Premiere date and time: Monday, July 24 at 12am PT / 3am ET
Streaming service: US - Hulu, outside the US - Disney Plus
I mostly liked it. The joke that got me the hardest was probably the robot standup comedian.
My only complaint really was that they pulled an “oh no fry is dead but wait he’s not” again which the writers really started to like to do in like every other episode after the first reboot, so I hope this doesn’t become a running theme in every episode.
I appreciated the fry dying call back, I feel like it had to have been self aware. Great reboot episode, an average Futurama episode, which is great!
The robot standup was the gag that convinced me “ah, Futurama is back”
Not the best episode but not the worst! Honestly as far as reboots go I’m VERY happy with it. I’m sure they’ll find their footing!
I saw some people complaining that the voices weren’t the same but it’s been 24ish years since the pilot and they probably haven’t practiced in between the 10 year hiatus. Also Billy West is over 70 and Katey Sagal is 69! I couldn’t believe it. Seriously impressed how little the voices have changed if you take that stuff into account.
I’m looking forward to the next episode as it probably won’t be as meta and doesn’t have to address being revived after 10 years.
What a weird complaint. The voices sound the same to me. And I literally watched the Season 7 finale the day before S08E01 aired.
Timestamp 20:09 S11E01: ominous warning from the future for Elon Musk “X equals suicide”. Ummm? Futurama did it!
I’m not optimistic based on that first episode, did they have a hard time getting a writer’s room together this time?
The animation was extremely unambitious and the plot was, charitably, a minimum viable effort. I’ve loved this show for the majority of my life, but if you don’t have something to say, move on.
The comedy in this episode was the “Now that’s what I call jokes we missed 201x” and there wasn’t anything beyond it to latch onto. After the quality of that last finale, I just want to forget that this happened, so far.
As a long time fan, that t’was pretty good :)
Oh no my boy what have they done to you Slurms
None of the flavour, all of the addiction!
Lol at people reporting this post for misinformation. Futurama season numbers have always been ill-defined and now we just have to live with it. Be thankful you’re not in the UK where the DVD ordering made it even weirder.
There is new Futurama coming out. Be less cranky and more excited!
Good News! Kidnap the actors and get back here at once.
Best line in the ep
I thought it was great! Maybe a few too many nods to their reboot, but they felt veiled enough to remain funny. Sounds like we might get another movie?! I’m so excited to have Futurama back!
Only one episode?! Now I have to binge at least 9 older episodes!
I generally don’t like meta episodes like the jokes in the show reflects on the real cast and writers. The self awerness usually ruin it for me. R&M did it well with the train episode, but I didn’t like it too much here. Not only that, the entire advertising if Hulu was a bit much.
I mean the idea is great, they tried to tell us, the audience, that times are changed and the world have changed with all the pc, me too, gender awerness, etc. And showed even a bit of concern. Also that they laugh at themselves with all the reboots and breaks. But I just didn’t like how it was served. I wish it was an interview and not an episode (they laughed about that as well with the "that’s too smart joke) and just write an episode like the know, without being afraid of all the pc and do on.
It wasn’t bad I still enjoyed it, but as I said it felt to meta and self aware for my taste.
Any one feels the same?
Was absolutely great. A little too much advertising for the platform we are actively watching it on, but an absolutely great return to form. Nothing felt forced and all the jokes landed well.
Loved the “scarry mirror”
I was underwhelmed by most of the jokes until the geometry near the end. It’s like they happened too slowly, so the impact wasn’t as strong as they were in the earlier seasons.
That writer’s joke… oof. What a bad time for that joke to air
The one where the writers worked themselves to death and were replaced by a robot that ruined the show?
Which part was bad timing?
I think he’s referencing the Writer’s Guild strike which has been ongoing since May.
I believe they’re implying that those jokes are actually a perfect metaphor for what the writers are striking about.
I think you missed the joke, they were replaced by a robot.
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anyone know what calculon having died is referencing?
Mainly referencing the episodes where he died
so I AM thick then