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Binder

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« on: 04-02-2008 13:37 »

Mom has been missing during much of the final season of Futurama and during the first and, I'm assuming thus far based on story info and footage, second film.
Have the writers grown tired of her? Is she just too similar to Mr. Burns? Will she play a  larger part in the third or fourth movie?

What are your thoughts?
seattlejohn01

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« Reply #1 on: 04-02-2008 14:06 »

Evil for evil's sake gets boring after a while.  At least the Mr. Burns character is hilarious in his own way & has his own foibles.  To me, the character of Mom is written as evil without any redeeming qualities.  Not many directions you can take that in...
Seymour_My_Hero

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« Reply #2 on: 04-02-2008 17:25 »

I think mom will come back eventually. Maybe she's just too busy smacking her trio of accomplices to annoy Fry and the gang.  :D
Kryten

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« Reply #3 on: 04-02-2008 20:45 »

I have to agree with sseattlejohn... Mom was basiccally just Mr. Burns with less style and saggy breasts.
Seymour_My_Hero

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« Reply #4 on: 04-02-2008 21:21 »

 
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Originally posted by Kryten:
I have to agree with sseattlejohn... Mom was basiccally just Mr. Burns with less style and saggy breasts.


LOL.
  :laff:
Officer 1BDI

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« Reply #5 on: 04-02-2008 22:00 »

I'm not a huge Mom fan, either, but it wouldn't be horrible to see her again if they found an interesting role for her.  If she does come back, I want them to finally reveal that

NastyInThePasty

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« Reply #6 on: 04-02-2008 23:11 »

"MAKE THAT BITCH YOUR BITCH, YOU BASTARD!"
km73

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« Reply #7 on: 04-03-2008 02:05 »

I think Mom is a fantastic character, many of her lines are priceless. I was somewhat disappointed that she didn't even get a cameo in BBS, especially considering how many other characters were crammed in there.
I figure she'll definitely have a role in at least one of the next films, though.
KurtPikachu2001

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« Reply #8 on: 04-03-2008 12:17 »

Maybe they put Mom and her sons on the back burner so she can have a significant role in one of the movies that are coming. 
RobotDevilRox

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« Reply #9 on: 04-03-2008 14:15 »

Yeah, that's what I think. They're just storing her away for more impact when they do stick her in.
Binder

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« Reply #10 on: 04-03-2008 16:26 »

I doubt she'll be prominent in The Beast with a Billion Backs, Yivo and Wernstrom seem to be the antagonists. She could possibly feature in he fantasy world of Bender's Game as an evil sorceress, or in Into The Wild Green Yonder helping one side of the ancient conflict.

On a side note I've noticed that Yivo is the name of the Jewish Scientific Institute in New York. LOL
x.Bianca.x

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« Reply #11 on: 04-09-2008 02:05 »

 
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Originally posted by Officer 1BDI:
I'm not a huge Mom fan, either, but it wouldn't be horrible to see her again if they found an interesting role for her.  If she does come back, I want them to finally reveal that


I don't think so because, im just gonna say it, mom and the proffessor had broken up for over 75 years from the mothers day episode.

fryandlemon

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« Reply #12 on: 06-18-2008 01:00 »

I wouldn't mind seeing her again.  I like her - and her relationship with the Professor was interesting, if not disturbing.
hobbitboy

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« Reply #13 on: 06-18-2008 07:38 »

But she wasn't completely absent from the latter episodes. She had a few lines in Three Hunders Big Boys.
ALequalsGREAT

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« Reply #14 on: 06-18-2008 12:23 »
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I don't think she has enough depth to be a prominent character overall but I do wish the backstory with her and Farnsy were developed further. I enjoyed Mother's Day and generally think she is well used, if infrequently. Her venomous one-liners are pretty consistently funny ("..you puss-dripping sack of double-smoked butt-jerky!" )
Besides, what sort of future wouldn't have ruthless, evil corporate leaders? Sadly, not an Earth future!

*edit* It looks like there is a "mom-dragon" in the BG preview...
woohoo! I am a "delivery boy"  :rolleyes:
Frisco17

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« Reply #15 on: 06-18-2008 23:21 »

 
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Originally posted by fryandlemon:
I wouldn't mind seeing her again.  I like her - and her relationship with the Professor was interesting, if not disturbing.

Extremely so.

Fry: "Nothing in here but a couple of elephant-skin rugs."

Congratulations of your promotion AL...now kneel before your Emperor. MWAHAHAHA.
ALequalsGREAT

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« Reply #16 on: 06-20-2008 13:42 »

Lol yea Frisco, I just recently discovered the peel board. I am only 2800 posts behind you  :p

I love the pet name the professor calls mom at the end of Mother's Day, 'dustcakes'  :laff:
Xanfor

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« Reply #17 on: 06-20-2008 15:43 »

 
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Originally posted by Frisco17:

Congratulations of your promotion AL...now kneel before your Emperor. MWAHAHAHA.

I seem to recall that it was the delivery boy who drank an emperor...  ;)

Frisco17

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« Reply #18 on: 06-20-2008 22:42 »

Touché. I was just messing with him though.
Kifz

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« Reply #19 on: 06-26-2008 10:49 »

Mom will be back. And in my opinion, she's not like Mr. Burns, after all she's a mother, a a bad, mad mommy. The psychological roots go deep and resonate with many ppl (again, just my opinion).
KurtPikachu2001

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« Reply #20 on: 07-03-2008 19:40 »

Mom and her sons are coming back in Bender's Game.  Her sons also had a brief appearence in BWABB. 
Frisco17

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« Reply #21 on: 07-03-2008 22:38 »

 
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Originally posted by Kifz:
And in my opinion, she's not like Mr. Burns....

I agree. Mr.Burns is just maniacal evil, that is evil for his own gain. Mom on the other hand is evil both for her own gain and just to see other people suffer.
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