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gaschief
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Sorry this goes on a bit, it Concerns Ralph, Peel and our community at large!Ralph IS a very important part of peel, which is why I think it would be folly for him to get into a terrible rage and possibly get banned. I took about a month away from here, because I was frustrated with some things, but also because I had to clarify for myself that i still had an identity outwith the internet. I think it can be both a great and dangerous thing using the internet as a channel of social interaction. The problem is it is a very limited form of social interaction given the current limitation set by predominately keyboard / screen only as a means of communicating with other human beings. I suspect a lot of people here probably have difficulties with normal face to face social interaction, I do myself at times even though I work in a job that has communication at its core. it is a good thing therefore that the internet can help bridge these difficulties. The danger however that by becoming a complete substitute for normal social interaction that the difficuties are never addressed and the more we utilise this medium to avoid them our social anxieties are increasingly harder to transcend. I have went off at a tangent but felt I needed to offer some explanation for my abscence. Also my other point going back to where I started, was that if Ralph is frustrated with this place he too could benefit from a break, rather than complete departure. I have returned with renewed enthusiasm and with a realisation that some of the people here, though I've never met them face to face have made an impact on my life and during my abscence from people I was still mindfull of the thoughts these individuals had impressed on me. The problem I see with Peel and that which principally caused the antagonism that drove me away was that there is a clear divide in the community. That is between the members who predominately frequent the on topic and those who predominately in some cases only the off-topic domain. There are others who cross the boundaries, and I would add that it is these members by and large for whom I have the greatest respect. They are core and an integral part of the fabric that keeps this community alive. Of relevance here, Ralph is one of these such people and his permanent departure would be a terrible blow to www.peelified.com
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Frisco17
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« Reply #171 on: 05-17-2008 22:02 »
« Last Edit on: 05-17-2008 22:02 »
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Originally posted by winna: No... they don't
I realise that. It was more of a veiled threat that I'd hire someone to bring them back. Hence the evil laughter. Originally posted by Archonix: I would assume it is.
Morris reminds me of Fry, oddly enough. Maybe Fry after 30 years of living in a sewer with a slightly bossy wife... I've thought that quite often actually. Nice to see I'm not totally insane. Morris: "No beer until you finish your tequila!" If that isn't Fry as a dad I don't know what is.
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Frida Waterfall
Professor
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« Reply #172 on: 05-17-2008 22:06 »
« Last Edit on: 05-17-2008 22:06 »
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Originally posted by FordMustang: It bothered me that their daughter's wedding was not a good enough occasion they could go above ground? ... Let's hope if there is a future wedding that is for real for once (and involves Fry???) Morris and Munda can come above ground to enjoy their daughter's happiness. It only seems natural... everyone benefits. I'm one of those fans who firmly believe that Leela's parents should definitely attend her wedding and participate in her wedding like any other parents of the bride, such as Morris escorting her down to the altar and the traditional bride and father-of-the-bride dance together. Back some many months ago when the exclusive comic at the 2007 Comic-Con was posted online which revealed that Leela will have a wedding in the movie, I was one of the first to bring up whether or not Leela's mutant parents would be in attendance and continued on until the movie was released and the question was answered. However, since I have yet to write-up my "Bender's Big Score" review, I want to mention this knowing that this won't be featured in the review. As much as I detest "Bender's Big Score" and the creation of an alternate Fry and as much as I am convinced that Leela's wedding would include her parents, I have actually accepted the fact that Morris and Munda did not attend Leela's wedding in the film. Furthermore, I should add that it is probably in a greater interest to keep them below ground for that scene in favor of the condition of the universe at that time. You see, us PEELers are fans of the show (or we're supposed to be, as we kind of informally pledged that when we joined). As fans, we are to support the base of fandom, encourage fandom of the base with others, provide a source of constructive criticism for the brains behind the base to benefit from and hopefully improve on, analyze the base deeply in a religious manner, and provide in-depth explanations for goofs and plotholes in the base. Let me, a fan, provide an in-depth explanation for goofs and plotholes in my select base, Futurama. During the period of time when Leela's wedding in "Bender's Big Score" was being planned, Earth had just entered a depression. Many businesses and homes were scammed out of ownership, and the government was gradually being overtaken by the trio of alien nudist scammers. Since citizens could not afford food, restaurants such as Elzar's could not make enough business on the broke planet of Earth and had to provide services for low prices or for free, which explains why a soup kitchen opened and why Lars and Leela were being offered cheap catering for their reception. Have any of you noticed that Leela's wedding was packed with odd characters? It's possible that Lars and Leela just invited anybody to the wedding at the church, considering nobody at that time had a job or anything else better to do. In fact, did you ever begin to look at the fact that Lars and Leela were only permitted two full days to plan an entire wedding? The two were probably in a rush to get hitched before they have to ditch Earth, or there's the possibility that two days was all they needed considering that they had a lot of time on their hands without a job to go to and not enough money to spend on as many arrangements for the typical wedding. Getting on to the main point, the government was either too unstable or busy at the moment to issue one-day surface mutant passes for Leela's parents or Leela and Lars were unable to afford one-day mutant surfaces passes. I hope I haven't overanalyzed this...
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Xanfor
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Frida Waterfall:
I hope I haven't overanalyzed this... Never. Anyways, you owe me a nickel for the use of the PEEL time machine.
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Frisco17
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That actually makes alot of sense.
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km73
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Originally posted by FordMustang: I love the way he always quotes human liberal art stuff, like classical literature quotes and art masterpieces. For example he has invoked Bodicelli's Venus, John Donne ("Ask not for whom the bell tolls.../ Ask not for whom the bone bones)", references to Sweet Poseidon a la Homer's Illiad and Odyssey and Bender's playing "Polainaise in C minor" in "Godfellas."
My favorite is probably when he uses "old sport" from The Great Gatsby in BGM (another reason I like that episode). On the subject of Morris and Munda, I think it's probably for the best that they had only a limited role in the series. The focus had always generally been on Leela as being very independent though also occasionally bitter at her orphan-status, and like some others I feel that if her parents had started to become too much of a feature it might have impacted her personality. Then again it might be interesting to see where the writers would have gone with that. Given the chance. And I too like the Bender/Leela/Fry friendship-triumvirate. That dynamic helped make the first season so great.
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Frisco17
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Originally posted by km73: And I too like the Bender/Leela/Fry friendship-triumvirate. That dynamic helped make the first season so great.
Couldn't agree more.
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Frisco17
DOOP Secretary
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At this point the only stable relationship I can think of is Leela's parents.
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Frisco17
DOOP Secretary
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That's true. I was going to include them but I thought better of it. Now, with about a half hour's hindsight, I can't seem to remember why.
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Xanfor
DOOP Secretary
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Speaking of which, coldangel posted this a while ago from the comics... Apparently an alien invasion interrupts the moment. Ain't that always the way? I speak from experience.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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Alien invasions make her horny. I can relate.
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SonicPanther
Professor
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#21. My favorite.
You should hear my voice for those aliens, man.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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Comics aren't canon though. The comic medium gets no love.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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If I could make a mint my breath would be fresh all the time. Unfortunately all I can make is butterscotch.
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