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I hear Riverdale was like that.

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Simpsons. They were really against celebrityism and pop culture in the beginning, then they went in the complete opposite and started worshiping celebrities. Ugh. New simpsons is dead to me.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

that is one show that is past its prime like 20 years ago, its like how spn turned out.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yup. They should have ended at season 10-12. Meanwhile, futurama has endless possibilities for plots, and that's been cancelled like 3 times now.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Watching Futurama from the beginning as prep showed me how much more plots rely on pop culture as the show goes on. Used to be interesting ideas like "unmatched luck for the unluckiest guy" or "brains make people dumb" but turned into "what if Susan Boyle was an actual boil?"

These very specific references freeze the humor in place and will not be funny after time. And using the formula of "Comedy = Tragedy + Time", removing time leaves no comedy and only tragedy so....

But seriously, Futurama also doesn't age well.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

it got cancelled too many times to have consistent arc going.