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‘Futurama’ Review: New Episodes on Hulu Are Fun Fan Service, but Not Much More (And That’s OK)
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The self-referential aspect of the episode was a bit much, but I was actually buoyed by the episode on the whole. The content was kind of meh, but the tone was right. The Comedy Central episodes always seemed to suffer from tonal issues.
Now, the pacing felt a bit weird in this one, but I feel like a lot of TV is weirdly and poorly paced now.
I felt the same about the pacing and it is endemic of series these days.
They have the same amount of content as they did when they weren't made for streaming, but for some reason they feel both rushed and slow at the same time. It's hard to describe why it actually feels off.
My guess is either they don't have the funding to spit out a full 24 minutes anymore, and they never figured out how to write for shorter, or the lack of commercial breaks aren't forcing them to hit certain milestones in the episode. But I really don't know.