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Topic: The Good and The Bad of Futurama life

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-13-2008 05:55

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Good: Rats are extinct in the thirty-first century
Bad: Except when the layout artists forget and put them in anyway.

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"Margarita is far more evil than Jeremy. Jeremy is evil in a Dr. Evil kinda way. Margarita is evil in a Hanson world tour sponsored by Microsoft kinda way." -Spice Weasel

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-13-2008 11:58

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Good: Robots exist in the 31st century, and perform many of our tedious tasks.

Bad: Some robots like to steal.

Frisco17

Urban Legend

Since: Aug 2005

posted 05-13-2008 23:27

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Good: Modified howitzers are used as pitchers.

Bad: Being on the recieving end.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-14-2008 00:42

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Good: The spirit of Baseball lives on.

Bad: It's called Blernsball, and there's clowns, motorcycles & robots involved.

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-14-2008 09:09

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Good: Advances in technology over the last thousand years have produced new and varied types of 'sports'.

Bad: Most of them seem to involve large and/or unusual things fighting each other.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-14-2008 11:46

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Good: You don't have to pay taxes in the future, if you don't want to.

Bad: If you don't, you have to spend a weekend with The Pain Monster.

ShepherdofShark

Professor

Since: Feb 2008

posted 05-14-2008 14:30

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Excellent, SJ! See you April 15th.

Good: As a mad scientist you can always get access to Hitler's brain.

Bad: If you put it in the body of a great white shark, everyone will say you've gone too far.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-14-2008 23:58

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Good: The Greatest Baseball Player ever was Hank Aaron.

Bad: The Worst Baseball Player ever was Hank Aaron (the 35th).

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-15-2008 07:50

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Good: Sex is now an olympic sport.

Bad: They've never shown it on Futurama.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-15-2008 11:31

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Good: Space travel in spaceships.

Bad: Sometimes you get stuck behind an old person going 30 mph, with their turn indicator continuously on.

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-16-2008 06:23

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Good: The Planet Express ship is a rugged, dependable, and capable space vessel thanks to the Professor's improvements.

Bad: The hi-beam setting of the headlights is so good that it can inadvertently destroy nearby space stations.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-16-2008 06:33

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Good: Going to the Saturday Night fights still exists.

Bad: THEY'RE APE FIGHTS!

ShepherdofShark

Professor

Since: Feb 2008

posted 05-16-2008 07:04

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Good: There's a competition to visit the Slurm factory.

Bad: The odds of winning are mathematically insignificant.

Seymour_My_Hero

Starship Captain

Since: Mar 2008

posted 05-16-2008 07:32

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Good: Santa is still an XMAS icon.

Bad: Santa is evil and destroys everything!

ShepherdofShark

Professor

Since: Feb 2008

posted 05-16-2008 12:34

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Good: You can still try and get a quick snog at Xmas by using mistletoe.

Bad: Your mistletoe is no match for Santa's TOW missile.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-16-2008 14:30

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Good: When skiing, you can avoid hitting any trees by saying "TREES DOWN".

Bad: Whatever you do, don't say "TREES UP".

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-17-2008 05:10

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Good: The ape fights still draw a crowd.

Bad: If you get a seat too close to the ring you might get hit by a flying bike.

Writer unit32

Professor

Since: Oct 2006

posted 05-17-2008 11:41

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quote:
Originally posted by ShepherdofShark:
Good: Dystopian themes
Bad: Utopian themes
(I pulled the old switcheroo)

But that's... Uh... Whatever.

ShepherdofShark

Professor

Since: Feb 2008

posted 05-17-2008 12:15

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quote:
Originally posted by Writer unit32:
But that's... Uh... Whatever.

Dystopias are generally more entertaining, that's what I was getting at.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-17-2008 13:26

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Good: You can still get a high class suit at Giorgio ArMonster.

Bad: If you're poor, you'll have to make your own hair gel.

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-18-2008 05:48

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Good: Demolishing a classroom at her highschool only earns Leela a detention

Bad: Her parents punish her more severly than the school did.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-18-2008 12:14

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Good: Mutants look after their own.

Bad: They can't keep secrets, even if it's whispered.

Writer unit32

Professor

Since: Oct 2006

posted 05-22-2008 15:27

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quote:
Originally posted by ShepherdofShark:
Dystopias are generally more entertaining, that's what I was getting at.

I can see where you're coming from here, however, a post-scarcity utopia can provide you with virtualy anything.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-22-2008 15:35

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Good: If you're famous, you can get buried in a perpetual space cemetary.

Bad: If you're a Mousekateer, Bender probably has your spine in his collection.

Frisco17

Urban Legend

Since: Aug 2005

posted 05-22-2008 21:40

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Good: Fry knows how to get to heaven.

Bad: Robots don't go to heaven.

[This message has been edited by Frisco17 (edited 05-22-2008).]

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-23-2008 02:08

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Good: Life expectancy in the 31st centur is 150 years +.

Bad: When you hit 150, the sunset squad comes to get you.

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-23-2008 09:26

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quote:
Originally posted by seattlejohn01:
Good: If you're famous, you can get buried in a perpetual space cemetary.

Good: The 'World Heroes' section of the Orbiting Meadows space cemetery is protected by armed guards.

Bad: The don't do anything to prevent grave-robbing or desecration of the dead.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-23-2008 15:46

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Good: Life expectancy is much longer in the future.

Bad: You can develop THS, otherwise known as Talking Hump Syndrome.

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-24-2008 03:28

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Good: Great medical and scientific advancements have been made by the 31st century.

Bad: The Professor still prefers to prep people he's about to do a brain scan on with a guillotine.

[This message has been edited by hobbitboy (edited 05-24-2008).]

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-24-2008 03:39

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Good: You can get gills in the 31st century.

Bad: You have to take out your lungs now, and the gills won't be here until next Tuesday.

ShepherdofShark

Professor

Since: Feb 2008

posted 05-24-2008 07:03

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Good: You can petition Bureaucrat 1.0 for an emergency sort and file under regulation....

Bad: Your bureaucratic license will be revoked if you fail to sort the Master In-pile by closing time. Also you'll be demoted for finishing early.

[This message has been edited by ShepherdofShark (edited 05-24-2008).]

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-24-2008 19:27

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Good: Robots like the robot cops protect humans (kinda) in the 31st century.

Bad: Robots also pull scams (bender) and shoot humans (muggers robot) in the 31st century.

Kifz

Bending Unit

Since: May 2008

posted 05-25-2008 15:28

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Good: If you happen to lose any body part due to some er.. unfortunate eventuality, it will be sewn right back in.

Bad: ..almost never in its original position or on the original owner.

hobbitboy

Starship Captain

Since: Jan 2006

posted 05-27-2008 06:08

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Good: The ships that first destroy New York while Fry is cryogenically frozen are not conquering aliens.

Bad: Its actually Bender being a bastard!

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-27-2008 12:35

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Good: Peoplemovers (the tubes) were designed to help ease traffic jams & congestion.

Bad: They also jam during rush hour.

ShepherdofShark

Professor

Since: Feb 2008

posted 05-27-2008 15:25

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Good: It's fun to ride the tubes around New New York, especially the breaks in them for ships where you fly through open air.

Bad: Imagine if someone ran a red light.

upside_ur_head

Bending Unit

Since: Jul 2007

posted 05-27-2008 16:08

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Good: The speed of light has been sped up so you can travel the universe much quicker.

Bad: Old light is still as slow as it was and could cause your planet to be invaded over a 1000 year old TV show.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-27-2008 17:33

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Good: Light speed was thought of as an unreachable goal in the 21st century.

Bad: Light speed is so common in the 31st century that it's used to sell underwear.

Frisco17

Urban Legend

Since: Aug 2005

posted 05-28-2008 21:38

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Good: You can fake suicide to get out of things.

Bad: You have to have super powers to survive this.

seattlejohn01

Urban Legend

Since: May 2007

posted 05-28-2008 22:44

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Good: With the process of reverse fossilization, we can turn robots into humans.

Bad: They can turn into 1000 pound fatties.

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