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coldangel
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so that the younger people who watch Futuramy can keep watching it, while mum and dad stay up to watch filth.
Younger people can fuck off and die. Anyhow, all the people who were young when Futurama was in its initial run aren't any more. Young, that is. They have grown. The show should grow with them. Grow an erection. Leela has been cock-teasing me with her huge tits for years now. It's time she finally whipped them out. Full-frontal. No coy sideboob shots and quick angle changes. I'm fed up with that. Also, my apologies to the younger people here.
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DannyJC13
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Leela has been cock-teasing me with her huge tits for years now. It's time she finally whipped them out. Full-frontal. No coy sideboob shots and quick angle changes. I'm fed up with that.
Second. Nudity is okay in Futurama since it's always kind of been there, but profanity and swearing just doesn't suit it.
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coldangel
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I dunno. Leela said "Go fuck yourself" in Where No Fan Has Gone Before. She also went on what I judge to be a fairly filthy tirade while she had the shock-collar on. Also we have Zoidberg's little F-bomb recently. So these incidents were bleeped (or buzzed). Nevertheless, the characters do swear. If the network wants to bleep them on air, that's fine. Let's have it uncensored for the DVDs like with Family Guy and South Park.
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Gorky
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There is a disturbing amount of Fry Ass Talk in this thread.
We could move our Fry Talk to the front, if that would make you more comfortable. And I think the show has taken a few more filthy liberties since the move to Comedy Central. I mean, Zapp and Leela were pretty much naked for the last fifteen minutes of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela." Although there were naked conga lines in the original run, which is arguably even steamier. Hmmm. What gives, show? We want more gratuitous (and festive) nudity!
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coffeeBot
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Nudity is okay in Futurama since it's always kind of been there, but profanity and swearing just doesn't suit it.
I agree with Coldy here, it's not as if the Futurama crew hasn't sworn before. Obviously, it was just censored because it was airing on Fox. Anyway, wouldn't it be a little unrealistic to pretend that an adult group of friends wouldn't occasionally swear in each other's company? That being said, the writers shouldn't have them swearing all the time just for the hell of it. In fact, it's a lot funnier to be subtle sometimes. For example, if Leela had just said "go fuck yourself" instead of using the buzzer for "fuck", that joke wouldn't have been nearly as funny. However, when Zoidberg said "fucking" after an episode's worth of tension-building, I thought it was hilarious. If Zoidberg had started saying "fuck" every episode since then, it would have been a bit much.
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coldangel
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I mean, Zapp and Leela were pretty much naked for the last fifteen minutes of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela."
Although there were naked conga lines in the original run, which is arguably even steamier.
This is tame stuff on-par with the occasional yellow buttocks of The Simpsons. That being said, the writers shouldn't have them swearing all the time just for the hell of it. ...when Zoidberg said "fucking" after an episode's worth of tension-building, I thought it was hilarious. If Zoidberg had started saying "fuck" every episode since then, it would have been a bit much.
Agreed.
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coldangel
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Yes. Perfectly said. And I agree it seems to be getting a little less 'grown-up', rather than more.
I always assume the reluctance to take things to the next level in this area is a result of simple American prudishness. It's okay to blow people's heads off, but Janet Jackson's tit must be stopped. That sort of thing.
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spira
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That being said, the writers shouldn't have them swearing all the time just for the hell of it. In fact, it's a lot funnier to be subtle sometimes. For example, if Leela had just said "go fuck yourself" instead of using the buzzer for "fuck", that joke wouldn't have been nearly as funny. However, when Zoidberg said "fucking" after an episode's worth of tension-building, I thought it was hilarious. If Zoidberg had started saying "fuck" every episode since then, it would have been a bit much.
Pure truth. I have no qualms with them unbuzzing swear words in the DVDs except that in several cases I think it would significantly affect the joke. I also agree that the show is almost getting less adult. Which, yeah, is weird, and I wouldn't mind a reversal of that trend either. I think it's happening because they want to keep the show's original atmosphere despite the change in network so they're really hesitant to do anything "Comedy-Central-esque" even though there was stuff in the original run that approached that level. I don't think the show suffers from its lack of gratuitous nudity, though.
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coldangel
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I don't think the show suffers from its lack of gratuitous nudity, though.
EVERYTHING suffers from a lack of gratuitous nudity.
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Gorky
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I always assume the reluctance to take things to the next level in this area is a result of simple American prudishness. It's okay to blow people's heads off, but Janet Jackson's tit must be stopped. That sort of thing.
Janet Jackson's tits are huuuge, though. They could take over an entire nation, if they so desired. As far as American prudishness goes: To a certain extent, you're probably right. I don't think the writers themselves are prudes (I mean, they're guys), but there's a definite admonishment in mainstream American culture to not push the envelope too far, lest whatever you're trying to sell seem unnecessarily crude. (Unless you're trying to sell something to the lowest common denominator and you know that sex sells. There is a definite distinction between "artsy" adult content and "low-brow" adult content, but it's still a fine line.) Of course, there's a difference between crudeness and realism, so I wouldn't mind more swearing or sexual stuff or darker subject matter, if only because that would serve to make Futurama more relevant than it already is. I'm just saying that I understand the pressures the writers are under. Then again, I don't think the show has been toned down or kid-ified at all...
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coldangel
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I'd like to see the show's content reach a maturity level on par with Archer. The groundwork is there.
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Tachyon
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I think he'll be disappointed when/if she finally does because with all of the teaser shots in BBS, ITWGY, and the regular eps there's no part of her frontage that hasn't been uncovered at some time. Therefore, if continuity is followed she doesn't actually have nipples...
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coldangel
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I'm presuming you're wanting animated boobies, not just pictures. 'Cos you know where to find the latter already. Amiright?
You know that I do. But fakes are no match for the REAL Leela. I think he'll be disappointed when/if she finally does because with all of the teaser shots in BBS, ITWGY, and the regular eps there's no part of her frontage that hasn't been uncovered at some time. Therefore, if continuity is followed she doesn't actually have nipples...
Oh man. How weird would boobs look without nipples?! They'd be like... chest buttocks.
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coldangel
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I know you are, but what am I?
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coldangel
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Takes one to know one.
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DannyJC13
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If they can show Bart Simpson's penis in the Simpsons Movie then they can show Leela's tits. What are we, gay?
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coldangel
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Yeah. Plus that was basically kiddy-porn. That's about as depraved as you can get.
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coldangel
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Can't view it in this country. What? Are there boobs?
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Zmithy
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Be careful what you wish for... odds are if the writers got the thumbs up for nudity, the absolute first thing we'd see is farnsworth's wrinkly wang flopping about with lots of long, lingering closeups.
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DannyJC13
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I don't see a problem there.
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