REVIEW: [7ACV12] Viva Mars Vegas

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REVIEW: [7ACV12] Viva Mars Vegas

Post by Stretch_Dude » Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:55 am

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Re: REVIEW: [7ACV12] Viva Mars Vegas

Post by kaspired » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:49 am

Rocks, just rocks! From the Star Wars gags to the chart room. Including Dr Z and his
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Involved enough plot without going way too far out there overboard. Amy and Dr Z functioned quite well together including the
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Have to give Amy major credit for favoring
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Spleesh, I can't wait for the DVD release...
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Re: REVIEW: [7ACV12] Viva Mars Vegas

Post by Gulliver63 » Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:31 pm

To put it in the words of NASA, this is the "right stuff." This is what I've been waiting for all season...for the Futurama guys to knock one out of the ballpark. Such a cute episode! Simple, funny and cute. All the way down to the kick-skip that Amy did at the end. First off, any Zoidy-centric episode just seems to work out right...they did this twice last season. The Zoidy humor was solid and well-done. The God-joke really tickled my funnybone. Secondly, it's always good to see Family Wong. I really loved the
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And the
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I've been mega-dosing on those old Warner Brother cartoons for the last several weeks, and I'm happy to say that this was good enough to share company with them. I'm with you, Mike - I can't wait to see this one on DVD.
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Re: REVIEW: [7ACV12] Viva Mars Vegas

Post by missy_misery » Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:22 am

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