Airing on Hulu (US) or Disney Plus (outside US) - Monday, September 11, 2023 at Eastern Time (ET) 03:00 a.m/ Pacific Time (PT) 12:00 a.m
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Does that mean episodes 1-7 are available now?
Have been, episodes come out every Monday. They've been... something
I've enjoyed them. Something about the writing in this newest batch makes it seem more like the old episodes. I think it's the pacing and the lack of cringy cutaways. No classics yet, even in the vein of the (original) time machine episode or the body switching one from the last batch, but we've got 3 more to go on this season, then 10 more dropping after that, so plenty of time.
I will say Billy West is sounding old, which is fair because he is old. But fry seems to have taken up smoking since we last saw him
While I completely agree with this sentiment, the content of the episodes already feels dated. Someone on another post said it feels like the episodes were written 3-5 years ago and I'm inclined to agree.
Bitcoin, vaccines, cancel culture. It just seems...off? Still very much enjoying this season though.
More topical references would help if there was a strong commentary aspect to Futurama, but it's never been that kind of show.
The simplest explanation is jokes are the bread and butter of a comedy and they just aren't that great in Hulurama. Having rewatched it recently, Foxurama also leaned heavily on the plot of individual episodes, but so far the plots feel like retreads or just not particularly interesting.
Which now that I think about it, all of this can be said about The Simpsons.