totalnerd undercanada

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« #160 : 06-29-2011 01:44 »
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I don't think we've really learned more about scruffy as much as we've just seen more of him. We still don't know how he came to work at Planet Express, seeing as how the Professor doesn't seem to know him. We don't know anything about Scruffy other then he likes girly magazines and mops the floor.
Scruffy leads a rich inner life, has been known to spend up to $300 on a new haircut to put some "pizazz" back into his existence, and is deeply moral to the point of refusing a liason with his washbucket when it was in Amy Wong's body. He's a man who can both appreciate tragedy for what it is, and remain stoically unaffected, and has a wry, dry sense of humour. He's fiercely loyal to the company, and seems to have been on staff for a long number of years. All the little details we see, every time he appears on screen, they all give us more information about him. The wonderful thing is that it doesn't really give him any character depth... we see too little at a time for it to do anything but deepen the mysteries surrounding him. It's one of the few really well-done examples of a tertiary character being slowly revealed a piece at a time without giving too much away, or the audience even being that aware of them getting to know him a little. As can be seen from your statement "We don't know anything about Scruffy other then he likes girly magazines and mops the floor", which a casual observer might let slide, but I was not able to. Y'see, I actually do pay attention to these little details. Scruffy's one of those intriguing characters that might turn out to be more important than he seems, like a certain three-eyed insatiably hungry little cuddlebug who has lived long and is a celebrated pooper.
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Jezzem

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« #170 : 06-29-2011 12:16 »
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I have two points to raise regarding Australian TV: 1. And on a free to air channel, too.
Of course it would air on a free to air channel; have you seen the things they shove on pay TV and refer to as "new"? 2: good ol aussie free to air TV xD
Implies that TV isn't mostly comprised of unwatchable shit.
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Aki

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« #182 : 06-30-2011 14:02 »
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I have listened to all of them Aki, but yes, you are right. My mistake. I keep forgetting that this season is split. I withdraw my earlier statement and replace it with: I see the animators are putting their lower budget to good use. Acceptable? Dude, I didn't mean to sound mean or anything, just frank. For some inexplicable reason, the animation I saw in just those two new episodes left more of an impression on me than most of the first half of season six. Did anyone else experience this or am I just loony?
Yeah, you're right, the animation in both first episodes of this broadcast season has been way above average. I don't think there's any big reason for this though, it's mostly coincidence - "Neutopia" is a space adventure, hence the cool 3D stuff, and "Benderama" has a lot of microscopic stuff, hence the cool 3D stuff. I don't think they thought much about it other than that. I hope the viewers will go up enough through this season though, so that their budget will go up again. As I've understood it from DXC in the commentaries and interviews, they are working extremely hard to still produce so good material from the budget, instead of just going lazy and produce lower quality than before. DXC has remarked before that he doesn't expect the quality to be effected by these changes at all, which is pretty bad ass.
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Louiswuenator

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« #183 : 06-30-2011 21:28 »
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Dude, I didn't mean to sound mean or anything, just frank. Hey no sweat, Aki. You didn't come across as mean, maybe just a bit prickly. Message boards tend to make everything sound meaner than intended though, wouldn't you say? Yeah, you're right, the animation in both first episodes of this broadcast season has been way above average. I don't think there's any big reason for this though, it's mostly coincidence - "Neutopia" is a space adventure, hence the cool 3D stuff, and "Benderama" has a lot of microscopic stuff, hence the cool 3D stuff. I don't think they thought much about it other than that.
I hope the viewers will go up enough through this season though, so that their budget will go up again. As I've understood it from DXC in the commentaries and interviews, they are working extremely hard to still produce so good material from the budget, instead of just going lazy and produce lower quality than before. DXC has remarked before that he doesn't expect the quality to be effected by these changes at all, which is pretty bad ass.
You may be right, but I hope it is not a coincidence and that the rest of this season will display the quality of animation (among other things) seen in these first two. We shall see later tonight. I too hope that good ratings will net a larger budget for them next time around. Seeing how well they are working with the budget they have now makes me very excited for that prospect.
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DannyJC13

DOOP Secretary

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« #191 : 07-01-2011 18:33 »
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Hey, Futurama needs more female giants! AND DON'T MENTION THE COMIC!
Which comic? Also, *cough*Amazonians*cough*
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