Spoilers Futurama Season 12 (9) July 29th
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12.3 - Pretty good story but I didn't find it particularly funny.
Yeah, I felt the same way. Although I appreciated The Return of the King gag.
The Horta with "No Dance I" made me laugh hard. As did the Omicronian god being a floating eyeball who comments on things going on.
"I also feel something else tonight. Something I've never felt before."
"Guilt?"
"Maybe. I've always wondered guilt felt like."
Fun story with lots of great jokes (especially the timely gag about commercial breaks on streaming services considering the current conversation in the Frozen Empire thread)...but I feel like the ideas were a little half-baked. I've always adored the buggalos and I loved the show finally decided to return to them and expanded on their culture. However, the themes around them weren't more than the typical anti-animal cruelty issues, which is good but there needed to be more than the basics. Ultimately, the episode didn't have anything new to say, just usual contradictory commentary, although admittedly, I enjoyed the show calling out Leela's own waffling on such things.
"Guilt?"
"Maybe. I've always wondered guilt felt like."
Fun story with lots of great jokes (especially the timely gag about commercial breaks on streaming services considering the current conversation in the Frozen Empire thread)...but I feel like the ideas were a little half-baked. I've always adored the buggalos and I loved the show finally decided to return to them and expanded on their culture. However, the themes around them weren't more than the typical anti-animal cruelty issues, which is good but there needed to be more than the basics. Ultimately, the episode didn't have anything new to say, just usual contradictory commentary, although admittedly, I enjoyed the show calling out Leela's own waffling on such things.
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I laughed a lot at Leela eating out of the "basura" bin. Here in AZ, we all know what it means. 
12.4 - Good silly fun. Did get a bit close to the Popplers episode at once point, surprised they didn't make a meta reference.
Fun episode, yes, but again, I could figure out where the plot was going halfway through. In fact, at the point when Bender went to sleep in the barn with the buggalos, I had the exact ending figured out in that scene.
Still, it was fun. And the matador thing was nicely pointed. I loved the robot matador's ridiculously long name.
Oof, not much of a fan of this own. This is at least the second episode this season that was overly violent and malicious, a trend that reminds me of what The Simpsons began falling into as it became increasingly awful. While I get the overall point the episode tried to make, I didn't care for its execution...and pretty lacking in the laughs, too.
Honestly, aside from the opening episode, this season has been rather uneven so far. I'm hoping the back half will pick up the quality.
Honestly, aside from the opening episode, this season has been rather uneven so far. I'm hoping the back half will pick up the quality.
I predicted the woman in the book club we've never seen before would be the chatbot as soon as she showed up. Then it just wasn't very funny. Bender repeating his classic "blackjack and hookers" line just felt a bit desperate.
I actually did smile at the "blackjack and hookers" redux even if it was a rather blatant memberberry. Also liked Morbo's comment about "at least those hipsters died slowly." But otherwise, meh. I too could see almost right away that Leela's new friend at the book club was the chatbot.
Actually, the guys forming their own book club and actually taking it seriously was also somewhat amusing.
Actually, the guys forming their own book club and actually taking it seriously was also somewhat amusing.
Yeah, I thought the guys forming their own club was the highlight of this ep. Of course, I always enjoy appearances by Hedonist Bot.
"Ohhohoho! How delightful!"
When Leela shut off the screen to visit the winery and Chelsea threw a tantrum, I feared the episode would simply retread "Soos and the Real Girl" from "Gravity Falls". I expected Chelsea to continue threatening the lives of the remaining club members until Leela "terminated" the 'bot. That, or I expected Cheleas to play upon Leela's insecurities with the goal of conning the Planet Express pilot to continue plunking down insane wads of cash for an "understanding friend", basically taking a jab at the newest iteration of "chat lines", bilking money from lonely people. So, learning that the "new girl" was a physical avatar of the ChatBot using tragedy to bring Leela and the other women closer as friends was actually a pleasant twist. I mean, it turned out to NOT be a near copy of the Gravity Falls episode. Maybe not the greatest episode, but better that I expected with that final spin.
Pretty good ep. I laughed out loud at several points.
"The devastation is too much. It's beyond comprehension...my pants!"
Now that was much more like it. I loved the twist and turns of this episode, going from teasing us that the episode would be about yet another one of Farnsworth's failed ridiculous inventions (several, in fact!) and then a repeat of creating life, before settling down on its main focus: Professor Fansworth, Fashion Designer! So wonderfully ridiculous and yet so wonderfully absurd that I'm surprised it hasn't happened before, especially consider that one very over-the-top outfit he wore in "Roswell That Ends Well." And if that wasn't enough, the episode kept twisting, heading down a literal wormhole to retrieve lost pants, briefly care about discarded fashion pets, and discover it was Earth's future all along! Okay, I saw that last one coming a mile away...
On top of all of that, I loved Cara "The inventor of the eyebrows!" Delevingne's guest role as Farnsworth's Frankenstein's monster turn fashion mentor. Towards the end of the episode, I thought they were going to pull one last twist and have her become the monster we all feared she would become, but I'm glad the story didn't go down that (albeit very brief) route.
And best of all: Bill Nye!
More of this kind of episode, please.
Now that was much more like it. I loved the twist and turns of this episode, going from teasing us that the episode would be about yet another one of Farnsworth's failed ridiculous inventions (several, in fact!) and then a repeat of creating life, before settling down on its main focus: Professor Fansworth, Fashion Designer! So wonderfully ridiculous and yet so wonderfully absurd that I'm surprised it hasn't happened before, especially consider that one very over-the-top outfit he wore in "Roswell That Ends Well." And if that wasn't enough, the episode kept twisting, heading down a literal wormhole to retrieve lost pants, briefly care about discarded fashion pets, and discover it was Earth's future all along! Okay, I saw that last one coming a mile away...
On top of all of that, I loved Cara "The inventor of the eyebrows!" Delevingne's guest role as Farnsworth's Frankenstein's monster turn fashion mentor. Towards the end of the episode, I thought they were going to pull one last twist and have her become the monster we all feared she would become, but I'm glad the story didn't go down that (albeit very brief) route.
And best of all: Bill Nye!
More of this kind of episode, please.
Yeah, this was a lot of fun. Cara Delevinge's role was pretty fun. I've always liked Zoidberg, so appreciated that so much of the second half focused on him.
I had started to suspect the clothes planet was Earth, so that wasn't a huge shock. I'm curious if they're going to address the end next week, or just pretend it never happened.
I had started to suspect the clothes planet was Earth, so that wasn't a huge shock. I'm curious if they're going to address the end next week, or just pretend it never happened.
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