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[Kinyou]

I'm.... not feeling it. Many of the jokes are just "Oh look, character X looks like movie character X""

 

[L3E2]

That was awesome. Kind of makes me want to watch this years Halloween special but I probably won't.

 

[harSon]

Pretty cool, albeit a tad bit self indulgent.

 

[Angelcurio]

If you think the producers were dumb for letting Del Toro do that, you'll be definitely laughing at them harder for what they let Banksy do with their show.

That was amazing, can't believe they allowed it to air like that since you would normally have brand managers avoiding anything negative about a product even if its a joke.

 

[Mashing]

That was pretty awesome.

 

[jett]

Pretty cool, albeit a tad bit self indulgent.

This. And for me, the current animation quality of the show ruins it a bit.

 

[justjohn]

Meh

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Was good for once and I haven't cared for the Simpsons in years.

 

[TheSeks]

Christ it goes on forever.

Yeah, my exact feeling. Too long for TV show runtimes of the normal couch-gag opening. But it's pretty good. Some lame parts, but some parts had me laughing (like Lenny(?) turning into Blade to chase Homer).

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Yeah, my exact feeling. Too long for TV show runtimes of the normal couch-gag opening. But it's pretty good. Some lame parts, but some parts had me laughing (like Lenny(?) turning into Blade to chase Homer).

Carl, not Lenny.

 

[Mleugie]

Yeah, my exact feeling. Too long for TV show runtimes of the normal couch-gag opening. But it's pretty good. Some lame parts, but some parts had me laughing (like Lenny(?) turning into Blade to chase Homer).

 

[alfredofroylan]

Nice to see Pacific Rim getting a cameo.

 

[fallagin]

That was alot of fun gotta say.

 

[hateradio]

That was pretty cool. I liked the Blade reference.

 

[Evilisk]

Carl being Blade was awesome

Otherwise I felt it was way longer than it should have been

 

[Platy]

Somebody likes their own movies.

I actualy missed a "The Devil's Backbone"'s reference =(

 

[Zero315]

Okay, that was pretty damn cool. I laughed at Homer turning into a vampire from The Strain and Carl turning into Blade to chase him.

 

[Pikawil]

I actualy missed a "The Devil's Backbone"'s reference =(

Look closely at Homer at the couch.

 

[unpopularblargh]

It was pretty good. Also I'm (not really) surprised no one mentioned the couch gag by the creator of Ren and Stimpy. It's just plain odd.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

That was awesome.

 

[AuthenticM]

what the fuck there were no giant robots and shit

 

[SJRB]

what the fuck there were no giant robots and shit

Gipsy Danger was at the start fighting a giant monster in the background.

 

[soundscream]

Unfortunately wasted on the current state of the Simpsons. But it was great, loved Blade showing up.

 

[dallow_bg]

It was pretty good. Also I'm (not really) surprised no one mentioned the couch gag by the creator of Ren and Stimpy. It's just plain odd.

Other two were boring.
This was great.

 

[Mariolee]

Had never seen that Banksy opening. Wow.

 

[Secret Fawful]

It was pretty good. Also I'm (not really) surprised no one mentioned the couch gag by the creator of Ren and Stimpy. It's just plain odd.

Yeah, this is probably my favorite of what I've seen so far.

 

[Boss Riovane]

Fun fact, he had the car built for him to use:

That's his.

Literally one of my favorite movies. Mad respect for The Car.

It was very entertaining.

 

[Cuyejo]

This makes me sad.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Too long...

Also lol @ hypnotoad

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

That was amazing

 

[I Stalk Alone]

I bet there are hundreds and hundreds of multi faceted pop culture and simpsons episode references in there.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Oh look, another crap from The Simp... Oh shit, that was amazing. It's sad how crap the show is now and to have this couch gag to be the highlight from the last 10 or something years. Yeah, it's quite telling.

 

[unpopularblargh]

The Homer evolution couch gag is my favourite one by far.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Is fanservice and self-referencing the current standard to be a cultural icon? I am not impressed.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

I remember The Car scaring me as a kid.

 

[GRW810]

Absolutely sublime.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Wow I haven't seen Simpsons since the 90s and I didn't catch like half of those references or characters. Like who the hell is that guy who was writing on the wall next to Bart supposed to be?

 

[Jamie OD]

It was good but with it being just all references they could have made that intro without having Guillermo Del Toro involved.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Tracy Ullman Simpsons at 1:01! :O

 

[TheWraith]

Wow I haven't seen Simpsons since the 90s and I didn't catch like half of those references or characters. Like who the hell is that guy who was writing on the wall next to Bart supposed to be?

Stephen King! connected to The Shining reference on the blackboard.

 

[Hot Coldman]

For my money, the fanciest couch gags in the world can't beat the one where the couch and wall moves away from them and they're just running after it forever.

The Homer evolution couch gag is my favourite one by far.

Hahaha, Moe devolving got me good.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

That was beautiful!! Turn the TV off because nothing after could match the intro!
Would also like to see other director's interpretations of the intro.

 

[Chainsawkitten]

Seems like a whole bunch of references with little actual humour to me, but I've never been much of a fan of the couch gags.

 

[Phaethon0017]

Loved it. Many classic horror monster nods in this. I usually watch the Tree House of Horror eps if nothing else.

 

[Paper Fox]

Misread title as Benicio Del Toro and didn't know what to expect.

And I can appreciate this opening but I just couldn't like it on a personal level, unfortunately. Simpsons is dead to me, has been for a very long time.

 

[Bishop89]

This makes me sad.

nothing beats frame by frame.

 

[SteveWD40]

Holy shit at the original Simpsons designs buried under the ground. And Del Toro's version of CTHULHU!

Highlight for me, considering he has probably done concept stuff on more than just Mountains of Madness, Call of Cthulhu would be the next in line for a film imho.

 

[Moral Panic]

Wow, I haven't watched Simpsons in so long. Since when did they decide to butcher the animation? It looks terrible.

 

[Vagabundo]

Wow I haven't seen Simpsons since the 90s and I didn't catch like half of those references or characters. Like who the hell is that guy who was writing on the wall next to Bart supposed to be?

Stephen King.

 

[dapperbandit]

Christ it goes on forever.

That's symptomatic of all the new episodes, they run out of ideas for good couch gags so they make excruciatingly long and unfunny ones to use up the time needed for the episode.