Futurama's NEW SEASON Tackles... NFTs?!?

[@CommanderSteelTrap]

I actually found Benders family betraying him very appropriate. They establish they’re very similar to Bender with the drinking and stealing, so it’s fitting they’d sell him out after just meeting him so they get what they want, since Bender gave one of his children to the Robot Devil to get his robot army.

[@karenfan010]

then IG that makes flexo and billywest the oddballs of the bender family since both are actually very nice characters.

[@Nagatoyuki49]

also as hard to grasp of a concept as it may be for some, his family probably considereded his sacrifice to be an actual honor, Doblando was the only one who was shown disregarding the tradition for his own good.

[@madhippy3]

Ya, its kind of heartbreaking because the interactions were cute, but ya, thats what Bender would have done.

[@merchantfan]

@@madhippy3 I mean it's not that sad, he wasn't really upset that long about it. It's in their nature to screw people over even friends- he's risked Fry's life and well-being plenty of times and Fry is like the person/being he's closest to out of anyone

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

Yeah like it would not surprise me in the slightest if next time they show up they’re just cool with Bender and the whole sacrifice thing is just water under the bridge

[@lockjaw7437]

I think he ignored the turtle because he remembered they can flip themselves over to get off their back

[@chestbumphero]

I just remember the clip of that as soon as you pointed it out, even during the ending of that episode he flipped the turtle and himself on their backs

[@TheDahaka1]

True, he was pretty annoyed with the turtle when he found out they could do that XD

[@jimmy2k4o]

But because I that turtle he learned to do it himself and it was during the moment where the earth needed saved, it needed bender to blast his exhaust fumes. The turtle helped bender save the earth and taught him he could do something that he always thought impossible.

[@ferretappreciator]

I think he ignored it because it's (probably) actually a tortoise

[@nobodyspecial9513]

If only we could teach women to do the same...

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

I swear the executives forced the writers to do an NFT episode they pivoted away from them being the main focus SO quickly.

[@thogthemighty7960]

Johnny, I hate to break it to you but 11:56 isn't some sort of 'Knight Bender', that's Titanius Anglesmith, Fancyman of Cornwood. They're totally different.

[@slapdonuts]

When his abuelah called him "Bend-ejho" all sweet, I almost lost it. 🤣 It's a play on the spanish insult 'pendejo.' She essentially called him an asshole. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Johnny2Cellos]

def my fav spanish joke in the ep

[@woMfolio]

When I heard that comment I was literally like “HUH”

[@tikko1023]

Bendejo had jajaja-ing hard af 😂

[@jaythemachine3845]

I couldn’t stop laughing 🤣

[@guamlife2010]

Lol! Yeah. I was like, what did she call him?

[@Pterokid1]

Ghost bed sheet bender is from cryonic women when he scares unfrozen people

[@Johnny2Cellos]

AHH YEAH

[@phlpcockrell]

I came to say this

[@ProfessorChaos56]

@@Johnny2Cellos Bender in the wedding dress is from "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" and Bender with tape over his mouth is also from "Bender's Game".

[@100megayoshi]

One aspect of the heist B plot I like was using the professor's replica museum to act as the security camera footage for the real museum. Felt like a fun Futurama use of future technology.

[@PlebNC]

And it leads to some fun dramatic irony gags where the security guards are unaware of ants running across the security feed and the tiny art heist because the Professor used real tiny NFTs in his mini gallery.

[@mechamanw668]

I like that instead of NFTs being the focus, it's instead used as a jumping off point for Bender's A plot and the heist B plot

[@hana094]

First: as a mexican software engineer, I loved the episode. Johnny, you didn't noticed, but the tortillas, the tiger blanket, the chihuahuas, the abuela saying to drink instead of feeling, I laughed soooooo hard, this is my favorite episode now

[@bigman20640]

I think the "bead necklaces " they wear are supposed to represent Inca quipu the way they recorded and transferred information with knots and string. During time period for the creation of this episode there were a few large developments in the study of them so I think it's a topical thing.

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

Yeah, this and MTG keep bringig khipus into a supposedly mesoamerican setting. Not sure if annoying or not

[@PlebNC]

They literally call them that multiple times in the episode.

[@merchantfan]

@@Carlos-bz5oo I mean here it's a complete robot civilization that happened long after the present day so there's probably a little more wiggle room there. Also it works so well for robots bc you could do it like 1s and 0s (as they did here)

[@thephantomist7199]

Considering Beast with a Billion Backs, I guess “Heartfelt reunion turned selfish sacrifice” is a family tradition for Bender.

[@jdg9825]

Was so happy when the Professor whipped out the ol' Fing-Longer

[@toadlord8594]

Had no Idea that Season 12 was starting, so seeing it out of the blue searching Hulu was Really a fun surprise! But my favorite Bender will always be Titanius Anglesmith, Fancyman of Cornwood!!

[@peteryanes3413]

I did just watch it

[@MinorKey135]

Bender’s Game is by far my favorite of that whole run

[@GaryViews]

Dance you little freaks! Faster! Faster!!!

[@larissa4615]

Hulu needs to do more promotion

[@Mfr_eh]

Wait isn't it season 9

[@Landjrin]

I was literally yesterday thinking "Huh I wonder if they're gonna do another futurama season", I had NO idea this was happening. Thanks for the inadvertent news update lol.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

I have a feeling this is how A LOT of people are going to learn about the new season premiering lol

[@Nate-xi4zf]

Yea the marketing for this season has been oddly weak

[@MacTac141]

@@Johnny2CellosHuge Futurama fan and I was shocked to see this video of yours was new about an episode I didn’t remember. My pure shock when you said there’s a new season on was palpable. Thanks for letting me know mate, can’t wait to see more Futurama on your channel. Cheers!

[@daniapfel2825]

​@@Johnny2Cellos Thanks to you i can’t now miss no new episode from Futurama. I saw your vidéos on new épisodes the last year and i love it. Good day

[@neilhannan7525]

When I heard Amy's Daughter Saying we are making NFT, it was already outdated. Why not instead the kids learn that 2020s people bought NFT and try to bring it back or name it different like digital printing or virtual coins

[@J3ff_K1ng]

The worst part was when the kid started talk about the hash codes and shit, like it felt so 1 outdated 2 dick rider and I hated that plot of the ep just because it's not funny

[@bluecanine3374]

Yeah, the scifi concepts felt timeless since they were just futuristic concepts, and some of the social commentary had such a thick layer of detachment from what inspired it that it didn't feel dated. Like the evolution one coming out when questions about if it should be taught in schools was alright, since it wasn't set place in a school with like Hubert and wasn't about tesching, it was about the more general topic of evolution deniers and scientific certainties. But man do they have a hard time with it. Like remember the EyePhones episode? Remember the birther controversy episode? That stuff aged so badly. Like that birther one, if you forgot the the politics of the time then a lot of the jokes or decisions seem less funny and more weird like, "Why did the hospital he was born in have to be in Africa?"

[@thewhitewolf58]

​@@bluecanine3374The birther one feels like a political version of flat earthers. Saying obama is not american because being black means he was born in africa. They are doing the same thing with harris. But I bet if elon musk ran for president those same birthers would forget he was actually born in south africa.

[@bluecanine3374]

@thewhitewolf58 forget? They'd have to learn south africa is a place first.

[@CannedCardboard]

That would be clever!

[@corrupt1user]

The Traveling Salesman problem is more of the "can it be solved quickly" type of problem rather than a specific solution. In CompSci, every problem can be brute-forced, but every additional possible iteration means that the run-time can go up factorially (polynomially, in CompSci terms). If there's 2 cities, there's 2! routes, or just 2, and with 3 cities, 3! or 6 routes, but you get to 10 cities and it's 3.6 MILLION possibilities that need to be checked. 70 cities is literally more than a google (yes that's a real word) of routes. So obviously CompSci people want a fast way to solve the problem that doesn't involve checking a google of possibilities. A bigger question in CompSci is if it's even possible for a problem to even have a quick algorithm. The joke of course is that the ancient robots have indeed solved this problem.

[@DEADLY_SIGNAL]

It goes into realm of P and NP really quick, with a tad of time complexity.

[@Kwauhn.]

It's actually a "googol." The name "Google" was chosen as a play on the real word.

[@omarcuevas439]

Those necklaces in Incan mythology are call Quipus, they were used for record keeping and to send important messages to the Emperors. So far, no one has figured out what messages htere are in the quipus they found.

[@Desti-1077]

They were not even mythology. They were widely used in society. Likely for many types of data storage.

[@tykinnamon9831]

The Bedsheet Ghost Bender is actually from "The Cryogenic Woman" where he was trying to scare people as they came out of the cryogenic tubes. The Bender with tape over his mouth is a reference to "Bender's Game", where he was in the HAL Institute chanting "Death To Ogres!" Wedding Dress Bender is from "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" when he was on All My Circuits. And finally... a funny little detail, Bender with a green headband and gray tank top appears twice, one above and one below Napoleon Bender.

[@britanimations2002]

What I find annoying about topical storylines in Futurama is how no one in this future time knows what an NFT is other than the kids. Maybe it's one of those things that goes in and out of fashion? Hard to say. I think I miss the Futurama that would use their character from the past to explore these future concepts that he obviously has no idea about. Or the episodes that take a modern concept but give it its own Futurama twist kinda like the Binge Streaming last year, or the global warming one where they only have to deal with it because humanity has literally been putting off the problem until it was basically too late

[@tjenadonn6158]

It almost feels like Futurama has forgotten it's own gimmick, and is now just another generic animated sitcom with a slapdash coat of retrofuturism retrofitted onto it.

[@bestaround3323]

I feel like NFTs are something that would become pretty obscure in a thousand years. They could have brought up how it briefly came up in 2760 or something.

[@toadlord8594]

@@tjenadonn6158 Yeah while New Futurama Seasons may still have some fun episodes once in a while, it’s still feels like it’s lost it’s identity on what made it unique and starting to become more about social commentary with a skin of Sci Fi retro future attached to it.

[@mrbushido56]

Yeah and there was a solution to this. Have fry be the only 1 who doesnt get it. Hes from the 90s so of course he wouldnt get it but amy and leela should

[@richborn6700]

It was like when they came back on Comedy Central at first and made a few clunker episodes trying to lampoon social media and smart phones. There was also a Susan Boyle reference that was dated when they were writing that episode

[@britanimations2002]

Oh, Ghost Bender was from the episode with Fry's old girlfriend, one of the costumes he wore to scare people who've just been unfrozen. If you spy a Bender wearing a mask of some kind, probably from that same story.

[@xxxoGwen187]

When the half of the gang break in to the museum’s roof. You can see two of Bender’s nft the gold Bender and the bride Bender are seen next to each other and coincidentally both are a reference/ resemblances Calculon and Coilette. The Bender bride’s dress is seen in the episode “Bender should not be allowed on tv” , when he fool the human character in “All My Circuts” and Bender wearing a wedding dress was foreshadowing Coilette.

[@antwong6999]

The ball game and the sacrifices all call back to The Road to El Dorado. I watch it often and soon as I saw it I was like oh damnnn.

[@philipramirez5406]

I was talking to someone about that movie right before watching this episode and immediately made that connection too!

[@rhysplaysvirtual]

The Road to El Dorado used a real Mesoamerican game that did indeed end in ritualistic sacrifice. It's kind of the equivalent to saying an episode about basketball is a call back to Space Jam.

[@antwong6999]

@@rhysplaysvirtual I mean it easily can easily be both. While it's been shown the show writers typical do a good deal of research on the things they portray. I think it's possible someone story boarding remembered this movie and led to it being in the episode. But by all means i do think an episode about basketball could be a call back to space jam depending on what is portrayed. More than one thing can be true at the same time fyi.

[@rhysplaysvirtual]

@@antwong6999 Yes, more than one thing can be true at the same time. But there wasn't really anything in this episode that was shared with El Dorado besides the game itself. An episode about basketball COULD be a Space Jam call back, but that doesn't mean any episode about basketball is a call back to Space Jam. If the game itself had, say, Bender being exhausted while trying for the ball while the other players ran past quickly, then yeah. If Bender had cheated with an armadillobot, then yeah. As I recall, the only similarity was a slow-mo shot, but that's standard for sports in cartoons. I realise my initial comment, and probably this one, too, come off as assholish and I apologise for that. I'm not the best at communicating.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

Without Question it’s an reference

[@Yuti640]

The finglonger finally being made is amazing

[@walpoleandworcester]

They’re back, baby!

[@wootmasterzorsx]

I would dare say this was a pretty solid episode- Bender’s plot of discovering his family and his roots was a fun Bender existential plot, like you said, and the subplot of the heist was pretty fun. The robot village had a lot of fun details and Danny Trejo as Bender’s cousin was a great guest star to pull. And Farnsworth’s plan for the heist with the model and how infestations of pests were what got the group caught was a really fun idea. Also, I was happy to see the NFT trend not dwelled on too much and John DiMaggio’s delivery on the last line of the episode for the dig at NFTs was really funny above all else. Though I do think they lose points slightly for me with how the episode just kinda jumps in to “NFTs are a thing.” The Crypto and Covid episodes both acknowledged their topics of the day as things that existed in our time, rather than just jumping in, which gave off the vibe they were just treating it like a new thing. In general, I think How the West Was 1010001 was the best topical episode of the Hulu era. It introduced the concept and brought attention to the rise and fall of crypto briefly before largely focusing on their fun western/gold rush storyline, with most of the crypto focus relating to the science and tech side of things, rather than just making fun of the trend. This episode was, by contrast, the weakest at featuring the current topical trend, IMO, because of how much of the episode that focused on that was spent explaining NFTs and characters not understanding them. But again, the Bender discovering his roots and heist were given way more focus and elevate this episode a great deal, so it works out to be better than the Covid episode. Also, one last thing- Bender’s family all setting him up is like… the most logical way for them to treat Bender. Bender himself regularly betrays and backstabs for his own gain, so it makes sense that would be a shared family quirk. After all, Bender’s Abuelitatron already showed she has Bender’s proclivity for theft and drinking. So the rest of the family following suit made sense, given what we know about Bender.

[@adamjackle434]

I watch these as soon as they drop at midnight, so this is the most tempted ive ever been to subscribe to a patreon, i love these breakdowns!

[@Yuti640]

I’m unsure what you mean, All the Way Down is absolutely a Bender psychological story with Bender basically completing his character crisis of finding his place in the world, but this unfortunately being Bender now in the simulation below

[@_koy_]

I was pleasantly surprised with this episode. The nft story was not as bad as i thought, and i loved the animation and design a lot. Really enjoyed this one. (After watching, good to see Johnny agreeing)

[@benji777tm]

I see a Johnny 2 Cellos upload, I click.

[@LavenderLydia]

AHHH YES! Futurama is back, which means it's time for me to resubscribe to this channel

[@CAPappy]

This channel is the only reason I knew the show was back

[@gacd2104]

"Knight Bender"? He's Titanius Anglesmitth, Fancyman of Cornwood!

[@veryannoyedrn]

Ever since I was a little kid bender was my favorite because we had the same last name I didnt care for the nft aspect of it but i loved the Bender part :>

[@albinopenaloza744]

I was thinking Bender's cousin sounds like Enrique from King of the Hill

[@themann1086]

Your video showing up in my subscriptions is how i learned the new season had premiered! Thank you! This might have worked better with last year's episodes and been a bit less dated, but on the whole this worked well enough. Always a fan of a Bender episode!

[@jean3947]

For me this felt like it could have been two separate episodes, even if a full 22 minutes of NFTs would have sent me to sleep. Bender's journey in Mexico felt like it came out of nowhere, which made it feel so forced. Conversely, after spending some time in Mexico, switching back to the heist also felt forced in. If they'd been separate episodes they could have done so much more with them.

[@daniapfel2825]

Oh please. It was really good if Bender wanted to reconnect to his roots and who cares if it’s out of nowhere and the heist of nft’s is funny

[@Interfaune]

My only issue with this one was; why would the kids have to explain to the adults about something that's been around for over a thousand years? I can only see why Fry wouldn't know anything about NFT:s.

[@pjthemaster1]

I think this episode will actually age really well like In 10 years like yeah I won’t remember when nfts went out of style

[@nnkyr7824]

If I'm not mistaken, I believe the white bed sheet bender is from the episode where Fry meets his ex-girlfriend from the 20th century. Bender was gonna scare someone after their kyro freeze time was up and took off the white sheet and put on a scary mask, I even think he was gonna scare Fry's ex-girlfriend.

[@prageruwu69]

honestly the episode was better than i expected. i love bender episodes and there were some funny moments. loved the ice cream joke.

[@merchantfan]

I wish they'd bring up when something already existed in the past with this kind of thing, I feel like they did that more in the earlier episodes. But I loved the stuff with Bender in Mexico, it was a great add on since he's 'made in Mexico'. And they made a reference to that Inca knot system we don't know how to read! Also I didn't mind his family sacrificing him, it's just like his grandma stealing from his mom. They're all like him so they'll betray anyone for their own needs

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Very happy that you're back! Have you watched Woverine and deadpool?

[@Johnny2Cellos]

Yes I did not care for it!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@Johnny2Cellos got it. Loved it personally

[@archieriley1025]

Will you be continuing the Futurama content on Cartoons that Curse? Also isn't Bender wearing the wedding dress from Bend Her when he nearly marries Calculon?

[@KhemTrailz]

Thank you for covering new Futurama!!

[@ozharms]

I watched this episode this morning. To be honest, I thought it was kinda boring. But I really liked the two episodes after that (the birthday party and the temp episodes).

[@vincentstuart9562]

Bender with the sweatband on reminds me of Bender when he made his own Globetrotter outfit (only the color palette here is different)

[@jzombie1744]

They can keep making more episodes, but we will never forget Titanius Anglesmith, Fancyman of Cornwood !

[@Harooniey]

@@jzombie1744 foul dragon, meet thy doom!

[@itaybashan3757]

׳South Park’ is probably the first animated show that made fun of NFTs, and they did it the best way possible. Still a good episode of ‘Futurama’ tough

[@PlebNC]

Butters being locked up in a mental hospital under constant guard because he's really good at scamming people into buying NFTs was hilarious.

[@jasonguinn6075]

The hoops sequences reminded me of the road to El Dorado. If you haven't, watch it, it's awesomeness. The Bender NFT sheet would make a great poster..

[@Bendernity]

i think you skipped over ghost bender from "the cryonic woman" and the bender with the slicked back antenna from "silence of the clamps"

[@tomcurl8034]

i wish bender's family actually wanted him to be part of their lives instead of tricking him

[@jakeagurerpower7126]

I just saw a ad for it yesterday I thought it gonna be another few weeks

[@TheGameHoard]

I found myself laughing quite a bit this episode, Bender feels sharply written and the visual gags were great

[@connorbaldwin9872]

I found this episode hard to believe because why would Bender give a damn about his family when he hardly cares about the people who have known him for years?

[@henryprice7600]

i’m pretty sure the blue coat napoleon bender is from insane in the mainframe and white sheet bender is from cryogenic woman

[@henryprice7600]

also bit of a stretch , but bender gets his mouth taped over during his relaxation therapy in benders game

[@bdomonge]

Considering they used various references to mayan culture(The ball game, the pyramids, the ditch where they threw Bender at also known as "cenote"), the part when they throw him into the cenote is not a betrayal itself, Mayan culture actually saw death as a blessing and the most qualified/better people would end up being sacrified rather than the most useless people

[@bdomonge]

Also they definitely hit the nail on mexican culture references (the traditional Tiger blanket, the chihuahuas, the "bend-ejo" joke, etc)

[@d.phantomfan1216]

You think we’re ever going to see Ben again? I know it ended with him not remembering him, but it would be cool to see Bender didn’t forget him. Also I already knew Bender’s family was going to betray him at some point because it’s Bender’s family. I mean his grandma flower admitted she stole that necklace from his mom before she died.

[@RandomFlicks6]

This was an episode that made me genuinely worry about if I out grew the series or just wants happy with the episode...

[@brianmartinez1412]

My friends and I cracked up when he woke up with a robot tiger blanket. That’s so Mexican.

[@SpeedyDemon1]

What I don’t like about these topical episodes is that generally with a futurama parody, there’s some 30th century twist to it. But in the revival, it’s literally just the thing from “current” events

[@Quyzbuk86]

This episode was clearly meant to air last season, I wonder what the delay was. Heck, they could've just released it as a freebie while it was most relevant during the wait for this season.

[@NumeroBruno]

The joke about the spreadsheet Quipu is based in reality. Some Quipus were used to store census data. The Incas used them

[@KingXeonMyroku]

I do feel like some of the references we had should be explained with a more futuristic take on it. Much like with the Eye Phone is just the iPhones we have but are just inserted in the eye and project a screen. So if they did a take on NFT’s it should be something more confusing and elaborate as the NFT’s we had today. The heist scene was funny as the Planet Express crew were trying to steal them but it just became pointless when they were just digital pictures that can be copied and sold and not one person can own it. And I do hope after this episode I don’t see a surge of Futurama NFT’s coming out. If I saw that I’d be done with the series completely.

[@WilliamNewport-Haas]

Could people besides the show creators do that?

[@anniee5487]

the original run off futurama was before my time and when i watch it there are a lot of references i just dont get because i wasnt there to experience the thing referenced. kids in 20 years will have the same experience with media referencing nfts. (then theyll google what it was and wonder what was wrong with us)

[@JuQui228]

Frankly I zoned out at all the nft stuff but once bender went back to his family it immediately got better.

[@IdealIdeas100]

Why are people crying about spoilers? nobody is forcing them to watch your video first before watching the episode.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

They complain about title/thumbnail spoilers

[@Kwauhn.]

@@Johnny2Cellos Fair enough, but I'll never understand that. Going in 100% blind is really not that different from going in 99% blind haha.

[@Kwauhn.]

@@Johnny2Cellos "2 Replies From Johnny2Cellos and Two Others" _one other reply_ Thanks for the false notification, YT.

[@Henry_Bean]

We're back baby!

[@R0TMASTER]

Titanius anglesmith from benders game is the knight in the top row

[@jinpei05]

No joke, I got an ad for crypto right before this video 😂

[@Johnny2Cellos]

i hate it here!

[@ProfessorChaos56]

I keep getting ad for Prager U, sometimes on HBomberGuy's Christmas video which literally shits on Prager U.

[@zagreus3877]

The only thing that bothered me in the episode really was a small continuity error. Leela brings up that "she's always wanted to do a museum hiest" when she's already done so in "less then hero" S4 EP4, when she, Bender and Fry steal the quantum gemerald to free her parents.

[@lhfirex]

That wasn't really a heist though. They came in and stole the quantum gemerald without any real planning and ran for it.

[@karenfan010]

5:55 maybe bender’s assembly in bendless love was actually a rebuilt some time after his true birth. robotic puberty if you may.

[@georgeealien]

I think my biggest issue with the episode was how they characterised Amy's kids. Their whole deal this episode was how they understand "modern" concepts more than the adults, who feel old for not getting it. But that's pretty much how Dwight and Cubert have been characterised in the past. It's not a huge deal, but introducing new characters into a long-running show allows for some new dynamics we've never seen before. It just didn't feel like they tried to take that opportunity.

[@tonysladky8925]

Okay, Bender firing a starting pistol and hitting an owl, Dwight and Cubert's "does it look like we're on a stupid TV show, Bender being from" Mexico with three X's", and calling the crew "carnitas bags" were all pretty good bits, and I'm only at the first ad break. But holy crap, does this episode's original premise demonstrate that Futurama can't handle being topical. The transition to being about Bender's home village was a nice twist. I think it probably lost people with the NFT bit and the B-plot about NFTs, though I like the Professor planning an overly complex heist that involves an overly complex replica of the museum. Bender's "Abuelatron" was a fantastic joke, and I was glad she was kinda a major character. Also Abuelatron calling him "Bendejo" was very funny. Ultimately, every time we went back to the NFT B-plot was painfully cringe, but the Mexico stuff was funny enough to make it worthwhile. Shame they tied that back to the B-plot at the end... It occurs to me that if there had been some obviously, deliberately bad understanding of the technology involved, like the line in "A Tale of Two Santas" about Leela sounding like a broken mp3, it could have worked, though I don't know how you could make NFTs sound stupider than just actually explaining NFTs. Wait. Didn't Bender wear the Napoleon costume as seen in the NFT montage in "Insane in the Mainframe", or was that just the hat? Nevermind. A quick trip to Morbotron says it was just the hat that time.

[@spanglezekankleplushapalooza]

I'm gonna be real here, I thought the traveling salesman problem was something about how to get salespeople to go away or how to be able to attack them legally or something

[@Purfunxion]

I thought the episode topic was extremely dated being almost 2 years too late, but overall it was a pretty fun episode! Also being an IT tech, the Cat5e sheep especially made me laugh a bit

[@PlebNC]

I think they needed to explain what NFTs are for viewers who may not understand a NFT isn't property ownership, it's buying a gas station receipt and to provide a refresher years down the line when hopefully NFTs completely die out like timeshares.

[@GrizzledOldBear]

Fun fact: NFTs were mentioned 35 times in this video!

[@ryanmalay1849]

I had a wild experience with this. On Sunday, I gave one of my old Futurama comics a lookover and wished for new episodes. Literally the next day was the season 12 premiere.

[@erichb414]

I really didn't care for this episode- normally the topicality doesn't bother me, but the plot felt like it was so haphazard and convoluted. However, your video did make me appreciate it a bit more so for that I'm thankful. :)

[@TH-cn5uh]

Great video! A couple things. Bender learned that turtles are able to get back on their fronts so it would make sense that he'd see the over turned turtle and trust it to take care of itself. The other thing is that Bender's family tricking Bender into getting sacrificed is so inline with what we know about Bender. Over the series Bender has been shown to love and care for the people he's grown close to but he will absolutely sell them out if the price is right. On the flip side, when he sells them out he usually has a way to redeem himself in some way like when he helped Leela escape in into the Wild Green Yonder after selling her and the other feministas out to Nixon (love that Futurama let's me talk about a robot selling people out to former president Richard Nixon I love this show). Anyway, it's possible that the Rodriguez family knew about the importance of their family garment but didn't want to sacrifice anyone inside their main family so why not sacrifice the new guy. He'll probably be fine right? Bending robots are kind of indestructible until their not lol

[@marshebi]

Wasn't the ghost one from the episode where Fry and Bender work briefly at the cryogenic lab?

[@MegumiMary]

11:34 you have no idea how much you hyped up this episode with this one line I have never been so excited for new Futurama* as I am right now for the next episode... *As of the ending of the Comedy Central run because lets face it we all wanted Bender's Big Score even before it became the single best Futurama story ever and we also wanted a follow up to Green Yonder because it didn't feel like the perfect ending Futurama deserved

[@Devilishlybenevolent]

5:33 BENDEJO LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@renav.3239]

Honestly, this episode was better than almost the entire previous season with the exception of maybe 2 episodes (The one with Kiff and Amy's kids, and the finale) NFTs are dated yeah, but this season kinda came out of the gate swinging!

[@frankg2790]

The B-Plot of this episode, like the Covid episode and the episode with the Amazon parody, is an obvious case of the Futurama Writers playin' catch-up with South Park. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the next episode of Futurama has an Ozempic-centered episode or takes potshots at Kathleen Kennedy and Disney.

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

I’m gonna be real I don’t care if it’s outdated Bender is my favorite character and you can put him in literally any situation and it’ll be funny. Bender is great

[@dakotacorb]

let’s gooooo it’s that time of year again folks

[@claymathewselevator8121]

The hoop stuff made me think of Road To El Dorado

[@furonguy42]

I wholeheartedly agree with pretty much what you say here. The NFT "topical" stuff was very dated, one of the issues with the current model of studios commissioning two blocks of releases in one production block. Otherwise, there was a lot of great stuff. Loved the design of the Abuela robot was wonderful, and there were plenty of great visual jokes with the Mexico plotline. Really got a kick out of the Museum Heist stuff too. The idea of replacing the CCTV feed with that of a scale model was wonderfully ingenious and the plot getting foiled by the simultaneous miniature heist was a great twist.

[@lawnmowerdude]

I think the ghost bender in the NFT collection is from when Bender and Fry worked for the cryo-chamber when they got fired from planet express for wrecking the ship.

[@altaccout]

Hitting the iron when its been cold for a year

[@Johnny2Cellos]

Lol

[@furuthebat]

I like the Bender plot it feel more original, but the NFT plot feels like "modern Simpsons" where there try to put all kinds of recent events or pop-culture references (or cameos). We need more original Sci-fi ideals that feels more like "timeless technology", try to explaining an recent technologies that may get extinct feels point less. They properly could evolve the NFT technology into something smarter and more future fitting, instead of explaining the current technology.

[@MichaelCutts7]

My favorite part was the heist of the miniature museum. That was such a classic Futurama bit. I have higher hopes for this season. It feels like the voice actors are more back in the groove too!

[@wizcaster77]

I kinda love that Amy is a mom now.

[@miatamike206]

what about pharaoh bender : REMEMBER ME!!!!!!!!

[@HatshepsutVaro]

I think you would love ExploddingKittens, the humor is similar and characters have a lot of heart, it’s been sometime since seeing a series like that

[@supersaiyansalamence]

I can’t believe new episodes of a show set in the future feels so dated and behind on the times

[@JackChristmas]

I recommend re-watching the whole series. You'll be surprised how inconsistent/dated a lot of the tech is, always shifting to be "around the time the episode was made, but future". They use CRT televisions, they almost never use cellphones (and at least one instance of one has physical buttons and no screen), they go on the internet as like a one time session because Farnsworth's AOL login comes through! Futurama was always a reflection of the current era, and even in the classic seasons its references were sometimes outdated by the time of airing.

[@izzybel9682]

your moms outdated

[@supersaiyansalamence]

@@izzybel9682 mom’s*

[@GaryViews]

@@JackChristmas Yeah i always like that detail abt futurama, it seeming dated despite being set in the future is what makes it fun for me

[@mightyfilm]

While I can forgive dated references from the animated lead time (written in 2020-21, in production until 2023, with 10 episodes held over an additional year), I give them all the credit in the world for not making this a 20 minute rant on NFT's. Unlike the Covid episode. And more credit still for being in their wheelhouse of explaining the mathematical principle behind them. Remember, The Simpsons did an NFT THOH episode last year, making it more dated. Obviously, giving Bender a family and more lore made this episode. I love hearing Danny Trejo in a cartoon, from King of the Hill to Big City Greens, even when he played Filthy the Foot in Pig Goat Banana Cricket. Not to mention Carlos Alazraqui. I agree. They could have just dumped the "Bender is Mexican" bit after one episode, but made it his lore, and it was beautifully played off here. And a special shout out to the "always finding ruins" because the indigenous robots were crappy builders.

[@jeemjobblejipjenjinsenjens6072]

I think the flipped turtle was shown as an Omen for what would happen to Bender in Mexxxico. I love that i was able to catch on that the winner would be sacrificed since EVERY local/native was horrible at it.

[@TheGinger15765]

Anyone who complained bout spoilers did it to themselves. Dont watch a review. Watch the episode. Hulu is $7.