For some reason, science fiction and humor aren't often put together. Yet when it does happen, the results can be fantastic (Red Dwarf, Tripping the Rift). Futurama managed to do it on a week to week basis, never more so brilliantly than with this episode. The Planet Express crew gets transported back in time to 1947 where they end up becoming the alien contact fabled to have occurred near Roswell, New Mexico. Benders body is believed to be debris from an alien spacecraft, and is reassembled into a UFO, albeit one that is only about two feet in diameter. Zoidberg is taken captive and experimented on by Army doctors (Take my heart; Ive got four). Fry discovers that his grandfather is living there, which raises the question If you accidently kill your grandfather and unknowingly sleep with your grandmother, what does that make you? The dialogue here is priceless. The exchanges between President Truman and Zoidberg in particular (Are you trying to create some kind of alien/human hybrid? Are you trying to seduce me?) are hysterical. Futurama had always been a great half-hour of comedy but with this episode the series became the best blend of sci-fi and humor around.
I've been a huge sci-fi fan ever since going to see "Star Wars" at the tender age of 3 (and yes I actually do remember it! I love pretty much any intelligent and entertaining film and television series (some of my all time favorites are 2001, Lawrence of Arabia, Battlestar Galactica [SyFy], and The West Wing). Must thank the stars above for such things as HBOGO and Netflix (Am thoroughly enjoying Ripper Street btw). I've also been an avid comic book collector since childhood. I earned a bachelor's degree in creative writing with a second emphasis in film studies from Florida State University (Go Noles!) and definitely enjoy sitting back and watching pretty much any sports. I wish I had a joke to end with, but I don't so I'll simply say "The End."
For some reason, science fiction and humor aren't often put together. Yet when it does happen, the results can be fantastic (Red Dwarf, Tripping the Rift). Futurama managed to do it on a week to week basis, never more so brilliantly than with this episode. The Planet Express crew gets transported back in time to 1947 where they end up becoming the alien contact fabled to have occurred near Roswell, New Mexico. Benders body is believed to be debris from an alien spacecraft, and is reassembled into a UFO, albeit one that is only about two feet in diameter. Zoidberg is taken captive and experimented on by Army doctors (Take my heart; Ive got four). Fry discovers that his grandfather is living there, which raises the question If you accidently kill your grandfather and unknowingly sleep with your grandmother, what does that make you? The dialogue here is priceless. The exchanges between President Truman and Zoidberg in particular (Are you trying to create some kind of alien/human hybrid? Are you trying to seduce me?) are hysterical. Futurama had always been a great half-hour of comedy but with this episode the series became the best blend of sci-fi and humor around.