Did any of you catch "That 90's Show", this past weekend's Simpsons episode?
It was interesting because it pretty much retconned away vast chunks of past episodes, shifting Marge and Homer's dating period from the late 70s to the 90s.
Apparently, the Crisis on Infinite Earths finally hit Earth-Springfield.
As a stand alone episode I really loved it.
But man oh man... I've seen every episode of the show far too many times to just have so much continuity gone.
It is definitely one of those love it or hate it kind of things and I find myself really torn about it.
On one hand, the show's been going strong for almost 20 years without major internal continuity retcons. Sure the characters don't age, but they don't have to. It is a damn cartoon.
I basically said to Giga that if the show was actually created today, this would be exactly what Marge and Homer's pre-Bart life would have been like.
This could be a good move, or a bad move, or they may just totally forget about it and never reference it again.
But man... I'd probably listen to Sadgasm.
I was making reference to this episode over at Pickles Manor, as Kelmeister was explaining (with visual aids) her last professor from hell. Basically, if you didn't see things the prof's way, you were wrong.
I'll have Kelmeister tell you in person -- it's so much more infuriating to hear it in person than just to read her blog entry.
Other references? TPS Reports. Nazis.
You forget our conversation about failure piles in sadness bowls.
"We can put that on a plate, so you can eat it like an adult, with some self-respect and dignity."
What's even funnier now is that I hear both you and Oswald telling the joke.
The best part is that Marge totally has The Rachel Haircut.
(actually, the best part is the fanthings crying because BUH HOW DARE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF TIME?!?!?!?! Either you stop making jokes about anything current, or you realize that Bart Simpson was born after the goddamn Playstation.)
Bart was conceived in the late 70s but was about a year and a half old when they canceled MASH. Meaning they run on Marvel time. Everything happened a few years ago. Like how Stark got injured in 'Nam until Warren Ellis rewrote it to be Iraq, because that would make him in his 60s.