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Matt Groening's "Futurama" featured in Salon
kruegz writes
"Here's an article in
Salon about
the new Matt Groening (creater of The Simpsons)
animated show on Fox. Futurama t
akes place in the year 3000 and has lots of spoofs of
sci-fi as well as that Simpsons aesthetic we all
know and love. In the year 3000, our era is known as
"The Stupid Ages" which sounds about right. "
This article is just my excuse to ask what people are thinking
of the show? I'm gonna watch it just 'cuz its Groening.
Posted by Fleeno:
Just like The Simpsons, it will only be *really* funny after about the first season, when other writers start helping!
Hopfully I won't cringe when I see a first-season Futurama rerun, like I do with The Simpsons.
It looks like a pretty funny show and even has the voice talent of the woman that played Peggy Bundy on Married With Children hehehe (she does th voice of the 1-eyed chick) What the Simpsons did for social commentary, look to see Futurama spoof scifi movies and show as well as poke fun at stupid primitive humans in the 20th century (look at the way we think of 10th century people and their Dark Ages etc)
On on of the ads, the guy from the past is in a space ship with the one-eyed female pilot and asks if he can do the countdown, she says "sure", so he turns around and starts counting down from 10 in a dramatic voice. Meanwhile the pilot takes off and by the time the countdown gets to "7" they've already arrived. Funny stuff, I think the show will be a winner.
-Eric
PS - Salon sucks.
Has anyone noticed how cynical most of the sohisticated humor of our times is?
The Simpsons, The Onion ... it seems that it is not so much that we can laugh at ourselves, but that is all we can do. If one looks at the humor of previous generations, you really don't see these sentiments.
Homer wouldn't be so funny if he weren't so true!
support gun control: take guns from cops
It got _really_ played out. The same old predictable jokes time and time again. I wonder if Futurama will continue this? As for the simpsons, it would have been better to stop it while it was still funny. Now it's just stupid.
I have been waiting for him to do another series. Why the Simpsons are very good, better than most television surely, I think that his "Life in Hell" comic is better. I hope that this program will let us see some of the aspects of his humor not as prominent in the Simpsons.
--- If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.
The great thing about the Simpsons is its social commentary and willingness to poke fun even at Fox and itself. I just hope the tradition continues. I don't mean to say that I hope Futurama is just The Simpsons transposed into the year 3000, but just that I hope the essence is maintained.