I used to be a huge fan of The Simpsons in the 1990's. Seasons 1-8, and to some extent Season 9, pretty beats every other bit of animation ever made. However, the rot started to set in the second half of Season 9, and from Season 10 onwards the show went completely downhill. And nowadays it is pretty much just a soulless, unfunny, lazy shadow of it's former self, with only the occasional good episode every season. A bit like Family Guy (which makes me a bit worried for the upcoming crossover between the two shows).
However this very hyped up episode managed to actually live up to the hype, and is possibly one of the strongest episodes of The Simpsons since the late 90's. OK, the plot wasn't nearly as good as any of the episodes from the show's golden age from seasons 2-8, as the main characters still haven't been improved on much. However, the plot was entertaining with a good enough message behind it (that it is better to live in the real world than fantasy land).
The best thing about this however was the production values. The animation here was very impressive and managed to be nearly up to the standard of The Lego Movie. The Lego world is also very detailed, with no one being able to die or grow old or even get injured, and even having their own religion. I also managed to get a few laughs out of this episode.
So well done for giving us an actually good episode, and if it were up to me, this would be the final episode of the show, to give it a fitting send off rather than much of the dross the show craps out these days.
However this very hyped up episode managed to actually live up to the hype, and is possibly one of the strongest episodes of The Simpsons since the late 90's. OK, the plot wasn't nearly as good as any of the episodes from the show's golden age from seasons 2-8, as the main characters still haven't been improved on much. However, the plot was entertaining with a good enough message behind it (that it is better to live in the real world than fantasy land).
The best thing about this however was the production values. The animation here was very impressive and managed to be nearly up to the standard of The Lego Movie. The Lego world is also very detailed, with no one being able to die or grow old or even get injured, and even having their own religion. I also managed to get a few laughs out of this episode.
So well done for giving us an actually good episode, and if it were up to me, this would be the final episode of the show, to give it a fitting send off rather than much of the dross the show craps out these days.