I am excited for a new season but I hope it doesn't "raise my expectations and dash them expertly" like Disenchantment did.
What's your thoughts?
I too loved Disenchantment. But hate Netflix's handling of it.
Netflix handles everything terribly. They got someone in a top position that loves scripted reality TV and are going the route of the history channel and TLC.
Last I heard there's one more season to wrap it up. It was in post back in February. That may have changed though because I don't keep close track.
Disenchantment was a lot of fun. The moment to moment jokes were pretty solid and enjoyable. I frequently think about the joke "Brave-o" the elf got scared and became "Bravo" the elf of opera. LOL
But the story never pulled me in enough to actually finish the show. I'd always drop out mid season. Not because it was bad or boring. But just because I'd get distracted.
Same! This! (Other affirmations of your comment!)
Same boat here
Nah, I expect it to be as good as their 3 other reboots, which have all been solid
Me too. Futurama is my favorite show. However, I really disliked the movies and the comedy central episodes.
Trying to make the episodes "relevant" and hitting on whatever was trendy that moment really ruined it for me. That said, some of the Comedy Central episodes had good plots (The Late Phillip J Fry, Meanwhile, Lethal Inspection, Clockwork Origin).
However, there is something off about these episodes. It is hard to describe. I'd say, it has something to do with the pacing of the show. It feels like every character is too excited, always shouting, throwing out too many jokes, and trying to be too funny. The voice acting was also generally bad, especially Fry constantly whining.
The great thing about the original series was a single plot (not an A, B and C), good timing, subtle jokes, excellent, but not in your face references, and so many amazing easter eggs, that after watching every episode literally hundreds of times, it is still funny and there are new things to find!
The original 4 seaons stay on my Jellyfin server in daily rotation. I sleep to futurama audio most nights. Every time I try one of the new episodes, I am immediately annoyed.
I am happy Futurama is coming back. It will introduce another generation to the greatest 4 seasons of tv that ever existed. But I am not getting my hopes up that I'll like the new episodes.
I often cite the final episode, "Meanwhile" as one of the best ever written. It leads perfectly into starting the series over from the beginning. I'm not sure how they'll handle that in the new season.
I doubt they will ever match the original style of Futurama, given that it seems to be a lot of new writers, but I also think new writers will give the new seasons a different style that could end up going either way.
OMG! I've had disney+ for almost a year and didn't even notice Futurama was included. Thanks for the post which brought it to my attention!
As for the new season, its Futurama, even it's bad it's still better than most
My main concern is Billy West. The man is in his seventies now. Will he be able to pull off the Fry and Zapp voices or will it be like Julie Kavner trying to voice Marge post season 30?
I don't think I can. I don't think its available in Norway. Tried back when they released Animaniacs. Oh well, I found other ship-routes.
I didn't even know this was a thing
Only one episode by david x
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I don't know whether this will be controversial, but I enjoyed Disenchantment. I also enjoy the vast majority of Futurama.
I'm not sure they can recapture the lightening in a bottle of the early seasons, but I still think it'll be good.
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