Inquisitor Hein
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« #120 : 02-22-2013 12:47 »
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That's quite a bizarre range of episodes, if you don't mind me saying. Having said that, A Pharaoh To Remember is one of my favourite episodes ever, so I can't really talk.
It's not one of my favourites but I agree that APTR is such an underrated episode. The funeral is quite possibly my favourite scene in the series.
Yep, that episode definitely has a certain something to it. Also interesting that many philosophical themes ("Is there a god" "Mortality", etc...) are covered by Bender episodes.
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totalnerd undercanada

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« #121 : 02-22-2013 19:23 »
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That's quite a bizarre range of episodes, if you don't mind me saying. Having said that, A Pharaoh To Remember is one of my favourite episodes ever, so I can't really talk.
It's not one of my favourites but I agree that APTR is such an underrated episode. The funeral is quite possibly my favourite scene in the series.
Yep, that episode definitely has a certain something to it. Also interesting that many philosophical themes ("Is there a god" "Mortality", etc...) are covered by Bender episodes.
Yeah, I think that's no accident. Free will, religion, what it means to be human, empathy, emotions, etc. They're all things that we readily associate with humanity. To juxtapose these themes with humanity's creations struggling to come to terms with them is a rather obvious step. To me, at least. In Futurama, science has made humanity into something powerful and almost godlike (from today's perspectives). They can move stars around, they understand the deepest underpinnings of the universe, and they can flit between galaxies in mere hours. They are able to create intelligent (robotic) life, and they can elevate monkeys to human intelligence and capabilities. They are as the ancient titans and gods of Olympus. Robots fill the role of modern humans - the creation of the gods, coming to terms with their role in the universe and what it means to fill it. This parallels the story of mankind's struggle to determine and make sense of what it means to be human (and whether or not there are gods or a God who might have created us). There's a whole philosophy or psychology paper in there somewhere, I think.
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Future Justin
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« #123 : 03-22-2013 19:41 »
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My Three Sons has been my favorite episode recently. Fry is hilarious, I think his character is spot on.
"Now go, go gather your nuts you nagging grasshopper"
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Eternium

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« #124 : 03-22-2013 19:55 »
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Yeah, that's a really nice ep:3 welcome to PEEL FJ! Personnaly I think TLPJF is best, also overclockwise  (but I said that in my pprevious posts too) Heh, guess which song is playing right now... Don't you, forget about me.... (luck of the fryrish) 
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AtlantaStars93

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« #146 : 04-21-2013 14:32 »
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*leela's Homeworld That's a pretty good selection. Emotional episodes tend to drag if there are too many of them in a row, so it's nice to see there's some seriously hilarious episodes in your list.
Ahh yes, my mistake. I keep getting that episode title mixed up :P Thank you. Yeah, I find these episodes pretty much flawless. I can watch them again and again and still be moved and laugh so much every time.
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AtlantaStars93

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« #152 : 04-22-2013 18:19 »
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In my opinion, all the episodes that you mentioned are better than TLPJF, with the exception maybe of Leela's Homeworld. I have a glass ceiling for that episode, and I've never had more of an opinion than "quite enjoyed it" in the however many times I've seen it.
I'm very intrigued to see TLPJF, it's going to have to be super excellent indeed to be better than the ones that I had listed as I adore those ones :P Mr. Snrub is also the one who dislikes a lot of well-regarded episodes. 
Anyway, Leela's Homeworld is great. I still find it quite touching despite it being really predictable.
It's also one of the only episodes with "Leela" in the title that doesn't suck.
haha :P Yeah, definitely. The ending always moves me. Along with TLPJF, I strongly recommend putting Prisoner of Benda at the top of that list, too.
Thank you, I'll watch that also! =]
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totalnerd undercanada

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« #154 : 05-10-2013 23:45 »
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Hm. I'm just going to leave this here. It's not my personal list, it's the aggregated review score rankings that I compiled a few days ago. Most people have probably seen it by now, but I feel that not posting it in this thread was a grievous oversight (which I have now rectified).
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