Release date: July 29 on Hulu.
Just… please…no more single joke episodes.
Ok, so it’s an AI episode, but like instead of an actual AI it’s a prosthetic eye that tries to steal your job and makes pictures of people with weird hands. It’s an “a-eye”, get it?
I’m surprised they’re doing another. Season 11 is so weirdly parallel to the Simpsons season 11. They’ve left their golden age behind and are just milking it… for what? This once revered show is being revived so it can go down in a blaze of mediocrity.
Hot take: Futurama doesn’t need to be in its golden age to still exist and a lot of younger people like myself are getting to see the show in a way that appeals to modern pop culture references for the first time.
Despite how many people feel about this previous season, it had its moments and it still exists in a niche that I’d argue is almost entirely untouched by most animated tv nowadays. I will absolutely take Futuramas half-hearted attempts at clever writing over the now modern “it’s so gross/crass it’s funny” style of things.
Can I rewatch older seasons? Sure. But again, a lot of season 1-5 are before my time. The characters are still great, voices are great, it’s just the through line plot that’s suffered in the new season. Specifically that gets highlighted in the Dung episode where the quips are funny, the situation is funny, but the overall plot is kind of uninteresting to me and it’s lost that cleverness. Fix a few things about an episode like that and it’d be right at home in the first series.
“Knowing the executives’ preset season limit, I sent season after season of my own shows at them.”
Just let it die already, Groening.
You don’t like it? Just don’t watch it. Let the people who enjoy it enjoy.
Don’t like my complaints? Don’t read them. Let people voice their disenchantment.
Does the show still have the original writing staff? The last season wasn’t awful but it was kinda just “eh.”
I liked 11 well enough. I’m glad it’s close.
I’ve rewatched a few times now and it’s better on future watches. Going back I also remember the previous reboots taking moment to find their stride again. In short I’m looking forward to this season.
There were a few episodes I didn’t like (first one, explovid19, space king), but that’s the case with any season