Author Topic: Futurama (Read 18483 times)

mouse_clicker · « **on:** March 28, 2003, 04:00:26 PM »

Is it just me, or is Futurama like ten times funnier than The Simpsons? I've been watching the show religiously ever since Cartoon Network got ahold of it and I've come to the conclusing that Matt Groening's later creation is his true masterpice, not The Simpsons. Don't get me wrong, I love The Simpsons, I think its one of the funniest cartoons ever- I even plan on buying the seasons on DVD- but I just don't think it can compare to Futurama. I laugh so much harder while watching Futurama, sometimes my rib cage hurts after particularly funny episodes. Anyone else notice this?

rpglover · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2003, 05:02:39 PM »

unfortunately i cannot agree with you here
i will say that the last 2 seasons of the simpsons have been disappointing compaired to their earlier stuff
futurama is good, but i dont think as good
another good show like that was family guy- they had some good stuff on that show
although nothing can beat the simpsons

one of my favorite quotes comes from lionel hutz- "he's had it in for me since i accidentally ran over his dog. But replace the word dog
with son and the word accidentally with repeatedly."

or even homer's famous "don't you hate pants?"

i think that if you compair futurama to the simpsons now- definately its better
but the simpsons in their prime- no way- too many good quotes and episodes

although one of my personal favorites is with lenny and carl-- carl: so lenny sending some outgoing mail?
lenny: you know it
carl: yeah i'll probably send some out tomorrow
lenny: i hear that

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2003, 08:08:46 PM »

Man, Futurama had great quotes out the wazoo right for them first season, especially from Zoidberg.

To Leela about getting an extra eye transplanted-
Zoidberg: "What you should get is an ink sacc implanted! It helps you escape from predators."
Farnsworth: "That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard- come here, you!"
Zoidberg squirts Fransworth with ink then crab walks away-
Zoidberg: "Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop!"

Or when Planetary Express was going to ship those little love hearts:
About the stuffed, cuddly bears-
Man: "We find it's cheaper to genetically engineer them then pick out the cutest and cuddliest and stuff them full of flame retardent love!"

Actually, Amazon.com has a hgue collection of quotes from the first season alone, all great.

PIAC · « **Reply #3 on:** March 29, 2003, 01:59:04 AM »

\o/
family guy, the simpsons, and futurama all top notch cartoons, i love them all equally (include invader zim into that group too)

one of my all time favorite futurama quotes is where they goto the lost atlantic city
(they are under water)
zoidburg: my house burnt down noooo
hermies: that raises a few questions
bender: oh tahts where i left my cigar
hermies: that just raises further questions!!

i most likely haven't quoted it properly, but anyway its one of the best moments

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #4 on:** March 29, 2003, 02:01:57 PM »

I love this quote:

(Fry is talknig to a man in the alley)
Fry: Well yeah, I guess I have had trouble breathing under water lately. I'll take the gills.
Man: And since you'll have the gills, you won't need your old lungs, will you?"
Fry: "I can't see why not."

I haven't seen Family Guy in a long time.

I always miss it and my friends never feel like telling me. I'll catch it sometime.

And in my opinion, these are the top 10 cartoons of all time:

1. Loony Tunes
2. Dexter’s Lab
3. Samurai Jack
4. Futurama
5. Johnny Bravo
6. The Simpsons
7. Mission Hill
8. South Park
9. Angry Beavers
10. Aqua Teen Hungerforce

rpglover · « **Reply #5 on:** March 29, 2003, 05:26:50 PM »

interesting top 10

mine would be:

1) loony toons
2) simpsons
3) dbz
4) dragonball
5) southpark
6) robotech
7) outlaw star

family guy
9) space ghost
10) futurama

as you can probably see, i really love anime cartoons- very good action and stories
but i also love my comedies
oh yeah--mel blanc is the MAN (if you dont know who he is you should be shot)

others that were very close included samuri jack (one of my favorites because of the art style they use which kicks total ass), johnny bravo, definately cowboy bebop, scooby doo (the originals), and (yes i will admit it ...) pokemon (for the first couple seasons)

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #6 on:** March 29, 2003, 05:39:09 PM »

Of course I know who Mel Blanc is, and I agree that anyone who doesn't SHOULD be shot.

One of the most talented voice characterizers that ever lived. I once read that he did the voice for Barney Rubble in the Flinstones (another great cartoon) for every single episode, even when he got in a serious car accident and they had to bring the sound equipment into his hospital room. Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, and Bob Clampett were also probably the best directors cartoons had to offer.

As for anime, I watch it and enjoy most of it, especially Dragonball, Dragonball Z, and the many Gundam series, but they don't rank that high for me.

rpglover · « **Reply #7 on:** March 29, 2003, 05:46:22 PM »

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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
Of course I know who Mel Blanc is, and I agree that anyone who doesn't SHOULD be shot. One of the most talented voice characterizers that ever lived. I once read that he did the voice for Barney Rubble in the Flinstones (another great cartoon) for every single episode, even when he got in a serious car accident and they had to bring the sound equipment into his hospital room. Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, and Bob Clampett were also probably the best directors cartoons had to offer.

As for anime, I watch it and enjoy most of it, especially Dragonball, Dragonball Z, and the many Gundam series, but they don't rank that high for me.

you know whats kind of funny- a lot of people do not know about mel blanc
in fact most of my friends never watched loony toons- which is very hard to believe
and yes he did do the characterization for barney on the flintstones (i forgot about that one)
and of course i agree with you on the cartoon directors- very excellent ones
but dont forget akira toriyama (i think thats how its spelled) who made the awesome dragonball and dbz (in comic version no less)

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #8 on:** March 29, 2003, 06:01:33 PM »

Bah, it should be a requirement for humanity to watch Loony Tunes- I think everyone's life would be better if they watch them.

I have a lot of respect for Akira Toriyama, too- while I'm not the biggest fan of mangas (their style just kind of irks me, same with most anime), I have to admit that the Dragonball and Dragonball Z story arcs are incredible and it takes a man with vision to pull that all together.

Ridley · « **Reply #9 on:** March 29, 2003, 07:58:26 PM »

I agree that everyone should see Looney Toons. Chuck Jones is a genius for creating so many funny, yet different, characters at once. And Mel Blanc is really talented for doing all those voices.

As a DBZ fan, I have a lot of respect for Akira Toriyama. Not just for the show itself, but the way he was able to create all those fight scenes. While working on a fanfic series called Digimon Z (don't laugh. I don't trust myself with the DBZ characters, but I do with the Digimon characters) I've learnt one thing about making up lots huge battles: It's HARD!

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #10 on:** April 01, 2003, 12:33:02 PM »

Gah, appareently Cartoon Network ran out of Futurama cartoons- they just aired the pilot again yesterday. I still have the last season re-runs Fox shows on Sundays, but still...

manunited4eva22 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 01, 2003, 12:45:14 PM »

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

Rocko's Modern Life to this day cracks me up. Tell me atleast one of you is a fan.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2003, 01:08:43 PM »

Oh god, I loved Rocko.

Simply a beautiful cartoon, but alas! Nickelodean never shows it anymore, at least not when I'm watching it.

Freakzoid! was also an amazing cartoon, but it only comes on at 4 AM on Saturdays.

rpglover · « **Reply #13 on:** April 01, 2003, 01:34:13 PM »

rocko was good and probably the best nickelodean cartoon they had
so many good episodes- i mean who can forget wacky deli? or conglomo? mr bighead? heffer? filburt? spunkey?
one of my favorite episodes was when they pulled the spoof on the shining when heffer became the head of security at conglomo- genius episode!

Ian Sane · « **Reply #14 on:** April 01, 2003, 01:41:59 PM »

Simpsons Seasons 2-6 is without a doubt the funniest cartoons I've ever seen. However the show has sucked total ass for the last, what, 7 years? Therefore it's kind of hard to describe the quality of the series as a whole since, in my opinion, it's been both one of the best and worst cartoons on TV. They should have quit after Season 7.

Futurama is pretty funny and I'll be getting it on DVD for sure. It's not better than the Simpsons at their prime but it's been a more consistent show. In the end as a whole series Futurama will probably be a better show as it likely won't have become a parody of itself like The Simpsons have.

I also really loved Tiny Toon Adventures and THE TICK~.

Tick: So Mr. Mayor, whenever you want me and Arther to save the city just flash THE TICK SIGNAL at a convienent passing of clouds.
Mayor: You know we have your phone number.
Tick: Also use phone.

Classics like Looney Toons are really funny but I wouldn't compare them to modern cartoons. It's just a different style of comedy aimed at a different audience. Looney Toons (and other cartoons of the era) was more physical than most modern cartoons and was shown in shorts at the beginning of movies. You can't really compare that to a 30 minute TV show that depends more on witty dialogue.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #15 on:** April 01, 2003, 02:11:52 PM »

I guess it's a matter of personal opinion, but I still hold by that Futurama is funnier.

And the Simpsons doesn't suck now- sure it's nowhere near as funny as it used to be, but it's still 10 times funnier than 90% of other cartoons out there.

Oh man, I loved the Tick so much. I watched that show all the time. I also loved the Critic and Family Guy, both of which Fox cancelled.

It seems Fox has a habit of cancelling really great cartoons- first The Critic, then Futurama, and now The Family Guy. At least we know The Simpsons will stay around until at least 2006.

rpglover · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2003, 03:02:08 PM »

yeah i forgot totally about the critic
i love john lovitz- he has the best voice for that show- it suits him perfectly
i think they show the critic late on comedy central
i try to watch it when its on
i believe they had a cameo of the critic in an episode of the simpsons once- it was a pretty good episode
but yeah i guess it just is preference
i still like the simpsons a lot but their recent stuff doesnt touch what their old stuff used to be
hopefully they improve but i doubt they will- i think they are running out of ideas

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2003, 02:32:05 AM »

Yeah, Comedy Cetnral shows The Critic, but they keep changing it's time. It's usually around midnight. He had a cameo on The Simpsons the episode when Marge held the film festival- he was a movie critic.

"i think they are running out of ideas"

You know, that's exactly what a Simpsons friend of mine told, and I'll say to you what I said to him: they're *not* running out of ideas- that's almost impossible on a comedy show (look at SNL- it's been running for 27 years and still has new ideas)- the problem is they're not thinking of new ones. The writers are struggling because they can't grasp the new ideas that ARE out there. There's no limit on the number of ideas, just on the writers' abilities to think of them.

rpglover · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2003, 12:49:46 PM »

yeah that is a pretty good point
they may not be running out of good ideas its just that the new ones cant compete with what they used to have
also- they havent been able to use certain characters because the voicer for them is dead (phil hartman)
he did lional hutz and troy mclure- two of my favorite characters they had
for a while i thought it be cool if we could use them again but unfortunately we dont have phil to voice
i still like the simpsons but their new seasons havent been too hot lately
but we shall see how the simpsons do from now on- i still watch them but they are just as good as they used to be
now i am not sure about futurama- but how many seasons did matt groening make for futurama

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2003, 12:59:42 PM »

Yeah, it really sucks that Phil died. He was actually supposed to do the voice of Zap Branigan on Futurama, but died before they started the series. That's why Fry's full name is Phillip J. Fry (his middle initial is J. because reportedly it's Matt Groening's favorite middle initial).

I think Futurama ran for 4 seasons or so. I believe it began in 1999 and was officially cancelled in February.

::EDIT:: A friend of mine raised an interesting point- I don't know if anyone noticed, but Fox showd Futurama on Sunday at 7 pm and it was an episode they hadn't shown before. Is this because Matt made more episodes than Fox has shown (I thought I heard that somewhere) or has Fox actually brought back the series. They still have a site for it and advertise it's timeslot.

PIAC · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2003, 07:31:21 PM »

oh wow cool!! new futuramas, most good new cartoons tend to get scrapped =\ its a real shame, (family guy = gone, invader zim = gone, futurama = gone (or so i thought))

"have no fears, there will be shows for years" heheh yeah the latest simpsons haven't been that great, but geez, im not going to complain after over a decade of quality entertainment

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #21 on:** April 03, 2003, 02:28:23 AM »

The cancellation I hated most was that of Dexter. It wasn't exactly a cancellation, though- Gendy Tartakovsky just stopped making them, or Cartoon Network stopped asking for them, I guess. What made it even worse s when they brought it back- the new series has a very different art style, different voices for just about everybody (whoever does Dexter is horrible), and most of all it's just not funny. I appreciate the effort by Cartoon Network, but they just made it look like a half assed attempt to capitalize on Dexter's popularity.

Invader Zim was cancelled? I never liked the show that much personally, but I know a LOT of people who did. That's kind of surprising.

PIAC · « **Reply #22 on:** April 03, 2003, 08:07:53 AM »

yeah the braintrust at nikelodian (sp?) bowed down to the complaints of some parents about its "scary content, not suitale for kids" etc, i loved the show, ive almosed DLed every episode (that was before i had cable) ohwell, im sure another good show will come along, and get canceled

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #23 on:** April 03, 2003, 10:30:17 AM »

When are parents going to learn the best way to stop their kids from seeing "Scary" content on TV is *to not let their kids watch those shows*. They shouldn't try to change what's on TV when the REAL problem is what they're letting their kids watch.

rpglover · « **Reply #24 on:** April 03, 2003, 11:13:22 AM »

i think they got rid of rocko's modern life and ahhh...real monsters for the reason that they were not kid oriented
alot of their episodes had jokes in it that older kids might get but some youngsters may not
personally i stopped watching nickelodian after they cancelled rocko- that was a huge blow
now i get most of my cartooning on cartoon network (duh..) and fox

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