Thoughts: I absolutely detested this episode. I wish it hadn't been made so that all the actually good episodes would have dominated the highest rated episodes. I am extremely annoyed and confused... as well as frustrated... at the amount of foolish reasoning behind the liking towards this episode. If I judge an episode overall... or show my love for it... it would have to be brilliant in every way. I definitely wouldn't love an episode for stupid reasons... such as a James Bont appearing in it for a few seconds or a Football team being shown... these are some of the most moronic and stupid reasons to actually like an episode... just because of a few seconds of a supporting tertiary character appearing on-screen doesn't make this episode a good one. In fact, this episode fails in almost all ways. The cameos aren't much... and if someone isn't a James Bond fan... then they probably won't like the episode overall as well. I myself judge an episode in its entirety, not which cameos are made.
Scorpio: The emphasis being placed on this Scorpio character doesn't make sense to me. Scorpio overall was extremely boring to me. He acts fine and dandy and rather anticlimactic if anything. I found him to be one of the WORST guest star characters in the entire series and whenever I saw him on screen, it bored the life out of me. I still don't understand what there is to like even remotely about a character that acts basic and nothing special in particular... he just goes about his business, be it conquering a planet or giving someone sugar. He really stunk to me. If I were to judge an episode based on an awesome guest star characters... those would be the likes of Frank Grimes from "Homer's Enemy" and John from "Homer's Phobia". Those are two of the best guest star characters in the entire series hands down. And if I were to judge based on villains in the series... Waylon Smithers and c. Montgomery Burns are THE BEST villains in the series without a doubt, along with the occasional menace of Sideshow Bob.
Story: What in the name of all that's sacred are people talking about? There's hardly anything happening in this episode other than Bart playing musical chairs and Lisa sneezing around some chipmunks. It's a really poor plot and a horrid story. And to think this came from the mind of John Swartzwelder (a writing genius)... this is without a doubt... THE WORST EPISODE EVER other than the numerous singing, dancing, and prancing episodes that show previous footage or flashbacks. There's hardly anything happening in relation to James Bond... just because there's one scene that shows a knockoff named Bont (someone who's supposed to resemble Bond) getting capped off-screen... doesn't make this a good episode.
Meaning: By the time it was over... I was amazed at what the purpose or moral of the episode was... I think it may have had something to do with "there's no place like home"... or something of that caliber... but to judge an entire episode with that very simple and basic (even infantile message) is ludicrous. I still don't understand and am in amazement that this atrocious excuse of an episode is rated so highly. I mean, I understand most of the other episodes being liked... but this fails in terms of actual morality and messages.
Overall: This episode was so random and idiotic. After watching almost every episode of the series, I am still baffled at the success ratio for this episode and even more so... at the reasoning behind why it was considered a "good" episode. The ratings seem to be extremely weird to me.
Scorpio: The emphasis being placed on this Scorpio character doesn't make sense to me. Scorpio overall was extremely boring to me. He acts fine and dandy and rather anticlimactic if anything. I found him to be one of the WORST guest star characters in the entire series and whenever I saw him on screen, it bored the life out of me. I still don't understand what there is to like even remotely about a character that acts basic and nothing special in particular... he just goes about his business, be it conquering a planet or giving someone sugar. He really stunk to me. If I were to judge an episode based on an awesome guest star characters... those would be the likes of Frank Grimes from "Homer's Enemy" and John from "Homer's Phobia". Those are two of the best guest star characters in the entire series hands down. And if I were to judge based on villains in the series... Waylon Smithers and c. Montgomery Burns are THE BEST villains in the series without a doubt, along with the occasional menace of Sideshow Bob.
Story: What in the name of all that's sacred are people talking about? There's hardly anything happening in this episode other than Bart playing musical chairs and Lisa sneezing around some chipmunks. It's a really poor plot and a horrid story. And to think this came from the mind of John Swartzwelder (a writing genius)... this is without a doubt... THE WORST EPISODE EVER other than the numerous singing, dancing, and prancing episodes that show previous footage or flashbacks. There's hardly anything happening in relation to James Bond... just because there's one scene that shows a knockoff named Bont (someone who's supposed to resemble Bond) getting capped off-screen... doesn't make this a good episode.
Meaning: By the time it was over... I was amazed at what the purpose or moral of the episode was... I think it may have had something to do with "there's no place like home"... or something of that caliber... but to judge an entire episode with that very simple and basic (even infantile message) is ludicrous. I still don't understand and am in amazement that this atrocious excuse of an episode is rated so highly. I mean, I understand most of the other episodes being liked... but this fails in terms of actual morality and messages.
Overall: This episode was so random and idiotic. After watching almost every episode of the series, I am still baffled at the success ratio for this episode and even more so... at the reasoning behind why it was considered a "good" episode. The ratings seem to be extremely weird to me.