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<blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 2319318" data-attributes="member: 649">There's a marked difference between the Star Trek situation and this one, however: Trek fans hadn't seen anything new in more than a decade, and were clamoring to see their favorites on the big screen. Despite the general foulness of Star Trek: The Slow Motion Picture, I can tell you that it was a thrill to see the new Enterprise, to see Kirk and Spick and Bones and Scotty and all, together again, doing that thing they do. Why would I feel this way about the Simposons? Nostalgia only sells if you actually miss something.The X-Files comparison is better, with the episodes after the movie just getting worse and worse. But even there, the movie was intriguing beccause we wanted to see the story arc move forward, to better understand all that shadowy stuff, something they weren't revealing enough of (for those who liked it) in the series. Will Bart say &quot;Eat my nads&quot; or something, moving things &quot;forward?&quot; I don't see it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fast Learner, post: 2319318, member: 649"] There's a marked difference between the Star Trek situation and this one, however: Trek fans hadn't seen anything new in more than a decade, and were clamoring to see their favorites on the big screen. Despite the general foulness of [i]Star Trek: The Slow Motion Picture[/i], I can tell you that it was a thrill to see the new Enterprise, to see Kirk and Spick and Bones and Scotty and all, together again, doing that thing they do. Why would I feel this way about the Simposons? Nostalgia only sells if you actually miss something. The X-Files comparison is better, with the episodes after the movie just getting worse and worse. But even there, the movie was intriguing beccause we wanted to see the story arc move forward, to better understand all that shadowy stuff, something they weren't revealing enough of (for those who liked it) in the series. Will Bart say "Eat my nads" or something, moving things "forward?" I don't see it. [/QUOTE]

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