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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by steal_your_face@lemmy.ml to c/futurama@lemmy.world

Interesting video I saw on YouTube which definitively shows whether Nibbler’s shadow was in the original airing of the pilot. Skip to 23:50 for the answer.

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[-] Hayduke@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Meanwhile, Disenchantment seemed like it was written episode by episode. I guess it all tied up in the end, but I didn't care about 90+ percent of the arcs, so the whole series felt half-baked to me. I enjoyed it, but something felt off, by miles.

[-] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 1 week ago

They made up for that with sexy Dagmar. And Merkimer..

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

I may be some sort of weirdo but Oona should be considered.

[-] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

People like you give me hope. I really, really vibe with a grown woman slurping down drugs and pace-screaming in her garden.

And of course, piracy.

[-] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago

I'll allow it. Honestly her "or is?" Is so great, but nobody gets it and they give me weird looks.

[-] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

I'm glad you mentioned it. I had a whole rant about how we cheer for Fry, because he's stupid and means well, and we despise Elfo, because he's an underhanded little prick.

[-] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Tangent! ;)

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

We stopped watching it when Netflix pulled their no families bullshit

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Did it all tie up? The whole steamland plotline got dropped completely by the end and that was basically half the show's worth of plot.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, "tied up" just means it had an ending. I'm not sure I really even understood what really happened in that show. It felt like a new arc started before the previous was halfway through and then different subtle parts of previous arcs sorta mattered for the current, but not in any meaningful way.

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The only constant was that Magdar would show up at the last and first episodes of the season with a new random evil plan.

The whole thing was such a mess.

[-] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Very different show runners.

[-] Meron35@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Disenchantment's plot felt like a D&D campaign where the DM winged it every week.

There's a reason why most D&D campaigns aren't adapted into TV shows

[-] Discover@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

IIRC Nibbler's shadow was in the storyboard for the pilot. Shown on the DVD extras

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago
[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago
  1. In season 4, an episode shows a character going back in time to the events that occurred during the pilot episode. Even though the character was not in the pilot episode, this S4 episode implies that they were there in the background, off-camera, the entire time, and playing a pivotal role in the events that kicked off the series.
  2. If you watch a certain scene in the actual pilot episode, you can briefly see that character's shadow in the background, implying that the creators had actually planned these time travel shenanigans from the beginning.
  3. Many fans claim that the shadow was not actually in the pilot when it was first aired; that it was only added in reruns and home releases after that S4 episode was written. Other fans claim to have a home-taped recording of the very original broadcast and that they do see the shadow.
  4. The person that made this video came across a social media post where a user showed off a pre-release promotional tape of the pilot episode. They contacted the user and purchased the tape for an undisclosed amount.
  5. After a drawn out sequence detailing their multi-camera setup used to record the tape playing on their TV (in an attempt to prove nothing is being faked), we see that the shadow does indeed appear in the scene just as it does in all reruns, etc.
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago

This person saw the shadow on a pre-release promotional tape of the episode, so the answer is probably a yes.

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Tap for spoilerThe shadow is there

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Instead of a half-hour video, it could have been a single word.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Strong agree

[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

it could have been, but then it'd just be some guy claiming it was there without presenting the evidence, and it wouldn't have settled the debate at all.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

People prefer succinct bullshit over the truth. That's why the world is the way it is today.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Aliens!

Or the number of times I've heard that Chinese drones are flying over New Jersey recently is baffling. One guy was telling me they were probably trying to scope out property to buy up.

Much cheaper to get a realtor or check the satellite views on Google Maps/Earth if you ask me.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They could at least have led with it, but then I guess it wouldn't be clickbait.

[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago
[-] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

They did a minor retcon later. The scene is shown again and as well as the original shadow (And nibbler's eye in the bin), you see Fry's shadow too, since he time travels back there in the Why of Fry. Unfortunately I can't remember which episode this is in at the minute

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Jurassic Bark.

And for reference, the pilot,

[-] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Nice! Clearly I blocked it out because of the trauma of the ending

[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Answer: yes. It was there.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I thought this was well known? Or an I just a nerd for checking myself many years ago?

[-] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

The issue was that the only way to know for sure was to watch a recording of the original airing, the episode could have been modified in reruns.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago

Oldest mystery? Just watch the fucking episode

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Thats the whole point, it was said they made chabges for physical copies and reairing to close the plot hole.

Its a bit over the top but it seems to actually close an ongoing discussion.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

That is the point of the video. There were already known differences between the pre-release pilot and the one that actually aired on TV.

So, was the Nibbler-Fry plotline part of the first episode, or was it added later?

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah go back and watch older South park episodes and look at how they changed Token's name to Tolkien all to make a joke about Cartman being racist.

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