I was a huge fan of Futurama since it first aired, but each revival has been less interesting. I watched a couple episodes of this one and then dropped it. I still watch the first 5 seasons.
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Honestly the latest season was really disappointing. IIRC most of the jokes were just references to popular episodes.
Both Hulu seasons damn near ruined the show for me, and Futurama is one of my favorite shows of all time.
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.
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.
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).
Holy crap, how many times are they going to cancel, then revive this show!? Like The Simpsons, let it die already. The quality and passion is clearly not there anymore...
I haven't actually watched any of the Hulu seasons yet, are they any good?
There were definitely some pretty good episodes but also some pretty bland episodes. None were like overtly bad iirc, but there were a couple that were centered around satirizing a single specific real life fad/thing (like the old episode with the eye-phones) which I don’t really like.
I tried to watch it. Got about half way through the second episode and the dog wanted to go outside. Turned it off and completely forgot it even existed until now. About as horrible as the new king of the hill.
I kind of had the same experience. I watched an episode, or maybe one and a half and thought: no one needs this and it's kinda cringe. Then i turned it off and never went back. Kingbof queens i watched, it's not horrible, but again, it's unneeded, and i had to kinda force myself to watch it.
What aren't you liking about the new KotH?
I'm certainly not an avid watcher, but the quality seems to be right around where the original was, possibly slightly better. Is it because they shifted the timeline so much?
I guess the voice-actors for Dale, Luane and John Redcorn being gone doesn't help...
I watched a couple, determined it was horrible, went to a review of the entire season, they said one of the episodes was good, watched that one, stiil underwhelming. hulu seasons suck.
I've enjoyed them! Just like any other seasons there's good and bad episodes, but overall it's carried the spirit from the previous revivals
Just let it go already. It's well past its best by date.
Haven't they had like 2 finales at this point?
I still enjoy the new stuff. I’m aware it’s not early seasons quality but as someone with a neurological illness that impacts my cognition, I find it very useful to have a large amount of simply structured content in the same universe.
What a disappointment. To get canceled twice and still come back and be able to have the perfect finale just to have Hulu bring you back again and ruin it.
I haven't liked any of the new stuff and it should have stayed canceled. I wont be adding the new stuff to my collection.
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