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3/5/2010 8:34:07 PM

They did a joke about Fox cancelling them on the first DVD movie.

3/5/2010 10:22:09 PM

there were ads on com central about new eps coming this summer, realizing that they've already announced the new ep air dates, that was the first time id seen ads for it.

[Edited on May 10, 2010 at 10:14 AM. Reason : .]

5/10/2010 10:13:13 AM

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2010/06/11/exclusive-first-90-seconds-from-first-new-futurama-episode/

6/12/2010 11:42:05 PM

Thursday...

6/21/2010 9:38:21 PM

if someone could go harvest a few chronitons to get time moving faster, i'd appreciate it

6/21/2010 9:41:58 PM

boy those new episodes of futurama sure were great, i cant wait for season 6!

[Edited on June 21, 2010 at 9:48 PM. Reason : oh shit, anybody have a doomsday device?]

6/21/2010 9:47:52 PM

^^ but if we did that, time would start skipping and junk and stuff

for some reason i have the bender lost in space episode stuck in my head


Fry.. its me... Bonder

Bonder? Is it really you?
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yea so is there any word on whether it will be the original voice cast or not? i'd be disappointed if they got new people

6/21/2010 11:18:29 PM

pretty sure they got the old guys back

6/21/2010 11:20:33 PM

The first two episodes are available for download. I just pulled them off the newsgroups.

6/22/2010 6:24:37 PM

First episode was pretty good, 2nd one was so-so.

6/22/2010 7:08:42 PM

new episodes start up tonight for those not seeing them already

6/24/2010 9:42:22 AM

^^ i agree

still was fucking amazing to be watching new futurama though

6/24/2010 9:46:18 AM

I won't claim to have never pirated a tv show, but Futurama is one I refuse to steal.

I kinda wish people would actually tune in to Comedy Central tonight, this show deserves good ratings.

Hell, when the DVD movies came out on tv I watched them again just to show support.

6/24/2010 9:55:00 AM

what time does the show start?

6/24/2010 2:16:19 PM

the first of the 2 episodes starts at 10pm eastern

on Comedy CentrALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

[Edited on June 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM. Reason : EVERYBODY LOVES HYPNOTOAD]

6/24/2010 2:32:26 PM

Quote :

" this show deserves good ratings."

it deserved good ratings on it's original run

i'll have to wait and see how the new episodes are

but most of the dvd material was pretty weak

6/24/2010 2:51:43 PM

coma-coma-coma-coma-comachameleonnnn hahahaha

6/24/2010 10:11:49 PM

I approve of the first one

[Edited on June 24, 2010 at 10:33 PM. Reason : man I miss Peter ]

6/24/2010 10:30:22 PM

Second was better simply for the inclusion of Zapp Branagan.

Nice callback on the map of the solar system by including "Urectum".

6/24/2010 11:28:31 PM

I really enjoyed it.

6/25/2010 12:50:18 AM

i still don't know if i want to see these

6/25/2010 6:33:39 AM

^^^ I made a point to rewind for that part

6/25/2010 8:46:18 AM

“On the count of three, you will awaken feeling refreshed, as if Futurama had never been cancelled by idiots, then brought back by bigger idiots.”

I laffed

6/25/2010 9:35:17 AM

A nice return for Futurama. Let's hope they can keep pace.

6/25/2010 10:39:58 AM

If all the new episodes are as good or better than last nights, then I will be very pleased with this endeavor.

6/25/2010 10:48:19 AM

I was expecting Bender to be a robot copy at the end of the first episode.

Ending of the second episode was disappointing, but I still liked both eps.

It makes me happy to think that there's another episode coming next week. I guess I got used to having to wait months and months between the new DVD movies.

The 30-minute format helps the stories work so much better than the movie-that-can-be-cut-into-episodes format.

6/25/2010 10:55:03 AM

agreed

it was a good start back for the series. now if it can only maintain the funny...

6/25/2010 12:33:00 PM

Quote :

"The 30-minute format helps the stories work so much better than the movie-that-can-be-cut-into-episodes format."

Agreed. Making them that way ruins the pacing

6/25/2010 12:43:37 PM

tonight's episode is poking fun at the iphone...lol

7/1/2010 10:07:36 PM

"Is there an app for biting my shiny metal ass?"
"Several!"

ahahaha, I need that sound clip on my phone

7/1/2010 10:07:45 PM

Apparently Groening is not a Machead...

7/1/2010 10:08:40 PM

Considering that episode was written, recorded, and animated many months ago it was surprisingly topical.

"You mean it's a phone too?"

7/1/2010 10:32:19 PM

That episode was awesome.

7/2/2010 1:15:15 AM

Great episode! Glad this show is back in it's 30 min. form. Much better this way!

7/2/2010 8:58:21 AM

maybe i'm missing something

but that episode wasn't good

7/2/2010 10:12:34 AM

^You're missing something. Twas funny.

7/2/2010 10:28:08 AM

I think I'm with scm011 on this one.

I'll admit that I thought it was hilarious. I'll admit that Apple had every one of those jokes coming.
However, it didn't really feel like a Futurama episode. It was like someone took their own joke and wrapped the Futurama characters around it, sort of like when web-comics play a joke and switch comics for a day.

Futurama does enjoy poking at the cultural references of our time, but its typically religated to a one-liner that's quick and poignent. This time, they spent an entire episode harping on a joke that would have been over in the first 5 minutes in a retro episode. Then the plug with Susan Boyle just seemed too obscure for Futurama. It was more of a South Park thing, though would have been handled the week-of in that show.

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In short, it was funny and utilized the Futurama characters properly, but it really didn't feel like a Futurama episode.

[Edited on July 2, 2010 at 11:21 AM. Reason : ]

7/2/2010 11:19:22 AM

Quote :

"Futurama does enjoy poking at the cultural references of our time, but its typically religated to a one-liner that's quick and poignent."

See:
-Titanic episode (A Flight to Remember)
-Beck episode (Bendin in the Wind)
-Star Trek episode (Where No Fan Has Gone Before)
-Iron Chef episode (The 30% Iron Chef)

I can understand why you'd consider the iPhone and Apple to be a current-events cultural reference, but the gadget-hungry mobs and social media themes (that the episode was really about) will be around for a long time.

That said, I wasn't crazy about the Susan Boyle reference, but it fit into the plot well enough to not be a Family Guy joke.

7/2/2010 11:44:07 AM

^I understand your point. I guess the difference for me was that the episodes that you listed are more like allegories. This episode was more like harping on the same joke for the entire episode.

Its definitely a thin line. I'll still maintain that it felt more like bending the Futurama cast around a concept than an actual Futurama episode.

7/2/2010 2:08:52 PM

Yeah, the more I think about it the more I see your point.

Last night's episode could have easily been a Simpsons episode. There were some nice future tweaks to it, but for the most part it could have been "Homer and Bart compete for Twitter followers." In fact, the whole iPod fanboyism has already been covered before in the subplot of Mypods and Boomsticks... (Simpsons did it!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mypods_and_Boomsticks
Still, I enjoyed last night's ep.

Looks like next week's episode (Proposition Infinity) will be better. It's covering the current events story of Prop 8, but should be adding enough future stuff to it that it won't feel like it could be a reskinned Simpsons episode.

Not to mention it looks to be a Bender-heavy episode.

7/2/2010 2:27:38 PM

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"Apparently Groening is not a Machead..."

Isn't that enough to get you completely ostracized in the artistic type community?

My wife was able to see the new episode because she was someplace that had cable. She didn't like it and her synopsis did make the episode sound weak. Used to be our favorite show, but we both feel like the series completely lost its way starting with the first movie.

I may get around to seeing this episode so I can make my own call. Not planning on seeing the last 3 movies though.

7/3/2010 4:46:56 PM

I've liked them so far.

They don't have a lot of the spark that the older ones did, but I was entertained perhaps moreso than usual, but that could be because [new].

7/4/2010 3:16:30 AM

Quote :

"^I understand your point. I guess the difference for me was that the episodes that you listed are more like allegories. This episode was more like harping on the same joke for the entire episode. Its definitely a thin line. I'll still maintain that it felt more like bending the Futurama cast around a concept than an actual Futurama episode"

Plenty of episodes seem to focus mainly on a single joke or issue, "Fry and the Slurm Factory" for example.

7/4/2010 11:05:59 AM

Last one was not as good as first two. Was like the painful Simpsons mapple episode.

7/4/2010 12:16:06 PM

i am never the right kind of intoxicated to enjoy this show but i always feel that i am close

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7/4/2010 2:26:52 PM

Quote :

"Plenty of episodes seem to focus mainly on a single joke or issue, "Fry and the Slurm Factory" for example."

That's not a single joke. That's an 'allegory' of Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Look up the definition if you are confused.

For example, "Fry and the Slurm Factory" is more like "Robin Hood: Men in Tights". Its an allegory.
This last episode was more like listening to Jeff Foxworthy doing a "You might be a redneck" routine. Its just a bunch of jokes on a similar topic without much direction.

But whatever. Even if the quality degrades a bit from the previous seasons, I'm hoping it doesn't swan-dive like the travesty that Family Guy has become.

7/5/2010 3:14:52 PM

Yeah I'm certainly aware of what an allegory is, but I still don't think the slurm episode was any better executed than the latest one.

7/5/2010 6:02:15 PM

^^wouldn't those be more "parody" than "allegory"?

7/5/2010 6:19:36 PM

oh shit it's on

7/8/2010 10:06:01 PM