The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.
Still makes me laugh out loud, even after watching it sooooo many times.
Once pointed out to me as a joke during the ball war, "This is not a productive area of conversation" I finally got the joke, and I laugh really hard at that line everytime now. I think its missed very often, because the cold delivery makes you think that is the joke itself.
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I don't get it.
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This episode definitely wins for best of the new season (so far). It wasn't landmark and didn't expand the arc of the show in ways other episodes have, but it was just a good, solid episode.
The shifting tone the writers (and Billy West) have had with Fry since the movies was missing here, and that was a blessing.
But Christ, Hedonism Bot again? Are gay-panic jokes all the writers have now?
I've been seeing this phrase is reviews all over lately, and can't come up with a definition anywhere. Pretty sure you're not referring to the Matthew Shepard defense.
I think I know what you mean from context, but is this term more specific than "gay jokes" somehow?
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I've been seeing this phrase is reviews all over lately, and can't come up with a definition anywhere. Pretty sure you're not referring to the Matthew Shepard defense.
I think I know what you mean from context, but is this term more specific than "gay jokes" somehow?
More specifically, it usually refers to an unwarranted or inappropriate solicitation of a homosexual dynamic.
For example, a gay character talking about gay sex to another gay character isn't gay panic, even if it's meant as a joke. However, a straight character suddenly being approached by a gay character for gay acts is gay panic, and quite often the extent of the joke itself, making it not only shallow and poor writing, but bigoted as well, i.e., "Oh, no, how horrible it is that this gay person is attracted to me!"
But just like "My Manwich!" the writers keep running back to the same wells over and over. Instead of digging new ones.
Right. With the exception of The Simpsons, few shows have a peripheral cast as deep as Futurama, so returning to the same handful of punchlines and catchphrases is really getting stale now.
I mean, it's "Drinking Game" bad. From now on, "my manwich!" gets you two shots, Hedonism Bot gets you three, and Leela's "oh, Lord," gets you five.
I don't think there's anything wrong with Leela saying that; that's just her character.
I really like Hedonism Bot but he needs to be a one off thing. it was great in that episode with Bender and the elite robot society, but bringing him up again kills it.
I don't think there's anything wrong with Leela saying that; that's just her character.
I really like Hedonism Bot but he needs to be a one off thing. it was great in that episode with Bender and the elite robot society, but bringing him up again kills it.
Are you talking about "The Beast With a Billion Backs"? His first appearance was in "Crimes of the Hot", and he was a key plot point in "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", so he was long past a one off thing by that point.
Also Zoidberg's narration at the end is fantastic.
It could only be more romantic if it was Valentines Day.
...What?
It WAS!?
Hooray!
Personally, I'm impressed that the staff manages to work in a little bit of funny Scruffy stuff into most episodes without succumbing to the temptation to give him his own b-plot or, god help us, an entire episode. A quick comment is all we need. I think that Scruffy's romance with the washbucket was about as much plot as he could possibly handle.
Love Hedonism Bot. It was sad when everyone was killed as his orgy, but fortunately he survived. Thats the danger you get when you have atomic powered stripper-bots. As if regular ones weren't bad enough!
Love Hedonism Bot. It was sad when everyone was killed as his orgy, but fortunately he survived. Thats the danger you get when you have atomic powered stripper-bots. As if regular ones weren't bad enough!
Jambi! More Oil!
I love the idea of an entire gigantic warehouse filled with deactivated hedonism-bots, just waiting for the current one to explode or otherwise die in some horribly decadent way. Then, the next hedonism bot in line activates and shuffles out the door. No explanation for why this warehouse exists, or who created it, or why they felt it necessary that there always be a hedonism bot.
Love Hedonism Bot. It was sad when everyone was killed as his orgy, but fortunately he survived. Thats the danger you get when you have atomic powered stripper-bots. As if regular ones weren't bad enough!
Jambi! More Oil!
I love the idea of an entire gigantic warehouse filled with deactivated hedonism-bots, just waiting for the current one to explode or otherwise die in some horribly decadent way. Then, the next hedonism bot in line activates and shuffles out the door. No explanation for why this warehouse exists, or who created it, or why they felt it necessary that there always be a hedonism bot.
I love this idea as well. I love trying to think up reasons why anyone would want to create or purchase a hedonism bot.
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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.
Still makes me laugh out loud, even after watching it sooooo many times.
Once pointed out to me as a joke during the ball war, "This is not a productive area of conversation" I finally got the joke, and I laugh really hard at that line everytime now. I think its missed very often, because the cold delivery makes you think that is the joke itself.
I don't get that one. Does it have something to do with, uh, testicles? Not a native speaker.
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We're marooned on a small island, in an endless sea,
Confined to a tiny spit of sand, unable to escape,
But tonight, it's heavy stuff.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.
Still makes me laugh out loud, even after watching it sooooo many times.
Once pointed out to me as a joke during the ball war, "This is not a productive area of conversation" I finally got the joke, and I laugh really hard at that line everytime now. I think its missed very often, because the cold delivery makes you think that is the joke itself.
I don't get that one. Does it have something to do with, uh, testicles? Not a native speaker.
Since the whole episode is centered around testicles, I'm going to say yes.
(also, I wanted to type "centred", but firefox tells me I spelled that wrong, it also looks weird).
I don't think there's anything wrong with Leela saying that; that's just her character.
I really like Hedonism Bot but he needs to be a one off thing. it was great in that episode with Bender and the elite robot society, but bringing him up again kills it.
Are you talking about "The Beast With a Billion Backs"? His first appearance was in "Crimes of the Hot", and he was a key plot point in "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", so he was long past a one off thing by that point.
I guess so. I don't mean one off in the strictest of senses. But he does seem to be showing up a lot lately.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised.
Still makes me laugh out loud, even after watching it sooooo many times.
Once pointed out to me as a joke during the ball war, "This is not a productive area of conversation" I finally got the joke, and I laugh really hard at that line everytime now. I think its missed very often, because the cold delivery makes you think that is the joke itself.
I don't get that one. Does it have something to do with, uh, testicles? Not a native speaker.
Reproductive is a common adjective for referring to sex-related things.
Also hedonism bot has done a decent amount of eating in recent episodes. And while he assumed Bender was at his house for some sort of robot orgy, the fact he has a giant wine cellar with the most alcoholic beverage ever produced fits into the theme of gluttony pretty well.
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Loved this line. Same vein as one of my other favorite Bender lines, when he's arguing with the ship about art.
"Why not create a National Endowment for strip clubs while we're at it?!"
"WHY NOT INDEED!"
This.
The very idea
Male-Male = arguing all the time about whatever
Male-Female = humping
Mainly because it happened to me at some point. Turns out it doesn't end well. Who knew she would try to merge with my programming?
It's not you Shrodinger, he just doesn't like your cat.
Still makes me laugh out loud, even after watching it sooooo many times.
You know, thery're not actually lolcat pictures for certain until you open them and collapse the wave form.
That MAY have been an easy lob but goddamn if I'm not going to report that for awesome.
Once pointed out to me as a joke during the ball war, "This is not a productive area of conversation" I finally got the joke, and I laugh really hard at that line everytime now. I think its missed very often, because the cold delivery makes you think that is the joke itself.
I get it!
ooooohh, now I get it!!
The shifting tone the writers (and Billy West) have had with Fry since the movies was missing here, and that was a blessing.
But Christ, Hedonism Bot again? Are gay-panic jokes all the writers have now?
I think I know what you mean from context, but is this term more specific than "gay jokes" somehow?
More specifically, it usually refers to an unwarranted or inappropriate solicitation of a homosexual dynamic.
For example, a gay character talking about gay sex to another gay character isn't gay panic, even if it's meant as a joke. However, a straight character suddenly being approached by a gay character for gay acts is gay panic, and quite often the extent of the joke itself, making it not only shallow and poor writing, but bigoted as well, i.e., "Oh, no, how horrible it is that this gay person is attracted to me!"
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But just like "My Manwich!" the writers keep running back to the same wells over and over. Instead of digging new ones.
Right. With the exception of The Simpsons, few shows have a peripheral cast as deep as Futurama, so returning to the same handful of punchlines and catchphrases is really getting stale now.
I mean, it's "Drinking Game" bad. From now on, "my manwich!" gets you two shots, Hedonism Bot gets you three, and Leela's "oh, Lord," gets you five.
I really like Hedonism Bot but he needs to be a one off thing. it was great in that episode with Bender and the elite robot society, but bringing him up again kills it.
On that note, who else would you expect to own such a high-class item as the Maltese Liquor? Other than the head of Billy Dee Williams, of course.
Are you talking about "The Beast With a Billion Backs"? His first appearance was in "Crimes of the Hot", and he was a key plot point in "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", so he was long past a one off thing by that point.
It could only be more romantic if it was Valentines Day.
...What?
It WAS!?
Hooray!
Personally, I'm impressed that the staff manages to work in a little bit of funny Scruffy stuff into most episodes without succumbing to the temptation to give him his own b-plot or, god help us, an entire episode. A quick comment is all we need. I think that Scruffy's romance with the washbucket was about as much plot as he could possibly handle.
Jambi! More Oil!
I love the idea of an entire gigantic warehouse filled with deactivated hedonism-bots, just waiting for the current one to explode or otherwise die in some horribly decadent way. Then, the next hedonism bot in line activates and shuffles out the door. No explanation for why this warehouse exists, or who created it, or why they felt it necessary that there always be a hedonism bot.
I love this idea as well. I love trying to think up reasons why anyone would want to create or purchase a hedonism bot.
I'd rather his hedonism was mutli-faceted. These days it seems to be only sexual. What happened to the gluttony?
Roger from American Dad is closer to the original Hedonism Bot these days than Hedonism Bot is.
I don't get that one. Does it have something to do with, uh, testicles? Not a native speaker.
Confined to a tiny spit of sand, unable to escape,
But tonight, it's heavy stuff.
Since the whole episode is centered around testicles, I'm going to say yes.
(also, I wanted to type "centred", but firefox tells me I spelled that wrong, it also looks weird).
I guess so. I don't mean one off in the strictest of senses. But he does seem to be showing up a lot lately.
Reproductive is a common adjective for referring to sex-related things.
Also hedonism bot has done a decent amount of eating in recent episodes. And while he assumed Bender was at his house for some sort of robot orgy, the fact he has a giant wine cellar with the most alcoholic beverage ever produced fits into the theme of gluttony pretty well.