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DannyJC13
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SHORT LENGTH?! Season 6 has been the biggest season so far, 26 episodes...
In order:
Season 6 & 7 - 26 Season 3 - 22 Season 2 - 19 Season 4 - 18 Season 5 - 16 Season 1 - 13
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Otis P Jivefunk
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I'm shocked Otis, how can you not like Season 4?!
I like it, I love some of it, but I just think it's the worst of the original run. This Sting is in my top 5 ever, so y'know... Sometimes I can't believe how some people can find things that I love terrible (Season 4, Futurama In General), and they find things that I find terrible to be good (Jersey Shore, The Cleveland Show, etc.). .
But from Otis: . Somethings just wrong about that...
Well, I'm generally quite brutally honest with my opinions. Even bad Futurama is better than most stuff. I don't hate any of Season 4, I just don't like certain eps that much. The animation was probably at its best though... I consider Fry and The Slurm Factory to be one of the fantastic episodes from Season 1. The humor was great, and the spoof was awesome. I can't name every great line from that episode... Yes, that is my second favourite ep of all time. So many classic funny and damn hilarious lines! It's the essence of Futurama in my mind!...
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cyber_turnip
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It doesn't feel right saying this, but I think Season 1 is the worst. It took a little while for the writers to get into the swing of things. It's certainly not terrible, but it has the smallest amount of really good eps I think. (Those being IR, HIOR, and AFTR.)
I completely agree with this. Season 1 is fantastic but it's also not as fantastic as the others in my opinion. It didn't really begin to explore the show's emotional possibilities and none of the episodes are as brilliantly hilarious as say "The Farnsworth Parabox". Season 2 only really got there at the very end of its run with "War is the H-Word" and "Anthology of Interest I" but still. And then seasons 3 and 4 are both sublime.
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Cinimod
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I made a chart (Yes, I'm a massive geek) of every Futurama episode. In my chart, I gave every episode a score out of 10. Most of these episodes were between 7 and 10, but there were a few worse. I rated: 9.2+ as a brilliant ep; 8.2-9.1 as good; 7.2-9.1 as medium; less than 7.2 as bad. Here is a list of every season in terms of episode percentage: Season Brilliant% Good% Medium% Bad% 1 7.7 84.6 7.7 0 2 5.3 42.1 42.1 5.3 3 36.4 27.3 31.8 4.5 4 22.2 44.4 22.2 11.1 Films(5) 25 50 0 25 6 23.1 11.5 38.5 26.9
So in my opinion season 6 isn't worse because of a lack of brilliant episodes, but because there are more bad episodes than every other season put together, and also not enough "good" episodes. Obviously this is all relative, even most of the "bad" Futurama episodes still make good TV.
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futurefreak
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* futurefreak squints Totalnerduk, is that you? But anyways, nice work! I do agree that the later seasons post movies may have a select few wowsers lile TLPJF, but they also have arguably some of the worst episodes ever like YLL.
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Gorky
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It doesn't feel right saying this, but I think Season 1 is the worst. It took a little while for the writers to get into the swing of things. It's certainly not terrible, but it has the smallest amount of really good eps I think. (Those being IR, HIOR, and AFTR.) Though I'm pretty meh on season one as a whole, I will say that the first three episodes are among my favorites of the series ("The Series Has Landed," in particular, is really well-done). The rest of season one is passable, yes--but nowhere near as brilliant as the seasons that follow it. Season 2 only really got there at the very end of its run with "War is the H-Word" and "Anthology of Interest I" but still.
I think season two has a smattering of really fine episodes throughout ("Xmas Story," "A Bicyclops Built for Two," "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," "The Problem With Popplers"), but I agree that the final few episodes of the season (except for "The Cryonic Woman") serve as a preview for the greatness that will follow in seasons three and four. Anyway: My season-by-season rankings go like this: 4 > 3 > 2 > 6 > 5 > 1. If you divide season six into part A and part B, then I think 6A slightly edges out season two. Taken as a whole, though, season six isn't quite as enjoyable to me as season two.
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futurefreak
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Yes we all love Randy *ahem* You can't really knock on Season one being so ...bland I say. The show was just getting it's footing and finding out where to go. Remember Season One of The Simpsons? Bart was like...Indian for an episode he was so dark Season One may not have had those "wowsers" but it definitely has some of my more favorite underrated episodes, like My Three Suns and A Fishful of Dollars (I think the former is definitely more underrated than the latter). Season Two was full of good underraters too, like The Deep South, which gave birth to the everpresent manwich. The difference between those seasons and seasons now, aside from writers and stuff, is, as so often touched upon, the airing time. Season One episodes could really "breathe" which might make it slow for some; for me, it allows me to take in the whole episode like it were a movie as opposed to a then 22 or 23 minute show. The Late Philip J. Fry is one of the only newer episodes where I felt the storyline could breathe, and it did feel like one of the earlier perhaps Season Two episodes for this reason. And yet...so much had to be told in 21 minutes. Amazing. Also I seem to be the only one non-troll here who didn't think The Cryonic Woman was a bad episode. Mehhy, maybe. Terrible? No way. It was quite entertaining to watch Fry jump through hoops for some cad. I can see where people would get annoyed bringing some new character way to the foreground like that though, especially with the shippers considering the poor treatment Fry got. I found it a good watch though with good support from Bender and Leela in the first few acts. YLL is the worst for me, followed by my old worst one, That's Lobstertainment!...It just wasn't funny, either of them. Except for the barbecuing pirate. That...was gold haha. Bender's Game was pretty bad too and fits somewhere between those too.
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DannyJC13
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Also I seem to be the only one non-troll here who didn't think The Cryonic Woman was a bad episode.
This guy.
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DannyJC13
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I agree LAR is a really underrated and un-talked about episode, but I don't see how you can find it bad...? Elaborate please.
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Scrappylive
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I suppose there are a few reason, some which I can pin on the writers and some which I can't.
• Too weird. Bender dating the Planet Express Ship? Like I said, I enjoyed every other episode of the original run. Everybody probably sees different things which put them off, and this was the thing for me. • Too forced. No vehicle has been an actual character in the show except for quick throw-away gags here and there. The PE ship exists before and after this episode as a vehicle only, not a robot or a character. (I understand they installed AI software - I'm not confused about the story mechanics.) To me, this is the same as Fry having a relationship with the Planet Express building. Just a bit too off base for my tastes. • Too much mush. I don't like when shows skip genres - especially to genres I'm not interested in watching. If I wanted to watch romance, I would watch something with romance. I watch Futurama for humor, wit, and pseudo-sci-fi. I also love to watch Wheel of Fortune, but I am infinitely more likely to skip an episode if it is one of those lovey-dovey couples-in-love valentines-day-week episodes. • Lame lines: I think Season 4 had the most "lame lines" - lines that I consider to stick out while lacking good humor, wit, references to past episodes or other media, or character development. I realize that this point is entirely subjective, however.
I am not the most eloquent person. Hopefully I explained this sufficiently. There were some good jokes but overall it is my least favorite episode of the original run.
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DannyJC13
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« Reply #661 on: 02-11-2012 22:21 »
« Last Edit on: 02-11-2012 22:24 »
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Too weird.
Not buying that. It's Futurama. It's VERY weird. (The good type of weird.) And you can't say you expect no romance from Futurama, romance is one of, if not the #1, biggest plot points on the show. (Fry and Leela.)
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Otis P Jivefunk
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I seem to be the only person who doesn't like Love and Rocket. This seems like one of the least talked-about episodes, in fact. Nobody ever lists L&R as their top or bottom choices.
I think Bend Her and Obsoletely Fabulous are weak eps, not very good and some of the worst in the original run. Three Hundred Big Boys is merely ok as well, although pretty fun I guess. Then there's no AOI or equivalent, and no quality Xmas episode like Seasons Two and Three. Sure it has fantastic eps like The Sting, Love & Rocket and The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings, but for all those poor eps I can't see it as Futurama's peak, it just never will be to me... Love & Rocket is one of my favourite Season 4 eps! I like the concept and I find the ep very funny and entertaining, with great animation and it's clool ...
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Inquisitor Hein
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The Bear "Hospital" scene is one the series' best moments in my opinion.
Second. Personally, I do like L&R quite well. Alone for taking on "A Space Odyssey", and Sigourney Weaver as guest star.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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Love & Rocket is definitely one of the best animated eps of the entire run. Everything which you've just pointed out is a large part of why. I also loved the colours used on the ending sequence, really nicely done...
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