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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Sadist
United States7328 Posts
If i just want to laugh and not feel sad about anything I could just watch family guy and be alright, theres not going to be any "down" parts in the shows. Futurama is more of a complete show in the respect that it has ups and downs for the characters, like the simpsons had before. The Bleeding Gums Murphey episode where he dies comes to mind. Anyway, to each his own iguess | ||
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Flaccid
8906 Posts
Futurama is amazing, original, and always managed to stay fresh. Family Guy has been recycling the same brand of lame jokes that, while funny the first time, lost their lustre extremely quickly. Futurama by a light year. | ||
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Flaccid
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Flaccid
8906 Posts
Family Guy is cheap, disposable humor. Futurama is genius. Two different worlds. All they have in common is that they're both cartoons. You can't compare a Jaguar and a Neon just because they're both cars. I'M DONE NOW. | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
Family Guy Great or decent when you were younger, and can be outrageously funny at first. The humour it appeals to you grows really old and tiresome fast though and unlike great Simpsons episodes, you cannot re-watch them. (Simpsons re-runs are on all the time on various channels, because they were that good for so long before they started sucking. The first couple seasons blew though too). The fact that a very large portion of the jokes is set up beforehand with, "remember that time" "like that time" "I hope this isn't going to be like". It used to work, but now they really are stuck on a formula and seem out of ideas so they put in awful songs that make you turn the channel until they're over because you think to yourself, "god this is gay". I don't know why this is, maybe they bit off more than they could chew by taking on American Dad as well. But even if they hadn't, Futurama would be better. You just sit there expecting random stupidity afterwards and it's like the creators really aren't trying anymore despite being back on air. I enjoyed a lot of classics from it with Ollie Williams to things like, "to the peter copter!" "I get it Brian, you're lookin' for an ass race. First one to the kitchen wins!" or where Frosty the Snowman says, "ah ah take it off take it off!" when the kids put the burning hat back on him. It still has good moments, but they are few and far inbetween, and watching an episode is painful nowadays because half of it is killing time, the other half is jokes that fail. And whenever they have a song... it's just not good. You don't waste that long infront of the t.v. hoping there's 1 good moment in it. The songs in it at first were pretty decent, like a couple of Brian and Stewey's with "You and I are, so awfully different" but the songs later on just got worse and worse as you could tell the writers ended up treating their audience like a bunch of fools. It's just bad television to have so many long running jokes (they're funny if you do them right in very spaced out sequences, not rely on them to kill time in an episode, and that's what it feels like). That type of humour can still be good, but needs to be used spaced out. The guy are just sitting in the board room saying, "why don't we just have them talk about something trivial for 2 minutes?" Some might see that as a joke on having all that air time and doing nothing with it to make it funny, but doing this repeatedly is just not trying. Jokes about celebrities is one of the worst types of humour ever and the cheapest unfunniest shots possible. The Family Guy defense of Jay Leno may work for defending Jay Leno, as he really is out there 5 nights a week. It doesn't work for Family Guy that sometimes has more than 1 week between a show. Nor does making random references to the 80's doesn't qualify as a joke anymore, it's very expected. "Here's an old fart from the 80's playing a guitar and singing.. twice". It has characters you really don't give a damn about either. Whether you're supposed to or not is irrelevent. Great characters make a show better. Futurama beats it in every category. Futurama tells the kinds of jokes you really appreciate and can smile about in real life, much like The Daily Show in it's authentic cleverness that's above the norm. (That's not a proper analogy as The Daily Show goes for very low brow humour quite often, but it has true gems and when it puts on a great show that's well thought out, they are really awesome). It has all kinds of humour and excels in all of the ones they attempt. Family guy is alright. Futurama is art. | ||
Liquid`Zephyr
United States996 Posts
On April 21 2007 04:43 Liquid`Drone wrote: I used to think that family guy was funnier but futurama was better I now think that futurama is a fucking shit-ton better, mostly because I've grown to realize just how godly of a show futurama is. there are some "bender is a robot" jokes that arent really funny, but those aren't the pearls of the show. the character building and storyline and punny references and incredible voice acting makes it stand out. bender, fry, zoidberg and the professor all have voices that are so incredibly superior to every family guy voice, where honestly, most of them annoy you at some level. (stewie was funny at first but then he just turned so.. gay. ) i think anyone who actually watches every futurama episode and not just 3-4 will realize how much superior it is, because unlike family guy, the best jokes require you to really comprehend the characters and their thought lines, whereas the funniest family guy jokes could have been well, not part of family guy and still equally funny. not to mention that the storytelling in certain futurama episodes is awesome (like say, "The Sting".) I also genuinely believe that anyone who watches the final episode of futurama (the devil's hands are idle playthings) after having seen most others, and without being a total idiot, will realize that that episode is the single greatest 23 minute period on tv, ever. and then you have episodes like jurassic bark, that actually make you cry. i was just waiting to quote you since your the second most futurama authority on this site the thing about futurama is that you have to understand the characters for things to be funny and then even the smallest little things become hilarious. a lot of the better jokes are also based on earlier episodes. the seasons also get progressively better imo. quietidiot and grandinquesitor pretty much nailed it. contrary to most people, i think futurama is much funnier. i can only watch people run into inanimate objects so many times -i still do like family guy though (the earlier seasons at least) and the devils hands are idle play things rock so hard. | ||
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
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Hollow
Canada2180 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
FUCKING GENIUS! | ||
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[GiTM]-Ace
United States4935 Posts
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Colbi
United States535 Posts
On April 22 2007 03:03 [GiTM]-Ace wrote: I dunno I have watched futurama episodes and not laughed at all. I dont think i ever watched a family guy without laughing. In the end it might just be a matter of opinion. I do like futurama a lot but i love family guy I completely agree. There have been futurama episodes where I didn't even laugh once. However, with Family Guy I can't think of an episode that I watched where I didn't laugh. | ||
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toadstool
Australia421 Posts
Leela: I have a better one. " Reading it is not funny, but the way Leela discards Fry's idea almost instantly is hilarious. Had coke streaming out of my nose. [in the library, absorbing all of Earth's knowledge] Chief Giant Brain: Pathetic human race. Arranging their knowledge by category just made it easier to absorb. Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands! Ha ha ha ha! Dewey system, they way they store books in libraries =D Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Above all else it is our responsibility to preserve the timeline. [Fry walks in] Fry: Well, I've killed my grandfather. Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Whaaaaaaaa? Leela: Wait, if you killed your grandfather, why do you still exist? Fry: I don't know. Maybe God loves me. Bender: [Starts laughing maniacally] That episode is the best, the best plotline I've ever seen for a catoon. Each Futurama episode feels like 40 mins long coz they fit so much stuff into it. At the end of the day we're not gonna change each other's opinions about the other series, just hate on the other series more. Let's just let this thread be and remember the good times from each series and let the vote decide which series is better (Futurama =D). | ||
micronesia
United States24775 Posts
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Flaccid
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And posting clips means nothing - that's Family Guy's game. Cheap laughs that don't require context or character. The fact you can post a Family Guy clip and someone who has never seen the show can appreciate it just as much shows how idiotic the whole thing is. The funniest show in recent times was Arrested Development, but it died because it required a dedication and knowledge of the characters and previous jokes to really enjoy the show. Your 3 second attention spans killed it. As they killed Futurama. You fucks. edit: The first few times I saw Futurama, I saw it as passably decent. But once I had seen enough to really know the characters, the show opened up and I was able to appreciate it for how brilliant it really is. I'm guessing anyone voting Family Guy simply hasn't made that step yet. Or has no taste (see first sentence in post). | ||
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
On April 22 2007 03:03 [GiTM]-Ace wrote: I dunno I have watched futurama episodes and not laughed at all. I dont think i ever watched a family guy without laughing. In the end it might just be a matter of opinion. I do like futurama a lot but i love family guy Interesting thing about Futurama: It really is targeted as a connected story throughout all episodes. There are many many moments where they refer to something what happened many episodes ago and if you haven't seen those episodes you will not laugh and get the joke. I am hardcore fan of futurama, I have seen Every single part at least four times and I have also seen them in chronological order from serie 1-5, not missing even a single part ( I didn't catch it on TV because it was not broadcasted but I had dvd's with complete series). And you will get how incredibely it is connected and how every character has its own history that you have to know to enjoy the show. Sure the authors try to explain them again but they don't do it as much as the newcomer would need because the usual watchers would be bored of stating obvious facts. This is the reason why when I have shown my friends one episode from series 4 they laughed maybe once in entire 24 minutes while I was rolling on the floor laughing many times. I tried to imagine that I have not seen the episodes before and hah.... I wouldn't get so many jokes that I would be bored. I think this is also the reason why Futurama was cancelled. Simpsons and especially Family guy are more catchy without the need of knowing the character of the characters (eh wtf) and what happened before in the series (For example 1st episode is vital to see, as well as to know that Leela was Boned by Zap). Futurama is much more one piece, one getting to another through all the history, like fry's dumbness story (Have you all noticed the shadow of nibbler in episode one before Fry falls into the freezer ? ) and with further episodes the lack of knowing the ones before will afect the funny part more and more, unlike Family guy.And this is what we people who enjoy Futurama like so much! EDIT: Whoops I see that flaccid wrote very simmilar thing, now I hope you get the point really -,- | ||
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Flaccid
8906 Posts
"No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!" | ||
GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
Leela: Fry, that's a radiator Fry: Oh. Fry: Is there a burn ward within 5 feet of here? | ||
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Flaccid
8906 Posts
"I already did!" | ||
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DTDominion
United States2148 Posts
I think though that if you compare the first three seasons of Family Guy to all of Futurama it's not a total blowout for either side. Futurama has better characters, more clever jokes, better animation, better story telling, etc., but Family Guy was able to take its simplistic characters and situations and use them as a springboard for jokes about pretty much anything. If you want to ask which show is "better," I think ultimately Futurama would win. But the first three seasons of Family Guy delivered on the funny in a big way. Despite it's flaws I wouldn't shit all over it because it's cool. Ultimately I voted for Futurama. I think once you get into it it's the funnier show, and it delivers on more levels than Family Guy. My season 2 DVD will arrive in a matter of days, thus completing my collection. w00t! | ||
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