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Matt Groening Talks About Futurama's Comeback

Posted by Zonk on from the you-seem-malnourished-are-you-suffering-from-internal-parasites- dept.

Joel Keller writes "When I was at the Television Critics Association press tour earlier last month, I briefly talked to Matt Groening about Futurama's comeback. I posted the interview to TV Squad a couple of days ago. The man behind the Simpsons and Futurama talks about the latter's comeback, the fun of doing sci-fi in a comedy format, and a few words about the first episode to air on Comedy Central."

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  1. Cast/Writers by kevin_conaway · · Score: 4, Informative

    Whenever a story about Futurama comes up, everyone always wonders, will the original writers and cast come back? David Cohen answers that

    We have the entire cast back, as well as a good chunk of the writing staff. We also have Rough Draft Studios animating once again, and they seem determined to top even their own amazing work from the first time around. To complete the reunion of our original crack team, it looks like we will also have Chris Tyng back to work his magic on the musical score.
  2. Re: morbo by i_ate_god · · Score: 2, Informative

    one of my favorite quotes from futurama ever

    "I bet those windmills will keep those turtles cool"
    "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!"

    --
    I'm god, but it's a bit of a drag really...
  3. Re:Why, Fry, Why? by roka · · Score: 2, Informative
    I don't know if you read the Article (lol), but let me quote it for you:

    Groening and the show's executive producer, David X. Cohen, were happy that the demand was there, because they both felt they had more to say. "Not that I think our show is like Star Trek, but (the original) Star Trek didn't last that long, but it went on and on and on (after it was cancelled). And David Cohen and I talked about it; we had so many story ideas and so many characters that we hadn't gotten around to introducing yet. So I'm so pleased. You could have said what you said after the first two seasons, but there are so many awesome episodes in season 3 and 4 it proves you wrong (The Sting, Jurassic Bark, The Luck of the Fryish, Godfellas..).
    Futurama has gotten better and better.
  4. Re:It Died Because It Was Boring by thhamm · · Score: 2, Informative

    this dream was brought to you by: lightspeed briefs

  5. Futurama Supporters..... by IHC+Navistar · · Score: 2, Informative

    Belligerant and numerous! :-)

    --
    Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
  6. Re:Why, Fry, Why? by Loadmaster · · Score: 3, Informative

    You'll get it.
    http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/002 710592.cfm

    And thank God. Every time I watch that episode and I see Seymour wait for all those years then finally just lower his head to die my heart sinks. A powerful image, to be sure, but I just don't feel right after the show. Luckily, watching on the DVD you can just go to the next or to the previous (Bender should not be allowed on TV).

    Swi

  7. Re:It Died Because It Was Boring by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Text-to-binary converter (and vice-versa)

  8. Re:It Died Because It Was Boring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    My favorite hypnotoad site: http://r33b.net/

    Bookmark it today and go into a catatonic stupor for a few hours at will.

  9. Re:Take that, Fox by neminem · · Score: 2, Informative

    You do realize that the vast majority of Firefly-obsessed geeks had never heard of it until many months after it got canned, yes? I certainly hadn't; I heard about it about a month before Serenity came out.

  10. Re:Why, Fry, Why? by kjart · · Score: 2, Informative

    COHEN: 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.

    Sold.

  11. Re:Guaranteed to suck... by benad · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's coming back on Comedy Central, not Fox. Big difference there, and maybe why it won't suck as much as Family Guy. Remember, it's the Futurama writers and cast that wanted the show back and decided to go to Comedy Central (after negotiations failed with Fox). This is not another case of Fox producers trying to "milk out" the show's fans.