When Futurama was aired, I was totally blown-away by the universe and how well it was introduced in the first episodes.

You can pick it apart and point how nearly all of it can be found in other Science Fiction work.

I didn't care. To me, it was brilliant and just ''cartoony'' enough.

Later it turned a bit too ''cartoony'' to keep the same vibe, but I still enjoyed most episodes, just not to the extent of the early immersive ones.

For example, the Zoidberg visiting Area 51 was very fun but so different from the first episodes, it could be from a different series.