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6/23/2025, 7:16:21 AM
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As someone who would point out current problems with the show, don't get me wrong. Its not all rose colored glasses with the earliest phases of the show, it has it's rough spots. But the lack of any real interest in seeing what comes next in the show, the lack of really funny laugh out loud moments, the lack of any interesting characters (we've seen much of what the Smiths have to offer, I don't think there is much more to explore right now).
The show is feeling weaker on the whole and any number of anons would give you their own reasoning as to why it is failing compared to the early days; one thing to note is that back then the whole show and so much about it was brand new and the sky was the limit for its potential. Now everyone has seen the show fall to its lowest, suffer 'controversies', and even at times refuse to live up to its potential (genuine rather than begrudging canon and lore baiting would've have kept a lot of fans returning for instance). The Cronenberg ep still stands out as my early highlight of the show, the idea of comedic and adult animated sci-fi fuckery with occasional lasting consequences was what drew me in initially. Basically, the show had the potential for just a bit of seriousness and genuine lasting shifts to the overall dynamic mixed in with the laughs, but they apparently hated to do that in the end. So a bit much to cover, but that is some of my perspective regarding old R&M vs new R&M.
As someone who would point out current problems with the show, don't get me wrong. Its not all rose colored glasses with the earliest phases of the show, it has it's rough spots. But the lack of any real interest in seeing what comes next in the show, the lack of really funny laugh out loud moments, the lack of any interesting characters (we've seen much of what the Smiths have to offer, I don't think there is much more to explore right now).
The show is feeling weaker on the whole and any number of anons would give you their own reasoning as to why it is failing compared to the early days; one thing to note is that back then the whole show and so much about it was brand new and the sky was the limit for its potential. Now everyone has seen the show fall to its lowest, suffer 'controversies', and even at times refuse to live up to its potential (genuine rather than begrudging canon and lore baiting would've have kept a lot of fans returning for instance). The Cronenberg ep still stands out as my early highlight of the show, the idea of comedic and adult animated sci-fi fuckery with occasional lasting consequences was what drew me in initially. Basically, the show had the potential for just a bit of seriousness and genuine lasting shifts to the overall dynamic mixed in with the laughs, but they apparently hated to do that in the end. So a bit much to cover, but that is some of my perspective regarding old R&M vs new R&M.
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