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SolidSnake
Professor
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So next weeks episode is supposed to feature a talking flame apparently. Sigh, I had so much hope for that episode before that. Hopefully it stays with the helium mining plot mainly instead.
Umm, It's Futurama. It could have been an alien, or maybe some kind of inhabitant of the Sun? Might be kinda cheesy, but I think they'll pull it off. I have high hopes for that episode still.
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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"Recent" trend?! The only thing recent on that list is the Doctor Who episode "The Rings of Akhaten"; "42" is from 2007 as is Sunshine, and the George Clooney one (Solaris) is from 2002!
Although, they did rip into The Matrix 13 years after it was released, however that was DXC wanting to get his rant about it out of his system.
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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They're all 21st Century recent! The Matrix was not.
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Tachyon
DOOP Secretary
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Definitely recall reading stories with sentient stars back in the 70s or 80s. That said, I haven't been watching any trailers for this season's Futurama eps because I don't want to bias myself one way or the other before watching.
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MuchAdo
Professor
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Indeed so, most indeededly.
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Eternium
Professor
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Aw man, the purple is iritating my brain *.*
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cyber_turnip
Urban Legend
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« Reply #139 on: 07-10-2013 23:31 »
« Last Edit on: 07-10-2013 23:47 »
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What an odd site.
From the sounds of it, they're in no way affiliated with anyone from the show - they're just going to get these votes, then go to the people who make the show and say "We'll try to raise the money if you want us to".
At least, that's the impression I get. I'd feel a bit more at ease regarding the whole thing if they'd already done this with anything else, rather than it being such a new venture, but then, crowdfunding is a really recent concept.
I just can't see the internet realistically pooling together to fund an entire season of this show. Each episode used to cost in the area of 5 million dollars to produce, back when the show was on Fox. Without accounting for things like inflation or the cut production costs since the show moved networks, I'm just going to assume that that price is about the same, now, which would mean that they'd need a whopping $30 million to produce a tiny season of 6 episodes.
To put that into context, Veronica Mars' movie-adaptation has so far raised $5,702,153 for its production, which is almost three times the amount they were aiming for, whilst Zach Braff's next feature raised $3,105,473. Realistically, I doubt Futurama could raise more than $10 million and even that is going to be a really, really, really impressive feat if they can pull it off.
I think they'd be far more likely to turn to crowd-funding for a straight-to-DVD movie (or hell, a theatrical film like Veronica Mars and Zach Braff are doing - it doesn't make much different if it's crowd-funded) to wrap everything up, as they'd only need roughly about $20 million to do that at the same level as the previous DVD movies, and they could probably trim that down considerably if they did things like cutting back on guest-stars.
Edit: I should also add that Zach Braff's film is also being funded with (supposedly) a lot of Zach Braff's own money and money from a distribution deal that the film has struck, meaning that they're probably still going to spend in excess of $10 million on it, at very least. I wouldn't be surprised if the Veronica Mars movie is made with some of the people involve's own money, too.
That said, Matt Groening is worth a hell of a lot, so I suppose, if he wanted to, he could probably help fund such a project. I mean, I'd be amazed if the whole thing didn't turn a healthy profit.
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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What, like if it's reliable or not? Or just to share it?
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Eternium
Professor
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We'll see, I voted anyway
Great timing snub! « Reply #144 on: Today at 00:00:00 »
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Tachyon
DOOP Secretary
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ACK! I'd forgotten about getting a Futurama calendar this year and they're out of stock at Amazon!
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MuchAdo
Professor
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I posted that in the comics section.
Very good news!
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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I have heard that in the comics you can see what the Professor's eyes look like without his glasses. Any truth to it?
Right here. However, the comics are considered to be non-canon in terms of the show's canon, so I don't think it's official or anything.
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