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MuchAdo
Professor
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If anything the FOX Home Media Division could always do straight to dvd seasons instead of more dvd/tv film four part episodes.
EDIT: DOTHEBARTMAN IS AWESOME!!
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MuchAdo
Professor
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In that case.. I say make a film, and end it.
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TheMadCapper
Fluffy
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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The DVD movies were a more economically viable project than a traditional direct-to-dvd season. They can make more money selling 4 separate movies for $15 each than they can selling an entire season for $30.
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transgender nerd under canada
DOOP Ubersecretary
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DVD movies are very profitable compared to theatrical releases, too. Disney cottoned onto that a while ago, giving rise to the ridiculous number of follow-ups to their big-screen animated hits, like a chain of sequels to The Lion King, and "next-generation" style cash-ins on The Little Mermaid and Cinderella.
One drawback is that people often buy a single copy, then watch it as a large group (and if not all of that group enjoy it, not all of the group are going to buy their own copy).
This has lead to people releasing films and TV series online. Companies like Netflix are now producing their own series, with people downloading or streaming the content that they want to watch, and more people paying for it (but paying smaller amounts). In the future, we might see more web releases, fewer home-media releases, and more reliance on TVs that are connected to the internet (maybe even fees paid according to the number of people actually watching, or advertisements targeted to a specific group of people who have "signed in" in order to avoid paying to watch their TV).
This is all just speculation, of course. But that's what science-fiction is about. Partially, anyway.
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futz
Liquid Emperor
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And the 4 Futurama movies were released on DVD a long time before they were shown on TV and that was the only way to see them. The DVDs of the most recent TV series episodes were released after they've already been shown on TV and are in periodic reruns so fans aren't missing much by not hurrying out to buy the newer episode DVDs.
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TheMadCapper
Fluffy
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Dear Mr. Nuk,
While the direct-to-DVD marketing scheme has worked well for Disney, I must point out that there are differences between Disney's massive empire and the plucky Futurama team.
1 - Disney markets to kids, and to people who fell in love with Disney when they were themselves kids. For generations now, showing your kids Disney movies has been a way of life. Futurama doesn't have that whole "75 years ago your grandmother was a child watching Futurama" angle.
2 - Disney continues to release box-office hits. Their direct-to-DVD sales are fueled by this steady stream of mass releases that keep the public aware of and interested in Disney.
3 - Disney markets to children. Children are not necessarily the most discerning audiences. If your kid fell in love with Lion King, they will also love any mediocre crapola served up to them, so long as it features the same brand name and characters. If they axe the famous voice actors (Robin Williams, Jeremy Irons, etc) and hire on a bunch of nobodies, are the 5 year olds going to care? Probably not. Their parents might notice, but hey, they bought the movie for the kid, right?
So there you have it.
1 - Futurama DVDs are not able to get by on 75 years of cultural importance.
2 - Without public releases to keep Futurama in the public's consciousness, its DVD sales would dry up.
3 - Futurama's not a children's show. It needs to maintain quality and appeal to adults, not to their slobbery little undiscerning offspring. People are by and large not going to buy crappy Futurama for the sole purpose of amusing their little bed-wetters.
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asrttyoxo
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Ridiculous that this has been cancelled. Ok I can understand those wanting the show to end while it's ontop and all, but the show is a thousand times more creative and interesting than many other shows, including the simpsons (from about series 12 onwards). Futurama is, and always was, the most interesting of all the animated shows (or maybe South Park.... but my point is, NOT Family Guy, even though I do love it for the laughs). Brickelberry? Bob's Fuckin' Burgers? The Cleveland Show (which isn't even officially cancelled for some reason)... Society have no taste in anything anymore.
I love Futurama but the last few seasons were extremely uncreative. They pulled way too much from current events to supplement plots (ie Susan Boil) that are supposed to take place in 1000 years.
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MuchAdo
Professor
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That's what I said.
Oh... whatever.
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transgender nerd under canada
DOOP Ubersecretary
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Dear Mr. Nuk,
While the direct-to-DVD marketing scheme has worked well for Disney, I must point out that there are differences between Disney's massive empire and the plucky Futurama team.
I was just pointing out that the direct-to-DVD model can be profitable compared to theatrical releases these days... it was more of a "there probably won't be a theatrical release" thing than "Futurama should do what Disney do". I really don't think that churning out direct-to-DVD movies like some kind of Disney sweatshop would be good for Futurama, or profitable.
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Benderloveer
Delivery Boy
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Good thing, it was becoming stupid!
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Inquisitor Hein
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #60 on: 04-30-2013 18:29 »
« Last Edit on: 04-30-2013 20:18 »
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TbH, I am rather neutral on that one. - Should new episodes be aired, and I enjoy them: Fine. - Should I NOT enjoy them, so what? Just stop watching it. Most probably there will still be some fans left drawing enjoyment out of the new episodes. A "cancellation before it becomes stale" would hardly do me any good: - I do not want to watch further episodes, so I think no one else is allowed? I do not really take myself that important as the absolute authority in taste (nor would I take anyone serious who does ) . - I stop watching after 144 episodes, so the official production stop ALSO has to be after 144 episodes? No reason for that. Though -in all due fairness- it's still the preferable option to wait some "regeneration" years, for the show to return with some high quality episodes, instead of wishing for "as soon as possible, even it they are crappy" episodes.
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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Good thing, it was becoming stupid!
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MuchAdo
Professor
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Heyyyooooo!
Futurama will come back for more dvd movies I bet.
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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I don't see how you think the show is only just becoming stupid. I mean, you're willing to accept cryogenics, flying/talking brains, shapeshifters, robots powered by alcohol, a microwave blasting a spaceship back in time, a planet inhabited by only robots, parallel universes, superpowers, a curse that turns a robot into a car, bouncing balls that can talk, a man at least 150 years old, a gazillion famous dead people still being kept alive as heads in jars, a spaceship engine that moves the universe around the ship and not vice versa, an evil Santa robot, a Robot Hell, a hat that makes a monkey talk and a bajillion other things that someone may consider "stupid" yet you think the show is just now getting stupid?
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Benderloveer
Delivery Boy
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Actually a lot of things you've listed are not stupid and are actually believable if we accept it is a science fiction show set in the year 3000. What differs from the old times is that it is not clever, look at Attack of the Killer App for example, it's just a bunch of Twitter jokes which are neither subtle or funny, and let's not forget the puking goat and susan boil. It's not the only episode though, I could find a lot more and that's the problem. The show is stupid because the main characters have become stupid, as have the plots and the jokes.
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #67 on: 04-30-2013 21:54 »
« Last Edit on: 04-30-2013 21:57 »
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Oh shit it's started! Can someone upload the clip to YouTube for us non-American fans please? *edit* Huh, it says "2-D Blacktop" is one of the premiere episodes? So it's gonna be "2-D Blacktop" and "Fry and Leela's Big Fling", I guess? (7ACV15 then 7ACV17, okay...)
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SolidSnake
Professor
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I liked it lots, and I MAY start up another Futurama channel....... I'll PM you about it Danny.
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Eternium
Professor
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Wait, what is this all about? I lost you both there...
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Eternium
Professor
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Haha! That ending xD The beginning tough, not as good
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Inquisitor Hein
Liquid Emperor
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I wonder wether that 2D surrounding might (among other plot aspects) also refer to South Park.
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TheAnvil
Bending Unit
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I don't see how you think the show is only just becoming stupid. I mean, you're willing to accept cryogenics, flying/talking brains, shapeshifters, robots powered by alcohol, a microwave blasting a spaceship back in time, a planet inhabited by only robots, parallel universes, superpowers, a curse that turns a robot into a car, bouncing balls that can talk, a man at least 150 years old, a gazillion famous dead people still being kept alive as heads in jars, a spaceship engine that moves the universe around the ship and not vice versa, an evil Santa robot, a Robot Hell, a hat that makes a monkey talk and a bajillion other things that someone may consider "stupid" yet you think the show is just now getting stupid?
Win. I don't care how Futurama comes back, if it's as movies, episodes on TV, straight to dvd seasons or on Netflix. It's too good a show to end now. Creatively these past few seasons have been as good, if not better than ever and some of the best episodes they've ever made have been made since the show was brought back. Even if you think it's gone downhill, it's still one of the best shows on television today (maybe the only better one would be South Park, but it's too close to call). And if you don't like it anymore, you don't have to watch it. BRING IT BACK.
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MuchAdo
Professor
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That clip was very unfunny. The episode "2-D Blacktop" is written by Michael Rowe, so I expect this to be the final truly awful episode of Futurama. I mean this one will suck balls.. I'll bet on it in advance.
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SolidSnake
Professor
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The episode "2-D Blacktop" is written by Michael Rowe,
Micheal Rowe?? Oh, no! But hey, "Fry Am The Eggman" was a great episode. Let's try and watch this one with an open mind. I mean, all his recent episodes involved LEELA. Hopefully this one involves more of a Professor kind of plot, and maybe it will be pretty good!
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Inquisitor Hein
Liquid Emperor
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Indeed, the new clip does not appear to be too funny. Yet, it obviously was not meant as a joke, but rather a "briefing" giving as background about said episode: - The crew did for some reason (not necessarily voluntarily) end in a 2D world - The lacking digestive system and impending starvation leave the crew with the task to get out of this world. So, it get it's job done giving us some more background about the episode.
Yet, for an opener, I would have expected something more impressive, like the Martian Starship launch, or the hopping robots in "Fry am the Eggman"'s intro.
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