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Apple Pro Underwear · Dec 17, 2005, 12:36 AM

FUTURAMA FANS - buy DVD and maybe we get the show back?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio...086846734.html

"He concedes, however, that Futurama's US network Fox "never understood" the show. The series was cancelled in May 2002 and its final episode, the 72nd, aired in the US in August 2003. The end came, however, at a fortuitous time. "We were cancelled just at the time the DVD market blew up and became huge," Cohen says. "It's far and away the No. 1 factor in a resuscitation if we do have one."

family guy apparently is good for something! thanks!

Cubeoid · Dec 17, 2005, 12:49 AM

I love Futurama, and hope they bring it back! Best show ever.

analogika · Dec 17, 2005, 01:15 AM

72?

I thought there were only 65?

gumby5647 · Dec 17, 2005, 01:25 AM

I really didn't mind Futurama....but that Dr. Zoidburg guy was HORRIBLE....it was enough to make me want to NOT watch the show. BLECH

BasketofPuppies · Dec 17, 2005, 02:00 AM

Not gonna happen. Family Guy DVDs are among the best selling ever. Futurama sold well, but not that well. Not even close.

Dark Helmet · Dec 17, 2005, 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by gumby5647

I really didn't mind Futurama....but that Dr. Zoidburg guy was HORRIBLE....it was enough to make me want to NOT watch the show. BLECH

He was the whole reason I watched the show.

Ozmodiar · Dec 17, 2005, 02:16 AM

Godfellas is, to this day, among the best 22 minutes of television ever to be broadcast.

analogika · Dec 17, 2005, 02:19 AM

Originally Posted by gumby5647

I really didn't mind Futurama....but that Dr. Zoidburg guy was HORRIBLE....it was enough to make me want to NOT watch the show. BLECH

you're even funnier than he is.

almost.

Nicko · Dec 17, 2005, 07:39 AM

Futurama was and still is awsome. But come on guys, you gotta admit that after season 3 (with the exception of a couple season 4 eps that the QUALITY of the show went down the drain. Not sure what happened to the writting, but it seemed to me like they were running out of ideas. The show was losing its edge. It all about Bender, there was harldy any character development. Its sort of like what has happened to the Simpsons....they lost its heart.

Anyway, cutting a show in its prime is a good way to make it into a classic, IMO, which isn't such a bad thing.

Eriamjh · Dec 17, 2005, 10:34 AM

I bought them all and the show didn't come back!

macfantn · Dec 17, 2005, 10:41 AM

i bought them all too, I also here they are making a direct to dvd movie which I can't wait for.

mikemako · Dec 17, 2005, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by macfantn

I also here they are making a direct to dvd movie which I can't wait for.

Oh let it be true!!!!

- - e r i k - - · Dec 18, 2005, 04:19 AM

I bought all the DVDs before the all the episodes hadn't even been shown in the US yet. God bless that early European release

bradoesch · Dec 18, 2005, 07:20 AM

I did my part.

meelk · Dec 18, 2005, 12:39 PM

a horrible show. no wonder it was canned.

nerd · Dec 18, 2005, 04:09 PM

I love the show but I have to agree with others about Dr. Zoidburg. I just can't relate to the character.

Kerrigan · Dec 18, 2005, 04:15 PM

Crap shows like family guy, simpsons, futurama, etc, all need to be ended after a couple of seasons. Shows come and shows go, there is no reason to delay the inevitable.

sek929 · Dec 18, 2005, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Crap shows like family guy, simpsons, futurama, etc, all need to be ended after a couple of seasons. Shows come and shows go, there is no reason to delay the inevitable.

Bwahahaha.

So the Simpsons should have stopped at Season 3?

Thats rich

Kerrigan · Dec 18, 2005, 05:16 PM

The world would have been a better place had the Simpsons been cancelled years ago.

bradoesch · Dec 18, 2005, 05:22 PM

He's funny why not.

sek929 · Dec 18, 2005, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

The world would have been a better place had the Simpsons been cancelled years ago.

I agree, but years ago is hardly a couple of years into the series. I'd say they should have jumped the shark after season 10.

Then Futurama would be Groening's only show on Fox and it would have picked up when Simpsons left off. If you think about it they had infinite new material with the new future format. I do think season 4 was a little meh, (sans a few hilarious episodes) but 1. 2. and 3 were gold.

South Park is another show with 8+ seasons of hilarity.

analogika · Dec 18, 2005, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by meelk

a horrible show. no wonder it was canned.

It's the liberal media conspiracy.

Glad you disliked it.

- - e r i k - - · Dec 18, 2005, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by nerd

I love the show but I have to agree with others about Dr. Zoidburg. I just can't relate to the character.

Demonhood · Dec 18, 2005, 10:08 PM

JoshuaZ · Dec 18, 2005, 10:33 PM

Does anyone else lover Herme`s limbo obsession? I don`t know why but thats just pure funny.

TailsToo · Dec 19, 2005, 01:39 AM

own them all already!

- - e r i k - - · Dec 19, 2005, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Does anyone else lover Herme`s limbo obsession? I don`t know why but thats just pure funny.

Oh yeah. How Hermes Requisited His Groove Back is one of my favourites

Nicko · Dec 19, 2005, 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by bradoesch

He's funny why not.

Fav Dr. Z quotes:

"I'm seeing a movie with friends!"

"Did someone say something about a free hot meal?"

Weyland-Yutani · Dec 19, 2005, 04:42 AM

"By the way, I fertilized your caviar..."

cheers

W-Y

Athens · Dec 19, 2005, 05:17 AM

I love that show!

LiquidGuy · Jan 4, 2006, 06:38 PM

Update of Joy!

Talks have begun at 20th Century Fox TV to revive the animated TV show Futurama, much in the same way Family Guy found new life after cancellation, Variety reported.

The studio is in early discussions to put Futurama back in production and create a limited number of episodes of the Emmy Award-winning show, although it's too soon to tell where those episodes might end up.

A few sites are reporting:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...4&cs=1&s=h&p=0
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=1&id=34002
http://tvguide.com/News/Entertainment

Apple Pro Underwear · Jan 4, 2006, 07:31 PM

holla!

i hope they give it a chance this time. premiere it right after the simpsons, none of that 7:30 bullshyt

Cubeoid · Jan 4, 2006, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Oh yeah. How Hermes Requisited His Groove Back is one of my favourites

It was requisitioned.

Nicko · Jan 4, 2006, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by LiquidGuy

Update of Joy!

A few sites are reporting:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...4&cs=1&s=h&p=0
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=1&id=34002
http://tvguide.com/News/Entertainment

Praise be to the Space Pope!

Big Mac · Jan 5, 2006, 01:26 PM

I sort of hope they'll do DVD releases prior to bringing it back to the airwaves, or else it may just be axed again, especially if Fox works its magic. The show doesn't have the plebian appeal of Family Guy.

Dakar · Jan 5, 2006, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

I sort of hope they'll do DVD releases prior to bringing it back to the airwaves, or else it may just be axed again, especially if Fox works its magic. The show doesn't have the plebian appeal of Family Guy.

No, while they littered it with some low-brow and normal humor here and there, alot of it was nerdy or a little too clever.

LegendaryPinkOx · Jan 5, 2006, 01:50 PM

But god help us if there isn't enough "low-brow" entertainment on television. We need more witty tv programing. I find myself watching reruns of The Black Adder on the BBC far to much lately.

Dakar · Jan 5, 2006, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by LegendaryPinkOx

But god help us if there isn't enough "low-brow" entertainment on television. We need more witty tv programing. I find myself watching reruns of The Black Adder on the BBC far to much lately.

Elitist.

LegendaryPinkOx · Jan 5, 2006, 02:08 PM

I work at a grocery store

oh and if I wasn't clear I'm all for the reincarnation of Futurama, great show.

Dakar · Jan 5, 2006, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by LegendaryPinkOx

I work at a grocery store

Yeah it's probably one of those L.A. healthfood we only catre to snobs and celebrity grocery stores..

LegendaryPinkOx · Jan 5, 2006, 02:22 PM

"...as for me, I design mansions, then live in them."

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 5, 2006, 02:36 PM

Screw that. As much as I love Futurama why do I have to keep pissing away money on DVD's after the show is cancelled for dumb assed Fox to get the idea that it had a huge fan base.

demibob · Jan 5, 2006, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

No, while they littered it with some low-brow and normal humor here and there, alot of it was nerdy or a little too clever.

my thoughts exactly. there are some jokes that a lot of people just dont get. I hope they bring it back. And zoidberg is funny. hes not consistently funny but he does get some very funny lines.
still no point buying dvd's just to send a message. If i did that with every series or movie i wanted continued id be out about $300.

Dakar · Jan 5, 2006, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Screw that. As much as I love Futurama why do I have to keep pissing away money on DVD's after the show is cancelled for dumb assed Fox to get the idea that it had a huge fan base.

I keep buying movies on DVD and I keep wondering, "Will they re-release all this sh*t in HiDef? Will my collection be worthless?"

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 5, 2006, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

I keep buying movies on DVD and I keep wondering, "Will they re-release all this sh*t in HiDef? Will my collection be worthless?"

Yes they will BUT shows like futurama is not filmed in high def in the first place so there is not point.

I am not buying any more BSG on DVD though as after watching it in HD it makes the DVD's look like total ass. HD is at least 3x better than DVD's in resolution.

Blu-ray is going to make a big push this year and I am going to be all over it.

demibob · Jan 5, 2006, 02:59 PM

its all about blu-ray
i dont know anyone thats a fan of hddvd
then again sony has enforced a lot of standards on the world that havnt turned out to be that good.
anyone still use a minidisk

Dakar · Jan 5, 2006, 03:01 PM

Bsg?

demibob · Jan 5, 2006, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

Bsg?

battle star galactica i think

zerock · Jan 5, 2006, 03:16 PM

battlestar galactica

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 5, 2006, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by demibob

its all about blu-ray
i dont know anyone thats a fan of hddvd
then again sony has enforced a lot of standards on the world that havnt turned out to be that good.
anyone still use a minidisk

Actually there are 2 HD-DVD fans here but they aren't even quite sure why.