Thoughts on 6ACV13 - Futurama Holiday Spectacular - SPOILERS

[Reply #80 on:]

I thought it was a great Xmas episode, and they're supposed to be quirky, guys. There was the Amy/Bender thing going through the season, too... All in all, I gave it a 9 out of 10. Quirky, crazy, and all around bananas...uh...yeah. Good episode, I think.

The Amy/Bender thing in... one episode. Am I missing something?

[Reply #81 on:]

I found this episode very disappointing. I hate to say it, especially at it's an Xmas episode, but it just failed. The first segment got boring fast, it wasn't nearly funny enough, only good thing was seeing Robot Santa again. Second segment was a total waste and forgettable. Third segment was a little better, but then when the Space Bees started talking it was all over. The only lol from me was Dr Zoidberg facing the wall. Also what was with the opening and closing credits in those grey boxes? That looked shite, most distracting. I don't know what IGN were smoking when they rated this episode a 9/10, but I give it a 3/10. One of the worst Futurama episodes ever, and it's a disgrace to be held in the same category as the previous Xmas episodes...

[Reply #82 on:]

You know there is trouble when the funniest part of the episode was the opening subtitle: 'Time travellers take note:  331 days till last Xmas'.

[Reply #83 on:]

You know there is trouble when the funniest part of the episode was the opening subtitle: 'Time travellers take note:  331 days till last Xmas'.

Indeed.

[Reply #84 on:]

I thought it was a great Xmas episode, and they're supposed to be quirky, guys. There was the Amy/Bender thing going through the season, too... All in all, I gave it a 9 out of 10. Quirky, crazy, and all around bananas...uh...yeah. Good episode, I think.

The Amy/Bender thing in... one episode. Am I missing something?

Bender whisks Amy off for a dance at the end of TMAR.

Also what was with the opening and closing credits in those grey boxes? That looked shite, most distracting.

I'm still trying to comprehend what you are referring to...

[Reply #85 on:]

I think he meant that the closing credits were placed in a gray rectangle at the bottom of the screen that partially obscured the Futurama intro.

[Reply #86 on:]

Bender whisks Amy off for a dance at the end of TMAR.

^^grasping for straws^^^

[Reply #87 on:]

Bender whisks Amy off for a dance at the end of TMAR.

^^grasping for straws^^^

They're just friends.

[Reply #88 on:]

Yes, but I imagine that is what was being referred to.

[Reply #89 on:]

I don't know... I just saw it as somewhat realistic. Amy was more than sex to Bender, and so at least a friendship stayed after they broke up. It's only realistic that they were closer afterwards.

[Reply #90 on:]

^^^you create emotions and stories of the characters in your own head. go see a shrink.

[Reply #91 on:]

^^^you create emotions and stories of the characters in your own head. go see a shrink.

I thought that was how it worked.

[Reply #92 on:]

I don't know what IGN were smoking when they rated this episode a 9/10, but I give it a 3/10. One of the worst Futurama episodes ever, and it's a disgrace to be held in the same category as the previous Xmas episodes...

IGN is a weird site though, since they gave The Late Philip J. Fry one of the lower ratings of the season with only a 7.5, whilst Attack Of The Killer App gets an 8.5, which is pretty ridiculous I think. This one takes the cake though, a 9.0 for an episode which is tied as one of the worst ever! At least they got The Prisoner Of Benda's score right!

[Reply #93 on:]

^^^you create emotions and stories of the characters in your own head. go see a shrink.

This, coming from someone whose avatar is from a fictional work which comes from a fictional universe.

[Reply #94 on:]

I don't know what IGN were smoking when they rated this episode a 9/10, but I give it a 3/10. One of the worst Futurama episodes ever, and it's a disgrace to be held in the same category as the previous Xmas episodes...

IGN is a weird site though, since they gave The Late Philip J. Fry one of the lower ratings of the season with only a 7.5, whilst Attack Of The Killer App gets an 8.5, which is pretty ridiculous I think. This one takes the cake though, a 9.0 for an episode which is tied as one of the worst ever! At least they got The Prisoner Of Benda's score right!

IGN... Almost every review they make = Incredibly strange, Mr. Canning could perhaps watch the original episodes some more times, He ought to compare the episodes that he reviews with those from Futurama, NOT "The Simpsons" and etc. (It feels like he kinda does that.)

6ACV13 was clearly the weakest installment in this broadcast season. 6ACV03 was IMO an "above-average" episode.

[Reply #95 on:]

Also make it better than the new Xmas ep, for the love of god!...

Mr. Jivefunk, you can't get lower than 6ACV13, ("Attack of the Killer App" was better, a lot. Even that "In-A-Gadda-Da-Crappa" was better, No talkin' bees there.)
But if Michael Rowe writes "Futurama Reincarnation", I'm going to kill myself.  


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[Reply #96 on:]

Why do people seem to hate the talking bees in 6ACV13? That if anything was good.

[Reply #97 on:]

To me, the talking bees actually ruined "The Sting" to me.  I may be alone in this matter, but now when I know that the bees can talk in a future episode, "The Sting"'s magical touch on that behalf is lost or damaged.

Ironically, Bender's Big Score did not ruin "Jurassic Bark" to me, because it was quite decent itself, and the facts that it 'changed' weren't 'stupid'.  Like talking bees.

[Reply #98 on:]

But the bees couldn't talk, Svip. The crew wore helmets that made them understand what they "said".

[Reply #99 on:]

The excuse is still lame.  I have never been a fan of universal translators in science-fiction.

In addition, Bender just understood what they said in "The Sting", but he still had to dance for them.  Why couldn't they have used the subtitles again?  As well as having the crew actually dance for the bees when they talked.

[Reply #100 on:]

Also make it better than the new Xmas ep, for the love of god!...

Mr. Jivefunk, you can't get lower than 6ACV13, ("Attack of the Killer App" was better, a lot. Even that "In-A-Gadda-Da-Crappa" was better, No talkin' bees there.)
But if Michael Rowe writes "Futurama Reincarnation", I'm going to kill myself. 

Thankfully Ken Keeler is writing the episode.

[Reply #101 on:]

The excuse is still lame.  I have never been a fan of universal translators in science-fiction.

In addition, Bender just understood what they said in "The Sting", but he still had to dance for them.  Why couldn't they have used the subtitles again?  As well as having the crew actually dance for the bees when they talked.

Perhaps because time was at a premium in this episode (even more than usual).  The Holiday Spectacular should have been an hour long IMO.

[Reply #102 on:]

Also make it better than the new Xmas ep, for the love of god!...

Mr. Jivefunk, you can't get lower than 6ACV13, ("Attack of the Killer App" was better, a lot. Even that "In-A-Gadda-Da-Crappa" was better, No talkin' bees there.)
But if Michael Rowe writes "Futurama Reincarnation", I'm going to kill myself. 

Thankfully Ken Keeler is writing the episode.

He's writing the penultimate episode, not "Futurama Reincarnation", unless he's writing two episodes back to back which seems extremely unlikely.

[Reply #103 on:]

Also make it better than the new Xmas ep, for the love of god!...

Mr. Jivefunk, you can't get lower than 6ACV13, ("Attack of the Killer App" was better, a lot. Even that "In-A-Gadda-Da-Crappa" was better, No talkin' bees there.)
But if Michael Rowe writes "Futurama Reincarnation", I'm going to kill myself. 

Thankfully Ken Keeler is writing the episode.

He's writing the penultimate episode, not "Futurama Reincarnation", unless he's writing two episodes back to back which seems extremely unlikely.

Are you sure? On the Infosphere it has Ken as the writer for that episode: http://theinfosphere.org/Resurrection

[Reply #104 on:]

I believe that is just a remnant from when everyone thought Reincarnation was Ep. 25.

[Reply #105 on:]

The excuse is still lame.  I have never been a fan of universal translators in science-fiction.

In addition, Bender just understood what they said in "The Sting", but he still had to dance for them.  Why couldn't they have used the subtitles again?  As well as having the crew actually dance for the bees when they talked.

Perhaps because time was at a premium in this episode (even more than usual).  The Holiday Spectacular should have been an hour long IMO.

In the commentary for one of the AOI episodes, one of the writers says that writing for those episodes is different, because you have to move the plot along.

As long as we're talking about "shoulds", IMO the Holiday Spectacular should have run all three ideas concurrently, with a nice theme of "let's get along and celebrate together."

[Reply #106 on:]

Have to say this episode wasn't really up to much. A couple of funny moments but it just felt like a waste of an episode. The three segments were each pretty non descript and not all that interesting.

Perhaps it's just me but given how charmed a life Futurama generally leads each new episode has become almost sacred in nature. Sure, you have to expect a few pointless, goof em up episodes but this one generally struck me as half arsed from start to finish.

[Reply #107 on:]

Why do people seem to hate the talking bees in 6ACV13? That if anything was good.

Cause it was shite...

[Reply #108 on:]

Why do people seem to hate the talking bees in 6ACV13? That if anything was good.

Cause it was shit...

Seconded.

[Reply #109 on:]

Why did you edit his post?

[Reply #110 on:]

Why did you edit his post?

I made "shite" into "shit"...
And I just "did" that, no special reason.

[Reply #111 on:]

I am a complete moron who likes to have sex with goats.

My point being, don't ever fucking edit others quotations.

[Reply #112 on:]

 

[Reply #113 on:]

I am a complete moron who likes to have sex with goats.

My completely stupid point being, do please edit others quotations.

EDIT: Ok, I'm just gonna stop here. Sorry Aki, but I'm truly a moron.
But I do not **** goats.

[Reply #114 on:]

Can an admin please take care of this, disciplining CommanderZapp and erasing these last posts so we can get back on topic?

[Reply #115 on:]

You see the "Report To Moderator", so go for it.

You seem to be as disruptive a CommanderZapp.  Instead of coming in like the eitquette police, a simple PM would have been easier and possibly had a better result.  Svip was polite in asking the reason, so the "Nuclear Option" approach you used wasn't warrented.  It wasn't even your post, so I have no idea why your panties are so twisted.

BTW, you can report me to the Admins, Mods, etc.  They know me quite well.  No, I'm not friends with any of them.

As for this "highly anticipated episode", I was tremendously let down.

As for the talking bees - how else were we and the late PE crew to know that the bees would attack the beings who saved them?

Ungrateful bees. 

[Reply #116 on:]

I was a little disappointed. Wish there was more Robot Santa.

[Reply #117 on:]

Yeah.

[Reply #118 on:]

Agreed. They turned those bees into something...odd

[Reply #119 on:]

Reading this thread and the bickering that has gone on between multiple parties has entertained me greatly.