Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #160 on: 10-07-2013 13:52 »
« Last Edit on: 10-07-2013 14:13 »
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"Bees" sucked, but it sucked a lot less than most of the episodes I listed. "Baghead" had a lot of good gags, I agree - but that whole lifeforce thing was just too much for me. And the attempts at satirising acting fell short. I loved the t-rex, too. The episode just did enough bad to leave a bad taste in my mouth. "Death Wish" was a wonderful premise and I also had high hopes for it. I do think it was pretty terrible, though. Beyond a few great jokes at the start, everything about it ranged from mediocre to a complete and utter mess.
And I mean, having good points isn't always enough to save an episode. I think there are a lot of good points about "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", but they're not enough to stop it being the worst episode of the show.
The life force thing bothered me a lot less on repeat viewings of Baghead. I've really come to enjoy it since, and I'd go as far as to call it one of the most consistently funny outings of the show. Like I said before though, I know I'm in the minority in this one, and I totally understand if the life force thing is enough to destroy the episode for someone. It's exactly how I felt the first time I watched it. I can't really make much of a case for the other two, but yeah, I still think you're being a bit too harsh on episodes that aren't actively terrible. Except for the Holiday Spectacular. That was awful.
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cyber_turnip
Urban Legend
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« Reply #164 on: 10-07-2013 19:04 »
« Last Edit on: 10-07-2013 19:05 »
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I liked The Thief of Baghead too and I think life force joke itself was great. Now it occurred to me that in The Thief of Baghead Professor was implementing non-scientific concept into science (soul, as he (accidentally) said at one point) and that was the case in Calculon 2.0 too, even more so (satanistic ritual). In "Calculon 2.0", the science held up far more - but parodied unscientific methods. Taking an old hard-drive from a sacrificial robot goat, for instance, was a wonderful touch, parodying the cliched Satanic ritual in "scientific terms". Plus, they lampshaded the absurdity of it to hell, and frankly, the ultimate goal was to fix a mechanical device (Calculon) which isn't completely unrealistic. The life force stuff, on the other hand, was ridiculous, nothing about how it played worked on any level beyond being absurd and it basically breaks an aspect of the world that the show is set in. Now I have to accept that what is essentially a load of bullshit magic exists within the Futurama universe. I'd concur that 7B was much better than 7A, for the record. Not that I'm a huge fan of 7B, exactly.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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So when are we going to talk about that army dude? You know, General Futurama?
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ShinyMetal***
Professor
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Let's talk Futurama drama. Which Futurama episode (in general) do you think has the most dramatic plot?
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ShinyMetal***
Professor
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Yea, I have to say about the same, "The devils hands," "The Sting," "Lethal Inspection," ect.
What episodes do you think are the funniest?
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Lost My Phone
Professor
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What episodes do you think are the funniest?
Love's Labours Lost in Space When Aliens Attack A Head in the Polls Anthology of Interest I Anthology of Interest II Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV The Farnsworth Parabox Three Hundred Big Boys The Prisoner of Benda The Silence of the Clamps Stench and Stenchibility
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ShinyMetal***
Professor
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Yea, I can agree with most of those. I still didn't see "The Prisoner of Benda" yet so I'll check it out.
I personally thought that "THBB" wasn't that funniest but it still had lots of other great aspects. It did have some small funny moments though.
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Lost My Phone
Professor
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Yea, I can agree with most of those. I still didn't see "The Prisoner of Benda" yet so I'll check it out.
You'll definitely like it. It's a great episode that makes you laugh and think at the same time. I personally thought that "THBB" wasn't that funniest but it still had lots of other great aspects. It did have some small funny moments though.
It wasn't the funniest episode ever, but I thought Fry's coffee addiction was somewhat humorous. Also, it is based on The Simpsons episode "22 Short Films About Springfield," in case you didn't know. You should definitely check it out; in my opinion, it is superior to THBB.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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What episodes do you think are the funniest?
War is the H-Word, Spanish Fry, That Darn Katz, The Thief of Baghead, Calculon 2.0 are all consistently hilarious (at least in my opinion), and have no objective other than humour. Reincarnation is incredibly funny too, so long as you're familiar with the animation styles being parodied. The Prisoner of Benda is one of my favourite episodes ever; it's VERY funny, and super clever, too... Very much on par with The Farnsworth Parabox in that regard.
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Monster_Robot_Maniac
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #180 on: 10-09-2013 04:25 »
« Last Edit on: 10-09-2013 04:26 »
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Prisoner of Benda is definitely somewhere high in my top 10's. Like Beamer squirted out of his juicy, succulent noise hole, it's unbelievably funny, and it's very thoughtful - so thoughtful, in fact, that they made a freaking theorem about Farnsworth's invention, the mind switcher, for this episode. I'd go as far as to say that it's actually better than The Farnsworth Parabox, even though they're basically on the same level, comedy and story wise. I don't know why, but I just think it utilizes the characters better than Parabox did, giving them each their own different storyline.
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Parabox is slightly more character-driven in its concept whereas The Prisoner of Benda is very, very plot-driven.
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Lost My Phone
Professor
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I hear that Matt Groening is thinking of restarting the Futurama comic strip, which was terminated in 1999 after inspiring the animated series.
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SolidSnake
Professor
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Hmmmm. That's a good sign. Maybe we'll see Fry, Leela, and Bender in the Sunday paper soon! I'm fine with that!
Either that, or they should do direct to TV movie specials! Like maybe an XMAS one where Fry and Leela have kids since they're married now.
Umm, I think he was attempting to be sarcastic. Was a pretty bad attempt, I gotta admit.
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Lost My Phone
Professor
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You're right about that. Noticed that too.
Ever notice how when Family Guy came back in 2005, it's still going strong to this day and Futurama came back and only had three seasons? (Four movies as well)
Wonder what it would've been like if Futurama came back in 2005 to FOX instead? And Family guy came back two years later and had four DVD movies and that came back on Comedy Central only to last three seasons?
What would that have been like if the shoe was on the other foot?
That would have been nice, but I don't think Fox would have wanted Futurama back. They've hated it since it debuted.
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Frida Waterfall
Professor
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I haven't had the time to respond to this, and I'm really just uncovering a bone so brittle it could crumble to bone-dust. I just had to address it. That 'I Love It' song is terrible, despite most people's opinion. It's the perfect example of how almost all of today's songs have unbelievably stupid lyrics that mean nothing whatsoever, unlike pretty much all older songs.
Here's one line of lyrics from 'I Love It', 2012 I got this feeling on the summer day when you were gone. I crashed my car into the bridge. I watched, I let it burn. I threw your shit into a bag and pushed it down the stairs. I crashed my car into the bridge
...and here's one from 'Scenes From and Italian Resturaunt', 1977 They got an apartment with deep Pile carpet And a couple of paintings from Sears A big waterbed that they bought With the bread They had saved for a couple Of years They started to fight when the Money got tight And they just didn't count on The tears.
In just one line of lyrics, the older song tells a somewhat comprehensible story about a couple that didn't belong with one another that is easy to visualize and is definitely believable. Compare that to a line of lyrics from just last year, that makes almost no sense at all, and is in no way believable or visualizable.
There's such a huge difference between music from them and now, that it's almost hard to believe. Shame on Modern Music. Shame on It.
Actually, "I Love it" is one of my favorite songs. You're really overanalyzing things (and that's coming from me). "I Love it" is a nightclub song. Just an upbeat, energetic song with empty meaning that slutty whores can get drunk to.
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