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classicswim) wrote2024-07-29 09:09 am
classicswim) wrote2024-07-29 09:09 am
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It only becomes watchable at the 6 minute mark. Within the first minute it’s practically already telling you “stop watching. Stop watching now.”
Danny Trejo’s getting more voiceover checks.
Bender being Spanish in the old show was always just a one-note random joke I guess to prevent the thought of the loudmouth robot also being racist.
And specifically there, they did that in the middle of the FOX run. Before that, Bender used the robot version of a Jewish holiday in one episode and kept doing a black/white - human/robot parallel because that was just their writing in 1999.
Me actually being Spanish, I just didn’t care. It was always a hardly grin-worthy bit that they didn’t take seriously either.
*John DiMaggio lovvvvvvved his black voices. **
To actually see Bender’s old family was cool for a few minutes. I’ll admit that Bendejo was a pretty good line.
Danny Trejo’s getting more voiceover checks.
Bender being Spanish in the old show was always just a one-note random joke I guess to prevent the thought of the loudmouth robot also being racist.
And specifically there, they did that in the middle of the FOX run. Before that, Bender used the robot version of a Jewish holiday in one episode and kept doing a black/white - human/robot parallel because that was just their writing in 1999.
Me actually being Spanish, I just didn’t care. It was always a hardly grin-worthy bit that they didn’t take seriously either.
*John DiMaggio lovvvvvvved his black voices. **
To actually see Bender’s old family was cool for a few minutes. I’ll admit that Bendejo was a pretty good line.
I saw the sacrifice betrayal coming a mile away. It was something they had already done before which really mattered even less here. His family were set plot devices that fucked off before and after Bender escaped because they were evidently that meaningless as characters. Just something Bender could say he saw for a few minutes.
It’s funny because in that episode where Hermes brought Bender to the world, they also just... didn’t exist. Because they were always a joke concept.
The B story is barely worth paying attention to in comparison. Complete waste of time.
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This is a rare week we concur. The episode stunk. But I'll go further. I hated it even more than you did. The sacrifice subplot made it racist. Just when the show SEEMS to be SLIGHTLY concerned with representation, they pull this shit. You mentioned it was predictable. I guess you are smarter than me because it never occurred to me a producer in 2024 would use the occasion of rare diversity to send a blatantly racist message. But that's Team Groening in a nutshell.
Danny Trejo was game. I think he deserved better.
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Every nook and cranny of this revival pretty much explains why it shouldn’t be back on the air. It’s why I’m so unforgiving when they fumble the way that they do.
When the family plot started, I even felt kinda sad that they can’t write comedy good anymore, but also realized their storytelling’s gone down the shitter too. It’s sad how this series means nothing now and I’m only insulting myself by watching.
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But it’s been so long now and people were right that the FOX run did about all it needed to do.
It’s easy to still say “yeah, fuck FOX” because they’re also horrible, but the original showrunners do not care about the dignity this show once had. Truth be told, it’s a fucking miracle this show wasn’t around for 2016. Solid proof that comedy could’ve been much worse than it already was if new Futurama was present.
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For the record I think Bender's Big Score is the best thing the show ever did. I'll allow the DTV's at least. Even if the rest of them sucked.
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The Bender’s Game threequel was pretty nasty but I miss when they had that level of storytelling and even perfectly passable humor. That’s gone now. All of it.
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