So far this season's been made up of "good not great" episodes. This one was great. Plus, it's finally FINALLY acknowledged completely. Fry and Leela are a couple, they said it. Fry not even knowing was a great joke too.
Futurama
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This was one of my favroite episodes ever. Up there with the Late Philip J. Fry for me.
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That was great. Really great. Damned if even Benders murderous tendencies didn't make me laugh
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I don't know why, but I started watching Futurama. After a few random episodes, I started season 1. Now I'm off to season 2. Had some good laughs.
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Really great episode!
So now Bender has free will?
Could turn into something good when/if dealt with again.
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Really great episode!
So now Bender has free will?
Could turn into something good when/if dealt with again.
(though thoughout the series I've always thought he had free will but whatever)The episode made it apparent that he didn't need the thing for free will and that it was nothing but a placebo.
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I got the impression that it wasn't so much about specific, individual actions so much as it was, well… Bender programmed to act like Bender. A bit more of a broader personality thing.
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Honestly think this has been one of the best/most consistent seasons, period. Decision 3012 was the only one that didn't get a laugh from me.
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Yeah it is a strong season so far, I agree.
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Another great episode this week. I liked seeing the Near-Death Star return in glorious HD.
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Great episode, wondering what happen to the professors brother….
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Decent ep, but it felt like it was trying to get an emotional heartstring tug without really earning it. The "emotional twist" at the end just wasn't as strong as other such reveals they've done in the past like Luck of the Fryish, Fry's Dog, Leela's parents, the glimpses at Zoidberg's past, or the Bender/Hermes episode.
Maybe its just because Dr. Who did that same ending with some tragedy thrown in, maybe its because they were making dated Matrix jokes, and were blatantly pointing out they were dated Matrix jokes, I dunno.
If you're doing parody, you don't have to name the source guys. Just run with it as part of the world, once you start pointing out how stupid and absurd something is, at length, it becomes stupid and absurd, rather than funny and whismical. The Martix making no sense using human batteries worked just fine by saying "Wouldn't humans be an impractical source of energy that use up more than they create?" "You'd think that, but who knew?" without the legnthy commentary on the Matrix… which is something everyone was going to get anyway. And you see, I'm stretching out and overexplaining this comment to emphasize the point by diluting my own observation.
Great episode, wondering what happen to the professors brother….
Bender killed him.
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@RobbyBevard:
And you see, I'm stretching out and overexplaining this comment to emphasize the point by diluting my own observation.
That's how they get you, man.
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The Matrix awkwardness at least gave us that payoff with Leela plugging the grandparents into the battery slots.
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@RobbyBevard:
Decent ep, but it felt like it was trying to get an emotional heartstring tug without really earning it. The "emotional twist" at the end just wasn't as strong as other such reveals they've done in the past like Luck of the Fryish
Luck of the Fryish: the gift that keeps on giving every time we see a B-list celebrity iwth their head preserved, but not the First Man on Mars.
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episode was…okayish. They never really sold me on the emotions involved, and other heartstring-pullers had more laughs to go along with teh Awwwww. It felt too slow, like I waited the entire episode for it to kick into gear.
And the "Leela flirts with Fry who rejects her due to boring reason" joke was already used in reincarnation. Literally the exact same joke.
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Attention David X. Cohen and Rough Draft Studios. I am reasonably satisfied with the episodes I have seen this season. Overall I would rate them at a C+ so far. Okay, not great. As a result I will NOT destroy your studio. But NEITHER will I provide you with my recipe for immortality!
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Attention David X. Cohen and Rough Draft Studios. I am reasonably satisfied with the episodes I have seen this season. Overall I would rate them at a C+ so far. Okay, not great. As a result I will NOT destroy your studio. But NEITHER will I provide you with my recipe for immortality!
Way to overact, Zoidberg!
(Sorry, I just can't resist Futurama quotes.)
On topic: I need to look up the recent episodes online, since the last one I watched was the Bender and Hermes episode (which was fantastic)…
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A Zoidberg and Amy episode. Neat, they don't usually put that combination together. (Fry, Leela and Bender may be the main group, but they get overused. its the rare matchups that tend to be more interesting.)
Pretty fun ep overall.
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pleaskilltherobotmafia pleasekilltherobotmafia pleasekilltherobotmafia….
When you're right, you're right.
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I'm happy to see an Amy and Zoidberg episode since both are underused, but did they just pretend that whole business about Mars never happened or have they screwed the episode order up somehow?
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Nope, production codes and episode airings match up. (Though this week's episode IS out of order with next week's which is being doubled up as a finale.) While its possible something in next weeks episode fixes Mars…
Well, I WOULD say its more likely just their usual loose continuity where they don't confer much while writing episodes is at play here, where any big continuity thing that doesn't happen in the first episode of the season won't be reflected by the other writers until the following season. (Fry and Leela especially.) Just a result of them writing most of the scripts at the same time with all different writers.
EXCEPT. Apparently, Josh Weinstein wrote both A Farewell to Arms and Viva Mars Vegas. So. he absolutely should have known Mars was destroyed. He wrote it!
So. Just ignoring it for the sake of the gag apparently.
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When you're right, you're right.
Did they do it!?
(I'm such a bad fan, I've missed practically all of this season due to forgetting to record…)
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well, technically Mars wasn't destroyed, it just lost its orbit, so maybe it's just taken up residency somewhere else…or have been put back by a badass gravity pump.
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Did they do it!?
(I'm such a bad fan, I've missed practically all of this season due to forgetting to record…)
No, but they were arrested.
Not that that has ever stopped the mob before.
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Did they do it!?
(I'm such a bad fan, I've missed practically all of this season due to forgetting to record…)
More that the last episode was a robot mafia episode and I wish they would get killed off. Wasn't a terrible episode, I just find much of their shtick to not be that amusing.
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Did not like that episode. Don't care that it was a robot fox, it was still an entire episode focused on animal hunting.
Do not want.
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@RobbyBevard:
Did not like that episode. Don't care that it was a robot fox, it was still an entire episode focused on animal hunting.
Do not want.
Eh, that episode was all right.
Naturama was pretty darn good though.
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Eh, that episode was all right.
Naturama was pretty darn good though.
I missed the first showing, and when they did the reruns, they only showed the first episode instead of both. Laaaame.
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They only showed the first episode during the first replay; the second one after the Daily Show/Colbert Report had both.
And, man, that Pinta Island segment was a million times more depressing than they probably intended since Lonesome George actually did die a few months ago.
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So, now that the half-season has ended, and I've caught all the episodes, its what time? Ranking time!:
Great tier:
- Fun On A Bun: Just…awesome all round.
- Six million dollar mon: Pretty darn funny, only fault is Roberto resurrecting himself without his brain.
- A farewell to arms: Solid, even if Leelas broken leg was an extremely stupid plot point, considering the medical sciences of Futurama.
- Bots and the Bees: The whole "Memory vs bending" subplot made very little sense to me, but it was a solid emotional episode, and I love seeing Likeable Bender.
Good Tier:
- Zapp Dingbat: Propably the most surprisingly likeable episode for me; I was afraid of another "Proposition infinity"
- Viva Mars Vegas: Zoidberg is always great, and I love when they mix up the pairings.
Okay tier:
- 31st century fox: Its weird, it had a lot of really, really fun moments, but I hate it when killing robots is made out to be no big deal...especially in an episode such as this.
- Thief of Baghead. It just wasn't that funny, and the climax was pretty rushed and weak.
- Butterjunk effect: Same pretty much.
- Free Will Hunting: Just seemed pointless to me. Was anyone ever questioning if Bender had free will?
Eh tier:
- Naturama: This is all about personal taste; I know Futurama has a good chunk of dark humor, but watching an entire episode of it became a bit much for me, especially since I hate seeing sentient beings eaten alive...and children dying.
Bad tier:
- Decision 3012. Just so friggin' lazy.
- Near Death wish: By far my least favourite "emotional" episode; it isn't as much as its just boring, and not really that compelling at all.
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The first trailer for the 2nd half of season 7 is out now.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/06/get-ready-for-the-return-of-futurama-with-a-new-trailer
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I wonder if South Park being only in the fall this year will affect how they air Futurama.
And network, quit calling them half seasons. Even if they're only 13 episodes, when they're one set of episodes a year, a full 8-10 months apart, its a different season. makes the box sets really confusing. Especially since they DON'T count the movies as a season, it can be argued that they're on season 6 or season 9, (and the box sets are on "volume 7" which skips over the movies…) its ridiculous.
I mean, they're officially "renewed for a 9th and 10th Season" but what does that even MEAN? Is that 26 episodes over two years, or 52 episodes over 4 years?
Anyway, the episode titles for all 13 are available at this point if anyone is interested
! 7ACV14 - Forty Percent Leadbelly
7ACV15 - 2-D Blacktop
7ACV16 - T:. THE TERRESTRIAL
7ACV17 - Fry and Leela's Big Fling
7ACV18 - Inhuman Torch, The
7ACV19 - Saturday Morning Fun Pit
7ACV20 - Calculon 2.0
7ACV21 - Assie Come Home
7ACV22 - Leela and the Genestalk
7ACV23 - Game of Tones
7ACV24 - Murder On the Planet Express
7ACV25 - Stench and Stenchibility
7ACV26 - Meanwhile -
Robot devil sightet! Yay!
This summer? Aw. Anyone know when they start?
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The last three times the new season started at the end of June (With two episodes the first night) and then ran through September.
They might do it a little differently this year since the South Park schedule has drastically changed though.
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Needs more Robot mafia
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http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/22/futurama-not-renewed-comedy-central/ September 4th is the last episode, barring another revival.
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Bleh. Well, that kind of contradicts the "renewed for a 9th and 10th Season" memo that went out prior, I thought we had another 39 eps coming yet. Of course, given how hard it is to count their seasons the way they divide the numbers AND label the box sets differently… I suppose this second half of season 7 coming up now, when you count the movie season and the divided seasons is ALSO the 10th season? Stupid numbering.
Well, it's a good run regardless. The show by all rights should run for nearly forever, but...
At least the "final" episode is being written by Ken Keeler again. He's done the last three final episodes after all.
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Well, that sucks, and just when the writers were finding their groove.
The season divisions sucked anyway.
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Shorter seasons or no, it really is hard to complain though when we've basically gotten another 7 years of the show since the movies started up. (So, 68 more episodes) Especially considering the series ended in 2004.
So, it's kinda hard to be upset really. Better while its still strong than going down the Simpsons/Family Guy path of slow but steady degrading?
Though with South Park cutting down to 10 episode single shot seasons, (instead of two half seasons of 7), have to wonder how much longer that is going to run. Parker and Stone have clearly been ready to end it for some time, but keep it going cause the money is good.
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I honestly think it's a blessing in disguise that the show will be ending soon. Best to go out on a high note then drag your feet into the dust. This is the worst news on the lifeblood of the show, but the best news for the legacy of it. Besides, I personally prefer it not to overstay it's welcome and become lifeless zombies kept alive through endless cycle of executive renewals. But honestly It'd be more excited if this was The Simpsons since that's long overdue for the axe. Oh well, so long Futurama I will miss thee'. On the upside, the show may be granted permission for another dvd flick that could conclude the series, if the last episode wasn't so final. On the other hand, not a huge fan of the DvD movies anyway. Another thing did they say the reason for the cancelling, was it due to low ratings? What's the deal here? I guess it has to be case, but Futurama has a fairly rabid fanbase that would support it no matter what so I kinda wondering what happened for them to make this kind of decision.
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The show has done very well, but… it IS 14 years old. They're at 140 episodes now, well past the point of premium syndication. Any further episodes have diminishing returns for the future, plus the actor's salaries go up, and such.
Plus, even with DVD sales and good advertising rates and whatnot, I imagine its an expensive show for Comedy Central all the same. I have no idea what kind of contract deals they made to carry the show the way they did, but I assume they don't fully own it like they do with South Park, so they don't get the full profits from the dvds or perpetuity or reruns or whatnot.
And… without checking the ratings, but judging from what Family Guy and its ilk do on Cartoon Network... reruns probably get nearly the same ratings as new episodes.
At least at this point it feels like it had the proper run it deserved this time around... since season 4 was when they really hit their stride and was right when it got canceled the first time.
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Meh, I feel really dissappointed. I get what you
re all saying about how it
s better for the show to end on a high note than to sink into mediocrity, but this comes as such a surprise to me, because I thought the show was doing quite well and would get atleast one or two more seasons:sad:Well, I guess 52 episodes aint bad, so atleast the renewal wasn
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Seventy-two. The films pushed it up to eighty-eight, which is pretty much the bare minimum for syndication though one hundred is the usual standard.
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It utterly baffles me how long the Simpsons have been running with all the VAs still alive and working (with the exception of Phil Hartman who was more of a side character, but still…such a tragedy).
Though Futurama...what a shame too, but at least the ending could provide another profound/emotionally invested episode like the "Idle devil's hands" (or whatever it was called). I look forward to seeing how they will end it for the...what? 4th time?
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I'm very very mixed about this.
On the one hand, it feels like a grave injustice that crap like modern Simpsons, Family Guy, Republican Family Guy, Black Family Guy, and to a lesser extent, current day South Park get to stay on the air, but quality shows like Futurama have to get the axe…
On the other tho... a lot of people ARE right when they say that it's better for a show to go out on a high note before it has a chance to stagnate and become like one of the shows I just listed... in that respect, I AM glad it's going... but that raises another question...
Every time they write a "Finale" they always make it a hollow finale that kindof closes out the series, but doesn't REALLY as a "Just in case" they ever get renewed. Matt Gorening's comments about trying to shop the show around to another network pretty much confirms it'll be the same this time...
If it's going to end, I wish we'd get an actual ENDING... like, if Matt's attempts to shop the show around fail, I wonder if they could get Fox and/or Comedy Central to agree to one more Direct to DVD Film or a special that they can write as a TRUE conclusion. No more "Will they won't they" with Fry and Leela, finally wrap everything up in a nice bow... you know? -
If it's going to end, I wish we'd get an actual ENDING… like, if Matt's attempts to shop the show around fail, I wonder if they could get Fox and/or Comedy Central to agree to one more Direct to DVD Film or a special that they can write as a TRUE conclusion. No more "Will they won't they" with Fry and Leela, finally wrap everything up in a nice bow... you know?
I always thought the Devil's Hands was an effective ending episode. Not perfect, but ended on a great note in a personal "relationship" level rather than a grand scheme overarching meaning of universe level (which was done…okay with the Space Whale movie).
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It utterly baffles me how long the Simpsons have been running with all the VAs still alive and working
They have a small cast that started out when they were all around thirty except for Shearer who was in his mid-forties.
(with the exception of Phil Hartman who was more of a side character, but still…such a tragedy).
I still remember when I first heard about that and thinking what a terrible thing it was she did not to just to him but their kids. Doris Grau also passed away though she was already in her sixties when the show started.