Inquisitor Hein
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Yep, that episode was nearly perfect. The reversal of the "Fish out of temporary waters" roles was excellent 
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Tedward

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Wait, what goof are you talking about?
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Gorky

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I think SGB is referring to this "goof": [Bump]
Sorry I just thought of something about this episode. Fry's father's entire side of the family has been name Yancy up until Fry. So why would Fry's grandfather on his dad's side be named Enos instead of Yancy. This is just something I thought of trying to figure out through PEEL. I've always wondered it.
But hobbitboy has already refuted it: Mr. Fry: Son, your name is Yancy, just like me and my grandfather and so on. All the way back to minuteman Yancy Fry, who blasted commies in the American Revolution.
Note that Mr. Fry (Philip's dad) doesn't say …me and my father and so on…. By being excluded from the list Mr. Fry implies that his father (Philip's grandfather) was not named Yancy.
Or he's talking about something else and I'm totally off-base here. I can't think of any other goofs--supposed or actual--in this episode, though. Anyway: I don't think I can say anything about this episode that hasn't already been said. It's hilarious, it's brilliant, it's beautiful to look at. It's one of those episodes that always makes me feel awesome when I watch it; it's just good fun.
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DannyJC13

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The only problem I have with this ep is the awkward filler scene where Fry puts on the All Purpose Spray... It just kind of drags on, and they could have at least put some dialogue in there or made it slightly more interesting... But overall, perfect episode. "One devilled egg." "Devilled egg?!" *eats* "The same devilled egg."
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Otis P Jivefunk

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The only problem I have with this ep is the awkward filler scene where Fry puts on the All Purpose Spray... It just kind of drags on, and they could have at least put some dialogue in there or made it slightly more interesting... I've never found it a problem myself. The episode has such a fast pace overall that it's nice to take a little breather and slow things down for a bit, plus the joke is decent so doesn't matter...
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Gorky

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I've always found that spray can joke perfectly acceptable, and not at all filler-y. Really, I think this is one of the few episodes of the series ("The Problem With Popplers" may be the only other) that I don't believe makes even one misstep, joke-wise. Every gag hits its intended mark. Maybe that sounds a bit effusive, but it's true.
The only thing that bugs me about this episode--and it's a really minor gripe--is the reveal the morning after Fry does the nasty in the pasty. Leela and the Professor and Bender stand at the window for a beat without reacting; that silence there has always seemed weird to me.
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DannyJC13

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The only thing that bugs me about this episode--and it's a really minor gripe--is the reveal the morning after Fry does the nasty in the pasty. Leela and the Professor and Bender stand at the window for a beat without reacting; that silence there has always seemed weird to me.
Yes! That too!
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coldangel

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Yeah, slowly processing what they were seeing. And then re-processing it because their first impression must surely be wrong. But no... and they belatedly react in unison.
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coldangel

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If Mazzie told you that, it's a filthy lie, and I shall discipline her.
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Otis P Jivefunk

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I'm also gonna chip in here and agree that the silence at the window was fine, it was just them trying to to take all of the situation in. Really there is no part of Roswell That Ends Well that I don't like. If things like that are picked up upon as the worst parts then what does that say about the ep? That it's bloody fantastic, that's what!...
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Gorky

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The only thing that bugs me about this episode--and it's a really minor gripe--is the reveal the morning after Fry does the nasty in the pasty. Leela and the Professor and Bender stand at the window for a beat without reacting; that silence there has always seemed weird to me.
I thought that was hilarious! (I have no idea if it was intentionally a joke, but still!)
I believe they were thinking about what just happened for a second.
That's how I saw it too. Trying to process WTF they were seeing, and the implications. Which to be fair, would have a few people's heads in a boggle if they were in that situation.
I don't think it plays that way, though. They're kind of just staring at him blankly, and they wait until the camera has pulled back completely to react. It feels almost like they're waiting for a cue to respond or something. Again, though, my complaint about that moment is halfhearted at best--and it's not like a second of so-so acting in an otherwise amazing episode actually lowers my opinion of it at all.
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futurefreak

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So I was watching this and was just thinking, "you know why these old eps are great? Not that many current references". Then I heard the Greg Kinnear line and was like...dammit. Although I laughed at that, and he is from Fry's time. The Karcrapians and Lady Gaggag aren't.
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futurefreak

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Exactly. That's what the difference is between references from old episodes and references now.
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DannyJC13

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On the topic of pop culture references, I think the Prius line in TFHS is actually alright. The explanation behind it on the commentary makes it seem fine, plus, I like to imagine the future has Hover Priuses, that's why Fry knew about it....
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Gorky

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Personally I loved Fry's Leno joke in 'Law & Oracle'. But then, I suppose that Leno is someone from his time, too.
And hasn't Leno previously been mentioned as a still-relevant celebrity? I'm thinking specifically of Bender's reported feud with him in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television." The Lady Gaga line never bothered me. It's not a funny line particularly, but I think she's a big enough celebrity now that it's likely that she'll still be around as a head in a jar (at very least) in 1,000 years time (within the world of the show, obviously).
I'm bothered less by how contemporary the reference is, and more by how forced it is. Billy West himself seems unsure of how to read the line--and the weirdness of its delivery just makes it even more conspicuous. It probably would have sailed right past me if not for its clunkiness; "Lady Gaga-esque fame hag" has too many syllables or something. I don't know.
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futurefreak

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Leno was also mentioned in When Aliens Attack -
Lrrr: [on TV] And now we must return to our planet, to catch the end of a thousand-year-old Leno monologue.
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DannyJC13

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« Reply #150 on: 03-11-2012 22:44 »
« Last Edit on: 03-11-2012 22:46 »
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Okay, so, if you were to go back in time and kill your Grandfather, it would mean you never existed, which means you could not have travelled back in time, which then means you could not have killed your Grandfather, therefore you'd still be alive.
So, wouldn't your Grandfather be invincible?
Or, when you kill him, his body gets revived, and you're simply removed from the family tree? So you both still exist, but you yourself are not related to this man anymore. Therefore anyone; so you're kind of trapped in the past (unless you have a method of returning to the future) as a nobody. Anytime you go, you'll be just a person with no family.
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Tachyon

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It's a paradox.
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UnrealLegend

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Here's what I think: You would technically still exist, but when you return to your original time period, no-one would recognize you since your actions created an alternate universe in which you were never born. You were still born in your original universe before you traveled through time, but in the "current" universe you weren't born. I'm not sure if I explained that well or not. 
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DannyJC13

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People think I'm crazy for re-watching Futurama episodes
Uh... Wut?
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Inquisitor Hein
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Easily on of Futurama's beste episodes: - For not liking/not wishing to overdue time travel scenarios, these usually work surprisingly well in Futurama  - The Rosewell conspiracy is a classic, and the episode did it justice  - The sheer number of subplots is fascinating (Zoidberg as the Alien, Bender as the UFO, Leela and Farnsworth looking for the microwave, Fry "saving" Yancy, Fry becoming his own grandfather). And they managed those subplots to harmonize, instead of getting in each others way (as it imhO happend with the three subplots in "Overclockwise") - The gags and dialogs were spot on.
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SolidSnake

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9.5/10
This episode along with Luck of The Fryrish, and Cyber House Rules is a classic. It's one of the best of Season 3, and one of the best of the show overall. People around my way are really familiar with this episode, and loved it. I mean going back to Roswell 1947 sounds kind of like a cheap idea on paper, but it played out brilliantly. Definitely in there with either my top 10 or top 15.
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