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  1. 2010-07-22 21:31 #261
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    Quote Originally Posted by Souj View Post
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    obviously hermes is #5

    shoulda called it when I realized it as soon as they got to the house.
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    I had a feeling he was behind it somehow...
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    Episode was decent but wasn't overall to great to me imo. Tried to hard to be one of those emotional episodes, but the ending was to obvious.
  3. 2010-07-22 21:41 #263
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    yeah, only thing that was a mystery until the reveal was "why". But as said, wasn't emotional enough and just fell flat.
  4. 2010-07-22 21:52 #264
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    Episode started great but was kinda meh at the end.

    And lolcontradictions in the episode as well.
  5. 2010-07-23 00:16 #265
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    Overall pretty dull episode. I was entertained but nothing overly lol worthy.
  6. 2010-07-23 00:19 #266
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    For some reason I was expecting Flexo to make a cameo during their hunt.
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    First half of the episode and Mom's Killbots (glad to see them back from Bender's Game) were awesome. Ending....ehh.
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    ;_; fucking horrible storm nocked out power for 10 hours and I missed it.
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    I got to watch it, but we got a horrible storm soon after it was over. Tornado's everywhere.
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    I liked the ending... except... it was totally out of character.

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    If Hermes had ever shown any amount of love, or kindness, or respect to Bender, or had even not hated him as much as the other cast members, I would've really liked it. But as it is, its a sweet moment that is not reflected in the series as a whole. Maybe Hermes just didn't know that Bending Unit was Bender until now, and maybe we'll see the ramifications of this in future episodes, but it still felt totally out of place.

    Case in point, the Farnsworth Parabox episode. If Hermes refused to get rid of a defective baby Bender, then you'd think he'd require less time to mull over weather or not to hurdle Bender into the Sun.
  11. 2010-07-23 05:22 #271
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    I really enjoyed this one. Ive been moaning abit over this seasons episodes not standing up to old 1-4 (altho 4 was abit weak), but this is the first season that really took me back to the oldschool-humor. 4.5/5
  12. 2010-07-23 05:37 #272
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scritch View Post
    I liked the ending... except... it was totally out of character.

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    If Hermes had ever shown any amount of love, or kindness, or respect to Bender, or had even not hated him as much as the other cast members, I would've really liked it. But as it is, its a sweet moment that is not reflected in the series as a whole. Maybe Hermes just didn't know that Bending Unit was Bender until now, and maybe we'll see the ramifications of this in future episodes, but it still felt totally out of place.

    Case in point, the Farnsworth Parabox episode. If Hermes refused to get rid of a defective baby Bender, then you'd think he'd require less time to mull over weather or not to hurdle Bender into the Sun.
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    I don't agree. Hermes has always cared as a really basic level about everyone, it's just generally not a priority to him over bureaucracy or his other passions. You have to remember, he was going to end up sending everyone into the Sun, not just Bender. It's pretty common for nearly all the characters to not care about eachother's lives, or at least feign that attitude. Hermes is no exception.

    The fact that he acts with such contempt towards Bender throughout the series to me suggests moreso that this may have been a plan from very early on tbh. There was never any logical reason for it, as compared to say, everyone's dislike of Zoidberg. It's much easier to explain with this revelation though, there's no reason that him having saved Bender meant he had to be nice to him. It's all the more reason for him to act contemptuous to hide what he had done (it's not as clear that saving him was the right thing to do, even Bender was angry that he passed inspection, lol).

    So, out of character? I don't think so. A contradiction to previous story elements? Probably. This show has very often been filled with contradictions though, I just don't think a consistent canon is nearly important to the writers as consistent character development, entertaining story premises, and above all, comedic value. I don't fault them for that in the least.


    Overall, I actually liked the episode. It probably didn't have the same impact as some of the similarly themed episodes from the original series
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    like Jurassic Bark, The Why of Fry, The Luck of the Fryish, or Leela's homeworld
    but it was still pretty strong imo. Killbots were amazing, even though they were mentioned early in the series, I really loved their implementation in the movie and I'm glad to see them back.
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    "He said Howitzer!" made me lol so hard. I loved the killbots.
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    Episode was sub par.

    Zoidberg never fails to get a laugh out of me. Also, Mom.
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    Sub par?

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    I can safely say that Hermes didn't really act out of character at all. How exactly is it out of character for him to act indifferent and caring at various times, just because he made Bender? If he worked there at an inspection facility, how many Bending robots do you think he inspected? It's not like he would have remembered 15-20 years ago inspecting that one robot that made him quit his job.

    It probably didn't even cross his mind until they found out Bender had the manufacturing defect that Hermes had let slide. Shit, the only thing you can really argue is that you'd think something would have impacted Hermes so much that he would be reminded of it on a daily basis and wouldn't ever forget it.

    There are some important things in my life that happened less than 10 years ago and I don't even remember them all the time. Sometimes I have more important things on my mind. If you imagine that Hermes, as a character, has infinitely more things to worry about (look how Leela handled the paper trail in his job, for example) he probably never had time to give it a second thought.


    I loved the episode, and I thought while it wasn't as much of a tearjerker as Jurassic Bark or Luck of the Fryish, it was still up there in terms of good emotional episodes.
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    How could anyone.... no matter how stone cold they can be......could turn away a cute baby bender......
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    NO ONE!
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    Quote Originally Posted by kuronosan View Post

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    It's not like he would have remembered 15-20 years ago inspecting that one robot that made him quit his job.
    Semantics time!
    Bender said he was only 4 years old in a past season.
    also; Is everyone forgetting the episode in which Hermes risked his bureaucrat job to get benders personality back?

    and yes... why the hell are people examining this so much?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Souj View Post
    and yes... why the hell are people examining this so much?
    Unrealistically high expectations. I really don't know what they want from an episode, but maybe nothing will be "as good" any more.
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