Heavenly Stench
Crustacean
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« on: 12-22-2003 12:52 »
« Last Edit on: 12-22-2003 12:52 »
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In 'I, Room Mate', on the DVD commentary, DXC explains how they had to "break the rules" with Bender's "neck" when he's slouching on the sofa after staying up all night not drinking. DXC says something like "it looked so sorry we had to break the rules" or something to that extent. In 'Godfellas', on the dvd commentary someone explains how hard it was to make Bender look onto his chest plate because he has no neck, and they cheat by showing Bender from just abover wherever any neck might have been (or in this case, not been) HOWEVER In 'Insane In The Mainframe', when Roberto has the crew tied up at the end, he goes to stab Bender, but Bender dodges the knife by using, what looks like, a very long neck-type contraption killermajig?!?! Sorry if this has been posted before!
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Bushmeister
Professor
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A wizard gave him a neck in Godfellas and then took it back. Or something.
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Gleno
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by mazaite: The makers of Futurama didn't really care about concistancy. I beg your pardon, please tell me you're joking....?! Futurama is one of the most consistent shows I've ever seen....do I have to give examples....?
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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It's simple. His neck is INSIDE the top of his chest. So, basically - it allows him to bend his head, yet we never get to see it.
That's the best I can come up with anyway.
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Mouse On Venus
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by Gleno: I beg your pardon, please tell me you're joking....?! Futurama is one of the most consistent shows I've ever seen....do I have to give examples....? Well, let's be honest about the consistancy of Bender, shall we? Bender's abilities and features are constantly changing, which is why he's such a funny and consistant character. I mean, for one episode his chest cabinet is an EZ-bake oven, for another it contains oxygen masks and for another he stores a miniture piano in it. His mouth can open to swallow beer bottles, produce flaming belches, function as a tape recorder and read credit cards. His eyeballs extend, produce bright lights and function as cameras. So the fact that Bender has a neck in one episode to dodge Roberto's stabbing but is never seen again is just one of Bender's many one off tricks. If anything, it's consistent for Bender's body to be inconsistent.
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Gleno
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by mazaite: No... they are usualy pretty bad on those too. Maby you see background refrences or the occasional derivitave re-use of a gag. But no, Plot lines seem to have some of the worst problems. Leela & Fry, Bender's goals, the level of decrepidation of the professor, the list goes on. Sure it's more coherent then the simpsons is these days (or ever?) but ya know, it's not Babylon 5 consistant either. I guess you have a point, after seeing TMLH and seeing Bender become younger I agree with you....(Brilliant ep though) At least they try though....
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zoidyzoid
Professor
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I reckon they've achieved a pretty good balance really- things like Bender's chest cavity are deliberately inconsistent for the good of the show, and maybe some minor details are forgotten, but IMO the writers do a good job with major character and plot development.
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Sil
Professor
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Part of the point of Bender's chest cabinet is that it's inconsistent.
(Commentary from 1ACV13) Matt Groening: "I love Bender's chest cabinet. It's like Felix's bag of tricks - we can do anything we want."
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