Perfect and Nerdy
Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon took Homer’s drive to the nuclear plant and rendered it in bright, blocky pixels. It’s the intro we’ve all seen countless times, but they made it worth watching again.
The Simpsons has spawned endless versions of this opening, but something landed different here. Maybe it’s just that someone finally made it look genuinely cool while the actual show’s been terrible for years. Or maybe there’s something pure about watching a familiar scene collapse into pure geometry and arcade color.
I could watch it loop forever. Not out of nostalgia or whatever—I’m past that. But because it’s just well-made and knows what it’s doing. That’s the rarest thing.