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David X. Cohen Interviewed on New Futurama

Posted by Zonk on from the everybody-loves-hypnotoad dept.

eldavojohn writes "Toyfare has a short but exclusive interview with co-creator of Futurama David X. Cohen. There's a lot of information about how they plan to continue the series. He also reveals they're halfway through writing the new season and just starting animation. When asked about his favorite minor character of the show, Cohen responded 'Hypnotoad. By the way, we are looking into producing a full 22-minute episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad for the DVD release. I am serious.'"

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  1. Seymour the Dog! by Calmiche · · Score: 5, Insightful

    (Quote) We will also be shedding light on several lingering questions from the original run, including ... Seymour the dog. (/Quote)

    Oh Man, oh man, oh man! Jurassic Bark, the episode featuring Seymour the dog, has to be one of the best written pieces of television I've ever seen, as well as one of the saddest. Look, I'm a grown man, and every time I see that episode, I cry. Anything that can do that is good television.

    Oh, yah. If you can't tell, I'm REALLY excited about the return of Futurama.

    1. Re:Seymour the Dog! by 0racle · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Ya I hate that episode, and by hate I mean I don't like feeling depressed for hours after it.

      You son of a bitch, why did you even have to bring it up.

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    2. Re:Seymour the Dog! by msuzio · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I agree. That episode makes me cry, everytime. Anyone who has owned a dog knows how much it sucks that they are loyal to the end, but can't stick around long enough to share all the time they want with us. I know my dog would wait for me too...

      Oh man, now my keyboard is all wet. :-(

      *shakes fist* Damn you, David X. Cohen!!!

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    3. Re:Seymour the Dog! by glwtta · · Score: 2, Insightful

      So I don't know if I'd say it was the best writing ever, but a nice adaption from reality and a damn fine episode.

      That's what all great writing is, in one way or another.

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    4. Re:Seymour the Dog! by bitt3n · · Score: 3, Insightful

      well.. I don't know if you can say that they copied from that. After all, Odysseus' dogs waited ten years (or whatever it was) for him in the Odyssey, and then died promptly upon his return to Ithaca. Does that mean the Japanese dog was copying Homer?

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    5. Re:Seymour the Dog! by Itsacon · · Score: 3, Insightful

      My favourite tearjerker has always been `Luck of the Fryrish', but maybe that's because I don't have a dog, and I do have a brother...

      It is ranking no. 2 though...

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  2. new episodes of Futurama... by scatteredsun · · Score: 0, Insightful

    are almost as good as...DEATH BY SNOO-SNOO I hope it doesnt fall into the same rut Family Guy did after it's come-back

    1. Re:new episodes of Futurama... by Jerf · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I doubt it will. I like Family Guy, but Futurama's got much better fundamentals. Better characters, better actual stories (as opposed to joke hooks), and Family Guy has never actually affected me emotionally like several of the last season Futurama episodes. I think they'll be fine.

  3. Re:Who gives a fuck by DaveM753 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    > "you techno-hedonist nerds all deserve to die..."

    You first!

  4. Re:Hypnotoad by mrchaotica · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The funny thing is, anybody could go splice together "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad" themselves right now by just running the existing footage in a loop!

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  5. Re:Who gives a fuck by revlayle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...or posting on slashdot.... all glory to the HYPNOTOAD

  6. Re:Perhaps Mr. Cohen should be the one.... by DragonWriter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or we could just watch the Futurama episodes in which Zap Branigan, et al., appear and pretend they constitute the new Star Trek animated series, and it would still probably be better...

  7. Re:Perhaps Mr. Cohen should be the one.... by Babbster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My weird Futurama reaction: Every time I watch an episode with Zap in it, I get misty thinking about how that character should have been voiced by Phil Hartman...

  8. Re:Who gives a fuck by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "there are more important things than some jagoff cartoon"

    I did an experiment where I spent a lot of time simply worrying about North Korea's nuke program. I read about it until my eyes bled. I bitched on various websites about it. I even had a T-Shirt made. In the end, the results were surprising: I couldn't stop the bomb!

    So.. yeah.. Futurama makes more productive use of my time.

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  9. Re:Nerdgasm! by KillerBob · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How the hell does this get modded troll? Not trolling at all. :(

    And I agree with you. I'd have a hard time breathing if either of the other shows you're referencing were to make it back to the air. Sadly, I don't think that the one in your .sig will get done, since they killed off two of my favourite characters in the movie. I still think that Jaynestown was the best episode. ;)

    As for Farscape... well, they could. I dunno... it'd be really cool if they did, though. Dying in each others' arms would be hard to explain away, though, and Farscape wouldn't be Farscape without Claudia and Ben.

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