The Good and The Bad of Futurama life

[Reply #200 on:]

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

[Reply #201 on:]

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

Bad: Some robots like to steal.

[Reply #202 on:]

Good: Modified howitzers are used as pitchers.

Bad: Being on the recieving end.

[Reply #203 on:]

Good: The spirit of Baseball lives on.

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

[Reply #204 on:]

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.

[Reply #205 on:]

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.

[Reply #206 on:]

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.

[Reply #207 on:]

Good: The Greatest Baseball Player ever was Hank Aaron.

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

[Reply #208 on:]

Good: Sex is now an olympic sport.

Bad: They've never shown it on Futurama.

[Reply #209 on:]

Good: Space travel in spaceships.

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

[Reply #210 on:]

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.

[Reply #211 on:]

Good: Going to the Saturday Night fights still exists.

Bad:  THEY'RE APE FIGHTS!

[Reply #212 on:]

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

Bad: The odds of winning are mathematically insignificant.

[Reply #213 on:]

Good: Santa is still an XMAS icon.

Bad: Santa is evil and destroys everything!

[Reply #214 on:]

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.

[Reply #215 on:]

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

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

[Reply #216 on:]

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.

[Reply #217 on:]

 

Originally posted by ShepherdofShark:
Good: Dystopian themes

Bad: Utopian themes

(I pulled the old switcheroo)

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

[Reply #218 on:]

 

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

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

[Reply #219 on:]

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.

[Reply #220 on:]

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

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

[Reply #221 on:]

Good: Mutants look after their own.

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

[Reply #222 on:]

 

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.

[Reply #223 on:]

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.

[Reply #224 on:]

Good: Fry knows how to get to heaven.

Bad: Robots don't go to heaven.

[Reply #225 on:]

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

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

[Reply #226 on:]

 

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.

[Reply #227 on:]

Good: Life expectancy is much longer in the future.

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

[Reply #228 on:]

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.

[Reply #229 on:]

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.

[Reply #230 on:]

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.

[Reply #231 on:]

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.

[Reply #232 on:]

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.

[Reply #233 on:]

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

Bad: Its actually Bender being a bastard!

[Reply #234 on:]

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

Bad: They also jam during rush hour.

[Reply #235 on:]

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.

[Reply #236 on:]

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.

[Reply #237 on:]

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.

[Reply #238 on:]

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

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

[Reply #239 on:]

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

Bad: They can turn into 1000 pound fatties.