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Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: GeneralIvan on December 14, 2009 06:12 PM
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Georgian animators are hoping a local television makeover of The Simpsons will mimic the American animated series' two decades of success. But the show, The Samsonadzes, walks a thin line between originality and flat-out imitation of the world's best-known cartoon family.

Shalva Ramishvili, the show's producer and creator, says that his idea was to create a program that is reminiscent of The Simpsons without being an actual copy. "I like The Simpsons, too. It is a cult cartoon for the USA. We needed to do something great, something that is different than everything else," said Ramishvili, who produced a political satire cartoon TV series under ex-President Eduard Shevardnadze. "In the [Georgian television] market, there is nothing like this series. There are no cartoon series and we decided to do it."

Launched six weeks ago on Imedi TV, The Samsonadzes feature the bulging eyes, mustard-toned skin, four-fingered hands and character movements reminiscent of their American counterparts. The series' opening shot -- a camera zooming down through the clouds into a candy-colored anonymous town -- is more than a little reminiscent of the presentation of The Simpsons hometown of Springfield.

But story differences exist. The Samsonadzes are a nuclear family in the Georgian sense: the father (Gela), mother (Dodo), daughter (Shorena) and son (Gia) live with Gela's parents, a frequent occurrence in family-centric Georgia. While Gela shares Homer Simpson's limited intelligence -- the first episode featured his finding a job as a bank's copy machine attendant -- Dodo is a sexier, more aggressive take on quiet Marge Simpson.

Georgia's Caucasus mountain range and the family's crazed parrot Koke -- not Bart Simpson on a skateboard -- take center stage in The Samsonadzes opening frames. Ramishvili said that the openings resemblance to The Simpsons is deliberate. "The first reaction is the most important. That is why," he said of The Samsonadzes introduction.


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Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: Wasim on December 14, 2009 06:17 PM
those wacky georgians
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: psi43 on December 14, 2009 06:22 PM
AAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHA

When I read it i thought it'd look better
but THIS? Aahahaahhahahaha, looks like a bunch of 14 year olds teamed up and made that in blender or something.

edit: ok i watched the whole episode and didn't understand a word of it but it was fucking hilarious.
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: shura on December 14, 2009 06:31 PM
lmao that video is the absolute worst thing i've ever seen
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: Fuzz on December 14, 2009 06:59 PM
Why is it so hard to pronounce their names?!

I want to download the entire series...
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: psi43 on December 14, 2009 07:12 PM
Quote from: FuzzWhy is it so hard to pronounce their names?!

I want to download the entire series...

Yeah, Gela, Dodo, Shorena and Gia

pretty hard to pronounce
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: dilly on December 14, 2009 07:29 PM
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Post by: DrRumack on December 14, 2009 08:34 PM
good god what a horrible thing
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Post by: lenko on December 14, 2009 08:44 PM
is that tom green
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: creamcorn on December 14, 2009 08:49 PM
dude wow 3 fuckin' D
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: rtil on December 14, 2009 11:27 PM
the camework in this is the mark of a true idiot who knows nothing about animation and film
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: MarcK on December 15, 2009 12:12 AM
I watched the whole episode. The animation and graphic technical parts were so awful that I tried to not think of it but the terribleness just kept popping up.
There were some cute moments. Lisa's an adult, bart's bald, there's no santa's little helper or Maggie, but a parrot who strips. That i found fairly awesome. Other than that I'm just going to try and forget this.
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heheheh
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Post by: The Good Ole Ant on December 15, 2009 12:17 AM
i could only last 12 seconds
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Post by: Casey Pixmintro on December 15, 2009 02:33 AM
Those people should die.
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Post by: Mew_User on December 15, 2009 03:20 AM
It was scary.
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Post by: emanhattan on December 15, 2009 03:33 AM
so god damn ugly
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Post by: The Good Ole Ant on December 15, 2009 03:53 AM
alright, from now on post how long you watched it before you clicked out
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: Casey Pixmintro on December 15, 2009 04:03 AM
I probably watched 2 and a half minutes total. I watched the credits then a small chunk of the beginning, got really disgusted then kept flipping through scenes until I Xed out.
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: Fuzz on December 15, 2009 04:36 AM
Quote from: psi43
Quote from: FuzzWhy is it so hard to pronounce their names?!

I want to download the entire series...

Yeah, Gela, Dodo, Shorena and Gia

pretty hard to pronounce

I was actually talking about names like Shalva Ramishvili
Title: GEORGIA: THE SIMPSONS COME TO TBILISI AS THE SAMSONADZES
Post by: Dailyman on December 15, 2009 05:13 AM
It was worth the wait! 5 stars

240 seconds
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Post by: jjjjjjjjjj on December 15, 2009 05:37 AM
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lmoa
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