This episode was written by J. Stewart Burns.
To me, Burns is a glass cannon. There's a zany streak to his writing, one that can work for the story's imaginativeness if kept under control. His first two writing contributions (Moe Baby Blues, Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind) were great. They showed a creativity that at most, stretched to the furthest corners of believability.
However, episodes like Days of Future Future are examples of the zany streak swelling out of control, smashing the cannon. Going so far with the eccentricity that it falls into tediousness.
In an episode that isn't a Treehouse of Horror, we have zombies, that Homer thing and humans mating with insectile aliens. (The weird cross-species affairs would be something that Burns used again later on. Weird fetish, much?)
The accumulative effect is something that doesn't feel outright bad-there are even brief bright moments-but for the most part, feels aggressively dull and even a bit of a drag.
So for me, I'll give it a bare 6/10, though 5.5 would be more accurate.
To me, Burns is a glass cannon. There's a zany streak to his writing, one that can work for the story's imaginativeness if kept under control. His first two writing contributions (Moe Baby Blues, Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind) were great. They showed a creativity that at most, stretched to the furthest corners of believability.
However, episodes like Days of Future Future are examples of the zany streak swelling out of control, smashing the cannon. Going so far with the eccentricity that it falls into tediousness.
In an episode that isn't a Treehouse of Horror, we have zombies, that Homer thing and humans mating with insectile aliens. (The weird cross-species affairs would be something that Burns used again later on. Weird fetish, much?)
The accumulative effect is something that doesn't feel outright bad-there are even brief bright moments-but for the most part, feels aggressively dull and even a bit of a drag.
So for me, I'll give it a bare 6/10, though 5.5 would be more accurate.