As I'm sure most of you know, Futurama is back with new episodes on Comedy Central. So far the first 2 episodes have been released. "Rebirth" and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela". So far from what I have seen, the reaction has been mixed from what i've seen. I was wondering what people here on the escapist thought of the new season so far.
I feel that rebirth was a shaky start for the new season. I can't really put my finger on why, but the jokes in this ne seemed to be quite stale. The only parts that I really laughed out loud at were when Bender sang "Coma-coma-coma-chameleon", and the reveal of Fry being a robot. The second episode was much better. While there were some unfunny jokes (like any joke on the name V-Giny) there were some real gems in there. The moment when Leela finds out exactly what Zapp has done ranks up there as one of my favorite scenes in any futurama episode EVER. While it isn't good enough to be one of the best episodes. It's certainly better than many episodes in the first 4 or 5 (depending on if you count by production or brodcast) seasons.
I feel that rebirth was a shaky start for the new season. I can't really put my finger on why, but the jokes in this ne seemed to be quite stale. The only parts that I really laughed out loud at were when Bender sang "Coma-coma-coma-chameleon", and the reveal of Fry being a robot. The second episode was much better. While there were some unfunny jokes (like any joke on the name V-Giny) there were some real gems in there. The moment when Leela finds out exactly what Zapp has done ranks up there as one of my favorite scenes in any futurama episode EVER. While it isn't good enough to be one of the best episodes. It's certainly better than many episodes in the first 4 or 5 (depending on if you count by production or brodcast) seasons.