Yesterday, after returning from UCLA (long story, future post), Narek and I went to go see the new Simpsons Movie (no work on weekends).
It was pretty decent. Many good laughs, though of course the plot and storyline were pretty silly. I’d say it was like a slightly better version of the cartoon. The graphics, while definitely not a Pixar movie with its amazing 3D work, were pretty nice and the drawings were refreshingly different from everything else (except cartoons) on the big screen.
I give it a solid B. Not my favorite of all time, but no regrets.
On an even more interesting note, apparently there was some sort of promotion in which a few 7-11’s were turned into the fictional Quik E Mart’s from the cartoon. One of them was in Burbank so we went to go check it out.
In the store, there were a bunch of life-size characters. Here Narek poses with Marge..
They had a lot of merchandise that was previously pure fiction. There’s Buzz Cola (which tastes pretty much [because it is] just like any other cola), the special pink donuts with colored sprinkles, etc.
I’d say its great marketing (both for the movie and the store) and an insanely successful racket. The food was mildly expensive (donuts were a dollar I think) but the toys and stuff were pretty pricy, like 20 bucks for a little stuffed doll. We wondered if they’d be worth a lot on ebay in a few years.
These things were selling like mad. The line was out the door (literally, and around the block too). We had to actually wait about 20 minutes to get in the store. Which was actually good because being in the store with 100 other people would’ve been very frustrating.
They even had the uniforms and said ‘thank you, come again.’
There was also a bunch of sketches on the walls, that I thought were pretty cool. My favorite was Burns saying “Look at them, they’ll buy anything they see in a cartoon.” Funnily enough, it’s true.
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Narek
11 months, 4 weeks ago
I think we were lucky here in Burbank because their studios are probably within the vicinity–that’s why they had a lot of sketches from the artists of the Simpsons– the only one out of the 12 Quik-e-Marts in the country that has original drawings.
Ludwig Wendzich
11 months, 4 weeks ago
I also loved the movie! And the Kwik-E-Marts would have been cool!
Just a note, Burns says They’ll buy anything in a cartoon, not Smithers.
Anand
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Heh ur right, I’m bad with names.
Ash Haque
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Man wish there were kwik-e-marts in Canada =(
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steve
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Wow that’s absolutely awsome. Nothing that cool ever happens in the UK. Im presuming your not from there. The simpsons movie was awsome very funny.
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