I think maybe a bit stale. Futurama was my favorite and I recently binged them all last year.
I think there’s soo much animation these days that Futurama doesn’t do anything new. It was new and exciting when it came out. I love futurology but Futurama doesn’t really use it’s year 3000 much. It’s more humdrum stuff that doesn’t even need aliens and robots and stuff
I don’t mind the staleness too much, the show had it’s prime years ago. I’m just glad we’re getting new episodes. I just don’t think we’re going to get another Luck of the Fryrish or Game of Tones this time around, you know?
A big part of why this season feels stale is that its topical references are several years old. Like Dune and Ivermectin, in this episode. Was this season written two years ago and is only being released now?
I’ve refrained from commenting much on previous episodes of the new season, but I have to say this one disappointed me the most. Parasites Lost was my favorite episode of the original run, and in that episode at the end the parasites warn it will be easy for them to return.
So they name this episode Parasites Regained. Naturally my expectations are that Fry regains the worms. Instead of doing that, they just used the title as a callback joke but it’s mostly unrelated to the plot. It’s not even really about the effects from the same parasites, never mind it being about the same character.
As others have commented here, the jokes are stale and slow to fire. I don’t think the writing has been strong enough to have resurrected the show again.
At best I’ve chuckled at this season. The original run - and even most of the Comedy Central episodes - were much funnier than this.
Maybe there will be some better episodes ahead, but I really don’t see Futurama getting another season based on the strength of this one.
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I think maybe a bit stale. Futurama was my favorite and I recently binged them all last year.
I think there’s soo much animation these days that Futurama doesn’t do anything new. It was new and exciting when it came out. I love futurology but Futurama doesn’t really use it’s year 3000 much. It’s more humdrum stuff that doesn’t even need aliens and robots and stuff
Agreed it feels a bit stale. Most of the jokes are just references to past episodes, this episode in particular felt incredibly missable.
None have been standouts. Here’s hoping they push a bit
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I don’t mind the staleness too much, the show had it’s prime years ago. I’m just glad we’re getting new episodes. I just don’t think we’re going to get another Luck of the Fryrish or Game of Tones this time around, you know?
I’m still confused Why it is called season 8 when it is season 11🤔
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Varies on who you ask, but it looks like both agree on Season 8.
Wikipedia:
FOX: Seasons 1-4
Movies: Season 5
Comedy Central: Seasons 6-7
Hulu: Season 8
TheTVdb:
FOX: Seasons 1-5
Comedy Central: Seasons 6-7
Hulu: Season 8
A big part of why this season feels stale is that its topical references are several years old. Like Dune and Ivermectin, in this episode. Was this season written two years ago and is only being released now?
I’ve refrained from commenting much on previous episodes of the new season, but I have to say this one disappointed me the most. Parasites Lost was my favorite episode of the original run, and in that episode at the end the parasites warn it will be easy for them to return.
So they name this episode Parasites Regained. Naturally my expectations are that Fry regains the worms. Instead of doing that, they just used the title as a callback joke but it’s mostly unrelated to the plot. It’s not even really about the effects from the same parasites, never mind it being about the same character.
As others have commented here, the jokes are stale and slow to fire. I don’t think the writing has been strong enough to have resurrected the show again.
At best I’ve chuckled at this season. The original run - and even most of the Comedy Central episodes - were much funnier than this.
Maybe there will be some better episodes ahead, but I really don’t see Futurama getting another season based on the strength of this one.