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RillAkBea posted:I think the worst part of it was the level of transparency. In particular the bit with everyone making noise. They just didn't even bother with trying to write it in character. You realise that's the joke, right? Fry played the trombone, Amy took a pachinko break and Bender revealed he was a tugboat. Dud you really watch those things happen and think "ugh, these aren't in character at all"? Edit: Regardless of what you think of the scene, Fry and Leela's exchange was the best joke of the season. "Fry, I'm writing here! Do you have to play that?" "Yes. It's the only song I know." Leovinus fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Jul 25, 2011 |
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John DiMaggio sounds like an awesome human being:Wil Wheaton posted:I introduced Ryan to John Dimaggio, and this happened:
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Jul 25, 2011 19:14
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Klungar posted:John DiMaggio sounds like an awesome human being: If I ever met John DiMaggio I would ask him to do that thing Bender does when he's freaking out. Anyone who's ever heard the commentaries knows what I mean.
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Jul 25, 2011 19:35
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Jul 25, 2011 20:10
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Goons: Listen to my boss-words.
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Jul 25, 2011 20:27
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Klungar posted:John DiMaggio sounds like an awesome human being: That's basically how I would react.
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Jul 25, 2011 20:49
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sebzilla posted:If time passes in the Futurama universe (so it's now 3011) why are all the orphans still the same age as they were in 3002 or whenever? WHY IS MAGGIE STILL A BABY????????? WHY IS BART STILL IN 4th GRADE????????? MY SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF!!!!
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Clearly, their growth has been stunted by malnutrition and sadness.  
thexerox123 fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Jul 26, 2011 |
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Jul 26, 2011 15:58
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Phat_Albert posted:WHY IS MAGGIE STILL A BABY????????? WHY IS BART STILL IN 4th GRADE????????? Sure, but The Simpsons gives no shits about continuity whereas Futurama does sometimes when it feels like it (or when its funny). Also I do other human stuff. I age. See?
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Jul 26, 2011 17:56
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sebzilla posted:Sure, but The Simpsons gives no shits about continuity whereas Futurama does sometimes when it feels like it (or when its funny). And the characters don't wear the same clothes every day! Or have the same jobs they did (at the end of) episode 1! Amy is still an intern, Cubert and Dwight haven't grown up. Futurama has never really cared about continuity any more than the Simpsons has. The very few select times things have carried over were designed as such to bring in a new character or what not. But the rules about aging/time moving forward are the same in the Simpsons as it is in Futurama. They acknowledge time moving forward occasionally, but mostly it might as well be the same day every single episode.
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Jul 26, 2011 18:15
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Coleman posted:Amy is still an intern The horse says: DOCTORATE DENIED!
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sebzilla posted:Sure, but The Simpsons gives no shits about continuity whereas Futurama does sometimes when it feels like it (or when its funny). They only care about continuity when it would be funny to care.
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Jul 26, 2011 18:24
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a pipe smoking dog posted:They only care about continuity when it would be funny to care. Bender, it's me, Fanny! We had an affair?
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Jul 26, 2011 21:52
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Klungar posted:John DiMaggio sounds like an awesome human being: I have a hard time thinking I'd react any other way to that.
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Jul 26, 2011 22:11
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shotgunbadger posted:I have a hard time thinking I'd react any other way to that. I think me running into him would result in a restraining order.
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Coleman posted:And the characters don't wear the same clothes every day! Or have the same jobs they did (at the end of) episode 1! Amy is still an intern, Cubert and Dwight haven't grown up. I just explain it that people age much slower in the future because of science/stem cells, hence people being able to live well into their 100s. Also since bender's big score Fry looks a little older and his voice has changed, I dunno if it was deliberate but it seems like it would be, maybe that's just me though.
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sebzilla posted:Sure, but The Simpsons gives no shits about continuity whereas Futurama does sometimes when it feels like it (or when its funny). Have you thought about this one. It's a damned cartoon. It's only going to keep continuity when it suits them and not give 2 shits about it any other time.
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fruitpunch posted:I just explain it that people age much slower in the future because of science/stem cells, hence people being able to live well into their 100s. Also since bender's big score Fry looks a little older and his voice has changed, I dunno if it was deliberate but it seems like it would be, maybe that's just me though. Exactly. The professor's, what, 180?
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Fry has acknowledged time passing according to the years since the show began. I also thought they were attempting to age him a little--especially in the Minority Report/Tron episode. He's also progressed somewhat with his personality outside of the clear one-liners. I personally wish that they had not progressed Zoidberg in the way they did compared to the beginning of the show. I sort of liked him being the only person Santa gives a present to. Or the Harold Zoid situation. Right now I feel like they banked on that for shock value and can't return. By making another Bender they lost a foil. Zoidberg had started going downhill with Leela's shock collar where he seemed to be torturing her for no reason, out of character. The newest episodes seem more out of character for the cast than I would have expected. The Neutopia episode is the best example, they seemed to throw a lot away for it. I don't need a cartoon soap opera, but I would have preferred more amusing explorations of what was hinted at in the past. Episodes like the ones with Fry's brother were infinitely stronger than Leela's planet of lies for kids. The show might be emotionally exhausting if it were only that way, but undermining those strong episodes during the lighthearted ones seems to make the show nearly impossible to follow.
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Jul 28, 2011 17:47
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All this hatin on the new episode makes me as sad as an upside-down smile...
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Jul 28, 2011 21:17
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My entire philosophy since they came back has been "expect a crappy episode and be happy when it's not". That's worked pretty well for me, and allowed me to enjoy even a majority of the less amazing episodes from this season. Like even the crappy iPhone/Cat/Titanic episodes had some really great lines, and all my complaining aside there was still something to enjoy in each one. This last episode was really the only one where I felt like turning it off because the plot and jokes did absolutely nothing for me. Which I guess is a pretty good record, all things considered.
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I don't get the hate either. I thought the last episode was adorable. I am a little tired of all the bender episodes though, even if bender is great.
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Jul 28, 2011 21:39
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It's been really subpar. I'm no Futurama nut, but none of the episodes have been that good at all. The forward only time machine one being the exception. The movies were better than this.
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Jul 28, 2011 22:23
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I like the movies, but I definitely think this season has improved a lot in terms of writing. Although there have been some inconsistent episodes (the cat one might be my least favourite in the whole series), I think it has generally been funnier than season 4 overall.
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Leyburn posted:It's been really subpar. I'm no Futurama nut, but none of the episodes have been that good at all. The forward only time machine one being the exception. You don't like The Prisoner of Benda?
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MrL_JaKiri posted:You don't like The Prisoner of Benda? Yeah that was a good un too.
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Jul 28, 2011 23:34
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I've enjoyed the episodes this season more often than not. I'd say that Lethal Inspection, The Late Philip J. Fry, The Prisoner of Benda and The Silence of the Clamps were about as good as the very best of the original run. Sure, there's been a couple stinkers, but taking into consideration that it's been getting its footing back after a very long absence from TV, it's pretty impressive how many good episodes we've had. It's probably been the weakest overall season in the entire series, but it's a far cry from the revival of Family Guy.
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"Do you have to play that?" "Yes. It's the only song I know."  I guess I'm the minority here for liking this episode. Plagiarism, child labor, corrupted innocence, nobody learns their lesson; it reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Lisa convinces Mr. Burns to help the environment, when he only ends up making it worse and thanking Lisa (which I also liked). It also reminds me of Death to Smoochy. I think Neutopia was probably the least enjoyable episode since the most recent premiere.
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The only episode I didn't like was the eyePhone episode. That Darn Katz wasn't amazing, but it wasn't THAT awful, and I enjoyed Neutopia as a just-having-fun sort of episode. The rest of the season has been excellent, in my view. Better than the movie season, certainly. We haven't quite had another Godfellas yet (I appreciated The Late Philip J. Fry, but I don't think it quite had the emotional punch that it thought it did), but I can't see the reasoning behind calling it a particularly weak season. We've definitely had some excellent episodes - Prisoner of Benda, Late, Silence Of The Clamps, Lethal Inspection and the V-GINY ep were all top-notch. I agree with the criticism about Yo Leela Leela having a really weak ending. It really did feel like a Simpsons episode, and I hope that's not a sign of things to come. But it had some great lines and worked well enough. Even the eyePhone ep did some good by knocking That's Lobstertainment off the Worst Episode spot, a position which it only occupied by default. Oh, wait, I forgot the Holiday Special. That sucked. What I'd love to see now are some Fry-and-Bender episodes. We've had a bit of an overdose of Bender in the past few eps, but theirs has always been an interesting relationship and we haven't seen so many episodes exploring that, apart from Ghost In The Machine, which was more about pitting them against each other. Oh, and Silence of the Clamps, in which they didn't really spend much time together. But anyway, more of those. Edit: This is getting long-winded, but this season has even fixed some problems I had with the older seasons - the major one being that Zoidberg has now been reduced in role quite a lot. Less is more with him - I'm fine with him staying out of the limelight and coming out to give lines like "JOHN loving ZOIDBERG" with much greater effect. I guess the trade-off is that Scruffy's been appearing more often, which is bad for the same reason. He's starting to feel a little forced, popping up in every episode. And that "Mhmm" thing he's got going now is a kind of lame forced catchphrase. Leovinus fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Jul 29, 2011 |
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Jul 29, 2011 01:17
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Yeah, the EyePhone episode is my least favorite in the entire series, but even then, it created one of my favorite new running jokes in the series, with Fry calling out "Help! Police!" when he's in trouble. That just tickles me.
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Jul 29, 2011 01:25
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That Darn Katz had everything - viva jokes, Nibbler, Wenstrum. How can anyone dislike it!
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MrL_JaKiri posted:That Darn Katz had everything - viva jokes, Nibbler, Wenstrum. How can anyone dislike it! Wait a second, this isn't a corpse at all! It's one of those human puppets dogs can operate...adapted for use by a cat!! (that episode ruled, screw y'all)
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Cardboard Box posted:Yeah, the EyePhone episode is my least favorite in the entire series, but even then, it created one of my favorite new running jokes in the series, with Fry calling out "Help! Police!" when he's in trouble. That just tickles me. Also, it has Scruffy turning a reg'lar board into a divin' board.
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Jul 29, 2011 03:00
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MrL_JaKiri posted:That Darn Katz had everything - viva jokes, Nibbler, Wenstrum. How can anyone dislike it! Wwwwwwwernstrom.
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Jul 29, 2011 03:00
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Inventor of Television and Child Obesity!
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Jul 29, 2011 03:01
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The anti-senility truss!
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Cardboard Box posted:Yeah, the EyePhone episode is my least favorite in the entire series, but even then, it created one of my favorite new running jokes in the series, with Fry calling out "Help! Police!" when he's in trouble. That just tickles me. It also had the Pukmi-Pukyu and one of my favourite exchanges. "What have you been feeding it?" "Whatever comes out one end we feed to the other."
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Jul 29, 2011 03:02
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Woo-hoo! Time to go clubbin'! Baby seals,here I come!
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Hi Lars! Fry. Whatever.
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I also wanna go to that museum.
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