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Futurama Returns
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CmdrTaco
on Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:07 AM
from the good-news-everyone dept.
from the good-news-everyone dept.
riflemann writes "Another 26 episodes of Futurama will shortly go into production! This news comes from none other than Billy West (voice of Fry) himself, in a short post to his own message board. No further details are available, except that it's likely to be on TV, not straight to DVD." The best news is that means fresh quotes for slashteam to hide in the source code.
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Interviews: Ask Futurama Star Billy West About...? 199 comments
In case you haven't heard, Futurama is coming back — in like 2008, so don't go channel-flipping in hope quite yet. This is the first interview Billy West (who voices Fry, Prof. Farnsworth, Zapp Brannigan, Zoidberg, and other Futurama characters) has done since the announcement. Realize, too, that Billy has also been the voices of Ren and Stimpy and hundreds of other animated characters over the years, and old-school Howard Stern fans will remember that part of his career, too. Ask Billy about anything you like; we'll send him 10 top-moderated questions (and maybe he'll answer a few extra ones of his choice, too). We expect to post his answers Wednesday, the day after Freedom Day's 21st Century predecessor, the 4th of July (which, sadly, is not known for nude hot tub parties). Meanwhile, to tide you over, here's a little MP3 voice montage Billy did in his home studio just for Slashdot.
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Futurama returns (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Futurama returns (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Futurama returns (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Futurama returns (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Futurama returns (Score:5, Informative)
Not so good after all
In another post [billywest.com] on the blog, Billy West says:
Guys,I'm sorry I gave inaccurate info on the cartoon.I was told on one end that the TV show was a go but DXC enlightened me (with a hammer) that this was not the case.I think there is a Futurama project as in DVD's but I appearently had bad info.But I do live to give good Futurama news to people.So I must've died or something.
All eyes on the skies,
Billy
Good news, everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
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You left out the most important part (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You left out the most important part (Score:5, Funny)
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In fact, forget the cartoon!
...and the blackjack.
Re:You left out the most important part (Score:5, Funny)
i don't think i get the joke...
Shouldn't the article title be more like... (Score:5, Funny)
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Now it's time to kill The Simpsons (Score:5, Insightful)
PLEASE kill The Simpsons already. The longer it goes on, the darker the future is for all of us.
It's really coming back? (Score:5, Funny)
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HTTP headers (Score:5, Informative)
Here's an example of one (hidden in the HTTP headers that /. returns):
X-Bender: Well I don't have anything else planned for today, let's get drunk!
Re:HTTP headers (Score:4, Informative)
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Slash has X-Fry and X-Bender headers it sends on every page (randomised). Press Ctrl+I to see that in Firefox, Konqueror, or pretty much any web browser.
Slashcode.com also uses those quotes in its random quote of the moment thinger at the bottom of the page.
Re:HTTP headers (Score:5, Informative)
Re:HTTP headers (Score:5, Informative)
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Sweet! (Score:5, Funny)
Another great service... (Score:3, Insightful)
Two Down, One to Go... (Score:4, Interesting)
Family Guy (Careful what you wish for...)
Firefly
Re:Two Down, One to Go... (Score:4, Informative)
They aquired Stargate when it was looking like it was going to wrap up in its 5th season (or was it 6th?), and its now going into its 10th? (and done rather decently including letter the characters grow and evolve).
They spun off Stargate Atlantis, and its now into its 2nd Season and looking forward to a 3rd.
Battlestar Gallactica is looking forward to a 3rd season as well, and getting rave reviews from critics, and some interesting re-imagining that I think most fans are appreciating, except for a few die-hards (Heck, my wife who isn't a big SciFi junky like I am has really gotten into the character driven stories of both SG:Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica! amazes the heck out of me).
Andromeda had already jumped the shark before Sci-Fi got hold of it (some would argue the same for Sliders), so I find it hard to blame them for the shows last season. Rather, I find it encouraging that they at least gave it a home for a last season, and an opportunity to finish telling their story (to admitedly medocre success).
I am also looking forward to their new show "Eureka" that looks very intreaging, and I hope shines as well as "The Invisible Man" and "The Chronicle" did. Granted they didn't last as long as they should have (both being fun and entertaining shows in my opinion), but they were both allowed something rare in the Network world, the chance for a satisfying conclusion and the wrapping of most major plot threads.
They've made mistakes (Farscape not getting a 5th Season for instance, which I think most fans are still sore about, even after the mini-series), but they have certainly made more positive moves as far as dramatic content goes
I won't get into their original half-hour shows which are usually more schlocky (and not so much my taste) considering "Ghost Hunters", "Scare Tactics", and "Tripping the Rift" (the last of which is at least somewhat amusing, while completely offensive
I'm sure, since this is Slashdot, someone will correct my facts if they think they are blatantly out of line with reality
Re:Two Down, One to Go... (Score:4, Informative)
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds30578.html [digitalspy.co.uk]
You people.... (Score:5, Funny)
You people disgust me! There is currently a war in Iraq, american rights being taken away daily, a buggy operating system on almost every computer, and starving children in africa. With all this going you call another 16 episodes of a cartoon news? Blah!
Re:You people.... (Score:5, Funny)
Loved the show, not happy about this. (Score:5, Interesting)
Going back to shows (or films series) has never worked, yes I love Futurama, but once something has stopped, dont try necromancy.
TV shows should *never* give the viewer what they want, Star Wars EPI-III anyone? The last two Red Dwarf series (bringing back Rimmer) were horrible. Niles and Daphne getting together was at the point when Frasier turned bad
When will people learn from the example of Seinfeld, Fawlty Towers, the Office (the real one of course)? They all stopped before the viewers had started going.
The moral of the story is -
Re:Loved the show, not happy about this. (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:Loved the show, not happy about this. (Score:5, Informative)
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That's not true. In this case at least, they had another 50 some shows written when the network pulled the plug. The writers/stars watned to keep it going for awhile.
Re:Lampoon topics (Score:5, Funny)
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You're watching Futurama... (Score:5, Informative)
This is great news for all us nerdlingers. For those of you who don't know already, here's a look at the backgrounds of some of the writers on the show:
J. Stewart Burns: Graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University in 1992. His senior thesis was on "The Structure of Group Algebras." He received his master's degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1993.
David X. Cohen: Graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1988. He received his master's degree in computer science from UC Berkeley in 1992. He published the following article with Manuel Blum: On the Problem of Sorting Burnt Pancakes. Discrete Appl. Math. 61 (1995), no. 2, 105--120.
Ken Keeler: Graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1983. In 1990, he received his Ph.D. in applied math from Harvard University. The title of his doctoral thesis was Map Representations and Optimal Encoding for Image Segmentation. He also published the following article with Jeff Westbrook: Short Encodings of Planar Graphs and Maps. Discrete Appl. Math. 58 (1995), no. 3, 239--252.
Bill Odenkirk: Has a PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1995.
Jeff Westbrook: Majored in physics and the history of science at Harvard University and he received his Ph.D. in computer science from Princeton University in 1989. The title of his doctoral thesis was Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms. He was an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Yale University and also worked at AT&T Labs before writing for Futurama. He published the following article with Ken Keeler: Short Encodings of Planar Graphs and Maps. Discrete Appl. Math. 58 (1995), no. 3, 239--252.
And with that the show also has some great voice actors (Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Dave Herman...), a great 3D department (praised for its ability to blend 3D scenes almost seamlessly into 2D backgrounds), and the show even uses a full orchestra to record its music (composed by Christopher Tyng). And with the huge scope of ideas possible in the SF universe the show is set in, I imagine it'll take a long time yet for this show to burn out.
Re:You're watching Futurama... (Score:5, Insightful)
What's an "actual writer" supposed to be? You think writers have a degree in writology?
Re:You're watching Futurama... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:You're watching Futurama... (Score:4, Funny)
Capitalism at its finest.... (Score:3, Insightful)
I for one believe the quality of this product is top notch and am glad to see it coming back. I welcome back our sardine craving, can get no loving, lobster overlord.
Never underestimate the power of the Hypnotoad!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Billy West (Score:3, Interesting)
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Also, it is just me or is there something not funny about a Futurama thread that consists mainly of Futurama quotes? Oh well, I guess we can at least look forward to the next phase of the Scientology wars, Scientology vs. Robotology.
May seem obvious, but... (Score:5, Interesting)
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Medieval times: jester makes everyone laugh but the king. King has jester beheaded.
Modern times: show makes everyone laugh but company has show cancelled. Show does astromical DVD figures and comes back.
It's a testament to the power of the masses' will. The almighty buck is powerful, but the almighty buck plus thousands of people writing Fox to call them idiots is even more powerful.
P.s. Don't stop calling Fox idiots.
Re:I don't own a television (Score:3, Informative)
The main way people can help to do something about the quality of TV is by actually watching/buying DVDs of the decent shows, but not watching the crap. The ratings are what is important to Fox, not the 'quality'.
Re:I don't own a television (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:I don't own a television (Score:4, Informative)
Yeah. Geraldo's reporting was so accurate [americandaily.com] that it got him booted out of his unit. Broadcasting troop positions aside, how is Fox any more accurate than the other outlets?
Re:I don't own a television (Score:3, Insightful)
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Re:Old news: this dates to July 2005 (see within) (Score:4, Informative)