Futurama Season 6

[Krandor]

Yeah I had no problem with Morbo, seemed par for the course with me. Outside of the nail thing Fry wasn't coming off any dumber then usual to me, seemed about right for a guy who's his own grandfather.

[Trichocyst]

Aside from when he had worms, Fry has been pretty consistently stupid and has, on more than one occasion, shown extreme stupidity. Unlike, say, Homer Simpson who went from authority figure/voice of morality (he tried to sell their television and get the family therapy in an early episode) to perfect blend of honest stupidity, to negligently and unbelievably stupid. Futurama has kept Fry as a pretty consistent character which is why I feel the show remains funny. The Simpsons is as good as how Homer is written. The dumber he's become, the dumber the rest of the cast has become.

[Silentleroy]

Anyone got a screencap of bender vs squid (guns part)?

[Qalbert]

[Silentleroy]

You are mystical and magical.

[Pendas]

Aside from when he had worms, Fry has been pretty consistently stupid and has, on more than one occasion, shown extreme stupidity. Unlike, say, Homer Simpson who went from authority figure/voice of morality (he tried to sell their television and get the family therapy in an early episode) to perfect blend of honest stupidity, to negligently and unbelievably stupid. Futurama has kept Fry as a pretty consistent character which is why I feel the show remains funny. The Simpsons is as good as how Homer is written. The dumber he's become, the dumber the rest of the cast has become.

[geno]

Aside from when he had worms, Fry has been pretty consistently stupid and has, on more than one occasion, shown extreme stupidity. Unlike, say, Homer Simpson who went from authority figure/voice of morality (he tried to sell their television and get the family therapy in an early episode) to perfect blend of honest stupidity, to negligently and unbelievably stupid. Futurama has kept Fry as a pretty consistent character which is why I feel the show remains funny. The Simpsons is as good as how Homer is written. The dumber he's become, the dumber the rest of the cast has become.

Yeah, after viewing the episode a second time, I'm pretty confident to say Fry wasn't particularly out of character. They played up his stupidity a bit more than usual, but it was central to the plot of the episode so it was par for the course. The ending is what sealed the deal that it was perfectly in character, where he somehow comes up with an eloquently delivered piece of sage wisdom regarding the situation to great effect. That's a very common element to Fry's character.

The professor still doesn't feel quite right, but I guess it was better here than in previous episodes. He's just not senile, or just plain old enough for my liking. In the past, he may have gone on an adventure like this, but probably not without tremendously more old jokes (him taking naps or getting distracted for example), or at least getting more genuinely confused moments. The part where he gets sent through the contraption and ends up on the chair utterly confused was a perfect example, but unfortunately a very isolated one. Still, he's getting better, and the totality of the episode was still amazing; the story was very good and I'm really satisfied with pretty much every other character in their current incarnation.

The only other minor exception is Amy, but it wasn't noticeable in this episode. It was in last week's though and seems to be in the preview for next week. I don't know when she became this slutty all of the sudden, it was never that central to her character. She was easy in the past (before Kif), but not without poorly veiled shame and rarely around the coworkers. After Kif, she pretty much removed that part of her personality, period. They only brought it back slightly when Kif died in the movie, and then when the new seasons started she was just completely different (despite them reconciling their relationship). Tbh, I don't really care that much, she doesn't get the most screentime and is still fairly funny, but I'd still prefer an obliviously stupid/clutzy joke to her new slut jokes any time.

[Yabby]

I lost my shit during this part, but then again i lost it a lot on this ep.

Edit: I like that they both have the same gun as well.

[Krandor]

I'm gonna go with Amy getting sluttier simply based on the fact that they can get away with more on cable.

[Silentleroy]

I lost my shit during this part, but then again i lost it a lot on this ep.

Edit: I like that they both have the same gun as well.

So did I, bender this episode was fandamntastic. Voice actor nailed his little happy squeal when Fry said there was money in the pond.

[Guitarman]

So did I, bender this episode was fandamntastic. Voice actor nailed his little happy squeal when Fry said there was money in the pond.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DiMaggio !

he has a badass VA, not suprised he nailed it.

The professor still doesn't feel quite right, but I guess it was better here than in previous episodes. He's just not senile, or just plain old enough for my liking. In the past, he may have gone on an adventure like this, but probably not without tremendously more old jokes (him taking naps or getting distracted for example), or at least getting more genuinely confused moments. The part where he gets sent through the contraption and ends up on the chair utterly confused was a perfect example, but unfortunately a very isolated one. Still, he's getting better, and the totality of the episode was still amazing; the story was very good and I'm really satisfied with pretty much every other character in their current incarnation.

Eh, I take it as Groening or his writers being out of practice with the characters for so long. It had been seven years since the show was cancelled, and even in the movies the prof wasn't his old crotchety self.

[Krandor]

lol, I had no idea he was also Marcus from Gears of War. Only other stuff I had recognized him in was Under the Red Hood and FFX.

Looking around Wikipedia I also saw that Billy West was Ren AND Stimpy, and Doug from uh... Doug. Dear god, I've been watching that mans work nearly my entire life.

[Jesifromgaruda]

I'm gonna go with Amy getting sluttier simply based on the fact that they can get away with more on cable.

I never thought about it this way, but you are probably right.

This is probably why they have so many more sex jokes as well.

[geno]

lol, I had no idea he was also Marcus from Gears of War. Only other stuff I had recognized him in was Under the Red Hood and FFX.

Looking around Wikipedia I also saw that Billy West was Ren AND Stimpy, and Doug from uh... Doug. Dear god, I've been watching that mans work nearly my entire life.

He's also the red M&M and played Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in a number of works including Space Jam. Awesome VAs in Futurama all over.

[Trichocyst]

I read an interview with David X. Cohen at the AV Club where he talked about how they can get away with more now. Check out how skimpy the leaves are in episode 2.

[kuronosan]

This is on cable, of course they can get away with more.

I still liked the fact that Futurama had no choice but to be subtle about their humor when it was a network show.

[Kaisha]

Can someone explain the difference between a network and cable show for me? All I know regarding cable is that I never see that shit until a month or so later in Canada.
(thank god for the internet)

[Vaspinne]

Can someone explain the difference between a network and cable show for me? All I know regarding cable is that I never see that shit until a month or so later in Canada.
(thank god for the internet)

Network: NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX
Cable: HBO, Comedy Network, TBS

Essentially, Network channels are over-the-air channels that are accessed more easily and come with the basic TV packages. Cable channels are specific to channels that are only provided by Dish services or Digital Cable and because they have to be specifically included in your Dish/Cable package, they have more freedom for the content they can air as opposed to Network Shows that come with basic cable and have a lot more restrictions.

Something like that.

Essentially for us Canadians: We get NBC, CBS, etc, etc through our regular cable packages. But to get HBO or G4TV or whatever, we gotta pay more for that channel or whatever package that Channel comes with.

[Takedown3]

i get HBO HD for free on shaw, and everything airs the same time it does for the US, not sure what TV provider you are using but you are doing it wrong.

[kuronosan]

Since network TV is free over the air and anyone can view it, it is heavily regulated by the FCC. The content viewed is the responsibility of the networks, since children and other ignorant masses can be influenced by it. Cable channels are a service that must be paid for, which places the responsibility of viewing the channel on the shoulders of the person paying the bill.

That is why network television is usually heavily censored or edited for content and HBO and other cable networks are curse-filled nudity-driven programming utopias.

Unless your name is Comedy Central, in which case you sell out your content when anyone with brown skin gets in a huff.