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Title: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 20, 2005, 08:31:17 AM
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Matt Groening has faith in the relaunch of Futurama, writes Michael Idato.

Nearly four years after it was cancelled, the popularity of Futurama on DVD could breathe life back into the animated television series. On the subject of a rumoured resurrection, creator Matt Groening, best known for his other animated hit, The Simpsons, says, intriguingly: "You never know."

Such a trail was blazed in 2004 by another animated series, Family Guy. Fuelled by DVD sales and high-rating reruns, it spawned a direct-to-DVD film and two seasons of television episodes.

The move caught the television industry by surprise, and left several lost properties, including Futurama, ripe with possibility.

"Three months ago, I would have said we were going to start tomorrow," says writer David X. Cohen, who collaborated with Groening on Futurama. "And one month ago I would also have said we were going to start tomorrow. So ..." He pauses. "My current estimate is that we're starting tomorrow."

The series, relaunched on Ten earlier this month (it previously aired on Seven), was something Groening and Cohen tinkered with in the writer's room at The Simpsons for more than two years. Cohen's background was in computer science, but both, Groening recalls, had a passion for science fiction. "What Matt is saying," Cohen interjects, "is that I stood out as the nerd on The Simpsons writing staff, and that is really saying something."


the link

Not trying to get your hopes up, but it is something to look forward to. I liked Futurama better than the Simpons anyway.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BiLdItUp1 on December 20, 2005, 09:36:25 AM
Yay! Although Family Guy is better than Futurama, almost to the point where the two shows shouldn't be compared, I want this show back; I don't care if its on Fox or not.  
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: KnowsNothing on December 20, 2005, 10:05:07 AM
Futurama is much better than Family Guy, everybody sucks!
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: nitsu niflheim on December 20, 2005, 10:45:00 AM
The return of Nibbler!!!!

I love both The Simpson's and Futarama about equally.  Family Guy is funny, but not a show that I want to watch every time it's on, like with The Simpson's.  Don't care if it's a repeat, it's still funny.  I hope I get the 7th season of The Simpson's for Christmas, if not I will buy it myself on the 25th (we open presents of Christmas Eve.)
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on December 20, 2005, 03:19:43 PM
Nice this is an Australian news story. I picked it from the channel 10/channel 7 ramblings though, the URL just confirmed this. I also think Futurama was better than Family Guy, but yes they do have different styles of humour.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: stevey on December 20, 2005, 04:57:58 PM
*lights fireworks* Quick get the celebration ham! I love them in order of 1st Family Guy, 2nd Futurama, and 2nd Simpson. I know how to count.  
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: PIAC on December 21, 2005, 02:53:17 AM


awesome. Even though I don't entirely trust Australian news sources.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: couchmonkey on December 22, 2005, 05:50:45 AM
I love Futurama, but personally I think the show had a good run and I'd like to see something new instead.  Basically I'm afraid of Futurama going the way of The Simpsons.  I love The Simpsons and I think the last couple of seasons have been pretty solid, but the show has gone downhill and had a few really mediocre seasons around 2000-2003.  I like that Futurama never had a chance to go rotten.

Edit: *Adds vote to Futurama is better than Family Guy box*.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: nickmitch on December 22, 2005, 10:56:38 AM
Everybody do the Bender!
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: ThePerm on December 24, 2005, 03:47:32 PM
i just farted
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 18, 2006, 05:27:41 PM
UPDATE: Futurama is returning with 26 new episodes?

I wonder when they will air?  
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on March 18, 2006, 05:30:02 PM
Old Family Guy is better than Futurama in my opinion, but Futurama is way better than the new Family Guy.  
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 18, 2006, 05:33:19 PM
I agree, but Futurama is also better than The Simpsons, so you know what that means about the Old Family Guy
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: capamerica on March 18, 2006, 05:59:37 PM
WOHOO!!!
I liked Futurama more then Family Guy and The Simpsons. I can't wait for its return.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TrueNerd on March 18, 2006, 08:41:11 PM
*shrieks with joy*

No really, I did that. I have the four boxsets sitting right next me right now. To think I can buy a FIFTH one tickles me in a way I can't describe without getting banned. Classic Simpsons pwns all, but Futurama would be my second choice.  
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: nickmitch on March 19, 2006, 03:51:12 PM
Now, all that's left is for the simpsons to be cancelled, finally.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: wandering on March 19, 2006, 06:48:52 PM
Old Simpsons > old Family Guy > Futurama > new Simpsons > American Dad >>>>> Baby Bob > new Family Guy

edit: on topic, I'm ecstatic that Futurama is coming back. Hopefully the series will come back newly improved instead, of say, horribly tarnished and no longer any good ala Family Guy.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 19, 2006, 07:35:50 PM
I found Futurama ridiculously predictable.  Same with the Simpsons.
I dunno, I just always see the jokes coming before they're told.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: wandering on March 19, 2006, 07:56:49 PM
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I found Futurama ridiculously predictable. Same with the Simpsons.
I dunno, I just always see the jokes coming before they're told.

Well, I'll agree that they aren't great comedies... in the sense that they don't, for the most part, have jokes which both come out of nowhere and make you laugh for several minutes. But how many TV shows can you say that about? ...apart from Monty Python?
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Shift Key on March 20, 2006, 01:58:51 AM
This is great news. Season 4 finished like it wasn't meant to actually end, and all the people speaking on the DVD commentary were still eager to keep on working on it.

I found the best part of Futurama was that it was very fast-paced, had some excellent writing (very funny at times, very emotional at others) and the voice acting was top notch. Billy West  took a small piece of my soul with him when he did this show, and the characters he bring to life jump off the screen, such as Zoidberg and Zapp.

In short:
YOU WATCHED IT, YOU CAN'T UN-WATCH IT!
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: nitsu niflheim on March 20, 2006, 05:07:21 AM
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Originally posted by: Shift Key
...had some excellent writing (very funny at times, very emotional at others)

In short:
YOU WATCHED IT, YOU CAN'T UN-WATCH IT!


The Episode "Jurassic Bark", fits in the very emotional part.  It also happens to be my favorite episode because it is also the most heartbreaking.  The ending is what really made it so memorable, because it was so sad, had Fry known he wouldn't had done what he decided to do.  And it also fits the YOU WATCHED IT, YOU CAN'T UN-WATCH IT!, because you can't forget it either.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Hostile Creation on March 20, 2006, 05:10:53 AM
Apart from Monty Python, I've watched Arrested Development, which probably has the best writing of any show I've ever seen.
It was also cancelled, and might return.  I've also seen other shows that I've liked, but they're about on par with  Futurama.
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on March 20, 2006, 12:46:42 PM
Arrested Development could very well be my favourite show of all time, if not that it's Faulty Towers (which in my opinion is better than Monty Phython's Flying Circus, but only just). But Futurama would have to be my favourite animated show.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Renny on March 20, 2006, 01:20:14 PM
When did random humor become the only form of comedy? Hm.... I pretty much agree with Wandering's rankings, but I'd switch Old Family Guy and Futurama, as Futurama holds up better to multiple views and was more consistent through its run. But we've discussed this before, multiple times even I think.

Looking forward to Futurama's return, in the hope it doesn't suck. Better not be on Fox, though.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Caliban on March 20, 2006, 01:24:34 PM
I liked "Futurama" but only because of "Dr.Zoidberg" and his crazy antics. The "Family Guy" is ok sometimes but other times it is just a pointless waste of time. My favourite old-time comedy would have to be "The Black Adder".
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Arbok on March 20, 2006, 02:03:05 PM
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Originally posted by: wandering
Old Simpsons > old Family Guy > Futurama > new Simpsons > American Dad >>>>> Baby Bob > new Family Guy


Quoted for truth. The sixith season of the Simpsons was animated bliss as far as I'm concerned.
Title: RE: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: wandering on March 20, 2006, 06:47:42 PM
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I pretty much agree with Wandering's rankings, but I'd switch Old Family Guy and Futurama, as Futurama holds up better to multiple views and was more consistent through its run.

yeah, that's probably true. I still wouldn't switch them, there are still moments in Family Guy where the first time through I laughed so hard it hurt (the episode where Peter becomes a feminist...) But now, I can't even watch old Family Guy episodes, while Futuruma still holds up... what with its better characters, better visuals, better storylines, etc.

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The Episode "Jurassic Bark", fits in the very emotional part. It also happens to be my favorite episode because it is also the most heartbreaking.

ah, one of my favorites. Also fantastic was the last episode. And the one where Fry is stung by a space bee.
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Shift Key on March 23, 2006, 03:11:29 AM
UPDATE: Turns out the 24-episode season is a lie. Its going to be 4 movies instead. Hopefully its better than the Family Guy movie - that was like they took an episode and stretched it out to last an hour.

Arrested Development is something else. I found a link talking about the top 25 moments in AD (can't find the link now, trust me it was there) and so I started watching it again. It's still great! Much like the Office has that great mix of writing, comedy and awkwardness, AD has it, but turns everything on its ear thanks to all the actors, not just Ricky Gervais. COOKAA, COOKAA, COOKA (watch the "Staff Infection" episode everyone!)

Futurama is a classic series, I hope that they don't rape and mutilate my fond memories like the new Family Guy has (although seeing James Woods acting like a dog, right down to the "running while dreaming" moment tickled my funny bone).

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I liked "Futurama" but only because of "Dr.Zoidberg" and his crazy antics. The "Family Guy" is ok sometimes but other times it is just a pointless waste of time. My favourite old-time comedy would have to be "The Black Adder".


Ahahahaha snob comedy. I'd rather watch Mr Bean, personally. Now that's a show that got cut during its prime!
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 23, 2006, 08:22:55 AM
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Originally posted by: Shift Key
UPDATE: Turns out the 24-episode season is a lie. Its going to be 4 movies instead.
Billy West lied about the 26 episodes? Do you have a link?

The 4 movie thing was the old rumor b4 the update of what Billy said, but 6-7 episodes = 2hr+ movie x 4 = 4 movies.


Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on March 23, 2006, 01:57:28 PM
LINKAGE!

Billy didn't lie, he was just uninformed. Also I don't think this link has anything about movies, but maybe I didn't read it all.  
Title: RE:Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Shift Key on March 23, 2006, 03:24:47 PM
Yeah, Billy didn't lie. He got lied to.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: AV on June 20, 2010, 11:04:13 AM
Good News Everyone !!


Futurama returns This Thursday on Comedy Central




http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml


Thursday 10pm, 9 Central June 24th, 2010


After a devastating spaceship crash, the Professor attempts to resuscitate the crew with his birth machine. Later, Leela and Zapp Brannigan find themselves stranded on an Eden-like planet.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 20, 2010, 11:13:39 AM
Yeah, since they announced the date a few months ago I have been excited. Same when they announced the episode description last week. I hope they follow up on how the 4th movie ended (I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, although all Futurama fans should).

I know the comment is 4 years old, but Wandering is nuts if he thought that Family Guy was EVER better than Futurama.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Adrock on June 20, 2010, 11:20:10 AM
I was partial to Bender's Big Score. To me, that was far and away the best of the 4 movies.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on June 20, 2010, 12:24:59 PM
you bumped the wrong thread...
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 20, 2010, 02:35:19 PM
you bumped the wrong thread...

But this thread was first. 6 months first.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on June 20, 2010, 03:11:55 PM
...and hasn't been used in over 4 years.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 20, 2010, 03:13:39 PM
And I bumped the other one a couple days ago.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on June 20, 2010, 03:16:35 PM
Yeah, I went to search for it but realised it was on the first page. Mad V really boned this one.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: oohhboy on June 21, 2010, 12:29:47 AM
Really new episodes? 2010 right? actual new episodes, not movies.

What is going on here?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 21, 2010, 12:32:59 AM
Really new episodes? 2010 right? actual new episodes, not movies.

What is going on here?

New episodes, not the movies but new original episodes, start Thursday.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 21, 2010, 08:22:20 AM
Yeah, Thursday is a special 1 hour season premiere (officially it is the sixth season because Fox pulled that BS by splitting the last season over two years, the staff of the show considers this their fifth season). A lot of fans are worried about whether the new episodes will be as good; being on Comedy Central means they have a much smaller budget from Fox and have fewer writers.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: nickmitch on June 21, 2010, 04:57:22 PM
Too many hands spoiler the pot, I always say.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 21, 2010, 09:20:25 PM
The show had a great balance though, too few writers can be bad too. At least some of the best writers (like Ken Keeler) are coming back.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Stogi on June 22, 2010, 06:20:25 PM
The pre-air of both episodes are already out. I'm about to watch them right now!!

Episode 1: decent ... Episode 2: Much better
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on June 22, 2010, 08:28:50 PM
There probably won't be any episodes with elaborate effects like some of the ones the show had, but it could still be entertaining.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on June 25, 2010, 01:00:31 AM
The pre-air of both episodes are already out. I'm about to watch them right now!!

Episode 1: decent ... Episode 2: Much better

I can definitely agree with this. I am eagerly awaiting more Futurama goodness.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Pale on June 25, 2010, 10:31:20 AM
Apparently people prefer childish dick jokes to witty/bizarre humor?

Episode two was a travesty of what Futurama is all about.


Really though, both episodes included too much bathroom humor.  I seriously feel like the writers are thinking "Man, we got cancelled before. Time to cater to the dumbass masses."
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on June 25, 2010, 11:53:49 AM
I'm trying hard not to be critical and look for failings in the new show.  I don't know how I'd ever enjoy it, or how I could possibly not find faults nitpicking like that.  So I'm only going to complain about the ending of the second episode.  That should not have happened.  Otherwise, it was pretty good, and I'm willing to wait and see if the humor is really going to be raunchier now that the Panama Wormhole has put them on the Comedy Central Channel.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 25, 2010, 06:32:10 PM
I actually liked both episodes, but the first one was better. And any chance to see more of Amy's boobs is a good thing (she looked hot in that dominatrix outfit).
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 25, 2010, 06:48:05 PM
First episode was better. But agree there was less wit and more stupid humor then usual.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on June 25, 2010, 07:38:31 PM
Why does every show on Comedy Central end up like this? Oh well, I guess I'm older than their target demographic. And a different gender.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 25, 2010, 10:08:48 PM
I am as big a fan of Futurama as anybody, and the humor was practically the same as the original series.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UncleBob on June 26, 2010, 12:42:11 AM
All of you whiners have just built Futurama up to be something that it's not.  It's a great show - I have all the DVDs and movies... the two new aired episodes fit well with the rest of the show.  Were they tier 1 episodes?  No.  Was I expecting something more for the big rebirth?  Sure.  But these two episodes are still Futurama - which makes them some of the best TV on right now.  For anyone worried about penis jokes, go back and watch some of the earlier episodes.  Anthology of Interest II, Part 1 comes to mind.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on June 26, 2010, 01:21:31 AM
To be fair, I've seen only a few episodes of the show. I must have missed the ones like that.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UncleBob on June 26, 2010, 01:28:31 AM
To be fair, I've seen only a few episodes of the show. I must have missed the ones like that.

http://www.amazon.com/Futurama-Complete-Collection-Matt-Groening/dp/B0029XFNBC
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on June 26, 2010, 01:34:34 AM
That looks like a nice box set, but I don't have a DVD player.

Do you have any idea if they are on Netflix streaming?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UncleBob on June 26, 2010, 01:45:02 AM
That looks like a nice box set, but I don't have a DVD player.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Magnavox-DVD-Player-Dp100Mw8B/7958349

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Do you have any idea if they are on Netflix streaming?

I dunno.  I doubt it.  Comedy Central sucks. ;)
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 26, 2010, 11:47:15 AM
That looks like a nice box set, but I don't have a DVD player.

Do you have any idea if they are on Netflix streaming?

So you confirmed that your disc drive on your computer does not play DVD's?

& No, Netflix is not streaming Futurama.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: AV on June 26, 2010, 12:10:21 PM
my review


Futurama Season 6 Premiere Review Rebirth & In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARLaB_OoifQ)


  :cool;
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 26, 2010, 11:59:18 PM
For anyone worried about penis jokes, go back and watch some of the earlier episodes.  Anthology of Interest II, Part 1 comes to mind.

Not to mention the episode where Lrrr wanted to cut off Fry's wang to use as a aphrodisiac (originally he wanted Fry's nose as he thought that was the human penis, until Bender pointed out where the human penis actually was). Crude humor has been in the show since season 1.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 02, 2010, 04:18:29 AM
This shouldn't be important to anyone because you should all own all the DVDs, but I just noticed that the full original series (all 4 seasons) and the 4 DVD movies are all available on Netflix Instant Streaming.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: vudu on July 02, 2010, 09:55:43 AM
This shouldn't be important to anyone because you should all own all the DVDs, but I just noticed that the full original series (all 4 seasons) and the 4 DVD movies are all available on Netflix Instant Streaming.

Sweet.  ;D
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 02, 2010, 11:05:34 AM
What is the name of the last Futurama Movie?

that was the only one I haven't watched.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: vudu on July 02, 2010, 11:21:01 AM
What are the names of the three Futurama movies that you watched?  The remaining one is the one you haven't seen yet.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 02, 2010, 11:38:47 AM
you not being helpful

-1 pt for vudu
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 02, 2010, 12:00:09 PM
They were, in order, Bender's Big Score, The Beast With A Billion Backs, Bender's Game, and Into the Wild Green Yonder.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on July 02, 2010, 01:32:29 PM
New episode was pretty good, although definitely too reliant on current pop culture references. At least they were cleverly done.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on July 03, 2010, 07:15:36 PM
This shouldn't be important to anyone because you should all own all the DVDs, but I just noticed that the full original series (all 4 seasons) and the 4 DVD movies are all available on Netflix Instant Streaming.
Thanks for the heads up. I think that's new, I had just asked about that earlier in the topic. I might have to check some of those out.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Caliban on July 03, 2010, 10:26:44 PM
I've watched all 3 episodes so far of the new season, and I like it.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Stogi on July 07, 2010, 05:33:51 AM
Hahaha the commercial for the EyePhone is the funniest thing about the episode. Fucking hysterical.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Caliban on July 16, 2010, 02:32:09 PM
The Da Vinci episode was AWESOME.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UncleBob on July 30, 2010, 11:57:26 PM
Okay, I just watched Thursday's episode.
Anyone who thinks Futurama has lost it is wrong. :p
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Caliban on July 31, 2010, 12:36:48 AM
It's like the show has matured because of it's better writing.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 31, 2010, 01:06:05 AM
Interesting how now Fry, Bender, and the Professor apparently are now basically trillions of years in the future and living with completely different people (if you remember, they traveled so far in the future that time basically started over twice).

Last weeks episode ("Lethal Inspection") had a very touching ending, right up there with "Jurassic Bark" and "Leela's Homeworld", I won't spoil why for those who haven't seen it yet. This season has been great, a real 5th season (not the crap they tried to pull on Fox when they delayed so many episodes that they called it a 5th season, or when they took the 4 movies and split them each into 4 episodes). I wish Fox would reach a deal like they have with Cartoon Network where they air the episodes both on Fox and Comedy Central.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on July 31, 2010, 08:39:22 PM
Okay, I just watched Thursday's episode.
Anyone who thinks Futurama has lost it is wrong. :p
What did the show have to lose? I've been watching it on Netflix streaming and it's pretty trite stuff. Looks like the few episodes I happened to catch over the years were indeed the best ones.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 31, 2010, 09:09:06 PM
Mop it up, are you serious? The ONLY episode I would say is bad is the one where Bender turns into a were-car. Every other episode is good or great, easily some of the best episodes of any animated show (or live-action show for that matter). Why do you not like them?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: SixthAngel on August 02, 2010, 09:23:24 AM
Okay, I just watched Thursday's episode.
Anyone who thinks Futurama has lost it is wrong. :p

(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n121/avatars_bucket/1188471-second_scruffy_2_super.jpg)
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: blackfootsteps on August 03, 2010, 02:52:55 AM
Mop it up, are you serious? The ONLY episode I would say is bad is the one where Bender turns into a were-car. Every other episode is good or great, easily some of the best episodes of any animated show (or live-action show for that matter). Why do you not like them?

I totally agree with this. Although I'd also flush 'That's Lobstertainment' to the sewers. So I don't totally agree with this.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 03, 2010, 09:58:28 AM
To me, that episode just barely qualifies as OK.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on August 03, 2010, 08:59:12 PM
I just personally don't find the writing to be very clever. There are times when the humour relies too much on sight gags or puns, many of which are lame or old.  The animation is top notch though, I will give it that.

I don't think it's a bad show (I'm still watching through the series), but it isn't anything special.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 03, 2010, 10:58:09 PM
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I personally hate some shows that are really popular (like Lost, I tried watching it but just found it incredibly boring).
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 04, 2010, 12:33:55 AM
I just personally don't find the writing to be very clever. There are times when the humour relies too much on sight gags or puns, many of which are lame or old.  The animation is top notch though, I will give it that.

I don't think it's a bad show (I'm still watching through the series), but it isn't anything special.

If you don't find Futurama's writing clever, what do you find clever?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on August 04, 2010, 11:13:10 AM
I just personally don't find the writing to be very clever. There are times when the humour relies too much on sight gags or puns, many of which are lame or old.  The animation is top notch though, I will give it that.

I don't think it's a bad show (I'm still watching through the series), but it isn't anything special.

If you don't find Futurama's writing clever, what do you find clever?

Family Guy.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: SixthAngel on August 04, 2010, 11:31:48 AM
Do you like sci fi stuff Mop it Up?  If your not a big fan I can see not liking Futurama that much because it has so many references and in jokes in it.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on August 04, 2010, 11:39:02 AM
I'm not a SciFi fan (if anything I'm anti-SciFi) and I love Futurama.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 04, 2010, 11:59:13 AM
I just personally don't find the writing to be very clever. There are times when the humour relies too much on sight gags or puns, many of which are lame or old.  The animation is top notch though, I will give it that.

I don't think it's a bad show (I'm still watching through the series), but it isn't anything special.

If you don't find Futurama's writing clever, what do you find clever?

Family Guy.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I wish I could applaud you 10 times for making me laugh so hard.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Mop it up on August 05, 2010, 12:51:40 AM
If you don't find Futurama's writing clever, what do you find clever?
Hm, nothing much comes to mind. The earlier seasons of The Simpsons. That's about all I can think of offhand. I don't like Family Guy, for the most part I just find it to be loud and obnoxious.

Admittedly, I'm not much of a telly watcher. So I certainly wouldn't claim to be any sort of critic for shows. I just watch a few "casual" programs, where the episodes are self-contained and you don't need to watch every week/episode.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Plugabugz on August 08, 2010, 01:10:59 PM
THE LEG BONE IS CONNECTED TO THE... CASH BONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I laughed so hard to this: one of the best openers i've seen in a while.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Maverick on August 09, 2010, 12:31:12 PM
Mop it up, are you serious? The ONLY episode I would say is bad is the one where Bender turns into a were-car.

What's wrong with that episode?  Been awhile since I've seen it but I don't remember it being a particularly poor experience.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 09, 2010, 12:42:52 PM
It just didn't seem as funny to me. The episode (I watched it again last night, the episode is called "The Honking"). All of the scenes with Bender as a were-car, Fry being upset that Bender never tried to kill him (since the curse was that Bender would try to kill the ones he loved), everthing with Calculon. It wasn't just one thing.

I would still be willing to watch it if it's on TV, but I don't like the episode that much.

As for last weeks episode ("That Darn Katz!"), it was not the best episode this season but I still liked it. I was a little surprised with what they did with Amy at the end, and I wonder how the ending will be dealt with in the future (I didn't say specifically what happened with those two points because I don't want to spoil it).
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Maverick on August 09, 2010, 01:08:45 PM
One thing I haven't really enjoyed with the new season is that they keep going and fucking around with things just for the sake of it.  Like, Leela has a growth on her ass that sings and it's been there her WHOLE LIFE but we've never noticed and we never will again.  Fry and Leela are like, seeing each other or something, but sometimes they're not when they don't care and want to have Leela **** Zap again for some reason.  Or the recent time travel episode.

Maybe I'm just taking the show too seriously for what it is, but one of the things I always like about it was that it did have this heart behind all the humor and a somewhat consistent universe.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Dasmos on August 09, 2010, 01:11:41 PM
My main complaint is the haven't seemed to make very many deliveries this season.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 09, 2010, 01:30:35 PM
Mav, Fry and Leela had been attracted to each other in the first four seasons and finally acted on it in the movies (the fourth movie ended with them kissing as the ship flew into a wormhole). In the current season they openly know the other likes them but are not totally committed to a relationship.

As for the singing boyle named Susan, they had least tried to explain it by saying that she would always pop it and it would go away for a few months. This means that anytime we did see part of her ass was before the boyle grew back. Also remember that Leela only slept with Zap because that the Earth would be destroyed if they didn't.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on August 10, 2010, 05:19:38 PM
The time travel episode showed how successful the company could be without certain idiots and megalomaniacs around, including a huge fleet of Planet Express Ships.  Considering that the original doesn't actually move, but moves the universe around it instead, how could more than one such ship operate?  Even if they didn't simply break physics, they'd at least push each other off course, requiring a networked navigation system so the entire fleet worked in concert to put each ship where it needed to be.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 10, 2010, 09:08:06 PM
Maybe they the company learned how to make a ship that could move itself?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: KnowsNothing on August 11, 2010, 09:59:28 AM
I can forgive the whole awkward Fry/Leela relationship because they wrote themselves into that whole thing when they weren't sure if they would ever make any more episodes.  Things like the fucking singing boyle are just plain awful, however.

So far this season the only episode I've really liked was the time travel one because it seemed like it was one of the old episodes (and maybe the one where Leela and Zap "save the world").  Sure there have been a few gags that I've laughed at in the other episodes but overall I think the jokes are shallow, the (comic) deliveries are poor, and the situations are mediocre.  The Futurama movies were pretty bad as well (Bender's Game in particular is atrocious).

The old Futurama is by far my favorite television show.  The new Futurama is merely entertaining enough to get me to watch it online after I forget about it on TV.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 11, 2010, 11:43:06 AM
You didn't like the movies? The only one I will agree was bad was Futurama: Bender's Game. Futurama: Bender's Big Score was especially good.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 11, 2010, 01:24:08 PM
I can forgive the whole awkward Fry/Leela relationship because they wrote themselves into that whole thing when they weren't sure if they would ever make any more episodes.  Things like the fucking singing boyle are just plain awful, however.

Out of curiosity, you do know who Susan Boyle is though right?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: KnowsNothing on August 11, 2010, 01:39:43 PM
I can forgive the whole awkward Fry/Leela relationship because they wrote themselves into that whole thing when they weren't sure if they would ever make any more episodes.  Things like the fucking singing boyle are just plain awful, however.

Out of curiosity, you do know who Susan Boyle is though right?
I do know who she is and it doesn't really make the joke any less horrible :P Futurama has always had pop culture references in it but usually they don't slap you across the face with them.  Not only that but it was completely...I don't know...inappropriate I guess would be the right word.  The episode about the Eye Phone was also a little too blatant for me but at least it made sense in that it was futuristic technology.  The whole Susan Boyle thing was stupid enough when it was happening in real life; it really didn't need to be forced into the show.  Susan Boyle seems more like the type of person South Park should target, not Futurama.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 11, 2010, 03:33:29 PM
I can forgive the whole awkward Fry/Leela relationship because they wrote themselves into that whole thing when they weren't sure if they would ever make any more episodes.  Things like the fucking singing boyle are just plain awful, however.

Out of curiosity, you do know who Susan Boyle is though right?
I do know who she is and it doesn't really make the joke any less horrible :P Futurama has always had pop culture references in it but usually they don't slap you across the face with them.  Not only that but it was completely...I don't know...inappropriate I guess would be the right word.  The episode about the Eye Phone was also a little too blatant for me but at least it made sense in that it was futuristic technology.  The whole Susan Boyle thing was stupid enough when it was happening in real life; it really didn't need to be forced into the show.  Susan Boyle seems more like the type of person South Park should target, not Futurama.
Oh, I agree, but I was just wondering if you knew the reference or if your hatred from the joke was just cause it was bad.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Stogi on August 11, 2010, 07:13:52 PM
If you don't find Futurama's writing clever, what do you find clever?
Hm, nothing much comes to mind. The earlier seasons of The Simpsons. That's about all I can think of offhand. I don't like Family Guy, for the most part I just find it to be loud and obnoxious.

Admittedly, I'm not much of a telly watcher. So I certainly wouldn't claim to be any sort of critic for shows. I just watch a few "casual" programs, where the episodes are self-contained and you don't need to watch every week/episode.

I think you would like episode 408 "Godfellas". For some reason, I think it would appeal to you over any other.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Maverick on August 13, 2010, 07:54:32 PM
Just saw the episode where Bender floats endlessly through space and raises a civilization on his body.  One of my favorites.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: KnowsNothing on August 13, 2010, 08:02:05 PM
Just saw the episode where the gang witnesses robots evolve on another planet.  You know, the most recent one.  It was terrible, and made worse by the fact that it was an interesting concept that could have worked back when the writers were actually good.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 13, 2010, 08:51:43 PM
I fell asleep during the midnight replay (I was tired), I watch TNA Impact! and that's why I didn't see the first airing. Guess I will have to watch the replay on Sunday night. From what I did see, I thought it was a good episode. I loved how they slammed the ridiculous claims that creationists try to make when they try to deny evolution.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Caliban on August 14, 2010, 12:06:28 AM
Yeah the robot evolution episode just seems like a rush job.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Guitar Smasher on August 14, 2010, 02:43:54 AM
I thought the last one was one of the stronger ones this season.  I lost it when the robo-dinosaurs attacked Fry.  And it stayed solid all the way to the end, unlike some other episodes.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Maverick on August 16, 2010, 04:26:29 AM
I know this is a stupid thing to bitch about, but I'm gonna do it anyway.  Gotta live up to that PGC slogan!  Could they REALLY not keep the Earth's flipped rotation through to the very next episode?

I did really enjoy the robo-dinosaurs though.  In fact I think I wanted the whole episode to be robo-dinosaurs battling each other.  It's true, I never developed mentally after 12.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on August 16, 2010, 04:57:59 PM
Did the rotation even come up in that episode?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Maverick on August 16, 2010, 08:31:01 PM
No it did not.  I think what really bothers me is that I always had this perception of Futrama as one of the few shows that didn't just "reset" at the end.  Things changed, people and their relationships changed throughout the series, and although most episodes are standalone adventures, if you saw past episodes you could see how some things led to current situations and maybe "get" the universe a little better.

It just seems to me that they don't really care about that stuff anymore and are just gonna do whatever they want to the characters and ignore it the very next week.  Maybe it's my fault for having that perception of the show in the first place, and it was always like this, but I certainly don't remember it.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 16, 2010, 08:40:05 PM
after the long ass break they've had between new episodes, I can see why they don't bother.
most of the general audience wouldn't know the difference anyway.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on August 17, 2010, 01:16:57 PM
But the whole point was that the planet spinning the other way was good enough for everything to go back to normal.  Don't get me wrong, the entire plot of that episode would make a real physicist cry, but continuity-wise it was fine.  I wouldn't expect anything to come of it other than an occasional reference, like how "ax a question" has been used since the first season, including this new one, incidentally.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 17, 2010, 07:32:57 PM
It would have been nice if they explained it (like the Professor just making a comment that someone had fixed it), it's not like something they wouldn't the have to show (like how the Earth now had a extra week per year due to the robots farting and pushing the Earth's orbit a little).
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Maverick on August 21, 2010, 06:08:06 AM
Body switching ep was pretty good overall.  All Fry and Leela pseudo-dating aside.  Mop Bucket and Scruffy was the best part.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 21, 2010, 04:33:36 PM
I do not need to ever see "Zoidberg" and the "Professor" making out again. I wonder how they would be happy with sex they had in those bodies, especially for Fry since Leela was in the professors body.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 24, 2011, 06:56:52 PM
(http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo5/Bluth54/goodnewseverybody.jpg)

http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/comedy-central-renews-futurama-with-26-episode-order/
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That's pretty good for a second lease on life: Comedy Central is finalizing a deal for a 26-episode seventh-season pickup of Futurama. Comedy Central resurrected Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's animated sci-fi comedy in 2009, six years after it was cancelled by Fox, with a 26-episode sixth-season order. The first batch of 13 episodes from Season 6 averaged 2.5 million viewers, with the remaining 13 airing this summer. The 26 newly ordered episodes will follow the same pattern, airing in two installments of 13 episodes in 2012 and 2013. Futurama has been a big hit online, growing from 1 million Facebook fans at its launch on Comedy Central to 11 million.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: MaryJane on March 24, 2011, 11:10:39 PM
I was wondering why the season was so short... I thought they got cancelled again.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: SixthAngel on March 25, 2011, 10:42:50 PM
Great news!

While I really enjoyed the new episodes quite a few of them felt like they were cramming too much into a half-hour time slot.  I feel like they needed time to get used to no longer doing movies.
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Stogi on March 31, 2011, 02:30:12 AM
Why didn't anyway tell me Futurama had a christmas special last year?!
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Stogi on May 06, 2011, 11:53:17 AM
So I just found something that is sure to blow the mind of every Futurama fan.

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/tag/countdown-to-futurama/

Just click the link.

(http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/files/2011/05/620-Sleeping.jpg)
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Ceric on May 06, 2011, 11:54:31 AM
Haven't they already done that in an episode?
Title: Re: Futurama to pull a Family Guy?
Post by: Stogi on May 06, 2011, 12:02:03 PM
No, I don't think so. The episode you maybe thinking of is the Titanic one where Fry is both Leela's and Amy's fake boyfriend.

Here's a preview of an upcoming episode. Looks hilarious.

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=383471&title=preview---scratchy-beards-and-strip-clubs