Capsule Submission for 2ACV12

Review: Last's weeks episode tried to mock some of the more prominent scientific implausibilities in "Futurama," but I didn't like Cubert's arrogant tone in delivering them. They were done much better here. Bender accidentally burning down Zoidberg's home ("That just raises further questions!" -- one of Hermes' best lines yet) and the caffeine causing hyper-evolution were a nice way of saying, "We know the science is all screwed up, and we don't care." The idea of an anti-pressure suppository is just too ridiculous to not be funny. That said, there were a few plot holes. Fry leaves Atlanta simply because he can't impregnate Umbriel? He's not that shallow. And didn't Farnsworth imply that there was no way to fix the ship? How was Donovan still alive in the 2500s+ without being a head in a jar? But there were a few good moments (Atlantic Monthly, Fry recalling the airport, e.g.), but I still think the idea of mermaids is a little silly for this show. Overall a B/B+.

DYN: -Cubert is absent from this episode? -The creator of Coca-Cola (Dr. John Pemberton) was somehow brought back to life? (Maybe the Magician had something to do with it, or perhaps the story was apocryphal.)

This week's guest star: Spiritual folk singer Donovan rose to fame in 1965. With his new and refreshing approach to folk music he proved so popular that he became Ready, Steady, Go's first resident artiste which led to a recording contract. His style, along with denim cap and harmonica stand created Britain's answer to the already famous Bob Dylan. A year later in 1966 he switched from his folk image to Flower Power. His soft rock backing and rhythmic trance-like tunes brilliantly captured the mood at that time. A little later he took up with Eastern mysticism and cosmic philosophizing. Among his hits were "Mellow Yellow", "Season of the Witch," and "Universal Soldier," with Jean-Claude Van Damme singing backup. (j/k)

On 17 Apr 2000 01:19:10 GMT, [email] (Andrew Levine) wrote:

The description of the fate of Atlanta parodied the spoken opening to "Atlantis". Yes, it really does sound like that.

On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 18:50:10 -0700, Alan Hamilton wrote:

Oh, and here it is:

The continent of Atlantis was an island which lay before the great flood in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean. So great an area of land, that from her western shores those beautiful sailors journeyed to the South and the North Americas with ease, in their ships with painted sails.

To the East Africa was a neighbour, across a short strait of sea miles. The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of The Atlantian culture. The antediluvian kings colonised the world All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas In all legends from all lands were from fair Atlantis.

Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth. On board were the Twelve: The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist, The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends. Though Gods they were - And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new Hail Atlantis!

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and of course, the chorus of that song is played earlier in the episode.

It's a fairly popular song up here in Toronto: radio station Q107 recently featured it on a compilation CD of songs from the psychaelic era (digitally remastered, too!) .

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He didn't care about impregnating her, just "going through the motions," for lack of a more graphic description.

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yea, a relationship w/o sex..... i dunno. but i loved this episode A+ definitly (the coool music when the fish pulled down the ship camera under water) Dave

Very funny. And the way Farnsworth spoke, as though it's an added bonus for anything to be available in suppository form, too much.

I don't think it was the fact that he couldn't impregnate her, it seemed to be more because she lacked female genitalia.

"Sunshine Superman" was always my favorite Donovaln tune, and last night's sendup of "Hail Atlantis" was simply too much!

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Yes, that was exactly the reason. It was so important to him that he expressed desire to have a girlfriend with the woman on bottom and the fish on top. He wouldn't mind staring into the big googly eyes of a fish, as long as he could have sex with her. It's kinda hard to explain, but I think you get the jist.

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He wasn't there live. He was just seen in the chamber of commerce video, so depending on when it was filmed...

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My point was that he was still alive centuries after the present day, after Atlanta had sunk and the people had evolved.

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Yep, and my point was that it wasn't necessarily centuries after the present day that the video was filmed. If it doesn't take millions of years to evolve into mermaids, why does it have to take centuries?

Even if it does take centuries, the only thing he describes that happens in our distant future is at the end of the narration when he says "...and eventually evolved into mermaids". From the wording, it isn't clear if the evolution has already happened during the filming of the video - perhaps it's just starting to happen.

It could just be another thing the writers did to make us internet geeks argue about why it isn't possible. Like Zoidberg's house burning down under water, Bender smoking a lighted cigar under water, people evolving into mermaids quickly due to the caffeine in the water, living long enough in the water without drowning to evolve into mermaids in the first place, the anti-pressure suppository, etc.

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Or maybe it's so someone can make a bunch of money writing 'The Nitpickers Guide to Futurama' (similiar to the Nitpicker's guides to Star Trek and Star Trek: NG and the X-files books) where they point out continuity errors, general flubs, that sort of thing. Or 'The Science of Futurama' where they actually try to argue that some of this stuff could actually happen (cf 'The Science of Star Trek' where a physicist actually analyzes some of the weirder stuff in the series).

Then again, it is called science *fiction* for a reason. I figure if the Enterprise can accelerate quickly to faster than the speed of light, without turning the crew into the pulp that would occur from the G-forces (b/c of the inertial damper or whatever it's called), Bender shoudl be able to smoke a cigar underwater. I figure in the year 3000 they can probably make stuff that will burn underwater (I seem to recall that there are cherry bombs that have fuses that will burn underwater). Apparently they still can't cure baldness or poor eyesight though, as evidenced by Farnsworth.

Similarly, in Start Trek: NG, despite being able to break most of the laws of physics on a regular basis (who's up for another gravity whip around the sun to go back in time), they still can't cure male pattern baldness in Picard. Meaning that even in the far future, men are screwed.

Lyle

In alt.tv.futurama, on the "Re: Capsule Submission for 2ACV12" thread, Andrew Levine wrote:

Was he billed in the show as the actual Donovan? Maybe they hired an impersonator, the way we have Elvis impersonators today.

They're doing wonders with computer animation these days. Fred Astaire sells vacuums you know.

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Good point. Maybe the caffeine not only made them evolve but also live longer.

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As an ex-Atlantan (now living in Memphis), felt a bit homesick during this ep. I also noticed a complete absence of local color. The references are all things that an out of towner would know about without visiting there: CNN, Ted Turner, the Braves, the airport, the Symphony, a couple of other things.

If any of the writers had spent any time there, they could've mentioned that the city is 2/3 Black (the suburbs are the reverse), that it has a large and active Gay/Lesbian population, that few residents of the Metro area have a distinct Southern accent (especially among Gens X & Y), and that there are lots of tattooed young posers with nose rings who are just about to become the next great rock star/performing artist/poet/etc. Instead they had a merman version of the KFC Colonel whose daughter was a Scarlett O'Hara clone mermaid, and made the rest of the mer-population Caucasian good old boys with strong Southern drawls. (Not that there's anything wrong with being a Caucasian good old boy with a strong Southern drawl.)

I wanted to see a Black Lesbian mermaid develop a crush on Leela. That has lots of coming possibilities. (No, I don't think Leela is a Lesbian, BTW.)

Steve Cross ex-Atlantan

Maybe in the 31st century the tobacco has its own supply of free oxygen embedded in the fibers. Of course, that would also have to be true of Bender's lighter. Even then, more oxygen would be required to burn the actual structure. Close, but no cigar! (Pun intended.)

Steve Cross ex-Atlantan