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   Matt Garvey  wrote in   
   news:47399010-0d10-414b-9b12-e2d86b78d88d@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > OK I guess? I can't help but view this in the context of Family Guy's   
   > Simpsons crossover of only a handful of weeks ago, and it seems a   
   > little unnecessary, a little desperate (for continuing making   
   > Futurama), and a little too soon/too much at once. Surely it had to be   
   > known both crossovers were in the works, and even if neither show   
   > wanted to stop making theirs one could have waited some, right?   
      
   Maybe they wanted to see what hilariously anal comments you had to make?   
      
   > (There's a Simpsons episode that's still waiting over a year to air.)   
   > Anyway, I guess it seemed fine, and as a fan of both this and Futurama   
   > I enjoyed various little gags, but it seems like it would be better   
   > done as a short segment (possibly non-canon) or a cute DVD bonus or   
   > something. The Critic crossover may have done better by being more   
   > restrained, not carrying over every single thing, etc. Also there were   
   > a (small) number of goofy moments that just didn't seem to fit (or,   
   > like tetherboy, were just horrifying), and somehow for all the stuff   
   > they had to pack in it was still super short.   
   >   
   > Well anyway I am trying not to be TOO hard on it - it was fluffy fun,   
   > and the beer ending was oddly sweet.   
   >   
   >   
   > A handful of notes, not nearly everything observed... and not getting   
   > into the paradoxical ways each setting is its own show within the   
   > other...   
   >   
   >   
   > DYN:   
   > ...there are some floppy disks in the time capsule that are not seen   
   > going in (maybe there was a deleted scene, or it wasn't totally empty   
   > to start with)? ...Bender's head access door is visible early on?   
   > ...a Canyonero 2014 billboard, apparently just to remind us what year   
   > it is? ...Bart's birthday is established as Feb 23?   
   > ...the fairly viable Hypnotoad solution is abandoned for no particular   
   > reason? ...Kodos was previously established as female, but now Kang   
   > seems to be too (in defiance of Starship Poopers at least) or else he   
   > doesn't care what LRRR says? ...the Futurama cast was listed in   
   > alphabetical order, as usual for these things?   
   >   
      
   ...Fry's dog is waiting for him to return in Springfield?   
      
      
   > Previous episode stuff   
   > 9F04: Bait/Bart backpedaling a bit like "bathing beauty"   
   > 3F10: Bender gets a Pin Pals shirt   
   > 2F31: Homer's "my ears are burning!" made literal, and also in a   
   > crossover episode! 4ACV07: Seymour/Panucci's/that sad song (see   
   > below), really? also defying all geography since as far as I can tell   
   > they didn't go to NYC in the present 6ACV20: the Professor/Farrah   
   > Fawcett calendar image is in the background   
   >   
   > Meta   
   > -Homer/Bender designed by the same (lazy) person   
   > -The skin color difference is kept, as opposed to the typical way   
   > we've seen Futurama characters shown in yellow in their brief Simpsons   
   > appearances (compare also Jay Sherman, yellow); it is not mentioned at   
   > all, however (the Family Guy episode kept the difference but Peter   
   > wondered if the whole town had jaundice) -Life in Hell references in   
   > the initial rabbit appearance (somewhat) and their graffiti   
   > -Butterfingers are used as bait (though it's not really a thing Bart   
   > lusts after in the show itself) -FXXX (or FXXXX?) satellite in the   
   > future, presumably another nod to the recent FXX acquisition of   
   > hacked-up Simpsons episodes -30th Century Fox logo at the end instead   
   >   
   > Bender should clearly be able to make Gs on that dot matrix display; a   
   > more clever joke might have been about how lower-case letters with   
   > descenders (such as, oh, a non-initial "g") actually do look funny on   
   > them...   
   >   
   > Interesting timing: the most recent South Park episode (aired   
   > 11/5/14), "Freemium Isn't Free", was about "freemium" games, a topic   
   > Homer discussed.   
   >   
   > Can anyone read the "tasty human burgers" sign in the credits? Like   
   > Amy's obscene tattoo it's not something I can make out in standard def   
   > (and it's too quick to have read live).   
   >   
   > There was a credit for Sally Stevens performing "I Will Wait for You"   
   > and "A Natural Woman" but I don't recall hearing those; actually, I   
   > recall the former because an instrumental version was heard when   
   > Seymour was seen, but this makes me curious. Did I miss something or   
   > were these maybe in some deleted scenes?   
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