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David X. Cohen of Futurama Talks About the Movie
Joel Keller writes "I conducted a brief interview with David X. Cohen, EP and show-runner for Futurama, about the release of the new DVD, "Futurama: Bender's Big Score," as well as the return of his show to TV. The interview was posted to TV Squad this morning. In it, Cohen talks about how the movies will be split up into episodes, some of the inside references that they inserted for the die-hards, and a quick preview of what the second Futurama movie is going to be about."
I've got a fever....and the only prescription is more Hypnotoad.
Ick. Comedy Central is famous for getting shows like this and then killing them off quick. MST3K anyone?
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AdultSwim saved Futurama,and I believe it's still one of the most popular shows, even with it being a constant rerun over the past year or so. Can't wait for the new season (?) movie (?).
Professor Farnsworth: (Staring at blank movie screen) They don't make movies like these anymore...(blows nose)
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Calculon: I've seen better acting from extras in Godzilla movies.
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Didn't some guy named Matt Groening have something to do with it?
If you like Futurama you will like this movie. The movie dragged on for about 45 minutes to long because the ending was obvious through the last 60 minutes or so.
I loved the movie and I loved the nods and goodies they gave the fans such as Seymour.
My favorite part was during the opening graphics - the "old" cartoon showing before the Planet Express ship crashes into the billboard. I had to stop the movie and jerk back a few tears, it was the most intense feeling of nostalgia I've felt in a very long time.
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The movie was boring, too long, and felt like an amalgamated mess of scenes. The humor was nearly absent, and years behind what other cartoon shows have done. Maybe this was their attempt to play catch-up. But if its any indication of what is to come, I wont be watching.
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I, for one, could stand more re-airing of that show. However, IMHO, Comedy Central gave it a decent run.
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The distinct aroma of BS that is. A blanket, anonymous, and non-specific, "This movie sucks" post with a vague reference to the WGA strike.
I certainly hope your not one of the writers because I just know you could have done better than that.
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Speaking of Futurama, a week or two back, the BBC's intellectual quiz show "University Challenge" had a whole round (3 questions) on "Science References in Futurama"!
If I remember the questions were along the lines of:
(I.e. the contestants could conceivably have got the answers without knowing the show - more detail was given for q1 than I can remember - although they didn't do too well and Paxo looked a bit bemused).
I think that this confirms the sad truth that "Futurama" must be the most intellectual TV show of recent years (excluding University Challenge).
In a survey of 100 programmers, 111111 thought that duck-typing was a good idea.
Overall they put a lot more work into the quality of the show when you compare it to previous episodes.
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The only parts I didn't like were the song and dance routines. They were really poor when compared to the opera piece they did.
They really went nuts with the time travel. Which I liked. Sure it got confusing, but it was cheap and easy TIME TRAVEL. Chaos just comes with it.
I plan on buying the DVD when it comes out to show my support.
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
Or is it Nov 27th, 2008? If it is, then those people could have said so. I mean, today being Nov 26th, when you here it will be on Nov 27th, you think tomorrow.
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WHERE the F@CK is the region 2 release ? I want to BUY it NOW! If they wait too long : I'll download it.
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Has anyone actually watched it? It is very very very bad:( And I used to be a fan of Futurama; but somehow they lost it.. lost it big time. Also going Family Guy and American Dad, there is no turning back!
Am I the only one that found the movie to be completely bland and devoid of any of the uniqueness that made the show what it was?
Don't get me wrong, though! I am a HUGE Futurama fan. I watched the show from the beginning and thought it was going to best new thing since sliced bread. And to be canceled ... Part of me believes that this was the most ignorant decision ever made in television history. But I also understand that Futurama is NOT geared towards the bottom of the IQ barrel like the rest of today's television, and it wasn't going to last knowing that intelligent audiences don't make "good little consumers."
I honestly got the impression that they just bought the movie's script from an unrelated writer and stamped the good ol' Futurama cast on the project. This wasn't the Futurama I knew and loved.
One of the things I loved about the show was its witty references to technology and how the 1,000 years of advancement had only resulted in backwards-thinking and useless gadgets. Indeed, this concept is enshrined in the name of the show, Futurama, which is a reference to the now-cheesy, B-ish displays at World Fairs that attempted to predict technology of the next era (e.g. today). Those goofy gizmos never materialized in our own time, but they seem to thrive in the year 3000.
So I didn't find any connection to the series besides the unsettling number of previous characters they decided to throw in for nostalgia. Most of them were out of place, but some of them were just down right degrading to the movie and .. believe it or not .. even the show. For instance, just why exactly did they feel the need to utterly ruin the emotions we all felt in Jurassic Bark's story of Seymour?!?! I won't apologize for the punctuation. It's a mystery to me what was going through their heads when they decided to event put Seymour in the movie, let alone killing him in the most lame, unexpected, and unimaginative manner. Wasn't the idea that Seymour lived out his years missing Fry? So all of a sudden we have him getting to see Fry right before he gets burnt to death? SERIOUSLY! WHAT THE FUCK!?
I could have lived with a mediocre movie, but they had to go and screw up part of my love of the series too!
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Could you please give away the *ENTIRE* plot of the movie for us? It was annoying having only half of it ruined.
Or, at least, stick a SPOILERS tag on this?! Sheesh, this interview assumes that you've seen the movie already, which means it took quite a lot of the shine off it for me.
And I loved it. The plot twists were a little convoluted but the storyline played out nicely. I especially loved the nudist SpamKings and their devious plots in getting all they could from people. It was an absolute joy to watch a NEW episode of a definite cult classic. I watched the series when it initially aired on Fox and continued watching it when it was put on the Adult Swim. I bought all the DVD episodes so that I could watch them any time I wish. The only thing I had an issue with was the re-introduction of Seymour, Fry's dog, and seeing him blasted by Bender instead of the actual tear jerking show ending where he died while waiting on Fry's return. That was the only "Serious" episode of Futurama for me. Nibbler finally comes out of the closet, so to speak, and confronts everyone with his knowledge of things and how, OH YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT. Enjoy it for what it is and have a few good laughs at Fry's, Leela's, Amy's, Zoidberg's , Bender's, Hermes' and the Professor's predicament throughout the movie. ENJOY.
Here I am sitting at the computer while it's still playing in the other room. I found it dead boring, not funny and with no coherent plot. This is coming from a huge Futurama fan who has bought the DVD box sets of all 4 seasons.
I guess this is going to be yet another series that I will have to forget was ever continued after it was "over". Careful what you wish for, huh?
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