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Science Fiction have evolved in to different sub-genre such as feminist to comedy, from the books to on television. Futurama is a science fiction anime series that began in the late 1990’s developed by creators of, one of the longest running TV show on America television, the Simpson. Futurama behind its comical and dumb-witted jokes and glimmering works of futuristic settings, the show is degrading and despicable. By the show being an animated comedy it should be taken lightly and not serious but how some situation are portrayed it is too heartbreaking to take as a joke. The comedy aspect mainly reflect our past and present situations dealing with stereotypes and political views. The show may be humorous but how the females are portrayed …show more content…
Rodriguez is a human-robot hybrid because he is not instructed to have a purpose but he can do things such as other humans such as smoke, eat, attend school, obtain a job, etc. The robots that are cyborgs have low paying jobs, servant or crime-related. Very few are rich or have a title in a company, but since their human-factory made does it make since for them to have such intelligence when they will eventually just be put into a low category. Such as Primates who fled to a different planet and habited to their liking and standards. They despise humans for years of enslavement at zoos and put on a displaying zoo. The planet does not accept humans on their planets as the hatred for years of imprisonment did not extinguish. In the episode “Fry and Lela’s Big Fling” they were part of an experiment of human behavior to see how one spouse coupe with their other spouse ex on the same island. While all this is going on it is part of a zoo exhibit in the ape world. Talk about flipping the script of human- animal …show more content…
The intriguing unique aspect about futurama happens to be the different forms of life on different planets that doesn’t require a spacesuit because it has oxygen filled atmosphere. For example, Mars University is a university on the planet mars and right now we only know that there were speculation of “life” on Mars but today it’s just a planet full or rocks and sand. In the 31st century, Mars is a habitable planet with life and vegetation grown…. It also display some of Mars normal condition such as dusty red plains, occasional dust storms, and the large volcano Olympus

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