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ninjaclown Since: May, 2009
#251: Aug 13th 2010 at 6:00:02 AM

Robot Evolution Who'da thunk it?

Player2isDead Game Over. Try Again? from Four days in the future. Since: Feb, 2010
Game Over. Try Again?
#252: Aug 13th 2010 at 11:08:11 AM

That dog joke was simultaneously hilarious and depressing.

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RobbieRotten Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#254: Aug 13th 2010 at 11:34:14 AM

I thought the episode was a nice compramise between Intelligent Design and Evolution.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#255: Aug 13th 2010 at 6:37:34 PM

I thought it was a great episode, actually. This seems to be an incredibly YMMV season.

It's hilariously heartless that they'll make fun of us for d'awwwwing and crying over the end of Seymour.

Farnsworth had a bit too much fear of evolution on that Bot planet.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
RobbieRotten Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#256: Aug 13th 2010 at 7:38:32 PM

Ok I really need a link to this one NOW.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#257: Aug 13th 2010 at 7:43:21 PM

do what I did - go back to the link in page 5.

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RobbieRotten Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#259: Aug 14th 2010 at 3:52:07 AM

I thought the ep was pretty meh, too, except for four absolutely brilliant jokes:

1) The endless lineup of missing links.

2) "Another one of Fry's dogs."

3) Bender's spring with eyeballs being part of the robot museum's evolution display.

4) The judge allowing Bender's purposeless suspenders ... for now.

Monferez from Everywhere Since: Jul, 2010
#260: Aug 14th 2010 at 2:50:20 PM

My favorite line of the episode was Fry's "This is a cool way to die!" as he's being carried away by a robot pterydactel.

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
Monferez from Everywhere Since: Jul, 2010
Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#263: Aug 15th 2010 at 11:33:53 AM

This season sure is doing the social issues thing a lot more. First robosexual marriage and now this. I don't mind too much, but at the same time I don't want Futurama to become a really political show.

I guess it is.
Ronka87 Since: Jun, 2009
#264: Aug 15th 2010 at 1:26:40 PM

It's more of a general Were Still Relevant Dammit season. Out of 9 aired episodes, four have to do with "current" pop culture— Prop 8, Creationism, Apple/ social media, and the Da Vinci Code. Some of the references are already old (Who talks about Dan Brown anymore? And Susan the Boil? Really, Futurama?). They should stop trying to be relevant and just be Futurama.

Personally, I think the best episodes this season have been the ones that focused less on "current" issues and more on personal story— mainly "The Late Philip J. Fry" and "Lethal Inspection."

(Of the four current events eps, the last one was probably the best. The three others have their moments, but largely felt... underwhelming.)

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#265: Aug 15th 2010 at 1:59:15 PM

What about being eaten by a dragon shark made of lasers? I don't think you can beat that with much.

Fight smart, not fair.
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#266: Aug 15th 2010 at 2:59:44 PM

the creationism debate isn't a current event. It's a debate that's been going on for about 150 years.

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Roundy210 Since: Apr, 2009
#267: Aug 15th 2010 at 6:35:18 PM

i really liked the episode except for the flying spaghetti monster joke.

you can't just go aroundhaving your characters explain who or what they are! THAT MAKES ME FEEL ANGRY!!

Cambdoranononononono Since: Jan, 2001
#268: Aug 20th 2010 at 12:41:02 AM

Wait, running through it in my head, shouldn't it be simple to prove by contradiction that you can't restore everyone to their original bodies in this situation? I was waiting for it to be revealed that the two Globetrotters were stuck in each other's bodies, but maybe I messed something up. Or is the joke that they just sort of fudged the math in the background?

Also, hooray for Crack Pairings!

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#269: Aug 20th 2010 at 1:01:24 AM

No it works. I couldn't write out the proof, but I'm pretty sure you can do it.

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Cambdoranononononono Since: Jan, 2001
#270: Aug 20th 2010 at 1:16:45 AM

Perhaps I misunderstood the exposition explaining why the swap failed. I thought that the situation the couldn't work was when mind-body combination A-B tried to swap with B-A? (Where A is one person and B is another.)

ninjaclown Since: May, 2009
#271: Aug 20th 2010 at 1:40:29 AM

This episode is completely made of awesome. Seriously, anyone who hasn't watched it has to. NOW.

Scruffy: *sobbing*...Yup.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#272: Aug 20th 2010 at 2:30:15 AM

No, it's just that a transfer between two specific bodies is one way and can't go backwards.

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Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
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#273: Aug 20th 2010 at 2:43:14 AM

I just created a Brain Map, in case you're interested, that nicely details all of the brain switches in that episode. I'm not smart, just very OCD [1].

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Roundy210 Since: Apr, 2009
#274: Aug 20th 2010 at 8:12:58 AM

Congratulations, you win a Cookie, a T-Shirt, and Twenty "Future Points", to be cashed in on December 31st, 2999.

I loved this episode. INGENIOUS use of the Mind Switcher. It actually reminded me of another great Futurama ep, Three Hundred Big Boys, in which one big event sets off a bunch of smaller stories with all the other characters.

Also, Scruffy/Washbucket was a total tearjerker and I now ship them. And I don't even ship!

edited 20th Aug '10 8:14:38 AM by Roundy210

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#275: Aug 20th 2010 at 8:15:42 AM

^This seemed to be the opposite. It was just a small event that went out of control. Also, I now can't get the image of Zoidberg and Farsworth in bed together out of my mind!


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