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Svip
Administrator
DOOP Secretary
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He beat you to it. BY TWO DAYS.
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FishyJoe
Honorary German
Urban Legend
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I will review each episode, because I secretly want to be just like Kryten. Rebirth: Good start. A little "off", but it had enough laughs and a good enough story. In-a-blah-blah-blah-blah: Meh. The jokes tried too hard to be "edgy"; story went nowhere. Killer App: I have to admit, this one has really grown on me with repeated viewings. I've moved it from the "dislike" pile and now have it proudly displayed in my "like" pile. Prop Infinity: Hilarious! Duh-Vinci: Not funny. Which is too bad, because I liked the storyline and the planet Vinci. Cute ending with Fry saving the day. I just wish it had brought the funny. Lethal Inspection: Loved it. Good comedy, good characters, good feel-good ending. Late Philip J Fry: Classic. That Darn Katz: Worst episode ever. Clockwork Origin: I've only seen this one once. For whatever reason, I never seem to catch it as a rerun. But on first viewing, I thought it was one of the funniest episodes of the season. And it had a clever story. I like it. Prisoner of Benda: Fan-freaking-tastic! I was actually out of breath laughing at a couple of points, which is very rare for me. Lrrr Differences: Mixed feelings on this one. Started out with a lot of laughs with the comic-con, but I didn't care much once we got into the main story. Mutants Are Revolting: Another one that I've only managed to catch once. I remember it being funny, but not spectacular. Would love to see it again--I still think about the ridiculousness of the land boat and chuckle. Xmas Spectacular: Bad.
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TheFuturamaChannel
Crustacean
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What I heard was that they did that because a lot of the audience didn't get a lot of the jokes.
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TheFuturamaChannel
Crustacean
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Who said that? If true, then that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard; they dumbed down the writing, thereby losing the things (wit, satire, sarcasm) that drew people in in the first place.
Lots of different people on this website. But the jokes and the basic story concept for the episodes aren't as good as they used to be. Don't get me wrong though I love Futurama. I really hope that they start to get better. Not just for me but for the sake of the series.
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TheFuturamaChannel
Crustacean
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Yes, I see your point here. Realize though I have just only become a Crustacean. So I am new to this.
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CommanderZapp
Starship Captain
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« Reply #22 on: 11-29-2010 09:17 »
« Last Edit on: 12-28-2010 00:12 »
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You would have to be some kind of romo not to have laughed at Prop Infinity. Tons of funny gags. I can't believe the hate it gets.
The gags was funny, but like "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela", the general story seemed "forced". George Takei were funny, but I did not like the whole episode. Sure it was better than anything else on TV, but somewhat of a "low" for Futurama. For some reason, I don't like episodes written by Michael Rowe.
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Aki
Professor
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Prop Infinity _is_ a good episode. Compared to Futurama in general however, it sucks. It's still good television.
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Kryten
Space Pope
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lol at anyone liking Prop Infinity.
Then I guess you have to lol at a whole bunch of us. G'wan. *glare* LOL.
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Aki
Professor
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I think the new season has been overall good, way over my expectations (which were pretty low). It has had some lows, yes, but that's to be expected. The really good episodes are _really_ good - I count The Late Philip J. Fry and The Prisoner of Benda some of my all time favorites. If it measures to the original run I don't know, but most episodes do. The problem is that the episodes that don't are quite a bit below the standard eps of the original run.
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IntoTheWild BlueYonder
Crustacean
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Other than Dan Vebber, Ken Keeler and Eric Rogers, are there any writers for the next part of season 6 known yet?
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CommanderZapp
Starship Captain
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Josh Weinstein is writing "Law and Oracle". May I ask where the info on the writers is from. ([-mArc-] found that info somewhere.)I remember that someone mentioned that J. Stewart Burns was writing an episode on a freelance credit.
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
Moderator
DOOP Secretary
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On the commentary they said because their budget was trimmed from a network budge like FOX that they had far less writers and had to have some of their old writers do some freelance work.
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gthugball1n
Crustacean
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I thought A clock work origin.... was a great episode true to the original futurama. Also the episode where everyone switches minds, because then they invite the globe trotters to do there algebra and the equation is solved by add two new variables to the equation, i loved the whole season, the first episode had a bit to many sex jokes for futurama for example "firing pocket rocket"...... seemed like they were pushing sex to much that episode.
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Aki
Professor
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Rebirth had too many sex jokes? Sure you're not thinking of In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela?
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Jarvio
Bending Unit
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« Reply #36 on: 12-26-2010 12:57 »
« Last Edit on: 12-26-2010 12:59 »
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My OCD has just kicked in, and now I feel the urge to briefly review each ep:
Rebirth: Was a good opener. A bit forgettable, but it did a good job of tying up loose ends, and it needed to be there. Had it's moments.
In-a-blah-blah-blah-blah: A meh episode. Not as bad as people make out, but still not great. Leela and Zapp were out of character.
Killer App: I strongly disliked this ep. One of the worst, and possibly in my bottom 3 of all time. I suppose it had some moments, but on a whole, it just all seemed a bit 'off' to me. Ending was stupid too, no closure whatsoever.
Prop Infinity: An alright ep. A bit forgettable in places, but it was a fairly strong ep with some good moments.
Duh-Vinci: This is where the series picked up for me. I thought this was a great episode. Interesting story. Memorable, and very funny. Liked the professor and fry's chemistry together. A very strong ep IMO.
Lethal Inspection: Kind of indifferent to this one. I liked it, but not overly. A bit overrated in my eyes, but a good episode nonetheless.
Late Philip J Fry: Brilliant. One of the best ever. Very strong storyline.
That Darn Katz: I f**king loved this ep! This was one of my favourites, and I'm not quite sure why it is so disliked. It was just a very fun ep, and also was cool to give Amy a storyline that didn't involve love interest / a relationship.
Clockwork Origin: Bloody loved this one too. Great storyline, and as always, great to have a professor-heavy ep. My 3rd favourite of the series (after prisoner and late philip j fry).
Prisoner of Benda: Best episode ever. Just perfect futurama from start to finish.
Lrrr Differences: Weak. Just weak. Story felt uninspired, and Lrr, whilst a good character, should not have an episode centred around him. I suppose there was no harm in trying though. Oh wait, there was...
Mutants Are Revolting: This was another ep that I was kind of indifferent to, and found slightly overrated. Don't get me wrong, good ep, with good moments - but just not one of the best. Somewhere in the middle for me.
Xmas Spectacular: This is THE worst futurama episode ever! It was NOT FUNNY. It was POINTLESS. The songs were random and stupid. But yeah, the main issue is, NOT FUNNY. Out of all 101 episodes, this for me ranks rock bottom. What were they thinking?
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GreyThinkyWhale
Professor
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Wow. I saved the holiday special for Xmas day, and loved it, so I'm surprised by the overwhelming negative response here. Especially considering I was so down on the rest of the season (aside from Late Philip Fry) compared to everyone else. "Hohoho, everyone's dead" when up until then I thought it was canon, "Don't worry, the Futurama crew: Leela, Bender, and me, Al Gore, will be back", "Gunderson's Nuts"... It was such a fun episode. I had low expectations and the songs weren't very good and I was watching with friends on Xmas so I was in a pretty good mood, but now I'm just second-guessing myself. I laughed throughout and I'd say it's my second favourite episode of the season for sure.
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CommanderZapp
Starship Captain
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What other people think of episodes doesn't really bother me that much, it just seems like lots of people are really overreacting.
Actually... I haven't seen anyone being "so" aggressive on that matter. (I must be blind...)I did not approve of the episode because I'm thinking that "they" could make a better episode. (Well, it was still better than anything else on TV...)Yes, perhaps some overreacting... But I was among those expecting a "real" Xmas episode.
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