Leela's extra-sensory depth perception
jsl151
In one scene of the latest episode, Leela is unable to slap Cubert
because of her poor depth perception.
Later, in the same episode....
In the escape from the NearDeathStar, Leela flawlessly flies around
obstructions the security robots crash into.
So...she has depth perception when she needs it?
yours
will
> So...she has depth perception when she needs it?
>
#### i think the latest episode, when she tried to slap cubert, was
the first time she lost the depth perception.
Dave
its mostly a gag, futurama is not to find goof-ups in but to enjoy and not
worry about the litarary meaning of some things
but you asked for it so here is my theory:
In the case where she tried to slap cuthbert she and cuthbert were
stationary and not moving. there she has lost depth perception in the way
you loose it if you try to grab something within armlength while closing one
eye and not moving arround
but in the flight scene she was probably compensating for her lack of two
eyes by a) the fact that the ship/hoverthingi/whateva was moving to allow
looking at things from different angles, thus simulating depthperception b)
perhaps she tilts her head from side to side so she sees things from a
slightly different angle to simulate depth perception. (parrallax method)
who knows who cares, just go on enjoy
yours truly an addicted futurama junkie
Dave
Serack
>the first time she lost the depth perception.
>
Are you sure? I remember a similar gag involving her depth perception in a
previous episode. I think it was the one when Leela met Alcazar.
-Serack
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Larry F
>>#### i think the latest episode, when she tried to slap cubert, was
>>the first time she lost the depth perception.
>>
>
>Are you sure? I remember a similar gag involving her depth perception in a
>previous episode. I think it was the one when Leela met Alcazar.
>-Serack
>
In the first episode, she tells Fry to stand still because she doesn't
have good depth perception, then she jumps at him and gets trapped in
the cyro tube.
--Larry
Mike Lee
| So.... assuming this is the place to discuss inconsistencies ....
|
|
| In one scene of the latest episode, Leela is unable to slap Cubert
| because of her poor depth perception.
| Later, in the same episode....
| In the escape from the NearDeathStar, Leela flawlessly flies around
| obstructions the security robots crash into.
|
At the helm of a ship she can rely on instruments to gauge
distances. Two eyes are no advantage for depth perception
beyond a hundred meters or so anyway, which would be a
common situation in a space ship.
mikey
James W Sager Iii
depth.. jsl...@pioneeris.net (408*)
> In the escape from the NearDeathStar, Leela flawlessly flies around
> obstructions the security robots crash into.
> So...she has depth perception when she needs it?
You sound like Q-bert.
Maybe this can be justified by the fact that security systems are made
such that perfect calculations in their movements would result in one
crashing into them... And thusly by flying like crap she succeded in
avoidng them...
Then again the robots did complain about their poor handling
abilities... Then again I don't care.
Serack
>have good depth perception, then she jumps at him and gets trapped in
>the cyro tube.
Yeah, that's it!
>--Larry
Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality
I think the best explanation is that it's a comedy show and things are
arbitrarily true when they add to the gag. This is part of the charm of the
show and, while some things are consistent (since running gags are funny
too), others are not.
In actuality, you've seen this before.
Does anyone remember the show Sledgehammer? It's about a cop with a girl
partner who likes his big gun so much he talks to it? There was an episode
where, at the end, he was supposed to disarm a nuclear bomb but screws up
and the whole city (New York, I believe) blows up. Next episode, things are
back to normal...
Also, in the Simpsons, how many last days of school have Bart and Lisa gone
through? What about first days of school? Christmases? Valentine's Days?
They're still 10 and 8, respectively. Maggie's always one year old. How is
all this possible? Because it's a show that _deliberately_ throws out
consistency in favour of comedy.
Belly Bombers
>Does anyone remember the show Sledgehammer? It's about a cop with a girl
>partner who likes his big gun so much he talks to it? There was an episode
>where, at the end, he was supposed to disarm a nuclear bomb but screws up
>and the whole city (New York, I believe) blows up. Next episode, things are
>back to normal...
>Also, in the Simpsons, how many last days of school have Bart and Lisa gone
>through? What about first days of school? Christmases? Valentine's Days?
>They're still 10 and 8, respectively. Maggie's always one year old. How is
>all this possible? Because it's a show that _deliberately_ throws out
>consistency in favour of comedy.
Ever see Get a Life? First off it's the funniest live action show I've ever
seen, and my absolute favorite. Second nothing EVER followed continuity!
Chris Elliott gets his head ripped off, but he's fine by the next episode. He
gets stabbed to death, but he's fine the next episode. He grows a second mouth
on the side of his stomach due to exposure to radioactive waste, and in the
next episode he's FINE!
I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
Sweepings
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Derek Ward, Kaiju no Hakase
> Does anyone remember the show Sledgehammer? It's about a cop with a girl
> partner who likes his big gun so much he talks to it? There was an episode
> where, at the end, he was supposed to disarm a nuclear bomb but screws up
> and the whole city (New York, I believe) blows up. Next episode, things are
> back to normal...
Yes, but that next episode started off with "Five years earlier... " and then
had some completely unrelated story unfold. Great cliffhanger, that.
--
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Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality
Belly Bombers wrote in message
<20000418190025...@ng-cl1.aol.com>...
>Ever see Get a Life? First off it's the funniest live action show I've
ever
>seen, and my absolute favorite. Second nothing EVER followed continuity!
>Chris Elliott gets his head ripped off, but he's fine by the next episode.
He
>gets stabbed to death, but he's fine the next episode. He grows a second
mouth
>on the side of his stomach due to exposure to radioactive waste, and in the
>next episode he's FINE!
>I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
Oh yeah, I remember that show...
You reminded me of another good example, South Park. How many times has
Kenny gotten killed? How many episodes have there been?
Lyle McDonald
An even better question: how many episodes has Kenny not gotten killed?
Lyle
Mike Zaite
on reality. Married: With Children. That show got real inconsistent real
fast.
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all the other birds were trying to eat my candy bar head..."-Stanley
Spadowski UHF
RickC
Lyle McDonald wrote in message <38FE3579...@onr.com>...
>> You reminded me of another good example, South Park. How many times has
>> Kenny gotten killed? How many episodes have there been?
>
>An even better question: how many episodes has Kenny not gotten killed?
>
him to die -- electrocuted while changing a light bulb, perhaps.
But he never dies.
He actually survives through the whole show.
"Dude, that's messed up."
Sunshine
>>
>Once, that I remember. All through the show, you see close calls, expecting
>him to die -- electrocuted while changing a light bulb, perhaps.
>But he never dies.
>He actually survives through the whole show.
>"Dude, that's messed up."
>
It was actually the Christmas episode, I think.
Sunshine
I remember when we were driving in your car
Speed so fast, felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling that I could be someone
Lyle McDonald
>
> Lyle McDonald wrote in message <38FE3579...@onr.com>...
> >> You reminded me of another good example, South Park. How many times has
> >> Kenny gotten killed? How many episodes have there been?
> >
> >
> Once, that I remember. All through the show, you see close calls, expecting
> him to die -- electrocuted while changing a light bulb, perhaps.
> But he never dies.
> He actually survives through the whole show.
Yup, that was it, it was the first year Christmas show. At the end of
the show, the other characters keep commenting that something seems
unfinished, looking towards Kenny. Then the credits roll and Kenny
screams 'Whoo-hoo!' and throws his arms up in triumph, since he didn't
get killed. I figure it was Parker/Stone's X-mas gift to him, although
they killed him at subsequent Christmas shows. I cna't remember any
other occurrences though.
Now, does Kenny dying, coming back to life, and then sacrificing his
life again in the movie count as him dying twice?
Lyle
Sunshine
>life again in the movie count as him dying twice?
But he didn't really come back to life, he just came back to Earth from Hell.
Deacon
Belly Bombers wrote:
> He grows a second mouth
> on the side of his stomach due to exposure to radioactive waste, and in the
> next episode he's FINE!
> I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
I think YOU'VE been exposed to too much radioactive waste.
It's interfered with your ability to tell a good comedian from
a talentless hack. . . .
Chris Elliot : Talent : : Las Vegas : Spirituality
Belly Bombers
>It's interfered with your ability to tell a good comedian from
>a talentless hack. . . .
>
>Chris Elliot : Talent : : Las Vegas : Spirituality
Deacon scre...@the.tv : Sucking : : Fish : Swimming
ZING! Damn, I'm smooth!
Derek Ward, Kaiju no Hakase
>> He grows a second mouth
>> on the side of his stomach due to exposure to radioactive waste, and in the
>> next episode he's FINE!
>> I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
> I think YOU'VE been exposed to too much radioactive waste.
> It's interfered with your ability to tell a good comedian from
> a talentless hack. . . .
Yes. The whole "extra mouths" and "delicious filth-spitting pet alien" gags
are so damned cliche.
You may not be fond of his humor, and yes he *is* a wildly anticharismatic
oddman, but he's definitely novel. I'd bet a pound to a penny he'd be
considered a comic legend if he hadn't gone and done something silly like
not die yet.
--
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Larry F
Ambient Morality" <moc.re...@di--drawkcab.invalid> wrote:
>
>Belly Bombers wrote in message
><20000418190025...@ng-cl1.aol.com>...
>>Ever see Get a Life? First off it's the funniest live action show I've
>ever
>>seen, and my absolute favorite. Second nothing EVER followed continuity!
>>Chris Elliott gets his head ripped off, but he's fine by the next episode.
>He
>>gets stabbed to death, but he's fine the next episode. He grows a second
>mouth
>>on the side of his stomach due to exposure to radioactive waste, and in the
>>next episode he's FINE!
>>I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
>
>Oh yeah, I remember that show...
>
My favorite one was when Chris bought a wheelbarrow full of bad
shrimp. In the end, the neighbors cut his head off and kicked it
around the alley. Somehow he recovered for the next show.
>You reminded me of another good example, South Park. How many times has
>Kenny gotten killed? How many episodes have there been?
>
>
There were two different episodes that take place at the same time,
the evening of the meteor shower. Kenny wasn't even in the show at the
party, and didn't die in it. However, the next week they show him die
in a parallel plot line. Does that count?
In the very first demo cartoon, the fat kid (now know as Cartam) gets
killed, but his name was Kenny.
Of course, the first Xmas episode which has already been mentioned.
--Larry
Janet F Caires-Lesgold
>>> on the side of his stomach due to exposure to radioactive waste, and in the
>>> next episode he's FINE!
>>> I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
>
>> It's interfered with your ability to tell a good comedian from
>> a talentless hack. . . .
>
>Yes. The whole "extra mouths" and "delicious filth-spitting pet alien" gags
>are so damned cliche.
>
>You may not be fond of his humor, and yes he *is* a wildly anticharismatic
>oddman, but he's definitely novel. I'd bet a pound to a penny he'd be
>considered a comic legend if he hadn't gone and done something silly like
>not die yet.
Chris Elliott takes after his brilliant (and peculiar) father, so anything
to keep the lineage going is fine with me!
--
Janet F. Caires-Lesgold jfc...@merle.acns.nwu.edu
Speaker-to-Toys http://www.enteract.com/~jfc/
"I brought marshmallows. Occasionally, I'm callous and strange."
-- Willow Rosenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "The Zeppo"
Larry F
Caires-Lesgold) wrote:
>In article <sfuv8o4...@corp.supernews.com>,
>Derek Ward, Kaiju no Hakase <ab...@ftp.warez.com> wrote:
>>Deacon <scre...@the.tv> ate a baby:
>>
>>>> He grows a second mouth
>>>> on the side of his stomach due to exposure to radioactive waste, and in the
>>>> next episode he's FINE!
>>>> I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
>>
>>> I think YOU'VE been exposed to too much radioactive waste.
>>> It's interfered with your ability to tell a good comedian from
>>> a talentless hack. . . .
>>
>>Yes. The whole "extra mouths" and "delicious filth-spitting pet alien" gags
>>are so damned cliche.
>>
>>You may not be fond of his humor, and yes he *is* a wildly anticharismatic
>>oddman, but he's definitely novel. I'd bet a pound to a penny he'd be
>>considered a comic legend if he hadn't gone and done something silly like
>>not die yet.
>
>Chris Elliott takes after his brilliant (and peculiar) father, so anything
>to keep the lineage going is fine with me!
If you check out alt.binaries.radio.oldtime for a while, you'll
probably see some Bob and Ray shows posted.
I first heard of Bob and Ray when they did commercials for a bank in
the late seventies. They were great ads and I wanted to find out who
they were.
--Larry
Derek Ward, Kaiju no Hakase
> Chris Elliott takes after his brilliant (and peculiar) father, so anything
> to keep the lineage going is fine with me!
I must conclude that Bob and Ray invented weirdness. Everything previously
thought to be weird was merely idiosyncratic.
--
I think my brain is out of air. But it's kind of a neat feeling.
Janet F Caires-Lesgold
>
>> Chris Elliott takes after his brilliant (and peculiar) father, so anything
>> to keep the lineage going is fine with me!
>
>I must conclude that Bob and Ray invented weirdness. Everything previously
>thought to be weird was merely idiosyncratic.
Anybody have a Chocolate Wobbly in their Easter basket? ;)
Deacon
Janet F Caires-Lesgold wrote:
> Chris Elliott takes after his brilliant (and peculiar) father, so anything
> to keep the lineage going is fine with me!
How in the hell did uber-macho Sam Elliot ever have a wimp of
a kid like Chris Elliot? You'd think Sam would've KILLED him
when he was growing up! ("Get your ass out of bed and mow
the lawn, you little panty-waist!!!" "Aw, Dad, I want to watch
'Time Tunnel'!")
Note: the preceding post contains SARCASM.
Deacon
Larry F wrote:
> >>>> I LOVE CHRIS ELLIOTT!
> >>
> >>> I think YOU'VE been exposed to too much radioactive waste.
> >>> It's interfered with your ability to tell a good comedian from
> >>> a talentless hack. . . .
> >>
> >>Yes. The whole "extra mouths" and "delicious filth-spitting pet alien" gags
> >>are so damned cliche.
> >>
> >>You may not be fond of his humor, and yes he *is*. . . wildly anticharismatic. .
> .
> >>I'd bet a pound to a penny he'd be
> >>considered a comic legend if he hadn't gone and done something silly like
> >>not die yet.
Just look for what dying did for Andy Kaufman. All you have to
do is piss enough people off and die, and you get a movie bio! Next:
Chris Farley. In coming years, the multiuntalented Chris Eliot,
the whining David Spade, the weaselly Rick Moranis, and
the stylistically-tone-deaf Martin Short. . . . (they can't
die soon enough to suit me, let's get to work on those movies!!!)
All of 'em put together wouldn't be worthy of fetching Denis
Leary's cigarettes or de-linting Bill Hicks's black clothes. . . .
And speaking of Hicks, why no movie about HIM? If
Jim Morrison had been a stand-up comedian instead of
a musician/poet, he would've been Bill Hicks. . . .
Janet F Caires-Lesgold
'Lee Ballou will getcha for that one! ;)
Dean Humphries
>
> In article <3904A6DB...@the.tv>, Deacon <scre...@the.tv> wrote:
> >
> >Janet F Caires-Lesgold wrote:
> >
> >> Chris Elliott takes after his brilliant (and peculiar) father, so anything
> >> to keep the lineage going is fine with me!
> >
> >How in the hell did uber-macho Sam Elliot ever have a wimp of
> >a kid like Chris Elliot? You'd think Sam would've KILLED him
> >when he was growing up! ("Get your ass out of bed and mow
> >the lawn, you little panty-waist!!!" "Aw, Dad, I want to watch
> >'Time Tunnel'!")
> >
> >Note: the preceding post contains SARCASM.
>
> 'Lee Ballou will getcha for that one! ;)
My favorite Wally Ballou interview was with a man that fixed the broken
filaments in lightbulbs. He spent ten minutes describing in minute
detail how he spun his magic, only to come crashing down when Wally
pointed out that a new lightbulb cost only a few cents.
Many comedians owe a great debt to Bob & Ray, I was lucky enough to hear
them weekday afternoons for years on WOR radio, also the home at the
time of equally huge giants of the entertainment world, Jean Shepherd &
Long John Nebel.
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>
> In article <3904F3A8...@internetword.com>, Dean Humphries
> <myfirst...@internetword.com> wrote:
>
> > > >Note: the preceding post contains SARCASM.
> > >
> > > 'Lee Ballou will getcha for that one! ;)
> >
> >
> > My favorite Wally Ballou interview was with a man that fixed the broken
> > filaments in lightbulbs. He spent ten minutes describing in minute
> > detail how he spun his magic, only to come crashing down when Wally
> > pointed out that a new lightbulb cost only a few cents.
>
> sketches, in which Bob played Little Jimmy Schwab, and how all the
> experiments ended in disaster
>
> "Gosh all hemlock, Mr. Science! The experiment isn't working! You
> wouldn't be trying to slip the old rubber peach to me just because I'm a
> gullible child, would you, Mr. Science?"
>
> Man, that last one has me with ideas of Farnsworth teaching Cubert
> about scientific principles :0
>
> "This is Bob Elliot saying 'Write If You Find Work' "
>
> "And this is Ray Goulding saying 'Hang By Your Thumbs' "
That just brought a big smile on my face!
Words to live by!