Premiere date and time: Monday, July 24 at 12am PT / 3am ET

Streaming service: US - Hulu, outside the US - Disney Plus

  • @DeriHunter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14•2 years ago

    I generally don’t like meta episodes like the jokes in the show reflects on the real cast and writers. The self awerness usually ruin it for me. R&M did it well with the train episode, but I didn’t like it too much here. Not only that, the entire advertising if Hulu was a bit much.

    I mean the idea is great, they tried to tell us, the audience, that times are changed and the world have changed with all the pc, me too, gender awerness, etc. And showed even a bit of concern. Also that they laugh at themselves with all the reboots and breaks. But I just didn’t like how it was served. I wish it was an interview and not an episode (they laughed about that as well with the "that’s too smart joke) and just write an episode like the know, without being afraid of all the pc and do on.

    It wasn’t bad I still enjoyed it, but as I said it felt to meta and self aware for my taste.

    Any one feels the same?

    • @PlasticExistence@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•2 years ago

      Sorta, yeah. I also didn’t initially care much for the first episode on Comedy Central. I guess maybe the writers feel they have to do this sort of bridge episode.

      I’m sure the future episodes will be better. I’m SUPER excited for Parasites Regained as Parasites Lost is my favorite episode.

    • @Heisenburner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6•2 years ago

      I’m starting to wonder what the fuck is going on at Hulu’s writing offices because Solar Opposites is also filled with jokes about Hulu.

    • @ky56@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      Actually I felt the opposite. I though it was alright. Just hope that’s not the writing style they’re going to carry on with. Later episodes of Rick and Morty leaned in to “meta” style writing way too much.

      I though the Hulu bit was some sort of pisstake on streaming and how TV has so massively changed since it last aired. Again if they leave it there I’ll be happy.

  • ChamrsDeluxeEnglish
    31•2 years ago

    Was absolutely great. A little too much advertising for the platform we are actively watching it on, but an absolutely great return to form. Nothing felt forced and all the jokes landed well.

    Loved the “scarry mirror”

  • @Fog0555@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5•2 years ago

    Were they praising Hulu for resurrecting it, or decrying that they only bought a single season?

  • @shukufuku@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5•2 years ago

    I was underwhelmed by most of the jokes until the geometry near the end. It’s like they happened too slowly, so the impact wasn’t as strong as they were in the earlier seasons.

  • @c3p1o@lemmy.worldEnglish
    -18•2 years ago

    Season 11 - episode 1. The only correct thing in your post is the premier date/time.

    • @linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4•2 years ago

      Most places seem to be calling 102 and 128 splits of the previous season instead of new seasons.

      As much as I don’t care for the idea, the TV databases the ultimate source of truth for many. I know when I inducted into my Plex server it’s going to show up this season 8.

      • @linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6•2 years ago

        I suspect it’s because they contracted for two more seasons and then released each of those seasons over two consecutive years with enough episodes to fill two seasons each.

        E.g. Season 6 had episodes released in June 2010 and July 2011. It’s a pretty reasonable expectation that that would be two different seasons.

        For torrenting and Plex purposes the TVDB is the ultimate source of truth, If they said it was 14 seasons we’d be using 14 seasons for those numbers because it makes our automation work.

  • @TeaHands@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    23•2 years ago

    Lol at people reporting this post for misinformation. Futurama season numbers have always been ill-defined and now we just have to live with it. Be thankful you’re not in the UK where the DVD ordering made it even weirder.

    There is new Futurama coming out. Be less cranky and more excited!

  • @lamprivate@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    8•2 years ago

    Not the best episode but not the worst! Honestly as far as reboots go I’m VERY happy with it. I’m sure they’ll find their footing!

    I saw some people complaining that the voices weren’t the same but it’s been 24ish years since the pilot and they probably haven’t practiced in between the 10 year hiatus. Also Billy West is over 70 and Katey Sagal is 69! I couldn’t believe it. Seriously impressed how little the voices have changed if you take that stuff into account.

    I’m looking forward to the next episode as it probably won’t be as meta and doesn’t have to address being revived after 10 years.

    • @Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      What a weird complaint. The voices sound the same to me. And I literally watched the Season 7 finale the day before S08E01 aired.

  • @gotnuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•2 years ago

    Timestamp 20:09 S11E01: ominous warning from the future for Elon Musk “X equals suicide”. Ummm? Futurama did it!