Biggest Disappointment

[Jesse Pinkman]

what was the biggest disappointment to you? whether it was a 'milestone' episode like 100, 200, etc. whether it was the movie, or a video game, or just an episode that sounded interesting, but upon watching it, did not meet your expectations?

the 400th episode disappointed me. not the episode itself (which would probably be around a "C" or so from me), but that it was You Kent Always Say What You Want, as opposed to 24 Minutes. 24 Minutes would have made an excellent 400th episode and IMO been probably the second best milestone episode (after Sweet Seymour Skinner for 100th episode).

I was also pretty let down with The Simpsons Game. It starts off somewhat fun in the first two levels, but I hated Marge trying to control the mob, the one where Bart and Lisa are in the video game, etc. I never finished the game, because it bored me and some of it annoyed me, like when the characters would keep repeating the voice overs (like "i hope i have time to finish my homework" from lisa in the video game level).

[Ray Jay Jonah]

THOHXIX.

[Blobulle]

THOHXIX.

Me too.

But ESPECIALLY when Maggie talks in the episode Four Great Women and a Manicure. (Maggie is my favorite character of the show)

[biffwestwood]

The cameo by Alex Trebek in the episode "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" because the plot description in that episode stated that Marge will attempt to win the money to pay back the people the family swindled. The Jeopardy scene was only a few seconds and Alex Trebek sounded bored and uninteresting in his voice cameo.

[Old painty-can Ned]

Alex Trebek sounded bored and uninteresting in his voice cameo.

At least his VA matched the episode

[Nauru-1]

Probably Al Jean once he outlasted the time of any previous showrunning team.

[Steve]

Obligatory joke reply: That the show is still in production.

Serious reply: The lack of any substantial special features on The Simpsons Movie DVD was kind of disappointing I guess. The commentaries were annoying too.

I haven't kept up with the current show in years so I am sure there are far better examples people will think of.

[leprechaun_dan]

The one episode where I feel the writers need to be sacked for good: The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed

[Old painty-can Ned]

The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed

Were you really expecting it to be good though?

[lionelhutz123]

Actually when the title was announced, yes.

[D'ohmer]

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[Wavy Gravy]

Probably Al Jean once he outlasted the time of any previous showrunning team.

Yep. I've said it before, but I can remember back in 2001 when Jean assumed the showrunner position and everyone was talking about how he was going to "save" the show and return it to its former state of glory. Holy fuck, were we ever wrong.

[Jesse Pinkman]

i forgot to mention mona leaves-a. back when s19 was airing simpsons were my favorite show and i geniunely thought they'd try to handle the death of homer's mother in a caring manner. i was sadly mistaken (the only moments that seemed even remotely sad/like they tried were the ending montage, and the scene where homer discovers his mother's body. the rest of the episode is pretty poor)

[alex_on_ice]

I really thought that Elementary School Musical wasn't going to be that bad. And I was actually quite excited because I had watched some of "The Flight of the Conchords" series with my cousins last summer, and during a number of scenes Brett and Jemane had given me a good laugh.

Turned out that the episode was terrible. Brett and Jemane weren't good at all but I think what spoiled the episode even more was the B story with Krusty. Easily the worst episode of the Season.

[leprechaun_dan]

^Because Brett and Jemaine had many New Zealand references such as the Wellington Botanic Gardens joke, which made me laugh hysterically. Then again, the rest of the episode was very poor.

[harlequinade]

i forgot to mention mona leaves-a. back when s19 was airing simpsons were my favorite show and i geniunely thought they'd try to handle the death of homer's mother in a caring manner. i was sadly mistaken (the only moments that seemed even remotely sad/like they tried were the ending montage, and the scene where homer discovers his mother's body. the rest of the episode is pretty poor)

THIS!
Glenn Close as Mona Simpson was one of my favourite characters, and her death seemed to me, pointless in a way. Really, just a way to get a cheap episode. In the Classic Era, we would have seen Homer dealing with his mothers death and going through a process, then maybe finding a letter or some other message to him, redeeming his lost faith. But here we just see the death pushed into play as a plot device, and that just upsets me. There is no reason for this character to have died, other than the writers stretching for ideas, and killing a character is such an irreversible thing. Even the last time Homer thought she died (My Mother the Carjacker wasn't it? Can't remember the episode name, but you guys know what I mean), his reaction was more realistic and true to character.

Compare this episode to David Silverman's ending to Season Seven's Mother Simpson, and if you don't see what I'm getting at, I don't know how I can further explain. Poor form writers, poor form.

[cinco]

Matt Groening not caring anymore on the audio-commentaries.
And this is a man who used to criticize the winking of the General Sherman-fish in The War of the Simpsons.

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

Most of the commentaries from Season 9 through 12 are pretty damn disappointing now that I think about it.

[Snaked]

Yep. I've said it before, but I can remember back in 2001 when Jean assumed the showrunner position and everyone was talking about how he was going to "save" the show and return it to its former state of glory. Holy fuck, were we ever wrong.

Oh yeah. It's just like I said in an earlier thread way back in January about what made me most angry about him is how he was supposed to be this hope for the show, a return to the golden era but instead, he turned out to be no better, even far worse than Scully in many more ways than not, despite the fact there was SOME improvement here & there but far less than what we as fans had hoped for (do I need to remind you all of the "clever" Lampoons, which in itself are just the tip of the iceberg of the horrendous actions that have been perpetrated under his tyrannical regime?). And it's preety obvious when you think about it that he's deliberately making things worse for whatever reasons, even if he decides to show he's not a total prick by giving us stale but otherwise edible cookies in the forms of good jokes or even call backs to episodes from the golden era.

[Bert Stanton]

The Great Louse Detective. Ruined one of the best single episode characters. Grimey certainly does not strike me as the sort of man who would "happen to like hookers"

[Chew My Shoe]

The lame Twilight parody in the last Halloween episode.

[Ben Chan]

the mentioned disappointments associated with the saviour, al jean. though more importantly,

the movie.

i chuckled here and there and i suppose i enjoyed it. but i expected much more than 'i suppose i enjoyed it' from the simpsons movie. that i have never had te urge to re-watch it, i think, speaks much about its quality and expectations.
actually it was a sad moment. i left that movie theatre with my tail between my legs in stunned silence. i saw it with four friends, each of whom was expecting something big, each of whom departed in the same state of mind.

kind of like when someone tells you that you stink and you need to bath. that never feels good man...

[Financial Panther]

I remember when I was younger and heard about The Great Louse Detective and Frank Grimes Jr. I wanted to watch it so badly. Then when I finally got the chance, I was like "Ummmm...okay?"

[Wavy Gravy]

The lame Twilight parody in the last Halloween episode.

Ah yes, I almost forgot about this. I suppose it was foolish of me to expect a genuinely clever parody from the show in its current state, but I still didn't expect them to whiff it that badly. All the Homer and Dracula stuff was just painful.

[merzitar]

The fact that they didn't release Season 20 on DVD / Blu-Ray in the UK. HOPEFULLY they'll release it again after Season 19 and then hopefully we'll get it.

[leprechaun_dan]

The Great Louse Detective. Ruined one of the best single episode characters. Grimey certainly does not strike me as the sort of man who would "happen to like hookers"

I wish I could like this post a million times. This is exactly what I've been thinking for so long.

On second thought about this episode, I think this could be the worst Sideshow Bob episode.

[DotheBartman]

which in itself are just the tip of the iceberg of the horrendous actions that have been perpetrated under his tyrannical regime?

Jesus fucking christ. I think the show is pretty lame now but could you have possibly phrased it any worse than this? He's not a dictator ruling his people with an iron fist, he's a TV showrunner whose work you don't enjoy. That's all.

Hitler references (or other dictator references) demean the person making them more than the person they're meant to demean.

EDIT: Oh and also, this

And it's preety obvious when you think about it that he's deliberately making things worse for whatever reasons

is just completely laughable. First of all for job security reasons, but also because I can't imagine someone's EVIL PLOT being to work day and night for years to ruin one TV show that some people happen to enjoy. Doesn't the imaginary Al Jean in your brain have any letter bombs or something? Death cannons maybe?

[Dark Homer]

that's our JudgeHarmMustDie!
*everyone laughs as the credits begin to roll*

[Ryan]

The actual show has done so many disappointing things that it's pointless to list just one of them as a specific pinpoint. I'd say the two most likely was 1) Al Jean renewing his contract at the end of season 15 (when he was originally going to step down) instead of handing the reigns to another like the other showrunners did. Granted, most of that for the others was out the necessity for a want to move on (so they can start a number of flop series with the tagline "FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE SIMPSONS"), and plus the writers were happier with Jean then they were with Scully. Still, it was a practice that helped the upkeep of the show's quality to maybe not stay dynamite, but at less be flexible, which it isn't at all anymore.

That Hitler comparison always makes me laugh though. Best way to tell if a poster hasn't taken a world history class yet. (or didn't sleep through one)

The other 2), like Steve said, was the lack of effort with the Simpsons Movie DVD. You don't tell everyone you have nearly two hours of deleted, semi-animated scenes lying around and then spit out a barebones release with nary even a featurette. This was FOX Home Video's fuck up, but you would think Brooks would have tried to push them for another edition.

[CousinMerl]

The lack of any substantial special features on The Simpsons Movie DVD was kind of disappointing I guess.

I have to agree about this since it was pretty much the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread; knowing about all the deleted scenes they didn't include on the DVD (the 'money shot' scene with Lovejoy and Marge, country fair tent scene, looting of Burns' mansion and all the others) makes it the biggest disappointment I can think of right now. They should also have included at least one documentary about the making of the movie and a bunch of featurettes, all of which could have greatly improved the selection of bonus material.