Xanfor
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Archonix: It proves that they could work in the right circumstances, not that they'd always work. For all we know they could have had a messy divorce five minutes after the episode ended...
I know, I'm cruel.
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Xanfor
DOOP Secretary
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Hey, Bendersfan, have you read any of my fics?
I wrote (and am currently rewriting) a very heavy 'Mirror, Mirror' parody, with a touch of DS9's 'Crossover'.
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Frisco17
DOOP Secretary
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Great Episode
I've been trying to find something to name "The Fighting Mongooses" for years. Also I'd love to hear the story behind the line:
Leela: "I am not evil. My loan officer said so."
Funny side note. I was playing Halo 3 with some friends the other day. I ran into one and in the ensuing battle we both did the exact same things at the exact same time leading to each of us killing the other. My response was, "Perfectly symetrical violence never solves anything."
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PazuzuJr
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by Bendersfan1221: Fry: Ow! It's hot! The butter in my pocket is melting.
I love that line. I like to say that when it's hot or som,ething people stare at me like I'm insane. I was in town and i had little packet of butter in my pocket from a restaurant for some reason and when i put my hand in my pocket i said "The butter in my pocket is melting" without realising lol. The fighting mongooses - best team name ever!
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DrThunder88
DOOP Secretary
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I have to say that the Professor(s) in "The Farnsworth Parabox" is the at the highest hilarity level that he ever attains in the series. Leela also gets very high marks in this episode.
And, of course, it's a good episode. Not 'great', in my opinion, but a solid 'good'.
Today, however, is "Three Hundred Big Boys."
Any episode which prominently displays the whole Kif/Amy thing gets docked a few points in my book. That's just the rule. Still, THBB almost makes up for it. From the whale biologist to Fry journey to becoming a being of pure caffeine, it was fun to watch. Even Zoidberg, who sort of annoyed me in FP, was entertaining. I can forgive it for being light on science since it's well-endowed with fiction.
Unfortunately, the Annoying Guest Star Rule rears its ugly head. Fortunately, the AGS Rule is a function of time, and Roseanne's was, mercifully, kept to a minimum.
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bend_her
Professor
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« Reply #137 on: 11-24-2007 15:20 »
« Last Edit on: 11-24-2007 15:20 »
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I liked this episode, with the multiple-story format. It's a good way to bring in more characters without them being reduced to cameo roles. Fry overdosing on caffeine was brilliantly done, I like how he was drawn with increasingly ruffled hair. Although, what was a hummingbird doing out at night? Nixon going "The loot, the loot, the loot is on fire!" was hilarious And is it just me or does Mom have an even bigger rack? Finally, this ep is perhaps Zoidberg's finest role yet, he gets to play a slightly positive role at last!
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Frisco17
DOOP Secretary
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I use the whale biologist thing to get out of insulting people all the time. Unfortunatly it only works with my friends as they get it. I also think this is one of Scruffy's best episodes. 300BB has in my opinion Fry's greatest moment. Fry: "Of course I've been up all night! Not because of caffeine. It was insomnia. I couldn't stop thinking about coffee. I need a nap. (Goes to sleep for less than a second and wakes up) Coffee time!"
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trickster381
Starship Captain
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Today is Spanish Fry not great, but it was OK, Zoidberg- want to join me and Hermes for "Just friends" spooning Leela- were not a fat camp, although you couldn't tell by looking at us. or something like that
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DrThunder88
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by winna: I don't know if Roseanne really truly counts as a guest star for the rule. She wasn't in her prime or anything when they featured her; in fact, it's like they featured her just because she's Roseanne, and just because they could. That makes it more timeless than if they'd have found someone who was wallowing in fame right now, but wouldn't in 10 (2?) years. You'll recall that rule is also titled "The Pauly Shore Prevention Act of 2000". "Spanish Fry"...it's like the Family Guy of Futurama episodes: funny in a shameful way. Corny "woo!" jokes aside, some of my the best bits I've ever seen were in this episode. (WOOO!) Porno-dealing monsters, Bigfoot films, doing the Bender...
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bend_her
Professor
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I liked Spanish Fry, dunno what people are complaining about. Some of the funny moments included Bender as a dog (in Fry's tent), the Neptunian porn, Ndnd and Lrr I like how they keep taking pot-shots at each other. Finally, the wine Bender serves is marked external use only
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bend_her
Professor
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^^ Hmm, in that case, I wonder how you could stand to like BBS, then, with about 10 billion little stories "intertwined" by an ever-so-fragile thread...
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SonicPanther
Professor
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Spanish Fry got better after I saw it a few times. It still seems a bit... Un-Futurama to me to have an episode about Fry's woo-hoo but it's still funny.
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Archonix
Space Pope
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Originally posted by bend_her: ^^ Hmm, in that case, I wonder how you could stand to like BBS, then, with about 10 billion little stories "intertwined" by an ever-so-fragile thread... I think you misunderstood me. Intertwined stories are fine, I write those myself all the time (original fiction fyi, not fandom). The complaint I had was that the two parts of the story felt very crudely drawn together. Spanish Fry, to me, felt like the writers had two plot ideas lying around (alien abduction and Lrrr's failing marriage) and decided to mash them together. They did a good job, I don't deny that, but the abrupt swing from the alien abduction story to the marriage counseling thing just felt a bit naff.
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bend_her
Professor
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Looks like I did misunderstand you, Archonix. [Ranjeet]A thousand apologies[/Ranjeet] It still seems a bit... Un-Futurama to me to have an episode about Fry's woo-hoo but it's still funny. Yes, it would be un-Futurama to talk about woo-hoos, they were talking about wing-dang-doodles... Woooo! I wish I had an emergency face laser...
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