A gripe I have with the ep with the aptitude test...

Apr 16, 2005, 12:57 AM ET7 posts by 5 posters
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ungvichian

So at the end of act 2, Skinner asks Lisa: "What are you rebelling against?" I expected Lisa to say something like "My aptitude result, that's what"... instead, she says "What have you got?" Come on. Why not let Skinner get to the bottom of your problems? File this under the "but then it wouldn't be fun, would it?" category, I guess... And I see that the machine that grades the test went haywire when it got to the siblings' tests. Wonder what they were _really_ supposed to get... don't see why they couldn't have made room for that as part of the denouement.

James Q. Morrisseyungvichian

i think you're joking, and i don't see why it's funny. but since i'm bored . . .

1) she says that because its a reference to a very famous scene in a very famous movie, something about an upstart with no motivation. 2) the machine goes haywire, unable to believe bart is best suited for police work, because bart is a bad little boy and no-one can believe that he'd be good as a policeman, not even the machine.

heh

JQM

ungvichianJames Q. Morrissey

for

that

Or for that matter, that Lisa would be only good as a homekeeper, and not as a blues musicican, even though she plays the horn every single day.

Aaron Hirshbergungvichian

Yeah, that famous movie about those Wild Ones who rode around on motorcycles. But I can't seem to remember tha name of the movie, either.

And didn't Captain McAllister try to sail around the Horn with three ships and 50 men to bring back riches and whatnot?

Aaron Space Museum

Algomeysa2Aaron Hirshberg

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I think it was called THE BUS THAT COULDN'T SLOW DOWN.

jsonitsacungvichian

[email] wrote:

believe

yes, but she has stubby fingers

Aaron HirshbergJames Q. Morrissey

very

That movie was aptly titled: "The Upstart With No Motivation".

Aaron Space Museum