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Macleod’s debut will see Milhouse in a minimized role, as the character only has one line in the episode — and will appear in a scene where he, Bart, and Lisa are all adults, so all of their voices will probably sound a little different from their usual adolescent selves.
What an odd way to introduce a new voice actor.
actually pretty typical for a recurring character like this. you start small and outside of regular context and keep expanding so the weekly audience can acclimate to the change
Amazing World of Gumball pulled it off multiple times with switching to entirely new main cast the next episode after introducing new voices in a small way in an episode. So it’s possible to do on a smaller time-frame as well in a two episode jump.
I guess I find it odd compared to Jimbo Jones, who Hayden also voiced. Mo Collins took over and it was a regular episode with Jimbo having several lines.
Maybe it’s because Collins did an amazing job… But if that’s the case find a better replacement for Milhouse.
Jimbo is also frankly less iconic than milhouse
I think it’d be perfectly normal if they just didn’t write around it and that was the amount of Millhouse that was planned in the episode regardless of the voice actor.
That’s what I’d prefer and that’s how they (seemingly) handled it with Jimbo Jones. Mo Collins replaced Pamela Hayden, he had a small but significant role in the episode with a handful of lines. Done & done.
Giving the new voice actor a single line as older Milhouse seems weird.
Ultimately it’s going to be fine, but just weird.
I don’t know who is still watching new episodes. Obviously someone, because the show keeps going, but I just don’t get it. Occasionally I see some youtuber say “Actually the show is good again.” and I check it out and never even get to thinking about the plot because all the voice acting is like a punch in the face. All the characters either sound distractingly old with their original voice actors or they sound totally wrong with new ones.
People just leave it on during dinner. Very few people care anymore, but it’s reliable ad venue for the channels.
The show should have been ended a long time ago and the writers and VAs could have moved on to new work, but networks are risk adverse
I’m surprised they don’t just use AI at this point, pay the artists like it was real, and then take the heat as publicity. The end result would be better.
I don’t think this comic exactly applies; I’m not commenting about people not knowing some bit of trivia. Even if you didn’t grow up with the classic Simpsons, I don’t know how you can’t notice how old and stiff all the main cast sound. Marge sounds older than the voice acting for her mother in classic episodes.
My question is genuine when I ask who is watching these new episodes. Are they people who grew up with the classics who are somehow hanging on? Are they a new, younger audience? Either way, I don’t see what the appeal is. The older audience knows the classic episodes, and the younger audience seems to have many choices for animation that seem a lot more in step with them and without a distractingly aged main voicecast.
I think part of it is that most peoiple aren’t watching, but the threshold for being a viable network show is so much lower than it used to be. At its peak around season 12, it was averaging 14 million viewers. Season 35 was coming in around 2 million, and it’s been going down every year for a while. I guess the trend is predictable though, and the advertising and streaming revenue still works out for their cost structure.
I suppose there is a business argument to be made, but I’m more curious about the audience perspective. Who are these 2 million viewers? What do they like about the show? Do many of them actually even care and rewatch new episodes or is it just background noise?
That’s my point you have new people discovering and liking the show. Not everyone (and actually less people now) are the initial first 10 season watcher. I’m like you, original was good and I’m done with it but the reality is that new generation/people discovers and enjoy the current seasons.
I am asking, sincerely, what they see in it and how they don’t get distracted by the gravely, old sounding voices. It is difficult to find these people.
Agreed, I do wonder that since season 11 tbh 😝
We’ve just been watching latter Simpsons (seasons 10+) for the first time.
It’s fine. It’s obviously not golden age Simpsons, but it evens out.
If you just expect a decent animated show, rather than another 25 seasons of non-stop generation-defining excellence, you won’t be disappointed.
I love the earlier seasons and the references and quotes that came from them are great.
The new seasons feel soulless and the new voice actors make the show feel awkward, it feels like a disservice to let it become just average.
simpsons has gone on too long at this point, they need to let it go. even FAMILY guy is ending after 25 years, and the latest seasons were cringey.
I would say it’s more variable than average. The pointless shoe-horning of celebrities is annoying, but there are still plenty of great references and bits.
Halloween episodes are often good sometimes great. The Amazing Race parody fits a hilarious Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolf parody within it, that’s the most recent one we laughed a lot at. Some episodes are worth it for the couch gag alone - the bill plympton homer face one is so beautiful, whole seasons of crap would be worth it for that I think.
That’s exactly what I’ve been saying for years. Sure the “golden age” is over, but the “silver age” is still worth the time.
Plus characters like Shauna only appear later on. Shauna is a fun character to add to the town of Springfield.
But they couldn’t do it for Apu… Cowards.
The Simpson should just do it like they do on soap operas. Straight up go full on in and don’t even say anything.
I love the Simpsons but it’s seriously time to just put it to rest for good. It’s so far past it’s peak and it will never reach those heights again. I do wonder if the main voice cast still enjoy working on it or if they just do it out of a sense of duty.
Or the money…
Honestly, just let the Simpsons die already. No one watches it anymore, and those that do say it’s not good.
I still watch it and enjoy it.
Ok, everyone except this dumbass
Woooo, exception to the rule again!
Marge next please she needs subtitles these days.
That’s gonna feel weird
