3 time the charm
Comedy Central seasons were very hit and miss but entirely harmless overall. I’m glad they were made even if none of the episodes were as good as the original run.The Hulu episodes just make me sad. Worse animation, all the voice actors show their age, the worst episode of the entire series is from them…good riddance.It’s a little sad Futurama fell from relevancy so hard. It was one of the biggest cult hits of the 2000s.
That's sad, this newest season was a marked improvement over the other Hulurama episodes
>>155651755Hopefully it stays dead this time.
>>155651827The Comedy Central episodes at least knew to stick Amy in fetish costumes several times a season; I can't think of the last time I saw anything like that from the Hulu episodes.
Hulu era had a lot of stinkers, but the number episode was one of my all time episodes.
>>155651755Hulurama was shit
>>155652024The Comedy Central and Fox season showed Amy's and Leela's bare asses, Hulurama did not
>>155652084Fox then: SWEDENFox now: LOCATION UNCLEAR, MAY OR MAY NOT BE SWEDEN
>>155652084Soul vs Soulless
The Hulu seasons just existed to make the Comedy Central seasons look good.
>>155651827>the worst episode of the entire series is from themAnd what episode would that be?
>>155651827On my last rewatch, I was kind of surprised at how not-as-bad-as-I-remember the CC seasons were. Obviously I skipped the obama birth certificate one and the gay robot marriage one, but the rest were like... yeah, pretty good, with just a few stinkers like the talking boil one. Overall, not terrible. I'd place it just below "the last 5-6 seasons of King of the Hill" tier.Anyone who watched after they started recasting based on race has a filthy soul and should really reconsider some things in life.
>>155651827the sad thing is the performers are still great, but they should have been given a NEW show, with new characters and roles, to continue showing off their talents and making us all laugh.Stop digging up old shit and start giving us "We dug up the PEOPLE behind the old shit, dusted them off, carefully put the shovels away, and here they are for your enjoyment"
Will the hulu seasons get a blu ray release? My collection cannot stand incomplete.
>>155652788It is complete because you cut the dangling thread and declared it complete. Do not pursue this trash further anon.
>>155652084What happened?
>>155652822Late 2004 incident
>>155651827>>155652765The biggest problem with the Hulu episodes was they had extremely rushed production schedules. The Fox seasons were great because they could take a script and reivse it like five or six times before it made it to the air. The Hulu episodes didn't have that luxury. They were essentially only able to finish a first draft before rushing it into animation. It's partly why the animation feels off and the humor isn't as punchy. That said, they seem to have adapted to the breakneck pace well in the most recent season. Some episodes like the Hot Dog one or the pop singer one suffer from the typical Hulurama thing of having a meandering plot that goes all over the place, but other episodes like Our Flag Means Medical Coverage do a great job making funny jokes and interesting plots.It's clearly not Futurama in its prime, but overall if this is the last season, I'd say it's ending on a decent note rather than a sour one. Hopefully the specials live up to the same legacy set by the DVD movies.
Did they ever show Trump in it?
>>155652928The head museum doesn't extend past Bush Jr... except for a few fictional inserts.
>>155652928Just his Trapezoid Tower in the original Robot Devil episode during the Adult Swim run, no idea about later episodes.
Isn't there still some specials next year?
>>155651858It was the opposite
>>155651827there's an episode worse than neutopia?
>>155652643The Prince and The Product. By far the worst episode of the show in my and many others’ opinions.
>155652084How many goddamn times are you gonna post this, we get it>>155652822The Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident
>>155652957>>155653006I remember Matt Groening really wanting to put Trump in the revival back in 2018, wonder what stopped him, lolDid they even show Nixon still?
>>155653139
>>155653176Yeah Nixon still shows up
>>155652884qrd?
>>155653172whats it about
I'd like to believe that Futurama will reincarnate under another host, but if that were likely to happen, they probably wouldn't have rushed out a Disenchantment crossover.
>>155651760Cringe
>>155651760why
>>155653201janet jackson showed nipples on live TV, the Broadcast Standards and Practices enforced that rule to avoid show cartoon nudity on TV
>>155653204It's an anthology episode (which are always the shittiest ones) and one of the stories involves Leela cucking Fry
>>155653457But Leela is under a spell that episode.
>>155652084It's a sad day when all the fanservice in new Futurama hinges on whatever Scruffy's got in his hands.
>>155653498Doesn't make it any less shitty.
>>155653400inception reference executed poorly for funnies.
>>155652084If it's any consolation, I thought this hairdresser in the finale was hot.
>>155651755Loved this show back in the day but never felt the urge to watch whatever shambling corpse they brought back from the dead.
>>155651755Now stay dead and stop trying to bring Disenchantment back
>>155652893>Hopefully the specials live up to the same legacy set by the DVD movies. They won't.
>>155654078It isn't.
>>155654338Groening should put his career on ice and just spend the rest of his life living off his infinite money. His creativity is all burnt up and he'd do best to not sulley his legacy any further than it already has.
>>155654424I appreciate that he still tried his hand at making a third show, but it's clear he has little left to give us. I invite you all to go and wash down Dishitchantment and Hulurama with Groening in his prime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwKdq4OiyqA
>>155652084side boob! We gotta go back, kids. You don't know what you're missing.
>>155652084I bet they did show Fry's ass though.
>>155652084A real tragedy
>>155651760AI slop. Nice try.
>>155653120Yeah, three of 'em. But DiscussingFilm either avoids doing research, or ignores previously announced news for easy engagement.
>>155652024Can't rightly recall an Amy episode in hulurama. At least comedy central tried.
>>155654920>Children of a Lesser Bog >Beauty and the Bug >Cuteness Overlord >The Charm Offensive Not a single one with Amy fanservice, though..
>>155653159There's so many bad episodes that can be considered the worst that Futurama may have achieved simply through a refusal to die and the passage of time the fate of the works it once parodied: becoming an anthology of ideas that vary widely in quality.That is that we now know for sure the best thing that can happen for an sf work or idea is to be forgotten.
>>155655069I appreciate children of a lesser bog for changing things but like beauty and the bug was more a bender episode the other two pretty meh.
Amy sex
>people have unanimously agreed for years that Simpsons should've died back in the 90s>the last time Simpsons was even culturally relevant was the first movie and nobody seems to give a shit that a second one is happening >Futurama completely lost relevance and nobody even bothered to hate-watch to Hulu revival>Disenchantment was so bland that nobody watched it to begin withI have to wonder if Groening's who is hurting from all of this after decades of being the king of the animated shitcom
>>155655522*Ego
Hot take, the comedy central revival was good
>>155651760Leelabros, not like this...
>>155655529It was definitely a lot more consistent than the Hulu run, I can at least remember episodes that came out during it and Meanwhile was a good way to end things.
>>155654746You wish
>>155652084How many years have you been spamming this fucking picture.
>watching Futurama past season 5
>>155655932Cope
>>155654746Only if they made the official show with AI.
>>155652893There’s always an excuse.
>>155656024Get a grip. Normal people don't spend years seething their animated cartoons aren't showing women's asses anymore
>>155656111Gay
>>155655932Imagine till it stops reflecting the present
>>155656111Normal people don't really give a fuck about cartoons period.Cartoons are for children and the mentally stunted.
Next revival will be good, trust me
>>155651827I stopped watching after the Squid Game episodeThe Hulu episodes feel like they’re written with AI
give me the rundown on futurama and the revivals.I watched the original eons ago but never fully watched it and never bothered with revivals.
>>155652957I remember seeing Obama in one episode.
>>155651755Isn't this the 4th time?>OG ends with holophone >movies end with 4th movie>comedy central ends with frozen time reset And I never actually saw the newest stuff but that would be the 4th end right?
>>155655529Not on your life. The show ended with The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings.
>>155656131There have still been instances of female nudity in animated shows, mostly streaming. FOX shows have to be beholden to not just the FCC's decency standards, but Disney as well. It's stupid but if you're this upset you can't see Leela's naked ass, just go to Paheal
>>155653201>>155653435This anon is full of shit btw. Janet's nip slip happened at the Super Bowl in early february.Janet Jackson's nip slip was partially such an incident because it happened at the superbowl. The incident itself was barely anything and you barely see anything. You don't even really see the nipple itself.Hell, the long term effect of Janet Jackson's nip slip was basically a "free the nipple" movement because people felt they were using it in response to Iraq. This later killed by Seth MacFarlane's "we saw your boobs" song at the Oscars which sexualized rather dark and serious scenes from movies and made actresses feel uncomfortable by the idea of audiences acting immature about nudity in scenes meant to signal things like vulnerability.What really killed it all was simple. HBO toned it down. HBO is the big leader here because everyone else goes a step below themHBO can still show ass, hips, et cetera on a woman but has stopped swishing tits around left and right. Thus, other networks go a step below.HBO can go full Tarantino, so other networks can allude to foot fetishes in a non joking way.HBO can now show flaccid dick on men, meaning other networks can put men in thongs.
>>155654424Sad but true.
>>155654358Man, I actually hated that Dungeons and Dragons parody movie, it was easily the worst of the lot, I don't think I've even rewatched it since it was new.
>>155651755I hate a lot of these revivals because of how cheap the animation feels So I won't miss it
>>155656749This. If you can't afford to have Futurama looking cool, I DON'T WANT IT
>>155651827The Hulu episodes were just cash grabs by everyone involved, the VAs got another paycheck and Hulu grabbed a few more subscriptions.
I haven't watched this series since I was a child, what season should I stop at?
>>155656317Meanwhile is the best ending they've done and I doubt this latest one even compares
>>155651755>>155651760Good riddance
>>155656313There were also two backdoor finales: "Overclockwise" before they were renewed for another 26-episode Comedy Central season, and "Otherwise" before they were renewed for another 20-episode Hulu order. Technically six faux-nales. >>155658314>and I doubt this latest one even compares It... does not. You get a sweet Yancy moment and another classic Gen X needledrop to close things out, but that's about it. Almost felt like the writers were mocking those of us who actually WANT to see how Futurama would definitively end.
>>155658314It's a retread of Meanwhile, while also giving everyone else except Kif, Zapp, and Scruffy endings to their stories in the episode. I honestly thought Otherwise was a better attempt at ending it again than this one was, though Meanwhile was way better than either.
a show created by a guy that was on the lolita express having an episode making fun of pizzagate conspiracies was the final nail in the coffin.
>>155658541Keeler must be really damn tired by now of having to come up with new endings. Speaking of, I wonder why all the Hulurama episodes he has written are under different pen names. Conflicts with upper management at Disney?
So who's winning the mid-off?
>>155659495I'd rather watch Hulurama so I guess President Curtis wins at being more mid
futurama's cancelation was an act of God and we should stop trying to defy his will by bringing it back over and overit's clear that it's just not meant to be.
>>155651827>even if none of the episodes were as good as the original run.I think there are a few episodes from the CC run that are good enough to stand alongside the original series. The one with the time machine that only goes forward comes to mind. It's got a compelling, science-fictiony premise mixed with silliness and sentimentality that ends on a sweet note. It was really just emulating the classic "Fry and Leela episode" format as popularized by "The Devil's Hands", but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.Most of CC could genuinely go in the trash, though. Honestly, even the stand-alone movies were kind of rubbish beyond Bender's Big Score.
>>155651755I stopped watching the Hulurama episodes mid way through the second season of them. They were just so bad People talk about the CC seasons not being up to par to the Fox run, I don't really know about them. Like yeah maybe it's a step down from the last two Fox seasons, but that original run wasn't as flawless as people think. Also the CC seasons were just a lot better than people at the time thought they were.Maybe it was a nostalgia thing? Fans had been rewatching the Fox seasons for over half a decade by the point Comedy Central brought it back, and thus they had some rose tinted goggles and overly high expectations
>>155655978If you stop after 5 you miss some of the best episodes. Including The Late Philip J. Fry, easily the best episode of the showThe CC seasons were quite good if you skip the topical episodes. Same is true of the Fox seasons. The episodes about global warming and Napster are fucking awful
>>155652765Why did you skip those?
>>155656296Well there's the original Fox run. It's great. Not every episode is good, there are like a few duds in there, and the show gets better as it goes on. But it did poorly, like all sci-fi shows, and was cancelled.Then there was a string of straight-to-dvd movies.These are awful, just genuinely not good.People will disagree with me, but I think that none of them are worth watching except maybe the first. Maybe. They are packaged on streaming as a season unto themselves and divided into 4 parts each.After those movies did well Comedy Central bought the rights to the show and revived it for a number of years.The quality is lesser than the original Fox run, or the end of the original Fox run anyway, but it's mostly still quite good. Arguably the best episode "The Late Philip J Fry" is from this revival.That revival ran it's course and was cancelled again.Until Hulu decided that fourth time was the charm.I liked the crypto currency/western episode, but this revival is mostly just all bad. I stopped watching it mid-way through the second season of the revival
>>155653204It's one of the anthology episodes, which are always bad, but this time the gimmick is each story is built around a sort of toy or product.So in one they're all toy cars, in one their rubber ducks, in one their wind up toys.The interconnecting, in-canon part of the story has Leela leaving Fry. She's under a magic spell, but it's just annoying they are still pulling the 'will-they-won't-they' bullshit this late into the show
>>155660033>The Late Philip J FryUggh I hated that episode it basically killed the setting and replaced it with one just like itI couldn't care about anything because it wasn't THE characters anymore just similar ones like them in the future
>A nice episode about Fry selling his soul to impress Leela>The movie/s>Fry and Leela break time and grow old while the world remains in stasis, and agree to reset it all to fix everythingWhat was the ending this time?
>>155657859Don't share your true feelings in a filename
>>155660509We find out Monday. But that's not the real ending endjng, the ending ending is the third Hulu special coming out soon
Did they at least follow up those cliffhanger episodes? Like the impending doom of all those clothes covering the Earth.
>>155660566Nope. Those annoyed the fuck out of me.The only one that sorta got a followup was the coffee one.
>>155660069>will-they-won't-theyThis is the reason why I started to hate FryXLeela So much of show teased them and then they would pull back to have them date some one-off characters
>>155660509Meta jokes about people wanting to know how stories end.
>>155660604To be fair they've been consistently a couple in the Hulurama seasons.They even had an episode about Leela moving in with Fry and Bender.
What is the reason why they won't include the movies/specials on "full series" DVD's?
>>155660654Lol I dunno
>>155660654Don't they include the serialized version of those on those sets? I much prefer the movie versions personally, but I could see that as an explanation.
>>155655529It was extremely mediocre
>>155660604The one thing that changed in the continuity was Fry and Leela getting together and it has been really insufferable. Instead of Fry maturing and becoming worthy of Leela's affection, Leela gets uncharacteristically stupid. Most of the time Fry is getting cucked anyway, what's the point of them getting together?
>>155651827The Disenchanted episode didn't even feel like a Futurama episode. It was nice that it wrapped up the lingering stuff of Disenchanted but I can't imagine someone who's never watched that show watching this episode and not knowing what the hell is going on. Even if they tried explaining it through flashbacks, the flashbacks all felt kinda forced.
>>155662841It tries to be both a epilogue to disenchantment and a crossover at the same time and fails at both.It should have just been a non canon entry set in the early parts of Disenchantment
>>155659495President Curtis has legitimately been a great show. Hell, I'd rather watch it over R&M.
>>155651760Soulless
>>155653139i liked having leela act like leela again and episodes not featuring the whole cast
Futurama is like Family Guy in that literally all the worthwhile episodes are from before the series got cancelled the first time. everything after being uncancelled is practically a parody of the original run
>>155656461>actresses crying about audiences interpreting nude scenes in a way different than what the director intendedhow utterly precious. newsflash: the nude scenes were an excuse for the director to see you nude, everything else about the plot was post-hoc justification
>>155655522Groening hasn't been involved with Simpsons production in over 20 years, I think he also had nothing to do with the CC or Hulu era of Futurama.
What are the lingering plot threads left for Futurama to resolve?>The fact the universe is a simulation being run by... someone.>Leela being "The Other">>155663348He is at least partly involved. I know he and David X. Cohen butted heads a bit on when the show was revived after Wild Green Yonder. Groening wanted to just pick up like the movie never happened, Cohen wanted continuity. I agree with Cohen.
>>155656024Arrest>>155656119Cry about it
>>155653566Scruffy IS the fanservice, ya nimrod.
>>155664879
>>155652084They can say all the swear words they want now, but dont you show a booty
>>155654455S O V L
Nobody asked for a Hulu revival
>>155668052You clearly weren't there when the internet celebrated this shit. Four years later, and not a peep is uttered about the finale...
>>155668871I only remember people getting outraged at the possibility of DiMaggio not returning as Bender.>Publicly threatens to not return to try and pressure the company to give the VAs raises>Doesn't get what he wants>Returns anywayFunniest shit I've ever seen
>>155658541
I’ll be honest, I stopped watching after the NFT episode
>It's been 3 years since the Hulu revival beganJesus...
>>155652084Based
>>155655529It was okay but it greatly paled in comparison to the original run. Starting with the direct to video movies there was a massive vibe shift and most of the characters got flanderized.
>>155664702Cope
>>155651827I couldn't watch The Laff Boat
