Toon Zone Talkback - The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season Announced

[TheMecca]

Regular box cover art is up: http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5664

That is beautiful box art, unlike Season 6's crapshoot and Season 7's kind of gimmicky mess. If I wasn't hell bent on getting the heads, I would certainly get that.

 

[Conekiller]

I really dislike the shift of theme from the Couch covers. It drives me batty when companies release things that are meant to be collected in a set, but then change the "look" of the individual items so the overall set loses it's completenes

 

[Moto Pete]

I Like The New Cover

 

[Classic Speedy]

I really dislike the shift of theme from the Couch covers. It drives me batty when companies release things that are meant to be collected in a set, but then change the "look" of the individual items so the overall set loses it's completenes

Ditto. There were so many potential variations on the couch gag cover art that they could've used, and even if they sold both the heads and the regular boxes, you'd think the regular ones would stay in theme. The covers for Seasons 6 and 7 were just... blech. This one's a slight improvement, but I'll stick with the family member heads.

 

[J. B. Warner]

For some reason, I haven't been keeping up with "The Simpsons" lately - probably because the DVDs are coming out faster, and I know that if I just wait patiently, I'll have everything. I don't plan to cut off my collection at Season 8, though, since the commentaries alone are enough to warrant my desire for the Scully years (it'll be interesting to hear Tim Long and Ian Maxtone-Graham try to cover their butts).

Season 8, if I'm not mistaken, was also the last year that John Swartzwelder worked in-house - once Mike Scully took the executive producer job, Swartzwelder's once-genius episodes became increasingly more horrible, and from what I understand, it's because he began writing elsewhere and sending his scripts into the studio to be reworked without his input. Perhaps this set's commentaries can shed some light on this (since Swartzwelder has never provided a commentary, there's a fair amount of mystery around him among the other commentators).

 

[ConquerorWorm]

Season 8 will be the last season I purchase for my collection. Scorpio is a must-have as others have said (I wish I could have a boss like him).

It will be a while before I buy this though, I'm still watching Season 4 and I have 5 sitting unopened on my shelf.

 

[Hades]

For some reason, I haven't been keeping up with "The Simpsons" lately - probably because the DVDs are coming out faster

Out faster? We're only getting 2 a year. If we were getting 3-4, I might agree with you.

 

[J. B. Warner]

Out faster? We're only getting 2 a year. If we were getting 3-4, I might agree with you.

I mean faster than they used to. Remember when we only got one a year?

I guess the real reason I've dropped off with the show is because there's a certain other show I've gotten into lately that's even funnier than "The Simpsons", and it's taking top priority in my TV and DVD watching time - I won't name names, but its initials are MST3K.

 

[Classic Speedy]

Perhaps this set's commentaries can shed some light on this (since Swartzwelder has never provided a commentary, there's a fair amount of mystery around him among the other commentators).

I seriously doubt they'll talk about it. If the issue concerning Groening taking his name off the "A Star is Burns" credits wasn't even addressed in passing, I doubt they'll talk about Swartzwelder's scripts getting re-worked. But hey, we can always hope.

I guess the real reason I've dropped off with the show is because there's a certain other show I've gotten into lately that's even funnier than "The Simpsons", and it's taking top priority in my TV and DVD watching time - I won't name names, but its initials are MST3K.

Mister Stellington's Turgid Three Knightsmen? I love that show too.

 

[Moto Pete]

I guess the real reason I've dropped off with the show is because there's a certain other show I've gotten into lately that's even funnier than "The Simpsons", and it's taking top priority in my TV and DVD watching time - I won't name names, but its initials are MST3K.

It's a totally diffrent kind of show. I Love it also but just diffrent things