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Post by Don Quixote on Jun 24, 2010 22:31:33 GMT -5
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! Futurama is back on the air after years in cancellation exile! The adventures of the Planet Express crew are now calling Comedy Central their new home, and their later time slot is probably close to (if not THE) slot they were originally intending for with Fox way back in '99, when the show was born onto our (mostly entirely) tube screens. The creators had long said their show was made for a different audience, an audience perhaps a bit more open to the morally questionable and risque than Fox was.
I don't think the quality has dropped significantly in the downtime, either. The worst things ever were was Bender's Game, but even that was quite funny. Long story short, it was never bad, but when it was "bad", "bad" for them would've still been pretty high quality for most other shows.
It's almost as if they were never gone at all. And I'm thankful the quality didn't drop off.
So, what did everyone think?
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Post by torgortega on Jun 25, 2010 8:02:26 GMT -5
I don't have cable anymore so I have to wait until they put it online
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Jun 25, 2010 9:11:54 GMT -5
Oh boo, I was going to watch it on hulu.com tonight, but apparently they're not streaming full episodes.  |
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jun 25, 2010 13:30:29 GMT -5
I liked the first episode with the robot-rebirth switcheroo. My favorite line was from Hermes: "Ahhh! I'm covered in placenta! Good thing it's casual Friday."
The second episode, eh, not so much. I love me some Zap, but he seemed out of character.
One thing is certain: I'm glad they're back. I missed Scruffy.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jun 25, 2010 13:56:09 GMT -5
I agree the first one was better but I liked both. They needed less naked Zap and more naked Leela.
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Post by Don Quixote on Jun 25, 2010 17:15:25 GMT -5
The Transcredible Adventures of Zap Brannigan was quite possibly my favorite part of both episodes.
It's kind of an idea they originally wanted to do on the show when it was first running, wherein Zap had a show about himself on television where he had creative control. I think they wanted to call it "Futuramarama". I can't remember which commentary they mentioned it, but I think it was somewhere in season three or four.
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Post by Crowfan on Jun 25, 2010 20:07:34 GMT -5
I loved both of the episodes. I'm glad the show is back on the air.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jun 25, 2010 21:23:41 GMT -5
HAIL FUTURAMA!
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Post by Ratso on Jun 25, 2010 23:03:47 GMT -5
I really thought Bender's dancing was gonna get old after a few minutes but I actually found it funnier the more it went on.
I missed this show I'm glad it's back.
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Post by torgortega on Jun 26, 2010 23:19:20 GMT -5
I just watched them and I didn't like them, they just didn't 'feel' like Futurama, more like the simpsons over the last few years
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Jul 1, 2010 16:41:23 GMT -5
I'm just thankful it's back! Not the best episodes of the show ever but funny enough and I'm confident it'll get back to the heady heights it hit during the original run
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Post by Chuck on Jul 1, 2010 17:55:46 GMT -5
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Post by Don Quixote on Jul 1, 2010 22:58:40 GMT -5
I missed tonight's episode. Nerts.
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Post by solgroupie on Jul 2, 2010 12:21:27 GMT -5
was it the one with the singing boil on leela's butt? if it was, it cracked me up. susan boil. awesome.  |
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Post by torgortega on Jul 2, 2010 16:10:33 GMT -5
was it the one with the singing boil on leela's butt? if it was, it cracked me up. susan boil. awesome. really? I thought it was terrible, felt more like what the simpsons have done in recent years the Futurama |
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