I just watched the 2 new episodes and wanted to see what others thought.
I am so happy to finally have Futurama back so no matter what I'll be a faithful viewer (well I'm in Canada so I had to cheat since we aren't privileged enough to see it air here yet).
I enjoyed the episodes but they just seem a little off to me. I realize we have a lot to accept as normal for the Futurama universe but everything just seems a bit too off the wall IMHO.
A few little things in the first episode bothered me. The stem cells used to remake their whole bodies from the dead...well that's a bit too convenient. They can always be brought back if this is the case it seems. How the heck did that even work on Bender?! They coudl have at least made up some silly reason to acknowledge that he is NOT a human being so human stem cells wont do anything for him.
The professor seemed a little bit too goofy and the mention of him killing people to get their stem cells..I just don't think that would have flown in the original series run. A small joke but seemed a bit too dark and eccentric to me.
The Planet Express ship was demolished yet it shows up later. Did the professor rebuilt it that fast?
Zap's head making a comment as it hung without a body seemed ridiculous. In an older episode when Fry's head gets severed Zoidberg has to quickly attach it to Amy's body to survive. Yes that was a plot device but we all know a head cannot survive without a body.
In the second episode Zap seemed a little too clever to pull off what he did to fool Leela. The fact that they were forced to "consummate" seems too convenient. It may lead to Fry and Leela breaking up, but I'd say the old Leela would have said "no way" to sleeping with Brannigan again no matter what the cost. The fact that she slept with him once was a big deal for a lot of the run of the original episodes yet here we are 2 episodes in and they have done it again already.
In spite of my criticism I am very very happy Futurama is back and I will watch and enjoy EVERY episode. I do fear that they may have developed so much of their own "verse" that they now play with that instead of the satire type humor they made in the past that was based on Sci Fi movies, TV, Video Games, etc.
As a comparison the first Austin Powers (as a comparison) was great because it was clever and original. The rest became jokes of themselves and weren't nearly as effective to me.
I am so happy to finally have Futurama back so no matter what I'll be a faithful viewer (well I'm in Canada so I had to cheat since we aren't privileged enough to see it air here yet).
I enjoyed the episodes but they just seem a little off to me. I realize we have a lot to accept as normal for the Futurama universe but everything just seems a bit too off the wall IMHO.
A few little things in the first episode bothered me. The stem cells used to remake their whole bodies from the dead...well that's a bit too convenient. They can always be brought back if this is the case it seems. How the heck did that even work on Bender?! They coudl have at least made up some silly reason to acknowledge that he is NOT a human being so human stem cells wont do anything for him.
The professor seemed a little bit too goofy and the mention of him killing people to get their stem cells..I just don't think that would have flown in the original series run. A small joke but seemed a bit too dark and eccentric to me.
The Planet Express ship was demolished yet it shows up later. Did the professor rebuilt it that fast?
Zap's head making a comment as it hung without a body seemed ridiculous. In an older episode when Fry's head gets severed Zoidberg has to quickly attach it to Amy's body to survive. Yes that was a plot device but we all know a head cannot survive without a body.
In the second episode Zap seemed a little too clever to pull off what he did to fool Leela. The fact that they were forced to "consummate" seems too convenient. It may lead to Fry and Leela breaking up, but I'd say the old Leela would have said "no way" to sleeping with Brannigan again no matter what the cost. The fact that she slept with him once was a big deal for a lot of the run of the original episodes yet here we are 2 episodes in and they have done it again already.
In spite of my criticism I am very very happy Futurama is back and I will watch and enjoy EVERY episode. I do fear that they may have developed so much of their own "verse" that they now play with that instead of the satire type humor they made in the past that was based on Sci Fi movies, TV, Video Games, etc.
As a comparison the first Austin Powers (as a comparison) was great because it was clever and original. The rest became jokes of themselves and weren't nearly as effective to me.
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