Disney plus die simpsons: ‘The Simpsons’ Dominates Disney+, Embarrasses ‘The Evil Corporation’

‘The Simpsons’ Dominates Disney+, Embarrasses ‘The Evil Corporation’

It’s an unforgettable bit from the 2007 film, The Simpsons Movie – Bart Simpson swings upside down from the luggage compartment of an Alaskan passenger train wearing a brassiere on his head that resembles a certain famous pair of mouse ears. He quips to his mother in a high-pitched voice, «I’m the mascot of an evil corporation!”

Sixteen years later, the parody is reality.

According to data released by Parrot Analytics, interest in Disney+ titles has been dominated by a single show – The Simpsons. Based on a demand metric that factors in “consumer research, streaming, downloads and social media, among other engagement,” Matt Groening’s animated monolith blew every other Disney+ title out of the water in December, 2022 without even a worthy contender for second place – the distance between The Simpsons and the runner-up, The Mandalorian, is greater than the gap between The Mandalorian and sixth place Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir.

In the midst of the bitter streaming wars, The Simpsons has become Disney’s greatest weapon – and irony its greatest casualty.

By Parrot Analytics’ assessment, demand for The Simpsons is 52.75 times higher than the demand for the average TV series tracked by the company which brands itself as “the leader in global entertainment analytics.” That number dwarfs the demand for big-budget Star Wars tent-poles such as The Mandalorian’s 39.38 and Andor’s 30.19.

The Simpsons has some natural advantages over its comparatively flashier competitors – namely, a 33-season backlog of legendary comedy content that die-hard fans can waste their lives pouring over like Comic Book Guy and his pulpy obsessions. While each season of The Mandalorian takes multiple years of painstaking effort and production costs in the nine-figure range just to create a measly eight-episode spectacle, 20th Television plops a new 22-episode season of The Simpsons on Disney+’s doorstep every year for immediate binging on the platform.

Still, for an entertainment conglomerate whose massive, unequaled success started with their animation empire, it must be slightly humiliating for their animation department to watch an acquired property blow their original content out of the water so decisively. The Simpsons was already the most-watched show on Disney+ in the entirety of 2021, and, with each successive season, the gap between The Simpsons and original Disney animation continues to widen.

Of course, nobody now benefits from The Simpsons’ success more than the “evil corporation” who holds the keys to Simpsons streaming. It’s only a matter of time before yellow, spikey-haired hats overtake plastic mouse ears as the headgear of choice at Disney theme parks and the new generation of iconoclastic animators take aim at Bart and his family as the idols of an oppressive corporate overlord.

The money that The Simpsons have made for a conglomerate their creators once despised is enough to give Bart an identity crisis – “I’m Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?” will soon be replaced by “I’m Bart Simpson, who the hell am I?”

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How to Watch The Simpsons in Original 4:3 Aspect Ratio on Disney+

By
Joe Keeley

Published Sep 13, 2021

If you want to watch The Simpsons on Disney+, there’s an important toggle you need to switch so you can enjoy the show as it was intended.

If you’re a big fan of The Simpsons, then Disney+ is the ultimate streaming service for you. It hosts every single episode of The Simpsons, right back to 1989’s debut Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.

However, you might not be watching The Simpsons in all its glory. That’s because, by default, Disney+ displays all of the show in widescreen format, even though most of its seasons weren’t designed for that.

We’re going to show you how to enable The Simpsons’ original 4:3 aspect ratio on Disney+.

Why Does The Simpsons’ Aspect Ratio Matter?

By default, Disney+ plays all of The Simpsons in a «remastered» 16:9 aspect ratio, which is widescreen.

However, from 1989 to 2010, The Simpsons only broadcast in a square 4:3 aspect ratio.

Related: What Is the Difference Between Aspect Ratio and Resolution?

To achieve the 16:9 aspect ratio, sections have been chopped from the top and bottom of the 4:3 frame and then stretched. While the video might fill the screen on your modern widescreen TV, it means you’re literally seeing less of the original frame.

In a show like The Simpsons, which often relies on visual humor and is packed full of funny background gags, seeing less of the frame is sacrilegious. In some instances, the widescreen crop actually ruins jokes.

How to Watch The Simpsons in 4:3 on Disney+

Although this wasn’t available when Disney+ first launched, it’s now possible to toggle to a 4:3 aspect ratio for The Simpsons, as the show was originally designed.

Partway through the show’s 20th season, it officially adopted the 16:9 format. As such, regardless of your settings on Disney+, the show will always be widescreen from that point onwards.

Related: The Best Episodes of The Simpsons to Watch Now

You can switch the toggle on whatever device you use to watch Disney+ (smartphone, desktop, smart TV, and so on), but be aware you may need to make the change on each device.

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To enable the 4:3 aspect ratio:

Navigate to The Simpsons series page.
Select Details.
Select Remastered aspect ratio so that the toggle is Off.
Play an episode of The Simpsons. You don’t need to restart the app.

Download The Simpsons to Watch Offline

Now that you’re enjoying The Simpsons in the correct format, you should explore Disney+’s ability to download everything for offline viewing.

Even if you’re without an internet connection, you can take Homer, Marge, and family wherever you are.

The Simpsons animated series may be closed — Gazeta.Ru

The Simpsons animated series may be closed in the near future, Danny Elfman, the author of the music for the project, said. Earlier, actress Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson, spoke about this.

Four-time Oscar nominee Danny Elfman, scorer for The Simpsons, has announced that the show may be canceling in the near future. According to the composer, the 31st season of the popular project, which started in September 2019, could be the last for The Simpsons.

«From what I’ve heard, it’s about to end,» Elfman was quoted as saying by The Guardian. “I can’t confirm this, but I heard that the current year is his last.”

At the same time, he admitted that he was amazed at the longevity of The Simpsons, which premiered back in the late 1980s. “I am amazed that the show has lasted this long. Understand, when I wrote this crazy melody for the series, I did not expect that anyone would hear it at all, ”concluded the musician.

Elfman was not the first person involved in The Simpsons to announce the imminent finale of the show. So, earlier this year, actress Yeardley Smith, whose voice Lisa Simpson has been speaking for 30 years, — commenting on the transfer of rights to the show from 21st Century Fox to Disney — suggested that the series would rather be closed than reworked.

“When you’re dealing with something that’s still so culturally connected and kind of a pillar of our culture, if you mess it up, you’re in risky territory. Therefore, I think — and I could be completely wrong — that they would rather close it than change it, ”said the artist.

Speaking about the renewal of The Simpsons, she called it a «hiatus» to give the new owners time to decide on their plans for the future of the cartoon. At the same time, Smith was optimistic about the attitude of the actors, producers and screenwriters working on the show: in her opinion, they want to stay in the project further.

She also expressed admiration for her own character on The Simpsons: “She’s one of the best characters of all time. Compassionate, empathic, genuinely curious about people — who are you, what are your experiences, how can I get to know you? I think curiosity keeps the mind open, and once you lose that curiosity, it’s all gone.»

According to the media, Disney may be closing The Simpsons, deeming it not quite suitable for the family audience that the studio targets. Considering the hooligan style of the animated series, it is true that scandals of various scales often arise around it, which, given the cautious and at the same time principled policy of Disney, can scare away new owners.

In particular, one of the latest stories of this kind occurred against the background of reports about the release of two new seasons of the series: comedian Hari Kondabolu accused the creators of the series of racism. In his documentary The Problem with Apu, the artist stated that the behavior of the show’s character Apu, the owner of a small store in Springfield, resembles a parody of a person who has just moved to the United States from India.

The authors of «The Simpsons» at first laughed off these accusations, but — when the matter reached impressive proportions — the actor Hank Azaria, who voices Apu himself, had to intervene in the situation. According to him, he never wanted this character to give people any inconvenience.

“The idea that children or adults in the past or future will be bullied because of Apu makes me sad. I just wanted to bring joy and laughter to people,” Azaria said.

Along the way, there were rumors on the net about the possible removal of Apu from the show, but they were later denied by The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. “Now is such a time in our culture when people are very fond of pretending to be offended,” he snapped in an interview.

The Simpsons is the longest-running animated series in American television history. The show, which tells about the adventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and many other characters in the vastness of Springfield, fully launched at 1989, and already at the end of the 32nd season, the release of which still cannot be ruled out, the total number of episodes of the project may exceed 700 episodes.

5 episodes of The Simpsons that will make you cry | Animation on 2×2

Stop «ha-ha»: your life needs a little melancholy. Therefore, stock up on handkerchiefs and do not hold back your emotions: catch a selection collected through tears and with a lump in your throat. An incredible level of drama and a sad soundtrack included. It’s time for amazing stories! 9The Simpsons and Delilah But in the episode «The Simpsons and Delilah» everything changes: thanks to the «Dimoxynil», the price of which is similar to a phone number, Homer’s hair grows, and now he is the king of life. Burns gives a promotion, people listen to his opinion, and Marge loves like never before and forgives everything in general.

But one morning Homer wakes up and sees that the beautiful world has been destroyed: Bart has destroyed the supplies of the product, and the hair has gone into oblivion, and along with them — the respect of others, the dream job and the recognition of the boss. But the main thing is that Homer sincerely worries that now Marge will stop loving him — a hopeless, bald and ugly nuclear power plant worker.

In response, Marge sings Joe Cocker’s You are so beautiful («You are so beautiful to me»). And it’s 146% likely one of the most touching moments on The Simpsons. The Simpsons / Fox But what makes this episode so damn sad is that this time the guy was really trying not to get it. Bart here is a desperate boy who hopes for a miracle and does everything to achieve the goal of not failing the test and moving on to the next class.

Bart refuses to have fun in order to study, suffers, sitting at his books and beating himself for not doing it before. Such an episode just had to end well and actually ended, but it still catches and makes me sad: because a sincerely worried Bart is a rarity.

P.S. If you didn’t like this episode, check your school diary: maybe someone recently got an F.

3. Replacement for Liza

Season 2, Episode 19 Episode

The Simpsons / Fox

A temporary teacher is sent to Lisa’s school — a cheerful, well-read, intelligent and generally perfect Mr. Bergstorm. For Lisa, he becomes more than just a substitute teacher: in him she sees the ideal of a father. Mr. Bergstorm is able to understand her subtle spiritual organization and cheer her up (but in general, against the background of Homer, who has about nothing in common with his daughter, anyone looks like an ideal).

In general, for Lisa, Bergstorm is the one and only, for Bergstorm, Lisa is one of an infinite number of students. This is a drama that everyone has experienced without exception. In the end, Bergstorm leaves, leaving Lisa alone with a waterfall of tears, a broken heart and a note: «You are Lisa Simpson.»

2. Maggie becomes third

Season 6, episode 13

The Simpsons / Fox

One of the best flashback episodes. Homer’s happy life collapses when a third child appears on the horizon. Simpson has to step over himself: he crawls to Burns on his knees and asks to take him to the station again — after he quit with his head held high. Burns agrees, but on the condition that Homer stays here for the rest of his life, and hangs a sign in front of his nose «Don’t forget: you’re here forever» (Don’t forget: you’re here forever) .

Everything ends in the best possible way for this post: Homer sticks photos of the baby on a sign at work, turning «Don’t forget: you’re here forever» into «Do it for her» (Do it for her) . Plus, Homer and Maggie’s first meeting is a worthy nominee for the Most Touching Mimimi in the History of History award.

An ordinary 2×2 employee only needs a frame with this sign to shed a tear.

1. Mother Simpson and Mona leave

Season 7, Episode 8 & Season 19, Episode 19

The Simpsons / Fox

-less). Everything except the episodes with Homer’s mom. Believe me, this is an absolutely heartbreaking story. Quite by accident, Homer discovers that his mother is alive and well, but her past is rather dark and she is wanted by the FBI.