Was actually a really sad ending
I am really surprised by Liam's character. I thought he was typical asshole boyfriend kind of guy. but he is great. If she really abandons him I will be so mad at her.
i don't know how this is gonna turn out, but for the record, i want to say i'm really happy with liam's character. usually the boyfriend, especially when it's intertwined with crime, is a huge asshole who mentally pressures the girl, but liam is actually caring and sweet. I know the ending is kind of sketchy, but his character is just such a good break from stereotypes and tropes.
Robin is so damn cool
the show is really good hope it does not get messed up
This new TV series from Marvel has great potential. For someone who doesn't know this comic book series I can't really speak to how faithful it is to its origins, but, the acting is solid - the two young talents they've chosen for the title roles are doing a great job. The concept is great and I applaud how the writing and the casting are really trying to break stereotypes. This premiere didn't skip a beat for me and I can hardly see how they reveal the mystery around these two. I give it a 7 (good) out of 10, expecting the rating to rise. [Superhero Adventure Drama]
Definitely interested. I like that they've flipped the narrative and had Tyrone come from a richer background and Tandy poorer. I've only really experienced the comic characters from crossover arcs but I like the way they're going with this. The style and music are also great. I'll be watching more.
Pleasantly surprised by this. Wasn't what I expected, I thought it would be mega cheesy and lame but so far so good from the first episode. Hope it stays strong throughout. Soundtrack is A+
Oh, I absolutely L O V E D this. I don't know anything about their comics but their stories are incredible and the actors have great chemistry. The casting of the little kids was soooooo well done too. Has everything to become my favorite marvel tv show to date. Let's see if ep2 is just as good!
Loving this so far. Especially the soundtrack and am already very invested in the characters. Could be a great one.
I simply adore the concept that Tyrone is darkness but he acts like a good guy and that Tandy is light but acts like a mean girl. This concept is so powerful and beautiful. Thanks Marvel and ABC. I really needed a show like this one.
Tarzoro!!! So good!!! Zoro & Chopper in this episode was so GOoD <3
I love everyone's looks during the Skypiea arc, but Zoro's goggles definitely take the prize.
I want the next big fight to be luffy vs god
I love it every time “we are” plays, this episode was so good too, this is making up for the alabaster arc I didn’t really like, I love this
Nami-swaaaaannn!!! Saving the day!! We love our navigator.
What!? This episode was crazy! Shanks, whitebeard, Blackbeard and luffy beating the shit out of someone in one punch amazing
So much going on in one episode! Whitebeard, the reveal of Blackbeard, Shanks, and a meeting of the Shichibukai!
Felt so good that punch.
That ending was so fucking cool
One of the funnier episodes of the early Al Jean years, but the story, as is often the case around this time, is pretty weak. I like the bit about Homer filling the void of law and order, but the conflict seems forced and the ending isn't nearly as cute or clever as the folks behind the show seem to think it is. The humor keeps this one afloat, and The Sopranos references are fun, but otherwise it's a pretty stale enterprise.
I thought this episode was fantastic! Laughed a lot and reminded me of the earlier seasons.
[8.4/10 on a post-classic Simpsons scale] This episode is very funny, which is no small achievement in a season 13 episode. The story isn’t any great shakes, with a vaguely 90’s sitcom view of infidelity and gender relations, and the usual first act tangent. But it makes you (or at least me) laugh, and ambles through its plot nicely enough, to make for one of the better post-classic gagfests.
I’m tempted to attribute that to venerable Simpsons scribe John Swartzwelder, who’s one of the show’s longest-tenured and most gag-focused writers. There’s the sense of his random wit, from homer’s hanglider supervillain daydream, to the extended “Homer backing up” gag, to the three car pileup of a civil war reenactment in the opening act. Some of these bits are disconnected, and not really a product of the story or characters, but they get the yuks, damnit!
But even the more organic gags soar in this one. The absurdity of Homer and Marge’s ill-conceived attempt to reunite Homer and Manjula over dinner spins out in appropriately comic fashion. The set of double-entendres when the Simpsons and Nahasapeemapetilons are playing badminton absolutely cracked me up. And even the dynamic between Homer and Apu recalls the great comic rapport between the two characters in, well, “Homer and Apu.”
Let’s be frank, this episode doesn't have the heart or stronger story sense of those classic episodes. But it does well enough on those fronts with an Apu-focused throughline with a beginning, middle, and end, a conflict that it takes some work to overcome, and which cares about the characters’ emotional states. It’s not overwhelming, but it’s there and solid. That means that there’s a foundation for all of Swarzwelder’s delightfully absurd gags to flourish.
Overall, this is one that I’m in for the chuckles more than the story, but the humor feels close enough to the show’s classic years to make me forgive pretty much any other points where it doesn't quite measure up.
Quite funny and cool to hear Stan Lee!
[7.3/10 on a post-classic Simpsons scale] The third act of this one goes really off the rails. Homer’s rage boils, him kinda sorta turning into The Hulk, and the whole “he needs to express his rage or he’ll die” thing is a bit off the wall even for The Simpsons. There’s parts of it that are enjoyable -- I can’t deny that seeing Homer hulk out has its charms -- but it feels like a typical late-season Simpsons refuge in over-the-top wackiness in lieu of being able to end a story.
Still, up until that point, I actually really liked this one. There’s a nice spoof of the then-budding world of flash animation and the internet bubble that I remember all too well. Bart’s efforts to imitate a cool artist who visited his school hit waaaaay too close to home, which suggests the show was on to something. And Homer’s internet celebrity status and Bart’s role as a creator with his dad as his “muse” is cause for a lot of fun! The humor isn’t flawless, but it’s definitely on point here, which keeps things light and funny.
Plus there’s Stan Lee! Celebrity cameos, particularly ones where the celeb plays themselves, are typically poison in double-digit episode seasons. But Lee has such an established persona, and is so willing to let himself be the object of fun, that he becomes one of the more memorable guest stars from after the show’s golden years. His encouragement to Bart, his promotion of Marvel comics characters over rivals, and his planting himself at Comic Book Guy’s shop and trying to hulk out are all enjoyable bits.
Overall, this is another post-classic episode that goes off the rails a bit in its last reel, but which has a lot of solid gags and spoofs that give it a quasi-classic feel up until that point.
I don't mind clip shows so much and the song at the end was fun.
[7.7/10 on a post-classic Simpsons scale] This episode is extraordinarily stupid but also extraordinarily funny, and it’s hard to know how to square that. But ultimately, I still liked it quite a bit, and I can appreciate it as a dose of solid comedy (at least until the abbreviated third act), even if the storytelling gets way too cartoony for this series.
The first act is mostly about Homer winning the loyalty of a murder of crows. The gags that ensue are dumb but funny. The crows fetching him donuts and other sundries, Moe’s painting of a “crow bar”, and Homer gently reassuring a freaked out Marge that a group of crowds is called a murder are all solid, albeit loony laughs. But this is also an episode where Homer’s avian allies can understand english, tuck themselves into bed, and fly Maggie from her window, so the whole thing is kind of bonkers.
The highlight of the episode is its second act, where Homer starts using medical marajuana to treat his eye pain after a betrayal from the crows. Let’s be real, most of these are just standard pothead jokes. But man, Jon Vitti and company write them well, and Dan Castelanetta delivers them even better. Just the way he says the word “Wow” in response to Ned’s reading of the Bible, or his mindless THC-infused laughs are infectiously funny. A fun cameo from Phish, and the absurdity of an increasingly disheveled Homer trying and failing to stop medical Mary Jane from being outlawed again won me over. Most Homer humor is founded on him being a big dope anyway, so leaning into that via him partaking in pot is a pretty natural comic move that pays dividends.
Things only come crashing down from there, though. There’s a solid concept to it at first, with a reefer-ruffled Homer stumbling into Burns’ good graces by laughing at his boss’s weak jokes, only to struggle with what got him the job when he can no longer rely on pot. But from there, it turns into an insane Weekend at Bernies homage with a fluid-dripping Burns being controlled by Smithers like a marionette for the plant’s investors. This one’s already pretty wacky, but for some reason, that’s a bridge too far, and not terribly funny.
Still, enough in “Weekend at Burnsies” is to make this one of the humorous highlights of season 13. It’s just a big gag-fest, one that seems to give up all pretense of The Simpsons taking place in reality. But it brings enough laughs to the table to earn a partial pass for it.
The best joke was Burns's body slipping away, still quite a funny episode but ends quite abruptly.
