Original sentence: " DVD Review's Nate Myers was more positive about the episode, commenting "The racing sequences feature good animation and direction, but the highlight is a clip from the movie McBain that Homer sees in the video store".DVD Verdict, however, looked unfavourably on the episode, writing "Saturdays of Thunder" has a premise...that frankly has very limited modern day appeal.We can't really get into the whole Martin/Nelson/Bart race dynamic and today, soapbox derby has been technologized all out of proportion
Edited sentence: " Gibron preferred the subplot of Homer's attempts to become a better father." Meyers gave the episode a 4/5 rating.Bill Gibron of DVD Verdict looked unfavorably on the episode, writing that it "has a premise—Bart builds a soapbox racer—that frankly has very limited modern day appeal.Nate Meyers of Digitally Obsessed was more positive about the episode, commenting that the episode's emphasis is on Homer's parenting, like many other season three episodes, and "contrary to popular opinion, Homer is actually a good father who tries to do good by his children.The racing sequences feature good animation and direction, but the highlight is a clip from the movie McBain that Homer sees in the video store.We can't really get into the whole Martin/Nelson/Bart race dynamic and today, soapbox derby has been technologized all out of proportion to the point where very few, if any, practice it