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totalnerd undercanada

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« #249 : 07-21-2010 22:18 »
« : 07-21-2010 22:21 by totalnerduk »
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Nah. I stand by my interpretation, even if it would be considered a retcon to fix a writing goof. I mean, there are still people dying, so new ghosts are still being created.
If the last ghost died over 200 years ago, that would imply that nobody has died for even longer than that, which is the only scenario in which there would be more ghosts.
Applied to the castle, in which it is possible no human has lived and died for over 200 years, the statement makes sense.
There's also the fact that The Honking is of uncertain canonicity, since David Duchovny's head is in a jar in SP3K, and Calculon claims to have been David Duchovny, and the episode is a Halloween Special. I mean, The Simpsons' Halloween Specials are not canon, and everything that happens in the AOI's is within the What-If-Machine.
It makes sense that The Honking not be considered canon.
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« #254 : 07-22-2010 09:43 »
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Maybe, they should do more spaceship-travels-universe story lines like in the beginning. I mean the prop 8 jokes are kind of fun but outside the US who would be interested/understand? Homosexual marriage is also an issue outside of the US. We may or may not have gotten the Prop 8 reference, but that is hardly that required for this episode to work. Seems to me they desparatley tried to fit this political point in and, thus, came up with this ludicrous Bender/Amy relationship.
I agree, the episode seemed too preachy. I can get that some tried to argued that Bender did the whole legalising robosexual marriage because it was presented to him like a challenge (and you know how Bender like challenges), but it never really seemed that way in the episode. My point is they should have emphasised Bender's lust for winning more than his actual interest in Amy.
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« #263 : 08-04-2010 07:02 »
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I'm surprised no one noticed this: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 British Girl Weds Her LaptopBelieve it or not, 24-year-old Hermione Way from the UK has unofficially wed her laptop, which she named "Alex". One caveat: "Current law does not allow computer to human marriages but Hermione is hoping to change all that." Link: http://spygad2.blogspot.com/2010/01/british-girl-weds-her-laptop.html
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« #269 : 08-26-2015 16:18 »
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I know this is an old thread, but I recently rewatched this episode and now I know why I disliked it so much when I first watched it. Not only was it preachy and annoying, but there was a lot of out-of-character behavior that irked me to no end.
First of all, this episode destroyed any character development Amy had as well as making her a slut just for the sake of the plot. I feel like being with Kif changed her personality in a positive way and I found her more likable. Besides, she was well aware that he is a rather sensitive, nice guy and she admired him for it, yet she randomly got this "thing" for bad boys and called him a wuss. It just pissed me off and it's perfectly understandable why Kif might be frustrated by this to the point where he needed to end the relationship.
The other character that was off wasn't significantly ruined but still enough to notice was Bender. While it's not too unrealistic for him to hook up with Amy and for them to fuck like rabbits, I found it unbelievable that he would propose to her, and so early at that. Seriously? Since when has Bender wanted to get MARRIED?? It just made no sense to me.
Then you had the professor, who out of nowhere was against robosexuality. This, too, was done just for the plot, probably following the whole, "Old people are against anything that isn't what they consider normal" cliche. When did the professor start caring about this kind of shit?
The solution was also really rushed. They pretty much solved the problem by making the professor a robosexual and that somehow negated the rest of the opposition. Surely, there would still be some people against the proposition who are still steadfast and willing to fight against it? But nope. I guess everyone all of a sudden just accepted it with no fight whatsoever because reasons.
The only good part for me was the ending because I was relieved that Amy and Kif got back together, even though a part of me still thinks that Kif deserves better. Other than that, I didn't think this episode was very funny. I guess I'd rate it a 3/10 because I'm generous like that.
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« #272 : 08-30-2015 23:26 »
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The other character that was off wasn't significantly ruined but still enough to notice was Bender. While it's not too unrealistic for him to hook up with Amy and for them to fuck like rabbits, I found it unbelievable that he would propose to her, and so early at that. Seriously? Since when has Bender wanted to get MARRIED?? It just made no sense to me.
After it was legalized, Bender dumped Amy. He may have only wanted to get married because it was illegal, forbidden, and pissed people off. Which is perfectly in character for BB Rodriguez.
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