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« #1240 : 06-20-2011 15:26 »
« : 06-20-2011 15:28 »
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DannyJC13
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« #1247 : 06-20-2011 16:06 »
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Hm. Somewhat concerning, although I did already wonder what the reasons for the episode order could be. It would make sense if they've put "weaker" ones first. Although they strike me as episodes with broader appeal to audiences.
If anyone I know hates Futurama but suddenly likes Futurama over this episode and says: "I love Futurama best show evea!" I'll just say: Eh, you hated it last week."
I hate people like this. For example, over at South Park Studios, fans complaining that the show 'sucks' and 'has been going downhill' and '(name of episode) was shit', yet when 'You're Getting Old' aired: 'OH NO SOUTH PARK CAN'T BE OVER, I LOVE EVERY SINGLE EP, PLEASE DON'T END IT.' I can guarantee that if they hadn't of made that ep people would still be complaining.  |
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Svip
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« #1254 : 06-20-2011 16:55 »
« : 06-20-2011 16:57 »
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Review!
first 2 episodes. New season
http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2011/06/20/futurama-benderama-neutopia-preview/
I never looked forward to "Neutopia", personally. And this preview simply solidifies my assumption. I always felt that the plot idea of them changing sex was pretty silly and rather not thought provoking. It could possibly have been an intelligent reflection on gender and sex in modern society, but I guess it is not. In fact, reading this preview, the episode seems worse than I thought. Although, I am not surprised by the posted images. I agree with Schenkel that managed "Amazon Women in the Mood" excelled at its presentation of gender and sex relations in modern society to a point where it was intelligent and witty. In fact, looking back now, I am sort of disappointed that the main story is about them having a new sex rather than the whole sex changing aspect. Seems to me someone in the writers' room said "hey, what if they were all the opposite sex?!" And then tried to tack on a reason for that. Still, "Benderama" looks promising. If her only issues are an inappropriate usage of a guest star and a strange pacing at the end, I am sure it will be decent. Of course I am going to watch both episodes. I have to. Oh you're talking about the reviewer...whoops
Yes, the world is not always about you. Totally agree with DannyJC13, these eps look fantastic to me! I'm sure the preview guy is just a Family Guy fan 
I also call people Nazis or Hitler sympathisers if I disagree with them. |
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scififry
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« #1259 : 06-20-2011 19:22 »
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Review!
first 2 episodes. New season
http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2011/06/20/futurama-benderama-neutopia-preview/
I never looked forward to "Neutopia", personally. And this preview simply solidifies my assumption. I always felt that the plot idea of them changing sex was pretty silly and rather not thought provoking. It could possibly have been an intelligent reflection on gender and sex in modern society, but I guess it is not.
In fact, reading this preview, the episode seems worse than I thought. Although, I am not surprised by the posted images. I agree with Schenkel that managed "Amazon Women in the Mood" excelled at its presentation of gender and sex relations in modern society to a point where it was intelligent and witty. In fact, looking back now, I am sort of disappointed that the main story is about them having a new sex rather than the whole sex changing aspect.
Seems to me someone in the writers' room said "hey, what if they were all the opposite sex?!" And then tried to tack on a reason for that.
Still, "Benderama" looks promising. If her only issues are an inappropriate usage of a guest star and a strange pacing at the end, I am sure it will be decent.
Of course I am going to watch both episodes. I have to.
I can only agree to this; Futurama has to be intelligent and not like "Hey, what about this plot?", the author of the preview wrote a solid report about this. But I'm going to watch them though, of course. We (at least not me) cannot make a 100% statement about the episodes before we watched them, but it seems to be about right that Neutopia isn't going to be the best. |
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Otis P Jivefunk
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« #1261 : 06-20-2011 19:45 »
« : 06-20-2011 19:46 »
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Wasn't a big fan of the animation In that clip, fry looked badly animated (up close)
What the fuck.
Who,Where,What,How? has a point though. I thought exactly the same thing when I saw it. I was readying myself to register my disgust when soon after viewing it I read Who,Where,What,How?’s perfectly valid comment. Fry's close-up animation in that clip was utterly terrible, embarrassingly so. It was so fucking shit that it made an otherwise amazing scene become completely tarnished by its disgraceful execution. If you or anyone else was convinced by this, either you are very easily pleased, or have trouble registering the subtleties of the human facial expression, just as the people responsible for animating this substandard clip evidently had... It was a wholly unconvincing close-up animation of Fry’s face. It was so bad it distracted me from the scene, so yes it was a problem, and one which registered not only with me. I started to hope we wouldn't go back to it after I'd already encountered the first failed attempt, but it only got worse. It wasn't helped by the fact that Bender's portion of the scene was fantastic and therefore created an extreme contrast to Fry's hideously armature and highly off-putting facial animations. The new eps may be in HD, but that doesn't mean the animators can get away with doing a sloppy job on the basics. This ruined the scene, and I'm thoroughly disappointed because now it’s a scene memorable equally for it greatness as it is for its sloppiness... As for the review of the two new episodes, I read it and I’m not really surprised by what I’ve read. I do however have hopes of some gems later on, just as the first part of this batch delivered... |
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Otis P Jivefunk
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« #1265 : 06-20-2011 21:05 »
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Thank you otis, Glad i'm not the only one.
What annoys me is through to seasons 1-4 their was never any sloppy animation.
The movies had a lot and In season 6a a fair amount.
It's weird how the animation staff for futurama don't change this. One minute a scene can be really well animated and then the next it's sloppy. It's like having two styles of animation in an episode in different scenes and it really throws you off the entire episode in general. Hopefully their isn't many sloppy scenes this season. Compare the whale clip, benderama clip, silence of the clamps and then the overclockwise clip. you would have to be an idiot not noticing the dramatic contrast in Overclockwise compared to the other clips. I'm suprised the animators can get away with this it's on national television...not an internet toon
It's refreshing to see someone else who shares my opinions in this important matter. I totally agree with everything you wrote there, Who,Where,What,How? The only reason I don't usually express these views is because I know that so many here will think it's a ridiculous claim. Having read your opinions, it's like you scooped out my brain and squeezed out the delicate thoughts I otherwise was reluctant to post. I wholeheartedly agree. I too hope for a bit more coherence in the animation department, and I believe it was a major factor in the show feeling different after the original run... The original run did have a few inexcusable flaws, most notably an example of Bender in the episode Where No Fan Has Gone Before in which there was a down shot of him from within the Planet Express Ship. It was so off it practically raped my eyes. Thankfully these instances were few and far between back then though, and the overall standard of animation in Season Four in particular was excellent... |
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Rush
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« #1267 : 06-20-2011 22:35 »
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Dorsal Axe
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« #1269 : 06-21-2011 13:19 »
« : 06-21-2011 14:31 »
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