Replace 5/20/20: Get your donuts prepared. After months in limbo, Disney+ finally, officially announced on May 20 that The Simpsons would lastly be obtainable to stream in its unique 4:Three side ratio beginning Might 28.
It was all form of serendipitous. Longtime Simpsons author and govt producer Al Jean adopted up on tweet he made concerning the side ratio in 2015 after FXX acquired the long-running sitcom, assuring followers that, “As all the time you’ve been heard!” The whole lot’s comin’ up Milhouse.
The much more vital most vital tweet I could make!
As all the time you’ve been heard! @theSimpsons episodes shall be obtainable of their unique 4:Three side ratio on #DisneyPlus starting 5/28.— Al Jean (@AlJean) May 20, 2020
Earlier replace 11/15/19: After a deluge of outraged tweets about The Simpsons solely being obtainable to stream in widescreen, Disney+ launched an announcement concerning the problem, promising to set issues proper for followers who need the outdated side ratio again.
“We offered The Simpsons in 16:9 side ratio at launch as a way to assure visible high quality and consistency throughout all 30 seasons,” a Disney+ spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to The A.V. Club. “Over time, Disney+ will roll out new options and extra viewing choices. As a part of this, in early 2020, Disney+ will make the primary 19 seasons (and a few episodes from Season 20) of The Simpsons obtainable of their unique 4:Three side ratio, giving subscribers a selection of how they like to view the favored collection.”
Beforehand: 11/12/19: After Disney+ launched on Tuesday morning, the streaming service hit quite a lot of bumps. Along with many users being unable to log into their accounts, as soon as followers did they found one other unlucky actuality: The Simpsons is simply obtainable to observe in widescreen.
The primary 30 seasons of the long-running Fox collection are all obtainable to stream for Disney+ subscribers. Nevertheless, The Simpsons did not swap to the 16:9 widescreen side ratio and HD till Season 20. That implies that solely permitting subscribers to view the comedy in widescreen ends in cropping out huge quantities of the present’s animation in earlier seasons — which may end up in the lack of visible jokes.
Followers have been understandably upset at this, notably as a result of they have been by this earlier than with FXX (which is owned by The Walt Disney Firm). When FXX started airing marathons of The Simpsons in 2014, additionally they solely aired the collection in widescreen. Fans were as outraged then as they are now, and it is only a disgrace that Disney+ did not study from this earlier incident and easily make The Simpsons obtainable to stream because it was made to be seen.
Given all this, Disney+ ought to in all probability have braced themselves for tweets like this: “UHHHHH IM HEARING THE SIMPSONS ARE IN HD AND F—ING WIDESCREEN ON DISNEY+?????????? IGER, YOU DUMB MOTHER F—ER I WILL FIND YOU AND SLAP THE SH– OUTTA YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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UPDATE:
Disney+ solely has The Simpsons stretched/cropped to widescreen
shameful, @DisneyPlusHelp. canceling my subscription till that is mounted.
— Corey Atad (@CoreyAtad) November 12, 2019
Outdated episodes of The Simpsons on Disney+ aren’t within the unique 4:Three side ratio in order that they’re squished into widescreen and it appears unhealthy I am sorry to be the bearer of unhealthy information!!!
— Matthew D’Ambrosio™️ 🦃 (@drmattdambrosio) November 12, 2019
After they cropped The Simpsons into widescreen, they saved photographs of the TV in 4:3. They actually ought to’ve simply saved the whole factor in it is unique side ratio. pic.twitter.com/N2w7IxL3l9
— Tanooki Joe (@TanookiKuribo) June 4, 2019
In different information, Disney+ did not censor Bart’s penis in The Simpsons Film.
BART SIMPSON’S WIENER IS UNCENSORED ON DISNEY+
I REPEATED!
BART SIMPSON’S PENIS IS UNCENSORED ON DISNEY+
I AM LITERALLY SHAKEN RIGHT NOW! pic.twitter.com/co1uJmaQNr
— Crimson Mayhem (@mayhem_crimson) November 12, 2019
The Simpsons is out there to stream on Disney+ now.