10 DAYS!!!

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Hello everyone, I requested my old thread to be closed because it was about to reach 20 pages, so 10 DAYS intill Bender's Big Score. If you didn't know, at the 72 day mark I came up with the idea of watching one episode a day for 72 days and then the movie would be out at the end, theres 10 days left and ten episodes left, today is Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles, so post your opinions on the episode.

heres the link to my old thread where you can learn a little about my idea http://www.peelified.com/cgi-bin/Futurama/1-005319-1/

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Today is

The Why of Fry

a good episode we finally got an explanation of nibbler from space pilot 3000

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One of the best episodes, even if The Funny is sometimes absent. The subplot is almost a rehash of TCR, but Chas is a much funnier character than Adlai.

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I love this episode.  As usual, intelligent dialog intersperced with good visual humor.  Like this part:

Nibbloanian 1: "Does he not know?"
Nibbler: "He does not know."
Nibbloanian 2: "He knows not?"
Nibbler: "Knows not does he."
Nibbloanian 3: "Not he knows?"
Nibbloanian 2: "Enough!"

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The time paradox is so convoluted. It makes sense, but it takes a while to work out mentally.

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It's a good episode. I hate to think so I don't try to figure out anything. But yeah, Chaz is a dick wad like Adilai but at least he doesn't get Hawaiian shirts toned down or have the personality of dish washer.

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I liked this ep - i thought the bit with the photo was so sweet:

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Originally posted by PazuzuJr:
I liked this ep - i thought the bit with the photo was so sweet:

Agreed.

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that may be sweet but my picture of the day is sad



little girl- we came here instead of eating today


owner- come on kids lets go back to the orphenarium and you can slid around the gym in your socks

girl- what socks

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this was like one of my favorite scenes from the episode

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Pwned!

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This episode was very... interesting.

No, really, it was actually interesting.  And I love the commentary, if only for the "season with heart" comment. 

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Why is this turing into to aframe grab thread? Tricky why the depressed orphans?

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I like the pineapple pic with leela v/funny!

something random i noticed in xanfor's pic - leela loks nice in pink - most colours would clash with her  hair. could you imagine her in red or yellow? 

Also another funny quote - So? I'm just as important as him. It's just that, the kind of importance I have ... it doesn't matter if I don't do it.

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I love that.. it is too cute. It always brings a smile to my face 

 

Originally posted by PazuzuJr:
I liked this ep - i thought the bit with the photo was so sweet:

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Much like Leela´s homeworld, it sacrifed writing to storytelling, it´s now up to everyone if he/she likes more usual dynamics of humor and reset button episodes or is willing to accept "pure revealation". I´am still somehow between but primary I´am curious what future holds for Nibblonian arc.   

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"She must be the other."

That line has plagued my mind since 2003.  I hope the new movies will reveal what that means.  Even if it's just Leela being the other who cleans Nibbler's poop will satisfy me.

When I first saw TWIF, I loved it and at the same time I was sad.  I had a feeling this Futurama was reaching the end, since at this point in time, Futurama was rarely shown on TV and hardly promoted.  It also seemed loose ends were being tied in the fourth season.

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Greatest three words of all time:

"The mayor's aid"

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Originally posted by Frisco17:
Greatest three words of all time:

"The mayor's aid"

...and his badge." What a prick. atleat he gets to eat his badge... literally.

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Originally posted by fryfanSpyOrama:
"She must be the other."

That line has plagued my mind since 2003.  I hope the new movies will reveal what that means.  Even if it's just Leela being the other who cleans Nibbler's poop will satisfy me.

When I first saw TWIF, I loved it and at the same time I was sad.  I had a feeling this Futurama was reaching the end, since at this point in time, Futurama was rarely shown on TV and hardly promoted.  It also seemed loose ends were being tied in the fourth season.

Yeah, I had the same feeling.  I was wondering when they were going to tie in the "she must be the other" comment (which I don't think they did).  It's almost like that famous scene in "The Empire Strikes Back" when Yoda says "no, there is another".  It's always intrigued me; like you, I hope it's part of the new movies in some way. 

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Today is

Where no fan has gone before

it, was ok, Im not a star treck fan at all, but this episode was fuuny, but throughout the series they mentioned startreck which contadicits this episode

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Too bad that James Doohan refused to do this episode and DeForest Kelly was dead at the time. I think that they could have gotten someone to do DeForest's voice but what ever. I love Shatner's scream of "Kahn!" when Leela asks "Who did Kirk maroon on Ceti Alpha V?" so funny.
Enen in Futurama Shantner has to rip hi shirt.  I whis Walter would have said "nuclear wessles". I love how through out the episode Walter act like he hated playing Chekov (Oh, Chekov I love him so much.

 

Koenig: When we woke up, we had these bodies.
Fry: Say it in Russian!
[Koenig sighs.]
Koenig: Ven ve voke up ve had these wodies.
[Fry squeals.]
Fry: Now say "nuclear wessels"!
Koenig: No!

Oh well, I have that as my ring tone anyway becase I was watching ST:TVH last night.

Tricky, you should really tryout Star Trek.

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Yes, try out star trek! The original series and the movies are the best.

One thing. Am I alone in thinking that Fry making a bow out of caterpillars was really stupid? Oh well...

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Cool, I'm finally up-to-date with the countdown.  As an interesting side note, shortly after watching TWOF, I took a monsterous dump.  I thought to myself, "It must weigh as much as a thousand suns."

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Hail,

First time poster and as this is the only countdown thread I can see I thought I'd pop in.

Playusa.com have posted my copy of Bender's Big Score out (although it's listed as the 27th on their site), which is surprising given we've technically got another week to go. Anyone else have it? When I'm home from work this evening, (about 6 uk time) I'll post some pics for proof, but for those patiently waiting it might be worth taking a chance and ordering there.

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Show spoiler

I order you to post framegrabs of the moments most pertaining to the relationship between Fry and Leela or lack thereof.

Also, only post links to the pics so that they won't show up unexpectedly and spoil the moment for those weird persons who don't, for some reason, want to know what happens.

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I will post no spoilers, only images of the box and my excted, grubby hands unwrapping said DVD.

And I can't even watch it this evening: going to freind's house tomorrow. He has a projector.

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Originally posted by evilkenevil:

I will post no spoilers

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Originally posted by Archonix:
Yes, try out star trek! The original series and the movies are the best.

One thing. Am I alone in thinking that Fry making a bow out of caterpillars was really stupid? Oh well...

Agreed about TOS and the movies. No your not alone in thinking that Fry's catipillar bow sting was stupid. So was Bender shooting off the machine gun. Leela proves that no woman can resist Kirk/Shatner.

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Originally posted by Xanfor:
 

Thanks, Xanfor, you just made my day.  Proof positive that, while a fun actor to watch, William Shatner is one of the greatest over-actors of our time...

I love this episode; it's one of my favorites.  As a trekker (I saw the original pilot (called "The Cage" ) when it first came out), I grew up on Star Trek: TOS; went to a Star Trek convention & everything.  WNFHGB is a valentine to all the trekkers out there, who had similar experiences as me.  There's lots of riffs here: being forced to use the chair with the foot pedal "beeps" at the court martial (like in "The Cage" ), constant references to episodes with gas creatures, Ohura & her "fan dance", etc.  My favorite is the "performance theatre" where Shatner is doing a "spoken word version of a rap song" (for those of you that don't know, Shatner put out a spoken word album that was universally panned & sits at #6 of VH1's top 100 worst albums of all time).  Absolute genius... 

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This episode seems to forshadow Takei's secret. 

Zapp: Perhaps we could hear more about these forbidden words from someone with a sexily seductive voice.


Takei: With pleasure.

"Look at these abs". 

He has no problem ripping his shirt in front of a group of mostly men.

"Maybe, if you showed a little interest."  He cries since Shatner doesn't seem to notice him.

These jokes take on new meaning today.

The only problem with this episode is that there are more Star Trek crew members than Planet Express crew members.  Where were Zoidberg, Amy, Hermes, Professor and Scruffy?

Imagine if this episode was a two parter and perhaps they all could've been included.

I have a feeling that the producers of Futurama where not only satirizing Star Trek fans, but as well as Futurama fans.  Granted everyone who worked on the show is a Trekkie, but I can't but think that we are all like Melllvar when Futurama was cancelled.

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Originally posted by fryfanSpyOrama:
This episode seems to forshadow Takei's secret. 

Zapp: Perhaps we could hear more about these forbidden words from someone with a sexily seductive voice.


Takei: With pleasure.

"Look at these abs". 

He has no problem ripping his shirt in front of a group of mostly men.

"Maybe, if you showed a little interest."  He cries since Shatner doesn't seem to notice him.

These jokes take on new meaning today.

Thank you for bringing that up. Now if you don't mind...



   

The only problem with this episode is that there are more Star Trek crew members than Planet Express crew members.  Where were Zoidberg, Amy, Hermes, Professor and Scruffy?

Imagine if this episode was a two parter and perhaps they all could've been included.

I have a feeling that the producers of Futurama where not only satirizing Star Trek fans, but as well as Futurama fans.  Granted everyone who worked on the show is a Trekkie, but I can't but think that we are all like Melllvar when Futurama was cancelled.

That would have been great if this was a two parter but sadly it wasn't. Fry was in a hurry to find the star Trek stuff that he just forgot and Fry was distracting Leela with convincing her to take him soo...




Xanny, I felt like yours was missing something and well here it is.

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Hey BF1221, where do you get this stuff?  Absolutely hilarious!

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Originally posted by Bendersfan1221:
  Agreed about TOS and the movies. No your not alone in thinking that Fry's catipillar bow sting was stupid.

Yes of course it was stupid, thats the point: it's another Fry is as thick as a brick joke. Thats what makes it so funny.

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Originally posted by seattlejohn01:
Hey BF1221, where do you get this stuff?  Absolutely hilarious!

I get bored and search random stuff on Google being amazing also helps.

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Originally posted by seattlejohn01:
  Yeah, I had the same feeling.  I was wondering when they were going to tie in the "she must be the other" comment (which I don't think they did).  It's almost like that famous scene in "The Empire Strikes Back" when Yoda says "no, there is another".  It's always intrigued me; like you, I hope it's part of the new movies in some way. 

You, know I had a chance to ask DXC a question about "The Other" and based on his reaction I don't think it will be covered in the next four movies.  Of course, there is always the chance he has one hell of a poker face 

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Eeenteresting... perhaps he was really thinking "Oh crap oh crap we forgot whatarewegonnado!!!"

Or perhaps not.

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What is Bender's problem with Walter Koenig? Walter is one of the coolest guys ever. Also I love Bender's destruct code. More stuff in a few minutes in the process of watching WNFHGB... I love how at the end it's the Star Trek end theme with the montage of clips.