REVIEW: [SABF14] What To Expect When Bart's Expecting
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REVIEW: [SABF14] What To Expect When Bart's Expecting
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Re: REVIEW: [SABF14] What To Expect When Bart's Expecting
Haven't seen the episode, but I agree 100% that Laura Powers should be a regular character.
EDIT: Actually, therein lies my annoyance with celebrity guest stars in a nutshell. The writers come up with a cool character who would add an interesting dynamic to the show (a friend or love interest to a main character, for example), then they have to write him/her out at the end of the episode because they got some big-name celebrity to do the voice acting, instead of just giving it to Tress McNeille. It's dumb.
EDIT: Actually, therein lies my annoyance with celebrity guest stars in a nutshell. The writers come up with a cool character who would add an interesting dynamic to the show (a friend or love interest to a main character, for example), then they have to write him/her out at the end of the episode because they got some big-name celebrity to do the voice acting, instead of just giving it to Tress McNeille. It's dumb.
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Re: REVIEW: [SABF14] What To Expect When Bart's Expecting
They actually did avoid that recently by having Comic Book Guy marry a non-guest-star-voiced woman.c_nordlander wrote:Haven't seen the episode, but I agree 100% that Laura Powers should be a regular character.
EDIT: Actually, therein lies my annoyance with celebrity guest stars in a nutshell. The writers come up with a cool character who would add an interesting dynamic to the show (a friend or love interest to a main character, for example), then they have to write him/her out at the end of the episode because they got some big-name celebrity to do the voice acting, instead of just giving it to Tress McNeille. It's dumb.
And on the opposite end of the scale, there was Maya. THEY COULD'VE KEPT MAYA, BLAST IT.
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Re: REVIEW: [SABF14] What To Expect When Bart's Expecting
At least they've got some idea of what to do...
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I agree RE Maya too!
To be fair, we've had a couple of celeb-voiced characters show up more frequently. (Mary Spuckler has a famous VA and she's shown up at least once a season since her introduction - I think Kristen Wiig voices her? - and Amy Poehler's done the same for Genda). But they're both playing Bart's girlfriends and I'd like some variety - why not give Marge a friend, or Lisa a recurring Milhouse-level friend?
Re Tress - heck - give us a Janey plot already! We've had a ton of plots centered around Milhouse, why not flesh out Sherri and Terri?
ETA: Chris, what you said reminded me of what they did with Jessica Lovejoy by having Meryl Streep voice her. Fun, pot-stirring character...who's nearly impossible to bring back because she has an in-demand, award-winning va.
To be fair, we've had a couple of celeb-voiced characters show up more frequently. (Mary Spuckler has a famous VA and she's shown up at least once a season since her introduction - I think Kristen Wiig voices her? - and Amy Poehler's done the same for Genda). But they're both playing Bart's girlfriends and I'd like some variety - why not give Marge a friend, or Lisa a recurring Milhouse-level friend?
Re Tress - heck - give us a Janey plot already! We've had a ton of plots centered around Milhouse, why not flesh out Sherri and Terri?
ETA: Chris, what you said reminded me of what they did with Jessica Lovejoy by having Meryl Streep voice her. Fun, pot-stirring character...who's nearly impossible to bring back because she has an in-demand, award-winning va.
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If we're talking recurring guest-star characters, I'd like to see them bring back Julia from The Homer of Seville. I like the idea of Marge having a nemesis.missy_misery wrote:why not give Marge a friend, or Lisa a recurring Milhouse-level friend?
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Re: REVIEW: [SABF14] What To Expect When Bart's Expecting
Oooh, that might work well.
They could also feature Helen more, but I like her position as General Irritant.
They could also feature Helen more, but I like her position as General Irritant.
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Re: REVIEW: [SABF14] What To Expect When Bart's Expecting
Guess what.missy_misery wrote:I swear they should chase down Sarah Gilbert and see if she's available to VA Laura Powers more frequently.
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I am intrigued, yet worried.
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