sad futurama :(

[daryn]

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I thought the last episode of Futurama was sad too, but that was partly because you knew every minute that the whole thing was over now.

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how so? i agree that the last episode is kind of sad in a way, but it's a kind of happy sad. how do you know every minute that the whole series is ending?

[Blarg]

It's written along those lines.

And the commentary reminds you too that it's the end of an era of funny. Even if that era was only four years long.

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Maybe you've never seen the episode before! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Full Metal Alchemist anime just fxcked up after the 35th episode or so. I like the manga better.

I've heard stuff about Grave of the Fire Flies before. Gotta check that out.

[Duke]

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ever watch a sad cartoon?

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Grave of the Fireflies

~D

[daryn]

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It's written along those lines.

And the commentary reminds you too that it's the end of an era of funny. Even if that era was only four years long.

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you mean the dvd commentary? i'll have to check that out. you are talking about the episode where he changes hands with the devil right?

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ever watch a sad cartoon?

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Grave of the Fireflies

~D

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Damn the description makes the movie sound really hard to watch.

[tonypaladino]

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It's written along those lines.

And the commentary reminds you too that it's the end of an era of funny. Even if that era was only four years long.

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you mean the dvd commentary? i'll have to check that out. you are talking about the episode where he changes hands with the devil right?

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Yeah, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" is the last episode. I agree that the DVD commentary is pretty sad to listen to on that one.

[Blarg]

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It's written along those lines.

And the commentary reminds you too that it's the end of an era of funny. Even if that era was only four years long.

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you mean the dvd commentary? i'll have to check that out. you are talking about the episode where he changes hands with the devil right?

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Yep, it ends as a show at a theater being closed, as I recall. The show, of course, is really Futurama itself.

[Blarg]

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ever watch a sad cartoon?

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Grave of the Fireflies

~D

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Damn the description makes the movie sound really hard to watch.

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It's unbelievably hard to watch. And the horrible thing is that it's pretty autobiographical, written by the survivor. It's almost impossible to imagine how you could stagger through life after something like that, with all the moral implications compounding the sadness.

I can't watch it very often at all. Just too hard to take.

Roger Ebert's bit on the DVD is very good. You don't need the extras at all to make sense of the movie or beef up its value, but this is one where the extras are incredibly good and even worth watching more than once. Since this is based on someone's real life war experience, getting some idea of the factual background in the extras makes the film's resonance even stronger -- and it's pretty devastatingly resonant in the first place.

[daryn]

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It's written along those lines.

And the commentary reminds you too that it's the end of an era of funny. Even if that era was only four years long.

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you mean the dvd commentary? i'll have to check that out. you are talking about the episode where he changes hands with the devil right?

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Yeah, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" is the last episode. I agree that the DVD commentary is pretty sad to listen to on that one.

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of course i know this! i was just seeing if blarg knew what he was talking about. looks like i need to go listen to the commentary