be the saviour and make the show what it used to be. How wrong they were.

Hindsight is easy, but my point was it's stupid to equate a show that is presented in higher resolution to being 'better written.'

[Jesse Pinkman]

from what i remember, s13 is one of the best post-classic seasons

[Bella Drape 'er]

from what i remember, s13 is one of the best post-classic seasons

despite having some really bad episodes (e.g. Homer the Moe)

[Jesse Pinkman]

i don't really hate Homer the Moe (one of the few i can remember instantly). It had some bad gags throughout and the plot wasn't the greatest thing, but it was at least watchable IMO. I think I'd give it like a "C" or so

[joe]

Y plus another $40 for an HDMI cable.

If you are paying more than $5 for a HDMI cable, you're a fool.

[TriforceBun]

S13 is pretty nostalgic to me too--it was the first year I started actively paying attention to each episode and posted reviews on NHC. It also helped that it was a pretty fresh-feeling season (if a little bumpy). But like seasons 11 and 12, I'll wait for a price drop before nabbing it.

Cover looks nice too, but again we get a secondary character that doesn't have much clout in the represented season for the box art. Burns would've been better for this one, but oh well. I have a strong hunch we'll see Moe's mug for S14, but I've certainly been wrong about this in the past.

[The Wiggs]

But seasons 13-15 were better than the scully era.

No doubt about that. Those seasons really have a steady stream of decent to good episodes. Even the bad episodes of the seasons come nowhere near the bad episodes of the Scully era.

[Dark Homer]

uh, why are people talking about 3D simpsons like it's a thing that will happen?

[Wavy Gravy]

despite having some really bad episodes (e.g. Homer the Moe)

"Homer the Moe" is a holdover from the Scully era, so I cut it a little bit of slack when considering the season as a whole. Out of the episodes actually produced for Season 13, there are a lot of good ones, as well as a few that didn't do anything for me ("The Lastest Gun in the West" and "The Sweetest Apu" left me particularly cold).

[The Wiggs]

I actually don't find "Homer the Moe" that bad. I always enjoy a Moe episode and that one's no different. It might not be the best of the season, but its a pretty solid episode for me.

[Jesse Pinkman]

i can't wait to see why there's so much hate for lastest gun in the west

[Charlie]

It's not that it has obvious flaws like the current show, it's just that it is possibly the single most boring episode ever.

[The Wiggs]

Ya, its pretty boring. The plot is boring and there are no memorable jokes that I can think of. At least there are very few from this season that are sub-par like this one. Most are decent to good.

[Ryan]

uh, why are people talking about 3D simpsons like it's a thing that will happen?

actually, IIRC, at last year's comic con, Al Jean heavily implied that the Christmas episode this year will feature a portion in 3D.

not sure if that's still the case, though.

[Jesse Pinkman]

I've seen lastest gun like twice and don't remember one thing about it... is that bad?

[Bella Drape 'er]

I've seen lastest gun like twice and don't remember one thing about it... is that bad?

I actually like it.

As I've said before I don't get the severe hate for it.

[Jesse Pinkman]

well, judging from what I just said, I've seen it twice in the portion of like 4 years or so and i literally remember NOTHING. no jokes,no lines of dialogue. I can usually remember some stuff from episodes. Of course, I can't fully explain my opinion until I see it again and remember some stuff, but IMO having seen it and not remembering ANYTHING is kinda bad

[Bella Drape 'er]

I remember quite alot from it actually.

Beware I'm about to recite the whole episode from memory, so don't read if you don't want it spoiled:


Bart having the luckiest day of his life (gets a free ice cream, finds two nickles, catches ball game) then it gets ruined by some crazy dog, who starts chasing and victimising Bart - this is stopped when some faded tv western star scares the dog away, he then gives Bart and perhaps Milhouse a tour around his home.

One line that I remember distinctly was that the tv star showed Bart a metal lunchbox and Bart didn't know what "metal" was.

Then Bart and Milhouse (again I can't remember if Milhouse was actually in it or not) persuade the tv star to go on the krusty show, but he gets drunk (that's how he previously ruined his career) and I think he made a fool of himself on stage. And the star goes back into retirement.

[merzitar]

I remember quite alot from it actually.

Beware I'm about to recite the whole episode from memory, so don't read if you don't want it spoiled:


Bart having the luckiest day of his life (gets a free ice cream, finds two nickles, catches ball game) then it gets ruined by some crazy dog, who starts chasing and victimising Bart - this is stopped when some faded tv western star scares the dog away, he then gives Bart and perhaps Milhouse a tour around his home.

One line that I remember distinctly was that the tv star showed Bart a metal lunchbox and Bart didn't know what "metal" was.

Then Bart and Milhouse (again I can't remember if Milhouse was actually in it or not) persuade the tv star to go on the krusty show, but he gets drunk (that's how he previously ruined his career) and I think he made a fool of himself on stage. And the star goes back into retirement.

I don't think I have ever seen that episode, bcecuase everytime it was on, I missed it, but it sounds like a good episode to me.

[Charlie]

There's also some part where they go to rob a bank only to find it's already being robbed and Buck (the old guy) does the clichéd 'saving the day and becoming a hero' thing.

[Jesse Pinkman]

i remember some of the first act because most, if not all, had to do with the dog.

the rest seems rather boring and unfunny IMO

[Captain Squid]

i can't wait to see why there's so much hate for lastest gun in the west

It felt like an episode of 'Recess'.

[Tomacco]

Wow, I'm surprised I've even forgotten a lot about Lastest Gun in the West. I definitely remember the dog nonsense in the first act, which led to the act break of Bart being scared by the animal props on Buck's property, which led to a tour of his house, which led to Bart wanting to revive the cowboy craze (there was a lame scene at the KwikEMart involving a sing-along and Homer having to pee), which then led to Buck getting a job on Krusty's show but sabotaging it by being drunk - revealing he's an alcoholic, which then disappointed Bart. I think Homer and Marge wanted to redeem Buck in Bart's eyes after that by staging a bank robbery or something...

It was a bad episode, with all too many lame jokes and a scattershot storyline. Worst of the year along with Gump Roast, The Blunder Years, and Homer the Moe.

[Jesse Pinkman]

It felt like an episode of 'Recess'.

is that an insult to Recess, one of my favorite cartoons as a child?

anyways, I'm looking forward to every episode except She of Little Faith, THOH 12, and Homer the Moe. Not that they are bad episodes, just that I have seen them in recent memory because of one of the Christmas DVDs (For Faith), "Gone Wild" for Moe, and of course the THOH DVD for THOH 12, so I am more familiar with these episodes than the rest from the season