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cartoonlover27

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Bender's Big Score, too. Probably for the Nude Beach scene, and Nudar's "sprunger."
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Lost My Phone

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I've heard the news. Although it doesn't confirm anything, it still gives me a little more hope that Futurama will someday come back. Let's all keep our fingers crossed!
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Tachyon

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If you've already stopped watching it altogether, why would it bother you if other people wanted to see it renewed and watch it?
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Inquisitor Hein
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[Marge Simpson] ""Call me a killjoy, but I think that because this is not to my taste, no one else should be able to enjoy it!" " [/Marge Simpson]  But in all fairness: An "uncancellation" will also block certain TV ressources. With Futurama around, a potential new Sci Fi comedy show might not be launched ("We already have that Groening show, we do not need another). With Futurama cancelled, the new show's launch chances are increased. So -when having stopped watching Futurama- wishing for a new show that has not become unwatchable for you make quite sense.
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Beamer

DOOP Secretary

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We need to start a petition to un-cancel this hypothetical show IMMEDIATELY!!!
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Beamer

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Most people I've spoken to can't even tell the difference, though. The CC episodes of Futurama were nowhere near a "new Simpsons" level of terribleness.
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Beamer

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As would I, but I still think the writers have more juice in them. I actually enjoyed the CC era.
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Beamer

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Let's not forget, the original run had a few stinkers too.
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Beamer

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I dunno, A Leela of Her Own would still probably be in my bottom 3. Though I think Attack of the Killer Ap was by far the worst effort in the CC run.
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Beamer

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Yeah, I never understood the hatred for That's Lobstertainment. I mean, it's not special, but it kept me chuckling the whole way through. A Leela of My Own didn't make me laugh once, though (not to mention the aforementioned point about how it destroys the amazing joke of Blernsball).
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Beamer

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Bendin' in the Wind(I haven't seen this one mentioned, am I only one?)
I don't think it's held in significant regard one way or the other by most of the community, though it's one of my personal favourites.
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Inquisitor Hein
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- "A Leela of her Own" was basically the typical "Homer Simpson Solo Career" plot taken to Futurama. "The Simpsons episode shifted to the other series", so to speak. As Blernsball turned to Baseball-like, the usual "new twist on an existing theme" Futurama should incorporate was missing. - Lobstertainment's theme of a former star actor -who no longer fits into the modern entertainment industry- was not bad per se. Yet, it was not handled in a very sci fi-y way. Again, the story was not spiced up by a new twist. -Cryonic Women had a great start. The "Mad Max" endtime scenario should have been a sci fi classic. Unfortunately, it was handled too underdimensioned by reducing the main characters to Fry, with Michelle and some kids taking turns to push him around. - Bending in the wind: Well..I liked it 
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Beamer

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Eh, the general arguments against it were "too much 80's humour" and "the plot isn't specific enough to the Futurama universe" (ie. any animated series could've done it), which I can understand and sort of even agree with, though not to the point where it detracts from the episode at all for me. The rest of it is so damn funny, those points really don't matter all that much.
"My only regret is that I have... Boneitis!"
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Beamer

DOOP Secretary

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In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela was terrible, but I don't think it was trying to be edgy for the sake of it. The satire on censorship was just very ill-conceived, but it had enough amusing moments that I would at least rank it higher than Attack of the Killer Ap. But yeah, season 6 had a particularly weak run between Rebirth and Lethal Inspection, which is a shame given that those first few episodes were essentially our first glimpse at the CC era of Futurama, and I think that contributed to the negative opinions held of the CC run as a whole, when really, the season actually picked up greatly after that.
Not sure why Proposition Infinity made your bottom 3, though. I always just thought it was kind of average/insignificant.
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Beamer

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Even the Fox run had its share of satire, though - it's all a matter of how well they incorporate it into the show. Gay marriage as robosexuality was fine in my opinion, since robosexuality had already been mentioned on the show and it gave us a nice little character pairing we don't see very often. It still works as a Futurama plot. Unlike Attack of the Killer Ap, where all the references to Apple products and YouTube were so utterly blatant, it was just painful to watch. The eye-phone thing would've been fine as a brief throwaway gag, but it's just not strong enough to mine for an entire episode.
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Monster_Robot_Maniac

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I didn't mind the episodes' plot, exactly - It did build off of an established idea, and It had a nice pairing, as you said. It was the execution that I think ruined it. It's true 'Killer App' was way, way less subtle about their modern day references, but just because that one's references were more obvious than this ones, that doesn't mean this one's are completely unnoticeable. Had the similarities between Gay marriage and Robobsexual marriage somehow been toned down, I likely would've enjoyed this one more, in the end. It's not like the jokes were particularly bad; and, like I said, the basic Plot was decent, as well.
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Beamer

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I see where you're coming from, but I still don't think it's enough to warrant the episode a place in your bottom 3. Especially not when we have episodes like the Holiday Spectacular and Saturday Morning Fun Pit...
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