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Missed watching it with the thread, but first couple new episodes were good. I liked the first more than the second. Looking through the thread, guess I'm in the minority on that one. 
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The number you have dialed has been lame since 1989.
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| # ¿ Jul 1, 2011 02:15 |
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Prof. Spaceman posted:This is already the best episode of the half-season. I agree, this has been hilarious.
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| # ¿ Jul 1, 2011 02:20 |
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SHUT UP, GOD!
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| # ¿ Jul 1, 2011 02:29 |
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I'm back from lotsa stuff.
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| # ¿ Jul 1, 2011 02:30 |
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That was a great episode. One of the best of the half-season so far, and I think one of the best of the whole season altogether. 
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| # ¿ Jul 1, 2011 02:33 |
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That was a pretty good episode. Last half was much stronger than the first, and I loved the ending "Executive Producers" gag.
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| # ¿ Jul 8, 2011 04:31 |
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Figured I'd be the first to say that Maurice Lamarche was dead-on: "The Late Philip J. Fry" is up for a 2011 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program! ... and its competition is The Cleveland Show, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons and South Park. If Futurama loses, we riot.
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| # ¿ Jul 14, 2011 15:44 |
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Delzuma posted:You put that one up but not this one? For shame sir! I'm still unsure about the upcoming anime episode. It feels a little... easy. But we'll see what happens.
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2011 20:57 |
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Kind of surprised to see all the backlash this episode has gotten. It was definitely a lower-tier episode, but I think Attack of the Killer App and That Darn Katz were both worse. Honestly, it was about on-par with other Leela-centric pure comedy episodes, like A Leela of Her Own. Which, although I don't mind it, I know many consider one of the worst episodes of the series, so what do I know? V V
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| # ¿ Jul 22, 2011 04:47 |
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Sugar Blaster posted:Sorry, but "clown fundamentals" is one of the best jokes of the entire series. Yeah, like I said, I like the episode well enough, I just know that some people consider it one of the weakest. I'm one of those people who will say there's no really outright bad episode in the entire series. There's weaker ones, definitely, but it's never been unwatchable for me. Well, Attack of the Killer App came pretty close to being unwatchable. But it had some good gags still.
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| # ¿ Jul 22, 2011 06:11 |
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Martytoof posted:Leela also looked like she was animated way off model in the first few minutes. Her face was all weird. That's been happening a lot this season. I first really noticed Hermes' looked off in quite a few shots of Lethal Inspection.
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| # ¿ Jul 22, 2011 11:14 |
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bitterandtwisted posted:Parasites Lost, Where no fan has gone before, Roswell that ends well, The Farnsworth Paradox, The Late Philip J. Fry and the Prisoner of Benda are all based on sci-fi ideas and are all great. Coincidence? Also note that these episodes focus more on Planet Express, in part or in whole, as a group. Character-specific episodes are fine, but it feels like there's been a lot more of those this season than necessary. In particular, Bender is feeling a bit overused. Not sure if anyone else finds this interesting but me, but this most recent episode was written by Eric Horsted, who's been with the show since the beginning and was the head writer on great episodes like A Flight to Remember, A Taste of Freedom and War is the H-Word (which is one of my overall favorites in the entire series). It's kinda weird how quality between episodes can vary so much, but I guess everyone has off days.
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| # ¿ Jul 22, 2011 19:26 |
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Indecline posted:No mention of The Duh-Vinci Code and That Darn Katz? This episode was fairly mediocre but nowhere near that level of lovely. The Duh-Vinci Code is actually one of my personal favorites of this season. 
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sebzilla posted:If time passes in the Futurama universe (so it's now 3011) why are all the orphans still the same age as they were in 3002 or whenever? Jack of Hearts posted:While the years change, time passes much more slowly in Futurama as an unintended consequence of the decision to change the speed of light in 2208. That's why Fry still appears to be a twentysomething slacker even though he should be approaching forty by now. The Simpsons, South Park and other shows all do the same thing. I know Futurama generally uses more continuity than those, but it's still the same kind of deal.
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| # ¿ Jul 22, 2011 23:13 |
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It stands out even more when they bring up random bits of continuity out of nowhere (like Hermes' "uh oh, it's another one of Fry's dogs!" line from A Clockwork Origin). I'm not as much of a continuity stickler as some people, and I'm in the camp that believes not-as-good Futurama is still better than no Futurama, but a little bit of cohesion between episodes would be nice.
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| # ¿ Jul 22, 2011 23:31 |
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Firos posted:I can do other human stuff. Look, I age! Aw, now I'll need a fake ID to rent ultra-porn...
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| # ¿ Jul 23, 2011 01:27 |
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RillAkBea posted:I think the worst part of it was the level of transparency. In particular the bit with everyone making noise. They just didn't even bother with trying to write it in character. I thought that was the funniest part of the episode. If just for "Friends, look! I accidentally learned how to tap dance!"
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| # ¿ Jul 23, 2011 20:38 |
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I've enjoyed the episodes this season more often than not. I'd say that Lethal Inspection, The Late Philip J. Fry, The Prisoner of Benda and The Silence of the Clamps were about as good as the very best of the original run. Sure, there's been a couple stinkers, but taking into consideration that it's been getting its footing back after a very long absence from TV, it's pretty impressive how many good episodes we've had. It's probably been the weakest overall season in the entire series, but it's a far cry from the revival of Family Guy.
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| # ¿ Jul 29, 2011 00:05 |
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Yeah, the EyePhone episode is my least favorite in the entire series, but even then, it created one of my favorite new running jokes in the series, with Fry calling out "Help! Police!" when he's in trouble. That just tickles me.
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| # ¿ Jul 29, 2011 00:25 |
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Just got around to watching it, that was a fantastic episode. Easily one of the best of the season. I agree with the sentiment someone said earlier, about the episode wasting a bit too much time at the beginning, but all-in-all it was really funny, smart and well-done. More than makes up for the shortcomings of Yo Leela Leela.
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| # ¿ Jul 29, 2011 09:08 |
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Kashew posted:I thought the new episode didn't air last night! I turned on my TV to Comedy Central and everything and it was the "None Like it Hot" episode. The episode is called Crimes of the Hot.  Also the new one aired at 9 instead of 10 for some reason.
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| # ¿ Jul 29, 2011 20:38 |
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axleblaze posted:That's the thing though, there really weren't that many Hermes smokes weed jokes" before the new season. In fact I can't remember any but I'm open to the fact that I might be forgetting some. On the other hand almost every episode in this half season has had one and none of them have really been that funny. What about "I've smoked a lot of paper in my day" from Lethal Inspection? I liked that one.  I do agree that they're doing the weed jokes a bit too often. And using Scruffy a little too much.
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| # ¿ Jul 29, 2011 22:24 |
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I really enjoyed this episode. It felt like one from the original run.
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| # ¿ Aug 6, 2011 20:20 |
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Late to the party, but I actually liked the recent episode a fair bit. It's probably one of my favorites of the overall season. I'm a bit bothered by the lack of consistency with Fry and Leela, but I can overlook that for what was by and large a funny, well-written episode. Also "so are walnuts, and they're delicious!" is one of my new favorite lines in the entire series.
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| # ¿ Aug 15, 2011 01:41 |
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:A feast is a feast! Okay, okay, just give me something crawling with parasites.
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| # ¿ Aug 17, 2011 00:19 |
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kangal posted:Cardboard, this membership card has expired. Aw, now I'll need a fake ID to rent ultra-porn...
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| # ¿ Aug 17, 2011 02:51 |
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sebzilla posted:At least this naked?! How much more naked could you be? Watch and learn! *rips off shell and flops around*
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| # ¿ Aug 18, 2011 19:23 |
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I gotta say, that episode was really great. One of my favorites of the new season. Surprisingly sweet. 
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| # ¿ Aug 19, 2011 04:31 |
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Yeah, I wouldn't really say the episode felt like original run (there was a lot more violence and vulgarity than that) but it was a shining example of the best of the new run.
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| # ¿ Aug 19, 2011 05:46 |
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movax posted:I may have a shed a single tear at the end of the episode, it was just so I actually thought they were going to end the episode right at Zoidberg standing there alone. I'm so glad they didn't. Also, on the whole first names thing... I thought it was established at one point that Turunga is actually her last name, and the mutants use the whole surname first kinda deal, like some Eastern cultures. I mean come on, even her parents call her Leela. I don't think it was explained in an episode, but in a commentary. Cardboard Box fucked around with this message at Aug 19, 2011 around 16:58 |
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. Poor Zoidberg, "it cost me nothing. Nothing at all" followed by "I wanted to tan...once" 
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What the gently caress? This comment I saw on a review of this episode:quote:Another terrible episode comprised of too much randomness and little character humor. Did they watch the same episode I did? 
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| # ¿ Aug 19, 2011 18:56 |
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I'm surprised you fell for a troll that obvious. I'm bad at detecting trolls because I've convinced myself that everyone on the internet is terrible.
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| # ¿ Aug 19, 2011 20:10 |
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Coleman posted:Well, don't look into it, but I'm a respected internal medicine doctor. As for me, I design mansions, then live in them.  I'M LYING, I'M AN APPALLING FAILURE
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| # ¿ Aug 21, 2011 02:48 |
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Oh my God, thank you for that GIF. I was going to ask someone to make that and decided against it for some reason.
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| # ¿ Aug 21, 2011 19:03 |
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SlothfulCobra posted:None of them know who he is or that he works there. Fry has him on his cell phone contacts!
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| # ¿ Aug 22, 2011 01:48 |
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I think my favorite joke of the latest episode was the Professor eating the salad. I just realized: they cut that salad after they already dripped cyanide on the blades. Wouldn't the salad be poisoned?
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Well Bender was the third to add cyanide to the axes and the salad was cut before he did that so there's only a 2/5 chance any of the axes were poisoned so shut up. Cryptic Edge posted:Plus they were each only adding a drop of cyanide. Now I may just be a simple country hyper-chicken, and not a fancy "M."D. but I know it takes more cyanide than that to kill someone. I've been as dumb as Fry. 
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| # ¿ Aug 22, 2011 19:56 |
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poo poo, I'm having to miss tonight's episode. I hope it's a good one!
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| # ¿ Aug 26, 2011 02:20 |
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noblesse posted:Can someone tell me if the season improves after the first handful of episodes? My boyfriend and I were really excited to start this new season and, apart from the first episode, there have really been some cringe-inducing ones. The episodes pick up right after that last one you mentioned, for the most part. There's still a couple weakish ones (like That Darn Katz and the Holiday Spectacular) but by and large most of them are enjoyable, and a few of them are great.
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