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Airing on Hulu (US) or Disney Plus (outside US) - Monday, July 31, 2023 at Eastern Time (ET) 03:00 a.m/ Pacific Time (PT) 12:00 a.m

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I love how the 3 kids are basically Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Anyone else think the writing in this episode was weak? The characters felt so fundamentally different and the jokes felt so lazy compared to the previous seasons. I’m staying optimistic about the rest of the season but this one left me pretty disappointed. I’d hate to see bender headed in the ‘jackass homer’ direction

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Bender has always been a massive jerkass though. That's his character.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, same. Both episodes so far have been disappointing. I'm not too optimistic about the rest of the season at this point, but I'll be watching them all and hoping for at least one solid good one.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m glad I’m not alone in feeling that way The worst scene for me was when they were making the candy (a plot point that went nowhere). The professor’s “diabetic coma!” line followed by “It’s too sweet, better add more sugar” from Fry is just so lazy. The dialogue is just mirroring the action and not adding anything and the jokes are just garbage

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I honestly forgot all about the candy as soon as the episode was over. I guess the point was to have Zapp want to be manscaped with it? You're right, it was terrible both in concept and execution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Here’s hoping that the candy is a “brick joke.” A lot of the creators of the show also worked on Disenchantment, which has been basically 4 seasons of setting up the dominoes, so maybe that rubbed off on them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s quite stark when you go back and do a rewatch of the early seasons. I’m still enjoying the episodes and all the fan service, but it feels like the characters are second to the random jokes jumping a bit all over the place.

I’m still having fun though!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like seeing the characters again, but they're shells of their former selves. They tried to do a tearjerker ending this episode and I felt nothing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can't really say what it is exactly aside from it didn't have much energy and wit. I do like the stakes are lower. My favourite episodes are low-key episodes that's not about the universe ending (aside from a few of the best ones). But by lowering your stakes we need more from our characters.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, it was okay. But it won't truely feel like home until a Bender episode gets to shine.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its the same jokes and the same characters. Feels like no time has passed at all since previous season. I'm not sure if thats a good or a bad thing. On one hand I was hoping they evolved a bit more, on the other hand any changes would have launched the ire of those who expect stuff to stay the same. On a third sewer-mutant hand they tried doing different with Disenchanted, I loved that they did, but it failed.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Actually, Leela feels different now, dumber like the rest of them. If anything she's devolved. It kinda makes sense because why else would she want to be with a guy like Fry, but the show seems to have lost the voice of reason, the only sane one.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah I found that annoying. Leela being drunk and saying 'I must have been drunk'.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And last week supporting Fry being a lazy idiot who wants to binge watch every TV show ever made, which risked his life. And drinking out of a jelly-filled donut this week. Just not things I would expect her character to do.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That was the one part of the episode I didn't care for. I assumed they put it in to either reminde folks of how Kif got pregnant or introduce the story to those who missed that episode. Regardless, it could have been done in a manner that was more creatively written.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought this episode was very enjoyable. I loved the kids' personalities and connections with all their family members. The scene with the Grand-Midwife with the emergence of the spawn was my favorite along with the tardigrades. I am happy to see some of the non-main characters in the spotlight, although I know many folks may disagree. Overall am happy with the quality of this season. It is difficult to compare to other seasons as each one is a representation of their time and the amount of time that occurred between each season.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Completely agreed. I'm enjoying it more than Season 7, so I'll take that as a win.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we gonna see Kif and Amy’s/Leela’s kids? Could be a nice callback episode!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

in the description on hulu it says we're gonna meet them. really intrigued where the creators are gonna go with this

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I watched the original episode recently. It's a great callback to it, because even in it they mention "in 20 years they will sprout legs and come onto land as children".

Well, 20 years would have been January of this year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

When I was rewatching in prep for the new season I did the math on when the original episode came out and wondered if we'd see the kids this season.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I had to look it up... British

Although these days I'm finding I don't recall as much as I used to, I might have known about it in my past.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are leela and fry married or not

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think they are just dating now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not, as far as I'm aware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only marriage they had was during the "Time Keeps on Slipping" episode with the Globetrotters, but they were divorced shortly thereafter in the next scene. Otherwise, I don't recall a proper marriage or anything that would signify that status.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

remember in the last episode when time was stopped. They got engaged before the time button broke and after it broke they got married. so they should still remember being engaged

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll have to go back and watch that one, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why hulu is airing it so early?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just a stupid platform for jokes instead of a universe where unexpected things happen and stories are compelling. And they are bad jokes that sacrifice themselves to either be relevant to current meme ideas or to be like the original Futurama episodes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

May I ask, what Futurama episode do you feel is the best representation of what is a good, compelling story? Just trying to understand your personal expectations from past seasons. I personally enjoy the tie-ins to pop-culture, though I understand how many folks might disagree, but I feel every season seems to have their own connections to what events were relevant during their creation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

@Awa @SamboT

I love the high concept stuff.

Suicide booths

Robotic Santa judging everyone naughty

Trees down

The parabox

The thousand-year-old TV broadcast

We're fine on Coke syrup

The high points of the show for me are every time they whip something out that's simple and straightforward but you look at it and go I never in a million years would have thought of it; Yes that makes perfect sense and I would expect to see that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry I'm not going to put a lot of effort into this but just check out the plot if "kif gets knocked up" from season 4. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif_Gets_Knocked_Up_a_Notch

The universe events like getting a delivery job. The character emotions changing the plot unpredictably. The new direction of the episode where the viewer doesn't know what will happen next.

Versus this episode: open episode in planet express building and start with a few jokes and then kif walks in and says what the rest of episode will be about.

Gotta say though, Zapf Brannigan will always be funny. Bless him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yes. Thanks for the Kif episodes comparison. I understand better and appreciate your thoughts on the matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Sting

Writing. Direction. Character growth. Humor. Action. Adventure. Slice of life.

Best Futurama episode ever.