FUTURAMA
Volume 2 on DVD
Matt Groening's "Futurama" (DVD) featured Fry, a pizza delivery guy accidentally placed in cryogenic suspension (okay, he was frozen) only to be thawed out 1,000 years later in the year 2999. There he falls for the beautiful, one-eyed alien Leela, gets acclimated to the future with help from Bender, a robot reprobate, and ends ups working for a delivery company (intergalactic style). The second volume is available tomorrow on DVD and the four disc set includes commentary by the show's creators on all the episodes, 15 deleted scenes, Easter eggs, and much, much more.
- um, can i get a hell yea?
HELL YEA!
Season 2's the best..this is great !
Fox Home Entertainment have announced Futurama: Volume Four which will be arriving in shops from the 24th August this year. Retail will be set at around $49.98 This four-disc set will carry each episode of volume four, presented in 1.33:1 full screen along with English and Spanish soundtracks. Extras will include audio commentaries and deleted scenes for selected episodes, animatics, an easteregg and more.
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Why are they called volumes and not seasons?
Probably because they're presented on the DVDs in production order, not the order they were aired on FOX. FOX had a habit of holding onto episodes and delaying them until the following season to run them, so these episodes are the seasons as they were produced rather than as they were aired.
Quote from: FishbulbProbably because they're presented on the DVDs in production order, not the order they were aired on FOX. FOX had a habit of holding onto episodes and delaying them until the following season to run them, so these episodes are the seasons as they were produced rather than as they were aired.
u need an av, here u go..
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Hmm...I'm probably being dumb here, but how do I add it to my posts? I went into my profile and I'm not seeing how to add an avatar.
In your profile, scroll down to the bottom to the Avatar Control Panel. Follow the directions.
And Futurama is cool. I'm pretty much burned out on Vol. 1, though. Been watching it on and off for the last couple months since I got it. I really like the Hell is Other Robots episode. The musical number in that episode was great. Can't really pick a favorite though. All the episodes in season one have their moments. Gonna get Vol. 2 soon. If I remember correctly, that set has one of my favorite episodes - the one with Evil Santa.
I don't have an avatar control panel. Really, I swear I don't.
Maybe you have to make a certain number of posts before you can use an avatar. I wouldn't know for sure, but that's my best guess. Say, 100?
EDIT: Never mind, that's not it. I've seen new accounts with avatars. I'm stumped.
Quote from: FishbulbI don't have an avatar control panel. Really, I swear I don't.
I looked into it, and somehow you lost your avatar priveledges. I gave them back.
Thanks :-D
I think once before I uploaded something as an avatar that was too big, as kind of a joke. Oops.
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Talk about Futurama Direct to DVD
Good news, everyone?
Over the last week, several sources from within the animation business have indicated to us that there is renewed talk at FOX about bringing fresh Futurama content directly to DVD. We corroborated this with other sources close to the show before publishing the information.
The talk is of course still in a preliminary stage. Options reported to us include one or more Futurama movies in case of a go-ahead.
Even though Futurama is not sure to return and the likelihood of its return is currently unknown, this is the first time in the past few years that we have heard of Futurama being discussed at the upper levels of FOX. They'll likely have a good look at the sales of the upcoming Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection.
As soon as we get more information on the Direct to DVD story, we'll let you know right here.
FUCK YEAH
okay last week i watched the entire series 4 boxset of which i had not seen any episodes prior and i got to thinking....
maybe Futurama is a better show than The Simpsons.
thoughts/arguments?
i'd love to agree. especially with the "maybe" part of it.
I never could get into this show. I thought it was a shitty ripoff of the simpsons. I want to watch it again to see if I like it more now. What's a good season/disc/episode to watch?
Quote from: themodernage02okay last week i watched the entire series 4 boxset of which i had not seen any episodes prior and i got to thinking....
maybe Futurama is a better show than The Simpsons.
thoughts/arguments?
I think the cast of Futurama is more likeable. It might just be season after season talking, but The Simpsons chracters feel like script lines to me. Although Futurama definitely has its fair shair of one liners, the characters feel generally more round and I feel more intamite with them, including the characters in minor rolls.
It's such a fucking tough call and I wouldn't want the Russians aiming a gun at my head and telling me to pick, but I can see the argument being made.
Quote from: themodernage02okay last week i watched the entire series 4 boxset of which i had not seen any episodes prior and i got to thinking....
maybe Futurama is a better show than The Simpsons.
thoughts/arguments?
by far. here's why:
Quote from: PubrickFuturama is the only cartoon, that understood intimately what the simpsons did and was trying to do sumthing NEW with the possibilities.
they are complementary shows. Futurama has the distinction of starting out AND going out on top, quality wise. it never lagged. Billy West said in a recent Onion interview "[Futurama] writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and there'd be celestial-mechanics jokes."
like i've said before, futurama is almost MADE to be rediscovered. it was less about "current pop trends, and appealing to the masses by way of special guests (current simpsons) and fickle humor (family guy)" than it was about "the ppl who really care about GOOD television." as generations pass and the definition of a 'quasar' becomes basic knowledge, more ppl will realise who this show was made for. in this way, the simpsons will be looked at as The Great Ancestor From A Time Long Ago, and futurama as The Visionary Child Prodigy. both are universally applicable. one showed us the absurdity of surviving in an all-too-human world (the universal microcosm of Springfield); while the other was quite literally about the value of humanity in an alien world..
Fry saves the universe, twice.
yes. it is just so damn smart. i guess the thing that pushes it over the top for me is that the simpsons is confined to springfield. thus, in recent seasons they have gone farther and farther in absurd directions to mine for comedy, but futurama is limited by nothing. with the shows premise they can truly make fun of ANYTHING and have it fit with the show. i'm not trying to trash the simpsons or anything, i just had that thought that futurama is probably better though hugely more underrated. when it first aired i watched the first few episodes and just couldnt get into it. the characters seemed forced and the weirdness was too weird. a year or two later i started watching and just thought it was great. granted the show did get better but even when i go back and watch the first few episodes now, they're great too.
At first I didn't particularly care for Futurama, but a few years ago I started watching it again and was struck by how smart and funny and even emotional it was. The one where Fry finds his old dog is a quite touching episode.
Watching the first episode now, it still holds up well for me.
There are so many levels of humor, yet the jokes are integrated into the story and characters, so it doesn't feel like a volley of random gags and one-liners.
P, that post is why I read mostly all of what you write....mostly.
now it's official. YES.
Comic-Con 2005: IGN DVD Exclusive - Futurama Direct-to-Video Greenlit
Bender, Fry & Co. set to return.
July 15, 2005 - In the first of IGN's exclusive Video Blogs direct from San Diego's Comic-Con International, voice actor Billy West (Fry, Zoidberg, the Professor, and many more voices for many more shows) revealed to us that a brand-new direct-to-video Futurama movie has been greenlit. Not only that, but there is also an option for a second movie as well.
With the model established by Family Guy's return – where a direct-to-video movie eventually spawned the show's return to Fox primetime as well – could the much-missed Futurama also be on the way back to a set near you?
:yabbse-thumbup: :yabbse-thumbup: :yabbse-thumbup:
dvd is changing everything.
it may be even better...
Inside Move: 'Futurama' may get new lease on life / Toon with a past may get new life on Fox TV
Source: Variety
"Futurama" may live to see the year 3000 after all. Talks have begun at 20th Century Fox TV to revive the animated skeinskein, which takes place in the next millennium, much in the same way "Family Guy""Family Guy" found new life after cancellation.
The studio is in early discussions to put "Futurama" back in production and create a limited number of episodes of the Emmy Award-winning skein -- although it's too soon to tell where those segs might end up. A reprep for 20th Century Fox TV declined comment.
The final original episode of "Futurama" aired on Fox in August 2003. But since then, the skein has found new life -- and fans -- via DVD releases and repeatedly high-rated airings on the Cartoon Network.
"Futurama" remains popular enough that Comedy CentralComedy Central even stole away off-netoff-net rights to the show's repeats late last year; it will switch to the laffer cablercabler in 2008.
A similar resurgence in interest for "Family Guy" persuaded 20th Century Fox TV to revive that show, which has produced two seasons of new episodes and a DVD since coming back from the dead. "Family Guy" now resides as Fox's Sunday 9 p.m. tentpole.
"Futurama" scored three Emmys in its five-season run, including the 2002 award for animated series. But it lived an unusual existence on Fox, with short seasons, late launches and long gaps between airings. That allowed Fox to air five seasons of "Futurama," even though technically only four were produced.
"The Simpsons""The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and "Simpsons" vet David X. Cohen were behind "Futurama," which bowed on Fox in March 1999. The animated skein revolved around Fry, a pizza delivery boy who's accidentally frozen for 1,000 years. He wakes up in the year 3000 and befriends cyclops Leela and cranky robot Bender -- all of whom work for the intergalactic delivery service run by Fry's distantly descended nephew, Prof. Farnsworth.
Before "Futurama" comes back into being, however, 20th first must secure deals with the show's production team, as well as voice stars including Billy West (Fry), Katey Sagal (Leela) and John DiMaggio (Bender).
Meanwhile, even after the cancellation new "Futurama" stories have continued to be churned out via the "Futurama" comicbook, published by Groening's Bongo Comics imprint.
All shows have great quotes, but I think Futurama had some of the best.
"WITH MY LAST BREATH... I CURSE ZOIDBERG!"
"What do we want?!"
"FRY'S DOG!"
"When do we want it?!"
"FRY'S DOG!"
"Zzzzz.... Kill all humans..."
"Bender! Wake up!"
"Fry! I just had a wonderful dream! And you were in it..."
"Um, you can go back to sleep."
"Zzzz.... Hey there sexy mama... wanna kill all the humans?"
'dirt doesn't need luck'
since the second half of the second season, each episode was one long quotable masterpiece.
Billy West Confirms Four FUTURAMA DVD-Movies??
Source: AICN
Cartoon icon and former Howard Stern sidekick Billy West - who voiced Fry, Farnsworth, Zoidberg and Zapp Brannigan on "Futurama" – appears to have posted major news on billywest.com, and it took till now for it to filter down to us:
Posted: 19 January 2006 at 4:44pm | IP Logged
HERE'S GREAT NEWS!
Here's the official word on Futurama!!
[Creator/showrunner] David X. [Cohen] phoned me about an hour ago and said that this Futurama project is a done deal! Here's the word from DX--- There are 4 DVD movies that we'll start recording at the end of July or August. Full feature length FUTURAMA movies. Everybody is excited to get back together--as I am!
Into the Future,
Billy
Last night I caught the beginning of Futurama, and I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. It was an episode I haven't seen in a long time, but I remember it was making fun of the Twilight Zone and this guy is working at a casino and gets hit by a car and wakes up to find out it's a dream and then plays the slots and gets BAR-BAR-BAR and tries again and gets the same thing and is like "wait a minute! I'm in heaven! I really am dead!" And then a guy that looks like Satan comes up and he's like "Oh no! I'm in hell!" and then the guy pulls a curtain back and he's actually on an airplane with a window seat next to the wing and there's that monky gremlin thing tearing wires out of the wing and he starts panicking, then someone holds a mirror up to his face and he finds out he's Hitler.
What a great show.
its back baby...
Break Out The Slurm! 26 New FUTURAMA Episodes Coming!!
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22782
i just emailed that to everyone i know in the biggest font i could find. thanks.
Hell fucking yeah! Of course, we could have been enjoying new episodes of Futurama for the past few years if Fox hadn't screwed with it in the first place.
Quote from: modage on March 20, 2006, 07:41:57 AM
its back baby...
Break Out The Slurm! 26 New FUTURAMA Episodes Coming!!
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22782
Has anyone checked that page recently?
This page (http://billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2020&KW=billywest) prompted me to do so.
Oh well. It's better than nothing.
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/back_to_the_futurama_entertainment_don_kaplan.htm
June 22, 2006 -- 'FUTURAMA" is officially back from the dead.
The quirky animated show from "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening was canceled by Fox about two years ago, but will return with at least 13 new episodes on Comedy Central by 2008.
This is only the second time in television history that a show sent to TV's trash heap has been resurrected. Curiously, the first was "Family Guy," also an animated Fox show.
The tale of "Futurama's" dramatic revival roughly follows that same path that "Family Guy" did.
In both cases, the shows have been successfully airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming block. They both also turned into hot-selling DVD box sets.
"Family Guy" returned to Fox earlier this year, while last fall, Comedy Central outbid Adult Swim for the license to air all 52 episodes of "Futurama" and whatever new episodes might one day be produced.
This week, deals were inked to secure all of the original voice talent and the production staff of "Futurama," paving the way for the series' return to TV.
The show stars voice-over megastar Billy West (whose elastic vocal chords have provided the voices for nearly 120 different cartoons) as Philip J. Fry, a bumbling slacker from the 20th century who is accidentally cryogenically frozen in 1999 and wakes up 1,000 years later.
It is believed that the new episodes will also be released on DVD.
"Futurama" star Katey Sagal confirmed the return of the show on Comedy Central Tuesday night during an appearance on Craig Ferguson's "Late Late Show."
On Fox, "Futurama" never developed the same buzz or following of its sister show, "The Simpsons," but has since become one of the biggest shows on Adult Swim.
Fox may also have the option to air the new episodes, although it is highly unlikely to do so, according to industry sources.
AWESOME. though i did get excited a few months ago when Billy West said the same thing and then it was apparently not true, but is true now, so i am cautiously through-the-roof happy. (next, arrested development please).
Quote from: RegularKarate on June 22, 2006, 04:41:26 PM
Fox may also have the option to air the new episodes, although it is highly unlikely to do so, according to industry sources.
this is what happened with family guy wasnt it? originally cartoon network had ordered the new episodes and then at some point fox decided they would air them?
Quote from: RegularKarate on June 22, 2006, 04:41:26 PMIt is believed that the new episodes will also be released on DVD.
wow, no shit?
Quote from: modage on June 22, 2006, 06:53:09 PM
(next, arrested development please).
Quote from: modage on June 15, 2006, 09:21:30 PM
i guess it helps if the movie show is, you know, actually good.
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I will not be happy until they bring back the show, "Sashta McNasty."
Quote from: Pubrick on June 22, 2006, 09:04:10 PM
Quote from: modage on June 22, 2006, 06:53:09 PM
(next, arrested development please).
Quote from: modage on June 15, 2006, 09:21:30 PM
i guess it helps if the movie show is, you know, actually good.
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i thought you just thought it was overrated.
I really really really love the space pope joke. it's one of my favorites in the world.
My favorite episodes/moments were the Scary Door (see Twilight Zone joke above), the "Gravitons and graviolis!", Leela's visiting of the Niblungs in Day the Earth Stood Stupid, Fry's shallow gene pool, and the Hypnotoad. I can't get enough of this show.
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UP CLOSE: DAVID X. COHEN
The 'Futurama' co-creator talks exclusively to Toyfare about the long-awaited new season...
By Justin Aclin December 12, 2006
It's the good news everyone has been waiting for! A new season of "Futurama"—the brilliant, animated sci-fi comedy from "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and executive producer David X. Cohen—is finally being produced for a 2008 release.
It's still not determined whether the new episodes will debut on Comedy Central or DVD, but we're too excited to care! We pinned down Cohen to get the skinny on what we can expect when "Futurama" reawakens from its cryo-sleep.
ToyFare: So where are you right now in the production of the new season?
DAVID X. COHEN: We're about halfway through the writing, but just getting started on the animation. One big decision we have not yet made is how, once again, to "end" the series—hopefully not for the last time.
How long after the last "series finale" does the new season take place? And what can we expect for the Fry and Leela relationship?
COHEN: When our story resumes, two long years have passed. As for the Fry/Leela relationship, we will be visiting that subject right away, so I refuse to tell you where it will lead on the grounds that I want you to buy the DVD.
How much continuity will the new season feature?
COHEN: Within the new season, we will definitely feature more continuity than in the past. We will also be shedding light on several lingering questions from the original run, including hitherto unknown facts about Nibbler, dark matter and Seymour the dog. By the way, that was my first use of the word "hitherto" in an interview. I think it went well.
[Laughs] Nice. How much of the original cast and crew were you able to put together?
COHEN: We have the entire cast back, as well as a good chunk of the writing staff. We also have Rough Draft Studios animating once again, and they seem determined to top even their own amazing work from the first time around. To complete the reunion of our original crack team, it looks like we will also have Chris Tyng back to work his magic on the musical score.
Are there any guest voices lined up yet?
COHEN: We will have a number, yes, but I can only officially report on the one we have already recorded—up-and-coming voice-over star Al Gore. For the first time, we are going to show what really determined the outcome of the 2000 Presidential election.
Toynami's going to be making new Futurama toys—are you into the toys at all?
COHEN: I think I have every Futurama toy legally produced so far. I loved their I-Men [block figures]... It's especially fun for me to see toys based on side characters like Calculon and Roberto. Personally, although I think I speak for millions, I would like to see toys of Hypnotoad, Slurms McKenzie and Hedonismbot. Also, I'd like Fry, Leela and Bender in their superhero forms: Captain Yesterday, Clobberella and SuperKing.
Are there any new characters being introduced in the new season that you're excited about?
COHEN: Yes, particularly Nudar, the evil alien nudist. We're not sure what the censorship issues are as far as showing unrecognizable alien reproductive organs. I guess we'll just put it on the air and see what happens.
Well, until Nudar debuts, who's your favorite minor character on the show?
COHEN: Hypnotoad. By the way, we are looking into producing a full 22-minute episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad for the DVD release. I am serious.
haha, great teaser interview, despite the BORING AS HELL bit about who-gives-a-shit toys.
they sound like they have more inspiration for this upcoming season than the simpsons have had in the last 7 years. easily. so glad to hear it. Nudar, brilliant.
but mostly i want to know more about Seymour.. i loved that little guy.
Quote from: Pubrick on December 13, 2006, 08:34:27 AM
but mostly i want to know more about Seymour.. i loved that little guy.
The end of the "Jurassic Bark" episode was literally the only time a TV show has ever made me cry. Even just thinking about that ending now, I get a little choked up.
Quote from: polkablues on December 13, 2006, 05:44:25 PM
Quote from: Pubrick on December 13, 2006, 08:34:27 AM
but mostly i want to know more about Seymour.. i loved that little guy.
The end of the "Jurassic Bark" episode was literally the only time a TV show has ever made me cry. Even just thinking about that ending now, I get a little choked up.
Futurama has gotten to me a surprising number of times. Always at the last minute or two of some of the episodes.
Quote from: polkablues on December 13, 2006, 05:44:25 PM
Quote from: Pubrick on December 13, 2006, 08:34:27 AM
but mostly i want to know more about Seymour.. i loved that little guy.
The end of the "Jurassic Bark" episode was literally the only time a TV show has ever made me cry. Even just thinking about that ending now, I get a little choked up.
what about that episode of the fresh prince when will's dad comes back
that tears me apart
boom here it is (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NxU9fOz_TJg)
top 5 surprisingly touching futurama endings:1 Jurassic Bark
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2 Luck of the Fryish
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3 Leela's Homeworld
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4 Time Keeps on Slipping
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5 The Sting
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Quote from: I Love a Magician on December 14, 2006, 02:00:22 AM
what about that episode of the fresh prince when will's dad comes back
that tears me apart
boom here it is (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NxU9fOz_TJg)
that's the bomb diggity.
i'm always a little moved by the end of The Why of Fry
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All of those and (I'm sorry, I don't know how to make screen caps for TV shows) the episode where Fry becomes brilliant via ringworms in his stomach, and gains Leela's affections. After he loses the worms, when he starts to re-learn the instrument he was playing...
Well, I found that touching.
And Leela's Homeworld was the one that got to me the most. I would have full-on cried if I could have (botched facelift).
Quote from: I Love a Magician on December 14, 2006, 02:00:22 AM
what about that episode of the fresh prince when will's dad comes back
that tears me apart
boom here it is (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NxU9fOz_TJg)
I'm at work and just watched that during my lunch break and when I took off the headphones, I turn around and this woman that works with me just goes "that's my favorite scene, I cry every time" and she was, in fact, crying.
She couldn't even hear it.
sorry for jumping on the bandwagon but i saw it today for the first time and i ended up in tears. sorry
Great list, P. Those get me every time.
I've seen all of those except "Jurassic Park," and I totally agree with the other four. Futurama's the only show on TV now that gets to me.
Quote from: Chest Rockwell on December 14, 2006, 05:07:52 PM
I've seen all of those except "Jurassic Park," and I totally agree with the other four. Futurama's the only show on TV now that gets to me.
jurassic bark
My bad.
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The Future for Futurama
Matt Groening explains how you'll be seeing new Futurama adventures both on DVD and on TV.
After the recent TCA panel on The Simpsons, IGN was present as Matt Groening was asked several questions about the upcoming return of his other series, Futurama. Groening explained how Futurama's revival came about thanks to, "A great run on the Cartoon Network in reruns." He also added that, "The DVDs sold really well, and we followed the model of Family Guy, which was also cancelled by FOX, and then the DVDs sold so well, they brought it back."
Originally, the first rumors on Futurama coming back in some form were regarding straight to DVD movies. Word then came that Comedy Central would be airing brand new episodes of the show, but Groening clarified that both of these things are actually correct. Recalling what lead to the return of the show, Groening said, "[20th Century] Fox came to [fellow executive producer] David X. Cohen and myself and said, 'Why don't you do a Futurama movie, straight to DVD? And we said, 'Well, why not two movies?' And they said, 'Why not three movies?' And we said, 'Okay. Why not four?' They said, 'Okay. That's enough!'"
Groening then elaborated that, "We're doing four movies. Four straight to DVD movies. And then we're gonna reconfigure those and re-edit them and expand upon them and turn them into 16 episodes, that are gonna be on Comedy Central." Groening stressed that there would be some notable differences in the versions of Futurama that air on Comedy Central versus the DVD releases. "Re-edited is a modest way of saying it," Groening observed. "We can't just chop it up, because they have to be self-contained episodes. They won't be exactly the same [content]. We're re-editing and adding material."
Asked if the four DVDs will come out at the same time the episodes air, Groening replied, "I'm not sure exactly what the schedule is. I'm not sure. I think the first DVD comes out at the end of 2007, for the Christmas season. And the show will begin at the beginning of 2008."
As to whether reassembling his old collaborators on the show was difficult, Groening said, "No, everybody had such a good time on Futurama, that we got everyone back. The entire cast. The same animation house, Rough Draft. The same writers. And it's really been fun."
We asked Groening if FOX would possibly consider putting Futurama back on their network. "What a good idea! Maybe, maybe. I hope so. That'd be great," he replied, before adding, "By the way, that's me saying maybe. That's not them!"
Quote from: Matt Groening
"We followed the model of Family Guy..."
mmm... out of context goodness. pubrick, a rebuttal?
Quote from: modage on February 06, 2007, 03:26:28 PM
Quote from: Matt Groening
"We followed the model of Family Guy..."
mmm... out of context goodness. pubrick, a rebuttal?
matt groening can eat a dick. all he's good at is making characters and making money. he obviously admires FG for the latter.
Quote from: Pubrick on February 06, 2007, 05:15:10 PM
matt groening can eat a dick. all he's good at is making characters and making money.
and life in hell.
i really dislike this idea of movies + recut with added material episodes. it makes the movies kind of obsolete.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471711/
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
Plot Outline: Planet Express sees a hostile takeover and Bender falls into the hands of criminals where he is used to fulfill their schemes.
Status: Post-production
Status Updated: 4 May 2007
Bender Gets Future Stock.
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http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/benders-big-score.html
Fox Home Entertainment has sent over artwork for Bender's Big Score - the first new "Futurama" programming since 2003. This feature length release will be available to own from the 27th November, and should retail at around $19.99. According to our friends at TVShowsOnDVD.com, extras will include a complete commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, and cast members, an all new, full-length episode of "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad", including TV commercials of the future, a Mind-bending Futurama math lecture by Professor Sarah Greenwald, and a promo for "An Inconvenient Truth" starring Bender and Al Gore, including commentary by the former Vice President. We've attached the art below:
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yay. the day before my birthday. the question is: do we have to buy these movies or are they going to be split up into season boxset things?
Well, I think I may buy them separately as opposed to as some sort of season, unless they include the Everybody Loves Hypnotoad and the various features in the big boxset.
TRAILER! (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1779109)
please don't simpsonify, please don't simpsonify, please don't simpsonify.. and so on.
hopefully they're saving the good jokes for the actual thing.
Quote from: Hedwig on October 08, 2007, 07:12:54 PM
TRAILER! (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1779109)
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Awwwww...
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=31358
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Fox // Unrated // $29.99 // November 27, 2007
Review by Aaron Beierle | posted November 12, 2007 | E-mail the Author | Start a Discussion
Review:
"Simpsons" creator Matt Groening's "Futurama" started its run overshadowed by its creator's immensely more popular creation, but after a while, a funny thing happen: "Futurama" got funny - really funny. The characters developed and the writing became more inspired, turning "Futurama" into a cult hit. However, there was a problem - the series was often interrupted by football on Sundays, and the gaps between airings resulted in declining ratings. Not given enough support by the network, the series was eventually cancelled.
For those unfamiliar, "Futurama" focused on the adventures of Fry (Billy West), a former Pizza Boy accidentially frozen in time on December 31, 1999. In the pilot episode, Fry falls into a suspended animation machine, waking up a thousand years later. After he realizes where he's gone, he finds out that his new "life assignment" is to ... be a delivery boy, which he's too happy about. Fry escapes from Leela (Katey Sagal), to look for his great (times about 50) nephew Professor Farnsworth. Once he meets Farnsworth and gets things worked out, he and new friends robot Bender and Leela are hired for the intergalactic delivery service. Also working at the service are squid-like Dr. Zoidberg (Billy West), bureaucrat Hermes (Phil LaMarr), and Amy Wong (Lauren Tom).
However (yes, there's another however), much like "Family Guy", "Futurama" surprised executives by selling well on DVD, making it seem like another show cancelled too early. Unfortunately, the solution wasn't bringing "Futurama" back on TV, but we do get the next best thing: this direct-to-DVD movie, "Bender's Big Score". The movie opens with a not-so-subtle dig at the network that cancelled the series, as Professor Farnsworth informs the group that they were fired two years ago when the Box Network (parts of the B in the sign flicker) cancelled their delivery license. A phone call a short time later informs the group that not only have the executives that cancelled their license been fired, but that they have been made into a product called "Fresh Ground Executive", which has a surprising amount of uses.
The film has the group conned by a group of nudist aliens who gather email addresses by passing around a petition for various "causes". When they send a series of spam emails to Bender, he downloads an "obey" virus and Farnsworth accidentally signs over the company. The aliens take over the company (with the assistance of Bender) and find an even bigger score when they uncover a secret code on Fry's butt that unlocks the ability to time travel.
Rather than steal things from the past themselves, they send Bender back to do the work for them - including an order to terminate Fry when he uses the time travel code in order to escape back to his old time. The scammers eventually take over Earth one scam at a time, forcing humanity to evacuate Earth to head to Neptune, where they mount a mission to get back their home, with the help of Al Gore and the evil Robot Santa. We also get to find out what happened to a duplicate of Fry who stayed behind in 2000.
"Bender's Big Score" is an absolutely wonderful return for the series, as not only does the film deliver a clever (a late twist is not only unexpected, but rather sweet) and often hysterical time travel tale, but a film that will both please fans (who get some references to episodes, as well as the return of supporting players Nibbler, Zapp Branigan and Kiff) and hook in newcomers. Additionally, the fairly common practice of Groening taking shots at fellow animated series "Family Guy" (which has fired a few shots back at Groening's "The Simpsons") continues here, as there is a brief and rather harsh sight gag later in the movie involving a "Family Guy" calendar.
As much as I liked "Futurama" (although especially later seasons, as the show continued to get funnier in later years as it developed characters and built further upon the concept), I found "Bender's Big Score" exceeded my expectations, as despite the direct-to-DVD nature of the flick, it really feels like a full feature film and not an extended episode with a lot of filler. I'm looking forward to the next film (which will apparently come out early in 2008), and hopefully if these direct-to-DVD films are successful, Fox will consider bringing back the series.
Note - the film does end with a cliffhanger, and the commentary notes that there will be three more "Futurama" features.
The DVD
VIDEO: "Bender's Big Score" is presented by 20th Century Fox in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. The screening copy of the film that was provided offered perfectly fine image quality, with the only concern being some slight shimmering. However, this is still not the final copy and unfortunately, I cannot make any final comments on it, as the final copy will likely offer differing (and hopefully better) image quality.
SOUND: The film is presented by Fox in Dolby Digital 5.1. The film's soundtrack is generally a straightforward effort, with some surround usage here-and-there for laser fire and other effects. However, the majority of the audio is spread across the front speakers. Audio quality was fine, with crisp dialogue and effects.
EXTRAS: Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, actor Billy West, director Dwayne Carey-Hill, Claudia Katz, actor John DiMaggio, actor Phil LaMarr and writer Ken Keeler offer a commentary for the movie. The whole gang is happy to be back, and this commentary sees them all having a lot of fun chatting about bringing these characters back for the first of four films.
"Everybody Loves Hypnotoad" is a full 20+ minutes of the "Hypnotoad" bit from the movie. Three deleted scenes are presented without commentary and in storyboard form. The cast returns again for "Futurama Returns!", which is a live reading of the new "Futurama" comic. The "Futurama" promo for "An Inconvenient Truth" is offered, along with video commentary from Al Gore, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen.
"Bite My Shiny Metal X" proves that "Futurama" can be educational and entertaining, as this featurette actually has the creators listing to (and participating in) a math lecture. We also get the original draft of the screenplay, 3-D models/turnarounds, new character sketches and the 5-minute Comic Con promo.
Final Thoughts: I really enjoyed "Futurama" and was eagerly looking forward to its return here. However, as much as I was looking forward to "Bender's Big Score", I'm pleased to say it was actually better than I'd expected, with a clever plot and a lot of big laughs. I have to say, I really missed these characters, and it's great to have them back. Recommended.
A friend's friend worked on these movies. I've seen Bender's Big Score. It's got a lot of in jokes and some new ones. You know that one time Pubrick was talking about how Futurama has the whole universe to draw from and that's why its comedy potential is greater than The Simpsons? Well as far out into the comedy universe as Bender's Big Score reaches it never feels like its getting ridiculous. I think it does feel like the characters are starting again from a stop, but the energy and comedy is there, and I can't wait to see the one after this. It's 89 minutes so that's like a chunk away from being four episodes and I'll say that I probably laughed out loud four episodes worth. There was also a fair amount of expectations involved so it'd probably be better on a repeated viewing too. Oh it's get kind of a cool plot too, Primerish.
Quoteas there is a brief and rather harsh sight gag later in the movie involving a "Family Guy" calendar.
This joke
spoiled:
Family Guy: Twelve laughs a year.
This line is in case you read the bottom of posts first. So you aren't spoiled.
so happy with this movie. it has all the hilarity and heart the show is known for, and manages to explore new territory AND expand on things from the past AND it is just really fucking funny. the story is crazy, there are like a million layers! i love the new characters too. NUDAR especially is hysterical.
SPOILERS: the family guy joke was good but even better were the hilariously vicious jabs at Fox. my favorite was when the professor says "we're back on the air!" and nobody knows what the hell he's talking about. anyway i have to admit i was pretty surprised by the ending, i wasn't thinking ahead cause i was so caught up in this insane story. this is up there with some of the best stories in the series. it's like Time Keeps on Slippin on a more tremendous scale. ken keeler is a god amongst men. END SPOILERS
i agree with horse, the energy is still there. i'd say i laughed about four episodes worth too, and a few times i was laughing really hard. i can't wait for the next one... and the actual return of the show. i was excited for this movie and now i'm even more excited.
it's good to be back in the futurama universe.
I agree, this movie was hilarious. As a fan of the show, I was not disappointed. The film references past episodes many times, especially the pilot. I'm sure a non-fan would have enjoyed the film without knowing the references. The story is more complex and twisty than on an average episode, but like w/o horse said, it doesn't get out of control.
SPOILER Fry turning out to be Lars was a similar development to Fry being his own grandfather, but it was nonetheless a creative and funny story SPOILER
Fuck yeah. This rules.
Hermes getting his body sewn on backwards and Zoidberg going "I thought you liked it. You're tail was wagging" had me on the floor dying.
Thanks guys! The trailer made me lose faith and your reviews have made me feel badly for ever supposing that this new Futurama movie could have been anything less than stellar. Color me psyched again!
David Cohen on Futurama
IGN looks into the future for more intel!
Futurama fans, unite! Last week, we had the chance to sit down with Futurama writer/producer David X. Cohen to chat about widely-loved show.
IGN TV: Can you talk a bit about how you'll turn these DVD movies into television episodes?
David Cohen: Well first of all, Comedy Central is taking over the re-runs of Futurama on January 1st, for anyone who hasn't heard that already. They're currently planning on airing it in prime-time, though things could change. That's the plan. It's a huge show of support from Comedy Central. And as part of that, they're going to get these DVDs. And we're breaking them down into four part episodes so that they can air them as TV shows. We're not going to go too crazy and cut them up into four nonsensical episodes. We've written them knowing in advance so that they had these dramatic twists along the way. So we stop at a dramatic point in the episode and it says "To be continued..." and then in the next one we'll have a "previously on Futurama" catch-up segment at the beginning. Even when it comes back to TV, we want it to be an epic return and not a crazy mish-mash. So it'll be a four episode arc for each movie. And I think that'll work a lot better than trying some crazy editing tricks on it.
IGN TV: So will there be much new footage that will be on TV that wasn't on the DVD?
Cohen: There's several minutes of footage that were on the DVD that will not be in the episodes, and there are a few little treats that'll be in the episodes and not on the DVD. We do want to reward everybody who watches Futurama in any form. For example in the episodes, there will be an advertisement for Morbo's executive powder - a fake advertisement that was not in the DVD. It's a powder which is made from ground up Fox Network executives and in the future this powder is used to cure jock-itch and as an explosive and scouring powder and that kind of thing. There's also some new little animations to go with the "previously on" segments, and little touches like that.
IGN TV: Will the episodes be letterboxed?
Cohen: Initially as episodes they'll be going full screen. That's how we were asked to deliver them. Another example of why you should buy the DVD and watch them on TV! But my current understanding is that they plan to air it fullscreen.
IGN TV: The writers really seem to put great effort into the actual science fiction elements that go into the show, certainly above and beyond what you would expect from an animated comedy. Has that always been the goal?
Cohen: That was a lesson we learned along the way. At first we didn't know how much people could take in terms of sci-fi. And whether we should just make fun of the sci-fi, or we should really go for it as our plot-lines. As we gradually found, is that if we took the sci-fi seriously and made the humor of the show more about the characters and their reactions to these crazy sci-fi situations that we put them into, taking the sci-fi seriously - those seem to be our best episodes. And the episodes that the fans would give the highest ratings on discussion boards and so forth. We decided to really go for it with the sci-fi in our return to life here. Hence there's this gigantic time travel story with Bender rampaging through time and stealing Earth's treasures - and shooting a big gun and that kind of stuff. At the same though we did want to keep the character stuff alive. The very best episodes of the show were the ones that did both things, took the sci-fi seriously and had a touching story. So we attempted to do that with the movie, but on a grander scale. So there's the huge sci-fi story, and a personal story involving Fry and Leela and those characters and their emotions. So without giving away too much, I'm eager to see when this hits the shelf what people think and whether we pulled it off. If we did you will be both touched and amazed by the craziness of the sci-fi that we went for.
IGN TV: When you're breaking these stories and developing the sci-fi angle did you ever think "Isn't this an animated comedy? We're working too hard!"
Cohen: (laughs) They're not contradictory. We were actually worried about it at first. The comedy works better when you take the drama seriously, and you believe that the characters are real, more, if they're actually scared in a dramatic situation. The basic rule of thumb is that you can put the characters in any kind of crazy situation as long as their reactions are those that a real person would have. Even if the character is not a person but a robot or a lobster, they have to behave in a way that a person can sympathize with. That's kind of our operating principle and it seems that once you believe these characters are people, then you're able to laugh at the jokes they're making, more so. All of these things work together in a way that we didn't really understand ourselves at first, but I think we gradually came to appreciate that they're not contradictory. And actually when you make fun of the science fiction and start to make jokes on it, people don't appreciate that. They want us to take it seriously because there are a lot of sci-fi fans in our audience.
IGN TV: First there was Family Guy and now Futurama coming back from certain doom after the success of repeats and DVD sales. Do you think this is a trend - or is there something about animation that allows for this kind of resurgence?
Cohen: Well, [DVD sales and repeats] are both signs that the fans stuck with the show and FOX just took a while to notice that. When Family Guy came back that was the first time that we dared to really hope that we might come back to life. We had kind of hoped before, but we had thought it was a long-shot. When that happened there was a clear precedent and it became obvious that there was a possible way of doing business now that did not involve going on the network at all and just doing DVDs and cable TV. Once we had that example we knew we had a fighting chance and here we are. So yeah, we definitely owe Family Guy also for paving the way for us.
IGN TV: How did this idea come about to mix the TV episodes with the DVDs and construct them in this way?
Cohen: It was sort of a fortuitous thing that right when we started talking to Fox Television Studio (not the network) about doing these DVD movies - at the same time Comedy Central entered the mix because they were talking about acquiring the rights to the re-runs after Cartoon Network's five year window expired, which is on December 31st. So by a strike of luck, those two conversations were going on at the same time. So FOX said hey, if we can deliver these to you as sixteen new episodes and make them epic four part episodes that nobody has ever seen on TV before, are you interested? And they said yes. So it was just luck of the draw that those two conversations were happening at once. Again, Comedy Central has been super supportive and as far as I know they're planning to show the series in prime time again, so we've kind of come full circle. It's been a long and difficult road but we may be back in prime time again.
IGN TV: So tell me, are Futurama writers ready to take credit for Al Gore's post-Vice Presidency popularity?
Cohen: I am! I'll take it. It works both ways. I like to think we're both mutually leeching off of each other. Because obviously he first appeared on the show before he was riding high, and has sine won every prize in the book from the Oscar to the Nobel prize. But this is his third appearance on the show, as fans will know. And by the way, we took inspiration from him and we made this a "carbon neutral" production. It's actually FOX Home Video's first carbon neutral DVD meaning that Newscorp really wants to go down that road and they investigated for us and calculated exactly how much carbon we were putting into the air in terms of our computer usage and commuting and every little thing and then the physical production of the DVD itself and they tried to reduce the use of plastic and stuff where possible and then they invested in clean power technology to remove the carbon in the air from dirty power to cancel out the rest of it. So Newscorp really went all out to back us up on that amazingly so. Credit to Al Gore for inspiring us. There's actually a sticker on the box with the Professor's head on fire from global warming. So we tried to note this on the box, and hopefully people will notice.
IGN TV: You have three more DVD movies planned?
Cohen: The other three are all written and in Korea being animated as we speak. So people are asking us and the cast questions about the first movie. I've actually seen it more recently, but for the cast members the fourth one is what is fresh in their mind. The lead time is so long to make an animated movie that the year and a half it took us is very fast by animated standards. We started working on this literally more than a year and a half ago. But the other three are fully in the animation process.
IGN TV: So tell us what to expect from the next three, and what's in store after that.
Cohen: Well after that I just have my fingers crossed again. The second movie, some people may be wondering when they see this first DVD if we're going to pick up where it leaves off - as there are some unanswered questions. We could have gone either way and either said "Ah, it's a cartoon" and forgotten about them, or we could pick up and answer them. The answer is that yes we pick-up where the second leaves off and we are going to answer unanswered questions. The second one guest stars David Cross as this really disgusting planet-sized monster from another universe who has a simultaneous with all living beings in our universe. It's very disgusting, but touching of course. It also guest stars Brittany Murphy and Stephen Hawking who is back for his second appearance on Futurama and then the third one is our first real foray into the fantasy world as opposed to straight sci-fi, so like Dungeons and Dragons-style fantasy. And amazingly we've never done a whole episode on that before so we're going to go gung-ho into that. You'll get to see the fantasy versions of all of our characters so I think it's going to be really visually impressive one. I'm eager to see that when it comes back. And the fourth one, because for all we know could be the last Futurama we ever do, is another real epic sci-fi story that involves this ancient battle that's been going on for billions of years and our crew of course ends up in the middle of that. It ends on a real sweet notes and we'll be content with that if it's the last we ever do. In answer to what comes next, basically we once again cross our fingers hard and see how the sales go on the DVDs and the viewership on Comedy Central and obviously hope for that phone call to come again. And my secret hope that I tell every single person, thus becoming less secret by the minute, is they'll call up and say "Hey, let's do a feature film!" Because not only do we have the example that the fans can bring these shows back as DVD movies and more episodes, but from The Simpsons movie they now see that these animated shows can make a transition to feature film. So I'm hoping they'll combine all the evidence together and bring us back as a feature film.
Quote from: MacGuffin on December 05, 2007, 10:50:27 AM
Cohen: So yeah, we definitely owe Family Guy also for paving the way for us.
i just want to take this out of context so pubricks head can explode!
Quote from: modage on December 05, 2007, 11:18:53 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin on December 05, 2007, 10:50:27 AM
Cohen: So yeah, we definitely owe Family Guy also for paving the way for us.
i just want to take this out of context so pubricks head can explode!
ha, it's not really infuriating because i'm sure he cringed or shuddered as soon as he said it. the writer just didn't make note of it as the following examples show, he's not one to double-check the shit he writes:
Quote from: MacGuffin on December 05, 2007, 10:50:27 AM
to chat about widely-loved show.
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this really disgusting planet-sized monster from another universe who has a simultaneous with all living beings in our universe.
the first one doesn't matter, it's just a blurb. but the second omission is really pissing me off, a simultaneous WHAT?? fucking idiot IGN.. it's not like it's the most crucial part of the whole sentence or anything.
so yeah, dude X Cohen probly vomited all over himself after he said that, but don't trust IGN to actually do their job and describe shit as it happened.
not enuff jokes after the first half hour.
loved it anyway, amazing feature-worthy story. favourite part was al gore "ONE GALLON OF GAS". and leela's butt.
will have huge replay value. this is a show that really understands its potential and doesn't take anything for granted, unlike other resurrected carcasses of festering has-been never-was no-talent crap.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Futurama-Beast-With-A-Billion-Backs/9081
Futurama - Release Date, Cost, Extras, & More for The Beast with a Billion Backs ***Updated***
2nd Direct-to-DVD Futurama Feature Coming in June!
Posted by David Lambert
2/28/2008
This past November we all celebrated the return of Futurama with the new direct-to-DVD feature Bender's Big Score. It was the first of 4 such productions that we've been told are coming. They also plan to take each of these four features, break them into four parts, and air those sixteen parts as "Season 5" of the series on Comedy Central later on! But we get to enjoy them first on DVD.
When Futurama - Bender's Big Score came out, Best Buy had one of their exclusive bonus disc promotions with it: a second disc in specially marked boxes which had a couple of animatics for Bender's Big Score, but also a "pencil" (black-and-white outline) preview of the second feature, Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs. At the bottom you can see a number of screen captures from that preview, giving you an idea of what to expect. The 3rd feature is going to be called "Bender's Game", and the 4th is titled "Into the Wild Green Yonder". Not much is known yet about either, but George Takei (Star Trek, Heroes) is among the voice cast in Bender's Game, per the IMDB.
However, we've got a lot to tell you about Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs, starting with the release date of June 24th! This 90-minute production will cost $24.98 SRP, but can be pre-ordered from DVDEmpire for just $14.99 right this moment.
Update: We've been told by Fox that the description and information sent to retailers regarding this title is 100% incorrect. Because of this we've removed it from the story in an effort to curb the flow of incorrect information regarding this title. We're also told that the bonus material hasn't been finalized, and will change, so please treat the following list as extremely tentative, and extremely likely to be changed (edited by Gord Lacey).
Video will be Anamorphic Widescreen: 1.78:1, and audio is going to be English - Dolby Surround 5.1. Subtitles will be in English, French and Spanish. Retailers have been given access to the following list of extras (which will change):
• Commentary Track
• Extra Episode from an XBox game
• Commentary Track for the XBox game's episode
• Animatic for Beast with a Billion Backs
• Deleted Scenes / Storyboards
• Blooper Reel / Record Sessions
• 3D Models / 3D Turnarounds - With Audio Description
• Celebrity Featurette: David Cross
• Bender or Cast Reads Credits
• Bender sings his version of the Futurama Song (which consists solely of "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass" or "Bender is Great!")
• New Character / Design Sketches
Stay tuned for box art and any further updates we get for this release. For now, here are the promised preview pictures:
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Second Futurama DVD In June
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release the second of four new Futurama movies, The Beast With a Billion Backs, on DVD June 24.
The company described the movie this way: In their latest extraterrestrial exploit, Bender, Fry, Leela and the crew encounter a repulsive, planet-sized creature with billions of probing tentacles and find themselves involved in a disturbing--yet sensuous--interplanetary love story.
The movie will feature guest voice performances from David Cross, Brittany Murphy, Dan Castellaneta and physicist Stephen Hawking.
Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs also features bonus materials, including commentary from Matt Groening and David X. Cohen and cast members Billy West, John DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche, as well as director Peter Avanzino and producers Claudia Katz, Lee Supercinski and Michael Rowe. Other extras include a 30-minute "Lost Futurama Adventure" and behind-the-scenes featurettes "Meet Yivo!" (with David Cross) and "A Brief History of Deathball," as well as a sneak peek at the next Futurama movie, Bender's Game. The disc also contains storyboard animatics, deleted scenes and bloopers. Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs will carry a suggested retail price of $29.98.
holy shit, does nobody care about futurama anymore?
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released on election day.
I care... just after Beast With a Billion Backs, and the preview it contained for this, my level of enthusiasm has dropped considerably.
Which is not to say I'm not excited and grateful that there is new Futurama to watch, regardless of comparative quality. I just might be more excited if I didn't see "Beast..." and this wasn't a sendup on role-playing games... something I know absolutely nothing about.
That aside... the Blu-Ray has been ordered and I'll watch it the moment it arrives... hopefully repeatedly.
references are not the same as jokes.
Futurama: Green Yonder Due In Feb.
The fourth and final straight-to-DVD Futurama movie, Into The Wild Green Yonder, drops on DVD and Blu-ray disc on Feb. 24, 2009, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment announced.
The film guest-stars illusionist Penn Jillette, hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg, talk-radio host Phil Hendrie and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.
Fans will discover the truth about "Number 9 Man," a mysterious character from the earliest days of the series.
Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder includes audio commentary from Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, writers and animators, a making-of mockumentary, deleted scenes, a How to Draw Futurama feature, Bender's Movie Theater Etiquette, Zapp Brannigan's Guide to Making Love at a Woman and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NeQ6aGWX74
http://www.collider.com/2009/06/07/exclusive-comedy-central-goes-back-to-the-futurama/
Exclusive: Comedy Central Goes Back to the FUTURAMA
by Cal Kemp Posted:June 7th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Good news everybody! An inside source has revealed exclusively to Collider that "Futurama" has been given a 13 episode order by Comedy Central. Though still technically a rumor at this point, word is that "Futurama" production offices have already opened and that casting is about to move forward.
This should be a welcome surprise to fans of the show who have already gone through the series' cancellation and resurrection as direct-to-DVD movies.
Look for official word in the very near future. Though animation has a big lead time, I would guess on some kind of "Futurama" presence at Comic Con next month.
If you're excited by the news, say it in the comments below!
IM EXCITED BY THE NEWS
Casting? What the fuck kind of casting do they need to do? The original cast better come back.
So will the series pick up after the last movie?
That will certainly be weird.
The three originals are coming back for over 20 new episodes
'Futurama' without original voices?
Talks between Fox TV, cast members break down
Source: Variety
When "Futurama" returns to TV next year, it might be without the show's original voice cast.
Talks have broken down between 20th Century Fox TV and stars Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille over how much they should be paid to take part in the show.
The studio announced last month that it would produce 26 new episodes of "Futurama," and that Comedy Central was on board to begin airing the new episodes in mid-2010. As part of the announcement, the show's producers said stars including West, Sagal and DiMaggio had all signed on to return.
Turns out that wasn't true.
The stars had all expressed interest in returning. But with the budget for "Futurama" dramatically slashed, the salary offers came in well below what the thesps were asking.
As a result, 20th has put out a casting call to find replacement voice actors for the show.
It's not the first time 20th has gone that route during a tough negotiation on one of its toons. The studio previously made a similar move on "The Simpsons" when it couldn't come to a deal with its stars. Casting feelers were sent out for replacements, but a deal was eventually made with the original cast.
The situation is unusual this time around in that 20th and Comedy Central have been kicking around ways to make "Futurama," originally produced for a broadcast network (Fox), make financial sense for a cable run. Yet there's also still a possibility -- and a window built in -- for "Futurama" to run on a broadcast network first.
It's believed that the "Futurama" cast members were asking for around $75,000 per episode; it was not clear what 20th was offering. Calls to the voice stars' reps were not immediately returned.
Created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, "Futurama" originally aired on Fox from 1999 to 2003. The success of the show's repeats on DVD and cable, as well as a series of first-run DVD releases, led to the decision to revive "Futurama."
Other costs slashed in the process led to a smaller writing staff and a shorter delivery schedule.
"We love the 'Futurama' voice performers and absolutely wanted to use them, but unfortunately, we could not meet their salary demands," 20th Century Fox TV said in a statement. "While replacing these talented actors will be difficult, the show must go on. We are confident that we will find terrific new performers to give voice to Matt and David's brilliantly subversive characters."
Absolutely not. Shut the fucker down.
I WILL NOT WATCH.
seth mcfarlane's gonna do all the voices. wait and see.
^lol
These fucking voice actors need to shut the fuck up. What is Katey Segal doing anyway?!?!
Quote from: Gamblour. on July 18, 2009, 11:46:37 PM
These fucking voice actors need to shut the fuck up.
marquee.
Futurama is a poor man's Futurama.
What film is your avatar of Julianne Moore from Hedwig?
'Futurama' cast returning for reboot
Original voices ink deal; end spat with Fox
Source: Variety
The "Futurama" characters won't be sporting new voices after all.
The five "Futurama" cast members -- John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille -- have just sealed pacts with 20th Century Fox TV to return to the show as it reboots with 26 new episodes for Comedy Central.
Both the actors and 20th are believed to have found a compromise. Move comes after 20th put out a casting call earlier this month to find replacement actors for the show.
"We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back," creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen said in a statement. "The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters."
The studio announced in June that it would produce 26 new episodes of "Futurama," and that Comedy Central was on board to begin airing the new episodes in mid-2010. As part of the announcement, the show's producers said stars including West, Sagal and DiMaggio had all signed on to return.
Turns out they hadn't and talks broke down as the studio and actors were wildly apart on episodic salary.
It wasn't the first time 20th had gone that route during a tough negotiation on one of its animated shows. The studio once made a similar move on "The Simpsons" when it couldn't come to a deal with that show's stars; although casting feelers were sent out, a deal was eventually made, just as in this case.
20th and Comedy Central have been kicking around ways to make "Futurama," originally produced for a broadcast network (Fox), make financial sense for a cable run.
It was believed that the "Futurama" cast were asking for around $75,000 per episode, although the actors have said their request was actually much lower than that. It was not clear what 20th was offering.
Created by Groening and Cohen, "Futurama" originally aired on Fox from 1999 to 2003. The success of the show's repeats on DVD and cable, as well as a series of first-run DVD releases, led to the decision to revive "Futurama."
Other costs that were slashed in the process led to a smaller writing staff and a shorter delivery schedule.
YES!!!! Though I knew it would happen this way.
The voice actors for the show are some of the best, at least that I'm aware of. If they really ended up getting new people, the show would implode on itself.
http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2010-3-4-new-futurama-episodes-premiere-on-comedy-central-in-june
New 'Futurama' episodes premiere on Comedy Central in June
Billy West, John DiMaggio and Katey Sagal and the full vocal cast will also be back
Published on Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 By Daniel Fienberg
New episodes of the resurrected animation favorite "Futurama" will return to Comedy Central in June.
Comedy Central sources confirm to HitFix that Thursday, June 24 at 10:00 p.m. is currently set to be the premiere of the first new half-hour episode of "Futurama"since 2003.
"Futurama" launched in 1999 on FOX and aired through 2003. Adult Swim and then Comedy Central kept the show alive in repeats, with Comedy Central giving a home to extra-long "Futurama" episodes "Bender's Big Score," "The Beast with a Billion Backs," "Bender's Game" and "Into the Wild Green Yonder."
Ratings for the constantly recycled repeats, as well as DVD sales, helped to spur talk of a comeback and, in June of 2009, Comedy Central announced that the network had ordered 26 new episodes to premiere starting this year.
Fan enthusiasm was temporarily tempered by overblown reports that the vocal talent including Billy West, John DiMaggio and Katey Sagal might be replaced for the run of new episodes. Eventually, the full cast reached new agreements and Philip Fry, Bender, Leela and the rest of the "Futurama" gang will sound very much like you're used to them sounding.
Created by David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, "Futurama" won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in 2002.
I can't wait till this thread blows up in three months.
Can't believe no one's posted here yet since Rebirth. So glad Futurama is back. Been marathoning with the old DVDs after the first two new eps premiered last week. Tonight's ep is pretty great too. Loved the sendup of the iPhone. Better than anything posted in that Apple thread.
Man, I wish I had cable. I was at a bar on a slow night, but also friends with the owner anyway, so he put on Futurama on the big screens and that was cool. But I'll be missing it tonight.
I guess this thread didn't really blow up after all.
But they have been very humorous, I assure you all.
The show's as good as ever, though what's with the topical (iPhone) or not-so-topical (Susan Boyle, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) references?
Where can I stream these new episodes?
I've been watching them all here:
http://www.futurama-stream.com/latest-episodes
Clean and simple.
Really enjoyed the last episode. Language mavins will love the running joke of Mom's robot extermination squad -- especially the last exchange.
ROBOT 1: But I don't see how it sur--
ROBOT 2: Someone said HOWITZER!!!
* they all shoot each other.
Beautiful.
But even better is they gave a little heart to the most boring character on the show, and tied together an unlikely combination of characters in the process. It's interesting how the past three episodes have had these odder pairings -- Bender and Amy, Fry and the Professor, and now Bender and Hermes. What's next? Zoidberg and Scruffy? ...well, maybe not after Scruffy tried to cook him.
That reminds me of a joke I made up when I was a kid.
PERSON 1: These Zoohoos are pretty good.
PERSON 2: They're called Yoohoos, with a Y, not Z.
PERSON 1: NAZI???
(starts shooting wildly)
Anyway, I've been disappointed with the recent episodes. They're clearly attempting to be topical, but it takes too long for them to produce an episode for it to work. For example, the episodes about the "eyePhone" and the Da Vinci Code. A lot of the jokes are still pretty good, but the stories are not as strong, and the character stuff has been kind of slapdash. In the robosexuality episode, Amy and Kif break up, Amy is suddenly in love with Bender, then in the last minute of the episode, it all goes back to the way it was. Futurama used to stick with its relationship developments. The everything-back-to-normal deal is more of a contemporary Simpsons structure.
But I've yet to see the newest episode.
The Late Philip J. Fry SPOILERS
PROF: Just slow down. I'll shoot Hitler out the window. (fires gun) Aw, hit Eleanor Roosevelt by mistake.
Love it. Funny and poignant, one of the best episodes ever.
And to be fair, Futurama rarely sticks with its development, especially re: Leela and Fry. But we can give them a pass there.
This season is far from a let down (besides the Susan Boyle joke as a black hole of comedy, even though it's voiced by Craig Ferguson, which would otherwise could've been a great guest voice).
This is why I don't like cats.
I keep flipping back and forth as to whether or not I like this season. The episodes are fine, but they don't seem to have as much rewatch value as seasons prior.
They're still online for free on that site Matt posted a while ago, so I have the ability to rewatch them and maybe get a better gauge of it, but something seems off. The writing is there, the characters are still with their sharply defined personas, but the storylines seem like they wanted to tackle such huge, current issues coming right back out of the gate. I'm not sure how else they could've come off doing it, but at least they didn't turn into Family Guy or anything.
This may be over-excitement because of uncertainty of the new episodes, but this new one Clockwork Origin is pretty incredible. It seamlessly taps into a lot of amazing themes and ideas that Futurama dances around but never completely submerges in because of how much depth there is to cover. But the whole episode makes incredible parallels between creation and evolution, on top of that, it suggests the next step of evolution could be technology.
Please someone else see this so we can discuss this.
I did. It's not as emotional as The Late Philip J. Fry, but it was a very solid episode. It was very balanced, I think, in showing both sides of the coin (love the ape professor -- the missing link calls back to that Late Philip episode where they see the statues of different races taking each other over -- people, apes, birds, cows, blobs, etc), and approaching things in a novel way (no matter how implausible -- though, that is the essence of science fiction). I can't get behind the idea that technology evolves of its own volition, but what came of that idea was one of the most original episodes of anything I can remember seeing. It reminded me of that short blurb in one of the Futurama movies where the snake and the frog, in different phases of evolution, usurp each other in order to survive. I think it was To The Wild Green Yonder.
Two great episodes in a row. Last night's was just a riot in every way imaginable, with a great little punctuation, bringing back the Globetrotters with the quad-screen brain swap as icing on the top! Loved the scene with Scruffy and Amy especially -- er, whatever that bucket was called. :) There's just so much to say that was right with this episode -- Prof. and Zoidberg's date, Leela porking out, Hermes getting slim, Bender as the acrobatic stunt devil who saves the day. Classic.
I wouldn't have known about this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Futurama_Holiday_Spectacular) if it weren't for EW. At least it's good for something. I always really liked the Anthology of Interest episodes, so hopefully this'll be of the same quality. Last episode this year was kind of blah, but still looking forward to when it comes back in 2011.
Did RK ever get cable?
Quote from: Stefen on November 13, 2010, 09:33:57 PM
Did RK ever get cable?
HAHA... I did, but I barely have time to watch Futurama anymore.
Gentlemen (and la... dy?). Set your DVRs. It's back Thursday night!
Something's not working about this show.
I figured what it is .The characters aren't funny. And what's up with the actors? It's as if their hearts arent into the whole thing anymore. They're just reading lines, annoyingly.
i've watched the past two out of commitment to the idea of futurama, but i haven't enjoyed any. and that last episode before they went to mid season was the biggest middle finger a show has given to me.
Pubrick: thoughts? it's been a while since i've read your opinions on this show and the simpsons, and i consider you an eminence on those two.
good episode. much less noisy.
Futurama Volume 5 Blu-Ray is only $13.49 at Amazon. Just what I was waiting for! That's like 67% off or something. Quick, snatch it up!
I was meh-ing about this season so far. I really liked the first two episodes, but haven't cared as much for the last two. Will post more thoughts later.
Oh, and: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/is5xj/scumbag_futurama/ <3 Reddit.
i miss the cool stories. now it's just about fucking bender and fry loving each other.
It's back. I guess the lack of response so far mirrors my lack of enthusiasm thus far, but I'd thought I'd post anyway in hopes of things getting better.
1 - The Bots and the Bees
Didn't really care about Bender having a kid. It'd already been done in The Cyber House Rules. How soon they forget?
2 - A Farewell to Arms
Was somewhat interesting, though I only watched it once and don't remember much of it. Was a bit reminiscent of the episode where the gang keeps finding DaVinci's old inventions -- but only in that first part where they fall down in that hole and see those hieroglyphics. Okay, maybe that's a stretch.
3 - Decision 3012
Dammit, they did this one already too in the episode A Head in the Polls.
4 - The Thief of Baghdad
Reminiscent of Bender's Big Score in theme, "Bender steals something he shouldn't" -- in this case, an actor's likeness via photo. Bad shit happens. Granted, I wasn't paying as much attention to this one as I should have -- maybe I should watch it again.
With these synopses, you'd think the episodes ahead would be more interesting. I've been so enthusiastic since they've returned, and indeed, a lot of stuff back in the first half of season 6 was very strong, but this is not the start I'd hoped for. Granted, I think Futurama's gotten bad since the second half of last season, but I still hold out hope for it to get good again. Take us to places we haven't dreamed, like some of the best episodes of the first four seasons. That's where its true potential lies. It can realistically explore anything in our consciousness, in our imagination, yet it clings to this world with diminishing returns.
'Futurama' to end seven-season run on Sept. 4 — EXCLUSIVE
Source: EW
The Planet Express ship will soon make its final delivery.
Comedy Central has decided not to renew Futurama, which means that the 31st-century-set animated comedy will end its 140-episode run on Sept. 4. The final 13 episodes, which represent the second half of season 7, begin airing on June 19 at 10 p.m.
Futurama is no stranger to cancellation, of course: The series aired from 1999 to 2003 before Fox sent Fry & Co. into oblivion. After thriving in reruns on Adult Swim, Futurama was relaunched in 2007 with four-direct-to-DVD movies that Comedy Central ran in half-hour increments as a 16-episode fifth season in 2008-09. Comedy Central subsequently ordered a sixth season of 26 episodes, which aired in 2010-11, and a seventh season of 26 episodes, the first half of which debuted in 2012.
The news did not come as a shock to executive producer David X. Cohen and creator Matt Groening, who had thought their space explorations were ending three previous times (after the Fox run, after the four movies, and after Comedy Central's first 26-episode order). "I felt like we were already in the bonus round on these last couple of seasons, so I can't say I was devastated by the news," Cohen tells EW. "It was what I had expected two years earlier. At this point I keep a suitcase by my office door so I can be cancelled at a moment's notice."
The series won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program twice, in 2002 and 2011. It has declined in the ratings, though, averaging 2.6 million viewers in 2010, 2.3 million in 2011, and 1.7 million in 2012.
Comedy Central's EVP of Programming Dave Bernath views the network's decision as "the natural end" to the show's improbable comeback. "That's a helluva run that few shows achieve, and especially given the fact that it came back to life, it's really an amazing story," he says. "I'm more thankful and feel a sense of gratitude toward the whole process — and that we found a way to keep going for 52 more episodes — than I really am even thinking about the ending. It's a blessing that it came back and lasted so long."
The producers say that they are exploring options for a new home for the show, but there are no serious talks at this point. "We've been in this situation before and it's tempting when you're doing episodes that are as good or better than anything you've ever done to continue doing it," Groening tells EW. "We're catching our breath and seeing what the fans have to say. The experience of this show has been so much fun from the very beginning to now — everybody is so happy to work on this show — that it'd be a shame if we all went our separate ways... We would love to continue. We have many more stories to tell. But if we don't, this is a really great way to go out... I think these episodes are the best ones we've ever done."
Cohen calls the final run — which features such guests as Larry Bird, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Adam West, Dan Castellaneta, and Burt Ward — "our best 'last season ever' ever," noting that there are "a bunch of episodes that I think are going to be classics." SPOILER ALERT: In one installment, Futurama is "reincarnated as various cartoons of your youth, not legally resembling but somehow quite reminiscent of Scooby-Doo, Strawberry Shortcake, and G.I. Joe," he says. And the series finale, which features a wedding between Fry and Leela, is "a tasteful, emotional gorefest," he raves. "There's a lot of death but there's also a lot of time travel, so that makes for an interesting combination." Adds Groening: "It's a really satisfying ending. It's an epic ending. If indeed it's the ending."
If, indeed. Somehow we'll see Bender shout "Bite My Shiny, Revived Metal Ass!" down the road, right? "Perhaps Futurama will return in another form, on the Internet, or as a puppet show in the park," says Groening. "Or maybe as a puppet show in the park on the Internet." Deadpans Cohen: "As I said three times before, this is definitely the absolute end of the show. I don't know why nobody believes me when I say that."
Please, they must cancel The Simpsons. The once godlike king has long faded and now sits in the royal chamber alone, eating its own faeces.
Futurama was a funny and wildly different show.
Fry and Leela's getaway was a teeny bit reminiscent of an old episode of Dinosaurs, though perhaps I'm misremembering it.
2-D Blacktop took FOREVER to get to its premise, and then squandered it.
T. the Terresterial had a cute title, but fell into the trap of repeating itself. Just how many times is Lrrr going to invade earth and threaten that one of the gang be eaten? I did LOL a bit at "Drrr" and some of the ET jokes.
That said, (in other news) David X. Cohen is doing/did an AMA at that other site and I so wanted to ask him ... "why?" Just why.
I really love(d) this show, so I guess it's good it's going out when it is. It's sad that a show with literally the known and unknown universe to explore at its fingertips is running so thin on premises.
http://schmoesknow.com/simpsorama-first-pic-of-simpsonsfuturama-crossover-hits-the-web/28843/
It's ... back? Sort of?
Okay, it's really back.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/futurama-revived-at-hulu-1235090020/