FUTURAMA: Rebirth

[Christopher]

Okay, wait. Lets back up here. Your condescending tone is really not constructive.

You were the one who condescended first. "Robot duplicates are not unique to Caprica." You really think I didn't know that? That I'd be so ignorant of science-fiction history as to think that a reference to something as generic as robot duplicates had to be specific to Caprica? I found that very insulting. You should've realized that I wouldn't be that foolish, and that my comparison to Caprica was about something more specific than just the generic concept of robot duplicates. (Especially since the duplicates in Caprica aren't even robots, but incorporeal AIs, although one was eventually downloaded into a robotic body.)

I also do not appreciate your implication that I am stupid and cannot follow a discussion.

I'm not assuming you're stupid, but the clear fact is that you didn't understand my original point. There's no shame in misunderstanding something, as long as you admit the misunderstanding and correct it.

I understood perfectly what you meant when you first explained it and how it was a newer concept.

You didn't have a clue what I was actually talking about, or you wouldn't have flung that "robot duplicates" crap at me. Hell, that doesn't apply either to Caprica or to Blade Runner, since the former aren't robots and the latter are neither robots nor duplicates.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Come to think of it, Futurama has done very little in the way of Star Wars. It's always been more Star Trek. But of course, Trek is the nerdier alternative to Wars which is too mainstream

Not anymore. nuTrek is just mainstream as SW. I'd love to see them parody that.

 

[Amaris]

Come to think of it, Futurama has done very little in the way of Star Wars. It's always been more Star Trek. But of course, Trek is the nerdier alternative to Wars which is too mainstream

Not anymore. nuTrek is just mainstream as SW. I'd love to see them parody that.

I would imagine they're planning for that. These men are genuine Star Trek nerds. You can smell it on them.

 

[RTOlson]

I liked both episodes, but I liked "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" more.

I thought it was interesting that Matt Groening has a story co-credit for both of these episodes (for "Rebirth," it was shared by David X. Cohen and by Carolyn Premish for "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela). Both Cohen and Premish wrote the teleplays for their respective episodes.

Groening's only other "Futurama" writing credit was for "Space Pilot 3000."

 

[Broccoli]

Edit: It's not worth it.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Edit: It's not worth it.

NOW you're catching on! On to more vital topics, such as...

nuTrek is just mainstream as SW.

Is the fan-catarwauling about Abrams Trek too esoteric to parody?

 

[RJDiogenes]

I have no idea. But the movie is obviously abysmal enough to parody on its own merits, and a lot of people have seen it.

 

[Christopher]

I have no idea. But the movie is obviously abysmal enough to parody on its own merits, and a lot of people have seen it.

Given that Star Trek (2009) is the most popular and successful ST movie of all time, with a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and similarly high ratings anywhere else you look, it's rather disingenuous to call it "obviously abysmal." Of course those few people who dislike it are entitled to their opinions, but it's disingenuous, if not outright delusional, to claim that the film is universally hated.

 

[OmahaStar]

And if anyone would know delusional, it's Christopher.

 

[Rowan Sjet]

Yes, he knows you.

BOOSH!

 

[Unicron]

I liked "Rebirth" as the better of the two. Zapp's war yodeling was funny. It was also nice that they remembered Kif not having a normal skeleton because of his species, which is a mistake that could have easily been made. I also liked the scene where Robo-Leela was screaming at her arm.

 

[tharpdevenport]

For a second there, when we saw the villainous sphere from a distance, it looked crumbled and broken. I thought it could potentially be the Brain sphere that was sucked out of their reality, and that the Brains were back.

 

[Christopher]

It was also nice that they remembered Kif not having a normal skeleton because of his species, which is a mistake that could have easily been made.

I'm more puzzled by how Bender could be regenerated by stem cells.

I also liked the scene where Robo-Leela was screaming at her arm.

Didn't care for that one. It's a gag I've seen done before, on The Simpsons, I think, and it felt derivative.

 

[David cgc]

I think the Simpsons might've done it a couple times. The one I can remember specifically is Homer discovering the body of Smithers' father.

 

[Skywalker]

It was also nice that they remembered Kif not having a normal skeleton because of his species, which is a mistake that could have easily been made.

I'm more puzzled by how Bender could be regenerated by stem cells.

Wibbly wobbly, sciencey wiencey...

Okay, that doesn't work as well as it does for time.

 

[AdmiralGarak]

It was also nice that they remembered Kif not having a normal skeleton because of his species, which is a mistake that could have easily been made.

I'm more puzzled by how Bender could be regenerated by stem cells.

Clearly the stem cells repaired Bender's RNA.

Farnsworth: It seems the Youthasizing tar was saturated with time-altering Chronitons. A thin layer is still stuck to our DNA as well as Bender's robo, or "RNA".

(Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles)

 

[RJDiogenes]

I have no idea. But the movie is obviously abysmal enough to parody on its own merits, and a lot of people have seen it.

Given that Star Trek (2009) is the most popular and successful ST movie of all time, with a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and similarly high ratings anywhere else you look, it's rather disingenuous to call it "obviously abysmal." Of course those few people who dislike it are entitled to their opinions, but it's disingenuous, if not outright delusional, to claim that the film is universally hated.

I never said it was universally hated-- unfortunately, it was mega-popular, which is why we'll probably never see adult Star Trek again, except in books. But when you have a "Trek" movie where Kirk is a juvenile delinquent, Spock is a homicidal maniac, Vulcan is reduced to rubble, Old Spock tells Young Spock to go recreate a bromance from another dimension while he repopulates with the young Vulcan babes and... well, on and on. Abysmal is the right word. Definitely MST3K material.

 

[Christopher]

^Well, that's your opinion. But it's a minority opinion, so don't expect the makers of Futurama to share it.

 

[Gepard]

Didn't care for that one. It's a gag I've seen done before, on The Simpsons, I think, and it felt derivative.

MST3K also did it in The Screaming Skull. Still, it's a gimmick I never get tired of.

And speaking of MST3K...

...Spock is a homicidal maniac....Old Spock tells Young Spock to go recreate a bromance from another dimension while he repopulates with the young Vulcan babes and...

That settles it. You didn't watch Trek XI, you hallucinated. Next time, try criticising something that actually exists.

 

[David cgc]

I don't know. If there's one thing Spock never, ever did, it was punch Jim Kirk in the face. Except when he was horny and Kirk was Spock-blocking.