Airing on Hulu (US) or Disney Plus (outside US) - Monday, July 31, 2023 at Eastern Time (ET) 03:00 a.m/ Pacific Time (PT) 12:00 a.m

  • trashman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    11 months ago

    Anyone else think the writing in this episode was weak? The characters felt so fundamentally different and the jokes felt so lazy compared to the previous seasons. I’m staying optimistic about the rest of the season but this one left me pretty disappointed. I’d hate to see bender headed in the ‘jackass homer’ direction

    • Striker@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      11 months ago

      Bender has always been a massive jerkass though. That’s his character.

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, same. Both episodes so far have been disappointing. I’m not too optimistic about the rest of the season at this point, but I’ll be watching them all and hoping for at least one solid good one.

      • trashman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        11 months ago

        I’m glad I’m not alone in feeling that way The worst scene for me was when they were making the candy (a plot point that went nowhere). The professor’s “diabetic coma!” line followed by “It’s too sweet, better add more sugar” from Fry is just so lazy. The dialogue is just mirroring the action and not adding anything and the jokes are just garbage

        • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          11 months ago

          I honestly forgot all about the candy as soon as the episode was over. I guess the point was to have Zapp want to be manscaped with it? You’re right, it was terrible both in concept and execution.

        • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          Here’s hoping that the candy is a “brick joke.” A lot of the creators of the show also worked on Disenchantment, which has been basically 4 seasons of setting up the dominoes, so maybe that rubbed off on them.

      • Woodstock@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        It’s quite stark when you go back and do a rewatch of the early seasons. I’m still enjoying the episodes and all the fan service, but it feels like the characters are second to the random jokes jumping a bit all over the place.

        I’m still having fun though!

        • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          11 months ago

          I like seeing the characters again, but they’re shells of their former selves. They tried to do a tearjerker ending this episode and I felt nothing.

    • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I can’t really say what it is exactly aside from it didn’t have much energy and wit. I do like the stakes are lower. My favourite episodes are low-key episodes that’s not about the universe ending (aside from a few of the best ones). But by lowering your stakes we need more from our characters.