Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Today is gonna be another character spotlight, only this time we round out the main cast by talking about the rest of the Planet Express crew all at once. … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 12: Best and worst of Amy, Hermes and Nibbler (and Scruffy)

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Today is gona be about Tone, which is a scale on which Futurama can express tremendous variability from one episode to the next, or even within the same episode. … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 11: Futurama Cynicism vs Sentimentality

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Today is gonna be another character spotlight as we talk about the doctor/ punching bag of the planet express crew, Dr. Zoidberg. What do you think of Zoidberg as a character? … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 10: Best and worst of Zoidberg

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Having existed (on and off) for several decades at this point, the “Present” relative to Futuramas “future” has shifted quite a bit and though the series often seems to … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 9: Futurama and “Current event” satire

Today is gonna be another character spotlight as we talk about the owner of Planet Express / mad genious scientist, Professor Hubert Farnsworth. What do you think of the professor as a character? What are his best/worst aspects? What is the definitive … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 8: Best and Worst of Professor Farnsworth

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Beyond being simply an adult animated comedy series Futurama is also at its heart a work of Science Fiction. Sometime this can mean silly (or lazy) jokes about “Present … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 7: Futurama as Science Fiction

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Today is gonna be a character spotlight as we talk about the chef / bending unit / breakout character of the planet express crew, one Bender Bending Rodriguez. What do … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 6: Talking the best and worst of Bender

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Another thing that Futurama focused on more than its older sibling was the subject of romance. This was chiefly through the will-they-won’t they dynamic of Fry and Leela, but … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 5: Talking Futurama Romance

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Today is gonna be a character spotlight as we talk about the captain of the planet express ship, one eyed alien come mutant, one Turanga Leela. What do you think … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 4: Talking the best and worst of Leela

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! One thing that sets Futurama apart from Simpsons is that Futurama always had more continuity. Nothing ironclad, but there was more of an acknowledgement that time passes, relationships could … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 3: Continuity, and the “overarching plot”

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! Today is gonna be a character spotlight as we talk about the man through which we have experienced a lot of the Futurama world, one Philip J Fry. What do … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 2: Talking Philip J Fry

Good news, everyone! The September challenge is gonna be Futurama themed! And to kick things off, we’re going back to peoples own personal beginnings with the show, to ask what was your first episode, and your first impression over all? … Continue reading 30 Day Futurama challenge day 1: Your first episode, first impressions