Even better than "Luck Of The Fryish". The ending threw me for a loop.
Fuck FOX for killing such a quality show.
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me" - General George S. Patton.
Best episode ever
Jun 1, 2003, 7:32 PM ET37 posts by 27 posters
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That was pretty emotional. I was very nearly teary eyed at the end.
Dude...
Futurama keeps doing it! The last few episodes are really great. The romance between Fry and Leela is just beautiful true love meant to be...
During the funeral scene... everyone was there, I mean EVERYONE, the water-beings, the Amazonians, even the friggin' pizzeria-aliens, but where were Zapp and Kiff????? Kiff and Amy should have been there together!
Cheerio! Aster
Zeverken wrote:
Even the radiator woman from the radiator planet was there.
Dont forget Gunter. Would have been funny if he had said something though.
I haven't had a chance to rewatch the episode but was Cubert at the funeral? That pig nosed little punk!
Legion1979 wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 23:26:15 -0400, Eric wrote:
Cubert and Dwight were in the second row.
Like the "Wizzin" segment of AOI2, this episode unexpectedly threw Leela into a world of weird, wild surrealism and the series tends to do that well. It actually had me wondering if Fry really died and that this was meant to be the last episode, shown prematurely.
And I'm glad this episode got the business with the space bees more of less out of the way in the first 10 minutes instead of continuing it throughout the entire show. That gigantic hive with all those bees hovering around the entrance creeped me out big time...and the crew actually (gulp!) had to go in there. I can't ever sit through "Song Of The South" with all those beehive shots they thrust at the audience (I'd seen occasional bits and pieces of it on a couple of Disney-produced shows), and I remember actually letting out a scream in a theatre where "Extremities" with Farrah Fawcett was playing when a shot of a big wasp nest filled the screen without warning.
Heck, there used to be a TV commercial between 1969 and 1971 for Black Flag insecticide that opened with a close up shot of a hornet's nest encased in a cage that an announcer sprayed with the stuff, then an hour later he could pick it up with his bare hands. Never knew when it would turn up--scary.
--David Johnson
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 02:34:32 -0500 (CDT), [email] (David Johnson) spewed forth:
I thought the same thing. "Hell, if they're dragging out THIS many meta-references, it may very well be for real."
You know, showing this and 'The Why of Fry' only seems to be rubbing salt in the wound.
A little hint : never read (or watch the miniseries) of 'The Shining' then.
"Eric" wrote in message news:[email]...
funeral?
He was, but even if he wasn't, you can't blame him. It was Leela's dream, after all.
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 02:06:11 +0200, "Zeverken" spewed forth:
And Gunther was half in frame, heh
Gunther was fine on my TV. Better check your overscan. :-)
I haven't seen this episode yet, possibly will within a few days, but looking at the reviews so far it looks fantastic :)
Did anyone see the fossil of Seamore (his dog) under the coffin ?
Here's the lineup : Terry greating him goodbye (from the world of tomorrow). Scruffy playing bagpipes. On the right side : (from left to right) 1 st row : Chester A Arthur, Amy, Leela, The professor, Bender and Gunther. 2 nd row : Cubert, Dwight, La barbara, Hermes, Mrs and mr Wong 3 rd row : Two neptunians, the guy that was too lazy from "the series has landed" 5 th row : Amazonian woman 4 th row : The radiator from "the lesser of two evils",Petunia, the woman from the "Hip Joint", Mrs Morgan and Michelle
On the left side : (From right to left) 1 st row : Zoidberg and ? 2 nd row : ?, ? and ? 3 rd row : Leelas former boss
I think two of them were the Signoids from "A Leela of her own"
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Playing "Walking on sunshine"
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The shows ending with a bang, which is okay by be.
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 19:08:10 GMT, "Roronoa Zoro" wrote:
I won't be too upset about the show ending as long as they bring some nice closure to everything. Of course, any ending that does NOT involve Fry and Leela living happily ever after together will be unacceptable. :)
My own take on The Sting: It's definitely my new favorite Fry/Leela episode. It was everything I love about the show. It was poignant, touching, romantic, even sad at times, but still managed to be very funny. And when I noticed (2nd viewing) that little candy heart from the Love and Rockets episode in her "Memories of Fry" box, it kinda choked me up.
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fullack. This one had a really nice (though somehow weird) story line AND great humour. I especially liked the story, great work. Kinda could be my favourite for now :)
Dennis Bliefernicht wrote in message news:...
The animation in the Sting was of stunningly high quality. I felt this episode had the best animation in the entire series. The Why of Fry was a very close second in animation quality.
Lotsa CG in this one....
This episode was everything I love about Futurama. It was funny, and at the same time sweet, sentimental and romantic. A virtually perfect episode.
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"Chris �" wrote in message news:[email]...
Hermes said it for me. "Sweet three-toed sloth of ice-planet Hoth."
Damn you FOX!!!!!
[email] (Chris �) wrote in news:17516-3EDA8D23-193 @storefull-2238.public.lawson.webtv.net:
It was a truly great episode. Knowing the end of the series is coming, episodes like this make me glad to have known this fabulous show.
Thank you David & Matt!!
In alt.tv.futurama, on the "Re: Best episode ever" thread, UsualNoise wrote:
I have to agree with most of the other people here: "The Sting" is arguably "Futurama's" best episode so far. It was so beautifully balanced. It had an excellent science fiction foundation, giving us an exciting hive chase, showing us inventive dream sequences, and making us question whether what we were seeing was real or not. (I've seen other shows that had broadly the same plot, but "The Sting" was different enough not to seem derivative.) On the other hand, it was so touching to watch Fry's devotion to Leela. Watching it a second time, I noticed that some of Fry's dialogue seemed to be, word for word, something he might say to a coma victim he was trying to will back to waking reality. In all, a superior episode from a series that itself set the bar pretty high. Up until recently, my opinion was that the very best episodes of "The Simpsons" edged the best "Futurama" shows, but this episode and the one where Bender becomes God to a mini-race of people rank right up there with MG's other show.
DYN: Fry's jet-pack was on upside-down. Okay, that was pretty obvious when he fired it, but the interesting thing is, it was *consistently* drawn upside-down right from the start.
On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 04:33:33 GMT, [email] (Benjamin Robinson) wrote:
Yeah, I noticed that on a second viewing. I saw a lot of things on subsequent viewings that I missed. I didn't see the candy heart in her Memories of Fry box the first time. That was very touching. And others probably caught this but I missed it, when Leela woke up in the hospital, Fry's jacket was draped around her shoulders. I guess that's why she dreamt about it. Very sweet.
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when
The stress-relief doll is sitting next to her bed as well.
-Homyguy Z
[email] (Chris �) wrote in message news:...
Excellent episode.
yep
Hey, anyone know if there is another "Anthology of Interest" episode in the can? Those are great. The Futurama equivilent of The Simpsons Halloween episodes.
Sam
"Samuel Barber" wrote in message news:[email]...
Nope, none. http://www.tvtome.com/Futurama has an episode list with the remaining episode summaries (WARNING: SPOILERS!)
Actually I meant better than "Parasites Lost", my former favorite episode.
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me" - General George S. Patton.
[email] (Chris �) wrote in message news:...
You may want to check out Philip K. Dick's _Ubik_ (1969) then, and maybe _Eye in the Sky_ (1955, not based on the APP song) (spoilers below). PhKD found LOTS of ways to throw people for a loop ... -- Christopher Heckman
Spoiler coming up ...
I may have some of the details wrong, but the general plot goes like: In _Ubik_, a team of people goes on some kind of secret mission, and they all get killed (although you don't find this out until the end). The group, minus the leader, experiences a group hallucination that the leader is dead. However, the leader keeps sending "reminders" that he isn't really dead, such as making his face appear on their money. There are also indications that the team's time is running out, such as stale cigarettes and an out-of-date phonebook. Eventually, the team rescues the leader and they go home. The leader pulls out some money a day or so later and notices one of the teammember's picture on the money.
_Eye in the Sky_ also involves group hallucination, with a few twists as well: A group of people awakens in the world according to one of the groupmembers, where superstition and magic(k) influence reality more than physical laws.
Also, the recent movie Waking Life.
This is why I love Futurama: it's a funny, twisted satire of pop-culture but with very real emotional meanings.. you know.. kinda like what the Simpsons USED TO BE.
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"Why am I all sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun?"
I got to see this episode today, and it is one of the best I've ever seen. It ranks up high in the weepy episodes, and it managed to be sad but comical at the same time, which is one reason why I love the show. It had brilliant writing and wonderful colour and animation. It's episodes like this which make me sad to see the show go.
Yeah, the Sting was awesome, but I also liked that one where Leela finds out her mom and dad are mutants. That last scene with the song playing, showing how her parents had always been there (leaving cookies, birthday presents, stopping her from falling down the orphanarium stairs as a baby), is totally awesome as well. Amen! I, too, am so glad I got to know this show. Bender will forever be an important part of my personality.
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