the_doktor ,

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 ,

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.

kandoh ,

I know people love Futurama but I sort of blame it for making the Simpsons less good.

jacksilver ,

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 ,

"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

jacksilver ,

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.

criitz ,

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 ,

I think the movies are being counted here for some reason

Edge004 ,

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

Odo ,

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.)

snooggums ,
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Did they replace the writers from season 11?

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

wander1236 ,
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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 ,

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.

PunnyName ,

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.

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

PunnyName ,

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

JackGreenEarth ,
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What one was episode 9 about?

PunnyName ,

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

Moorshou ,
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The show keeps living! Glad to see it still around.

flicker ,

It just won't stay dead!

Skullgrid ,
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I wish it would! It's basically decreasing the quality of its own obituary at this point

flicker ,

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

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

dalekcaan ,

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.

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