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The Simpsons isn't what it used to be, that's for sure. I'd bet the old team of writers could have done a better sendup. But the fact that this parody is immen
by yef 18y ago
The Simpsons isn't what it used to be, that's for sure. I'd bet the old team of writers could have done a better sendup.
But the fact that this parody is immensely popular makes you and your screed look humorless, inflexible, and not exactly open to alternate points of view. The Simpsons writers have accurately identified that Apple, with it's funny product names, sterile stores, new-agey-ness, nice packaging and so on, make people feel good. And they're profiting greatly because of it. From that perspective, I find that the parody was fairly well done.
- unalone 18y agoI'm very closed to points of view. I try to be open-minded, and I welcome debate at all time, but if I think I'm right, I won't change my mind unless I see a good argument as so why I'm wrong. I think it would be "fairly well-done" if it had been an Internet video. But The Simpsons! I still have the old DVD sets and it used to be a beast. The writers were untouchable: they'd let out a stream of jokes at a pace that just blew everything else out of the water. This was beyond mediocre in comparison. I think that it's popular because there are so many people who will laugh at anything mocking Apple. I'd also think that if it had been smarter-written and more critical of both sides - at first I'd hoped Comic Book Guy's appearance would be the arrival of the cliched ANTI-Mac person - it might not have been as popular. Blindly attacking something is always more digestible in its way.