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Futurama May Strike Back (on DVD)

Posted by timothy on from the can't-get-enough-amy dept.

Nik writes "Hot on the heels of Family Guy's revival, Can't Get Enough Futurama is reporting that 'there is renewed talk at FOX about bringing fresh Futurama content directly to DVD.' While nothing is confirmed at this point, it is apparently the first time that a division of Fox has considered producing new episodes of the animated sci-fi series in some time."

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  1. Better than the Simpsons by vitalyb · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd hate to offend anyone this is really just what I believe Futurama is. Shows continue if they hit the largest common dominator of the mob watching the show, sadly (aka "2 Fast 2 Furious") the common dominator is quite low.

    Result:
    Simpsons are on their what? 10th season? Futurama was canceled after 5 seasons (and correct me if the numbers are wrong, that's not the point).

    I like Simpsons as well (even if not too much) but as far as humor goes, Futurama is more witty, complicated and deep.

  2. How long... by Cyno01 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Before TV is nothing but a preview for DVDs or some sort of streaming on demand system. How many cancled shows have been released on DVD with a bunch of episodes that never even aired?

    --
    "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
  3. iTunes video downloads by Jesse_132 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It would be great if apple could leverage their iTunes music store by adding the ability to buy episodes directly.

  4. Re:NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Except that Billy West (voice of Fry, Prof. Farnsworth, Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan) has indicated that David X. Cohen (writer, exec producer) has talked with the Fox executives, and they were very open to going forward with this. This isn't just rumors from some comic con, this is coming from the actual people who make the show.