You know what would have been more succinct? If my cookie fortune had have just said Capitalism. But maybe that’s not the message I was destined to take from the scroll.
I can’t argue the point, it’s quite often true that people will abandon good intention when the numbers increase on a bank statement. So I have to think about some way in which this has affected me.
Got it, Futurama. What the hell happened there? The first three seasons were gold then we got treated to the fourth and final, for a time at least, season punctuated with some of the most depressing cartoons of this young century.
Jurassic Bark – Fry and his dog and I can’t even think about this episode without tearing up,
Leela’s Homeworld – where she finds out what happened to her parents (oh, especially that bit where she doesn’t see them but they’re leaving presents and doing things for her), and
The Sting – with all the honey, and the death.
Three episodes that tell me the creators lost their humour and got all serious with it because, well, they could. They had a captive audience and they took advantage. They capitalised on my willingness to watch faithfully, my want for nothing more than cartoons on telly.
But did it work out for them? Well you could argue that yes indeed it did. I’m still thinking about those episodes now, even typing openly about them. You might even search those listed titles or feel intrigued to watch them. Alternatively, you might want to rinse the images with earlier, funnier episodes.
As for the cookie fortune though I’m of the opinion that the creators sold their virtue up the river (of tears) because they were on a good tip. For what its worth, I haven’t watched much of the new stuff for fear of being burned again. I have cartoon options, I’m not exposing myself to possible harm for the sake of nostalgia.
Lucky Numbers: 8, 13, 15, 19, 24, 27
8: is quite a lovely looking number
13: everyone thinks it’s cool, so there’s probably someone making money out of it
How did you know that, fortune cookie? 