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Futurama Returns!

Posted by Zonk on from the teach-me-to-love-you-squishy-poet-from-beyond-the-stars dept.

Random BedHead Ed writes "Good news everyone! After a five year vanishing act the sci-fi spoof Futurama returned this week with a direct-to-DVD feature. Wired has an article about its return, including the story of the show's origins, a behind the scenes gallery, interviews with creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and some interesting trivia. For example, did you know the ship has an overbite like a Simpson's character? Or that the show's title is taken from an exhibition at the 1939 Worlds Fair?." We just talked about this a bit the other day, too, in reference to a great interview on TVSquad.

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  1. binary (possible spoiler-warning) by bumby · · Score: 5, Informative

    A previous episode of futurama has had a binary-joke. Benders room number is $ in binary ascii.
    So when I saw the binary code here I instantly tried to figure out what it said. It turned out
    the message was really IN the binary this time.

    001100
    010010
    011110
    100001
    101101
    110011

    s/0/_/g
    __11__
    _1__1_
    _1111_
    1____1
    1_11_1
    11__11

    It's the spaceship, from above! Fixed font would be recommended :/

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  2. CUNT! DAMN SPOILER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

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    I mean that from the bottom of my heart!
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    SPOILER WARNING GOES IN THE SUBJECT LINE.

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    YOU HAVE INCURRED MY WRATH!!!