[Robert Crawford]

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[RyanAn]

I think this movie is going to be huge. Mega-huge. I want it to break records and show that The Simpsons are still a huge commodity.

I don't own stock in it or anything, I just loved it a bunch and want more and more!

[Sean Laughter]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have a question about the technical aspects of the movie that maybe someone can answer. The film, like the TV show, is actually animated in Korea - making it one of the few (only?) commercial, domestic animated movies actually animated overseas.

In any event, I was just wondering if anyone knew if storyboards were produced in the US by the creative team to guide the Korean animators or how that whole process worked? I can't imagine they just get shipped the audio tracks and do all of the visual direction over there, that would make any "Directed by" credit mean sort of "Half Directed By" (IMO) so I was just assuming storyboarding was done here, but didn't know if anyone knew for sure.

[TravisR]

I thought the movie was very funny and surprisingly sweet. There was a ton of great laughs and it had heart (and 'heart' is something that has been sorely absent- so they can have the characters acting crazy and stupider than chimps- in the episodes from about S10 forward).

I think a fan of the old episodes or the newer ones will enjoy themselves with this movie.

I'll be going again this weekend to check out a DLP showing.

[Arild]

Make sure to stay through the credits.

[TravisR]

By the way, did any see

Spoiler:

Kang (one of the aliens from Treehouse Of Horror episodes)

in the movie? Harry Shearer was listed in the credits as playing him but I don't remember even seeing that character, let alone having any lines.

[Chris Will]

I went into the movie not expecting much because of how mediocre the show has been in recent years but, I was pleasantly surprised. The movie was very funny especially the first half hour or so. I had a great time and actually wouldn't mind seeing a second time. It was great to be laughing so much and so hard at the Simpsons again, something I haven't done in a while. Don't get me wrong, I get a few chuckles out to the TV show these days but the movie has many huge LOL moments that reminded me of how great the show was in its "glory days."

The only thing I was disappointed in was that there was no "The Dark Knight" teaser before the movie at the theater I saw it at.

As far as the movie itself, I can't find anything negative to say about it.

[Jeff Jacobson]

Quote:

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have a question about the technical aspects of the movie that maybe someone can answer. The film, like the TV show, is actually animated in Korea - making it one of the few (only?) commercial, domestic animated movies actually animated overseas.

The Transformers: The Movie was animated by Toei Animation, and parts of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm were animated by Dong Yang Animation.

Quote:

In any event, I was just wondering if anyone knew if storyboards were produced in the US by the creative team to guide the Korean animators or how that whole process worked? I can't imagine they just get shipped the audio tracks and do all of the visual direction over there, that would make any "Directed by" credit mean sort of "Half Directed By" (IMO) so I was just assuming storyboarding was done here, but didn't know if anyone knew for sure.

Rough Draft Animates TV Family to Look At Home on the Big Screen in The Simpsons Movie
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[WillG]

Am I crazy or was there a reference to:

Spoiler:

Pyramid Head from Silent Hill (Moe's shawdow with a traffic cone on his head) On top of that ther was radio static that sounded like the radios in the game.

[ZacharyTait]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TravisR

By the way, did any see

Spoiler:

Kang (one of the aliens from Treehouse Of Horror episodes)

in the movie? Harry Shearer was listed in the credits as playing him but I don't remember even seeing that character, let alone having any lines.

I would imagine

Spoiler:

Kang was in the shot of the mob gathering in front of the Simpsons' house, particularly the shot where the camera goes through the mob.