Spoilers Futurama Season 11 (8)
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Covid episode felt tired as similar jokes have been going about for three years. There were a few funny moments. I guess we'll get a "The Professor buys Twitter!" episode in 2026.
I feel like Barbados Slim should have never appeared again after the classic line "You haven't seen the last of Barbados Slim. Now goodbye forever!"
I feel like Barbados Slim should have never appeared again after the classic line "You haven't seen the last of Barbados Slim. Now goodbye forever!"
Agreed, much of the jokes in this one did feel "been there, done that." Even the more amusing ones, like everyone wearing their mask the wrong way was the sort of thing that made me react with "yeah, this would have been funny three years ago. Now it's just worn out."
Barbados Slim was a highlight of the episode, though.
I feel like there was too much going on in the episode. If it had focused on Hermes and his journey through New New Orleans, which was the strongest element of the story (the flight there aside), it would've worked better. I think the COVID hysteria plot also would've worked better as the set-up instead of the main focus of the episode.
That said, I did get a good chuckle from a couple of the COVID jokes (anything with Morbo is always a win)
That said, I did get a good chuckle from a couple of the COVID jokes (anything with Morbo is always a win)
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There has been a definite tinge of datedness hanging over this season as a whole but this episode definitely felt several years too late.
Though given the way COVID seems to be back on the rise again, maybe it'll turn out to have been too soon.
Though given the way COVID seems to be back on the rise again, maybe it'll turn out to have been too soon.
That's New New Orleans, mind you.
Damn, how did I miss that?
My brain must've autocorrected.
My brain must've autocorrected.
probably not helped by the long tead time for animated series.
The thread about the series returning on Hulu started in Feb last year so it's been 18 months and it's possible the scripts or at least story ideas had bandied about by then.
Though even that we'd largely moved on from covid lock downs etc.
Not a fan of this last episode. There were a few good jokes here and there (I liked The Scarlet Letter reference in particular), but most of the episode was heavy handed. At least they resisted the temptation to redeem Zapp, although at the same time, demonstrating that the DOOP benefits from his bad behavior is not a good image either.
While I get the point of the episode was to show Leela's restlessness and feeling stuck, I do wish it had focused more on Kif finally standing up to Zapp.
Sadly, this was the first clunker of the season for me. Hopefully the last.
While I get the point of the episode was to show Leela's restlessness and feeling stuck, I do wish it had focused more on Kif finally standing up to Zapp.
Sadly, this was the first clunker of the season for me. Hopefully the last.
Was looking back at the episode Trivia on The Infosphere wiki, and it was pointed out that Fry's Fulu activation code in Episode 1 was 1077 heh.
The Binary in the title of Episode 3 is '81' the atomic number for thallium.
Kevin Michael Richardson voices Url now instead of John DiMaggio, I didn't even notice a difference.
The Binary in the title of Episode 3 is '81' the atomic number for thallium.
Kevin Michael Richardson voices Url now instead of John DiMaggio, I didn't even notice a difference.
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It's only been a couple of days, but I can barely remember any of what happened in the episode. I think that right there tells you a lot about how memorable it was.
clever way to circumnavigate the Prime Directive. A wooden bucket on a rope
This one was a bit silly, but I think they just want us to think they didn't have enough for a full episode.
Hot Wheels, Weebles. rubber ducks and wind up toys, oh my.
Hot Wheels, Weebles. rubber ducks and wind up toys, oh my.
^I was very happy to see an actual delivery, but then it didn't use it for any fun purpose.
I am not loving this season as much as I would like. Maybe not even at all? I'm usually all for these types of three-separate-silly-story format episodes, but all previous ones have done it better than this latest one. The framing story itself was not great and the individual commercials weren't all that great either. The crew as rubber duckies, VERY CUTE DESIGNS. I loved those, especially the professor. I love having the show back, I have not been impressed with the season as a whole. I hope if there are more seasons they get better. Episodes feel very random with little thought on the story and just filled with 'Futurama Jokes'. Doing jokes in the style of which the show popularized is fine. Bringing back some old jokes can be fine too, but I would like those to be propped up with a well thought out story. I was surprised how much I enjoyed the Covid episode and the X-mas episode had some good gags in it, but I'm straining to remember any of the other episodes now that we're close to the end.
EDIT: Just looked it up and apparently there's 20 episodes! I immediately felt better, lol. They still have time to hit a stride. I'll also note that in previous reboot seasons I have felt this way about a lot of episodes, but now remember those seasons mostly fondly. The problems I had before only seem more exacerbated now. Time will tell.
I am not loving this season as much as I would like. Maybe not even at all? I'm usually all for these types of three-separate-silly-story format episodes, but all previous ones have done it better than this latest one. The framing story itself was not great and the individual commercials weren't all that great either. The crew as rubber duckies, VERY CUTE DESIGNS. I loved those, especially the professor. I love having the show back, I have not been impressed with the season as a whole. I hope if there are more seasons they get better. Episodes feel very random with little thought on the story and just filled with 'Futurama Jokes'. Doing jokes in the style of which the show popularized is fine. Bringing back some old jokes can be fine too, but I would like those to be propped up with a well thought out story. I was surprised how much I enjoyed the Covid episode and the X-mas episode had some good gags in it, but I'm straining to remember any of the other episodes now that we're close to the end.
EDIT: Just looked it up and apparently there's 20 episodes! I immediately felt better, lol. They still have time to hit a stride. I'll also note that in previous reboot seasons I have felt this way about a lot of episodes, but now remember those seasons mostly fondly. The problems I had before only seem more exacerbated now. Time will tell.
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I always enjoy the anthology episodes (yes, "Naturama" included) and this one was no exception. I wasn't a big fan of the framing story, even if the ending redeemed Leela's sudden falling in love with the prince. However, I loved all of the individual product episodes, particularly the wind-up toy adventure and it's little details of of how the mechanics of that world worked. I would have never thought of it, but if any show could make a mash-up of Hot Wheels and The Ring work, it's Futurama. 
This is a vast improvement over last week's clunker and I hope the mid-season finale (or whatever) is another banger to help sate the long wait until the next round of episodes.
This is a vast improvement over last week's clunker and I hope the mid-season finale (or whatever) is another banger to help sate the long wait until the next round of episodes.
Episode 8 - I actually thought it was one of the better episodes of the season. I liked that it actually had a few new characters and the DOOP woman saying "I'm going to allow it" is somehow always funny.
Episode 9 - So ridicously dumb that it was actually pretty funny. Like, the joke of the episode was "this is stupid and makes no sense" so they kind of just got away with it being stupid and not making sense (kind of.) Bender falling off the mountain into lava and the reveal of the evil Zoidberg car made me laugh.
Episode 9 - So ridicously dumb that it was actually pretty funny. Like, the joke of the episode was "this is stupid and makes no sense" so they kind of just got away with it being stupid and not making sense (kind of.) Bender falling off the mountain into lava and the reveal of the evil Zoidberg car made me laugh.
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