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Futurama sets August 3rd return on Hulu (collider.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/futurama@adultswim.fan
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[–] 7 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Honestly the latest season was really disappointing. IIRC most of the jokes were just references to popular episodes.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Both Hulu seasons damn near ruined the show for me, and Futurama is one of my favorite shows of all time.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, I didn't even finish the first Hulu season. Seems like I made a good choice.

    Once they started leaning more heavily on current events/pop culture it was clear the show had run its course.

    I like that the Hulu seasons saw the terrible "eye-phone" episode, Attack of the Killer App, and thought they should use that premise for every episode.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (2 children)

    the terrible "eye-phone" episode, Attack of the Killer App,

    Terrible? That's one of the best episodes. Almost prescient. Also where we got the "shut up and take my money" line.

    Where they messed up is not having talent or humor and forgetting to be original and funny.

    TBH I watched 2 episodes of season 8 and forgot to keep watching they were so unremarkable.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Hmm, 2010 does put it earlier than I thought, although I'm still not sure if that makes it prescient.

    That being said, if you watch the episode a lot of the jokes aren't just dated, but fail to land at all due to be so tied to pop culture. That's not even counting the very bizzare, somewhat rude, Susan Boyle/Susan Boil bit.

    That's not even mentioning that it's structure/concept are mirrored in the Hulu/Bitcoin/Amazon/Covid episodes of the first Hulu season. Where they just take a current thing from pop culture and build an episode around it. Unlike the earlier episodes, the entire plot (and most of the humor) revolve around a concept that won't be relevant in the future (like how Twitter doesn't even exist anymore).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yea they copied it because its one of the most popular episode. The susan boil thing was some pretty spot on social commentary. The entire episode was some pretty spot on social commentary.

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