Lets see, we had a Matrix reference, and a Christopher Pike reference.
It was an OK episode.
I believe the cartoon clip in the opening was from an old Fleischer cartoon series called Out Of The Inkwell.
Bender calls Q-bert a bedwetter. Considering that Q-bert has spent twelve years growing in various jars, that's an interesting insult to use. Although considering the Professor's wandering bowel syndrome...
The Near Death Star. Cute.
So if the old fogey's are going to be stuck in drawers to spend their remaining time in virtual reality, why stick them in rocking chairs at the beginning? Why not hook them up immediatly?
I loved that the obscure, dead language was French. Especially since the French are going to ridiculous lengths to preserve the French language. Au revoir, French. Resistance is futile. Muhahahahaha!
So, when will Ccabe produce a new version of his timeline, with the info this episode added?
Sometime during the summer. I have to alter the entry for Farnsworth's birth and a few other changes. (It was moved back 10 years.)
Oh man. I laugh more with every episode.
"It's true, old people are often concerned with children being on their lawns"....and "Hey! you're social security check is late! Stuff costs more than it used to! Young people are using swear words!" and finally, "At least it keeps them from driving". I'm waiting for AARP to send hate mail to, and suggest sensitivity training for the writers of this show.
Just wondering, why didn't fry claim to be his real age (1025 or so)? He easily met the 160 year old requirement. Granted Fry probably wouldn't think of this, by Leela should have.
Presumably there must be something about chronological age, otherwise all cryogenically preserved people would be taken away.
And what about all the heads in the Head Museum?
Interestingly, French is the dead language here and Data refers to French as an obscure language in one of the early seasons of ST: TNG.
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Goodbye, cruel lamp...
Anyone notice how much Cubert looks like a certain 36-year-old father of three from 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield (state debatable), with the initials HJS?
Well, apart from the hair, the nose, and the skin colour.
It's the ears. You can tell.
Yeah, except for the hair, nose, skin color, eyes, height, weight, build, head shape, stance, and facial features, he DOES look like a certain person with the initials HJS.
(Just a bit of friendly sarcasm)
No, honestly, he does! Watch again, and be mesmerised.... his head (note: not hair)IS the right shape! As is his build (but not his height, natch). And the eyes... but mostly the ears.
What amazes me is how QBert spends most of the show complaining about how impossible his dad's inventions are, yet he accepts them being used effectively. If the smelloscope is so ridiculous, why doesn't he laugh as Leela's using it to find the Near-Death Star? If the engines of the Planet Express ship are "weapons-grade bolognium," why does he get on instead of going to the spaceport or renting a ship? Also, Bender Rodriguez's comment about QBert being a bedwetter is not so much an insult as proof that robots really can't keep secrets.
I love the music they play when Christopher Pike goes on stage. It's heard several times on TOS during a dramatic moment.
BEST SCENE:
Pike: Beep! (flashes light)
Audience: (Bursts into laughther)
Sorry...laughter
Another reference: The Dean Martin Roasts.
The screen behind the podium looks like the same screen that Queen Amidala used in Star Wars Episode 1 to talk to the Trade Federation
GREAT LINE: "Good news, everyone!" Qbert. (It's great because Farnsworth says the same line in just about every episode.)
Is it just me, or did Zoidburg say "Ringo"...? It's just me, isn't it?
...I'm talking about the part near the beginning where he said "Good evening, ladies and germs" but it wasn't a joke, and then he makes a really lame joke but nobody laughs.
...Okay, watched a rerun tonight, he DID say "Ringo," so okay then. Thanks loads *snort* *big idiot grin* This episode is automatically a favorite. *amused to heck and back*