#pls do not ever do another clamps-centric episode

[annakie]

No I’m... doesn’t!

Been rewatching Futurama for the first time since the 2013 episodes came out and honestly, there’s good moments in literally every single episode, even the not-so-great ones.  Yes even the original Fox run had a handful of just not great episodes and a few that have really aged badly.  But honestly, most of them are still fantastic even at almost 25 years old.  I watched those seasons on repeat so many times back in the 00′s that I could still quote half the lines along even after not watching them for a decade.  Still sobbed at Luck of the Fryish/Leela’s Homeworld/Jurasic Bark and The Devil’s Hands are Idle Playthings.

The four movies take a big step downwards each as they go, but Bender’s Big Score is still pretty great, even if the whole Lars thing messes with the timeline and then seems to have been forgotten later on.

I hadn’t even watched the last two movies more than twice, and yeah, they’re not great but with some great moments in there if you wait for them.

The Comedy Central seasons start out rough, with a trilogy of bad episodes, including prooobably two of the very worst of the series right near the beginning.  And yeah, there’s more  “that was good (or okay)” than “that was great” in those two seasons, but there’s still a lot more to love in there then I’d remembered.

The Late Phillip J. Fry and Game of Tones in particular are standouts.  I’m glad they finally let Fry and Leela have a relationship in the last season (or two depending on how you count them :p) and I don’t think that hurt the show in the least.  I liked that they let Fry mature somewhat while he could still be a dumbass, he’s finally a version of himself it’s not impossible that Leela would want to be with.

I haven’t watched the final episode yet, which I know is also one of the best.   I think I hadn’t wanted to rewatch the show since that third ending because I really did feel like that was it for Futurama for so long.

When I turned off the TV before watching the final episode earlier tonight, I was like “I don’t want to watch this because after I do, there’s no more Futurama” and immediately was happy again when I realized... there’s no new Futurama for a month and a half.  I’m better now!

Futurama has been one of my favorite shows since I watched the pilot on the day it aired, and I’m ready for more.

On a more personal note, it was a little hard watching the show and hearing Leela a lot since I lost my cat I named after Leela back in February, but that’s what you get for naming a pet after someone when you know you’ve got at best 20 years with them.  My other cat, Fry, enjoyed watching the show with me and actually paid attention to the TV more than he normally does.  I don’t really think he understood the names Fry and Leela being spoken on the screen, but it’s fun to imagine he did. He probably liked the bright colors a lot more.

#personal post tag thingy #futurama #ps i still hate clamps #pls do not ever do another clamps-centric episode