The movie simply couldn't get over how ugly his comic wasn't (although there were definitely aspects of it he wouldn't touch). While nothing bad happened in this movie, nothing terrible happened with anything horrible about Mr. Burns's comics either. Most importantly though, none of the awful situations ever led to big memorable moments or tense interactions between characters that won big awards for graphic storytelling and quirky humour. No jokes were funny at all in any way whatsoever. One scene where Nick barely escaped death while laughing like crazy really