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Details Emerge On Futurama's "Rebirth" (and Return)

Posted by timothy on from the you'll-need-a-3d-tv-with-smellovision dept.

Svippy writes "As revealed last summer, Futurama will be returning this year, and while there were conflicts about the cast of the show in the late summer of 2009, a deal was eventually secured. Last week, Comedy Central confirmed the airing of the first episode, 'Rebirth,' will be 24 June 2010. Several other details related to plot and production have surfaced over the months, and for those interested, a full article is available on the subject."

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  1. Yay! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dr Zoidberg: Yay! So I didn't lose my job!

    1. Re:Yay! by slimjim8094 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hermes: You lost your job 6 years ago you fat lobster!

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    2. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes you did.

      *looks down disappointed* Awwwww!

    3. Re:Yay! by Jahava · · Score: 4, Funny

      This thread is bad and you should feel bad!

  2. I just got goosebumps by Reason58 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This post brought to you by Glagnar's Human Rinds.

  3. Futurama is best #2 by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Funny

    with Everyone Loves Hypnotoad at #1 of course.

    1. Re:Futurama is best #2 by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

      All glory to the Hypnotoad!

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  4. Re:Good news everybody! by Fluffeh · · Score: 2, Funny

    *Bender voice* Uh oh. I'm boned. *end character voice*

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  5. Re:And Zoidberg! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It varies from person to person.

  6. Re:Good news everybody! by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good news, everyone! I've invented a device that lets you hear my voice in your head as you read this!

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    "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)

  7. In this being by arcite · · Score: 4, Funny
    In this being the post-millennial / post-9/11 age, the world has become too cynical, and frankly...depressing.

    Futurama's humor was meant for the waning years of the 90's when the world was scared of Y2K and still revered Star Trek and Twilight zone as pinnacle of science fiction. When one eyed purple aliens and rich asian chicks were still 'hot' - and not in a weird way. It was a time when a young man could still dream of being a delivery boy in space, and maybe, just maybe it was possible (the US was rich and had all those mars landers planting flags). A time when no man would envy another, and there would be sexbots for all. It was a simpler time. Futurama is dead to me now.

    Fox can bite my shiny metal ass.

    1. Re:In this being by Vellmont · · Score: 4, Funny


      Futurama's humor was meant for the waning years of the 90's when the world was scared of Y2K and still revered Star Trek and Twilight zone as pinnacle...
      A time when no man would envy another, and there would be sexbots for all. It was a simpler time. Futurama is dead to me now.

      Classic! Strangely enough, your post fell through a wormhole in the space-time continuum, and onto a much earlier Slashdot thread in 1999. It sparked a discussion about how the REAL golden age was actually in the waning says of the 1980s when the world was still scared of the Russians, people still thought Magnum PI was great television, and Ollie North was givin 'em hell, and 2400 baud modems were state of the art. (Simpler times as you say)

      If I find a post from 2020 that falls through the space-time continuum I'll let you know what the great things that exist today people are nostalgic for then.

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    2. Re:In this being by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

      by JonKatzTheSecond (63445274) on 20-03-18 22:01 (#815223905)

      By season 14, Futurama seemed to outlive itself. Its humor was meant for the early years of the 2010s when the world was scared of global warming and still revered "Heroes" and "Lost" as the pinnacle of science fiction. When three-eyed omnivores and impoverished Jewish space lobsters were still 'hot' - and not in a weird way. It was a time when an old man could still dream of leading an army of mutant gorillas to global conquest, and maybe, just maybe it was possible (the U.S. still wasn't frozen over and Joe Biden hadn't developed his mighty telekinetic powers). A time when Seattle wasn't a gaping canyon and the Grand Canyon wasn't filled with coffee cups and flannel shirts, and the President still hadn't solved the "War on Terror" with a game of "Quarters" and two-falls-out-of-three Jell-O Wrestling, only to lead to tyrannical world domination by the Mormons. It was a simpler time. Futurama is as dead to me now as electric cheese and skeet shooting using Senators.

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    3. Re:In this being by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

      It was a time when a young man could still dream of being a delivery boy in space, and maybe, just maybe it was possible...

      Yes, in those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry creatures from Aplha Centauri.

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    4. Re:In this being by k_187 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Shinier than yours meatbag

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  8. All glory to the Hypnotoad by grapeape · · Score: 4, Funny

    Must watch return of Futurama...Must watch return of Futurama...Must watch return of Futurama...

  9. Re:Good news everybody! by chronosan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dacia Sandero?

  10. Re:Next step, the amusement park! by hibiki_r · · Score: 5, Funny

    With blackjack, and hookers!

  11. Re:Next step, the amusement park! by cmzzimt · · Score: 2, Funny

    In fact, forget the blackjack!

  12. Re:Flame jacket on by i_ate_god · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nibbler would eat both

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  13. Re:Good News! by skine · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot is news for NERDS.

    I believe you mean the Hollywood Upstairs Medical College, as referenced in episode 3F05, entitled "King Sized Homer," specifically when the character 'Bart' suggests using milkshakes as toothpaste.

    Worst. Commenter. Ever.

  14. Re:hmm by Cryacin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hurrawh!!! I'm useful!!!

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  15. Re:hmm by blueg3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hooray! Now Zoidberg is the popular one!

  16. Re:Good news everybody! by dangitman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good news, everyone! I've invented a device that lets you hear my voice in your head as you read this!

    That's weird. You sound exactly like Professor Farnsworth.

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  17. Re:hmm by rockNme2349 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

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  18. Re:hmm by z0idberg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, there were some contract disputes.
    What can I say?

  19. Re:Fox Sunday/Friday victims of the early 2000s by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    DEATH BY SNOO SNOO

  20. Re:Next step, the amusement park! by Darth_brooks · · Score: 2, Funny

    ahh, screw the whole thing.

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  21. Re:hmm by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 2, Funny

    [scruffy]second[/scruffy]

  22. Re:Good news everybody! by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Morgan Freeman?