Simpsons or Regular Broadcast?

[CJD]

(12-09-2024, 02:33 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I am with you no this. I cant stand the Manningcast. 

Can someone explain the Simpsons thing to me? Is it going to be the game being shown inside the Simpsons living room and them talking about thegame or something? 

I don't know exactly what it's going to be, which is why I am at least intrigued.

https://apnews.com/article/espn-simpsons-bengals-cowboys-421aeeb52d82b444dde9160137e98284
Here's what one quote from the producers says:

Quote:While the game is the focal point, the alternate broadcast, in some ways, will resemble a three-hour episode of “The Simpsons.” It starts with Homer eating too many hot dogs and having a dream while watching football.

Homer joins the Cowboys in the dream while Bart teams up with the Bengals. Lisa and Marge will be sideline reporters.


“That’s the beginning of the story, and the story continues through the entire game until Homer wakes up from his dream at the end of the game. It is like a complete story, and the NFL game will happen in between. It’s just going to be an amazing presentation with tons of surprises,” said Michael “Spike” Szykowny, ESPN’s VP of edit and animation.

And apparently the game itself will be animated:

Quote:The telecast will be entirely animated, with the players’ movements in sync with what is happening in real-time on the field. That is done through player-tracking data enabled by the NFL’s Next Gen Stats system and Sony’s Beyond Sports Technology.

It all seems incredibly ambitious.