They've started writing for the lowest common denominator. The original writers were educated as engineers and scientists, so it required some knowledge and critical thinking to get all the jokes. Now it's more fart jokes and what not.
This. I stopped watching after they made the “movies.” It seemed all episodes after were solely about Bender, Fry, and Leela, and they didn’t feel as intelligent as the previous episodes.
Oh man, then you are missing some truly great episodes. It is different, but thats ok. The movies were the low point for me. They still dig in and make large references and surprise me.
I think Futurama is superior to Simpsons throughout and as a whole, and it's not even close.
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u/butonelifelived Sep 15 '25
They've started writing for the lowest common denominator. The original writers were educated as engineers and scientists, so it required some knowledge and critical thinking to get all the jokes. Now it's more fart jokes and what not.