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03-07-2003, 03:47 AM
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Ronald Epstein
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So....tell me about FUTURAMA
Fox just sent me FUTURAMA.
I never heard of the show before, but it looks
like a Matt Groenig cartoon. In fact, the guy
on the front cover looks like a futuristic Homer
Simpson.
Can anyone tell me a bit about this show? Is this
something you would like to see reviewed here?
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03-07-2003, 04:00 AM
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Futurama is one of my favorite shows of the past few years. It is, in fact, a Matt Groening cartoon which centers around a pizza deliver guy, Fry, who is accidentally frozen and woken up 1000 years in the future. The show centers around a space delivery company where some of the other employees are his best friend Bender, a robot, this ship's captain Leela, a cyclops, and the really old professor who runs the place. For much of its run I feel it was just as good as The Simpsons (although I'm sure I'll get bashed for that). I've seen most of the episodes, but would be very interested in the DVD treatment it was given.
Jeremy
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03-07-2003, 04:11 AM
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This show was so badly mishandled by Fox one would have to conclude the network actively tried to kill it. Its regularly scheduled time slot was Sundays at 6 p.m. Central, but it consistently got preempted by football.
And yes, I'd love to see this reviewed. If you decide not to, though, Ron, I'd be happy to take it off your hands and write a review!
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03-07-2003, 04:53 AM
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This is a brilliant show! Very fun! Cant wait for the disc! You should review is Ron...
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03-07-2003, 05:05 AM
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or much of its run I feel it was just as good as The Simpsons (although I'm sure I'll get bashed for that)
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I would go as far as saying that it is even better than the Simpsons  . It is less sarcastic and therefore the characters are more honest which makes them a lot more likeable.
It is a shame that Fox never gave the show a chance, preempting it again and again. Since November we had only 6 episodes, most of them remains from earlier seasons, that found no timeslot.
The DVDs are fantastic (I already own R2 Seasons 1 and 2) with commentary tracks on every single episode which emphasizes the love and energy everyone of the creators, may it be the producers, the animators, the writers or the cast puts into the show. If you review the discs, make sure to listen to one or two, they are almost as funny as the episodes itself. |
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03-07-2003, 05:12 AM
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I hate to admit it, but episode for episode the latest Futurama's are funnier than the lastest Simpsons. The first season, which is on the DVD you have, was good but at the time tended to suffer a bit in comparison to The Simpsons which IMO were of more consistently high quality then than they are now.
Fox only showed about half of last season's Futurama episode so rather than buying more, they are just parcelling out the remainder over the course of this season. I can't wait to get the DVD.
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03-07-2003, 06:45 AM
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This is my favorite TV show of all time, I really dig it's humor. Many, many subtle and not so subtle references to our current society make this one great experience.
Review it or not, just watch it! You wont regret it.
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03-07-2003, 07:39 AM
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Great show Ron, I prefer it to the Simpsons, and have already bought the box sets over here in R2 Land, with commentaries, deleted scenes etc etc. Futurama is much more inventive and consistently funny than the Simpsons have been recently, sadly I think only about 75 episodes were made, are they making more? Not sure.
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03-07-2003, 07:40 AM
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Go for it. Any Simpsons fan should at least give Futurama a chance. The humor is not quite as broad as that in The Simpsons, but as some have pointed out, it's actually funnier than that show's last few seasons.
As for me, I love it. I'll definitely be picking it up. I think you'd really like it if you give it a look, Ron. 
"Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle; it's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes."
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