Given that at present 27 seasons of The Simpsons have been produced, yet several are not available beyond FXX's constant reruns, countless fans will be disappointed to hear no more DVD sets are coming their way.
I've already made the argument why I believe DVDs and other physical forms of media are important but this news courtesy of show producer Al Jean on Twitter introduces a new wrinkle.
For dedicated Simpsons fans, in spite of the lackluster quality of many, many of the latter seasons, collecting the newly released (although generally seven to eight seasons behind) DVD box sets just added to the collection. But now? If you have feverishly bought every single set available now, you will have a gap from seasons 17-19 (with the 20th season getting its own out of order bare-bones release) and the rest of the series until it ceases, probably somewhere in the 43rd season. Or when the zombie apocalypse finally happens.
Given that all of the box sets previously have contained commentaries, deleted scenes, and other special features, Jean promises those will be made available through online sources (if you are a US resident). But that still won't fix that emptiness or feeling of incompleteness when you, the die-hard Simpsons fan, look at your collection to see gaps and faded dreams.
God speed, Simpsons DVDs.
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