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« on: 07-01-2010 16:04 »
« Last Edit on: 07-02-2010 05:57 »
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The next new Futurama episode will be shown on Comedy Central at 10pm/9c tonight. Use this thread for reviews of " Futurama: Attack of the Killer App". General discussion of the episode is also welcome. Beware, SPOILERs! Don't forget to leave a short review on CGEF.
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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First, I'm amazed in the first user to post anything about this. Hooray my nerddom!
Initial gut reaction:
This episode was far funnier than the last. Although I'm sure some of the references won't weather as well years down the road, it's funny how the episode was written and produced a year ago and still remains fresh.
The first act was fantastic, really funny. Second and third weren't as great, but Craig Ferguson in a non-spotlight role that wasn't himself helped a lot. I didn't like that the reference was so overt, but he was great nevertheless.
Gut reaction tells me to give it a 8/10, but I'll wait a day and see if I still like it.
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koldstare64
Delivery Boy
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I loved that episode! Much better than In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela. I can't really put my finger on why I liked it so much... I can say that there were definitely some good jokes, better pacing, and an interesting ending. My eyebrows definitely raised at Susan the boil and the puke-me-poop-you; I'm not saying they were bad, just odd.
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HannibalBarca
Crustacean
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Pretty bad. Not as bad as the last two, but still pretty bad. I don't think that Fry's central action in the episode was in character, as I feel that he's more devoted to Leela than his actions showed. Furthermore, both of the driving points of the plot, the eyephones and technology in general, and Leela's singing butt boil/boyle, struck me as painfully contrived, as did the reference to Jared from Subway.
Just my two cents, anyway. 4/10, I'd still rather watch this than Rebirth or the Garden of Eden episode.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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I liked it. It was funny, and though I thought "Twitcher" was kind an uninspired name, Mom referring to Larry's video message as a twit made me giggle--and a take-off of Twitter in the first place really hit home. My friends and I are kind of obsessed with Twitter--yes, I'm one of those self-indulgent American youths--and I thought the obsession with followers, in the form of a contest between Fry and Bender, was great. The goat thing kind of repulsed me (and seemed like a bit much after a certain point), but I loved that Fry took a video of himself diving into the pool of vomit and shit and dead goat to make things up to Leela. It was a nice resolution to that conflict.
That said: the Fry/Leela stuff was sweet but felt a bit forced (and it was somewhat confounding, because I still don't know what we're to make of their relationship). The butt boil was, well, what it was (I did laugh at the Susan Boyle thing, even though I felt a bit ashamed afterwards); Craig Ferguson made me giggle, but then I expected him to. I loved the montage, with Leela's perpetual walk of shame (the Marilyn Monroe thing was brilliant). And that ending was sweet (but, I don't know...stilted? I keep having these moments, watching the new episodes, where certain lines seem very un-Futurama-like to me. They're funny, and I like them, but they seem almost Simpson-y. Example: Leela's "It looked like you were just sitting here, but whatever." Funny, but maybe not Futurama funny. I don't know what I'm getting at here--I don't even know if it's a complaint--but it's something I noticed in "Rebirth", and again in this episode).
Um, let's see, anything else? Oh, I loved the return of Flexo, and that Japanese toilet; the whole first act was hilarious. And, actually, the transition from jokey observational stuff about technology to quasi-emotional Fry/Leela story halfway through act two wasn't bad. It was actually seamless. The Mom thing, with the zombies, is actually what struck me as the most tacked-on--but watching somewhere between one and two million followers stalking over to the EyePhone store at the end of the episode, interrupting Fry and Leela's moment, was funny.
It sounds like I want to dislike this episode more than I did. Actually, I think I'm gonna go with i_c and give it this ever-so-respectable grade: 8/10. Excellent job, writers; this season is shaping up to be awesome.
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GersonK
Crustacean
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Between the Susan Boyle bit and the pointing and laughing at twitter, this ep arleady feels more dated than most everything in the original run. Definitely some funny business within the ep, but the most promising threads (Antares 3 & the zombie app) were the least explored.
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Brock Baker
Crustacean
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I thought it was pretty good. More laugh out loud moments than the previous 2 episodes. The boil and goat gags didn't seem very Futurama to me, pretty lame actually. The positives weighed out the negatives. I give it an 8/10.
Loved all the iPhone jokes.
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Sooper Scoot
Poppler
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I enjoyed the episode up until the butt/boil. It didn't seem like futurama humor. More like Family Guy or South Park. It really took me out of the episode. At least it was better than In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela.
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CookiesOnTheFloor
Bending Unit
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Huh. Well, it wasn't too bad. The Eyephone jokes were okay. I mean, I don't see how they could be called "dated", since every time someone puts out a new phone, sheep - I mean customers - flock to buy it. But I really didn't care for the Susan Boil (heheh, yeah) joke. At all. Lame. I hope Leela has her surgically removed. BUT - it did set up the main storyline nicely. Okay, as for the Fry/Leela stuff...I think Fry succumbed to temptation; he couldn't help himself. He's not the strongest person. At first it did make me a little mad..but he felt so badly afterward, and sacrificed himself to try to make it better, that it was easy to forgive him. Actually, I like him even better now. I do kinda wish Leela had popped him one though, just for the principle of the thing. (In fact, while watching her humiliation, I keep chanting "Kill him, Leela" under my breath. ) I really want somebody to take Mom down. I despise her. She's not a villain you love to hate, she's a villain you just HATE. Die, bitch, die! All in all I like this ep. 7/10.
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Zoidberg
Crustacean
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Doing my quadannual post now, I thought this was a great episode with the exception of the Susan Boyle thing. A talking boil? I mean, c'mon writers! Lots of laughs in this one. 9/10
PS. So happy Futurama is back!
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The headless body of Agnew
Crustacean
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I thought it was decent, better than IAGDL not one of the best episodes but I'd say a little above average. I really enjoyed Flexo's cameo. They iPhone jokes where pretty funny especially considering the iPhone 4 was released just a week ago and the Apple hysteria is still fresh in my mind. I found it funny how quickly everyone forgot about Leela and how true it is to the internet. I thought it was much better than South Park's Facebook episode
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #25 on: 07-02-2010 07:45 »
« Last Edit on: 07-02-2010 07:49 »
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Flexo's cameo was so random that it was fantastic. You see him and you expect him to be part of the main plot just because he's him, but Bender literally shuts the door on him. I loved that. it's now the simpsons in space. not interested.
Explain forthwith! By the way, I believe Patric Verrone wrote this one but I didn't catch the director. Anybody else have that information?
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soylentOrange
Urban Legend
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I thought it was great, and I really wish people would stop with the zomg its terning into fAmilY guy!!!1! nonsense. Family Guy doesn't hold the patent on silly, crude humor, and there's no reason why Futurama can't delve into that from time to time. Its an animated sitcom; that's what they do.
the humor didn't seem outdated to me. I dont use facebook or twitter, and I don't have a fancy iphone gadget, and I still thought the jokes were great, especially Mom's evil plan and the fact that everyone had to twit messages to each other while they were eating, rather than just talking to each other. The one thing I will say that bugged me was the holographic screens that were constantly in front of the characters' faces. That got distracting.
I'd rate it an A. It wasn't as good as, say, Roswell That Ends Well, but it was definitely the best Futurama I've seen produced since it was originally cancelled by Fox.
also, I cant help but notice that Leela has managed to crash a spaceship three episodes in a row.
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NutritionFAQs
Crustacean
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Pretty good episode but the whole boil thing was so stupid and not futurama humor at all.. It makes me feel concerned for the series, hopefully with time it can become more like the original run. This episode was definitely an improvement over the last though. I hope the futurama staff read through these forums or something so they can take in our input.
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The headless body of Agnew
Crustacean
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Something I noticed was that Flexo was talking about how bender units were dangerous and why he was being thrown away. I immediately thought of the future episode Lethal Inspection and was wondering if it was a reference. I think it is because it's to much of a coincidence in my opinion to just be a throw away joke
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vertigo5
Poppler
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Better episode. I think the new writers are starting to understand the major theme of Futurama is that the idea that the future is pretty much the same as the present. However, the comedy comes from when Fry notices these similarities, but due to his inability to properly articulate this fact causes everyone to dismiss him. The idea that everyone else feels superior because they live in the futuristic world, when in fact they are just mirroring Fry's (and our) time is what gave this series its charm.
Now when you have other people like the construction workers citing Jared from Subway and Zapp citing CSI Miami, the jokes feel contrived and forced.
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The headless body of Agnew
Crustacean
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Also I noticed that both of the last two episodes have not had a cartoon in the screen when The Planet Express crew flys into it. However Rebirth did have one. I found this kind of odd and was curious to why thy didn't do it and if it would become a regular thing
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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Agnew: Probably time constraints. The episodes are a minute shorter and they have to cut the opening to get more action in.
After reading the CGEF reviews and this thread, I want to address something that's getting some shippers' panties in bunches: Fry/Leela.
#1: They were never established as a couple. #2: They were never established as a couple. #3: Fry was acting just like Fry does in this episode. #4: Fry felt bad for doing what he did, apologized for it, and made up for it in hilarious fashion. #5: You do realize that this is now back to episodic form and not the serialized movies, right? The events of the directly previous episode don't have as much of an effect on the one directly following. This is TNG, not DS9.
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wowbagger
Delivery Boy
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This episode was brilliant. Absolutely hilarious!
Yes, the boil thing was a little disgusting, but Leela is a mutant and we have seen mutants in the past with faces sticking through their skin. I agree with soylentOrange's comments regarding Family Guy, those who argue it was "too family guy or southpark" don't realise that every tv show ever made is similar to one another. If you got the Susan Boyle joke, then drop the 'Clueless' attitude with: "like, that was SO last year!".
On the topic of it being outdated or not timeless, please, this is a weekly sitcom, not a renaissance masterpiece - how long do you expect it to last? The jokes were hilarious and both iPhone and Twitter are contemporary subjects which are perfect parody material for a SciFi show aimed at geeks.
Anyway, maybe I was over generous with my 10/10 rating, but I can't remember laughing that hard at a TV show... I'm just so glad to see Futurama back on top of its game!
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gypsyblue
Crustacean
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I thought the episode was an improvement over the last episode (In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela... what a mouthful). Like others have mentioned, the jokes seemed a little bit dated, but I still enjoyed it.
I think the writers should have chosen some other embarrassing moment of Leela's for Fry to videotape rather than the whole Susan Boyle schtick, which was very unfunny. She's a mutant and can be a bit socially awkward sometimes... there were way more creative ways to go about it. Really, how hard would it be to come up with something else?
EDIT: I gave it an 8/10, but in retrospect I think it's more of a 7.
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A Leela of Her Own
Poppler
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« Reply #36 on: 07-02-2010 09:15 »
« Last Edit on: 07-02-2010 09:17 »
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I didn't think that this episode was as great as Rebirth, but it was much better than In-A-Gadda. I didn't really enjoy the Susan "boil" thing, as I like Susan Boyle...and it really didn't make sense. I did feel sad when I found the goat was dead; he just was doing what he loved: pooping and vomiting...but, whatever...
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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You want Writers Guild President Patric Verrone and Awesomemen Eric Kaplan, Ken Keeler, and DXC to burn in a flaming pile of poo?
For those who didn't know, the writer was Patric M. Verrone and director was Stephen Sandoval, who's been doing storyboard art since the 90s and did those duties for BWBB and BG.
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