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Svip
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Wait wait. I always thought that BBS did the huge alternative timeline reset thing, like the Star Trek film. So Futurama beat 'em to it. In this ALTERNATIVE REALITY, the reset button is within reach constantly.
And it is impossible not to press it. OH NO. Which means, the first episode of season 6 will probably go back to the way it were and desert all its friends.
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coldangel
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Or a really old rusty Bender from the year 4000 comes back in time to stop a time-traveling brainspawn from ruining 31st-century history, a-la old Spock.
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I am mostly worried about the smaller writing staff and shorter delivery schedule and the fact they'll have to deliver 26 episodes.
That's a lot, that's a lot of work for fewer writers and the fact that they have to come up with these ideas fast could also be a problem.
Do we know who, specifically, is coming back for these new episodes? Is it the entire writing staff responsible for the four movies (Verrone, Kaplan, Horsted, Rowe, Cohen, Keeler, Groening--methinks), or is it an even smaller bunch? I don't think the size of the staff will be a problem when it comes to breaking stories, necessarily (DXC and MG are always talking about all the ideas they never got to use during the original run), but I do fear a burn-out of some kind. Of course, Keeler, Kaplan, Verrone, and Cohen are responsible for many of the greatest episodes of the series; I trust that they'll do a great job this time 'round, too.
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Frisco17
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Not with a 40 foot pole am I touching that one.
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Rubbernecker
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Oh no wai.
Just joined up after being gone for 4 years. Did not know this was in the works. Makes me a happy man.
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Svip
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Which means, the first episode of season 6 will probably go back to the way it were and desert all its friends.
Please, please god, tell me you're just saying that to provoke discussion. Please tell me that. Please tell me that you're not actually serious when you say that. Seriously; do you honestly expect that to happen? I mean, why even have the show come back if they're going to p*ss all over everything like that? What, the money?
Damn. Futurama fans really can't catch a quote. I know it was obscure, as the original is "there comes a time for every man who becomes rich and deserts his friends, when he goes back how it was and that time is now". So no, I do not think so, I just thought it was an opportunity to use a quote.
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coldangel
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Lost in Space would probably make a simpler comparison, tnuk. But that's what I'm hoping for as well. An ongoing arc about them trying to find a way back to their own Universe would make for a nice thematic change for a while.
Were you away? I don't recall seeing you in a while.
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coldangel
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No, well it would be in the background. They'd be getting into different adventures and such... just not in charted space. Impetus for going to strange new worlds would be to find fuel/repair items for the ship, and then they'd be caught up in some unrelated plot. Think about it - it'd actually be really cool.
When they finally get back to Earth it might not be the same Earth they left.
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Nixorbo
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« Reply #142 on: 06-15-2009 18:03 »
« Last Edit on: 06-15-2009 18:05 »
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YoshiRPG
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Let's break out the Champagan.
I can't wait to hear bender say, "I'm back baby!!"
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The Zapp
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This is some of the best news I've heard in a long time. I'm personally sick of the mind numbing trash they called comedy Family guy, and of course the ever worsening Simpsons. This is truly a time for celebration.
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