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boxie

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« Reply #80 on: 04-15-2004 15:16 »

I dunno either, but it's a good wee list.

I'd just like to add that this is the episode with the short 'A Closer Shave' or whatnot, which I think is wicked...
Ranadok

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« Reply #81 on: 04-15-2004 15:21 »
« Last Edit on: 04-15-2004 15:21 »

 
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Originally posted by MrsBender:
But I mean... what makes scifi great is that it uses the future to reflect the present.  So what if it didnt necessarily display that it was set in the future?  to me that has nothing to do with the quality of the episode.
I agree, the ability to reflect present day life is what makes sci-fi so great. However, in this case, it doesn't reflect present day life, for all intents and purposes, it IS present-day life. They could have done the same script on the Simpsons with, say, Mel Gibson, and have it turn out the same.  If they don't take advantage of their setting, what is the point of having it set in the future? Just think of A Head in the Polls, it is a good political satire, reflecting today and all that jazz, but at its heart is a head in a jar and a robot body.  That doesn't make it any more or less relevant, but it does contribute to the episode and the series as a whole. Remember, this is a show set 3000 years in the future. Lobstertainment didn't take advantage of that, and suffered from blandness as a result.
Passing user

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« Reply #82 on: 04-16-2004 13:53 »

Did you hear directors' commentary?  David X. Cohen said he went on the www.gotfuturama.com  website and found that it was the least popular episode ever.  He went on to say he found someone who made loads of threads saying how rubbish it was, and mentioned it completely off-topic in other threads.
Cohen: So I emailed him and I got a reply within 50 seconds.  He write back saying "That's Lobstertainment?  Yeah, that's Ok."
All the production team laughed.  I heard this earlier today, and have done some investigating.  Looking at the comments on the review page and the search button, I know who the blasphemer was...I don't want to say unless the mods think it's picking on him, but I think I know who it was on these forums.
User_names_suck
Professor
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« Reply #83 on: 04-16-2004 14:04 »

Your mistaken it was Patric Verrone who said that.
Cohen seemed Oblvious to the internet reviews
and seemed suprised people would dislike it so much.
Passing user

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« Reply #84 on: 04-16-2004 14:11 »

Was it?  Oh.  I'm obviously not very good at recognising voices.
Sorry.
(Oh, I wish I could say who I think it was.  And then be told who it was.  Ah well.)
John Pannozzi

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« Reply #85 on: 07-13-2004 21:50 »

 
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Originally posted by Kryten:

And, Ainoth? How DARE you mention Amy and Cubert in the same sentence? That's it, you're going on my list.


I'duse Amy and Cubert in the same sentence since they're among my most favorite Futurama characters along with Leela, Nibbler, Fry, Zoidy, the Professy, Mom, Morbo, Dwight, Calculon, Zapp, Kif, Lrrr, the Brain Spawn, Nibbler and the other Nibblonians.

Anyway, when I first saw this episode, I really didn't like it, but after several more viewings, I like it. I think Harold Zoid is a pretty funny character ("...and I mean circus-grade acting!" ) and "the Magnificent 3" was pretty funny. I liked seeing Amy looking loving at Kif at the Oscars, that seemed to make up for Amy having no lines in this ep. at all. But I think it could have been better, like the Critic.
Jicannon

Urban Legend
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« Reply #86 on: 07-14-2004 13:09 »

damn John P, you listed almost every character as your favorite
Otis P Jivefunk

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« Reply #87 on: 07-14-2004 13:33 »

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this yet! I wonder why...

[Comic Book Guy]Worst episode ever![/Comic Book Guy]
SolidSnake

Professor
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« Reply #88 on: 10-05-2013 00:25 »

7/10

A not-so-bad episode, but it felt like something that was done before. And the movie-making scenes were kind of stupid, as was Bender's Calculon-assistant subplot. I like how the two intertwined, but it didn't give much to enjoy. And the episode's ending was pretty darn stupid as well. Putting all those aside, I liked alot of the jokes from the ep which helps boost it up to a 7/10.
cartoonlover27

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« Reply #89 on: 10-05-2013 14:08 »

I actually like this one, despite the dislike among fans.
8/10. Calculon was pretty unfunny, but I liked the idea for the plot, and a few Zoidberg jokes in that episode.
Monster_Robot_Maniac

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« Reply #90 on: 10-05-2013 17:30 »

I never quite understood all the hate for this one. I'd give it a solid 7/10, because it was actually somewhat funny, and although the story wasn't anything new in the world of Television, it was still pretty creative.
Jezzem

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« Reply #91 on: 10-05-2013 17:51 »

Yeah, I've said this a few times but I find this episode to be rather underrated. It actually has a lot of good laughs in it and a nice emotional moment near the end. Or whatever.
cyber_turnip

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« Reply #92 on: 01-07-2024 05:57 »

It's amazing how Futurama will occasionally reference pop culture in a way that's inexplicably not picked up on by Wikis and IMDb and so forth and then I'll just stumble upon the source.

Like how pretty much nowhere acknowledges that "Neutopia" is a direct spoof of Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark".

Anyway, I'm watching classic Harold Lloyd silent comedy Steamboat Bill Jr. and it turns out that the "A Close Shave" short in this episode is a fairly direct parody of the barbershop sequence from this film. Who knew?

Anyway, it's pretty good so far. Now that Mickey Mouse is in the public domain, I might produce a short cartoon spoof of it starring him or something.
SpaceGoldfish fromWazn

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« Reply #93 on: 01-07-2024 07:41 »
« Last Edit on: 01-07-2024 07:42 »

While we're on the subject cyber_turnip, I always wondered if the ending of A Flight to Remember was a reference to the short story by Tom Godwin, the Cold Equations.

And back on topic, I never really understood why this episode in particular was so hated.   I mean it's not anyone's favourite, but I can think of much worse episodes from the classic run, this one felt enjoyable and inoffensive,   
cyber_turnip

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« Reply #94 on: 01-07-2024 20:05 »

I know that. That's the name of one of the best episodes of the 1980s Twilight Zone revival. I'm guessing it must be based on that short story. Who knew?
Gorky

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« Reply #95 on: 01-09-2024 02:39 »
« Last Edit on: 01-09-2024 02:40 »

And back on topic, I never really understood why this episode in particular was so hated.   I mean it's not anyone's favourite, but I can think of much worse episodes from the classic run, this one felt enjoyable and inoffensive,   

I think this episode suffers from the same problem as the also oft-maligned "A Leela of Her Own," which is that it is a satire of a modern-day phenomenon (the shallowness of Hollywood and celebrity) that doesn't do much new or interesting with the show's futuristic setting. It's not distinctly Futurama-y, beyond the fact that it's a robot and a space lobster making a crappy movie together.

I'm far fonder of ALOHO than I am of "That's Lobstertainment!", but I think both fall into that tier of season three episodes that are mostly unobjectionable but pale in comparison to the highs of, say, "Parasites Lost" or "Insane in the Mainframe" or "Time Keeps on Slippin'" or "Roswell that Ends Well" or "Godfellas." Season three is arguably the most uneven season of the original run, but the highs are really fuckin' high; even though the clunkers still have plenty to recommend them, they do stand out.
David A

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« Reply #96 on: 01-09-2024 19:54 »

While we're on the subject cyber_turnip, I always wondered if the ending of A Flight to Remember was a reference to the short story by Tom Godwin, the Cold Equations.

I doubt it.  The situations aren't actually that similar.  The writer of the episode may have read the story, and it might have been in the back of his mind when he wrote that scene, but it was probably just an attempt to parody the ending of Titanic in a science fiction setting.
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