Ordinary- as expected

Rating: 4/10 (12 August 2007)

Went into this expecting not a whole lot. Some of the recent TV-movie adaptions (South Park, X-Files, in which I fell asleep etc) were terrible. This proved to be no exception.
The plot revolves around Homer dumping some pig excrement into a local river that causes a massive overflow of pollution. The EPA decides to place a dome over Springfield so that it well never harm the outside world again. The Simpsons manage to escape the dome, but when they hear of a plot to blow up Springfield, decide (eventually) to return and try to save it.
As you'd expect a few OK jokes, but the storyline was just terrible. It had to be a big story, but this missed the mark badly. They should have done this with the "Who Shot Mr Burns" story or even the brilliant "Behind the Laughter" episode. Too many key characters given little screen time (Moe, Ralph,Mr Burns, Skinner etc) and too many potential story lines not explored enough ie Flanders and Bart. I started to get restless it was that boring.
D'oh.