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Futurama Returns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-news-everyone dept.

riflemann writes "Another 26 episodes of Futurama will shortly go into production! This news comes from none other than Billy West (voice of Fry) himself, in a short post to his own message board. No further details are available, except that it's likely to be on TV, not straight to DVD." The best news is that means fresh quotes for slashteam to hide in the source code.

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  1. Loved the show, not happy about this. by Don_dumb · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Please dont do this, let it be for gods sake.
    Going back to shows (or films series) has never worked, yes I love Futurama, but once something has stopped, dont try necromancy.
    TV shows should *never* give the viewer what they want, Star Wars EPI-III anyone? The last two Red Dwarf series (bringing back Rimmer) were horrible. Niles and Daphne getting together was at the point when Frasier turned bad
    When will people learn from the example of Seinfeld, Fawlty Towers, the Office (the real one of course)? They all stopped before the viewers had started going.
    The moral of the story is -
    "Always leave them wanting more."
    --
    If this were really happening, what would you think?
  2. May seem obvious, but... by SilentChris · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think this is an excellent example of how powerful the masses have become in affecting entertainment, and to a greater degree corporations in general.

    Medieval times: jester makes everyone laugh but the king. King has jester beheaded.

    Modern times: show makes everyone laugh but company has show cancelled. Show does astromical DVD figures and comes back.

    It's a testament to the power of the masses' will. The almighty buck is powerful, but the almighty buck plus thousands of people writing Fox to call them idiots is even more powerful.

    P.s. Don't stop calling Fox idiots.