Written for My Three Suns on 24 March 2011.
| Overall rating: | 10 |
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| Plot: | 10 |
| Characters: | 10 |
| Gags: | 8 |
| Voice actor performance: | 10 |
| Continuity: | 8 |
| Animation quality: | 10 |
| Music/sound quality: | 10 |
"You're in tremendous danger, you idiot! Half these emperors were drunk at their own coronation."
"Hey, I plan on having a few brewskis myself."
"My Three Suns" is one of the funniest episodes of "Futurama". The title itself, a reference to the sitcom "My Three Sons", is also quite funny. The cold opening always gets me smiling. And there are plenty of great debuters: Elzar, Bender's cooking, and "Good news, everyone", the Professor's catchphrase. But enough with technicalities.
The Planet Express crew is sent to the planet Trisol, and Leela puts Fry in charge of the delivery. After arriving in the palace, Fry, crazy with thirst, drinks a bottle of strange, blue liquid, which turns out to be the Trisolian emperor. He is declared the new emperor and reunited with his friends. However, it is later discovered that the previous emperor is still alive in Fry's hurting stomach, and suddenly the Aliens are threatening his life with swords and the strangely menacing Juice-A-Matic 4000.
This "Futurama" classic is one of my favourite episodes of all time, its plot almost epic, yet very simple. If you've already seen it, or even own it on DVD, please download it and watch it again.
Written for Mars University on 2 April 2011.
| Overall rating: | 4 |
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| Plot: | 4 |
| Characters: | 4 |
| Gags: | 4 |
| Sideplot: | 6 |
| Voice actor performance: | 6 |
| Continuity: | 6 |
| Animation quality: | 10 |
| Music/sound quality: | 10 |
"Mate in 143 moves."
"Oh, pooh! You win again."
Few episodes are capable of boring me as much as "Mars University", but I still sat down to remind myself of its story thirty minutes ago. And there's no April Fools business here!
The PE crew travels to Sol 3 to deliver a package to Professor Farnsworth's office at Mars University, and has a brief discussion regarding the planet's history, as well as Fry's and Bender's, that results in Fry deciding to enroll at the University so that he can regain his status of certified college dropout.
I'm not gonna bother to develop further. I know Fry's an idiot, but shouldn't he remember MU from the Professor's Wernstrom flashback of "A Big Piece of Garbage"? Nothing about the Lecturer or the Dean captivates me, and Guenter isn't hilarious enough to make up for Zoidberg's absence. Nevertheless, it was a good way to enjoy a snack!
Written for Xmas Story on 9 April 2011.
| Overall rating: | 1 |
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| Plot: | 0 |
| Characters: | 0 |
| Gags: | 0 |
| Voice actor performance: | 0 |
| Continuity: | 0 |
| Animation quality: | 0 |
| Music/sound quality: | 0 |
"We're trapped."
"I never thought it would end this way: Gunned down by Santa Claus. Honestly, I didn't see it coming!"
The first seasonal episode of "Futurama", and one of the rare writings of creator David X. Cohen, "Xmas Story" is full of smart dialogue and smart gags, and guest stars Conan O'Brien as himself and John Goodman as the dreadful Robot Santa Claus.
Fry and Leela are forced to deal with their loneliness when the futuristic Christmas season starts.