Has Futurama gone way downhill since its return?

I think it has. What was a funny, clever show with good stories and relatable characters has turned into an incredibly hackneyed show with annoying characters and unfunny jokes. It is kind of similar to what happened to Family Guy after its return, and it most closely reminds me of new Simpsons episodes. Futurama has really become unwatchable to the point where I switch the station whenever newer episodes come on. What do you think?

The number of bad episodes has increased but there are some great episodes too.

The number of bad episodes has increased but there are some great episodes too.

Guybrush_3

I've really tried to give them a chance; I've watched most of the new ones and the movies. But goddamn, they're awful. There are some "classic" Futurama jokes and moments sprinkled in, but I almost feel as though they're accidental, given how bad the rest of the episodes are.

And what's with Fry and Leela's relationship? It seems like it changes from episode to episode, sometimes disappearing altogether.

It's not as low as Simpsons got at least.

It was at it's best before (and during) that episode where Fry plays that magic instrument thing on a stage with the devils hands. Which was originally supposed to be a finale of sorts if I recall.

i never could get into futurama but its not a bad show to watch when i'm to lazy to find the remote to change the channel

It's not as low as Simpsons got at least.

It was at it's best before (and during) that episode where Fry plays that magic instrument thing on a stage with the devils hands. Which was originally supposed to be a finale of sorts if I recall.

sune_Gem

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It's not as low as Simpsons got at least.

It was at it's best before (and during) that episode where Fry plays that magic instrument thing on a stage with the devils hands. Which was originally supposed to be a finale of sorts if I recall.

Dark__Link

Yeah that's the one. That was a sweet ending.

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It's not as low as Simpsons got at least.

It was at it's best before (and during) that episode where Fry plays that magic instrument thing on a stage with the devils hands. Which was originally supposed to be a finale of sorts if I recall.

sune_Gem

Yeah that's the one. That was a sweet ending.

When epic and major events seem to happen in that universe every once in a while, even supposedly exciting events must start to get dull at some point.

Decent, from what I've seen........But I haven't seen much.................

Noticeably.

Futurama was never really that fantastic. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy[ed] it, but I think it tends to be a little overrated.

Futurama was never really that fantastic. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy[ed] it, but I think it tends to be a little overrated.

Suzy_Q_Kazoo

Nope. Futurama has stayed relatively the same, especially in comparison with season four. There are bound to be some changes over time, but nothing as dramatic as what people have said. I think it's their tastes that have changed. Granted, I haven't seen the latest season, but last I saw Futurama it seemed like the same old show. In fact, whenever I re-watch the new episodes I get the same pleasure out of them that I did out of the earlier episodes before I watched them a gagillion times.

I kept hearing that it had, but was pleasantly surprised when I finally saw seasons 5 and 6. The evolution and time travel episodes were brilliant, I thought, and truth be told the diversity/type of episodes as well as quality of episodes varied quite a bit in the first four seasons as well.mattbbpl

Proposition Infinity, The Late Phillip J. Fry, and The Duh-Vinci Code are some of my favorite Futurama episodes. There are also plenty of classic lines ("Hopes..deleted," "I'm afraid we'll have to use...MATH!" "The horse says: DOCTORATE DENIED!" and "I don't want to live on this planet anymore."), and some funny musical numbers (in the year one million and a half, humankind is ruled by giraffes). I seriously don't get why season five gets so much hate, but then again maybe season six was abnormally awful.

Nope. Futurama has stayed relatively the same, especially in comparison with season four. There are bound to be some changes over time, but nothing as dramatic as what people have said. I think it's their tastes that have changed. Granted, I haven't seen the latest season, but last I saw Futurama it seemed like the same old show. In fact, whenever I re-watch the new episodes I get the same pleasure out of them that I did out of the earlier episodes before I watched them a gagillion times.

theone86

Meh I enjoy it. I don't think I've ever not enjoyed an episode tbh.

the new episodes are unwatchable. First four seasons were fantastic but I just think they try waaayyy to hard to be funny now. The stories feel forced and the characters come off as cheap immitations of their former selves. It isn't the same show anymore at all.

Futurama was an awesome show, but not on the sheer level of hilarity that The Simpsons had and without the lolsorandumxD moments that occasionally made Family Guy great. I'm sure it's nostalgia that's killing it for some, but as far as I'm concerned Futurama was never that great and I'm sure if I was still watching the show I wouldn't notice a decline in quality like I did The Simpsons or Family Guy, it'd still just be Futurama.

Fun Fact: King of the Hill > all of those mentioned.

Futurama was an awesome show, but not on the sheer level of hilarity that The Simpsons had and without the lolsorandumxD moments that occasionally made Family Guy great. I'm sure it's nostalgia that's killing it for some, but as far as I'm concerned Futurama was never that great and I'm sure if I was still watching the show I wouldn't notice a decline in quality like I did The Simpsons or Family Guy, it'd still just be Futurama.

Fun Fact: King of the Hill > all of those mentioned.

freek666

peggy singlehandedly made king of the hill much much worse than it could have been.

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Futurama was an awesome show, but not on the sheer level of hilarity that The Simpsons had and without the lolsorandumxD moments that occasionally made Family Guy great. I'm sure it's nostalgia that's killing it for some, but as far as I'm concerned Futurama was never that great and I'm sure if I was still watching the show I wouldn't notice a decline in quality like I did The Simpsons or Family Guy, it'd still just be Futurama.

Fun Fact: King of the Hill > all of those mentioned.

Guybrush_3

peggy singlehandedly made king of the hill much much worse than it could have been.

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Nope. Futurama has stayed relatively the same, especially in comparison with season four. There are bound to be some changes over time, but nothing as dramatic as what people have said. I think it's their tastes that have changed. Granted, I haven't seen the latest season, but last I saw Futurama it seemed like the same old show. In fact, whenever I re-watch the new episodes I get the same pleasure out of them that I did out of the earlier episodes before I watched them a gagillion times.

Toxic-Seahorse

I hate to break it to you, but it's your tastes changing. Whether you still like the old episodes or not is irrelevant, you dislike new ones that are in no noticable way different than old ones which you like, in other words you no longer like the same things you liked before, in other words your tastes have changed. Especially when you bring up season four. With a few exceptions, I could mix most of the episodes from seasons four and five together and someone who has never seen Futurama before would never be able to tell the difference.

Nah, it's still pretty damn good.

A few episodes are corny as hell, but there are a lot of great episodes as well.

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Nope. Futurama has stayed relatively the same, especially in comparison with season four. There are bound to be some changes over time, but nothing as dramatic as what people have said. I think it's their tastes that have changed. Granted, I haven't seen the latest season, but last I saw Futurama it seemed like the same old show. In fact, whenever I re-watch the new episodes I get the same pleasure out of them that I did out of the earlier episodes before I watched them a gagillion times.

theone86

I hate to break it to you, but it's your tastes changing. Whether you still like the old episodes or not is irrelevant, you dislike new ones that are in no noticable way different than old ones which you like, in other words you no longer like the same things you liked before, in other words your tastes have changed. Especially when you bring up season four. With a few exceptions, I could mix most of the episodes from seasons four and five together and someone who has never seen Futurama before would never be able to tell the difference.

I've never cringed like I did at stuff like the susan boil joke. Theres a lot of just bad humor that gets quickly dated after the episode comes out. Futurama was never that desperate to get laughs, the characters were just funny, but now they force these topical cheesy jokes on them rather than the humor coming from who they are as characters themselves.

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Nope. Futurama has stayed relatively the same, especially in comparison with season four. There are bound to be some changes over time, but nothing as dramatic as what people have said. I think it's their tastes that have changed. Granted, I haven't seen the latest season, but last I saw Futurama it seemed like the same old show. In fact, whenever I re-watch the new episodes I get the same pleasure out of them that I did out of the earlier episodes before I watched them a gagillion times.

theone86

I hate to break it to you, but it's your tastes changing. Whether you still like the old episodes or not is irrelevant, you dislike new ones that are in no noticable way different than old ones which you like, in other words you no longer like the same things you liked before, in other words your tastes have changed. Especially when you bring up season four. With a few exceptions, I could mix most of the episodes from seasons four and five together and someone who has never seen Futurama before would never be able to tell the difference.

I watched the original series and was sad when they canceled it, I watched the movies and I thought what is this S***? then I watched the new comedy central funded series and I felt the same way what is this s***.

There is only so many of the same jokes one can tell before it gets old.

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[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"] It's not my tastes changing. I still watch the first 4 season and I enjoy every single episode. Season 5-7 it's hard to even find a good one. There are a few, but nothing like the first 4 seasons. VendettaRed07

I hate to break it to you, but it's your tastes changing. Whether you still like the old episodes or not is irrelevant, you dislike new ones that are in no noticable way different than old ones which you like, in other words you no longer like the same things you liked before, in other words your tastes have changed. Especially when you bring up season four. With a few exceptions, I could mix most of the episodes from seasons four and five together and someone who has never seen Futurama before would never be able to tell the difference.

I've never cringed like I did at stuff like the susan boil joke. Theres a lot of just bad humor that gets quickly dated after the episode comes out. Futurama was never that desperate to get laughs, the characters were just funny, but now they force these topical cheesy jokes on them rather than the humor coming from who they are as characters themselves.

And I think this is more understandable than what he said. If he had said that some episodes resorted to humor that Futurama never used to resort to that would be one thing, but he said that the show as a whole had changed so much that it's hard to find a good one, and it hasn't changed that much. I said that, with a few exceptions, I could mix season four and five episodes and they would be virtually undistinguishable to the untrained eye, and I stand by that. If I remove Attack of the Killer App from season five and The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings from season four then the humor between the two is virtually identical.

i like the the seasons on netflix, and i believe that includes one that came on after the return. i didn't think it changed.

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I hate to break it to you, but it's your tastes changing. Whether you still like the old episodes or not is irrelevant, you dislike new ones that are in no noticable way different than old ones which you like, in other words you no longer like the same things you liked before, in other words your tastes have changed. Especially when you bring up season four. With a few exceptions, I could mix most of the episodes from seasons four and five together and someone who has never seen Futurama before would never be able to tell the difference.

theone86

I've never cringed like I did at stuff like the susan boil joke. Theres a lot of just bad humor that gets quickly dated after the episode comes out. Futurama was never that desperate to get laughs, the characters were just funny, but now they force these topical cheesy jokes on them rather than the humor coming from who they are as characters themselves.

And I think this is more understandable than what he said. If he had said that some episodes resorted to humor that Futurama never used to resort to that would be one thing, but he said that the show as a whole had changed so much that it's hard to find a good one, and it hasn't changed that much. I said that, with a few exceptions, I could mix season four and five episodes and they would be virtually undistinguishable to the untrained eye, and I stand by that. If I remove Attack of the Killer App from season five and The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings from season four then the humor between the two is virtually identical.

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I've never cringed like I did at stuff like the susan boil joke. Theres a lot of just bad humor that gets quickly dated after the episode comes out. Futurama was never that desperate to get laughs, the characters were just funny, but now they force these topical cheesy jokes on them rather than the humor coming from who they are as characters themselves.

Toxic-Seahorse

And I think this is more understandable than what he said. If he had said that some episodes resorted to humor that Futurama never used to resort to that would be one thing, but he said that the show as a whole had changed so much that it's hard to find a good one, and it hasn't changed that much. I said that, with a few exceptions, I could mix season four and five episodes and they would be virtually undistinguishable to the untrained eye, and I stand by that. If I remove Attack of the Killer App from season five and The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings from season four then the humor between the two is virtually identical.

Okay, do they do corny, Susan Boil jokes all the time? No, they did it once, the overall tone of the series hasn't changed.

As for your tastes changing, it doesn't mean that, stop putting words in my mouth. You liked the humor of the old episodes before, time went by, and now you dislike that same humor in new episodes because your tastes have changed and you want to see something different. It doesn't mean you have to stop liking the humor in the old episodes, you're just looking for something different now. Welcome to growing older.

Not really. I've only seen like 3 episode of the newer seasons, but it doesn't seem to have changed all that much.

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And I think this is more understandable than what he said. If he had said that some episodes resorted to humor that Futurama never used to resort to that would be one thing, but he said that the show as a whole had changed so much that it's hard to find a good one, and it hasn't changed that much. I said that, with a few exceptions, I could mix season four and five episodes and they would be virtually undistinguishable to the untrained eye, and I stand by that. If I remove Attack of the Killer App from season five and The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings from season four then the humor between the two is virtually identical.

theone86

Okay, do they do corny, Susan Boil jokes all the time? No, they did it once, the overall tone of the series hasn't changed.

As for your tastes changing, it doesn't mean that, stop putting words in my mouth. You liked the humor of the old episodes before, time went by, and now you dislike that same humor in new episodes because your tastes have changed and you want to see something different. It doesn't mean you have to stop liking the humor in the old episodes, you're just looking for something different now. Welcome to growing older.

I think I enjoyed it more when it was on Fox. I was never really into Futurama anyways. I think the best episodes I can remember was when Bender was worshipped like a god and had his own statue and the other episode when they were fighting these pink balls and Bender eventually guessed the word he wasn't supposed to say and he self-destructed. I also remember a good Christmas-themed episode where there was like this evil robotic Santa.