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DannyJC13
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Am I the only one who enjoyed Fry's illnesses? That's something I would of expected to see in the original run, maybe even the first season. (There were a lot of Simpsons references in Season 1.)
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DannyJC13
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TSHL? You mean 'ABPOG'?
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Inquisitor Hein
Liquid Emperor
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Am I the only one who enjoyed Fry's illnesses? That's something I would of expected to see in the original run, maybe even the first season. (There were a lot of Simpsons references in Season 1.)
Nope, I already stated out that I considered the illnesses quite fitting. After all, the Planet Express crew should be used to the usual Zoidberg mutilations by now...to set them up, something new, never seen before should have been delivered. And exactly that's what the writers gave us...
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DannyJC13
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I was disturbed for a second when Mom leaned over Zoidberg. I thought they were going to start kissing or revealing details of a sexual relationship between them in the past. That would have been grosser than that infamous "two elephant skin rugs" moment.
Even worse than Zoidberg and the Professor in TPOB?
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Ralph Snart
Agent Provocateur
Near Death Star Inhabitant
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The "MURDERIZER" was the most complicated and ineffective Rube-Goldberg device ever conceived.
And the best part of the episode.
This one sucked. The worst of the new batch - even worse than the X-Mas Special.
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SpaceGoldfish fromWazn
Urban Legend
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I have to admit, now I really want an episode that talks a bit about Mom and Zoidberg's past. Like someone else said, I loved the idea that Zoidberg of all people, is the only person in the universe Mom has spoken to with respect, or dare I say it, friendliness (and even then she still takes that worthless coupon off Zoidberg, so even when she's being extremely nice to someone by her standards, she's still Mom.) It was a very interesting relationship, and I would like to see it explored in a future episode.
One thing I do find weird though, is that Zoidberg is a genius at the anatomy of just about every alien species, except humans. We've seen a Decapodian's anatomy is completely different from an Amphibosan's. Hell most of them we can tell just by looking at an Omicronian, an Amazonian or a Yarn person to know all three of them are going to have completely different anatomies... what makes humans so different from all the other alien species out there? I'm probably just nitpicking here, so I'll just take that weird explanation on the chin.
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spira
Liquid Emperor
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Maybe interestingly, the only major complaint I have about the episode was that Mom was named. Mom's always been a great character for me because the public knows for her for her sweetness, but underneath that persona is "Mom," the nameless sadist. Giving her a name took a little bit of the villain away for me. I also have that complaint. I think it makes her character less humorous and takes away something we've had for years now. As for the illnesses, I liked Fry's Simpsonization because I always enjoy when the two shows reference each other, but the others were juvenile and out of the Futurama style.
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hobbitboy
Sir Rank-a-Lot
Urban Legend
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I thought this one was pretty good. I liked all the background jokes. Though when I saw lacerations the Yeti gave to the Professor's neck I figured they would play a part in saving him in the end. 8/ 10
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Zmithy
Professor
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« Reply #107 on: 08-20-2011 06:09 »
« Last Edit on: 08-20-2011 06:26 »
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Didn't like it all that much. Can't put my finger on it, but something just felt "off" about the episode. Agree with the statement that it felt like one of the comics... stuff like Fry's illnesses (in fact that whole surgery scene), and the kinda unrealistic chopping up of the crew are exactly the sort of thing the comics are filled with... overly "cartoon" elements (if you get chopped in half with a circular saw, you're not going to casually sit there, not bleeding and chat about it, future or no future, no matter how good the anaesthetic is) that totally broke my suspension of disbelief in a way that the show's previous mutilations didn't... they took it too far.
Also, the surgery was the kind of plot that isn't really a plot, just filler that provides a reason for the rest of the stuff to happen.
These new episodes are really suffering from being a minute and a half shorter and also featuring the entire planet express crew in every episode, often including scruffy... there just isn't enough time to fit it all in without rushing things. I'm really not feeling that the pacing is there, it's like the complexity of the storylines is still being written as if that extra time was still there.
5/10 is my personal opinion, and I'm quite surprised at all the 9's and 10's that are being thrown at this one... this is shaping up to be the most popular episode of this season going by the majority and I have no idea why.
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
Moderator
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Okay, how to start...
Act One was good. I thought it had a few funny moments, and it seemed interesting with bringing Mom into the opening. I was curious to see where it was going.
Act two...wandered for me. I was still not sure about the plot, and it was getting less funny...
Act Three...yeah. I thought it was just vanilla. Of the entire episode, I did enjoy the montage with the music, it was very classic Futurama. Everything else though I could do without.
I did enjoy Hattie's line: "It's about time!" to Professor's Mercy Killing heh.
I just found the idea of keeping Zoidberg around to kill him stupid. Anyone can kill him, as you see in Act Three through their use of the device. I wish the reveal would have been more interesting and entertaining. When that plot was revealed it just went really south for me.
For its jokes in Act One though, I give it a: 5/10. Not horrible, but needs work.
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flesheatingbull
Starship Captain
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Didn't like it all that much. Can't put my finger on it, but something just felt "off" about the episode. Agree with the statement that it felt like one of the comics... stuff like Fry's illnesses (in fact that whole surgery scene), and the kinda unrealistic chopping up of the crew are exactly the sort of thing the comics are filled with... overly "cartoon" elements (if you get chopped in half with a circular saw, you're not going to casually sit there, not bleeding and chat about it, future or no future, no matter how good the anaesthetic is) that totally broke my suspension of disbelief in a way that the show's previous mutilations didn't... they took it too far.
Also, the surgery was the kind of plot that isn't really a plot, just filler that provides a reason for the rest of the stuff to happen.
These new episodes are really suffering from being a minute and a half shorter and also featuring the entire planet express crew in every episode, often including scruffy... there just isn't enough time to fit it all in without rushing things. I'm really not feeling that the pacing is there, it's like the complexity of the storylines is still being written as if that extra time was still there.
5/10 is my personal opinion, and I'm quite surprised at all the 9's and 10's that are being thrown at this one... this is shaping up to be the most popular episode of this season going by the majority and I have no idea why.
i'm glad to see that someone else saw the episode exactly as i saw it. honestly, i don't even want to watch it again.
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meisterPOOP
Professor
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Face it...Zoidberg is a staff doctor...There is no second opinion.
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
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Sooo Derek said that that curly screw metal instrument Zoidberg had was a callback and I was befuddled, and he INSISTED it appeared in the first scene where Fry met Zoidberg in The Series Has Landed. ...well, turns out he was right, and I lost a rather unfortunate bet.
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hopie4ever
Bending Unit
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futurama is a comedy right? i didnt laugh so that is bad, but this season that kinda goes without saying interesting idea to go back to an origin of a relationship, could have been better executed but still of interest i dont do scores as there seems to be a deep misunderstanding of the out of ten system on these boards
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Bend-err
DOOP Secretary
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Futurama is Sci-Fy too. No need to always have joke after joke after joke.
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Svip
Administrator
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I consider Futurama to be more about entertainment than actual comedy.
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