FistfulOAwesome
Starship Captain
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« Reply #600 on: 06-15-2009 08:11 »
« Last Edit on: 06-15-2009 18:17 »
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Gorky and Fishy Joe: Thanks for adding other reasons why Future Stock is a great episode. I kinda got tired of typing out a lot by the end so I kept it simple. I love the episode for all the reasons you guys stated too. Gorky: Thanks for adding on to the other two. i_c_weiner: I was waiting for someone to mention BWABB. I think that episode is in a weird position. It is simultaneously underrated and overrated. There's a vocal group of fans who think it's a major disappointment and another group who think it's among the funniest the shows ever done. The major difference between the groups seems to be acceptance and style of humor. Beast rids itself of a lot of character development and has overall crude humor. If you can accept that stuff then you probably think it's great. If you can't then you thinks it sucks. It is the most dividing episode of the series. Oh, and I also like That's Lobstertainment .
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stocker08
Crustacean
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Luck of the Fryish or Future Stock.
"My only regret is that, i have boneitis"
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Frisco17
DOOP Secretary
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They chose "Amzon Women" as number 1? It's good but not that good. "The Sting", 24th in deed.
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Local Jerseyan
Bending Unit
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« Reply #605 on: 06-17-2009 15:24 »
« Last Edit on: 06-17-2009 15:31 »
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Yeah, it's definitely great to see all the interest people have at the show, even though the Sting and Leela's Homeworld should be rated much higher. Maybe they didn't make it higher because they're not as funny as a typical Futurama episode, even though it's not appropriate or necessary for them to be humorous. Anyway, as for favorite episodes, I really have a hard time picking. I've always liked some of the more serious, if somewhat tragic, episodes, such as the ones I mentioned, Jurassic Bark, Time Keeps On Slipping, Devil's Hands. But if I had to choose some less common picks, I'd say: 1- Less Than Hero- I love the absurdity of this one. Plus it shows a little more of the relationship between Leela and her parents, which we barely got to see in the original run. But most importantly, New Jersey gets a mention. Fry: "There's no bus to Jersey City!" 2- How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back- Not only do I love the Fry sideplot (it's more often funny than not watching him get tangled up in romantic affairs), but the song at the end as well. And Zoidberg's song... "Ohhh... " On a side note, I just saw A Clone Of My Own last night and thought it was great. I used to hate that one because I couldn't stand Cubert. Now that I've come to appreciate the fact that he's *supposed* to be obnoxious, I can come to find this episode funny. Plus, who could forget this quote? Fry: "When I was asked to make a video about my nephew, Professor Farnsworth, I thought: "Why should I make a video?". Then later, Leela made the video. But if I *had* made it, you can bet there'd be a lot more topless women on motorcycles!" Anyway, I have high hopes for the new episodes. Twenty-two minute episodes seem to work best for the show's crew.
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TheZapper3000
Poppler
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Mine has to be the one where Zapp kiff and Fry have to have sex with all the amazon women "
"Jurassic Bark" has to be mentioned aswell
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Zergy
Crustacean
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Best Tearjerker episode: The Sting My favorite: Teenage Mutant Leelah's Hurdles or 30% iron chef
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CoiletteUSA
Crustacean
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Where No Fan Has Gone Before (I became a Futurama fan because of this episode).
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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I've got some pretty weird (for the average fan) tops for comedic episodes. The Route of All Evil, Spanish Fry, Future Stock, When Aliens Attack, War is the H-Word, and ITWGY occupy my top spots for laughs (those last two are less unconventional). Series favorites Amazon and Roswell are B episodes for me.
I agree with "Spanish Fry", "Future Stock", and "War is the H-Word." And I'd add "The Problem with Popplers", "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch", and "Bend Her" to a list of (less conventional) funniest episodes.
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Tedward
Professor
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P.S. It seems like all we're trying to do is remind people that most episodes of Futurama are funny.
That's just the thing...even though choosing an all-around best episode is pretty much up to opinion, it seems that there are laughs to be had in every episode. Yes, certain ones come to mind which are absolutely filled with excellent jokes, but looking back there are things to smile about in every episode. I can't pick a one favorite episode, its just impossible.
I know I can't.
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Tedward
Professor
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@Tedward: I couldn't agree more- http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=17904.msg1042190#msg1042190
Ah. I'll say; I seem to have inadvertently taken the words right out of your mouth. Now that I look at it, I even remember reading that post...but no harm done, I guess. The sentiment we expressed is worth repeating. I actually like "The Honking." I can't say that it's the best or my favorite episode, but to me it has a certain charm (and the bits you mentioned are quite good). I will admit that its plot is too farfetched, and it is probably one of the strangest episodes of the series.
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Tedward
Professor
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I actually had noticed that too, but I wasn't too terribly bothered by it, not because Fry isn't too smart but because his friendship with Bender has jealousy throughout, with Bender's feelings being hurt in "I, Roommate" and much later in "Jurassic Bark" or even BWAAB and Fry's feelings being hurt previously in "The Lesser of Two Evils," to name just a few examples (I know you've mentioned the series' development of that friendship before...maybe that's part of the reason).
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Well, both the inconsistencies in the Fry/Leela relationship and the Fry/Bender relationship in TBWaBB are both easily attributable to this fact: Fry's character was written horribly. Leela wasn't so out of character (in terms of the series as a whole, that is; I do, however, find it strange that she'd be so dismissive of Fry after the events of BBS), and Bender was totally in-character (I love how his friendship with Fry kind of, well, humanizes him). Fry's shoddy characterization is my biggest hang-up with TBWaBB--even more so than the shippy inconsistencies (though the former sort of facilitates the latter).
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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"Xmas Story" is definitely in my Top Ten. I was actually kind of pulling for it to win that episode survivor thing we did a few months ago. It's a stand-out episode, especially in terms of season two (which, generally speaking, was more gag- than character-driven).
And "A Tale of Two Santas" has, in my opinion, the best musical moment of the series (with the possible exception of the opera in Devil's Hands). Plus--and this is really dorky--I think the animation is particularly striking and dynamic. But maybe I'm just weird.
You know what other episode is kind of underrated (or at least not talked about much)? "A Head in the Polls." Comedy Central aired it last night, and while vaguely listening to it in the background, I realized that it has some of my favorite quotes ever ("I was gonna vote for you one time. But voting isn't cool, so I stayed home and got trashed on Listerine", "Bodies are for hookers and fat people", "I spent most of my teen years loving my body. 'Course, it was tough love, but..."). It's one of those episodes that really is hilarious, but that I don't often think of when I'm popping my DVDs in for some, y'know, Futurama time.
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Tedward
Professor
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Plus it introduced the Scary Door and Nixon!
Nixon was in the pilot.
Well, "A Head in the Polls" is the first episode in which Nixon's character gets to shine, anyway. The whole episode is good, but the entire third act is just brilliant. "Xmas Story" is definitely in my Top Ten. I was actually kind of pulling for it to win that episode survivor thing we did a few months ago. It's a stand-out episode, especially in terms of season two (which, generally speaking, was more gag- than character-driven).
It's definitely one of my favorites too, and I was sad to see it go from the survivor thread. It is indeed a fantastic episode with an excellent mixture of hilarity and heart. In fact, on the very rare occasions when I have the opportunity to show an episode to someone who's never seen Futurama before, "Xmas Story" is my choice. I have mixed feelings about "A Tale of Two Santas," though. I do love the song and, as always, there are some good laughs, but something about it seems off to me; it could be that it's more dark in its outlook and stark in its quick jokes and animation, but I don't really know. One thing that I can directly identify that I don't like about it, though, is the change in Robot Santa's presentation. In "Xmas Story" he's a sort of bogeyman who is told of in lore but only makes his presence (no pun intended) known to an unlucky few. The Planet Express crew is one of only a small number who can claim that they encountered him and made it through the encounter unharmed. In "A Tale of Two Santas," however, Robot Santa is much more public and all-inclusive in his murder and mayhem, and it seems implausible that, despite the incompetence of certain military or police officials, there has not been any large-scale effort to stop this invader who flies into the city at the same time every year!
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WigWamBam
Poppler
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anyones faviourt episode Jurassic Bark?
Jurassic Bark was definately one of my favourite episodes and it was even kind of emotional. I think that episode may have even won an award or something if I'm not mistaken? The Roswell episode was also brilliant. And episodes like the Farnsworth Parabox pretty much summed up Futurama's diversity
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roosevelt
Crustacean
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the bee's one.. cant think of the name... the one that proves that leela loves fry...
close calls are the seven leaf clover one, the roswell one, the dog one, the one where fry gets worms, and many others
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