Simpsons, Trailer Park Boys, and SpongeBob are three shows where you know what you’re getting based on the aspect ratio.
Damn, the top one doesn’t even really look like a modern TV, either. It’s like they tried to update it while trying to do it in a way that most people didn’t notice. What a cop out.
Ah yeah, that’s what I was thinking of when I said plasma. Although typically those were much bigger than the Simpsons could afford.
The picture.on those things was horrible compared to CRTs. I don’t understand why anyone bought one. Must have tapped into that American attitude of “bigger is better even if it’s shit”. Same reason we keep Texas around.
Even if we take it to be a modern TV: How the hell did they manage to put a VCR on that thing?
There was a weird transition era where some flat screens still weren’t super skinny.
I don’t think that’s what they meant, rather how could you fit any device on top of a flat screen TV?
Rumor has it that season 33 is speckled with passable episodes, and season 34 in generally considered a minor come back of the series. I’m watching 34 and yeah, it’s pretty alright.
It’s called “Simpsoning” or “Groening” in the entertaining industry: do something really great, then do it for so long and get worse and worse for so long, that people actually forget that it was great at some point in time.
The clarity and lack of phosphor glow is depressing
