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post #101 of 266
7/9/10 at 11:10am
Definitely better than the last episode, if only for the gags. The plot was pretty lame, but there were a handful of funny moments. Loved Kif's "bad boy" look at the end.

Also nice to see that Pauly Shore and Fry's ex went the distance.
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post #102 of 266
7/9/10 at 11:29am
Loved this episode. Although I really wanted it to be Mom that came in and roped Bender insted of the priest.

Hermes and his circusitis might have been my favorite gag.
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post #103 of 266
7/9/10 at 11:49am
Oh, it was definitely funnier than last week's episode. I was just commenting on its sloppiness. Loved how the Robo-Priest was getting off by making the sinners tackle the dummies.
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post #104 of 266
7/9/10 at 12:55pm
"Mama said Spock you out."
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post #105 of 266
7/10/10 at 7:37pm
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Originally Posted by Count Floyd View Post
Another one that was probably not for fans of character consistency or continuity, but there were a ton of great lines, and it had a really good rhythm going. For whatever reason "Even ghost and horse!" just slayed me.
Yeah, loved that too. It's like a parody of the Right Wing's objection to marriage equality -- "If gays are able to get married, what's to stop toddlers and pine cones!?"
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post #106 of 266
7/10/10 at 10:11pm
"This cattle prod should help."

"How would a ca--"

BZZZZZZZZT!

"Now get out there!"

I've quite liked three of the first four episodes. If that pace holds, I'll be a happy man.
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post #107 of 266
7/10/10 at 11:01pm
This was a pretty damn quotable episode, really.

"WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS!"
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post #108 of 266
7/11/10 at 2:53am
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I've quite liked three of the first four episodes. If that pace holds, I'll be a happy man.
1 stinker for every 4 episodes would be pretty good.
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post #109 of 266
7/11/10 at 3:11am
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This was a pretty damn quotable episode, really.

"WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS!"
That and circusitis were my favorite bits. Very quotable episode.
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post #110 of 266
7/11/10 at 3:49am
This Thursday's episode was the first new one I've seen, and I thought it was pretty damn hilarious. I second the love for the hilarious scene of the Robopriest getting off on the robots tackling the dummies.

Also great was the episode was followed by the classic "Mars University" Animal House/Revenge Of The Nerds spoof episode from the first season.
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post #111 of 266
7/13/10 at 7:58pm
No great character moments, but this episode was as funny as Futurama at its best.

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Originally Posted by Count Floyd View Post
Another one that was probably not for fans of character consistency or continuity, but there were a ton of great lines, and it had a really good rhythm going. For whatever reason "Even ghost and horse!" just slayed me.
Awesome gag, cemented by the moment when the crowd boos and the ghost lets out a ridiculous "WOOOOOOOOO!"
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post #112 of 266
7/16/10 at 10:56am
Some good stuff. But overall a kind of "meh" episode.

Odd side note...comcast just added Comedy Central HD here and it's 3 hours off the normal schedule. Standard Comcast had Futurama on in it's normal slot. HD had it on 3 hours earlier. Weird...
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post #113 of 266
7/16/10 at 11:00am
I thought it was very funny. The professor is my favorite character, so anything where he is in the spotlight I'm going to enjoy.
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post #114 of 266
7/16/10 at 11:26am
All these new episodes have felt a little "off" to me.
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post #115 of 266
7/16/10 at 11:30am
Thought this weeks was the weakest episode of the season, by far. In the beginning, it looked like they were setting up some genuine character moments between Fry and Farnsworth, but I guess they've given up on that sort of thing. Which isn't necessarily a problem - last weeks episode did absolutely nothing with the characters, but got by on a stupid / flimsy premise because the gags were nonstop and were consistently hilarious. Last weeks ep was probably the funniest of the season so far. But the jokes mostly fell flat this week and coupled with a very flimsy premise (seriously, I don't remember Futurama ever being this dumb and nonsensical), this episode was just a dud.
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post #116 of 266
7/16/10 at 11:46am
Fry was almost too Cartoony. The Nerd Bully was awesome as was the Morbo game show and the running gag of Fry using a nail to hammer a nail.
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post #117 of 266
7/16/10 at 11:57am
Yesterday, Fresh Air had a very entertaining interview with Billy West. You can find the podcast at their site.
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post #118 of 266
7/16/10 at 10:00pm
I really liked this episode. Also considering the selection of repeats they had on its hard to say that Fry was being too cartoony in this episode. For those who didn't see the repeats include the brains invading earth and the one where they go back in time and Fry becomes his own grandfather. Its always been consistant Fry is an idiot.
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post #119 of 266
7/16/10 at 11:14pm
Well yeah he has always been an idiot. They just seemed to turn the dial up on this one.
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post #120 of 266
7/17/10 at 3:04am
I disagree. I just feel that it has been so long since we've consistently followed these characters that we've lost touch. I've started watching all of the reruns again when I can, and these episodes really feel way more "right" than we are giving them credit for, as far as I'm concerned.
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post #121 of 266
7/17/10 at 9:13am
Yeah, these eps have been consistently hilarious and would fit right in with the older seasons. 90% of those episodes were concentrated on the weird sci-fi concepts. The only thing that's missing is a tearjerker or character-based episode, but I'm sure one will pop up sooner or later.
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post #122 of 266
7/17/10 at 10:01am
I have to politely disagree. I watch re-runs of the old eps all the time, including the back-to-back ones they air around the new series, and I think the timing, the delivery, and the all-around feel of the new episodes to be just a little off. It's not a deal-breaker, but I think there's clearly a difference.

Just my humble.
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post #123 of 266
7/17/10 at 11:50am
I haven't seen the old series for a while, but episode 6x04 was my favourite for a long time. Just packed full of great little jokes (even if the main plot wasn't all that great). Most of those jokes have been mentioned already, but I almost choked up a lung when Bender produced the accordion and emphatically sung to Amy that they should leave.
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post #124 of 266
7/19/10 at 11:58am
Fry's repeated "Hi, Animatronio!" absolutely killed me for some reason. The delivery of that line is just so damn relentlessly feckless and cheerful.
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post #125 of 266
7/19/10 at 1:23pm
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Just packed full of great little jokes (even if the main plot wasn't all that great).
For better or worse, this seems to be the trend with the new season.

Old futurama episodes could basically be broken down into 3 categories - strong, character driven episodes (Luck of the Fryrish, Parasites Lost, Jurassic Bark), weird sci-fi headtrips (Farnsworth Parabox, The Sting, Roswell That Ends Well), and weaker gag-based throwaways (just about every Bender-centric episode).

The writers seem to be recapturing the feel of the latter category just fine (weak plots, but [mostly] great gags coming quickly and consistently). But its the first two categories that really made Futurama something special. And we haven't gotten much of that... yet.
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post #126 of 266
7/20/10 at 12:08pm
I'm weird, because I liked the DaVinci episode best so far this season. It consistently went somewhere I didn't expect.
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post #127 of 266
7/20/10 at 1:20pm
Loved the x-ray gag at Hermes' expense.

"I'm not big-boned! I'm just fat!!!"
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post #128 of 266
7/23/10 at 4:59am
when the prof called bender a mortal coil i just about lost it
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post #129 of 266
7/23/10 at 11:37am
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Loved the x-ray gag at Hermes' expense.

"I'm not big-boned! I'm just fat!!!"
I loved that he had like a little kid skeleton.

Last nights episode was pretty great, although the "sith war" was kinda weak.
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post #130 of 266
7/23/10 at 11:59am
"You call that an ink defense?"

"It's a calculator. I ate it to gain its power."

So I've officially decided: The new FUTURAMA is just as great as it's always been.
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post #131 of 266
7/23/10 at 12:25pm
Not to mention the genuinely touching ending. Definitely my favorite episode of the season.
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post #132 of 266
7/23/10 at 1:20pm
"Thanks to denial, I'm immortal!"

Good Bender episode, and a rare good Hermes episode.

Cool subtle reference I'd never have noticed if it wasn't for a comment under the AV Club review: the old man who dies in the queue asking for his death certificate is apparently the same guy at the end of the queue in the old central bureaucracy episode, who was talking about how he was still waiting for his birth certificate.
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post #133 of 266
7/23/10 at 1:30pm
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"It's a calculator. I ate it to gain its power."
This was maybe my favorite line.

And yeah the ending was pretty good.
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post #134 of 266
7/23/10 at 2:14pm
Liked this episode a lot. The opening Star Wars stuff was dumb (but I did enjoy Scruffy - "the candle that burns twice as bright lasts half as long"), but I have a soft spot for all the Hermes / bureaucracy gags. And the ending was surprisingly touching.
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post #135 of 266
7/24/10 at 12:37pm
The ending proves that while Futurama may have lost it, it still has it.

"Mexico: Silver Medal Winner Mexican-American War"
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post #136 of 266
7/25/10 at 12:08am
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The ending proves that while Futurama may have lost it, it still has it.

"Mexico: Silver Medal Winner Mexican-American War"
I was coming in here to say much the same thing. I didn't really like the episode that much. Seems like they're trying too hard these days, unconfidently cramming in extra jokes everywhere. But that ending was straight out of the original run. Gives me hope that maybe things will improve.
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post #137 of 266
7/25/10 at 12:20am
Supposedly next week's ep. is the best of the bunch and one of the favorites of those behind-the-scenes.
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post #138 of 266
7/30/10 at 12:15am
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Supposedly next week's ep. is the best of the bunch
This is 100% accurate. Fantastic episode from start to finish.
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post #139 of 266
7/30/10 at 1:40am
Yeah, that was pretty great.

"slow down, I'll shoot Hitler from the window"
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post #140 of 266
7/30/10 at 3:27am
Just seeing Morbo in a news reporter trenchcoat tickled me.

This was a sweet episode. It really played to the show's strengths.
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post #141 of 266
7/30/10 at 4:08am
yeah good episode.

But imo it really should have ended with frys line in the restaurant: "That was the old fry ... He's dead now".
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post #142 of 266
7/30/10 at 10:55am
Yeah but Bender burying the Bodies was great.

And I forgot about Morbo in the trenchcoat...that was awesome.
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post #143 of 266
7/30/10 at 11:00am
Yeah, I really enjoyed this episode as well.
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post #144 of 266
7/30/10 at 11:37am
The last two episodes have taken cues from earlier Futurama episodes - Bender's defect / Leela's orphan story, and Time Machine / Roswell That Ends Well, but both were clearly more in the vein of previous Futurama than any of the others this season. I can say definitively now that the show is back.
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post #145 of 266
7/30/10 at 11:39am
That was an amazing episode. They played loose with modern astrophysics in a perfectly cartoonish way, had some great HG Wells references, and loads of creative visuals.

I loved the year 252525 and "We'll have to bring her 'round again."
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post #146 of 266
7/30/10 at 12:29pm
The song was awesome too.
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post #147 of 266
7/30/10 at 3:54pm
Oh man, that opening bit...I've so been there. Robots are ALWAYS playing the hambone in my bedroom all hours of the night.

I've just realized, Bender's singing alwyas cracks me up. Always.
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post #148 of 266
7/30/10 at 6:11pm
That was great. Love when the show gets really funky with its science. I've lost count of the amount of times the main characters have died/been replaced with duplicates/travelled to alternate dimensions.


"What was the purpose of life anyway?"

"Who knows, probably some hogwash about the human spirit."
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post #149 of 266
7/31/10 at 12:04am
In the year one million and a half
Humankind is enslaved by giraffe
Man must pay for all its misdeeds
When the treetops are stripped of their leaves
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post #150 of 266
7/31/10 at 1:28am
Other things that made me crack up...

The little snort Leela gives when she responds to Cubert.

The Professor's drinking teeth.

The overly extended homage to the end of Planet of the Apes.

Elzar bringing cake.

That song was INDEED amazing.

In the yeeeear, twentyfivetwentyfivetwentyfiiiive...
the backwards time-machine still won't have arrived...
In all the world, there's only one technology...
A rusty sword for practicing proctologyyyyy!
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