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DotheBartman

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« #98 : 07-09-2011 06:47 »
« : 07-09-2011 06:48 »
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I think it's perfectly okay for Fry to leave his job if he has a good reason for doing so, and if the proper consequences are shown. I think in this case he has a good reason (he is bummed out by being a delivery boy - sure, it's in a cool future, but he's been there eleven years already), and the proper consequences are shown (the crew is really bored without him, everyone realizes how vital he is for the spirit of the company even though he doesn't do any practical work). To me this is totally different than "this week on the Simpsons - Homer tries being a bartender but next week he'll be back at the power plant!".
Also, The Simpsons started doing that practically every week for a while, whereas Futurama has only done it a few times (usually with Bender, and I don't think he technically leaves his job in most cases). It's only a problem if it's really overused. I liked this episode. It was really funny. I do have to say though that the pacing was WAY too fast, and it seemed like there was too much crammed in, considering it isn't even one of the show's crazier episodes or anything. I thought the plotting was weak as a result, just because nothing was really developed for more than a scene or two. But it was funny enough that I didn't really care too much. "Congratulations on your big bust." "You too!"
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hobbitboy

Sir Rank-a-Lot
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« #103 : 07-09-2011 07:34 »
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So, Fry is the Ron to Leela's Harry and Bender's Hermione ( or should that be Bender's Harry and Leela's Hermione)? I suppose the red hair was a bit of a give-away. Anywhoo, Futurama hasn't made me laugh so much since before it got cancelled!  Some bits that caugh my eye: - Fatbot is in Fry's Police Academy class.
- Graduation Banner:
"Today: Police Academy Graduation Tonight: Police Academy Awards" - 18th Precinct sign: "The place to call when you're being murdered"
- Wheels on a board? I guess wheels aren't as rare as they were previously.
- In the shot from inside Erwin Schrödinger's car during the Tron chase the rearview mirror is blank. Is this a sign of a reduced animation budget?
- Hattie's kajigger is, in this case, a snow globe.
- Also Lol @ Hattie's "Last Will & Whatchacallit".
- Is URL's off-duty beret a shout-out to Samuel L. Jackson (or just him being fashionably cool)?
- Re: the Maltese Liquor heist—are robots (e.g. Bender) actually in any danger from conventional handguns?
- The police fired Fry but let him keep his badge anyway?
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SorynArkayn

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« #115 : 07-09-2011 16:36 »
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Also, is it me or do the characters sound a tad different from the original run? Is this due to the actors aging or new production techniques?
1. If you have a TV capable of broadcasting in 3-D, did the 3-D actually work for this episode?
New 3D isn't like the old crappy red and cyan thing, it's just a little line-y... 
Is that a yes or a no? 
If you have an old pair of red/blue 3D glasses, or the newer transparent ones that filter the red and blue images, then yes, the lame 3D probably worked -- but I'd imagine it looked pretty bad, and not worthwhile. Whereas, if you have a 3D TV and the proper electronic shutter 3D glasses, then no, it probably did not work because the new tech would not integrate the red and blue images properly. I don't know if Futurama Volume 6 will include the cheap red/blue glasses. Considering that they can only be used for maybe a minute in one episode, it hardly seems worthwhile. And I don't know if there's much demand for it anyway, because it doesn't seem like many people liked the 3D Pandora planet sequence of this episode.
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Nutmeg1729

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« #116 : 07-09-2011 18:38 »
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I'd have given this a 10/10 if it hadn't been for the Avatar reference which wasn't subtle at all, and if the Schrodinger's Cat thing hadn't been slightly overplayed as well.
All in all, I did love this episode though. It got a fair few laughs out of me, not massive belly laughs but the odd giggle (and I inhaled my fajitas at one point).
The Tron sequence was good, although as tnuk said, the animation could have been so much better, and I did love the fact that it struck a balance between old and new, keeping some of the geeky stuff in but still giving it enough humour to appeal to everyone.
Character wise, I loved seeing more of URL and the Chief was an okay addition to the cast for this episode, not sure I'd like to see her again, though. Certain jokes get old fast and this one was played out fine within the length of the episode.
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Otis P Jivefunk

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« #118 : 07-09-2011 19:48 »
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I really enjoyed this episode. I loved start with the videogame. I loved Roberto and then seeing Planet Express surrounded by cops. I loved seeing Fry as a cop and what Leela and Bender were like without him. I loved seeing plenty of NNY scenes. I liked the storyline and the twist ending, it worked. It also had good jokes throughout. I even didn’t mind the Avatar parody... I disliked that Fry has apparently delivered Pizza’s all this time. That is just too convenient and it really was a major flaw to me. Aside from that it was brilliant, and I also loved seeing more of URL, so I give it... 9/10On a shot of the police office, there are signs of two wanted people (a woman and a man), while at the same time the exact same people are walking past the office. Nice freeze frame joke that I didn't notice before.
i posted this earlier. sorry, had to brag.
also, did anyone else think that the opening gag was specifically written for totalnerduk flesheatingbull and jivefunk a piece of baloney?
Fixed...
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