Pfft, that's how cool he is. He can review things he's never even seen.

I've never got Futurama. I always found the jokes to either not be that funny or made up of stuff that was funny years ago. So many people like it though so I think maybe I'm just not watching the right episodes.

It's got some episodes that stand out, but I'd say 60% of the Futurama's entire run was generic filler content. The show got worse the longer it was on the air, until the inevitable point of cancellation.

I wish you people could see me actually physically repelled from the screen by your opinions.

I was going to talk about why it is so good, but, I don't know how I could convince someone that has seen the show and still wasn't impressed.

That should do it, you know, just watching it.

If only we had some die-hard fans on this website to comment. Oh well...

I wholeheartedly agree!

Again, the concept of "filler" in an episodic TV series befuddles me. Was Seinfeld full of 'filler' content? Other shows? I think the goal was to tell different stories in the Futurama universe and at that they succeeded. Now, you may not have enjoyed every episode, but that just makes you dumb.

"Seinfeld" managed to be consistently funny and creative. It hardly had any filler content at all. Same goes for "Friends".

Filler. Heh.

Or maybe your soul was stolen. Have you checked your patio for dolls with your likeness struck with voodoo pins?

You know normally I see your criticisms of things I like and I gloss over them because they're at least understandable as someone else's point of view and because I'm in the same situation often enough. But man, you just claimed that Friends had almost no filler content.

I may never agree with you again just on principle.

Also:

Because it fits

After a while I found Friends very generic and not funny. The same goes for The Simpsons.

One thing that set Futurama apart was that it had a storyline and an eventual ending.

Ok... first thing's first. I really really really love Futurama. That's an abridged version of my opening sentence, by the way. In reality, it should be at least 40 or so very's there. I've watched every episode so many times, I'm not sure I could count. I've owned all the DVDs for a while, and have also watched every episode's commentaries almost as many times as I've seen the episodes without. For any Futurama fan who has NOT done this, I strongly suggest it (watching it with the commentaries, not necessarily the number of times I have). The commentaries for Futurama are probably the ONLY commentaries I really like (other than a FEW from Firefly that included at least one actor/actress).

That said "Bender's Big Score"? Gag. Don't get me wrong. Bender is a GREAT character. He's lovable even when he's cut another character's throat with a broken bear bottle. That's something. But, episodes that featured Bender heavily were always a little disappointing to me compared to other episodes. I prefer him when basically everything he says is a joke rather than him being a central plot character who drives the story along.

And if Hermes is in a jar, how is he supposed to limbo? Using a head-mobile (like Bender did when he sold off his body) doesn't count according to the Intergalactic Limbo association rules.

Oh yeah, and if we don't see Fry and Leela kiss, I'm gonna be filled with anger. Lots of it.

Ideas... intrigue... newsletter, etc.

PS: Thin, you're doing well in this thread. You have my blessings. In other words:

Hear, ye good people! Hear this man speak words of transcendental truth!

Oh come now There were no personal attacks anywhere - just several observations that if your opinions are so contrary to our own, then surely we must have contrary opinions on every other topic. If, for instance, you prefer horizontal green stripes on your sweaters, you may assume we each will wear vertical red stripes as the only means of retaining balance in the universe.

Just having fun, Shiho. Certainly didn't intend it as an attack. You're like the balancing force to rampant fanboyism everywhere.