Thoughts on 6ACV22 - Fry Am the Egg Man - SPOILERS!

[Reply #200 on:]

Haha, Inquisitor Hein, that could definitely be the case. They would be well-justified.

[Reply #201 on:]

I'm surprised that there are so many (relatively) negative reviews so far - personally this episode rubbed me the right way, as it were.
Anyway, IMO: I'd put it as among the top most-classic-Futurama-feeling-thingy of the new run; I don't think the characters were too OOC - I certainly don't think Leela was as OOC as she was last week; the gags were funny - I did sort of see the Scooby Doo thing coming but not that it makes it necessarily bad; I don't think the shippy-side was treated like too much trash; and further more that's now two episodes in a row where I've thought the pacing's been spot-on; something's seemed rushed or abrupt.

So I thought - all in all - a very good episode, one that I'll happily watch again and again

9/10

I'm with you 100% Zed. I am surprised at how passive people are being about this episode. This has definitely been one of my favorites of this season. What sold me is how well paced it was. And what's with complaints about the third act? The plot is resolved even with time for a joke at the end, it's not rushed and it's not like the interesting part happens at the very end. This was a solid episode. The writing, the jokes, the characters, everything was awesome. I felt right at home with this one, compared to Mobius Dick, which I have mixed feelings on.

While I do agree that with many people that the Fry/Leela thing is just a crapshoot at this point, I didn't let that effect the viewing of the episode. Personally I feel that if you stuck this in with the original run, it would fit in perfectly. I liked it that much.

I feel like everyone has just gotten so nit-picky about the new episodes. While I don't feel they're on par with the original, I need not forget that it's been 8 years since The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings aired. I think the show is doing pretty well considering the gap and I'd watch these episodes over and over again lest I had to watch anything from the Simpsons the past few years.

9/10

Mr. Peppy is adorable!

totally agree. one thing that I liked about this episode was the subtle development of Fry about how he doesn't want to eat an animal before it's born.  Remember in The Problem With Popplers, he, Leela and so many others ate like a whole bunch of unborn babies.  I guess that experience made him change his views on what to eat.

[Reply #202 on:]

one thing that I liked about this episode was the subtle development of Fry about how he doesn't want to eat an animal before it's born.  Remember in The Problem With Popplers, he, Leela and so many others ate like a whole bunch of unborn babies.  I guess that experience made him change his views on what to eat.

That's an interesting way to interpret it. I wan't really sure what to think of the continuity related to this before but I like your reasoning.

[Reply #203 on:]

I'm glad that the Professor made sure to call it a Bone Vampire for all the non-Catholics.

[Reply #204 on:]

I think the one less "bone" joke may simply be another Penis joke.

In my species, there's no bone in the penis. I'm not so sure about yours, though ...

[Reply #205 on:]

I think the one less "bone" joke may simply be another Penis joke.

In my species, there's no bone in the penis. I'm not so sure about yours, though ...

Boner joke? Get it?

[Reply #206 on:]

I don't think that they'd stretch it that far just for another sexual joke...

[Reply #207 on:]

If you stretch it too far, you might hurt it.

Was that too much of a stretch?

[Reply #208 on:]

Well...

[Reply #209 on:]

The males of most mammal species possess a baculum, but male humans do not for some reason. I've heard it speculated tongue-in-cheek in some religious circles that it may have been the "rib" that God took from Adam in order to make Eve.

[Reply #210 on:]

Girls are not made from penises. Girls are made, if anything, of anti-penises.

[Reply #211 on:]

Somehow, I feel that is something we should all be extremely grateful for.

[Reply #212 on:]

How else would the penis fit?

[Reply #213 on:]

Girls are not made from penises. Girls are made, if anything, of anti-penises.

Actually, when all of us humans were conceived, we were female; it's only the addition of hormones later that made us male. In men, the penis is an elongated clitoris, and the ridge underneath the penis is what's left of a scrunched-up vagina.

[Reply #214 on:]

Vaginas are icky.  You won't catch ME going near one.  I've seen that documentary, Teeth.

[Reply #215 on:]

I too am scared of vaginas; I can't believe I have to put my penis in one some day.

[Reply #216 on:]

I too am scared of vaginas; I can't believe I have to put my penis in one some day.

You don't have to you know....

[Reply #217 on:]

I too am scared of vaginas; I can't believe I have to put my penis in one some day.

You don't have to you know....

Yeah, there are synthetic alternatives these days.

[Reply #218 on:]

I also meant he could be gay.

[Reply #219 on:]

Are there any nice young men we can fix him up with on here?

[Reply #220 on:]

Nibblonian Leader.

[Reply #221 on:]

I too am scared of vaginas; I can't believe I have to put my penis in one some day.

Ear sex?

[Reply #222 on:]

What's nasal sex?

Fuck nose.

[Reply #223 on:]

Are there any nice young men we can fix him up with on here?

You?

[Reply #224 on:]

Svip could just not have sex altogether. Or is that offensive? I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!

[Reply #225 on:]

the other thing I like was the throwback to The Cryonic Woman.  Bender scares an old man and he suffers a heart attack.  Bender pushed him back in the freezer and says, "They'll probably have a cure for that in the future."  the scientist says, "We have a cure for it now."  Fry at the beginning of this episode uses said cure.  Totally liked that scene.

[Reply #226 on:]

So THAT was the reason of the Pez. Hahaha, wow I didn't catch that one, good one fryfan!

[Reply #227 on:]

Nice one picking up on that, that does indeed rock ...

[Reply #228 on:]

Thinking about this, do you think that was actually intentional or a happy coincidence? Sometimes I don't think they are as clever as we assume they are...

[Reply #229 on:]

Quite possible, in which case I propose that fryfanSpyOrama be hired to oversee future episodes and report back with their findings ...

[Reply #230 on:]

It wasn't PEZ, it was KOOP.

[Reply #231 on:]

Who said it was PEZ?... Oh wait, Randi did, damn should've noticed ...

[Reply #232 on:]

PEZ look alike then...I was wondering what it was.

[Reply #233 on:]

I hope they can invent cheesecake that helps you lose weight and raises your IQ.

I probably shouldn't mention delicious dessert treats anymore, considering what happened last time I brought up ice cream.

[Reply #234 on:]

I hope they can invent cheesecake that helps you lose weight and raises your IQ.

I probably shouldn't mention delicious dessert treats anymore, considering what happened last time I brought up ice cream.

Speaking of which, I hope I bump into my ex outside the Krispy Kreme store tomorrow.  I haven't had those in ages...

Make up your mind!

[Reply #235 on:]

I made up my mind, but I changed it.

I really, really, really want to discuss confectionary and other sweet, delicious things.

[Reply #236 on:]

Then please do (in whatever manner best respects on-topic-ness, of course...).

[Reply #237 on:]

So yes.  I enoyed this episode.  The Farmer's Market was fantastic.  It was the kind of sap I like.

[Reply #238 on:]

Quite possible, in which case I propose that fryfanSpyOrama be hired to oversee future episodes and report back with their findings ...

thanks, I've been on this site since 2004.  I tend to have a huge knowledge of Futurama trivia and yet I still haven't been Peel of the Month.

[Reply #239 on:]

the pez machine was KOOP with the head being that of C Everett Koop, the former surgeon general.