Airing on Hulu (US) or Disney Plus (outside US) - Monday, September 18, 2023 at Eastern Time (ET) 03:00 a.m/ Pacific Time (PT) 12:00 a.m

  • silverbax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I am simultaneously encouraged about the writers starting to take chances and completely baffled as to why they even bothered with an overall throwaway storyline.

    I would also like some actual jokes thrown in. This is like…an outline of an episode that was never punched up in any fashion.

  • Moxvallix@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Did anyone else think this episode was supposed to be a dream? The fact that adverts are spread throughout definitely made me think it was (remember ads are beamed into peoples dreams).

    Also there were elements shared between the anthology segments, like Fry being unwell, or Bender doing loop-de-loops that make me think it’s a reflection of some real events? Maybe events we’ll see in the season finale?

    Curious if anyone else got these vibes. Could just be reading too much into it.

  • Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    My theory here is this episode is 4 mini episodes written by ai.

    Usually when they do an anthology or clip show they have some kind of in-universe framing device, but this almost feels like the whole screenplay was ai and they just said fuck it.

    • TheLoneMinon@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I really hope this is the case and they were trying to prove a point in favor of the striking writers… otherwise I may skip the rest of this season. Its been okay, if a bit stale, but this was one was disheartening.

      • blivet@artemis.camp
        7·
        1 year ago

        Its been okay, if a bit stale, but this was one was disheartening.

        Yeah, I feel the same way. The other episodes were all right, although a bit heavy on the memberberries, but this was just awful.

        I haven’t seen every episode of Futurama, but I’ve seen the vast majority, and while more than a few haven’t been my kind of humor, this is the first one I’ve seen that I thought actually sucked.

    • SomeDude@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I’m convinced that this is the case as well. Literally the first episode of this season mentioned the horrible working conditions of writers and how Bender (an AI) replaces them, but only produces rubbish. And with this episode, they showcased exactly how this would play out.

  • audrbox@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    The framing plot here was imo definitely a self-aware parody of past episodes where Leela just totally forgets/ignores she and Fry are dating, and through that lens I found it hilarious. The science spell reveal at the end is the perfect absurd capper to it and also makes it clear it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously

  • fry@fry.gsEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Can’t believe the first season back is already almost done! Any word yet on if it’s been picked up for season 12?