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David X. Cohen of Futurama Talks About the Movie

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the things-i-want-to-see dept.

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."

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  1. To Mix Memes by X43B · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got a fever....and the only prescription is more Hypnotoad.

  2. Comedy Central? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ick. Comedy Central is famous for getting shows like this and then killing them off quick. MST3K anyone?

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    1. Re:Comedy Central? by AmaDaden · · Score: 5, Informative

      It's worth noting that both Adult Swim and Comedy Central both put in bids for the new eps of Futurama and Comedy Central won. Since Adult Swim more or less resurrected Futurama by playing it almost every night for the last few years it was kind of a dirty move on CCs part. So if Adult Swim got it the new eps would still happen and would be in, what some would consider, more capable hands. The same exact thing happened with Family Guy but the other guy was Fox and not CC.

  3. His show? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...return of his show to TV...

    Didn't some guy named Matt Groening have something to do with it?

    1. Re:His show? by AmaDaden · · Score: 5, Informative

      I thought that too at first but he seems to stick mostly to the Simpsons. David X. Cohen is the main guy behind Futurama but as I understand it he still has to answer to Groening.

  4. I've seen it by astrotek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

  5. Oblig. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good news, everyone!

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  6. Mars University Challenge by itsdapead · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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:

    1. Which quantum physicist was referred to via a parody of Schroedinger's Cat
    2. What is Bender's serial number, also the smallest number that can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways?
    3. What was the symbol, representing the the cardinality of the set of all natural numbers, used in the name of the local cinema?

    (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).

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