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april
Poppler
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I really have a problem with calling Seymour a "dumb dog" because he waited for Fry as long as he did. I really don't find it that hard to believe, but maybe that's because I grew up around stuff like this:
"The Enduring Legend Of Old Shep" By Erik Floren, Sun Media
Back in August 1936, an ailing Shepard was hospitalized here. Waiting patiently outside the hospital sat his faithful companion, a collie named "OLD SHEP". But the shepard died and his body was shipped back east to his relatives for burial by the Great Northern Railroad. As legend has it, Ol' Shep followed th casket, whining, from the hospital to the station but was prevented from boarding the train. So there he sat waiting. For more than five years, ol' Shep greeted each train as it pulled into the station, hoping to finally meet his master. Shep's story was carried in newspapers around the world and appeared in Ripley's "Believe It Or Not", two and a half years into his vigil. Ironically,Shep was run over by a trail on January 12, 1942. By that time the story was so well known that both the AP & UPI carried his obituary, pushing aside some of the war news.
...(I'm from Montana)...
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Allen
Professor
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« Reply #93 on: 04-23-2004 00:59 »
« Last Edit on: 04-23-2004 00:59 »
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Originally posted by Spacedal11: Just a question, if Seymour knew that Fry was in trouble in SP3 than why wasn't he in the origianl? Was he made up as the plot went along? Because I watched TLOtF with the commintary on and they said that that's what they did with Yancy. I had this same question, but upon paying closer attention, I realized that JB showed different angles. We never saw Fry leave the shop in SP3k, which is where Seymour has the most effect on continuity. All we see in SP3K is Fry getting the pizza and then he's on his bike enroute to Applied Cryogenics. In JB, we see stuff that happened on his way out. ie: Seymour restraining him. I still disagree with this thread's title. Seymour proved to be very intelligent and intuitive. After all, he seems to know Fry will not come back from this delivery. He's waiting out of the hope that Fry will return. He had no way of understanding or knowing that Fry would be gone for 1,000 years. I don't care what real dogs would have done. (Since when did this show EVER shoot for realism?) Most of the Professor's inventions ARE a complete load and I don't see threads calling that stupid. Threads to try and explain it yes, but not outright denounce them as unrealistic. As it stood in 1999 as well as today, Fry would never have awoken from his accidental freezing. He most likely would have died. I know these are unrelated points, but the author claims that Seymour is unrealistic, and therefore dumb. Well, that being the case, there's a lot of dumb stuff in Futurama Sure, you can have a thread exploring the dog's choices and the absurdity of them. Have a fun time doing that, I'm just saying that Fryfan's being a little narrowminded for a show that asks you to buy into impossible concepts. And then later laugh along as the show points out its own absurdity.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by boxie: You are so mean... No, not really. I'm just covering up for my own insecurities about Sad dog stories...
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Maybe they wouldnt let him back in. I mean, who wants a filthy stray dog roaming around a cryogenics lab?
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Sal: I think seymoore was a dumb dog because he see fry in the frezze tube and then waits out side pannuchis for him! Why dosnt he just go back to the Criogenics lab?! IM ANGRRY!! Originally posted by Teral in response to an identical post: Well, Seymore is a dog, they don't usually have sentient thought, they have instincts. Seymore stayed in front of Panuzzi's, not because he thought it was the best thing to do, but because his instincts told him so. He associate Panuzzi's with Fry, that's were he most often see Fry, so naturally he'd stay put waiting for Fry. His loyalty (yeah, that can be instinctive too) was what made him wait for Fry, rather than looking fr another owner. From what we saw, the only two people he really bonded with was Fry and Panuzzi, so unless another human picked him up and carried him home (and how many people do that with stray dogs?) he probably wouldn't wander off himself.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Sal: i thought they put your brain inthe body of a shark? They did, but the shark evolved into a full blown Hitler clone. Once again....science has gone too far.
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megaton
Crustacean
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I'd have to say I think Seymour is at least a little dumb. But that's ok -- he's a good match for "special" fry.
(N.B: I'm a cat person. Incidently: could you picture Fry with a cat? That just doesn't work.)
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by megaton: I'd have to say I think Seymour is at least a little dumb. But that's ok -- he's a good match for "special" fry. QUOTE]
If you sing "Walkin on Sunshine" thats a pretty indication that you're "special", whether you're a person or dog.
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