Kifchik
Bending Unit
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« on: 10-27-2004 12:11 »
« Last Edit on: 10-27-2004 12:11 »
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Yo-s you-s all-s!
Ok, this is going to be tough. First, we have:
- some friends who I secretly want to hook up on the show
- a very, very, very poorly translated show (into Russian, if it matters -- they couldn't have done a worse job of dubbing even if they tried for a long, long time: voices crappy, meanings twisted)
- DVD-quality original episodes sans the crappy translation and sans subtitles. Importing subtitles doesn't work -- somehow it's poorly timed and the lines don't show in time.
Hence the question. In what order do I show those friends some episodes (minimum 3, maximum 5) which would demonstrate the best of Futurama? Keep in mind that we are not very good at perceiving spoken English, so the episodes need to err on the intonation / visual side, rather than spoken jokes. Great would be episodes with an abundance of such scenes, rather than just one or two.
I've shown them Time Keeps on Slippin' (reaction ok) and Jurassic Bark (ah, the stifled sarcasm of the male spectators and the stifled tears of the female ones at the end :P)
A great example of an intonation joke was in TKOS when Tate kept saying "Are you? - Yes! - ARE YOU? - N-no..." to Bender.
What do I show them next? And why?
With appreciation, me
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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"Roswell that Ends Well".
Fast paced, lots of great animation, an abundance of jokes and a neat plot.
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Zmithy
Professor
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I agree with Teral's choice, although you might want to try 'Why must I be a crustacean in love', because everyone likes Zoidberg, and the jokes in that episode are quite visual.
It depends on your friends, I played 'hell is other robots' at college one lunchtime, everyone liked the beastie boys and drug references, although the biggest laugh came from the line "Fry... you're my friend". Don't show this or any episode with a song in it though, the bad dubbing will ruin it. Except 'Less than Hero', where the song doesn't make sense anyway...
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Xerxes
Bending Unit
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As Bubble Gum said, Space Pilot 3000, definitely. And maybe The Series Has Landed and Love's Labours Lost in Space. Just to introduce all the important characters and relations (Amy, Hermes, Zoidberg, Nibbler, Zapp-Leela, Fry-Professor relations...).
I think it is quite important. The first episode I saw when a friend wanted to get me hooked up was A Taste of Freedom (becasue that was the only one he had at home at that moment). I didn't like it much. In the middle of the episode, I actually asked "Wait a minute. That lady has only one eye!". And then I forgot about the show for some time until I got the first episodes, which hooked me up.
By the way, a friend of mine got hooked on Zoidberg after he saw When Alliens Attack episode. And later on, he compared every Zoidberg scene to the beach one.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Starter episodes: -Roswell that ends well -Amazon women in the mood -I Roomate -The Why of Fry -SP3K
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zoidyzoid
Professor
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I recommend Roswell That Ends Well, A Tale of Two Santas, Parasites Lost, The Problem with Popplers, and either The Sting or The Farnsworth Parabox, depending on how much they appreciate emotionally-oriented episodes.
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