Thoughts on Season 6 - SPOILERS

[#560 :]

It seems as though my play on words was recognized and brought about a debate. Excellent...all goeth according to plan...

I kid, I kid. As an agnostic I'm very interested in seeing where this episode will go. I'm really hoping that the writers don't take a very defined stand on either side of the evolution debate, actually. Even though it's the theory I believe is correct, it's always a lot more fun to see points for and against it. In fact, I would love to see some gags that make fun of it just as much as the religious side to the debate, so long as they're clever and make me laugh.

[#561 :]

New List

1 - The Late Philip J. Fry
2 - That Darn Katz!
3 - A Clockwork Origin
4 - The Duh-Vinci Code
5 - Proposition Infinity
6 - Lethal Inspection
7 - Rebirth
8 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
9 - Attack Of The Killer App

[#562 :]

My new sickening list:

1 - The Late Philip J. Fry (seems to be turning into an early-2000s Michael Schumacher - ending up 1st all the time so much so that it would be more interesting if he wasn't mentioned at all)
2 - Lethal Inspection
3 - Proposition Infinity
4 - First 2/3s of The Duh Vinci Code
5 - A Clockwork Origin
6 - That Darn Katz!
7 - Attack of the Killer App
8 - Rebirth
9 - Final 1/3 of The Duh Vinci Code
10 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

[#563 :]

Why all the hatred against AOTKA?

[#564 :]

9.Attack of the Killer App
8.In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
7.Proposition Infinity
6.The Duh-Vinci Code
5.That Darn Katz!
4.Lethal Inspection
3.A Clockwork Origin
2.Rebirth
1.The Late Philip J. Fry

[#565 :]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Just have to comment on how good the scores have been lately. That's Christopher Tyng's work, right? Even though they apparently lack a live orchestra now, Futurama has been sounding better than ever.

I especially love the scores in moments like:

-Leela and Lars date in BBS - I seriously want this .mp3
-Fry and Farnsworth's one-month trip to Da Vinci's world
-The last 7 minutes of The Late Philip J Fry - especially this. The soundtrack for this episode is simply amazing. I can watch the last moments of this episode with my eyes closed (not that I wouldn't want to keep them open), and just enjoy the music. I don't know if the episode would have that emotional power nor that magic wonder without that score. The suspended strings right when Leela's message appears and the soft voices when the world starts ending hark back to The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings (my fav. episode). I am very eager to listen to future scores from Tyng, they're better than most film scores (and Usher).

[#566 :]

My updated Season 6 rankings this week:

1. The Late Philip J. Fry
2. Lethal Inspection
3. Rebirth
4. A Clockwork Origin
5. The Duh-Vinci Code
6. Proposition Infinity
7. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
8. That Darn Katz!
9. Attack Of The Killer App

[#567 :]

1) The Late Philip J Fry
...
3) A Clockwork Origin
4) Lethal Inspection
5) Rebirth
6) Attack of the Killer App
7) Proposition Infinity
8) That Darn Katz!
...
10) The Duh-Vinci Code
...
20) In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

[#568 :]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Just have to comment on how good the scores have been lately. That's Christopher Tyng's work, right? Even though they apparently lack a live orchestra now, Futurama has been sounding better than ever.

I especially love the scores in moments like:

-Leela and Lars date in BBS - I seriously want this .mp3
-Fry and Farnsworth's one-month trip to Da Vinci's world
-The last 7 minutes of The Late Philip J Fry - especially this. The soundtrack for this episode is simply amazing. I can watch the last moments of this episode with my eyes closed (not that I wouldn't want to keep them open), and just enjoy the music. I don't know if the episode would have that emotional power nor that magic wonder without that score. The suspended strings right when Leela's message appears and the soft voices when the world starts ending hark back to The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings (my fav. episode). I am very eager to listen to future scores from Tyng, they're better than most film scores (and Usher).

Saxamaphone, I am a first-time caller...er, poster here, too.

I really like your post. I also find scores to be as interesting, if not more interesting, than the visual action or spoken dialogue of movies and TV shows. I'll have to re-watch those parts you mention. Re: that month-long trip to the Da Vinci's world, I think I was so entranced with the lyrical fluidity of the animation (and I'm always a sucker for beautiful space vistas), that I didn't even notice the music.

I have to say, though, that if one notices the score RIGHT away, then that composer did a terrible job. e.g., the music for Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" was just so discordant on my ears, it really ruined the movie for me. So I was chagrined when it was nominated for an Academy Award (though I really am a fan of Mr. Eastwood's directorial work).

[#569 :]

Bender's Big Score, The Beast with a Billion Backs and The Late Philip J. Fry all had wonderful music.

Rebirth and Attack of the Killer App had pretty horrible music though...

[#570 :]

1. The Prisoner of Benda
2. The Late Philip J. Fry
3. Lethal Inspection
4. A Clockwork Origin
5. Rebirth
6. The Duh-Vinci Code
7. Proposition Infinity
8. That Darn Katz!
9. Attack of the Killer App
10. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

Honestly didn't think anything could beat TLPJF.

[#571 :]

1. The Late Philip J. Fry
2. Lethal Inspection
3. The Duh-Vinci Code
4. A Clockwork Origin
5. Rebirth
6. Attack of the Killer App
7. That Darn Katz!
8. Proposition Infinity
9. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

From the sizzler at Comic-con and the premise, I have high hopes that The Prisoner of Benda is going to be placing toward the top

[#572 :]

1. Prisoner of Benda
2. Lethal Inspection
3. Clockwork Origin
4. The Late Phillip J. Fry
5. Proposition Infinity
6. That Darn Katz
7. Rebirth
8. Duh Vinci Code
9. IAGDL
10. Attack of the Killer App

[#573 :]

 1. The Late Phillip J Fry
 2. The prisoner Of Benda
 3. A Clockwork Origin
 4. Duh Vinci Code
 5. Lethal Inspection
 6. Rebirth
 7. Attack Of the Killer App
 8. IAGDL
 9. That Darn Katz 
10. Proposition Infinity

[#574 :]

1. The Late Phillip J Fry (very touching!)
2. The Prisoner of Benda (hilarious)
3. Lethal Inspection (great to see Herme throughout an entire episode)
4. Duh Vinci Code (loved Fry in this episode)
5. Attack Of the Killer App (I had an eyephone.. and the ending was great)
6. That Darn Katz (Amy-Nibbler team)
7. Proposition Infinity
8. Rebirth
9. A Clockwork Origin (I liked the storyline, however wasn't that funny to me)
10. IAGDL

[#575 :]

1) The Late Philip J Fry
2) The Prisoner of Benda
...
4) A Clockwork Origin
5) Lethal Inspection
6) Rebirth
7) Attack of the Killer App
8) Proposition Infinity
9) That Darn Katz!
...
11) The Duh-Vinci Code
...
20) In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

[#576 :]

1. The Late Philip J. Fry
2. The Prisoner of Benda
3. Rebirth
4. A Clockwork Origin
5. The Duh-Vinci Code
6. Lethal Inspection
7. Proposition Infinity
8. That Darn Katz!
9. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
10. Attack of the Killer App

[#577 :]

1) The Late Philip J Fry
2) The Prisoner of Benda
3) Lethal Inspection
4) A Clockwork Origin
5) That Darn Katz!
6) The Duh-Vinci Code
7) Rebirth
8) Proposition Infinity
9) Attack of the Killer App
10) In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

[#578 :]

1) The Late Philip J. Fry
2) The Prisoner Of Benda
3) Lethal Inspection
4) Rebirth
5) Proposition Infinity
6) That Darn Katz!
7) The Duh-Vinci Code
8) A Clockwork Origin
9) In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
10) Attack Of The Killer App

6-9 are actually hard to rank for me. More viewings will probably fix that.

[#579 :]

10. Attack of the Killer App
9. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
8. Proposition Infinity
7. The Duh-Vinci Code
6. That Darn Katz!
5. Lethal Inspection
4. The Prisoner of Benda
3. A Clockwork Origin
2. Rebirth
1. The Late Philip J. Fry

[#580 :]

Updated list for this season...

1. A Clockwork Origin 10/10
2. Proposition Infinity 9/10
3. The Prisoner of Benda 8.5/10
4. Attack of Killer App 7.5/10
5. Rebirth 7.5/10
6. That Darn Katz! 6/10
7. The Late Philip J. Fry 5/10
8. Duh Vinci Code 2/10
9. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela 1/10
10. Lethal Inspection 1/10

[#581 :]

Updated list:

10. That Darn Katz!
9. Attack of the Killer App
8. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
7. A Clockwork Origin
6. Proposition Infinity
5. Rebirth
4. The Duh-Vinci Code
3. Lethal Inspection
2. The Late Philip J. Fry
1. The Prisoner of Benda

Those top three episodes are more or less interchangeable; they'd fit comfortably in my Top 25 episodes overall.

[#582 :]

My updated Season 6 rankings this week:

1. The Late Philip J. Fry
2. The Prisoner Of Benda
3. Lethal Inspection
4. Rebirth
5. A Clockwork Origin
6. The Duh-Vinci Code
7. Proposition Infinity
8. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
9. That Darn Katz!
10. Attack Of The Killer App

[#583 :]

1. The Late Philip J. Fry - 9/10
2. The Prisoner Of Benda - 8.5/10
3. Lethal Inspection - 8/10
4. A Clockwork Origin - 7.5/10
5. Rebirth - 7/10
6. The Duh-Vinci Code - 7/10
7. Proposition Infinity - 6/10
8. Attack Of The Killer App - 5/10
9. That Darn Katz! - 4.5/10
10. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela - 4/10

[#584 :]

Revised rankings:
1. The Prisoner of Benda
2. The Late Philip J. Fry
3. Lethal Inspection
4. A Clockwork Origin
5. The Duh-Vinci Code
6. Proposition Infinity
7. That Darn Katz!
8. Rebirth
9. Attack of the Killer App
10. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

Benda was far funnier than Late, so that's why it gets the nod. I appreciated the epic sci-fi-ness of Late, but it needed the funny.

[#585 :]

My new list:
1 - The Prisoner Of Benda - 10/10
2 - The Late Philip J. Fry - 9.5/10
3 - A Clockwork Origin - 9.5/10
4 - That Darn Katz - 9/10
5 - The Duh-Vinci Code - 8.5/10
6 - Proposition Infinity - 7/10
7 - Lethal Inspection - 7/10
8 - Rebirth - 6.5/10
9 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela - 5.5/10
10 - Attack Of The Killer App - 3/10

Series 6 is really shaping up to be one of my favourites. I absolutely LOVE the top 5 episodes on my list. And The Prisoner Of Benda might just be my all-time favourite ep ever!

[#586 :]

I'm adding a list:

1. The Prisoner of Benda
2. The Late Philip J. Fry
3. A Clockwork Origin
4. Lethal Inspection
5. The Duh-Vinci Code
6. Rebirth
7. Attack of the Killer App
8. Proposition Infinity
9. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

Null-That Darn Katz (I haven't seen it yet, unfortunately.)

[#587 :]

Outstanding
The Late Philip J. Fry
The Prisoner of Benda

Very Good
Lethal Inspection
A Clockwork Origin

Above Average
Rebirth

Average
The Duh-Vinci Code

Below Average
Proposition Infinity
That Darn Katz!

Poor
In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

Terrible
Attack of the Killer App

[#588 :]

Outstanding
The Late Philip J. Fry
The Prisoner of Benda

Very Good
Lethal Inspection
A Clockwork Origin

Above Average
Rebirth

Average
The Duh-Vinci Code

Below Average
Proposition Infinity
That Darn Katz!

Poor
In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

Terrible
Attack of the Killer App

Total agreement from me.

[#589 :]

Yeah, that's pretty close to how I'm feeling about them too. It's neat that you've grouped them in that way as opposed to a numerical list, Mongo.

[#590 :]

I fourth Mongo's listing.

[#591 :]

I don't agree with Mongo's listing, well the Average and below rankings anyway.
Tho I do like how they were listed.

 
 

[#592 :]

It's called tiers, bee tee dubs. Here are mine:

God
The Late Philip J. Fry
The Prisoner of Benda

Great
Lethal Inspection

Good
A Clockwork Origin
The Duh-Vinci Code

Average
Proposition Infinity
That Darn Katz!

Meh
Rebirth

Spleh
Attack of the Killer App

Rather Pedestrian
In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

* i_c_weiner awaits backlash.

[#593 :]

Is "Spleh" really a better tier than "Rather Pedestrian," or is that a reference to something?

[#594 :]

Changed my mind i_c_weiner's rank titles are better.

[#595 :]

Is "Spleh" really a better tier than "Rather Pedestrian," or is that a reference to something?

Hm, it seems like this gem of a thread was before your time.

[#596 :]

I've noticed that the doors in the conference room of the planet express building have been changed from blue to red in this season.

Anyone else pick up on that?

[#597 :]

So here comes my list. AotKA and IaGDL are listed as below average, but I'm really not in the block counting them as worst episodes ever. They're really good. Just not that good.

Amazing
The Late Philip J. Fry
The Prisoner of Benda

Above average
Lethal Inspection
A Clockwork Origin
The Duh-Vinci Code

Average
That Darn Katz!
Proposition Infinity

Slightly below average
In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
Attack of the Killer App

[#598 :]

Is "Spleh" really a better tier than "Rather Pedestrian," or is that a reference to something?

Hm, it seems like this gem of a thread was before your time.

Ah, thank you. But surely a category that reminds one of DaveMason has to have some quality to it, right?

[#599 :]

Amazing
The Prisoner of Benda
The Late Phillip J. Fry

Excellent
Lethal Inspection
A Clockwork Origin

Great
That Darn Katz!
Proposition Infinity

Good
Rebirth
The Duh-Vinci Code

Meh
Attack of the Killer App


So terrible, I think it gave me cancer
In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela