I keep feeling like the writing is a few years behind.
Seriously, an episode on cultural appropriation? That hasn’t been a big thing for a hot minute - moreso by anyone writing for a ‘big’ magazine in Dallas of all fucking places.
You saw a similar thing when Futurama came back after the films. I think writers have these ideas in their head for years and when the show returns they really want to use the jokes or storylines they’ve been thinking of for a long time.
It was one of the nice things about having ~22 episode seasons every year. You had plenty of time to tell little stories, and if one was a little silly or outdated, whatever you have a bunch more. Plus things were within a year or so of being relevant, so a show reflected that era more closely.
With futurama specifically i honestly think executives are getting too involved you can almost here the conversation they had to the writers. “We want it to be like that one really successfull episode in the 3rd season do that.” Or if they try to make a statement you can see where the execs asked them to tone it down. (Though futurama can be pretty hit and miss there to. Their lgbtqia+ stuff can raise eyebrows).
Futurama is a perfect example of what happens when execs become to imvolved everytime the writers have had freedom its excelled.
Sorry this has been bouncing around in my brain for a while and some reason i decided to get it out here.
I keep feeling like the writing is a few years behind.
Seriously, an episode on cultural appropriation? That hasn’t been a big thing for a hot minute - moreso by anyone writing for a ‘big’ magazine in Dallas of all fucking places.
You saw a similar thing when Futurama came back after the films. I think writers have these ideas in their head for years and when the show returns they really want to use the jokes or storylines they’ve been thinking of for a long time.
It was one of the nice things about having ~22 episode seasons every year. You had plenty of time to tell little stories, and if one was a little silly or outdated, whatever you have a bunch more. Plus things were within a year or so of being relevant, so a show reflected that era more closely.
With futurama specifically i honestly think executives are getting too involved you can almost here the conversation they had to the writers. “We want it to be like that one really successfull episode in the 3rd season do that.” Or if they try to make a statement you can see where the execs asked them to tone it down. (Though futurama can be pretty hit and miss there to. Their lgbtqia+ stuff can raise eyebrows). Futurama is a perfect example of what happens when execs become to imvolved everytime the writers have had freedom its excelled. Sorry this has been bouncing around in my brain for a while and some reason i decided to get it out here.