Why is everyone in the future yellow?

The tall one's kinda cute, but they aren't very interesting.

You'd better plug in that quadratic formula, Sully. My arm is getting tired.

Lanadapter: Two minutes of your life you'll never get back. Just think of the naken ladies you could have looked at in that time.

I tested this comment, and the answer is 452. Though I do warn other farkers that one of the first pictures that comes up is a naked man covered in paint riding a bicycle, so that may be more for the Farkettes than Farkers.

FutureWars: I can't believe I let it run for two minutes before closing it.

I actually made it about four minutes.

But then one time I made it 72 seconds into the View, so I can obviously take a lot of torture.

If io9 comes from the future, why is all their news so old?

God-is-a-Taco: I don't know how much Gawker is paying you, Drew, but is it really worth our suffering?

Would it be against the rules to write a bot that crawls all the gawker (and laughing squid and others) links submitted and posts a link to the actual content in every thread?

Hey subby, why did you feel the need to subject us to four sentences of gawker analysis instead of just linking to the actual farking video.

Funbags: As a latecomer to Futurama's brilliance, whose spent many hours catching up on the old eps, I find the writing this season to be better than ever,

The show has been pretty consistent. A little more topical this time around but they choose good topical things that will age well.

"i don't like rape jokes but when it's women raping men -- soooooo funny"

"Watch this show from great britian because everything will suck about it when it is remade for the US market"

"math class is hard, let's not explain the math but show an example solution -- and watch the host giggle when she gets lela's paper head"

welcome to the future -- it's half-assed

faerniir: miniflea: So... who else really hates the new Futurama? I mean, they're not a hundred percent terrible, but I really don't feel like they are anywhere as good as the old episodes. I don't think nostalgia is clouding my memory, as I still watch the old eps every now and then. The new writing just seems lazy, I guess. There's a whole lot "oh holy crap extreme situation holy crap big deal" type nonsense, and the very best episodes were just the characters doing normal(well, relatively) stuff and playing off each other. When was the last time they made a delivery?

I really hate being the "new stuff sucks" snob but that's how I feel about it.

I can agree with you somewhat. I watch the original seasons frequently, but rarely re-watch the first several episodes of the "new" Futurama. But I have to admit they seem to be getting better as they go, so I'm holding out hope that they'll get back to 100%.

/Freaking Eye Phone episode was terrible. TERRIBLE.

The Eye Phone episode made me realize that there was no place for me where their comedy was going.

Funbags: miniflea: So... who else really hates the new Futurama? I mean, they're not a hundred percent terrible, but I really don't feel like they are anywhere as good as the old episodes. I don't think nostalgia is clouding my memory, as I still watch the old eps every now and then. The new writing just seems lazy, I guess. There's a whole lot "oh holy crap extreme situation holy crap big deal" type nonsense, and the very best episodes were just the characters doing normal(well, relatively) stuff and playing off each other. When was the last time they made a delivery?

I really hate being the "new stuff sucks" snob but that's how I feel about it.

Lazy? Really? So far this season, they've cleverly imagined Ocktoberfest as a highbrow, hipster affair that escalates into a hominid battle royale, turned Hermes into a Cylon, ridiculed performance-enhancing drugs, had Zapp plow Leela's mom, and properly skewered the paparazzi, the democratic process, and the Mayan apocalypse. Not to mention developing the Fry/Leela subplot, and having Bender become a dad.

As a latecomer to Futurama's brilliance, whose spent many hours catching up on the old eps, I find the writing this season to be better than ever,

faerniir: Fano:
I can agree with you somewhat. I watch the original seasons frequently, but rarely re-watch the first several episodes of the "new" Futurama. But I have to admit they seem to be getting better as they go, so I'm holding out hope that they'll get back to 100%.

/Freaking Eye Phone episode was terrible. TERRIBLE.

The Eye Phone episode made me realize that there was no place for me where their comedy was going.

Have you tried any of the episodes from about "Neutopia" on? They're ok. Not great but ok. It still feels different to me but I do get some laughs here and there. This season seems to have improved on those episodes too, it's like they're trying to find their spot again. Neutopia is worth a watch if only for old lady Farnsworth and her tassles. I gave it a cringing giggle.

/It ain't easy being gangrenous.

I've actually bought all the DVDs so far, excepting, I think the most recent one that had 4 episodes on it or somesuch. I've watched them, BUT I CAN'T REWATCH THEM!

This from someone that lived for months off and on without tv, and used the simpsons and futurama boxed sets as a background replacement for them. It was a show that grew on me, and the only episode from the first 4 seasons I can't take is That's Lobstertainment. I remember on the commentary they basically said "screw you, haters, this is one of the BEST episodes." I feel like they are spending their time trying to make more like that. Sad, in that Futurama beat out the most emotional episodes of the Simpsons with the Trio of Tears: Luck of the Fryrish, Leela's Homeworld, Jurrassic Bark.