"I can't imagine it" isn't the same as "it's a bad idea." We haven't seen anything of how they plan to handle it, so I'm waiting until there's actually something in front of us to criticize.
"I can't imagine it" isn't the same as "it's a bad idea." We haven't seen anything of how they plan to handle it, so I'm waiting until there's actually something in front of us to criticize.
I think this could work. It could obviously go badly in many different ways (too woke, too conservative, too bland) but if they have the guts to make it interesting, and the discipline to make it smart (in the same way that South Park is smart), it could be good.
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
Theres also a similar issue with alot of these older revivals is the Boomer Humour doesn't work anymore. People mock the "I hate my wife/I hate my life" genre because it's pathetic. These days if you hate your wife people just say "Shut up complaining and divorce her then" or push for personal growth if they claim to "hate their life".
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Thinking about it, the only move I think they could take that wouldn't consign this to a stale family guy/simpsons riff in this day and age is a radical one. They Bel Air it, drop alot of the humour and focus on the drama. Bundy is miserable with his life, lets adress that rather then laughing at it. The mans having difficulties with his relationship with his wife and kids, doesn't really understand them and is very angry with the world because he feels like he hasn't got his.
Last edited by jetengine; 05-17-2022 at 12:25 AM.
nice. But who will be the writers? They have to move beyond the settings of the living room, the shoe store, etc.
I'm not sure what direction they'd go in. I'd say they could stand to do more social satire rather than "chicken legs" jokes. No point in having a laugh track.
Bring back Marcy's first husband Steve and make him a co-character, too.
honestly, I can't see this argument as valid. the tone and scope of the humor was really different for each show. MWC seemed to carry on the tradition of "the Honeymooners" and "All in the Family" while trying to be a satire of the idealized family in the Cosby Show.
the Simpsons started out as an animated short on the Tracy Ullman show in 1987... which means that they would have started at roughly the same time. most sources I've looked at suggest that Groening based the characters loosely on his own life experiences. all of the characters, apart from Bart Simpson (who would take up Matt Groening's place), use the same names as his family! (Marge, Homer, Lisa, Maggie)
I do agree with your assessment that "Married with Children" is NOT a concept that lends itself well to animation. all of the writing was very slapstick and stage oriented. animation is a time-consuming and laborious art form... and the writing for MWC seems very inappropriate and ill-suited for it.