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Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?)

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  Re: Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?)
  By: Matt Garvey to All on Sun Nov 02 2025 20:50:47

 > Argh. Maybe it would be good to run with the logic that if there 
 >  aren't
 > any more good flashback stories to tell, perhaps one shouldn't be 
 >  told.
 > If one is, though, it ought to be better than ridiculous nonsense 
 >  with
 > abysmal characterizations. Seriously, I get the idea of exaggerating
 > Homer's worse tendencies for an episode, but why does the first act 
 >  or
 > so of this tale show past Homer not as well-meaning but inept, but 
 >  as
 > basically a sociopath? I really checked out with that. Too much, not
 > made up for by the end (and the steady flow of ungrounded nonsense).
 
The "Bart being left handed" thing is something I would have expected 
 to be
revealed during several past episodes that revolved around Flanders 
 and/or the
Leftorium -- in particular, "When Flanders Failed."
 
There were so many past opportunities for that, it almost felt like a 
 retconn.
 
Argh, indeed.

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Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?) Matt Garvey <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> - 2025-11-02 20:50 -0500
  Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?) NOSPAM.Dumas.Walker@darkrealms.ca (Dumas Walker) - 2025-11-04 08:36 +0000
    Re: Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?) Matt Garvey <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> - 2025-11-04 22:33 -0500

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