Futurama Renewed For 7th Season

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Futurama Renewed For 7th Season

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @05:44AM from the good-news-everyone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "During the video for the 3rd International Talk Like William Shatner Day, Futurama voice actor Maurice LaMarche revealed that the show had been renewed and he'd received his contract for the show."

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I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by ackthpt · 2011-03-23 05:46 · Score: 3, Interesting

I stopped watching TV about 10 years ago and most of the shows I see are on DVD, I watch as I have time available. I did like the series, but never enough to tune in or buy cable.

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1. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by GreatDrok · 2011-03-23 05:54 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  I've stopped watching new shows as a result of the cancellations of so many good shows. Now I only bother if it has a good run or completes. I only just started watching Lost. Futurama is excellent and I'm glad it has been renewed but it is a rarity that shows survive this long regardless of quality, especially shows that get cancelled and then come back.
  Not watching new shows saves a lot of time and I guess I should thank those willing to waste their time getting into a new show with all the risk of cancellation and the disappointment associated.
  
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2. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 06:03 · Score: 0
  
  Netflix to the rescue! Now if they'd only get what they're missing of that series...
3. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by vawwyakr · 2011-03-23 06:10 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah I bought the last season on Amazon's digital download service, they come out the day after it airs so it's like having cable without needing to throw away money on the cable service.
4. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by doti · 2011-03-23 06:12 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  make youself a favor and skip the last season(s) of lost.
  
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5. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by jgtg32a · 2011-03-23 06:13 · Score: 2
  
  I would advise against finishing Lost. Unless, you are 100% about the characters and their interactions and don't care about why
6. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by X-Power · 2011-03-23 06:22 · Score: 0
  
  Just know this, Lost's ending was written before the first season started.
  And they did not anticipate the show to be this successful.
  Hilarity ensues as they try to connect the beginning and the end with an extra unplanned 6 seasons in between.
7. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Tolkien · 2011-03-23 06:23 · Score: 1
  
  I've only seen a few episodes of Lost and never understood the hype. As I understood it, the story and characters get more and more convoluted and laughably bad (in the sense of cringing and rolling your eyes) as time progresses and I heard that the series finale is a big disappointment. Unless you're in it specifically to see how disappointing it will be, from what I gather you may want to quit while you're ahead and not waste money on further seasons (if you've not bought all of them yet).
  
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8. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by cpu6502 · 2011-03-23 06:25 · Score: 1
  
  >>>never enough to tune in or buy cable.
  Ditto. It's not worth spending an extra ~$1000 a year for the 3-4 shows on cable that I like. Cheaper to watch it on hulu (free) or DVD (~$30 per season). I haven't seen any of the new Futurama since FOX canceled it. One of these years I'll acquire it and it'll be like new.
  Besides I get plenty of television for free:
  ~40 channels including:
  - Live Well network, Penn Stateâ(TM)s AccuWeather, Philadelphia Nonstop
  - NBC Sports, PBSinfo, PBSarts, PBScreate, AntennaTV(70s), RetroTV(80s)
  - ThisTV (movies), Tango Traffic, Univision, Telefutura, Telemundo
  - MiND, Smile of a Child, Link World News, MHz World Sitcoms
  - New Jersey Network, Channel 69, GetItOn Philadelphia
  - TheTube, JerseyTV, MyNetworkTV, FamilyNet
  - ION, Lifetime, Qubo
  - ABC, CBS, FOX, CW, et cetera
  
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9. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by JerkBoB · 2011-03-23 06:26 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I would advise against finishing Lost. Unless, you are 100% about the characters and their interactions and don't care about why
  Seconded. Without giving too much away, I'll just say that it felt like dating in middle school. All buildup with no payoff.
  I tried to make a car analogy but the wheels fell off.
  
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10. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by similar_name · 2011-03-23 06:31 · Score: 1
  
  It's like your car died but you are in denial and still behind the wheel pretending you are driving.
11. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by log0n · 2011-03-23 06:34 · Score: 1
  
  Lost was a show that made dumb people feel smart.
12. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by BabyDuckHat · 2011-03-23 06:40 · Score: 1
  
  Where do you think Glen Beck learned it from?
13. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by eln · 2011-03-23 06:48 · Score: 2
  
  I think most fans of Lost (me included) were hooked in by the first season and wanted to see how it all ended up. The first two seasons were excellent, but it started to sort of tail off from there until it was indeed laughably bad toward the end. Still, by the time it got really difficult to watch I still stuck it out because a.) I wanted to see what they would do, and b.) I knew it wasn't going to last forever because they had already announced how many more seasons it would get.
  
  So, I watched the whole thing when it aired, but I would never want to watch it again, and certainly wouldn't buy it on DVD.
14. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by eln · 2011-03-23 06:51 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Only the very last scene (all of a few seconds long) was written before the first season started, and honestly with the producers' penchant for lying through their teeth ("everything on the island will be scientifically explainable"), I have a hard time believing even that. You are right that they had to make up a lot of stuff because they didn't anticipate getting so many seasons, and it definitely shows.
15. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by morari · 2011-03-23 07:06 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Exactly.
  I've never understood the appeal of J.J. Abram's work in general. I mean, how can you find talent in someone who's resume is made up of garbage like Mission Impossible III and Star Trek?
  
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16. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Quiet_Desperation · 2011-03-23 07:20 · Score: 1
  
  I figured out it wasn't an alternate timeline at episode 4, and guessed the real answer by the next, although I wasn't positive until it was revealed in the final episode. Actually, I thought it was a beautiful mind fuck. A flash *way* forward.
  I can see people not liking such an odd show, but the outright hostility baffled me. I enjoyed myself with it and moved on.
17. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 07:28 · Score: 0
  
  Cool story bro
18. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by GooberToo · 2011-03-23 08:02 · Score: 1
  
  I can see people not liking such an odd show, but the outright hostility baffled me. I enjoyed myself with it and moved on.
  Likely its because the show raised odd questions which demanded to be answered and which grabbed people. In exchange for watching, people felt those questions should have been answered since the entire show was about the questions constantly being raise. The show ended with a bug "fuck you" and a laugh, having never answered almost all the questions it painfully went about forcing in their face and asking.
  When people are treated poorly likely this they tend to feel tricked, played, screwed, so on and so, and in the very least, feel like they've wasted massive amounts of time on a show that never delivered.
  Its pretty normal for people to get angry when massive amounts of time have been wasted.
  Most call this poor writing. Some call it J.J. Abrams' style. I call it both. Abrams has a long history of creating significant disappointment with most of the projects he touches.
  I'm very happy to say, I didn't bother watching Lost because it was obvious from the first episode it was going to be a massive disappointment and a complete waste of time. Hopefully people have learned their Abrams lesson.
19. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 08:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Do what I did and make your own last season with blackjack! and Hookers! Ah! Forget the blackjack!
20. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 08:22 · Score: 0
  
  Exceedingly good advice since the creators of the show also chose not to finish it...
21. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by CrackedButter · 2011-03-23 08:28 · Score: 1
  
  I have never watched it, I remember my dad getting excited about it. I'm not even going to read what happens in the wiki article for Lost.
  
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22. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 08:55 · Score: 0
  
  thank you for that statement about tv. but you do watch tv. you watch tv shows on a screen.you are watching tv. sorry to ruin this image of being an "i don't watch tv" person. spluh!
23. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by brentrad · 2011-03-23 08:55 · Score: 2
  
  I've been a huge Futurama fan since the show first came out (although I admit I stopped watching the last few years before it was cancelled, because Fox was screwing around and always pre-empting it with baseball games that ran too long, and constantly changing the time and day it was airing. But I watched them all on DVD, and have probably seen each episode 20-30 times by now.) The new episodes totally rock - some of this season's episodes rank up there as some of the best episodes of Futurama from any season.
  
  There's an episode that spoofs iPhones and Twitter, an episode where the whole Planet Express team swaps brains with each other, one that lampoons California Proposition 8 (Proposition Infinity), etc.
  
  I highly recommend the DVD movies too (commonly referred to as the 5th season) - especially Bender's Game, which makes fun of Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings, and Fantasy in general.
24. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by brentrad · 2011-03-23 09:00 · Score: 1
  
  ...and as another posted reminded me, the episode "The Late Philip J Fry" had a plot involving a time machine that only worked moving forward in time, and they discover that time is circular. Very cool sci-fi, and a touching love story too (really!) Probably my favorite episode of the current season.
25. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by ackthpt · 2011-03-23 09:12 · Score: 1
  
  I've stopped watching new shows as a result of the cancellations of so many good shows. Now I only bother if it has a good run or completes. I only just started watching Lost. Futurama is excellent and I'm glad it has been renewed but it is a rarity that shows survive this long regardless of quality, especially shows that get cancelled and then come back.
  Not watching new shows saves a lot of time and I guess I should thank those willing to waste their time getting into a new show with all the risk of cancellation and the disappointment associated.
  I just stopped because I couldn't sit through a show, even a half hour show anymore. The writing, the acting, I dunno, it just doesn't hold my attention and I get all restive and start looking for things to do. You know you're really not paying attention when the TV is on and you think about turning it on to see if there's something on - uh, but it's already on - it's just become some kind of background white noise. Now I could really get into staring at an aquarium of fish for a half hour, no problem, at least the fish are doing something interesting, compared to TV shows.
  
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26. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 09:35 · Score: 0
  
  Just as Apple have always done for dumb computer users!
27. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by EdIII · 2011-03-23 09:37 · Score: 1
  
  It's not worth spending 1c per year for shows that I LOVE. Not like, *LOVE*.
  I gave up TV over 5 years ago now. At first it was a realization that I was spending a ~$1000 per year for the *privilege* being sold like a slave to the networks. I was spending my money so they could make more money by providing my eyeballs as a product.
  I say slave not as hyperbole, but as a true estimation of how I was being treated as it was not on anything near reasonable terms. I'll be honest, if the advertising was limited to two interruptions lasting no more than 4 minutes total per 30 minute program I *might* cooperate. However, by the time I gave up TV it was nearly 10 minutes per 30 minute program and I was being forced to pay higher and higher rates for bundled groups of networks that I did not even want. I could give two shits about dumbass reality programs or what Paris Hilton is doing next. I wanted some SciFi shows, some comedy shows, and a bunch of documentaries. You could keep all the news networks, cooking shows, and melodrama BS.
  Having recently moved into an apartment that forces you to purchase TV as part of a collective I have perversely watched some regular TV. It was like hammering nails into my head.
  Now I have complained in recent years about the overlays and logos... but dear GOD the shit they pull today. Some networks are playing movies with HUGE animated overlays. Widescreen movies that have fucking tickers running below it.
  It is literally impossible to enjoy TV if you are over a certain age. Unless you have been raised (brainwashed) into the information overload that is our digital experience you can't concentrate on the movie without advertisements constantly running in your face.
  Honestly what do they think they can get away with? Creating a new generation of people that would considerate it weird and uncomfortable to watch a movie without any of the billion advertisement distractions going on around them? It's like an evolutionary experiment in which only the ADD are suited to survive in.
  It's absolutely hilarious too for the movies on the networks. Piracy groups would not touch that with a 10ft pole. They only record movies in the theaters to be first. By the time a movie is on TV the piracy groups have already gone "gold" and released DVD rips, DVD 1:1 images, BlueRay 720p rips, and on some sites FULL BlueRay images. They are not going to cap a 10 year old movie off a TV network and release it.
  There is only one source to watch TV programs and movies "as God intended" with no interruptions or distractions. That's DVD. Netflix is going to continue making a killing. It's just sad right now. I pay $40 a month (forced) to get no less than 3 networks airing reruns of Scrubs. Netflix has the entire series in better quality on my TV without any kind of interruptions or distractions. Gee.... I wonder which one I will watch.
  I would not choose to pay one red cent extra for their crap. The value of the products and services you get through the networks is on a race to the bottom.
28. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by ijakings · 2011-03-23 09:44 · Score: 1
  
  Star Trek was an amazing film, it was exactly what the franchise needed in a reboot. There are still some ridicularitys such as "red matter" but on the whole that movie was solid. Alias was also fine work.
29. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Chris+Burke · 2011-03-23 10:41 · Score: 1
  
  The show ended with a bug "fuck you" and a laugh, having never answered almost all the questions it painfully went about forcing in their face and asking.
  Which was made much worse by the creators outright stating that all these mysteries had real answers, and that they would be told them. I didn't believe it and when I watched it was just to see what crazy and inexplicable stuff would happen that week. But I certainly understand why some people would take the creator's at their word -- after all, usually shows just imply they have a coherent plan when they really don't. Here, people were literally lied to. It makes sense that they'd be hostile.
  
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30. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by morari · 2011-03-23 13:16 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Amazingly generic, perhaps. It was all action fluff with no real sci-fi or exploration.
  
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31. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by hack++slash · 2011-03-23 13:43 · Score: 1
  
  Too many episodes. I really enjoyed Lost, especially the first series but it was clear the writers ran out ideas and the show went to shit by the end.
  
  American tv shows generally have a significantly high amount of episodes per year compared with UK tv shows.
  
  I can get bored of some US tv shows that go on for 22-24 episodes in a year because the overall storylines get stretched far too thin sometimes and the writers get heavy on the padding-out, but on the flip side I often find myself getting annoyed when there are only 6 or 8 episodes of a UK show in a year because those few episodes are so very good.
  
  It's the old conundrum of quality vs quantity.
  
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32. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by tompaulco · 2011-03-23 13:49 · Score: 1
  
  I won't use Netflix service. Their game show type commercials featuring people answering unanswerable questions bothers me in too many ways.
  
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33. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by hack++slash · 2011-03-23 13:54 · Score: 1
  
  I love Futurama and am unashamed to admit when I read it's back for a 7th season I punched the air with both my fists.
  
  My favourite of the most recent series is Lethal Inspection because it feels like the early days of Futurama.
  
  I wish Fox would quit fucking with it though. BTW I purposely stopped watching The Simpsons (new and old) a couple of years back because I realised it just cannot make me laugh out loud at all, whereas Futurama, Family Guy, American Dad, South Park all have made me laugh like a loon on several occasions.
  
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34. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by tompaulco · 2011-03-23 14:23 · Score: 1
  
  Cool story bro
  Could have used a vampire though.
  
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35. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by davester666 · 2011-03-23 16:09 · Score: 1
  
  Just like the big reveal towards the end of dinner when she finds out I still live in my parents basement...
  
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36. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by mqduck · 2011-03-23 18:27 · Score: 1
  
  They didn't discover that time is circular, they discovered that every big band is identical. That's why they can kill "themselves" after a future big bang without creating a paradox.
  
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37. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by mqduck · 2011-03-23 18:28 · Score: 1
  
  they discovered that every big band is identical
  *Ahem* Freudian slip...
  
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38. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 19:32 · Score: 0
  
  I stopped watching TV about 10 years ago, and most of the shows I watch are on DD. I bought Futurarma on DVD because it is first class, and recommend you do the same.
39. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by brentrad · 2011-03-23 20:16 · Score: 1
  
  Oh yeah Lethal Inspection, good call. Another great, touching episode, reminded me a bit of Jurassic Bark. Simpsons still make me laugh, but Futurama I watch every week when the new episodes are on, Simpsons every once in a while I download the episodes and watch some.
40. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by jgtg32a · 2011-03-24 02:01 · Score: 1
  
  It wasn't a lie but it wasn't exactly the truth. The show opened on Jack opening his eyes and ended with him closing his eyes dying. The "not exactly the truth" comes from the fact that Jack was suppose to die in S1 or S2, and the truth comes from opening and closing was always planed for his character.
41. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by Quiet_Desperation · 2011-03-24 18:03 · Score: 1
  
  Well then they need to get lives and not worry about what some Hollywood types say. Ooo! They were lied too! Ooo! It's fucking TV show. Tell them to get over it and change their panties.
  I think what Lost tried to do was great. Yeah, it was far from perfect, but, shit, have you ever seen anyone try to do what they did with a weekly series? It was a fairly kickass attempt to do something really different. And all this bellyaching by the peanut gallery is just going to make sure no one tries it again, and we get more steaming piles of reality TV, or another CSI or more watered down superhero fluff.
42. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by mattack2 · 2011-03-25 13:38 · Score: 1
  
  The original Star Trek is one of my favorite TV shows ever... But does it have "real sci-fi"? That's an honest question, as I haven't read a ton of science fiction books. (Also, is "real" sci-fi the same as "hard" sci-fi? Remember, the alleged original pitch of Star Trek was "Wagon Train to the stars.")
43. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by mattack2 · 2011-03-25 13:46 · Score: 1
  
  Good news everyone! Glenn Miller is identical to Benny Goodman!
44. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by mattack2 · 2011-03-25 13:51 · Score: 1
  
  I'll be honest, if the advertising was limited to two interruptions lasting no more than 4 minutes total per 30 minute program I *might* cooperate.
  BTW, I agree with a lot of the rest of what you say (though I still think it's worthwhile to pay for cable, though that does wane a bit sometimes)..
  However, for this part, just get a DVR. I've been avoiding virtually all commercials with DVRs (and VCRs before that) for decades.. Or rather, I avoid them after having seen at least entertaining ones once... or informative (movie ads) ones.
  The onscreen bugs/animated ads bug me too, but that's been going on long before you 'gave up TV'.
45. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by EdIII · 2011-03-25 16:26 · Score: 1
  
  The onscreen bugs/animated ads bug me too, but that's been going on long before you 'gave up TV'.
  Not really. I can't remember a single animated ad during a program before 2005. As for the logos I don't remember them at all before 2000 and certainly not 1995.
  I can clearly remember that they started showing the logo for 10 seconds. Later on the logo became permanent. Then they added stuff around the logo like shows later playing. I stopped paying the money for cable around that time. I downloaded some shows on torrents like Stargate Atlantis. Others I just purchased the DVDs. I remember SciFi started to add the animated shit and it pissed me off so much that I stopped downloading the torrents and just waited for the DVDs to come out. At first I would get a torrent of the DVD, and then add it on Netflix when it came out. When the really good bundle deals come out for some shows I purchase them.
  Netflix has made it a lot easier to actually pay for my content legitimately at a fair price.
  As for the DVR, that would only be a consideration if they would completely eliminate the logos and animated ads. The $40 bucks I am forced to pay now I would consider reasonable if they would just get rid of that crap.
46. Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVD by hovelander · 2011-03-27 07:32 · Score: 1
  
  As a fan of the "Rambaldi" aspects of "Alias", I loved how that alone (Red Matter) tied into the ST reboot. I always wanted more Rambaldi story and that is what the reboot gave me a small bit of.
  There needs to be a dedicated Rambaldi story so i can finally put it to bed!
FOX by jlechem · 2011-03-23 05:46 · Score: 3, Insightful

Can kiss his shiny metal ass?

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1. Re:FOX by Sponge+Bath · 2011-03-23 06:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Fox executives give Morbo gas.
2. Re:FOX by cyberfin · 2011-03-23 06:57 · Score: 2
  
  All hail hypnotoad! O_o
  
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3. Re:FOX by ConceptJunkie · 2011-03-23 15:28 · Score: 1
  
  I hear Torgo's Executive Powder helps with that.
  
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4. Re:FOX by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 16:21 · Score: 0
  
  Hypnotoad jokes are getting annoy-- ALL GLORY TO HYPNOTOAD!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3zpzpibys
Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Ed+Pegg · 2011-03-23 05:47 · Score: 1

Excellent! With that, and the renewal of Venture Bros. for 2 seasons, two of my favorite shows have had their lives extended.
1. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 05:57 · Score: 0
  
  Most excellent!
  I had not heard about VB...two great bits of news in one day.
  Now waiting for "excellent news everyone...I have invented a machine that erases all memories of animated TV" 'cause no news this good can go "unpunished"
2. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 05:58 · Score: 1
  
  If you like The Venture Brothers, you will probably like Archer on Fx.
3. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by wjousts · 2011-03-23 06:05 · Score: 1
  
  Love VB and Archer. Hilarious.
4. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 06:36 · Score: 0
  
  It delivers Johnny Quest on crack. What more could you ask for?
5. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by molliedollie · 2011-03-23 06:42 · Score: 1
  
  I watch it for one reason: Brock Sampson. Mmm..
6. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by mikeabbott420 · 2011-03-23 06:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I don't understand how people can not love Venture Brothers - it's like they somehow have different tastes than I do!
  which is the same as being wrong
  
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7. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by ProppaT · 2011-03-23 07:08 · Score: 1
  
  I wouldn't say that's a one for one. I love Archer but do not like Venture Brothers at all. However, if you love Archer, check out the short lived Frisky Dingo...it was a fantastic show (by the same people) that no one watched. And then there's Sealab, but everyone watched that :p
  
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8. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by flimflammer · 2011-03-23 07:12 · Score: 1
  
  Adult Swim makes a lot of crap (read: 98% of their self-made shows are crap). Venture Bros is one of the few that is entertaining, but some may not like it.
9. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by theantipop · 2011-03-23 07:15 · Score: 1
  
  Heh, I love VB but don't understand the appeal of Archer at all. Every new show the Sealab guys do gets worse and Archer finally dropped below the acceptable quality for me. It seems far too obsessed with the cheap laugh, although it may have gotten better than the first few episodes.
10. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Xacid · 2011-03-23 07:15 · Score: 1
  
  SECONDED. THIRDED. You know what I mean. :)
11. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by oh_my_080980980 · 2011-03-23 07:19 · Score: 1
  
  "Mournful tits. She has mournful tits. They're like two suicide notes stuffed into a glitter bra."
12. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Quiet_Desperation · 2011-03-23 07:31 · Score: 1
  
  I'm a bit more charitable: 75% is crap. ;-) Loves me some Venture Brothers, Metalocalypse and Robot Chicken. I still love Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It's almost dadaist humor. Superjail is in the same vein. Would like to see them do another Sealab style show where they take an old toon and rework it.
13. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by RapmasterT · 2011-03-23 08:36 · Score: 1
  
  I wouldn't say that's a one for one. I love Archer but do not like Venture Brothers at all. However, if you love Archer, check out the short lived Frisky Dingo...it was a fantastic show (by the same people) that no one watched. And then there's Sealab, but everyone watched that :p
  Frisky Dingo was the Firefly of animated television. It never really had a chance, but was some of the most brilliant writing I've ever seen. Archer is carrying on well in that light though. Hell, apparently I'll watch anything with H. Jon Benjamin doing voice work. Lucy Daughter of the Devil is another awesome, but short lived show.
14. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Chris+Burke · 2011-03-23 09:35 · Score: 1
  
  I love all those shows except Superjail, which I pretty much can't stand. I sometimes end up watching it anyway, and tell myself "Well, at least it isn't Assy McGee".
  
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15. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by Chris+Tucker · 2011-03-23 10:14 · Score: 1
  
  RE: Venture Bros, and now Futurama, let me quote from my third favorite basic cable animated series, ARCHER:
  "SPLOOSH!"
  Thank you for your kind attention.
  
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16. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by enderjsv · 2011-03-23 11:14 · Score: 1
  
  Wow. That's hilarious. I'm going to risk an off topic mod just to ask you if you pulled that quote from somewhere, or came up with it yourself. If it was truly original, than you, sir, must be Charlie Sheen, cause you're obviously winning.
17. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by keith_nt4 · 2011-03-23 16:33 · Score: 1
  
  It's the kind of show that has to "grow on you". It takes a while to really see what it's about. And it's not really about the boys.
  If you can make it through the first two season the season 2 finale is like the best episode ever. Really helps if you have the whole history of the different relationships between everybody going in though. Samson in that henchman uniform for instance. I'm laughing just thinking about it.
  
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18. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by ProppaT · 2011-03-24 03:42 · Score: 1
  
  The two Xtacle episodes were amazing, if you never saw them. The rape ape episode is still probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life.
  
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19. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by ProppaT · 2011-03-24 03:44 · Score: 1
  
  Different strokes for different folks. I can watch VB as a show, but I don't think it's funny at all. I could see someone thinking the same about Archer, as the jokes are all subtle and based on timing.
  
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20. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by RapmasterT · 2011-03-24 06:50 · Score: 1
  
  I was very disappointed that Xtacles wasn't picked up for a full run. It was probably a combination of being both too adult, and too juvenile for network execs to understand why anyone would like it. Plus they spent $0 on promoting it.
21. Re:Futurama Vs Venture Bros. by mikeabbott420 · 2011-03-24 07:10 · Score: 1
  
  That's a very kind thing to say but the post isn't clever enough to be a quote.
  
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Good News Everyone! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 05:48 · Score: 0

Meanwhile I'll be waiting for Season 6 to show up on netflix
1. Re:Good News Everyone! by lrobert98 · 2011-03-23 05:58 · Score: 1
  
  It's already there. I've watched a couple of episodes online.
2. Re:Good News Everyone! by bigstrat2003 · 2011-03-23 05:58 · Score: 1
  
  It already is on Netflix, has been for at least a few weeks.
  
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3. Re:Good news everyone! by derfy · 2011-03-23 06:10 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  <scruffy>Second.</scruffy>
4. Re:Good News Everyone! by 0100010001010011 · 2011-03-23 06:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You've invented a device which makes us read this in our head in your voice?
5. Re:Good news everyone! by ruthless+reader · 2011-03-23 07:39 · Score: 1
  
  Well I hope they budget me some Cubans and Hooker Bots 7000s
6. Re:Good news everyone! by sconeu · 2011-03-23 11:24 · Score: 1
  
  <amy>Guh!!!</amy>
  
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7. Re:Good news everyone! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 12:38 · Score: 0
  
  Why is it that every time something good happens to me it's some kind of mania?
8. Re:Good news everyone! by Merls+the+Sneaky · 2011-03-23 14:14 · Score: 1
  
  Hand in your geek card, it was a Fing-longer.
How long is the season? by Algae_94 · 2011-03-23 05:49 · Score: 0

Does anyone know how many episodes are in a season? It seems like they had a short run last year after coming back from the long hiatus. Just wondering if we will get even more goodness this go around.
1. Re:How long is the season? by JustOK · 2011-03-23 06:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Does anyone know how many episodes are in a season?
  
  Yes. Someone does know.
  
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2. Re:How long is the season? by MagicM · 2011-03-23 06:13 · Score: 1
  
  Does anyone know how many episodes are in a season?
  That depends. Do you mean an African season, or a European season?
3. Re:How long is the season? by Lumpy · 2011-03-23 06:38 · Score: 1
  
  Like 6.
  tv show makers are getting lazier by the year. we got a whole 13 episode last season.... ooooohhhhhh, glad they did not strain themselves.
  and I'l bet they pull the BSG bullshit of airing 6 episode now, wait 5 months then air the next 4 episdodes and then hold onto the xmas one for the end of the year.
  
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4. Re:How long is the season? by The+Grim+Reefer2 · 2011-03-23 06:56 · Score: 1
  
  Like 6.
  tv show makers are getting lazier by the year. we got a whole 13 episode last season.... ooooohhhhhh, glad they did not strain themselves.
  and I'l bet they pull the BSG bullshit of airing 6 episode now, wait 5 months then air the next 4 episdodes and then hold onto the xmas one for the end of the year.
  To be fair, that was SciFi channel bullshit. They found a way to (in their mind, or excuse for one) get two seasons out of one. That's how they managed to kill Caprica. Just before the show started to get interesting they split the first season and then never bothered to mention when it would be on again. As others have said, I'm not bothering to watch any more shows while they are on. I don't watch enough TV anyhow, so I prefer being able to watch them on DVD at my convenience.
5. Re:How long is the season? by MobileTatsu-NJG · 2011-03-23 08:28 · Score: 1
  
  Does anyone know how many episodes are in a season?
  Yes. Someone does know.
  Actually, despite what those ignorant twits think, that two parter was actually one episode.
  
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Yippee!! by Tigger's+Pet · 2011-03-23 05:49 · Score: 1

To celebrate I'm going to go out on a bender - if you don't get it ask a Brit what it means!
1. Re:Yippee!! by dietdew7 · 2011-03-23 06:03 · Score: 1
  
  'Bender' has several meanings other then drug/drinking binge. I assume you meant sixpence. * Former British slang for a sixpence * British derogatory slang for a male homosexual * An expression used in hockey for a player who cannot skate, as his ankles cave or bend in * A curveball, a type of pitch thrown in baseball
2. Re:Yippee!! by MonsterTrimble · 2011-03-23 06:03 · Score: 1
  
  I am quite aware of what a 'Bender' is - no need to ask.
  But why would you be riding a robot anyway?
  
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3. Re:Yippee!! by JustOK · 2011-03-23 06:08 · Score: 2
  
  Because of its shiny metal ass.
  
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4. Re:Yippee!! by fridaynightsmoke · 2011-03-23 06:36 · Score: 2
  
  In my part of the world (in Britain) a 'bender' is something else entirely. You might see a 'bender' or two in a bar, but only in a certain type of bar, in a certain part of town....
  
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5. Re:Yippee!! by Coren22 · 2011-03-23 06:37 · Score: 1
  
  I assumed he was going out to bend girders.
  
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6. Re:Yippee!! by Sponge+Bath · 2011-03-23 06:54 · Score: 1
  
  "You might see a 'bender' or two in a bar, but only in a certain type of bar, in a certain part of town..."
  Bender did seem a little too vehement when denying he was a robosexual. Maybe he is just AC/DC.
7. Re:Yippee!! by fridaynightsmoke · 2011-03-23 07:35 · Score: 1
  
  "You might see a 'bender' or two in a bar, but only in a certain type of bar, in a certain part of town..."
  Bender did seem a little too vehement when denying he was a robosexual. Maybe he is just AC/DC.
  AC/DC/ethanol/mineral oil/nuclear pile; Bending Units bend all ways ;)
  
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8. Re:Yippee!! by caluml · 2011-03-23 10:50 · Score: 1
  
  A bender is also a long drinking session. "I went out on a bit of a bender last night, and smoked way too many fags."
  
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9. Re:Yippee!! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 13:44 · Score: 0
  
  Let's see. Futurama's for fags. Brits* are fags. Makes sense to me.
  
  *Except Alexi Sayle and the Monty Python crew. And while the Shakespearian actors are all greats the only one who isn't a straight up gay was Paul Scoffield.
10. Re:Yippee!! by Xest · 2011-03-23 21:23 · Score: 1
  
  Yes but the context "Go out on a bender" quite clearly defines his intended meaning.
11. Re:Yippee!! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-24 02:55 · Score: 0
  
  To die of a heart attack in reverse... err... cowboy?
Great Voice actor - Shit videographer! by OzPeter · 2011-03-23 05:50 · Score: 1

I love how the the _background_ of his video is in focus!

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Oblig by ThatsNotPudding · 2011-03-23 05:53 · Score: 3, Informative

"Good news, everyone!"
1. Re:Oblig by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 06:09 · Score: 0
  
  Seeing as how "good news, everyone!" always precedes what is in actuality bad news for those listening, wouldn't "Good news, everyone!" only work if the show was being cancelled?
2. Re:Oblig by Abstrackt · 2011-03-23 06:14 · Score: 1
  
  Not necessarily. It could mean that while the show is continued the new season will probably suck and probably should have been left to die a dignified death.
  
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3. Re:Oblig by Gilmoure · 2011-03-23 06:22 · Score: 1
  
  Damn it! Now I got his voice in my head.
  
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4. Re:Oblig by elrous0 · 2011-03-23 06:27 · Score: 0
  
  No, he was right. I loved Futurama in its original run. But those movies and the series revival are pretty lame. I would rather they had just let it go after the first cancellation, when they were still on top. Better to let it go out with dignity.
  I feel the same way about The Simpsons. There was a time when The Simpsons could say they never had a bad episode. Now bad and mediocre episodes are the norm.
  
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5. Re:Oblig by bigstrat2003 · 2011-03-23 06:54 · Score: 2
  
  I disagree. One of the movies (Beast With a Billion Backs) was lame, while the rest were good. The new season was hit and miss, but it seemed like towards the end the quality was more regular. I took that to be simply them getting back in the groove, because when they were on, it was every bit as good as before.
  
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6. Re:Oblig by iamsolidsnk · 2011-03-23 08:11 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  Also, I have noticed that it will take me multiple viewings of the same episode to fully appreciate the humor in it.
  
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7. Re:Oblig by bigstrat2003 · 2011-03-23 08:46 · Score: 1
  
  That's true as well. There are some episodes of the new season which I didn't like that much at first, but are much better when I re-watch them.
  
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Good news everyone! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 05:53 · Score: 0

Now if I can just remember where I put my fingerlonger...
Good news everyone! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 05:54 · Score: 1

You are now reading this post in Professor Farnsworth's voice!
Should be titled . . . by KenSeymour · 2011-03-23 05:55 · Score: 4, Insightful

Good news everybody!

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1. Re:Should be titled . . . by equex · 2011-03-23 07:50 · Score: 1
  
  Good news, everyone. FTFY.
  
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2. Re:Should be titled . . . by modmans2ndcoming · 2011-03-23 14:50 · Score: 1
  
  You mixed your Groening Doctors... Dr. Farnsworth says "good news everyone", Dr. Nick says "Hello everybody!"
Good news, but old news. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 05:55 · Score: 0

Katey Sagal, who voices Leela confirmed this about 7 weeks ago.
First episode is due to air in the US on June 23.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/futurama_renewed.html
1. Re:Good news, but old news. by DavidTC · 2011-03-23 06:04 · Score: 2
  
  Katey Sagal jumped the gun, everyone was still in talks back then. Now the contracts have been actually signed.
  And the episode airing on June 23 is the second half of the previous ordered episodes that have all already been made, not another season. Comedy Central just broke the last batch of episodes in half and aired them in two parts.
  The season we're talking about here won't be ready until 2012.
  
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International Talk Like William Shatner Day by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 05:55 · Score: 0

There's an International Talk Like William Shatner Day???
1. Re:International Talk Like William Shatner Day by DavidTC · 2011-03-23 05:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  No. There is No. International. Talk Like William Shatner Day. Do not be limited. By the rules.
  Every day. Is. International Talk Like William Shatner Day.
  
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2. Re:International Talk Like William Shatner Day by GameboyRMH · 2011-03-23 05:59 · Score: 1
  
  It appears. That you are correct. Mr. Anonymous Coward. This is. In fact. The third one.
  
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3. Re:International Talk Like William Shatner Day by elrous0 · 2011-03-23 06:30 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  When...everyone....here....TALKS....like Shatner...theyforgetthathealwaysrusheshsispeakingatsomepoint....in...his....monologues.
  
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4. Re:International Talk Like William Shatner Day by Sulphur · 2011-03-23 07:12 · Score: 2
  
  When...everyone....here....TALKS....like Shatner...theyforgetthathealwaysrusheshsispeakingatsomepoint....in...his....monologues.
  EveryonelovesitwhenLeonardNimoydoesthat.
5. Re:International Talk Like William Shatner Day by cavebison · 2011-03-23 18:52 · Score: 1
  
  But that would. Leave. No room. For talk like. Christopher Walken Day.
All hail hypnotoad! by Mr.123 · 2011-03-23 05:59 · Score: 1

bzz bzz bzz bzz
Wait, nobody has said this yet? by TiggertheMad · 2011-03-23 06:04 · Score: 1

I for one, welcome our Futurama renewing studio execs...

*ducks*

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1. Re:Wait, nobody has said this yet? by Obfuscant · 2011-03-23 06:10 · Score: 1
  
  I for one, welcome our Futurama renewing studio execs... *ducks*
  Now I admit, I haven't watched much of the newer Futuramas, but I don't recall that ducks played any significant roll in that program. Popplers, yes. But ducks?
  Or was it a reference somehow relating ducks and foxes -- for Fox studio execs? Do foxes eat lots of ducks, and you are wishing the Fox execs a happy dinner? Yes?! Did I guess it right?
2. Re:Wait, nobody has said this yet? by evilpenguin · 2011-03-23 09:43 · Score: 1
  
  That explains these boat eggs...
  (Okay, those were swans. Still...)
Bad news everyone by __aailob1448 · 2011-03-23 06:12 · Score: 4, Funny

The professor only says good news when he has bad news so all of you have it backwards!
1. Re:Bad news everyone by hedwards · 2011-03-23 07:06 · Score: 1
  
  I think the real good news is that he isn't the one having to do whatever stupid thing he's announcing.
2. Re:Bad news everyone by slimjim8094 · 2011-03-23 08:00 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, but when he says bad news, it's *really* bad.
  
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3. Re:Bad news everyone by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 08:13 · Score: 0
  
  The professor only says good news when he has bad news so all of you have it backwards!
  No, it's good news for us, but bad news for the Planet Express Crew.
now when does beavis and butthead return? in HD? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 06:13 · Score: 0

now when does beavis and butthead return? in HD?
does any one have the air date for it?
The 456 by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 06:14 · Score: 0

Where the hell was the Doctor during the 456 Invasion?
1. Re:The 456 by mikaelwbergene · 2011-03-23 06:24 · Score: 1
  
  Off-topic much?
  He didn't have to go there because he knew it would be resolved by Torchwood.
  TIME TRAVEL.
Seriously by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 06:23 · Score: 0

I love torchwood but the mini series was awful. They never explain what the 456 is or even why they want the children. Same goes for Doctor Who, love the weekly shows but can't stomach the christmas specials.
1. Re:Seriously by Sorcerer13 · 2011-03-23 07:37 · Score: 1
  
  I beg to differ, but I thought the Children of Earth miniseries was fantastic. I was shocked and delighted by how dark in tone it was; even darker than the first two series, which were dark to begin with.
2. Re:Seriously by MobileTatsu-NJG · 2011-03-23 08:30 · Score: 1
  
  They never explain what the 456 is or even why they want the children.
  Uh, yeah they did. You sure you didn't just watch the first episode?
  
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"Freedom! Horrible, horrible Freedom!" by Thud457 · 2011-03-23 06:28 · Score: 1

Simpsons' meme is tenuously off topic and should be modded as such.

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Shouldn't it be gettting recursive by now? by blair1q · 2011-03-23 06:36 · Score: 1

This thing's been on the air so long the first-season episodes should be edited to show them watching the new episodes.
A new season? by Bytesahoy · 2011-03-23 06:38 · Score: 1

Oh, if only I had brought my wallet with me!

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It'll be interesting by 93+Escort+Wagon · 2011-03-23 06:39 · Score: 1

I'm a huge Futurama fan; but after watching the first 5-6 episodes of this past "new" season I really thought they'd lost their touch. Fortunately, the last several episodes were actually decent, and even showed glimpses of the old magic - so there's hope for this upcoming set.
Having said that - I don't think any of the new episodes so far have come close to matching the original four seasons.

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1. Re:It'll be interesting by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 06:53 · Score: 0
  
  Maybe they should just let a good show die instead of pumping out formulaic crap year after year.
2. Re:It'll be interesting by bigstrat2003 · 2011-03-23 07:05 · Score: 2
  
  I think some did. The episode with Lrrr, for example, was brilliant and as good as any except the very cream of the original crop. Same for the robosexual marriage episode. A bunch of others were only OK overall, but had some amazing parts. The Scruffy and Wash Bucket scene had me in tears from laughing so hard. And honestly, that's in keeping with the original series run too. Not every episode was a gem, some were merely "Ehhhhhhh, it was ok," especially towards the beginning of the show. I also find that my appreciation for some of the episodes has gone up on repeat watching, so maybe I'll like them all more in time.
  
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3. Re:It'll be interesting by Samantha+Wright · 2011-03-23 07:06 · Score: 1
  
  I think they're still getting back into their groove. The first few Season 6 episodes were them parsing their backlog of pop culture events that had occurred while they were away, and as they run out of edgy things to try, they'll go back to what people love them for. It's like a mid life crisis except with unexpected resurrection thrown in for good luck.
  
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4. Re:It'll be interesting by Tetsujin · 2011-03-23 07:17 · Score: 1
  
  I'm a huge Futurama fan; but after watching the first 5-6 episodes of this past "new" season I really thought they'd lost their touch.
  I don't know - I think Futurama has always had its misses. To me the worst is when they take the ship to the planet Allegoricon 8, the planet where everything that's going on exactly mimics something from the 20th or 21st century, but with a few minor changes.
  "Attack of the Killer App" and "Proposition Infinity" come to mind as recent examples... "A Taste of Freedom" was in this vein as well.
  But when the show is good, it's great. :)
  
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5. Re:It'll be interesting by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 08:28 · Score: 0
  
  Hmm...i'll actually have to watch past episode 3 of the new season then...while I overall enjoyed the movies (except the second one, which i found boring and annoying) the first 3 episodes of the new season I thought where pretty bad, just trying way too hard to force jokes.
6. Re:It'll be interesting by careysub · 2011-03-23 09:11 · Score: 2
  
  The "Eye-Pod" commercial was dead-on!
  
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7. Re:It'll be interesting by Blymie · 2011-03-23 11:32 · Score: 1
  
  It makes sense that the series is different, as all the writers are different.
  The new writers just don't 'get' it. They misunderstand what was funny about the series.
  An example would be the most recent Christmas episode. It was so full of Futurama cliches, and so full of BS, that I had to turn it off...
Seriously? by name_already_taken · 2011-03-23 06:39 · Score: 4, Informative

I love torchwood but the mini series was awful. They never explain what the 456 is or even why they want the children. Same goes for Doctor Who, love the weekly shows but can't stomach the christmas specials.
You probably should have tried watching it.
The 456 were alien junkies.
The children were used to produce drugs for the 456.
The christmas specials are always aimed at young children. They are god-awful but the true fans sit through them anyway because the material in them is included in canon. British TV, particularly the BBC, has a long tradition of producing awful sugary-sweet christmas specials. You think the Doctor Who ones are silly? Try watching the Are You Being Served christmas specials.

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1. Re:Seriously? by Quiet_Desperation · 2011-03-23 07:36 · Score: 1
  
  Gee, I thought the last one was pretty good. The scene where the Doctor walks out of the room and appears on the film in the past was brilliant.
2. Re:Seriously? by hovelander · 2011-03-27 08:38 · Score: 1
  
  AGREED! This was the scene where the new Doctor, I should say the actor playing the new Doctor, had my doubts put to rest.
  Absolutely brilliant scene!
5 seasons in by Duncskunk · 2011-03-23 06:46 · Score: 0

Big coincidence... About two weeks ago I downloaded the six seasons of "Futurama" from a friend, I just finished the sixth season and would you know it up pops a seventh xD

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Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by WrongMonkey · 2011-03-23 06:54 · Score: 4, Insightful

Futurama really shines when it takes a classic sci-fi story and give it a comic twist. Like The last season had The Late Philip J. Fry, which was almost directly cribbed from Flight to Forever by Poul Anderson. That seems like a pretty easy formula to follow so I hope they keep it up.
1. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by LastGunslinger · 2011-03-23 07:19 · Score: 1
  
  I agree. The Late Philip J. Fry is my favorite episode, even better than Jurassic Bark.
2. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by DNS-and-BIND · 2011-03-23 07:31 · Score: 1
  
  And yet if they were Chinese, you'd be screaming about how they ripped us off. Again. Question: how many royalties did Poul Anderson's heirs get off of this episode? If the answer is "zero" then it's piracy. Shocking...Americans actually expect that their TV programs will copy better authors and yet change the story JUST ENOUGH to avoid lawsuits. Shades of Bart Simpson?
  
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3. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by emuls · 2011-03-23 07:43 · Score: 0
  
  It's not piracy, it's parody. There's a difference.
4. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by Dunega · 2011-03-23 07:43 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  Jurassic Bark is evil. A comedy cartoon should not bring people to tears. :( That being said, it is probably one of the best. Followed closely by Spanish Fry.
5. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by jomama717 · 2011-03-23 08:43 · Score: 1
  
  Good call - by far my favorite episode is "Amazon Women in the Mood".
  
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6. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by Chris+Burke · 2011-03-23 09:42 · Score: 1
  
  Uh no if the Chinese were riffing on our stuff with this much humor -- and I'm counting unintentional humor like when ultra-low-budget Turkish filmmakers rip-off Star Trek -- I'd be cheering them on.
  
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7. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by CosaNostra+Pizza+Inc · 2011-03-23 10:25 · Score: 1
  
  It also reminded me of "The Accidental Time Machine" by Joe Haldeman. Anyway, I'm ecstatic that Futurama is back.
8. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by sconeu · 2011-03-23 11:21 · Score: 1
  
  That what SHE said!!! Whooo!
  
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9. Re:Best Episodes come from Classic SciFi by Dunega · 2011-03-25 07:31 · Score: 1
  
  Ndnd: For the last time, I don't like lilacs! Your first wife was the one who liked lilacs!
  Lrrr: She also liked to shut up!
Leela! by formfeed · 2011-03-23 08:40 · Score: 1

I don't care much about Futurama. But Leela is a great actress, and I like SciFi.
(That just had to be said by someone.)
1. Re:Leela! by mmj638 · 2011-03-23 12:14 · Score: 1
  
  You mean Katey Sagal?
2. Re:Leela! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 12:24 · Score: 1
  
  Thats not her, she has one eye too many.
3. Re:Leela! by formfeed · 2011-03-25 16:25 · Score: 1
  
  You mean Katey Sagal
  
  No. I don't like the way she looks. Wrong hair color, wrong number of eyes. Really doesn't do it for me.
Hanny’s Voorwerp ? by careysub · 2011-03-23 09:09 · Score: 1

How could they possibly pass up a trip to Hanny’s Voorwerp? The gags almost write themselves.

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Re:Oblig zoidberg quote by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-23 18:55 · Score: 0

Hurray!
Lost vs. TNG by Mandrel · 2011-03-23 23:44 · Score: 1

So, I watched the whole thing when it aired, but I would never want to watch it again, and certainly wouldn't buy it on DVD.
Exactly. Lost gave me new respect for series with mostly standalone episodes. Star Trek TNG is still re-watchable, even though the quality varies. Lost is not. After a less than stunning "big reveal", all run-up plots become fatuous and tedious, particularly when there's hundreds of hours of them.
Shocked by Nov8tr · 2011-03-24 07:34 · Score: 1

Wow, I can't believe this. They are actually renewing a good show? They have a tendency to kill good shows and renew crap. I love this show, funny stuff. And for those who look, a lot of comments about what's going on in society today. :)

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Re:now when does beavis and butthead return? in HD by yahwotqa · 2011-03-24 10:51 · Score: 1

Bah, forget "those two". I'd have loved if they brought back Daria, of course with original cast. Daria at a college would have great potential to be awesome.
Re:I can hardly wait for it to come out on DVDx by Quiet_Desperation · 2011-03-24 17:49 · Score: 1

I guess I'm one of those who don't think every little thing needs to be answered. To be honest, it'll just be more made up fiction, so who really cares? It's not reality. There is no ultimate truth to be revealed about anything. It's all made up.

The show ended with a bug "fuck you" and a laugh, having never answered almost all the questions it painfully went about forcing in their face and asking.
That's just taking it way to seriously. I like the show as I watched it. So what if they didn't show the schematics for the ancient device where the little river flowed? You said you didn't see it, though, so your knowledge is presumably second hand. They actually answered quite a bit. I really think the hostility from many was just backlash that you get with anything popular. Anyone who actually got angry needs psychological help.