AdrenalinDragon

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« #40 : 08-27-2010 15:16 »
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Well, the first act was really good, focusing on Fry's comic, offering a few good laughs out of the 3010 Comic Con, spoofing the cancellation of Futurama in a futuristic way, but after that, the jokes are lessened and the plot kind of becomes predictable as it almost totally focuses on Lrrr and Ndnd. The twist of Fry not getting killed by the laser gun was already predicted very early on the episode, when they brought it up that it was a teleporter gun. It's a shame because the episode could have been left on a really good cliffhanger of Fry, or even Leela seemingly killed (like The Sting) and bringing it into a nice conclusion at the end of the next episode. Nevertheless, the scenes with Lrrr have mostly been done before (Spanish Fry) and it was kind of dragging on a bit. The Orson Welles fake movie scenes was good, but again, its all been done before (When Aliens Attack). Overall, the episode's first act was very strong, but the rest was average. I'll still give it a dead-on 8/10 as a result, since the first act was very strong on its own.
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TServo2049
Delivery Boy
 
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« #56 : 08-27-2010 19:41 »
« : 08-27-2010 19:48 »
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Loved this episode! However my only beef about it was Fry's comic strip. Does Fry think Leela is weak and defenseless or is he becoming sexist?
No, he just seems to be indulging a schoolboy-crush-type fantasy. It actually seems like a parody of that kind of stuff. Believe it or not, I'm a little reminded of the old Nickelodeon cartoon Doug (another character voiced by Billy West) and his Quailman comics and daydreams/fantasies of rescuing Patti Mayonnaise/winning her heart. It feels like a Fry version of that kind of stuff (hence, much more absurdly stupid and logically and artistically challenged...) Sure, it felt to me like a more reciprocal version of something from the 4ACV-era 'ship, but it was cute, and it's so Fry...
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That Don Guy
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« #69 : 08-28-2010 00:45 »
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6/10 - a few good scenes, but the "let's try something done 1000 times before on TV but with the Futurama twist" doesn't always work.
Hands up, those of us who thought until now that it was spelled LLRR...
-- Don
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hobbitboy

Sir Rank-a-Lot
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« #72 : 08-28-2010 05:04 »
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I quite liked this one overall. It's in the top half of episodes for this season so far for me, but the story-line did seem a bit contrived/forced. However my only beef about it was Fry's comic strip. Does Fry think Leela is weak and defenseless or is he becoming sexist? Fry is no Walker Texas Ranger. Why couldn't his comic strip be about both him and Leela being superheroes? It reminded me of those old Cheerios commercials with Kidd and Sue.
I though it was implying that Fry is stuck in the Hero [male] rescues Love Interest/Victim [female] from Evil Villan [male] mindset. "Dork Calling Orson! Dork Calling Orson!"
I'm sad to admit it but I too am old enough to get that reference. Background jokes that made me chuckle: [Note: mathematically the fourth root of four is equal to the square root of two.]- Comic-con 3010 — Free admission with Ewok pelt
- Videogame: the movie
- Movie: the videogame
- Coming soon! — Calculon in Delayed and Overbudget 2
- T Shirts — XXXL and up
- Line for next year's admission ->
- The Toyminator
- Spaceship in a Bottle
One background sign in the convention which I did not get: Also how can a moderately sized human inside a full-sized Omicronian coutume get it to move and behave realistically?
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