@Gigglepuffy:
And you have to understand that once again, I completely disagree, since there are several times the directional approach even seemed slightly off. All of the episodes before the latest pretty much felt like they were incredibly rusty and trying to get back into everything again. So just stating something like that "no you are wrong and you must realize this" repeatedly doesn't really make room for … anyone to say anything. Futurama has had bad episodes before (the ones that come to mind were in final season too, so it's like a foreshadowing), but it never took this long before for the chain to be broken. I don't know what else to say here, so... don't respond to this post and just go back to enjoying your show?
What? You're telling me not to respond to this. You know. It's funny. I wasn't even going to, until you said that. So, here I am, responding to your post. I could go into a long explanation as to why you may think the episodes are not up to par with what they have been, but I don't need to because Shmeckie already explained it perfectly here:
A lot of people seem to forget you've all had years to watch the old Futurama episodes over and over and over and over again, and dissect them 'till kingdom come, get nice and comfortable with every episode, and disregard all those old wheel-turners. I'm probably not too far off when I say that, in your minds, the series was primarily composed of Luck of the Fryrish, The Why of Fry, Leela's Homeworld, etc. etc. peppered with the episodes with your favorite gags. Why exactly do you think there are so many people having problems with the new season, without being able to directly put their finger on why?!
How, excatly, have these episodes been any different from, say, the Titanic episode? Or the episode with the monkey and the hat? Or Robot Party Week?! This is a comedy show, it's funny, what's the problem? This isn't some massively story-driven show where every episode needs to be dedicated to advancing a plot, developing characters, etc. Shit, what did the old episodes give us? Bender "jacking on," the Beastie Boys in Robot Hell, the main three leads becoming superheroes, etc. Jokes come before plot every time. Even when they contradict earlier plot points (there's been multiple explinations for what global warming may or may not have done, after all).
I mean, god dammit, internet, I know it's your collective job to bitch endlessly about everyone and everything, but Jesus…!
EDIT: And I just read your somewhat arrogant response.
@Gigglepuffy:
Hey guess what homes!
… You kind of missed the points.
Oh, the irony.
I've already stated why the comedy felt uninspired and stale to me: cruise control. It feels like the first episodes this season were all completely on cruise control with creativity thrown out the window.
So, you're saying that the episodes have been playing it too safe? Is that it?
I get why you're being defensive of Futurama and all, and that there are probably a lot of people who your points apply to. But not me.
"You can do that with a bunch of people You can do that with whoever you want, and I won't mind. Just don't do it to me, I'm above all of that."
That's what I got out of this part.