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Ralph Snart
Agent Provocateur
Near Death Star Inhabitant
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I think you are Bear's fake account, that's what I think. That or you're HYPNoBRECKY 2.
Learn to quote posts that you're responding to. Now, which of the newbies are you calling a duplicate account?
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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I think he's calling leelasbluehair (oh, the grammatical and factual errors in that username, they pain me) the fake account, seeing as how he's the one who claims to be married to a cartoon character. Heyumugs is making a perfectly valid argument.
Although, actually, I'm starting to think that every newbie is just a fake account; there's got to be a finite number of Futurama fans out there. All these new folks, they're just pretendin'.
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Tedward
Professor
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« Reply #83 on: 04-18-2009 06:29 »
« Last Edit on: 04-18-2009 06:32 »
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Less Celebrity Cameos and If a Celebrity does a Cameo they must play a new character unless they themselves are integral to the plot.
It honestly annoys me that the Simpsons and Futurama made such a big deal about celebrities. Why is it necessary to shoehorn in these people into episodes if their only purpose is to essentially shout out "Look at me. I'm Guest-Starring". It doesn't work in either show since in the Simpsons they are supposed to be an average family and it's even worse in Futurama since it is set 1000 years in the future.
I more or less feel the same way. This also reminds me that I've never really liked the head-in-a-jar concept...I'm sure it's been talked about countless times before, but it bothers me. How can deceased presidents' heads be reanimated? If heads can be kept alive for so long, why are only celebrities preserved? Why can only the head be preserved? Since "A Head in the Polls" shows that a head in a jar can be attached to a robot body and have that body function properly, why not just build lifeless robot bodies for all these heads? Sure, a lot of material for both stories and individual jokes has come from these heads, but I would have liked it much more if the only head was Nixon; his 1994 death could have been a cover-up of some sort while his head was kept alive using top-secret technology which may have also been shared with a FEW others. If the writers really wanted to have celebrities guest star as themselves, then perhaps they could be robot versions of themselves or something like that. Since, according to Futurama, audiences like seeing what they've seen before, then perhaps the entertainment industry would have built recreations of popular actors (this would explain Calculon "being" David Duchovny while taking away its joke factor) and other celebrities (such as Patchcord Adams). Although, actually, I'm starting to think that every newbie is just a fake account; there's got to be a finite number of Futurama fans out there. All these new folks, they're just pretendin'.
Oh dear, have I been found out?
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heyumugs
Crustacean
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Yes I'm a newbie and I haven't figured out to pull quotes yet. So I'll try this on the fly.
First, thank you speedracer and gorky for your comments. I love getting some feedback on this Leela standing on Frida's corpse scene. I need to put it behind me and this might be the only way. Thanks again.
Just a few things though about what you brought to my attention. Speedracer - in "Hell is for other Robots" although Leela says "she'll do it!" (Risk Fry's life in a violin contest) she's the one who bashes the Robot Devil with the Gold violin which leads to Fry's escape (and her's and Bender). In other words, she was never going to allow Fry to be killed, nor would she ever - no matter what she might say. Actions always speak louder than words. As far as The Sting is concerned, yes the writers crack wise about Fry's death, but this is in Leela's imagination during her coma, as we know Fry never died. And remember even then the Professor cracks one and then somberly says "I just made myself feel bad." Nothing happened in The Sting even remotely approached Leela standing on a murdered woman's body. Yes, Black humor is evident in Futurama but I don't feel it is terribly significant. More of a side -note. Futurama humor is more in-your-face than Dark.
Gorky - You're right that being eatin alive is disrespectful and pretty damn creepy! But he was devoured by an alien overlord or emperor or whatever. Lrrr was in character. By the way, I did feel sorry for Free, jr.
I do understand that Leela standing on Frida's corpse was a joke about the horribly dying ways of the Waterfalls and not a joke about Leela. While that may have been the writer's intent, I think in this case they were way off base. Frida was already dead. As you know, killed by the Dark One. I think they felt her death scene wasn't funny as being eatin alive or squashed by a giant mechanical claw. So they had to kick it up a notch. They had Leela desecrate her corpse. For me, that went from a joke to something stunningly crude and mean-spirited. Not sure what's funny about it. And even though the joke isn't about Leela, it still involved Leela making the decision to stand on a murdered woman's body and proceed to calmly talk on the phone. I just can't give them a pass on this one just because it involved a Waterfall.
And yes, Leela was more in character in this movie than the others, but not in this scene - I still maintain she never, ever would have behaved this crass. No way.
Ok, thanks again - I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this scene. I was just curious if anyone else was disturbed by it. Jeesh, if I'm the only one, what does that say about me?!
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Future Shock
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #87 on: 04-18-2009 13:59 »
« Last Edit on: 04-18-2009 14:01 »
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heyumugs: I can't quote that because it's way too long. But you see a little sign in the top right corner of any post? Click that and that quote will come in the comment box. And if you want effects like smileys, press preview when you've done your message and click a smiley. Preview also enables italics, bold, underline, strikethroughs, just highlight the place of text and press B, I, U or S. There we go. Edit: Oh I have to post something on topic. The Leela standing on Frieda scene was intended to be comedic, but it could not be to sensitive people who think it's rude. Only people who are fine with the humor of Futurama would find this funny.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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That would be truly horrible.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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No, no... please stop now. It hurts.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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I reckon it would be cool if one of these shows could organize to have Fidel Castro provide his voice before he dies.
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heyumugs
Crustacean
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Future Shock: thanks for the tip on quoting! Newbies need all the help we can get.
As far as -
"Edit: Oh I have to post something on topic. The Leela standing on Frieda scene was intended to be comedic, but it could not be to sensitive people who think it's rude. Only people who are fine with the humor of Futurama would find this funny."
I am a die-hard fan of Futurama, it is without a doubt one of the best shows of all time. An absolute personal favorite of mine. There's no way I could feel this way if I wasn't "fine with the humor of Futurama". This is the only scene that has impacted me this way. Anyways, Futurama fans are not clones who all laugh at the same gags. One can appreciate dark humor in many scenes ( the waterfall being eatin by Penguins I thought was hilarious) and still come across a scene that he or she finds way too crass as I did with this scene.
You don't have to be a kool-aid drinker to love Futurama. Maybe Tang or Hi-C, ... (I need to put a smiley face here but I still haven't mastered it!!)
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FistfulOAwesome
Starship Captain
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« Reply #101 on: 04-29-2009 06:25 »
« Last Edit on: 04-29-2009 06:30 »
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There is a relationship in Futurama that has been handled masterfully. Every season built it up closer through a ton of little moments and some big moments until it eventually became part of the fabric of the show itself. That relationship is of Fry and Bender. A personal conversation with iceiwynd led me to conclude that as much as I enjoy F & L's relationship the writers didn't do as good a job with it as they could have. Other than S4 (where they are very close friends) the writers were perfectly happy to leave their relationship as neutral except for a few choice episodes that called for it to be more positive than neutral. Compare that to F & B's relationship which is used as a catalyst for plots in many episodes (103, 206, 217, 305, 320, and 408 to name a few) and is at least referenced in many other episodes ( Examples: 302- "You mean they know how to make Ice Cream Soup?", 412- "Who will make Bender waffles just like he likes them now?") What I'm saying is that I wish that the writers had built up F & L's relationship as well as they had built up F & B's. I still like what they managed to do but I think they could have done more. P.S. To be fair I think with 302 and 314 the writers were testing if Futurama fans would even like F & L to be in a romantic relationship. When word got to them that fans liked this dynamic they decided to make it a bigger focus of S4 (where it reached F & B levels of writing). Had the series continued their relationship would have continued to be handled as well as F & B's. Hopefully the writers will take a tip from F & B's relationship as a guide on how to do F & L's once the show starts up again (you'll never kill my optimism. NEVER!!!!!). P.P.S. What does ONE thing mean? .
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FistfulOAwesome
Starship Captain
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« Reply #104 on: 04-29-2009 16:05 »
« Last Edit on: 04-29-2009 16:10 »
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leelasbluehair: If you mean American Broadcast Season (I can't help you on how it was run in other countries) it had 12 episodes ( http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/Season4/) If you mean Production Season, as Jezzem has pointed out it has 18 episodes ( http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/4ACV/) If you mean relating to Fry and Leela, there are 6 episodes that explicitly deal with the ship and 4 with them being friendly for a total of 10 episodes. They are: Shippy- 403, 409, 410, 412, 415, and 418Friendly- 402, 404, 407, 416
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Jezzem
Urban Legend
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« Reply #106 on: 04-29-2009 16:37 »
« Last Edit on: 04-29-2009 16:39 »
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Season 4: 401-Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch 402-Leela's Homeworld 403-Love and Rocket 404-Less than Hero 405-A Taste of Freedom 406-Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television 407-Jurassic Bark 408-Crimes of the Hot 409-Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles 410-The Why of Fry 411-Where No Fan Has Gone Before 412-The Sting 413-Bend Her 414-Obsoletely Fabulous 415-The Farnsworth Parabox 416-Three Hundred Big Boys 417-Spanish Fry 418-The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings EDIT: Forgot the
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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leelasbluehair downloads illegally, so he/she/it probably only managed to get a hold of four or five on Torrent and decided that they were the only ones. Moron. Stupid thieving moron.
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speedracer
Bending Unit
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There is a relationship in Futurama that has been handled masterfully. Every season built it up closer through a ton of little moments and some big moments until it eventually became part of the fabric of the show itself. That relationship is of Fry and Bender.
A personal conversation with iceiwynd led me to conclude that as much as I enjoy F & L's relationship the writers didn't do as good a job with it as they could have. Other than S4 (where they are very close friends) the writers were perfectly happy to leave their relationship as neutral except for a few choice episodes that called for it to be more positive than neutral.
Compare that to F & B's relationship which is used as a catalyst for plots in many episodes (103, 206, 217, 305, 320, and 408 to name a few) and is at least referenced in many other episodes ( Examples: 302- "You mean they know how to make Ice Cream Soup?", 412- "Who will make Bender waffles just like he likes them now?")
What I'm saying is that I wish that the writers had built up F & L's relationship as well as they had built up F & B's. I still like what they managed to do but I think they could have done more.
P.S. To be fair I think with 302 and 314 the writers were testing if Futurama fans would even like F & L to be in a romantic relationship. When word got to them that fans liked this dynamic they decided to make it a bigger focus of S4 (where it reached F & B levels of writing). Had the series continued their relationship would have continued to be handled as well as F & B's.
Hopefully the writers will take a tip from F & B's relationship as a guide on how to do F & L's once the show starts up again (you'll never kill my optimism. NEVER!!!!!).
P.P.S. What does ONE thing mean? .
I think the F&L deal was rushed through season 4 because of the show's impending cancellation, along with some other threads (Leela meeting her parents and the story between Fry's freezing come to mind). As an aside, The Why Of Fry just aired on SkyTV, and over the credits the SkyTV announcer said "Rebound, Fry. Don't do it!" before proceeding to announce the rest of the evening's lineup. So cynical.
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Scruffy@Jail
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Nothing at all. This thread isn't paradox safe. Chaning one thing could create a paradox so weird that Futurama never existed! ..but If I would change something it would be to do more appearances of my favorite 2nd character, though not so he becomes a main character or anything silly like that ^^. Just slightly
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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He frustrated me so much that I went out and murdered a homeless person to vent. I told myself I'd never do that again, but the bastard got under my skin and now I've broken a seven month streak.
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