Jurassic Bark ending- Intended to be sad or silly?

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I considered it sad, but who knows, maybe they were trying some wry humor? Does anyone think that they might have shown that ending as an attempt at humor? I mean, at the CGEF review of JB, a lot of people were talking about how sad it was and how they were crying, and some places on this message board, people are treating the ending like it was a joke.

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It was, as the Bad Astronaut song puts it, "...knowing, it's a  smiling sad"

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Bittersweet even.

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I thought this ending was sad too.

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I think it's supposed to be sad. Sure, they had to exagurate the dog's loyalty to get their point across, and the fact that the dog died waited for many years was kind of silly, yes, but I think the intention was for it to be a sad end.

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First of all, welcome all you new people.

Aside from that there was a message in the ending of JB. Every time people try to do something right they do something wrong.

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sad, silly pfft I dunno

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Definetely going for sad and emotionel. I mean, how could anyone think it's a hillarious ending? I haven't seen any post here, where people think it's a feel good ending, although I have seen people on other sites complaining about the ending, because it wasn't funny.

David X Cohen explains a bit about "Jurassic Bark" in ANSTATMAW's interview

But it does show something about Fry's character; he's not selfish. He genuinely thought the dog had a full rich life, and didn't want to cheapen that, just to please himself. Reminds me a bit of "Parasites lost".

Edit: welcome to PEEL, people. Enjoy it here.

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I loved the ending, it was great. I don't see how some people love the episode, but then gave it crap marks because of the ending.

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I don't understand that, either.  I love this episode just because the ending was so moving.

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Hey, of course it was supposed to be sad. I hadn't seen anyhting this emotional set into animation before since the train station scene in the "Lisa's Substitute" episode of "The Simpsons".

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Thank you. For anyone on this board who also hangs out at the No Homers Club, I'm known as Wavy Gravy over there.

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The end to that episode was sad but overly played out.

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I believe someone mentioned somewhere that they should have people wearing techie-futuristic clothing as time progressed. That would really ruin the emotion of it. I don't see why they made that letter fall on that guy's head. I laughed at that the second time I watched the episode, I guess because it added levity to everything else that was happening around it.

Also, it isn't over-exaggerated for Seymour to wait for the rest of his life for Fry. There was this one dog whose master died and the dog waited by his master's grave for the rest of his life, hardly ever leaving except for food. The dog is now remembered for that and represents loyalty. I read that on the episode review of JB on CGEF.

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It was kinda funny seeing how Fry thought he did the best but in fact he didn't.

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It suppose to be sad. David X. said so in a interwiev.

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Originally posted by impact:
It was kinda funny seeing how Fry thought he did the best but in fact he didn't.

Maybe so, but isn't that always the case?

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Seriously, i dont think Matt Groening Would ever intend to create an episode with a sad ending, perhaps because very few cartoons are sad...... except mabye Daria...... but thats funny too...

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Yeah, but there is an exception to every rule, and in Futurama's case, it's the Luck of the Fryrish.

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Originally posted by The Hypno Toad:
Seriously, i dont think Matt Groening Would ever intend to create an episode with a sad ending, perhaps because very few cartoons are sad...... except mabye Daria...... but thats funny too...

And yet, there's "Jurassic Bark", right there, proving you wrong. Mocking you with its sadness.

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I think my point is still in debate, and im not wrong, its an opinion that it wasnt sad

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the hypno toad is dead inside!!!!!!!!

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David X Cohen said in ANSTATMAW's interview they intentionally went for the sad ending, he even got chewed out by one of his secretaries for doing it. They might consider submitting "Jurassic Bark" de the Emmy's.

There are lots of Futurama episodes that doesn't end on a high note: "Jurassic Bark", "Luck of the Fryrish", "A Bicyclops Built For Two", etc. Futurama definetely go for the entire range of human emotions, rather than just absurd comedy. And that's one of the reasons why we love it.

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I think Luck of the Fryish landed on a very high sentimental note

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But not exactly a laugh-out-loud moment.

::wishes he had gone with his initial word "hillarious"::

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Luck of the Fryish didn't make you feel sad at the end, because Fry had made his peace with his brother.

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man, I thought Luck of the Fryish was the saddest thing!