SpaceCase
Liquid Emperor
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« on: 03-31-2003 02:42 »
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Hello All, I just finished watching "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" for the second time. Hokay: Everybody gets 'youth-a-sized' and starts to revert to their younger selves. Biological beings start out as embryos, buds, larva, etc. and grow from there. Their specification changes over time (to borrow a line from ST TNG's Mr. Data) Machines, on the other hand, are built to a certain specification, and stay that way unless they're upgraded, retrofitted, or whatever. Their specification doesn't change. Not that I didn't like it; not that I'm complaining, but how can Bender revert to his 'younger' self? I forget the ep, but we saw Bender at his 'birth' and he was exactly the same as he is now, less whatever he's learned in four years. Yeah, yeah, I know; the Futurama writers will trade consistancy for a good joke, but it still doesn't make any sense. I should like to hear your thoughts.
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Erage
Crustacean
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It's just one of those things you have to accept for the plot and the writers obviously knew it was weird so they threw in that RNA explanation. It also seemed that the clothes were affected as well, conforming to whatever proportions they needed.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Agreed, the early stages was a nit, but the last to stages was actually based in logic. Afterall, a robot is first a collection of blueprints that's later made into various parts.
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Also, it's Rybonuclaic Acid, as opposed to the "robo" nuclaic acid mentioned.
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SpaceCase
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #8 on: 04-01-2003 02:41 »
« Last Edit on: 11-15-2008 08:57 »
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Originally posted by Kryten: It was this guy's fault:
Who the [* EXPLETIVES DELETED*] is that? Or have I answered my own question? That's from 'COTH' isn't it? An ep I, sadly, haven't seen.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Sure! Blame the wizards.
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Action Jacktion
Professor
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Originally posted by Chanukah Zombie: Bender's "rejuvenation" was nothing more than a joke -- a silly, senseless, absurdist joke -- with little to no basis in real or imagined science. I think that's all it is. We know that Bender has looked the same since he was "born," but it was funny to have him get younger, so they slipped in the "RNA" explanation (which itself was a joke) and went with it.
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