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Dr. Morberg
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My friends and family think i'm crazy.
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benderette
Crustacean
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Hubby loves it, kids love it and only the well informed friends love it. My friend let us borrow S1, S2 & S3 on DVD so we're becoming quite well versed. It is disturbing though when my 3 year old boy walks around telling everyone to bite his shiny metal ass.
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kerryn
Crustacean
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Well I live in Australia, and for some reason we get Futurama at 11.30pm on Mondays. Weird time... and now we don't get it at all. So my brother, who is as obsessed with Futurama as I am bought the DVDs (what a lovely guy.. now I can watch them without forking out all that money). Anyway, because of the suckful timeslot hardly any of my friends even know about it, so they're really missing out.
My Mum just doesn't get it. She refuses to watch The Simpsons... she describes it as "crude".. and therefore Futurama must be equally as bad. I thought it was just cos she was older, but most of the writers and creators are my mum's age.. so maybe its just not her type of humour.
Also, our youngest brother loves it, but when me and my older brother watch it with him he just doesn't seem to get a lot of the more subtle jokes (also a problem for him when he's watching the simpsons). I'll put that down to his age though (he's 13), cos a lot of those jokes are very history related (lots of references to the 80s and presidents), and he has a lot of trouble getting the jokes that involve a lot of celebrities that he may be too young to have heard of. I'm not sure what age group the show is aimed at, but the only people in my family who really find the whole thing funny are in our 20s.
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Hedonism Bot
Bending Unit
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My mother hated Zoidberg when she first watched it, so she instantly dismissed Futurama as something not worth watching. My sister automatically dismissed it, probably because she doesn't get the subtle humour, but possibly because she just doesn't want me watching it when she could be watching some crappy reality show (yes, she is that petty). I've never asked my dad, but as he hasn't seen enough episodes to provide stimulating conversation, I never bothered asking him. It wouldn't make any difference if he did like it; the combined nagging force of my sister and mother, along with the fact that Futurama is only ever on when we're eating up at the table, more than defeats any hope that I have of ever watching Futurama as a family.
I managed to get my girlfriend to watch Futurama with me, though - she now is a fan, but I only have seasons 1 and 4 on DVD, so her experience is limited. I don't want to show her any of the episodes that mention Leela's parents, as I want her to see the other episodes first.
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nerdlingus
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My brother likes it as much as me. My mum and dad have there own shows though and dont really get the jokes as much although my dad has been known to chuckle when he does catch an episode. My mates like but I think they're bored of it now, especially after the amount of times I've played them while they were round!
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Frank Horrigan
Delivery Boy
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Originally posted by nerdlingus:
My mum and dad have there own shows though and dont really get the jokes as much although my dad has been known to chuckle when he does catch an episode. My mates like but I think they're bored of it now, especially after the amount of times I've played them while they were round! Second. I would also like to add that my friends mostly like show because of the jokes which makes them get bored with it pretty quick.
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Y_L_B
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« Reply #72 on: 03-22-2004 15:50 »
« Last Edit on: 03-22-2004 15:50 »
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My sister thinks it's funny, but really innappropriate. She's scared of Amy. Don't ask me why. And because of her annoyingly short attention span, she's only watched three episodes all the way through.
My mom hasn't seen it at all. She lets me buy merchandise and stuff, which is cool, and she's glad I've found something that "isn't as geeky" as other stuff I do. (What little she knows...)
My cousins made the mistake of watching it with me while "Spanish Fry" was on. It goes without saying, they made me turn it off about six minutes into the ep. I told them that they should give it another chance, but they won't.
My best friend likes it. She hasn't seen it as many times as I have, but she's a fan.
My other friends don't watch it because they don't think its funny. Poor, poor fools.
My dad loves it. He owns all of the DVD's, which is saying a lot, because we live in Region 1. He bought a Region 2 player just so that he could play them.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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My dad digs some of the episodes, most specifically Where no fan has gone b4 and Roswell that ends well b/c he's into the Sci-fi aspect of it. My mom enjoys watching an episode every once in a while but she's more into Family Guy. But the real fans in my family are me ans my sister. WE RISE EVERY EPISODE FOR THE FUTURAMA ANTHEM!
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ooy
Professor
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my sister really likes the xmas elves song, so i've 'aquiered[sp?]' off the net
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