Reviews: "Futurama" - Week Six [2/16 - 2/20] [Archive]

pabcool

02-16-2003, 11:46 PM

First full review!

"Bender Gets Made"

Today's episode was decent. Bender, of course, was great, as well as the Hermes and Dr. Zoidberg duo. Nothing I can really say about this episode, other than the fact I had never seen it before and could tell it was obvious "jesus" was edited out.

I give tonight's Futurama a B.

And I enjoyed the next episode preview's throwaway joke...

Fry: We didn't need electronic washing devices to wash our clothes, we only used washing machines!

JTurner954

02-17-2003, 12:16 AM

Sunday's episode: Nice to see another episode on Bender. Good stuff all around. I have nothing else to say except that I liked it and it seemed only right to have Bender turn to crime (if only for a while).

Overall grade: B

Dogasu

02-17-2003, 12:44 AM

Um...you know the ad for tomorrow night's episode that shows Mom and Dr. Farnsworth making love? Was that supposed to make us WANT to tune in tomorrow? :eek:

Tuesday night is the Popplers episode!? That's one of my favorites!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

CheeseItGuys

02-17-2003, 01:17 AM

I missed this episode and the beginning of venture brothers. I don't know if i ever saw this one before or not. tomorrow's looks funny anyway

DianaGohan

02-17-2003, 01:28 AM

This was one of the Futurama episodes I missed on Fox (While I managed to watch at least part of most of the episodes, I wasn't able to see a few of the episodes, like last week's "A Clone Of My Own".

Once Again, Bender shines through this episode. With his hero worship of Elsar, working at the resturant, becoming a member of the Mob, and epsically with that snazzy British "King" Accent. I also thought it was a nice touch to have Fry and Leela not find out that Bender worked in the mob. That would have made the plot more cliched. I also thought the Leela Blind Subplot was pretty good, with the whole sequence on the ship and the line "I'm assuming you're making that remark about me". Nothing really wrong with this episode. Yeah, there could have been more comedey injected in during the transitional scenes, and the plot change of Bender becoming a resturant workee to pay of the dinner bill to becoming a mob member seemed a bit rushed. (Not to Mention Silencing "Jesus" for the second time in a row), but those are all nerdy nitpicks. While not a truley memorable show, this one was still a pretty good one.

Grade: A-

Oh, and to Dogasu: While they probably could of found a better clip to use (one that didn't give away an endlng plot point) It probably was one of the best parts of the episode to take shots to use as promos.

Behonkiss

02-17-2003, 11:26 PM

*Dingalingaling*

I wuuuv my mommy.

The_Dominion

02-17-2003, 11:28 PM

And so ends one of the most disturbing episodes ever.

Behonkiss

02-17-2003, 11:30 PM

Yup.

JTurner954

02-17-2003, 11:44 PM

Monday's episode: Bender was funny as usual as well as the whole robot's taking over storyline. But the episode goes downhill with "Mom" and Farnsworth. I don't like her character or the story with her. Everything else was good (espcially the news reporter).

Overall grade: C

pabcool

02-18-2003, 12:05 AM

My full review:

"Mother's Day"

Despite many little jokes, I thought the best parts of the episode were the robot revolts and Bender's appreciation of Mom. The whole Farnsworth plot was rather disturbing, and I rather destested Mom, despite a few nice scenes like Mom's mention of Farnsworth and the beginning "robots are a load of crap".

Still, it was rather good. I give "Mother's Day" a B-.

DianaGohan

02-18-2003, 12:06 AM

I remember seeing this one on FOX. The first time though, I remember only seeing the second half of the episode, so I was confused on why all the robots are rebelling. Of course, it makes sense now, but it still left a bad taste in my mouth about this episode. One that still hangs with me today.

Not that this episode dosen't have it's strengths. There were a lot of good visual gags at the beginning (With all the diffrent robots) and Bender on a rampage with the greeting card was pretty funny, but the rest seemed pretty bland. The riot scenes were bland (Mostly because it feels like rehash from the Simpson's "Treehouse of Horror 10" Y2K segment) Mom and her three sons conversations were bland (Since it's basically the same joke again and again) The Professor and Mom's love story made sense (kind of) and it did provide a good set up for the love making scenes, which were disgusting, but fairly funny (On a side note, The Professor's job at Mom's Robot company would be further expanded upon in "Crimes Of The Hot" and unlike other shows, the continuity in this one goes well with the continuity in that episode). There were a less then Mediocre parts though (The crew without technology, except for Zoidberg's "I'm Useful" line, and Bender acting severley out of character in the beginning due to Mom's control). As a result, this is one of the weakest episode (Probably the weakest of the week) and works mainly as a Mother's day episode. That reminds me: They never did explain what became of the real Mother's Day, did they? I would have at least wanted a passing comment on it or something. Oh well.

Final Grade: B-

Note: The next three episodes range from good to a grade between great and excellent. Espically Wensday's episodeWith the first Anthrology of Intrest and the Iron Giant, The Talented Mr Ripley, and Sliders (I think) parodies. The Iron Giant one is espically apprioate, since Cartoon Network's airing it again for the 34th time or something this Friday. Of course that's just my opinion

DoubleNeg

02-18-2003, 12:37 AM

I enjoyed the bit about looking thru the eyes of a bender class robot. Was a good gag. Beyond that I was very distracted during the episode and didn't catch it fully. Tommorrow looks interesting.

"Who cares what you people do? Your vegatrians!"

Andy Mancini

02-18-2003, 09:09 AM

The "commie greeting card" was great. I knew those talking cards were evil! :)

Mibbitmaker

02-18-2003, 11:43 AM

The scenes with Farnsworth and Mom together were worthy of a Homer Simpson verbal shudder.

Spastic Minnow

02-18-2003, 12:21 PM

I have to agree that Mom isn't one of my favorite characters. I guess she was supposed be the "Mr. Burns" of Futurama, but it just never worked. You can laugh at Brurns (and maybe even be sympathetic of him) but you just plain dislike Mom. I like her sons though. Poor Igner (sp?)

Floydian Slip

02-18-2003, 04:17 PM

sunday: benders "BAM!!!" quicky right after lela got shot in the eye from the spice shaker animal thing was one of the funniest quickies.
as for mondays episode: never has a cartoon hurt my eyes in that way. :eek: :(

livingfruitvirus

02-18-2003, 05:00 PM

i love tonight's ep. mainly for the return of the Omicronians and Zapp's role, but the other reason being because my favorite radio show host Phil Hendrie plays the hippie.

Parallax

02-18-2003, 07:55 PM

Blah. Not much on this episode. Not to mention Mom and Dr. Farnsworth "Hot, Dry Love". I think I've gone blind. :cool:

mjsmith

02-18-2003, 11:03 PM

I want some of that Molten Boron to go with the Popplers!!! :p

While I at it, I want some of the Extreme Walrus Juice, as well!!! :D

mjsmith

02-18-2003, 11:13 PM

The Datenight logo is surely looks like Dateline NBC's one! Wondering if they postponed the "Head Of Michael Jackson Beheaded" special that they was going to do last night?

JTurner954

02-18-2003, 11:28 PM

Tuesday's episode: Big improvement from yesterday. They made fun of two things I hate: Fast food and hippies. The only thing that I didn't like was Zap Branigan and the scenes right after the break.

Overall grade: B+

DianaGohan

02-18-2003, 11:31 PM

This is a really good episode. Probably not as good as tomorrow's "Anthology of Intrest 1" but a lot better then yesterday's "Mother's Day". The only really bad part about this episode was that annoying hippie. And even he got his just desserts ("Is he one of your friends?" "No", can be recorded as the last words that "smelly, pennyless hippie" ever heard. heh). Everything else was great (From the Planet of the Moochers to eating a dolphin that spent all his money on instant win lotto tickets. Although I do have a question: If they were eating all of the Omiochron's Babies, does that mean they were actually on Omichron Persi 8? Isn't that supposed to be a thousand light years away? Oh well, it is the year 3000).

Grade: A

Behonkiss

02-18-2003, 11:33 PM

They said at the beginning of the episode that they were really far from Earth, so maybe that could explain it.

And the talking Poppler was damned adorable.

mjsmith

02-18-2003, 11:38 PM

How do you like my new signature? :)

DianaGohan

02-18-2003, 11:57 PM

They said at the beginning of the episode that they were really far from Earth, so maybe that could explain it.

Yeah true, but it still seems so weird on how long it takes radio waves to travel in the year 3000 compared with spacecraft travel. Oh well, you know how technology is, seemingly always up when it really is just going down.

Oh, nice signature, mjsmith. Too bad they can't have an ad with that tag line. That would be really cool.

Exatron

02-19-2003, 12:56 AM

Originally posted by DianaGohan
Although I do have a question: If they were eating all of the Omiochron's Babies, does that mean they were actually on Omichron Persi 8?
Grade: A

Nope, they were on an Omicronian nursery planet.

DianaGohan

02-19-2003, 01:01 AM

Oh, on a nursing planet. Oh yeah. I forgot that little detail. Stupid T.V that can only tape non cable channels. (Kicks T.V.).

Kryten

02-19-2003, 09:38 AM

shutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutupshutup

Dogasu

02-19-2003, 10:29 AM

The Iron Giant one is espically apprioate, since Cartoon Network's airing it again for the 34th time or something this Friday.

Or second...

Really, outside of that one 24-hour marathon, when has the movie aired? Two other times? Maybe three? It's not nearly as many times as everyone exaggerates it to be.

Then again, I may have been one of those CRAZY people who didn't spend that one day in July cooped up in the house watching the same movie over and over and over again. But that's just me :rolleyes:

DianaGohan

02-19-2003, 11:17 AM

I wasn't watching the whole Marathon either in July. In fact, while I have seen parts of the movie, I still haven't seen the whole thing. From what I've seen, it's a good movie, but still, it is one of the most overplayed movies on Toonami, at least. And beside, I just like the irony of the "Anthology of Intrest" with the Iron Giant Parody, being so close to the real showing of the movie.

pabcool

02-19-2003, 11:45 AM

Last night's episode...

"My Problem With Popplers"

Was GREAT! The plot was enjoyable, not to mention full of funny little moments. I loved everything at the end with Leela, ("Brought to you by Fishy Joes. Ride the walrus.") although I saw the hippie being eaten from a mile away. (Still, I loved every minute of it) Dr. Zoidberg wasn't bad either, but Bender was rather dissapointing. But it still managed to garner the title of "Favorite Futurama so far".

I give "My Problem With Popplers" an A.

Dogasu

02-19-2003, 12:02 PM

I wasn't watching the whole Marathon either in July. In fact, while I have seen parts of the movie, I still haven't seen the whole thing. From what I've seen, it's a good movie, but still, it is one of the most overplayed movies on Toonami, at least.

It's been played on Toonami...twice? MAYBE three times? Gundam Wing Endless Waltz has been played more than that.

Floydian Slip

02-19-2003, 01:37 PM

i hate hippies.
wait, who doesn't hate hippies?
oh yea, hippies don't hate hippies, but hippies opinions don't matter.
anyway that episode gets an A

Conekiller

02-19-2003, 01:53 PM

Sunday: an Ok ep, but forgettable, which I did, since I now remeber seeing it before on FOX (I guess I saw alot more eps than I initially remember) I liked the Emeril and Blind leela gags, but the robot mafia stuff got kind of dull quickly, not as funny as the Robotologists. they seemed to forget about the money the owed Elzar also, which was a bit unsettling

C+

Monday: "Mother's Day" HOLY CRAP that was one disturbing episode! it also stands as one of my new faves! Farnsworth was great (his lack of shame is frightening) Mom's new suit condencer was so much cooler than the other one that just opened like a big metal coat. the talking card was great. Zoidberg was funny and so was Hermes (or was that in the Mafia one, damn, that's what happens when you marathon watch these things) but yet, still, toatally disturbing. mom's body conmtortions, with and withouth *whispers* clothes *whispers*, were odd and distracting, but funny also. I liked the crew degrading to mere barbarians by the night time, especailly Leela "Leela bring fire?!"
Also glad Zap Brannigan wan't in this one, his presence would have been unwelcome in this one.
A+

Tuesday: "Problem with Poppers" that hippie was Phil Hendrie (sp?) !? gotta go back and re-watch it now.
This is the ep I saw origianlly that had the Unicronians..err Omicronians (sorry, all caught up in post ToyFair child-like glee). It was pretty good, but not all that great. nothing really more to say about it I guess. reall good lines but since I had sen it before, the plot was spelling itsefl ou for me thus ruining alot of the gags.

B-

EDIT: Now I gotta marathon watch Reign from ep 4 on. *big Kif sigh*

The Landstander

02-19-2003, 03:21 PM

Monday: "Mother's Day" Good episode...which is suprising, because I hate Mom and her three idiot sons (and I hated them in this episode too). Bender was hilarious from start to finish, especially with his communist card. However, Farnsworth & Mom...um...that was funny for all the wrong reasons. Still was funny though. A-

Positives: Farnsworth, Robot Rebellion, Card
Negatives: Mom and her sons

Tuesday: "Problem With Poppers" Did you ever watch a show and root for the "bad guy"? In Act I, I was rooting for the fast food owner...I don't know why...anyways, this was a really good one. The aliens made a good comeback, the hippie was annoying and funny, and this is Leela's 2nd best episode (next to the one where she finds another cyclops) A

Positives: Leela, the Poppers, the Aliens, the food store owner, side jokes, the monkey plot
Negatives: No big negatives here...even Braningan had a good line or two.

DianaGohan

02-19-2003, 04:10 PM

It's been played on Toonami...twice? MAYBE three times? Gundam Wing Endless Waltz has been played more than that.

I said ONE of the most overplayed. Maybe not as overplayed as some movies, but still pretty overplayed for a movie that was premeried on in July and without any constant movie marathons. I really don't care if it's playing though. I just thought it was funny that Giant Robot week and the episode were so close together (To bad this episode couldn't be played a week later though). It would have been a funny comparison.

Floydian Slip

02-19-2003, 10:11 PM

anthology of intrest 1 isn't as good as the second one. the "if life were more like videogames" scene in AOI2 is the funniest thing in all of futurama, hands down. unfortunatly, it's season 5 so you'll all never see it again (unless fox actualy airs it again).

DianaGohan

02-19-2003, 10:23 PM

First off, while I agree that Anthology of Intrest II was pretty good

Personally, I never really did like the Bender as a human story. The Video Game Story with Fry and The Wizard of Oz Parody with Leela was good, but Anthology of Intrest I was better all around

Secondly, Anthology of Intrest II was in the Fourth Season Of The show, in the third produced season (the 3AC season) so it is actually being shown (On March 18, to be percise). In fact, I believe that all of Futurama will eventually be shown on Cartoon Network, but first it must be shown on FOX, which should be by the end of May. That could mean that the rest of the episodes could be shown on Cartoon Network sometime in the summer, and at latest, in the fall. Hopefully.

JTurner954

02-19-2003, 11:28 PM

Wednesday's episode: Oh my goodness, this episode was hilarious. They killed Zap, Hanson, spoofed The Iron Giant, and made fun of nerds: EXCELLENT. This may be the very best episode of Futurama beating out the former champion. I loved every minute of it.

Overall grade: A+ Now I must buy the DVD set(s).

mjsmith

02-19-2003, 11:41 PM

Can hardly wait till tomorrow, and the infamous episode that ended when Bender blow everybody's *****e$!!! No thanks to you, Katherine Harris!!! :p

DianaGohan

02-20-2003, 12:00 AM

Ah yes, the Anthology of Intrest Episode. What could of been the "Treehouse Of Horror" to the Simpsons never got a chance to get past two before FOX stopped production on the show. (Or at least made the creators stop production of the show). And as a three part show, I'll review it in four parts (One for each segment, and the last an overall grade, as well as a grade for the parts not in the what if shorts).

Bender's Story: Just as good as I remembered it. Maybe even a bit better. It had all a story could want. Giant, 500 feet tall bending robots, Fry making friends with said robots, Hanson being killed by said robot, a bunch of jokes about the Iron Giant, a giant Zoidberg doing battle with said robot, and finally "My mission was to kill all humans." Add to that the destruction of New York, and you get one hell of a story. A++

Leela's Story: Just as good as Bender's. Leela being an impulsive killer was great. Killing The professor by kicking him into man eating anteaters, doing away with Hermes by chopping off his torso and stuffing him down the stink, short circuiting Bender by breaking a Microwave and exposing the heat Particles to him, killing Amy by stuffing her in the clock, Killing Cubert, Nibbler, and Gruffo (I forgot his real name. This one just sounds cool). Then of course, slicing up and eating Zoidberg. Of course, the real shocker was the ending, showing Leela's try impulses with Fry ("I really like that). Then, add the new boot's line, Detective Zoidberg, Extortion ("The X makes it cool) the gum line, and the indian burial ground. What else is there to say? A++

Fry's Story: Not as good as the other's. Better then Bender's Story in Anthology of Intrest II story, but still not up to the standards of the other two. There will still a lot of good points. Fry and his Fry Hole, The Nerds, The Space Time Contimum Hole, and the ending ("Who wants to play Dungeons and Dragons for the next quatillion years?"). However, there were a few slow parts, which make this segment only get an A.

The Rest (The Professor and his extension finger, Bender's little Monolgue, Leela being a little impulsive "But just a tiny bit", and Fry being stupid with his question,) was all good. The end with the Professor really having the What if Machine only being a What if for his invention seemed kind of... cheap, but only enough to give the rest of the Segments an A-.

All in all, one of the best episodes of Futurama to date. An A+ as a whole.

The Landstander

02-20-2003, 07:15 AM

it was a night of "different" episodes for the two ASC shows yesterday...

"Anthology of Interest": But this episode was great. Quite simply, all three stories were great (I think Leela's story was my favorite in this one). Bender as a giant was good, particularly his battle with Zoidberg. The Hanson song threw me off at first, but at least they got what was coming to them. Fry's story was probably the weakest, but the Stephen Hawking, Al Gore & Dungeons & Dragons Guy cameos made up for it (it seems Stephen Hawking is hilarious whenever he appears on a TV Show). Leela's story was the best, as each induvidual murder was funny for a different reason (I thought Amy's murder was the funniest), and the ending was...interesting. As for the couple of other scenes, I liked Farnsworth's finger invention (and how he shows everyone his finger before he shows the "What If" machine, and the ending was pretty good), but not that much happened outside the realm of the stories that was that good. In short, loved this episode, I'll give it an A.

Positives: All 3 stories were funny in their own way
Negatives: The sequences outside of the 3 segments were kind of weak

DianaGohan

02-20-2003, 10:47 AM

Can hardly wait till tomorrow, and the infamous episode that ended when Bender blow everybody's *****e$!!! No thanks to you, Katherine Harris!!!

Oh yeah, I remember that too...

Right at the end of the episode, where Bender just said ass and had the chip on him that would make him and the planet explode if he said that word

We then cut to Election 2000. Like the audiance really gives a crap about Florida and "Oh look, we have to recount the votes a 12th time!" Out of anything I had to put up with during Election 2000, this was by far the most infuriating. It took me nearly a year to see that episode again, so I was left in cliffhanger for that ending during that time period. Good thing that Cartoon Network dosen't show the news.

Joe Tully

02-20-2003, 11:40 AM

For those who complain about some of the weakness of Fry's story, I think that part of the point was to hint that there's more to his suspended animation than there appears. If you look at it in the simplest way, it's saying that if Fry didn't go to the future, the universe would've been destroyed. There's clearly more to the story then we know. I haven't seen all of the episodes, but I know that Groening always intended there to be more of a story behind Fry's getting frozen.

Exatron

02-20-2003, 12:09 PM

Originally posted by Joe Tully
For those who complain about some of the weakness of Fry's story, I think that part of the point was to hint that there's more to his suspended animation than there appears. If you look at it in the simplest way, it's saying that if Fry didn't go to the future, the universe would've been destroyed. There's clearly more to the story then we know. I haven't seen all of the episodes, but I know that Groening always intended there to be more of a story behind Fry's getting frozen.

Fry being frozen is one of the show's handful of major story arcs. Some of the currently unaired episodes in production season 4 are supposed to deal with them.

DianaGohan

02-20-2003, 12:25 PM

Well, I know that. In fact, I believe the "Why of Fry" episode, will explain exactly why he did come to the Future, and what exactly he has to do with Nibbler (During the "Space Pilot 3000" and "Jurassic Park" episodes, you could see Nibbler's Shadow around Fry's tube as he was cryonically frozen for 1,000 years). I just said it wasn't as FUNNY as the other two segments. It may mean more storywise, but it didn't have the same laugh value.

HomeMoviesFan

02-20-2003, 08:49 PM

I can't believe nobody complained about that in Fry's story, when the universe opens (through the "Fry Hole"), Bender, Leela and the Professor hang around together looking at Fry through the hole. But, according to the pilot, those three characters didn't know each other existed until Fry brought them together. So, this is obviously a really, really bad continuity error...oh, well, a great episode anyways...

livingfruitvirus

02-20-2003, 08:56 PM

Originally posted by HomeMoviesFan
I can't believe nobody complained about that in Fry's story, when the universe opens (through the "Fry Hole"), Bender, Leela and the Professor hang around together looking at Fry through the hole. But, according to the pilot, those three characters didn't know each other existed until Fry brought them together. So, this is obviously a really, really bad continuity error...oh, well, a great episode anyways...

well it is a "What if" machine. Fry's not going through time might have caused them all to meet some other way.

Kryten

02-20-2003, 09:54 PM

My friend Paul had the same question. He posted a "corrected" version of that scene somewhere on his page, www.scanartcentral.com . I'l post it when I have time.

DianaGohan

02-20-2003, 11:27 PM

Futurama: War is the H Word.

Probably the second weakest episode of the weak (The weakest, at least to me, is "Mother's Day"). Mainly, the beginning of the middle and the middle are the main weak parts. Beside's Zapp's crush on "Lee Lemon" (The disguised Leela) and the Stars Wars goof with the Pinata, and of course the "I'll finish it someday, Kif" line. The only good parts after the battle were with Zoidberg. The changing personalities robot and Fry being Kif's assistant wasn't really working for me. The best part of this episode was the ending act though. Bender's top ten (espically when he spoke all of them), the dialogue with the brain balls, taking over their home planet for no real reason, and then the words Bender never says. I'm guessing they also weakened the bomb so it would only blow up Bender and not the world, right. Otherwise, the ending makes no sense compared to the rest of the series continuity. The rest of the episode was sort of meh. So overall, it gets a B+ from me.

TnAdct1

02-20-2003, 11:31 PM

Originally posted by DianaGohan
Oh yeah, I remember that too...

Right at the end of the episode, where Bender just said ass and had the chip on him that would make him and the planet explode if he said that word

We then cut to Election 2000. Like the audiance really gives a crap about Florida and "Oh look, we have to recount the votes a 12th time!" Out of anything I had to put up with during Election 2000, this was by far the most infuriating. It took me nearly a year to see that episode again, so I was left in cliffhanger for that ending during that time period. Good thing that Cartoon Network dosen't show the news.

Actually, considering how "War is the H-Word" actually ends and when the episode was interupted for a Election 2000 special report (hey, some people originally thought that the special report was actually part of the episode), I personally liked the "Katherine Harris" ending better.

Joe Klemm

JTurner954

02-20-2003, 11:44 PM

Thursday's episode: Short and to the point, I didn't like the story or the fact that Zap is in it, but the small jokes made the episode enjoyable.

Overall grade: B-

pabcool

02-21-2003, 12:01 AM

Today's review...

"War Is The H-Word"

I only caught half of this one but the best parts were "Bender's Top 10 Most Used Words" and the whole "ass" dillema. A decent episode, though fairly below "A Problem With Popplers". Oh, yeah, the ending, although funny, was messed-up.

I give "War Is The H-Word" a B.

DianaGohan

02-21-2003, 12:14 AM

I still think the content in the middle segment was far worse then the end segment. I like Al Gore as a Science Ranger far more then a presidental nominee. I can see how some can hate the ending, but it's probably one that requires no thinking. Or extreme thinking. If you only think (or overthink) you realize "Hey how come he didn't blow up the world when he said the word he never says that would make him blow up the world". The non thinker would be like "Haha he blew up" and the extreme thinker (like me) would be like "When they changed the word to something else, they also de powered the bomb and didn't bother to tell Bender about it so he would be tempted to say it just for the hell of it."

Next week's episode should be good. The start of the 3AC season, and one of my personal favorites (The Cryonic Woman) aires next week. Also

Be on the lookout for a reunion of sorts of two couples. One was doomed no matter if it was the 20th, 30th or 40 century. The other will figure into a batch of latter episodes (Like one about Buggalo). Take a guess on how I'm talking about, and the first two don't count.

For this week of Futurama: Averaged Grade A-

DoubleNeg

02-21-2003, 01:26 AM

On tonights episode: My favorite parts has to be Hawki, the doctor robot's banter. I'm a big MASH fan as it is. I dunno. I liked the episode all in all.

ClockStomper

02-21-2003, 03:26 AM

The parodies of MASH, Starship Troopers and Star Wars were funny. But other than the plot of Zap thinking he was gay and Leela joining the army Mulan-style, the episode was disjointed, and felt like a lot of jokes loosley tied together. Though, it was nice word play with the Balls-licked, sack, testy, ect.

But I loved how they didn't play it like it was suposed to be a big shock the Lee Lemon was really Leela, since it was obvious to the audience. they knew the payoff was Zap's reaction.

B-