Honestly, I think all the new episodes are just as good as the classic ones. My general qualifier for a show being overall great is one simple question: How often will I, while channel surfing, notice this show is on, and keep surfing?
With Futurama, the answer is never, and that makes it a great show. I do not know of a single episode I would skip past, unless I'd already seen it at least a dozen times...recently.
Even the movie episodes. I've never seen any of the movies (except maybe BwaBB) all the way through, but I'll watch the second half of it, and enjoy it.
Old episodes? Great. New episodes? Great. Futurama? Greaaaaaaaaat!
NappuccinoSurveyor of Things and StuffRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
I will say that the first 3 episodes felt tonally more like the movies and all of the episodes since have felt more like classic futurama.
Which is great, because classic futurama is the reason why i love futurama. The movies were good but seeing such a wonderful return to form is amazing.
Overall, a really good episode.
I felt like some of the earlier time travel stuff could have been better, but overall, the episode was well done, and quite funny.
"We've solved the time paradox!"
I was a bit irked by
how technically, most of the characters we knew from the entire series up to this point are dead and gone. I'll get past it, but it's just... I don't know, weird.
how technically, most of the characters we knew from the entire series up to this point are dead and gone. I'll get past it, but it's just... I don't know, weird.
I wonder what happened to the Fry/Farnesworth/Bender set from the second universe? The one where the professor fell again? They didn't kill them, so why didn't they end up in the same universe as the first group?
Or did the professor in that group screw up again, going further into the future and missing yet another group that would then go to the future and mess up an-
I wonder what happened to the Fry/Farnesworth/Bender set from the second universe? The one where the professor fell again? They didn't kill them, so why didn't they end up in the same universe as the first group?
Or did the professor in that group screw up again, going further into the future and missing yet another group that would then go to the future and mess up an-
Oh my I've gone cross-eyed
It explains the paradox perfectly!
Fry 1 is in universe 3, Fry 3 is dead, and Fry 2 never went anywhere due to the Professor not being obsessed with time travel, having no Hitler to kill.
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edited July 2010
I feel like the lack of writers was showing in this episode again. It was a fantastic premise and it was pretty well executed but the little stuff was still off. They had a great opportunity for throwaway jokes in the few minutes where they were traveling forward but mostly it was filled with nonsense. Which was ok, I guess, but a room of seasoned writers would have punched it up into something really stellar.
They're putting their more limited resources into where it counts, so I can't possibly fault them for it.
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The universe our Fry landed in, Universe 3, may not only be 10 feet lower, but also a few minutes older, given that he arrived right on time despite apparently already being late already by his own watch.
Or, you know, it was inaccurate from all the time travel. Either or.
Late to the party and only partially in, but had to pause the dvr to say, woooo @ the 'in the year 2525' parody song, oh man! ( and was also sad that a friend on msn didn't know it was a song before now rofl)
edit: hot damn that felt like full on classic futurama, woo! Paradox resolved!
The universe our Fry landed in, Universe 3, may not only be 10 feet lower, but also a few minutes older, given that he arrived right on time despite apparently already being late already by his own watch.
Or, you know, it was inaccurate from all the time travel. Either or.
Well his own watch was still ticking while he was travelling so of course it'd show him as being late.
I feel like the lack of writers was showing in this episode again. It was a fantastic premise and it was pretty well executed but the little stuff was still off. They had a great opportunity for throwaway jokes in the few minutes where they were traveling forward but mostly it was filled with nonsense. Which was ok, I guess, but a room of seasoned writers would have punched it up into something really stellar.
They're putting their more limited resources into where it counts, so I can't possibly fault them for it.
I have to side with DK here. I didn't really like this episode. It wasn't terrible, it was just...bland. For an episode with such potential, I was mostly just bored.
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It's also a huge callback to the Cryonic Woman.
And you can never go home. But nonetheless.
"Oooh...the vast emptiness!" *shakes hand with empty beer*
That was brilliant.
"Whoops, better bring her round again."
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Fixed your spoiler a bit. You can feel even more sap like now :P
http://www.audioentropy.com/
Though Fry not cheating on leela for once (for whatever the reason) is kind of refreshing.
It'd be pretty damned hard to hit that time again.
holy shit you blew my mind! Blew it!
I agree.
Any harder than hitting the exact moment before they traveled into the future?
http://www.audioentropy.com/
In the year one million and a half, mankind is enslaved by giraffes
:whistle:
Hell I'd go there once a Week.
Best line though?
Not quite as good as The Devil's Hands, but close.
With Futurama, the answer is never, and that makes it a great show. I do not know of a single episode I would skip past, unless I'd already seen it at least a dozen times...recently.
Even the movie episodes. I've never seen any of the movies (except maybe BwaBB) all the way through, but I'll watch the second half of it, and enjoy it.
Old episodes? Great. New episodes? Great. Futurama? Greaaaaaaaaat!
Which is great, because classic futurama is the reason why i love futurama. The movies were good but seeing such a wonderful return to form is amazing.
I felt like some of the earlier time travel stuff could have been better, but overall, the episode was well done, and quite funny.
I was a bit irked by
It's a bit like the American Dad episode about
Or did the professor in that group screw up again, going further into the future and missing yet another group that would then go to the future and mess up an-
Oh my I've gone cross-eyed
It explains the paradox perfectly!
They're putting their more limited resources into where it counts, so I can't possibly fault them for it.
Or, you know, it was inaccurate from all the time travel. Either or.
edit: hot damn that felt like full on classic futurama, woo! Paradox resolved!
edit: Also, the best line was definitely:
"Oooooh the vast emptiness!"
"Yeah yeah I can take a hint"
Theoretically infinite times, to be exact. >.<
They reshow it a few times throughout the week.
I think it gets replayed on Sunday. They replay them ad nauseum. I've seen the Animatronio episode like 5 times now.
3DS Friend Code: 0404-6826-4588 PM if you add.
The last few episodes have been as good as old Futurama, it's the only show I look forward to every week now (until Survivor is back on, at least).
You'll just have to come around again.
Bender through the entire episode was great, especially regarding the Terminator future.
"Hey, this isn't so bad. We could live over there on that pile of skulls!"
Doesn't bother me too much, but just realized it. Everyone else's voices seem back.
I have to side with DK here. I didn't really like this episode. It wasn't terrible, it was just...bland. For an episode with such potential, I was mostly just bored.