The Simpsons Movie? Pah!

So I was in watching Night At The Museum on Saturday (2 stars/5) and there was a trailer for the legendary Simpsons Movie. There was a time when I watched Simpsons religiously, at 6 every evening.



First off, I have to comment on that "proud to be ugly... in full 3D" bit. Sure, older epsiodes may look like pretty ugly, but newer episodes are as clean as the CGI bunny. And that crane is so obviously done with CGI (like the Futurama rocket).

Anyhoo, the Simpsons jumped the shark years back - I only realised when Channel 4 bought the rights to it just how far the programme had sunk. Every episode contains a celebrity cameo, and they're not even well thought out these days (although the Michael Jackson episode was genius).

The saddest thing is that the Simpsons has lost touch with its roots, and is only a cash cow for Fox these days. The movie will just be more of the same, and from the look of this trailer, not funny in the least. But hey, Family Guy and Futurama are much better anyway.