Futurama: Volume 8 Review (Major Spoilers)

[mattzimmer]

Also reviews for the latest episodes of Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Almost Human, Grimm, The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, The season premiere of Community, and the latest episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, and Dracula

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[90scartoonman]

Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Magical Place" - It didn't even feel like a copout to me because they never promised anything that fantastical, it has to STAY about Coulson. It's cool because he "came back wrong", and I am intrigued by the idea of unethical doctors working on him. At first I figured Centipede was lead by Justin Hammer, but now I'm wondering if they'll use the Leader as the Clairvoyant. Honestly, I really dug this episode, even little character bits like Fitz being more serious and Skye's admiration-through-imitation of May made it work. Is Mike Peterson turning into Deathlok? It's good we're worried about him, it means the stakes are high. Wasn't that reused footage of Fury? I could be wrong

[mattzimmer]

Agents Of SHIELD: It could have been reused footage. I'm not sure. Those are all good guesses for The Clairvoyant.

Ben Reilly: Thank you for the info. I am still sure there was backlash.

The Simpsons: Don't get me wrong. I think pirating movies is wrong and I never do it. But if they are going to take the tack that it ISN'T so bad, they need to stick to their guns. I don't necessarily AGREE with the moral. But I think any moral NEEDS to be consistant.

Community "Repilot": I'm pretty sure this will be Community's last season. Donald Glover should have done the entire thing.

Family Guy: That's Peter/Lois and Homer/Marge comparison had been brewing in my skull for awhile. I just needed to find the right review to express it.

Dracula: What else has Katie McGrath been in?

[90scartoonman]

Ben Reilly: Yeah, there was. I remember reading the letters page, I liked that they printed both positive and negative reactions to it.

The Simpsons: Ah, okay. Yeah, it did need to be consistent.

Community "Repilot": I'm wondering what his timeline was. I'm guessing he was making other plans while waiting to see if the show will be renewed (for the last couple years) and got into commitments he didn't want to back out of.

Family Guy: Glad to read it! Although I could do without the penis preamble. I think at some point early in the relationship, there was genuine affection (mixed in with rebellion, of course), but then Peter and Lois grew older and became horrible to each other.

Dracula: The recent BBC Merlin show. She played Morgana/Morgan Le Fay.

[mattzimmer]

Community: I don't like it when TV actors do that. There is nothing more important than Six Seasons And A Movie.

Family Guy: The penis preamble was necessary to tie it into the current episode. If not I would have probably have to had saved it for further down the road.

Dracula: Thank you for the info.

[90scartoonman]

Forty Percent Leadbelly: I didn't love this. The only difference between 3D printers and replicators is we can't produce any kind of substance and texture...yet

[mattzimmer]

Saturday Morning Fun Pit: I must have those Purpleberries!

Murder On The Planet Express: I can't agree with you. I hate this episode so much. But the way, if no-one was killed, what is Jimmy Junior's skeleton doing in the crawlspace?

Meanwhile: That would have been a perfectly lovely ending and had exactly as much tragedy and pathos. Great idea! I would have loved that.

[90scartoonman]

Saturday Morning Fun Pit: I can't believe how quotable that episode was. "And I wouldn't have gotten away with it regardless of you meddling kids!"

Murder On The Planet Express: Hey, yeah! You know, they could've just made it a VR simulation or something, but I guess they thought it was funnier if they didn't undo it at the end.

Meanwhile: How would you rate "Devil's Hands", "Wild Green Yonder", "Overclockwise", and "Meanwhile" in terms of favorite to least favorite as Futurama series finales?

[mattzimmer]

Saturday Morning Fun Pit: Let's watch some cartoooooons!

Murder On The Planet Express: I would have hated a VR similation too but it would have been a MUCH less ridiculous resolution than we wound up getting.

Meanwhile:

1. Wild Green Yonder
2. Devil's Hands
3. Meanwhile
4. Overclockwise.

[dcauyojimbo]

I agree it was good thing they partly answered Coulson's resurrection at last. Once they do the same with Skye's past, I think the show will breathe better going into the back half of the season.

It's been already stated by Po that The Clairvoyant is a "he" Also note what happens to Po's face when he meets his cell phone-induced demise. Recall something similar happening in the Phase 1 of the MCU?

On Mike. Well, on one hand I like he's still alive (he probably has the Extremis to thank for that) and on the other, predictable. He's a "bad things always happen to me" magnet, hard luck character.

One other thing, Clark Gregg's crying scene. Amazing acting. I thought.

[mattzimmer]

What Phase 1 thing are you referring to?

Clark Gregg is great, isn't he?

[dcauyojimbo]

The device Obadiah Stane used on Raza and Tony Stark in Iron Man.

He is!

[mattzimmer]

I don't even remember that scene. It's been so long since I've seen that movie. It was not one of the Marvel movies I watched over and over again.