I thought the newest season was okay. Not as good as pre-season 6, which I expected, but better than a lot of the previous reboot episodes, which I didn't expect.

Honestly my biggest gripe with the show as it stands is that a lot of the current events references (e.g. Amazon, Bitcoin) are a bit on the nose.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I love your link, but I want to clarify that I was quoting an Futurama opening line.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I know , one of the first eps from return seasons intro billboard

[–] anarchist@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I mean it's fine, obituary is less importnat than life

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 29 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Did they replace the writers from season 11?

That is the only season I skip on my eternal rewatching loop for relaxing before bed.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There were a few good episodes, the Santa time travel one, the multiverse one, the mom Corp one. I liked the dune one even though it's got mixed reactions.

That episode 9 was a fucking train wreck, however.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What one was episode 9 about?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Garbage. It was the one with multi parts, with the weird through line where Leela was trying to marry some handsome pig dude or some nonsense.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Ah, the prince and the product, where they have weird ad-style sections with the characters

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don’t mind season 11 besides episode 9 I skip every time. Mostly ok but a few good ones.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Personally found the first 2 to be bad, and 9 to be unwatchable.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think 11 would've been a lot better if it had come out in 2021. In 2023 all of the COVID themes were really played out.

Hopefully 12 wasn't written 3 years ago.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's a weak defense of the season. The thing that made a lot of the classic episodes classics is that they are more or less timeless. If releasing the episode a year or two later means it's not going to land well, then they should be rethinking the writing.

A great example is the iPhone episode. Its a bad episode because the premise was hardly interesting even when it was relevant, and it hasn't aged well at all.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

I'm not saying it would've been a masterpiece, it just would've been a lot more enjoyable.

[–] Fantomas@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Completely agree. It was lads gaga on a train levels of terrible

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Original run writers room had a math phd, chemistry phd, and comp sci phd on the team. I think that's why any of the post cancellation seasons fail to capture the wit of the first run.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

It felt like they were trying to turn Futurama into an animated sitcom, rehashing other shows. The characters barely had the essence of the previous seasons, and advertising was really shoved down our throats.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Am I crazy or is this season 8/9? Why is it called 12 here but 9 elsewhere?

EDIT: Apparently every season after 6 has had two halves, so if you count each half separately this is season 11, but otherwise this is the second half of season 8. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Futurama_episodes#Series_overview

So why is it 12? I'm confused.

[–] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I think the movies are being counted here for some reason

[–] Odo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It's broadcast seasons vs how many purchases ("episode orders") were made. Fox aired 5 but paid for 4 (held back some episodes), then the movies, Comedy Central aired across 4 seasons but made 2 episode orders, and now Hulu split their first order across 2 aired seasons.

Aired: 5 Fox, 1 movies, 4 CC, 2 Hulu -> season 12.

Orders: 4 Fox, 1 movies, 2 CC, 1 Hulu -> Season 8.

(Hulu made a second episode order already, but since that wouldn't start until at least next year I didn't count it. Assuming it's split again, it'll be seasons 13+14 or 9.)

[–] Edge004@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

The numbering on the seasons is a bit weird. Going by the dvd numbering, it's season 9, but by streaming numbering, it's season 11

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it got another season. I'm not sure if there was any episode I'd call good (or even decent) from season 11. While I've watched the series multiple times, I don't see myself watching this next season.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"I consumed the content multiple times but I don't understand why they'd make more"

Homie you provided direct signal that you want more

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Watching the series many times doesn't mean they've watched the newest season many times. I myself have watched all od it many times over, minus the newest season which I wasn't a fan of.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -2 points 5 months ago

Any kind of cloud views are the exact signal thatight lead them to try to make a new season

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So am I not supposed to watch things I like?

For the new season it took me about a year to power through it, but I doubt I'll ever watch it again. It doesn't mean I don't want to watch the older seasons though.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I'm only clarifying that the more views a show has, the greater likelihood they'll extend it. Good writing or not

[–] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

After the last laughable abomination of a season that was definitely not even close to what Futurama should be, bringing it back again to ruin it even further is a joke at this point.

Stop Simpsonizing shows by dragging them out over a billion seasons.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

People actually thought it was pretty good. I was kinda shocked how bad it was. Started watching it when it aired, i still haven't watched more than 4 episodes and i doubt i will ever watch more.