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That episode was very interesting. No, wait, the other thing. Tedious.
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First episode I've ever stopped watching halfway through.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:31
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Yeah I think it was pretty obvious that whoever wrote that episode doesn't like childrens' television much.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:32
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lelandjs posted:Yeah I think it was pretty obvious that whoever wrote that episode doesn't like childrens' television much. Or orphans.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:33
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I'm guessing the writer thought it was a lot funnier than it was. No idea how it got green-lit, though.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:33
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Why do I always like the episodes everyone else seems to hate? 
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Jul 22, 2011 03:33
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feedmyleg posted:First episode I've ever stopped watching halfway through. You didn't miss anything.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:34
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OneTwentySix posted:I'm guessing the writer thought it was a lot funnier than it was. No idea how it got green-lit, though. You know what we like better than good ideas? Money! And time not spent trying to write good ideas.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:34
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It wasn't Susan-the-Boil stupid, but, yeah, lowlight. At least we have options for the titlequote that I can't quite remember right now.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:36
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feedmyleg posted:First episode I've ever stopped watching halfway through. Seconded, this and the Susan Boil episode killed it for me. Am I the only one who doesn't like cartoon characters singing? In any show? Don't get me wrong, the opera song was awesome, from the last episode of the previous season.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:37
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I think this was more clever than funny, especially the ending, which puts it above half the episodes this summer. It also had my favorite line of the half-season: "If only he wasn't my brother."
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Jul 22, 2011 03:38
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Z.S. Ghost posted:It wasn't Susan-the-Boil stupid, but, yeah, lowlight. At least we have options for the titlequote that I can't quite remember right now. [Edit: Oh god was that the guy from Daily Show/Zhao from Last Airbender in the Taco Bell commercial?]
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Jul 22, 2011 03:38
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Not the best I've seen out of the show. By far it's not the worst, but it is one of the lower end episodes. I hate to say that, especially after how much I liked last week's episode.
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Jul 22, 2011 03:39
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axleblaze posted:Why do I always like the episodes everyone else seems to hate? Bad taste, perhaps?
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IUG posted:Seconded, this and the Susan Boil episode killed it for me. Am I the only one who doesn't like cartoon characters singing? In any show? Don't get me wrong, the opera song was awesome, from the last episode of the previous season. Katey Sagal is a trained singer and that is what she originally wanted to be. Why do I remember that from Married with Children THS?
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Jul 22, 2011 03:48
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Jul 22, 2011 03:57
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Wow that was really bad, but at least it wasn't another bender-centric bender worshiping episode.
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Jul 22, 2011 05:02
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That episode was awful. Worst of the lot.
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Jul 22, 2011 05:02
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That episode was really bad. Especially the super rushed ending. Whoever wrote it must be very angry at the world  
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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 05:47
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I think the cat episode was worse than this one...few good GIFable moments and laughing at orphans, but aside from that, pretty meh. "If you can't imagine...then I guess I can't neither  ", I laughed at the delivery, I guess I'm a bad man.
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Jul 22, 2011 05:50
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Cardboard Box posted: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
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Prof. Spaceman posted:Okay, I'm getting sick of Fry inexplicably having excessive knowledge of things from ten years after he was frozen. I'd like to find out that one of the many backwards, bizarre things about the 31st century is that they've drilled sideways into the buried ruins of the 21st century and are excavating upward at a rate of one year of pop culture per chronological year.
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Jul 22, 2011 06:16
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I noticed a little goof, about 9 minutes in:
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Jul 22, 2011 06:19
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I was on the fence about most of this episode, but Leela's tragic success at the end sold it to me. Wasn't one of the best, but I enjoyed myself.
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Jul 22, 2011 06:27
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Sugar Blaster posted:Sorry, but "clown fundamentals" is one of the best jokes of the entire series. Not to mention that Hank Aaron is funny as hell in that episode as well. I still liked this episode. But I guess Futurama is like pizza to me. Even when it's not that great, it's still pretty good. They'd have to really gently caress something up for me to not like it. I guess what stood out to me was that it seemed like a rushed script. There were a couple things I thought of that might have made this episode work better. If Leela hadn't gone from Leela to EgoTripLeela so quickly, or so blatantly, the twist would have been more of a surprise. Just some simple scenes showing her trying to write the show without actually being at the cartoon planet. Maybe struggling with the idea of going there a little bit. I did buy her treating the crew like crap, though not at the level of this episode. It just wasn't in her character to be THAT crass to them. MY IMMERSION! Anyway, it wasn't a horrible episode. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I've not seen a Futurama episode that was blatantly horrible YET. I know there will come a day, but I embrace it as a rite of passage for a great show. Someone put a wind farm in front of my keyboard! Edit: Also, it's not like they were short on time this episode. Wasn't that a full opening? Or am I just so used to the new short version that I've forgotten? woodch fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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Jul 22, 2011 07:05
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I'm in the "low key, but definitely not terrible" camp for this episode. The first half was pretty slow and Leela's bitchy attitude didn't fit in at all, but once they got to the real Rumbledy Hump planet, it was good. Bender had some good lines, but stayed in the background, and Rumbledy Hump characters had some funny stuff too (98 words we don't say song, "we didn't have a word for it... until now). The ending is another one that will probably be ignored in the long run, but I enjoyed it more than the first two episodes of this season.
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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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Grave $avings posted:I hate to say it but that was one awful episode of Futurama
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Sugar Blaster posted:Sorry, but "clown fundamentals" is one of the best jokes of the entire series. Oh, I can't help you play better than Tiny Iota. That guy was great.
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woodch posted:Edit: Also, it's not like they were short on time this episode. Wasn't that a full opening? Or am I just so used to the new short version that I've forgotten? It was and I really hope it stays. They cut out the best part of the theme song in the shortened opening and I hate it. Not at great episode, but I didn't mind it. There were a few good laughs. Leela episodes are generally weaker than most.
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Jul 22, 2011 07:30
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That episode was kind of bizarre, and not really funny at all except for the part where everyone was distracting Leela and the weird kids TV shows. As the episode went on, it became more background noise for me than something I actively wanted to watch, and not even enjoyable background noise. Shame after last week's was so great
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Jul 22, 2011 07:51
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Hearing Leila sing was sweet even if was cringe inducing. At the start it felt a little like a episode of the Simpsons for some reason however the evil ending was pure Futurama but.
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Jul 22, 2011 09:04
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That episode was so awful I think it gave me cancer. I chuckled once or twice but good lord. E: Leela also looked like she was animated way off model in the first few minutes. Her face was all weird. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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Jul 22, 2011 10:36
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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 12:14
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Cardboard Box posted:That's been happening a lot this season. I first really noticed Hermes' looked off in quite a few shots of Lethal Inspection. You can thank Comedy Central's overseas animation department for that
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Jul 22, 2011 12:26
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I didn't really get the closing joke of the last episode. I'm guessing that only Hollywood writers will appreciate it. In fact, the whole drat episode felt like a big writers' in-joke.
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Stonefish posted:Oh, I can't help you play better than Tiny Iota. That guy was great. You only go on when we're losing, or when our other pitchers leave early to beat the traffic!
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