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« #165 : 08-08-2011 16:18 »
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Kind of like Yo Leela Leela.
Yo Leela Leela is one of the episodes that most benifits from a rewatch. You have to consider that all of us are watching new episodes with incredibly high expectations that were set due to Futurama normal standard. When an episode comes along which is not what we are used to, isnt hugely funny, and is kinda one dimensional then out comes rage. If you watch it again a bit more relaxed, not watching a poor quality stream at 3am (if you aren't in America you see) then its much more forgiving and just seems like an averge epsisode, nothing special.
Going back to your point about Futurama eps that could have been done without the future setting (for example on The Simpsons), I feel that Yo Leela Leela is a prime example of such an episode. Not only could it have been done on The Simpsons, but even if it was, the whole premise still wouldn't interest me one bit. That's a major reason why it will always be a very bad Futurama episode to me...
Yeah thats my main gripe with Yo Leela Leela, even the bits that WERE hilarious could have been done on any show (the bits with the schedule of new childrens shows)
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SpaceGoldfish fromWazn

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« #170 : 08-08-2011 22:14 »
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Kind of like Yo Leela Leela.
Yo Leela Leela is one of the episodes that most benifits from a rewatch. You have to consider that all of us are watching new episodes with incredibly high expectations that were set due to Futurama normal standard. When an episode comes along which is not what we are used to, isnt hugely funny, and is kinda one dimensional then out comes rage. If you watch it again a bit more relaxed, not watching a poor quality stream at 3am (if you aren't in America you see) then its much more forgiving and just seems like an averge epsisode, nothing special.
Going back to your point about Futurama eps that could have been done without the future setting (for example on The Simpsons), I feel that Yo Leela Leela is a prime example of such an episode. Not only could it have been done on The Simpsons, but even if it was, the whole premise still wouldn't interest me one bit. That's a major reason why it will always be a very bad Futurama episode to me...
You couldn't do Yo Leela Leela on The Simpsons because of the whole "Oh, the characters are real and live on another planet" angle. That's a major part of the episode and that's the reason that it felt like Futurama to me. Maybe light-hearted Futurama, but it was still distinctly sci-fi.
Exactly, and they felt right at home with a lot of the strange aliens and parallel universes (the Yarn people for example, the trumpet nosed woman from the Miss Universe pagent, the cowboy universe). Maybe Princess Num Num the cupcake alien was pushing it a bit, but thats about it.
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Otis P Jivefunk

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« #173 : 08-09-2011 13:16 »
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Kind of like Yo Leela Leela.
Yo Leela Leela is one of the episodes that most benifits from a rewatch. You have to consider that all of us are watching new episodes with incredibly high expectations that were set due to Futurama normal standard. When an episode comes along which is not what we are used to, isnt hugely funny, and is kinda one dimensional then out comes rage. If you watch it again a bit more relaxed, not watching a poor quality stream at 3am (if you aren't in America you see) then its much more forgiving and just seems like an averge epsisode, nothing special.
Going back to your point about Futurama eps that could have been done without the future setting (for example on The Simpsons), I feel that Yo Leela Leela is a prime example of such an episode. Not only could it have been done on The Simpsons, but even if it was, the whole premise still wouldn't interest me one bit. That's a major reason why it will always be a very bad Futurama episode to me...
You couldn't do Yo Leela Leela on The Simpsons because of the whole "Oh, the characters are real and live on another planet" angle. That's a major part of the episode and that's the reason that it felt like Futurama to me. Maybe light-hearted Futurama, but it was still distinctly sci-fi.
The reveal was one of the worst parts of the episode, it shouldn't have been done. Therefore without it it would work on The Simpsons...
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Otis P Jivefunk

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« #189 : 08-10-2011 17:45 »
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The Honking doesn't seem that silly to me. I would say Kif gets Knocked up a Notch boggles my brain far more, but I still enjoyed the episode. That ep sucks, I remember watching it shortly after it aired and couldn't believe what Futurama had become. One of the worst eps of Futurama, even now with many more eps in the can it is still one of the worst to me. I'd take The Honking over it any day!... As for Bender's Game, I hate it so much, even more than Kif Gets Knocked up a Notch...
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totalnerd undercanada

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« #197 : 08-11-2011 02:19 »
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It's a great parody of werewolf movies
Either you haven't seen the best werewolf movies, or you and I have wildly differing opinions on what constitutes a "great parody". I'm fairly sure that parts of it are in fact intentionally stupid, for example, which puts it solidly in the B-category rather than A as far as parodies are concerned. Really? People are disputing the episode's canonity now? Futurama's episodes are all canon unless stated otherwise.
IIRC there's something in one of the commentaries (might even be for that episode) where they ask if the episode is canon, and then gloss smoothly over it without answering the question. Then again, it might be from an interview. I'll watch it with commentary at some point soon to check. If it's not in that commentary, I'll watch all of them with commentary, listening for the bit I think I remember, and if I can't hear it there, I'll search the web for any interviews. If I can't find the staff casting doubt on its canonicity within the next six months, I'll concede that point to you. If I can find it, and you still disagree with me, then I'm going to come and sit you down in front of a computer and tape your fucking eyeballs open and make you watch the episode or interview in question over and over and over again until your brain bleeds out of your ears.
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totalnerd undercanada

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« #199 : 08-11-2011 02:31 »
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If the writers just write non canon episodes whenever they feel like it
The Honking was the first Halloween episode. The AOI episodes are Halloween episodes. The Holiday spectacular is Xmas themed. I'm pretty sure that non-canonical episodes will only ever be written to be aired on holiday celebrations.
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