PearlDrummer20: Futurama is Back!

PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	I thought the 2 new episodes were up to par with the rest of the seasons, and it's a very promising premier for a great show that has finally been brought back.
robin 06.25.10	i guess most people will think it was trying too hard but futurama always felt like that (in the best possible way). i really dug the episodes far more than i thought. first one was hilarious.
accompliceofmydeath 06.25.10	I did not get to see it. What channel is it on nowadays?
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	yeah I know "When I count to 3, you will forget that this show was cancelled by idiots, then brought back by bigger idiots."
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	@accomplice it's on Comedy Central now.
Prolapse 06.25.10	Sup pearl, haven't seen you in a while
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	Yeah i've been busy. I'm sorting out all this shit because i'm going to France with my French exchange student in August for 3 weeks, just got my passport 2 days ago. It's going to be really fun, though.
Phideaux 06.25.10	I was very pleased with the new episodes. Very glad its back. I didn't really get into Futurama until after it was canceled so I always wished I had watched it when it was on.
Prolapse 06.25.10	Cool, we got 2 german people for foreign exchange. One was a really fat girl and the other was fucking badass, he used to smoke cigars in school
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	^same here. Did not even notice it until 2 years ago, watched a re-run of it on Comedy Central and I was hooked (I think the episode was "War Is The H-Word").
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	nice johnny.
Phideaux 06.25.10	I actually didn't like it at first, but now its one of my favorite shows.
Counterfeit 06.25.10	I loved the new episodes. It's gonna be weird with Fry and Leela in love though, haha.
Phideaux 06.25.10	They should have given up on the Simpsons and put this back on in its place a long time ago.
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	agreed. The Simpsons isn't funny anymore, the last good thing that came out of them is The Simpsons Movie. The fact that Seth McFarline has 3 shows on FOX is just sad. Although, I am glad Futurama is on Comedy Central now, because it'll probably stick around more and it just seems like a more fitting channel for the show.
Phideaux 06.25.10	I agree. Comedy Central is better. I like Family Guy and American Dad, but I think Seth McFarlane would be better off focusing his efforts on just one show. Maybe two.
Slipping Away 06.25.10	the episodes were good but definitely not up to par with their better ones, but they'll probably get better now that they got the transition from the movies to shows over with. Really glad its back on tv.
Athom 06.25.10	I love the shit out of Futurama, but the 2 movies and now the two new episodes have been sub-par in my opinion.
Phideaux 06.25.10	I thought the new episodes were better than the movies were. But the movies weren't bad either.
Athom 06.25.10	The style of comedy has changed. The newer stuff has been less satire and more shitck. I liked the show better when it was more cerebral. Plus last night was the first time that I ever thought can bender please blow himself up because I'm not digging his "party" bullshit.
robin 06.25.10	hmm. i never really thought it was satire say, like the simpsons was. i love both shows but while futurama also had refrences it was more just a bombardment of jokes (hell of a lot of wordplay jokes, and still has them) rather than satire. but yknow yr probably right adam thomas
robin 06.25.10	anyway the show can never ACTUALLY resound as it used to, it's been too long and the films distorted that. but it's not going to kill the series in the same way other cartoons could
Athom 06.25.10	I dunno, it's just the writing style that kinda bugs me now. The word play has always been great, but in the older ones almost every line was dripping with some sarcastic witty bite, and now it's more like a lot of silly situations, forced timing, and the banter is now pulling a simpsons (although with better writing) trying to be "haha" funny instead of "oh man i get that". Then again my favorite episode is the one with Fry's "lower horn" and that's just a half hour of innuendo.
feav233 06.25.10	i enjoyed them both, but there were definitely parts on both episodes that i wasn't a huge fan on, the second one's ending was stupid was hopin on the first one as they all popped out of the stem cells, someone would ask 'whos that', and in response, 'scruffy...the janitor'
robin 06.25.10	that is my favourite episode too redsky. the only thing that really annoys me about the new season is that i felt the show was so immensly well laid out plotwise - the episode where fry drinks 100 cups of coffee pretty much resolves about 5 subplots around a main one so amazingly well. they never forgot anything, whereas these new plots seem comparitavely simplistic. still, i found myself grinning my way through both episodes.
feav233 06.25.10	the part where the professor tried to wake up leela by shaking her i didn't find very funny, i mean i guess the initial part of it was fairly humorous since i was not expecting it, but then it got too drawn out really quick
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	my personal favorite episodes were the season finale for the last season, War Is The H-Word, and the human-horn one (I loved Bender's little one-liners). I am guilty of laughing at when Zap said "V-GINY? I don't get it." And Redsky I liked Bender's partying, it was meant to annoy the hell out of everyone, and that's what it did. I did like" "Do the Bender! Do the Bender!" "No thank you" "I SAID DO IT!"
Yazz_Flute 06.25.10	ah I missed it but I love Futurama
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	catch a re-run bodom
Phideaux 06.25.10	My favorite quote from the new season so far is: "I can't feel much of anything since my guinea pig died." I agree that the writing style is somewhat different. But I still think the show is hilarious, and I'm very happy to see it back on tv.
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	yeah, totally agree. Also, where is the love for the 4 movies? I thought they were all cool, except for maybe Bender's Game. Here is my ranking: Bender's Big Score Beast With A Billion Backs Into The Wild Green Yonder Bender's Game
feav233 06.25.10	they weren't bad by any means, i would probably rank them green yonder big score beast with a billion backs benders game
MUNGOLOID 06.25.10	space people from the future > yellow people
sniper 06.25.10	Felt so good to watch an episode I had never seen before. I missed the fuck out of that show haha.
Phideaux 06.25.10	Yeah. Great show. My ranking for the movies is probably: Bender's Game Bender's Big Score Beast With a Billion Backs. I haven't actually seen Green Yonder yet And I seem to be in the minority liking Bender's Game.
Slipping Away 06.25.10	those kids in benders game ruined it for me, they're annoying as hell
Dryden 06.25.10	finally something good on tv
PearlDrummer20 06.25.10	To me Bender's Game wasn't bad for a certian reason, it was just bad.
Slipping Away 06.25.10	that too
feav233 06.29.10	Jamaican? I thought you were some kind of outer space potato man.
PearlDrummer20 07.01.10	What kind of party is this? There's no beer and only one hooker.
Slipping Away 07.01.10	looking forward to tomorrow
foreverendeared 07.01.10	"The first Futurama episode in 6 years was on last night" Naw they rebooted the series last year too, but it got canceled after just a few shows
PanasonicYouth 07.01.10	they were okay definitely not the best but promising can't wait to see more