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REVIEW: [TABF18] Treehouse of Horror XXVI
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:55 am
by Stretch_Dude
Spoiler Intro: ...Okay. John? Mr. Kricfalusi? I know I've heard you consider "on-model" to be a four-letter word, but if you're going to do what I assume was a parody of old Halloween cartoons, you might want to give it a try.Wanted: Dead, Then Alive: Bob and THOH! Two great tastes that taste great together! Bob was wonderful here. The whole segment had that proper THOH morbidity to it, especially Bob's treatment of Bart's corpse and the death montage.Homerzilla: This was kind of neat. You got your usual Godzilla spoofing (I've never actually seen a Godzilla movie, so I can't really comment too much there), and then the segment does a sudden turn with the movie execs and spoofing the disaster that was the '98 Godzilla. Not the strongest segment of the night, but not bad.Telepaths of Glory: There was a lot in this one. The setup, the powers, the montage, power-mad Milhouse, omnipotent Maggie, and the prerequisite Kang & Kodos cameo. But at the same time, it felt like it needed something, but I'm not sure what. Maybe Milhouse got put down too quickly. Skinner correcting the graffiti was a good laugh, though.
Re: REVIEW: [TABF18] Treehouse of Horror XXVI
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:04 am
by Nidotamer
Spoiler Well... I think last week was an impossible act to follow, let's be fair.Intro I'm pretty sure I never saw any old Halloween cartoons so I probably wouldn't have gotten it anyway. Still, kinda liked the song and for any fans of Jess, she does make a cameo.Wanted: Dead, Then Alive: Whoo, they didn't go easy on the gibs there. Still liked the fact that he really wasn't satisfied with anything else in life anymore after the fact and the deaths montage was amusing. Also Bob's "I <3 Bart" tattoo and Skinner walking in on the murder.Homerzilla Again, funny moment with Homer messing around with the planes and the other Grampa. Otherwise not much to this segment, wasn't all that keen on the direction it took and oddly, I don't think we saw any characters outside of Kumiko that actually were Japanese, namely no Akira.Telepaths of Glory Oh gee wow, Dolph must be friggin' hardcore to somehow survive being dropped in a volcano in a THOH segment of all things. Otherwise it started off alright but then just... I think this may have been the filler one, the segment that's only really there to keep the shorts at 3. Some things weren't really all that well handled, and didn't really make sense. At least it did have the funniest joke of the episode with Skinner correcting the Graffiti. So outrageous yet so Skinner.
Re: REVIEW: [TABF18] Treehouse of Horror XXVI
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:01 am
by missy_misery
Spoiler This wasn't too bad; it's sort of a middle-of-the-pile TOH for me:Wanted: Dead, Then Alive: Surprised be by being as uberviolent as it was - I shouldn't have been, as it's a Bob seg, and at that Bob getting his ultimate revenge on Bart. This one felt pretty good to me; played well too - just the right amount of TOH and old-school feeling plot. Best seg of the show.Homerzilla Fell to heavily into self-reference and meta jokes, and fairly racist jokes about dubbing. Weakest of the lot.Telepaths of Glory Overstuffed and yet bland; a lot could've been done with it, but not enough was.