Comment on What TV shows have aged the best, and what TV shows have aged the worst?
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Futurama has aged suprisingly well, given how many generational cultural references there are.
Pretty much any Politics or Geopolitics show based on the present has aged poorly, because the political situation worldwide has shifted so dramatically in the past decade.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Futurama has aged quite well, until you get to the episode where bender changes gender to win in the women’s robot Olympics.
It’s such a bizarre experience because you almost can’t view it through the lense of that era given how the topic has exploded, and even trying it’s still really hard to tell if it’s genuinely making fun of women, or making fun of the perception of women being weak.
At least when South Park did it with the special Olympics episode Cartman gets stomped by the actual athletes.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Yeah. “Bend Her” did not age well. But with a show that’s got 10 seasons you’ve got to assume one or two episodes won’t age well, even if the show does in general.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
For sure. I don’t begrudge the series as a whole, honestly the episode is fascinating because it feels impenetrable to me now.