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Futurama Season 8 Episode 2 discussion
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I thought it was pretty good! Better than the last episode, we were pleasantly surprised here at house Godzilla. We actually watched the older episode where Kif gets pregnant the night before, so we were very curious to see how Amy would handle everything. Feels were had.
What were your thoughts? Let your voice be heard!
I'm really disappointed so far. It feels extremely forced and the humour is just... not there.
They had a part of the episode that was the Professor giving Leela some grief, and the responsiveness from Leela just felt so stale and robotic.
The whole "LAST TIME ON FUTURAMA!" bits where they're rehashing stuff is just unbelieably boring. It feels like they're going "hey, remember the good old days? You can't have them back... you're older now!" and it's just boring as hell to watch.
Even Zapp feels... weird.
There were too many throwaway jokes, and the plot felt like it was just a sequence of things 'happening' with no particular destination.
There was that scene where the Grand Midwife remarked that Leela had peanut butter or jelly on her face as she walked out. It was random and pointless.
It felt too much like Disenchanted.
That's what it feels like. They've really lost the spark of what made Futurama perfect.
That final episode of the last season was beyond perfect. They needed make no more.
I honestly found this was the case with the last half of the previous season (other than the genius last episode). I was already expecting this season to be this way, but I hoped that with the long hiatus they could at least start with some decent jokes. At least this episode has some interesting elements which will be good enough for me to watch them.
I’ve found the first two episodes enjoyable in a familiar-cozy kind of way. I haven’t laughed as much as I used to, yet, but I’m glad they’re continuing old storylines and staying true to the characters.
I rewatched the old episode about Kif’s pregnancy in advance and was amused when they cleverly dropped the clips into the show as reminders.
Apparently everyone still has an eye phone! :)
Agreed! Usually when a show introduces a new character, it's.. not good. But I like these kids a lot. And Futurama has a decent track record with how they introduce new characters, like Cubert and Dwight. I imagine like him, they'll be in a couple of episodes here and there, but won't detract from the original Planet Express crew.
Solid episode, I'm somewhat surprised they actually came back to this plot point.
It will be interesting to see how the kids come into play going forward.
I was hoping for better. Even last week's episode, which I thought was "flat and old-hat", felt better than this.
I can't explain exactly why I didn't enjoy it. I just didn't. It felt... off. Like it was trying too hard, and not hard enough, all at the same time.
Maybe there's been too long a break between cancellations this time around. Whatever the reason, the writers and actors don't seem to be able to hit what makes 'Futurama' good.
I also can't get over the fact that the actors sound too old for the parts they're playing.
Way too early to reference an unresolved episode that didn’t really leave a large impression me to begin with.
Would have been better as a solution to a new problem rather than a whole episode.
I think the show either needs to reinvest in the story types we like or go a little dark as a nod to an older audience.
• Give us Bender does something stupid but ultimately has an epiphany
• Give us Fry try’s to romance Leela but instead uncovers things best left hidden
• Give us Leela crashing the spaceship into a sexy planet
• Give us the Professor inventing a device that could end the universe, but instead just generates 3 B-stories as characters play with it.
Surprised nobody has commented here about Futurama in over 28 days.
Nobody watched the third episode yet and maybe nobody will