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..seriously.
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are much improved on the four feature length movies, and I see the humour there but....somethings not quite right that I can't put my finger on. No idea why really. Still glad to have it back. <p> The fact every episode has been preoccupied with sexual humour gags for at least some part has been jarring too. Hey I'm all for the nasty on TV, but being all over Futurama seems a bit odd and not a completely natural fit. <p> Hey ho. Coffeecofffeecoofffeecoffeeecoffeee.
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These latest episodes have been just as good as the originals. Who expected that?
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The new eps are coming across like late period Simpsons I'm afraid. Far too interested in overboiled pop culture references (witness the excruciating eyephone episode) and being a bit too keen to be preachy. There's been a few good gags, but overall it's been nowhere near as funny as Prime Futurama.
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Which not so much made parodies of movies, but made episodes that obviously aped movies. Like Animal House - only with robots! Parody!
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Not any better or any worse that previous episodes; this new series, like previous ones is, at best, amusing and at worst mediocre.
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One of the funniest episodes ever. Remember their rivals, Snooty House?
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keep it up.
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Peoples voices change, and considering Billy West is 58, trying to sound like someone in their late teens early teens probably isn't that easy. I think fry still sounds like fry, just a bit older.
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is the whole Fry Leela relationship. The writers don't seem to know whether they want them as a couple or not. They started the series with them together though in a somewhat tentative fashion and now that seems to have just been forgotten. Personally I'd like to see the writers try to mine the humour out of fry and leela in an actual relationship.
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Made fun of Apple customers which really are brainless zombies that get herded to buy the "newest" overpriced garbage from their lord and savior.
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The lack of appropriate aging is starting to bother me. Unlike Simpsons, Futurama has a set timeline and even went as far as to nail down Fry's exact birthday (you can figure it out if you research the sports scores in "Luck of the Fryish"). So Fry should be 35 now. Oh well, still great show. Not as good as the best of the old yet but easily better than the clunkers like season one's "A big ball of garbage."
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it takes a little getting used to seeing fresh eps after all this time, but once you get past that, it's like it never left...
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why would fry be 35? Have they actually nailed down the exact year that the current season is set in. If we based it on each season being a year of futurama time, then fry would only be 30 (or maybe 31). And if we take the amount of x-mas episodes as absolute indicators of a year having passed in futurama then I think it's closer 28 (maybe 29 need to see how many x-mas specials there has actually been).
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to non-commitment ie Fry and Leela. The writers have the best of both worlds this way. They can do relationship episodes whenever they want and also allow Fry and Leela to go on dates with weird aliens and future people. Plus there's always room for Zap! It works so well because I as the viewer sort of care about Fry and Leela, a lot more than I ever cared about Muldur and Scully. Everyone knows that letting the characters get together ruins the show. I guess with the exception of News Radio.
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and all we get is an article on Futurama?
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I love House, so thanks for the news on Amber Tamblyn joining. Although the article I read on her had kind of a spoiler (hence, spoiler alert) that Olivia Wylde is leaving the show for a bit (sounds like she'll be back, and hence probably not dying or anything in-series) to shoot a movie. <p><p>That said, "all we get" is a Futurama article? C'mon, this is a great, fun show! I'm happy it's back, so I'm glad for the article & talkback. <p><p>-Cheers
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between Leela and Fry works. The Devil's hands are idle playthings, time keeps on slipping etc. worked bacouse you wanted Fry to succeed in winning Leela. Them not being together is not organic after what they went through. We would still care and worry about a fragile relationship between them, and there's humor to mine there. But maybe they're afraid it would become Homer and Marge in space kind of thing if they just let them be a couple.
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The show is just not as funny now that they're together. A lot of the humor came from their mismatched personalities and Fry's endless pursuit of her. Now that they're together, the show is very dull. Plus, they're hardly ever together on screen. So far, there have been more new episodes than laughs. Very disappointed.
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If you didn't laugh at that, then you're not going to laugh at anything. Go watch Jay Leno instead.
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took a small break from House to shoot Cowboys and Aliens with RDJ and Daniel Craig. She's supposed to return midway through the season. Thank God, too, because Thirteen is too fine to leave for good.
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Wilde will probably be back on House before Herc even reports on Tamblyn joining the show - it only takes five minutes to post a casting story, you know
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Seriously... that was the terrific level of satire achieved by "Mad Magazine". The opening bit was actually good, in that they blended comic targets together from "Earth Day" to third world countries, combined with some clever character-based quips. Then they followed the later "Simpsons" blueprint of completely changing direction for the rest of the episode, and it went to jokes that anyone could have written with punchlines you could see a mile away. And seriously... Eyephone? Susan Boil? Mad magazine might even be offended by the comparison.<br><br>That said, the rest of the episodes have been pretty solid, and every season of every show has some clunkers. I'm in no way part of the "it's not as good as it used to be" chorus.
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But I find the 13 character to be so completely uninteresting. I so wish House had hired the Cut-throat Bitch and 13 had been the one on the bus instead.
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I am diehard Futurama. Everyone knows it took them about 1 1/2 seasons to find their swing the first time around. I expect the better half of this season will be an effort not just to find their flow again, but to find their place in a new generation. I have laughed plenty at some gags in teh new episodes, but it feels like some of the more contemperate humor is a little forced and out of place for them. And certain characters feel like they're coming in as more of a one-note stereotype of the person they had evolved to by season 4, noteably Zoidberg and Hermes. Not sure how I feel about Leela being less of the straight man and more in on the slapstick, but we'll see. ANd while Billy West's age has certainly led to slight voice change in Fry, his Professor sounds all the more "wisened" and is certainly still the most lethal weapon on the cast. Also, "Bad Boy" Kif nearly killed me, possibly one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the show.
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Off to the bay.
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July 15, 2010, 7:04 p.m. CST
it's like peppe lapew chasing the cat i guess
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBILLCOSBY
the show i think is going to fuck up it's continuity on purpose sometimes, so i would just kick back and enjoy the show why you still can
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http://tinyurl.com/cqproz
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Prediction: likely best scripted sitcom of the year.
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You guys think Sunny is funnier? Really?
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Meant to type: "You guys really think 'Modern Family' is funnier?" Sunny, of course, has really good-looking leads.
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the what now?
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There can be no question!
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Hi, Animatronio!
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July 15, 2010, 9:40 p.m. CST
best episode of the new season thus far
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBILLCOSBY
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with the robosexuals was hilarious also. this show is cooking!
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It hardly killed anyone!!
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I hope this show never ends.
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July 15, 2010, 11:25 p.m. CST
looks like eating rocks wasn't as dumb as you said
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBILLCOSBY
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- Wanna join the mile deep club? - Sure why not. - Wha..?
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Fry: I may not have brain smarts, but at least I have street smarts... (gets hit by a bus while crossing the street.) LOL!
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It really looked like they didn't know what they were doing from one five minute block to the next. And there were very very few laughs.
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We can do without high functioning retarded people in the show. If anything Futurama works best when the writing is aimed at geeky intelligence.
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Last week's was like an unfunny 25 minute political ad. Not that I even care about the issue in the real world one way or the other but it seemed like they were trying so hard to make their point that they forgot the comedy.
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I didn't expect the episodes to be as good as they have been right off the bat. I have said it before, but I think the writers are swinging for the fences. I loved the "Didn't we used to be a delivery company" line last night. There hasn't been a "That's Lobstertainment" episode, yet. All hail Hypnotoad.
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July 16, 2010, 8:44 a.m. CST
I love Hermes as the rational voice of the audience...
by Shut the Fuck up Donny
"Didn't we used to be a delivery company...?" <p> Zoidberg: "It burned down! How did this happen?" <p> Hermes: "That's a very good question." <p> Bender: "So that's where my cigar was." <p> Hermes: "That just raises further questions!"
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Betty White, bite my shiny metal ass.
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But she appreciates the attention. Like he's a 1000 year old dog. That's all the relationship is. If anyone loves Fry, it's Snuffy.
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Morbo always slays me.
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"That calculus lecture was harder than I expected. We had to answer every question in the form of an opera!"
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I'm waiting for her secret to be revealed.
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I'm so glad they are back!
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Check out Amy, mmmmmn Amy.
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The premiere had me worried. Bunch of lame sex jokes? Glad they broke out of it. The last two weeks have been great.<br><br>But Sunny is better... Modern Family, can't compare the two.
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July 16, 2010, 2:23 p.m. CST
Really, Herc? You're questioning people's taste?
by HercThinksEntourageIsBetterThanArrestedDevelopment
This, from the guy who thinks Turtle is funnier than Tobias Funke.
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So far. Only the Apple fanboys didn't get it.
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episode yesterday. Maybe the writing staff has changed or something, I dunno. Give it an hour, and see what you think. Watch last weeks, as this week was kind of a part 2 thing.
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Because Comedy Central clips MAY be on Comedy Network's site BUT Futurama is NOT part of the Comedy Network and the only station that does play Futurama up here does not play the revived series. So c'mon LET ME SEE IT!
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Got a later day Simpsons vibe from this ep, not good. But there were some great moments with Morbo
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And you can buy current Futurama eps for $2.99 on itunes.
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Took it up the azz. He was the greatest genius at that
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July 17, 2010, 9:37 p.m. CST
Fry is stupid, but a sweetheart. And this was a great episode
by FeralAngel
Fry was a very likable guy in this episode. Hope this characterization continues. It sure beats the *bland* stupidity he's shown up to now, which was at times more annoying than funny. And I don't really see a Simpsons vibe in his character, aside from his weak intellect. Homer is dumb, all right, but he's also a two-fisted blusterer. Fry is more laid-back and easygoing...gentle in the good sense of the word. He's also got a streak of moral courage that I haven't seen in Homer much. Anyway, I loved this ep. In fact, I've like all the new eps except for maybe Proposition Infinity, because it had an axe to grind, and screw that. Stick to the ha-ha, Futurama scribes. That's tough enough, and that's what's REALLY needed in these tough times, not more political proselytizing.
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I understand people's confusion about its status up to now. I think the Futurama writers pulled a fast one on us and reset it, and that bugs me a little. HOWEVER, I also understand that the writers would want to keep Fry's pursuit of Leela going as long as possible. It's a large part of the show's appeal. I liked the "Mile Deep Club" bit, where Leela was perfectly willing to go along with Fry's suggestion, but the poor guy got thwarted by circumstance. That's a nice way to handle it. Bravo to the Futurama writers. They're handling a very tricky situation pretty well so far.
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Futurama kicks its progressive butt all over the place. Frankly, the show reminds me of "Thirtysomething" and I hated that show too ('course I was a kid when I saw it. But it sure didn't make me look forward to turning the big 3-0 if it meant I had to act like a dweeb).
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Hi, Animatronio!
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...is now better than ever. Only one complaint - MORE ZOIDBERG PLEASE!!!
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