Futurama has always been one of my favorite shows of all time. Heck, it started when I was just 9, so it's a part of my childhood.
I've recently binge-watched all previous seasons and... despite Comedy Central era being a noticeable step down compared to the original 5 seasons(and Bender's Big Score), they still held up pretty well.
I also "kind of" liked the first episode of the newest reboot(thought it was a little too on-the-nose with the reboots talk though, like - we get it), loved the second episode, which was at least as good as Comedy Central era, but the third one... It;s probably the worst episode in the show, along with "Saturday Morning fun pit". Jokes are flat, almost none of them land. The bitcoin theme goes through the whole episode, sticking it right in front of your eyes during the whole episode.
What happened to subtle jokes where something is referenced for a short scene and then moved on from that to another scene? It's like they ran out of ideas and creativity, and instead of putting many things in one episode, they drag the crypto-currency joke over and over and over, the problem is, it wasn't even funny in the first place, and like another review mentioned, the crypto currency jokes became outdated long ago. And the worst thing, they don't even try to hide it(like they renamed Fox Network to Box betwork when they laughed at it), they just straight out call it Bitcoin, Doge coin and so on. Where's the joke exactly? Where's the punchline?
The actors also sound super worn-out and tired, at least half of them. Not only they sound older, they speak very slowly too. It's not like the original Futurama was fast-paced or anything, but now it feels like I should set the speed to 1.1 or even 1.2 or something so it would feel ike the old Futurama. It's especially noticeable with Billy West and Phil LaMarr. When Phil voices Hermes'es kid, it's evident it's an adult voicing him, WAY too evident, like not even a young adult. Could as well hire another voice actor for that role. Surprisingly though, Billy West still sounds good as Zoidberg. No idea why, because he sounds terribly old for Fry and even(orinically) the Professor. All of that original energy from the first seasons is gone, and it's just sad. Perhaps it really was a bad idea to make this reboot, especially considering how perfectly the series ended last time with "Meanwhile" episode?
I've recently binge-watched all previous seasons and... despite Comedy Central era being a noticeable step down compared to the original 5 seasons(and Bender's Big Score), they still held up pretty well.
I also "kind of" liked the first episode of the newest reboot(thought it was a little too on-the-nose with the reboots talk though, like - we get it), loved the second episode, which was at least as good as Comedy Central era, but the third one... It;s probably the worst episode in the show, along with "Saturday Morning fun pit". Jokes are flat, almost none of them land. The bitcoin theme goes through the whole episode, sticking it right in front of your eyes during the whole episode.
What happened to subtle jokes where something is referenced for a short scene and then moved on from that to another scene? It's like they ran out of ideas and creativity, and instead of putting many things in one episode, they drag the crypto-currency joke over and over and over, the problem is, it wasn't even funny in the first place, and like another review mentioned, the crypto currency jokes became outdated long ago. And the worst thing, they don't even try to hide it(like they renamed Fox Network to Box betwork when they laughed at it), they just straight out call it Bitcoin, Doge coin and so on. Where's the joke exactly? Where's the punchline?
The actors also sound super worn-out and tired, at least half of them. Not only they sound older, they speak very slowly too. It's not like the original Futurama was fast-paced or anything, but now it feels like I should set the speed to 1.1 or even 1.2 or something so it would feel ike the old Futurama. It's especially noticeable with Billy West and Phil LaMarr. When Phil voices Hermes'es kid, it's evident it's an adult voicing him, WAY too evident, like not even a young adult. Could as well hire another voice actor for that role. Surprisingly though, Billy West still sounds good as Zoidberg. No idea why, because he sounds terribly old for Fry and even(orinically) the Professor. All of that original energy from the first seasons is gone, and it's just sad. Perhaps it really was a bad idea to make this reboot, especially considering how perfectly the series ended last time with "Meanwhile" episode?