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« #42 : 08-13-2010 12:26 »
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After first view, it was great! Perfect pacing, a lot of story packed into one episode, and a wonderful and unexpected side plot - a rare thing in action/sci-fi episodes. The premise is great, the action scenes and its music is wonderfully done, the civilised robot planet and the gas forms by the end (by the way, Ray Bradbury anyone?)... I was surprised by the pairing of Cubert-Zoidberg, and it was very well done. We rarely see Cubert, and while some seem to hate him, in my opinion his annoying attitude is his charm.
What we didn't get enough of was, as some people said, the debate-mocking. We have some awesome lines by the beginning and the end - and I _loved_ Farnsworth's and Banjo's missing link discussion! - but there could have been more. A prolonged discussion by the end would have sufficed brilliantly.
8/10
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Wilyfish

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« #49 : 08-13-2010 14:24 »
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I have a feeling that the original line that Zoidberg says is "Yo dawg I heard you like superheroes so I painted a superhero painting on your wall" or something toward that meme because that immediately came to mind when I watched it  The best part of that is that it's a callback to the Duh-Vinci episode where Zoidberg's doctorate is in art history, so it's hilarious to me that Zoidberg's mural is just horrible. The A-story was great. A new planet, lots of robots, lots of freezeframe signs, Superior Gort, and Bender as a lawyer. When I did watch the preview I was afraid of the episode being preachy Proposition Infinity, but that was not the case. The episode was taking that idea so it could have a lot of fun with a robot world but also have something tying the plot together. I think there might have been something cut on the B-story about why Cubert is wearing potholders at the end of the episode, but I think it's okay because I wouldn't have wanted anything cut to make the B-story longer. This is different from Lethal Inspection where I wanted to see more of the Leela B-story and thought the reenactment could've been cut by 2 minutes to create that. Ah well, there's only so much you can do in 22 minutes. Strong 9/10 from me.
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AdrenalinDragon

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« #55 : 08-13-2010 15:05 »
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The episode was good, but a little shaky in the first act. The evolution proving part with the Professor and Dr Bamjo was maybe dragged out a little too long, but other than that, most of the first act was good. The episode gets better once they get onto the planet with the robotic dinosaurs, as the jokes pop up and work more often, and its more memorable due to the animation and well placed quotes during the dinosaur/robot encounters.
As for the rest, I thought the subplot with Zoidberg and Cubert was quite good, though it doesn't really have a full conclusion, ending with a quick quote to end the subplot, but both Zoidberg and Cubert come out with some funny moments. Other things I liked were the courtroom scene with Bender in those suspenders, but like I said, most of the jokes were in the 2nd act, but it's still good enough to give the episode a solid 8 out of 10, and I personally thought it was an interesting take on evolution/creationism.
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Nibblonian Leader

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« #59 : 08-13-2010 16:37 »
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Unlike some of my shippers, I only saw the first 5 or so minutes of A Clockwork Origin. I'm going on vacation tomorrow, so I won't be able to comment on this, or episode 97. UNLESS my iPod can get a Wi-Fi signal, and I don't miss it. But enough bragging about my exeptional life. The first place of buisness line was pretty good, and the evolution line gag went on a bit too long, like this post, but all in all, a good 5 minutes. i'll hope to catch the rest next week, where I can lay down my opinion two days late. Thanks you, Nibblonian Leader out. \m/
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Lighthope
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« #63 : 08-13-2010 17:20 »
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Okay episode. Science was poor, which is unusual for Futurama. In the evolutionary chain, there is not a "single" missing like that is sought after like the holy grail. But rather, there are hundreds of millions of missing links. Unless you subscribe to the theory of evolution by quantum leap, which is actually something some evolutionists are proposing to get around the missing links problem.
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Lighthope
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« #68 : 08-13-2010 19:14 »
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You didn't get the "then who's the missing link between those two" jokes, did you?
I did. I just didn't interpret the "joke" the same way you did. You saw it as a lampoon on evolutionists who ignore the multi-missing link problem. I saw it as a lampoon on Creationists who are ridiculed for pointing out the problem.
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