tastepurple01
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Adding to my previous review: This episode had some of the best one-liners in the history of Futurama. Okay, maybe not the best, but other episode often had one one-liner that was hilarious, this one had several hilarious ones, including "you wouldn't know perversion if it put clamps on your testicles" and "my parents may be evil, but at least they're stupid". Just great.I thought the preacherbot getting off to watching the robosexuals "battle their demons" was really very funny. Probably because I was raised by Christian parents and got a lot of exposure to the various flavours of hypocrisy within the church.
It was ok, but I think it could have been skipped entirely. Sure, I too know of the Christian hypocrisy, but it could have been done much better.
" Back when I was filled with piss and vinegar and my bed wasn''t..." great one liners
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tastepurple01
Crustacean
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I didn't really need the Hermes circusitis ... It didn't seem like a necessary scene. Maybe if they had ran with it through the entire episode, then it may have been funny. Still good episode
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tastepurple01
Crustacean
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I didn't really need the Hermes circusitis ... It didn't seem like a necessary scene.
That's typical futurama misdirection. Like Bender & his pet hampster.
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Aki
Professor
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I didn't really need the Hermes circusitis ... It didn't seem like a necessary scene.
That's typical futurama misdirection. Like Bender & his pet hampster.
I didn't really need the Hermes circusitis ... It didn't seem like a necessary scene.
That's typical futurama misdirection. Like Bender & his pet hampster.
Or Zoidberg's Mary Kate kit.
Neither of those are what I would call misdirection. More like incidental jokes.
As is the circusitis.
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Nutmeg1729
Urban Legend
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So not reading all the others, I can't be bothered, but I really enjoyed this. It had more of the futurama feel to it, the only thing I thought it fell short on was the voice acting. Morbo and Kif both sounded very different, but I can understand Maurice maybe taking a while to get back into the swing of things, it didn't affect any of my enjoyment. It had some funny jokes, but also a little more of the geeky stuff which I enjoyed, plus they managed to carry out the Amy and Bender thing a lot better than I thought they would. It wasn't squicky, it was funny and watchable, which was something I was initially a little worried about. Also the ending I thought was perfect. After what seems to have been hit and miss in most peoples opinions, it had all the classic futurama, with bender not being good with the monogamy, kif coming back, so it was well rounded and enjoyable. I liked the twist with the professor having been with a robot, the hint at Hermes wanting to legalise the good stuff, and Space Massachusetts. All around, I'd give it an 8/10
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Tedward
Professor
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I'll admit that I laughed more during this episode than the other new ones (and I was pleased at the background jokes), but there were a number of jokes that felt too, well, silly (such as Amy cutting Zoidberg open or everyone being inside the dummy); that may be a stupid thing to complain about since this is a cartoon and a crazy sci-fi one at that, but still something seemed off about these.
Also, despite the laughter I can't say I really liked the episode. It's clear that the initial reaction to Futurama episodes can't always be trusted forever, but I felt that this episode jerked us around, gave us a pleasant-enough-but-not-especially-clever message, and wasn't particularly kind to Kif, Amy, Bender, or the Professor. I agree with those who were confused by the Professor's stance and upset by his weird and strangely quick revelations (although I did get a strong "Crimes of the Hot" vibe from him being stubborn at first and then freeing his long-held guilt by revealing that he once was part of the problem). I wasn't really thrilled by the plot summary of this episode in the first place, but I still was disappointed. Perhaps in time I'll like this episode more, and I am still looking forward to the rest of the season.
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Hishighness420
Crustacean
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While I personally didn't like this episode that much, I'm still thrilled to have Futurama back, and also a bad episode of Futurama is still better than a good episode of a lot of the other crap that's on TV (House Anyone?)
And, there were some funny parts. Hyper Chicken's cameo, Bender carving a shiv with a knife, etc.
I give it 4/10, but like I said I'm still happy it's back.
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Whale Biologist
Poppler
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I liked this episode the most out of the new ones and felt it was the most like old futurama, which is a good sign.
I didn't think there was really a single thing in the episode that couldn't be backed up by past actions (professor's angers = Fathers against rude TV, Amy's ability to get over Kiff quickly = beast w/ a billion backs, etc.)
I thought there were great zingers, from the Free Corn joke to the "I hated Jim!"
Does anyone else feel like watching this season has been like seeing all the jokes that the guys always talk about in the commentary brought into the flesh, so to speak? Examples would be them talking about the design of the ship and the rooms it is, Kif and Amy being the show's Sam and Diane, The Dumb Bastards lines part of the Bastard quota per show.
Man, I've watched the shows way too many times that I remember them for their commentaries now and not what went on in the show. queue NOBODY CARES Beethoven music.
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Hishighness420
Crustacean
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You know, While watching through this episode again I noticed something odd. When the Professor calls on his cell phone to rat out Amy and Bender the guy who comes to get Bender snags him with a magnet.
But don't magnets screw up Bender's inhibition unit?
I don't really care I just thought it was interesting.
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Svip
Administrator
DOOP Secretary
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Oh ffs! I cannot believe how many times we have been over his inhibition unit. What about the beard in "Bendless Love"? What about the bowtie in "A Flight to Remember"?
Conclusion: ONLY on his head.
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Sevchenko
Poppler
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Haha who knows if the Professor really even dated a robot? He could just be senile and talking about total nonsense.
haha i like that take on the situation
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Hishighness420
Crustacean
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Oh ffs! I cannot believe how many times we have been over his inhibition unit. What about the beard in "Bendless Love"? What about the bowtie in "A Flight to Remember"?
Conclusion: ONLY on his head.
Could you try that again without bein such a douche nozzle?
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transgender nerd under canada
DOOP Ubersecretary
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Bender's Inhibition unit is in his head, and magnets placed elsewhere on his casing do not affect it, as evidenced by the Flexo disguise (chin), bowtie (chin/neck), and other items that Bender has had near to his head over the course of the series. The magnetic can opener snagged him by the top of the head, and he sang "Jimmy crack corn" as it carved him apart. In conclusion, you don't pay enough attention and need to watch ALL episodes, taking notes, before you post any more nitpicks. GOOD DAY, SIR. Less douchenozzley enough for ya, idiot?
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tastepurple01
Crustacean
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Bender's Inhibition unit is in his head, and magnets placed elsewhere on his casing do not affect it, as evidenced by the Flexo disguise (chin), bowtie (chin/neck), and other items that Bender has had near to his head over the course of the series. The magnetic can opener snagged him by the top of the head, and he sang "Jimmy crack corn" as it carved him apart.
In conclusion, you don't pay enough attention and need to watch ALL episodes, taking notes, before you post any more nitpicks. GOOD DAY, SIR.
Less douchenozzley enough for ya, idiot?
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HA ....NUFF SAID
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tastepurple01
Crustacean
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Bender's Inhibition unit is in his head, and magnets placed elsewhere on his casing do not affect it, as evidenced by the Flexo disguise (chin), bowtie (chin/neck), and other items that Bender has had near to his head over the course of the series. The magnetic can opener snagged him by the top of the head, and he sang "Jimmy crack corn" as it carved him apart.
In conclusion, you don't pay enough attention and need to watch ALL episodes, taking notes, before you post any more nitpicks. GOOD DAY, SIR.
Less douchenozzley enough for ya, idiot?
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HA..... NUFF SAID Made a mistake , I was trying to put that after totalnerduk quote.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Eh, it was an okay episode but it would have gotten an eight if it was a lot less predictable in some parts.
I'm sure of us wanted Amy to stay single too, or with Bender. Still their slowly improving and it was nice to see Roberto and the Cops once more.
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Crash_7
Professor
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" Back when I was filled with piss and vinegar and my bed wasn't..."
I was going to point out that line if somebody else didn't. Classic Farnsworthism. As for the rest of the episode...eh, s'ok. I just didn't buy the Amy/Bender thing. Seemed out of left field. I'll give it a 7, rounded up from a 6.5.
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Svip
Administrator
DOOP Secretary
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Oh ffs! I cannot believe how many times we have been over his inhibition unit. What about the beard in "Bendless Love"? What about the bowtie in "A Flight to Remember"?
Conclusion: ONLY on his head.
Could you try that again without bein such a douche nozzle?
Not on this matter, no. A simple search on 'inhibition unit' would yield hundreds of results. When people keep bringing it up, it gets kinda annoying. Just sayin'.
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Aki
Professor
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An average episode, which I think is a major accomplishment; we're back to the mean people! I was afraid the robosexuality topic would be too preachy, and maybe it was, but it was still pretty funny. Others have complained about the randomness of Farnsworth having a robot love, or Amy or Kif's breakup, but that stuff did happen quite a bit in the original run, and wasn't too out of character.
Nice point. To be honest, I think this episode would have been suited for the original run, and the main reason it gets low points on CGEF (67%, though it was up at 75 earlier) is because people are prepare to loathe the new run. Also, I don't mind "preachy" episodes, they've been done before and I don't feel they're out of place. We have episodes like A Big Piece of Garbage and Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV and now Proposition Infinity, they all touch subjects very obviously, but they're still great. Sure, in fifteen years people won't remember what Prop 8 was (and outside of USA people generally don't know now), but there will always be controversy against homosexuality, at least in the next hundred years. And then I'm sure there will be some other sexuality (robosexuality?). The episode is no more preachy than previous "preachy" episodes, and they've never been overly preachy imo, even though the point of the episode is fairly obvious.
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Aki
Professor
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Possible references I noticed:
1) The bad boy who shows Amy his tattoos (or at least the concept) is a reference to Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man novel/short story collection.
2) The scene where Bender and Amy makes love in the tornado reminds me of the scene in Cube 2: Hypercube where they make love in a trap room with time going incredibly fast.
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The headless body of Agnew
Crustacean
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I found Bender's Graffiti to be much like that of El Barto on the Simpsons and i think it would be funny if it would become a background gag in the future
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