Futurama - General Discussion

[Spartan Girl]

Oh goody, they’re doing the pandemic.

Wow, I never thought I’d live to see the day when Bender admitted he deserved something bad to happen to him.

[DoctorAtomic]

The Alexa device looks like a MOM invention. 

I'm glad Fry and Leela are together still. 

[AnimeMania]

[Galileo908]

More Futurama!

Yeah, they're doing a pandemic episode, and an episode about Zapp getting canceled. And the Worms are coming back!

The Crypto episode seems to also be the Wild West episode, that one could be good.

9 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

The Alexa device looks like a MOM invention. 

You'd think EVERY robot would secretly be an Alexa, recording everyone's private thoughts at all times.

Bender would definitely be making money selling the Planet Express crew's thoughts and search histories.

[Spartan Girl]

18 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I'm glad Fry and Leela are together still. 

Are they going to get married again? I wouldn’t hate having another wedding with their friends and family being there and not frozen in time.

[DoctorAtomic]

11 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

The Crypto episode seems to also be the Wild West episode, that one could be good.

I hope that's on the moon. 

How are there a million must see shows for me this summer?

[Spartan Girl]

Maybe Emilia Clarke will come back as Marianne. Zoidberg finally getting a break was one of the best parts of that last season.

[AnimeMania]

[AnimeMania]

S11.E01: The Impossible Stream

Fry risks permanent insanity when he attempts to binge-watch every TV show ever made.

Premiere Date: July 24, 2023        Hulu     

[Spartan Girl]

Avenged!!!!

This show does a better job with canon and continuity than The Simpsons ever tries to.

[starri]

Ten years later, the end of "Meanwhile" still gets me.

I guess I was worried about the quality after another resurrection.  I shouldn't have been.  I think they've got this.

[Lebanna]

They’re back, baby!

Whenever this show comes back, I’m always fifteen again, watching it while sitting on my best friend’s living room carpet. 

And I love the now very elderly Slum worm and the fact that it really is 3023 and absolutely nothing has happened.

[SoMuchTV]

7 hours ago, starri said:

Ten years later, the end of "Meanwhile" still gets me.

I went back and watched Meanwhile after I watched the new episode, and in hindsight, I thought, no way that was the finale! It was like they knew what was happening next!

[PurpleTentacle]

Edit: Somehow I watched the wrong episode. No wonder it seemed like something I'd seen before. Ignore what I said.

Edited July 26, 2023 by PurpleTentacle

[DoctorAtomic]

I don't rewatch; the theme music always bring joy. It's been so long. 

I don't know if anyone paused on the list of tv shows; Clampmaid's Tale. Blob's Burgers. So many puns.  

I wonder why Calculon died. 

I guess they wanted to do greatest hits to get everyone back into the show. The double time was cracking me up though. They certainly crammed all the characters. 

 

[xander874]

11 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I wonder why Calculon died. 

IIRC, he died drinking poison in that Romeo and Juliet competition with the other actor. The crew brought him back to star on his old show and then he died again when he got crushed by falling debris.

Even though the first episode was super meta, I still enjoyed it. I like how they've settled into the Fry/Leela relationship: she knows he's an idiot and does dumb things but loves and supports him anyway.

Edited July 26, 2023 by xander874

[PurpleTentacle]

Yeah, this was a pretty good opener for the new season. Every time they come back they go a little (lot) meta, so it's tradition. Anybody remember the Box Network and the executive powder?

[PurpleTentacle]

All the show name parodies, for those who are interested:

[DoctorAtomic]

I'm surprised there was no Blurnsball game on. Multiball! Multiball!

[festivus]

How are we supposed to pick a favorite???

Shatner's Creek

Better Call Cthulhu

Fargo But In Space

[AnimeMania]

S11.E02: Children Of A Lesser Bog 

Amy and Kif's children emerge from an alien swamp.

Premiere Date: July 31, 2023        Hulu  

Tress MacNeille as The Grand Midwife 

[Spartan Girl]

Wow, Amy was right: she would really would feel ready by the time the babies came back. Amazing to see the growth in her.

OFC Zoidberg was one of the predators that ate some of the babies. He’ll eat anything. I knew the one that looks like Leela would be one of the survivors, so glad to see some well-thought-out continuity on that part.

So as long as they’re going back to old plot lines, are we going to see Marianne again? Zoidberg deserves more than one break.

[starri]

Damn, I was not expecting them to go for that level of emotion so soon into the season.

[DoctorAtomic]

I am the Grand Midwife from the other day! 

I'm disappointed if they killed off the whale-bear biologist though. 

[JTMacc99]

"And now, the Winnowing!"

"What does that mean?"

"It means don't start naming them yet."

 

On 8/1/2023 at 8:12 AM, DoctorAtomic said:

I'm disappointed if they killed off the whale-bear biologist though. 

Futurama has always done a nice job with the idea that "some people are just jerks".  They're typically very entertaining characters.

 

 

[AnimeMania]

S11.E03: How The West Was 1010001

Bender and the crew head west to join the bitcoin mining rush.

Premiere Date: August 7, 2023        Hulu     

[ApathyMonger]

I really liked this one. Lots of jokes, and a decent plot.

Has there been any reason for the episode being written under a pseudonym ("Nona di Spargement")? It's been confirmed that the actual writer is Ken Keeler.

[DoctorAtomic]

I feel like this could have taken place on the moon. Otherwise, they certainly hit the nail on the head about the energy use mining bitcoin, and taking the mining to do an old west plot was a lot of fun. Even limboing factored in. 

I liked the end when Fry asked Leela if he could escort her to the brothel, and she was totally into it. I was worried that the show would make Leela kind of long suffering of Fry, and, she knows he's an idiot, but they look like a good relationship. 

[Spartan Girl]

10 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I liked the end when Fry asked Leela if he could escort her to the brothel, and she was totally into it. I was worried that the show would make Leela kind of long suffering of Fry, and, she knows he's an idiot, but they look like a good relationship. 

This. Let’s not Simpsons up a perfectly good couple.

[DoctorAtomic]

Coming from such a Marge fan? Perish the thought. 

I full expect Fry to do dumb things, but Leela was drunk in the last episode too. 

[Spartan Girl]

Bender’s ass song made me laugh. That poor donkey got put through the wringer, so I was glad when it kicked Bender in the face—even he admitted he deserved it lol.

[AnimeMania]

S11.E04: Parasites Regained

After Nibbler falls ill, the crew shrinks down for a dangerous mission into a desert world contained within his litter box.

Premiere Date: August 14, 2023        Hulu     

[Spartan Girl]

Lol a parody of Dune only with a silent “G.”

[DoctorAtomic]

Winner of the Palme D'oorknob! They still have the coffeeshop near Planet Express from the worms episode. Oh foreshadowing!

I got the answer of 2001 when Leela said 1 x 4 x 9. 

Didn't they use pills to shrink last time?

10 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Lol a parody of Dune only with a silent “G.”

Doon. Guh. Kwiznos Cadillac! I had to pause because I was roaring with laughter. 

Fry is the best bf because he'll let Leela blow her nose on his shirt.

I was worried they were going to let Nibbler just be a housepet. 

[starri]

14 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I was worried they were going to let Nibbler just be a housepet. 

I think the fact that we were entertaining that as a possibility shows how strong this show can be.  I was actually thinking we weren't headed for a reset button.

[festivus]

The bitcoin one wasn't my favorite but I love how Fry is so excited that he can be a galoot for a while.

Seven horse walkers and a galoot. 

I liked the Nibbler episode better even though I've never seen Dun G so I probably missed a lot of the references. I always love the Nibbler eps though. 

Him so cute!

[arc]

I feel like Rick and Morty at its best really explores every possible ramification of their insane ideas, and that's something where maybe Futurama has not been quite as strong. Like, here the idea that parasites have their own parasites is something, but then the resolution was just to stomp the parasite-parasites. Why weren't the second order parasites also themselves subverted by third order parasites, and so on?

Separately, the Dune sandworm lifecycle was sort of referenced with the cycle of life in the litterbox, but it didn't fully land because they rushed over it so quickly. I guess Dune is a lot to cover in a single 24 minute episode.

[AnimeMania]

S11.E05: Related To Items You've Viewed

Bender uncovers the mysteries of the vast Momazon corporation.

Premiere Date: August 21, 2023        Hulu    

[DoctorAtomic]

For some reason, I thought Fry and Leela were already living together. Bender throwing a fit totally tracks. 

Mom's palm scan is a slap! 

Everyone Loves Hypnotoad was on Momazon Primo.

Invesa saying "what the hell is money?!" was a funny line reading. 

That was a weird resolution. 

[starri]

A+ episode for Tress McNeille.  Mom, Invasa, Linda, and Craterface all in one episode.

I don't think I've laughed at this season as hard as I did when the Crushinator broke the door down followed by the Moon Mayor(?) saying "I have no idea how she got in here."

Although Morbo's "And some very confused werewolves" was a close second.

[Vermicious Knid]

Aw man, I wanna see!

Still not paying for Hulu though. Hopefully they do a DVD release and I can get it from the library. 

[AnimeMania]

S11.E06: I Know What You Did Last Xmas

Bender and Zoidberg travel through time to attack Robot Santa.

Premiere Date: August 28, 2023        Hulu     

[Spartan Girl]

Even if it's a little early for an X-Mas episode, time-traveling episodes are always fun!

Okay, we REALLY need Marianne to come back, because having Zoidberg alone again after that hard-earned win just sucks. But having him and Bender team up together was just priceless.

Edited August 28, 2023 by Spartan Girl

[AnimeMania]

Tribute to the late rapper Coolio who pasted away a few weeks after recording this episode's Kwanzaabot. 

[DoctorAtomic]

Nibbler's worms had their own stocking. I was hoping for a shot at Fry's grandfather. I can't believe Bender didn't think to steal the time machine immediately.

2801 had olde timey cars but still floating. They showed Disenchantment during the professor's trip via the scenic route too. Are they implying that they're Futurama's future?

Didn't Santa always say Dr. Zoidberg was a good boy? He didn't act like he recognized him. 

I don't get the running gag about the turducken, but it was funny. 

I liked the nice, subtle touch of Leela being happy to see Fry visiting her family and charming the grandmother.

I liked the closed loop twist on Santa's origins.

 

[Vermicious Knid]

I had seen speculation that in the pilot episode where we see civilization building up and breaking down over and over in the window during the thousand years Fry is asleep, is one that looks Medieval and that is actually the time period for Disenchantment.

[Spartan Girl]

On 8/28/2023 at 8:08 PM, DoctorAtomic said:

I liked the nice, subtle touch of Leela being happy to see Fry visiting her family and charming the grandmother.

I loved that too. Our little meatbag is growing is really growing up!

[starri]

14 hours ago, Vermicious Knid said:

I had seen speculation that in the pilot episode where we see civilization building up and breaking down over and over in the window during the thousand years Fry is asleep, is one that looks Medieval and that is actually the time period for Disenchantment.

In the first season of Disenchantment, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of Fry, Bender, and the Professor in the time machine during "The Late Philip J Fry."

[AnimeMania]

S11.E07:  Rage Against The Vaccine

A pandemic ravages future Earth.

Premiere Date: September 4, 2023        Hulu     

[Spartan Girl]

So another pandemic hits Earth, and this time it’s all Leela’s fault. I’m surprised more people weren’t more pissed at her like they were with Fry in the “Cold Warriors” episode. I mean, she knew there was something spreading in the sewers and she didn’t think to take precautions when visiting her parents?! Girl, you’re supposed to the smart one!

So many familiar faces came back! Wernstrom, Umbrielle and her dad, Leela’s ex Chazz, Barbados Slim, Lrr and his family—and OF COURSE they were the ones spreading conspiracy theories so they can take over the planet.

And a Bill Nye cameo is always good.