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Xanfor
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Woah, woah, slow down there! You're beginning to get all Fenwick!
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bugzbunnie6
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I think that if Fry and Leela got together permanently, it would sort of ruin the purpose of the show. But, it would be pretty cute if they got together for just one episode...
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Xanfor
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« Reply #286 on: 07-14-2006 20:04 »
« Last Edit on: 07-14-2006 20:04 »
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Sorry for the misunderstanding, HopelessWhatshisname . Just go to The Leela Zone and look at Sophie Fenwick's fanfic, ' Leela's Affair'. Oh, wait, DON'T. It is the most un-shippy fanfic out there. It's based on the premise that Fry would stop caring. For more info about it without reading it, look here.
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Ralph Snart
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Double-post:
From the thread about 'Leela's Affair', I forgot that I posted this one week prior to the announcement of Futurama's return:
On a unrelated and unconfirmed change of subject - I was at the RDS Test Site earlier today and somebody supposenly 'in the know' posted on June 11, 2006 that the Rough Draft Studio specialist were finishing one project and are going to start with the first Futurama DVD storyline late August or early September.
It may be legit, or it may be bullshit.
That was one of my two sources that told me about the revival of Futurama. One week later all hell broke loose with the announcement by Katie and John. My other source continues to laugh at PEEL and PEEL'ers espcially the ones with the 'I have a bad feeling about this'.
The Leela/Fry arc finale will be one of the first eps made and will be held until the end of the series. Groening wants the 4 DVD's and 30 episodes on CC to wind the stories up. He has no desire to see Futurama become what The Simpsons has become - tired and wore out. 13 eps is the beginning with the option to make maore eps in 13 episode installments.
CC is said to be very gung-ho about getting the new eps and if the ratings are good enough, they will probably order the 30 eps that Groening wants over the 5 year period.
Some things we will see with the new eps:
Leela and Fry becoming almost inseperable as friends. This will happen after the resolution of her being identified 'The other'.
Robot God.
The Space Pope.
The DVD's are a different story - even though the voice actors are to show up at RDS next week, only the basics of the first DVD have been finalized. But one thing to be sure - there will be stuff for us 'lifeless shippers' to enjoy.
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Xanfor
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« Reply #294 on: 07-16-2006 09:19 »
« Last Edit on: 07-16-2006 09:19 »
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Originally posted by Ridey of The Walrue: Leela and Fry should get together. Permanently. They complement each other. Once they learn from one another enough, all their deficiencies and insecurities will be lessened. Fry will learn to be a little more confident and a little less impulsive. Leela will learn to take everything a little less seriously and to be a little less rude (insecure). It should take some time, and they should grow as people while they grow as friends. Once they've gotten over their individual hang-ups it is likely they'll be happy for a long time to come.
It should happen in the last episode. Don't worry. They will. They will.
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Ralph Snart
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Originally posted by Venus:
Why 30 eps and why a 5 year period? 30 eps is just slightly over 1 season (Fox season that is) Why is Comedy Central so into short seasons? Groening was on a show on G4 two weeks ago(I watched it but I wasn't at home to capture on my TiVo) and he said he wants 30 episodes (in addition to the DVD's). He needs that many to close out the arcs and intoduce some new characters. I'm sure that he'd love to see Futurama have a strong 5 year run, but that's probably won't happen. He did say that The Simpsons has become stale and even though he's making money from The Simpsons, he doesn't have much to do with the show anymore. He did say that he had 100% control of the Futurama DVD's and that CC was being more lenient with him than FOX about the upcoming episodes, however he still has to answer to FOX since they are the ones who owns the rights to the series. He also said that some scripts were revised from the 5th season, some are new and that there are rough outlines for 30 complete scripts. He said all the voice actors are back, DXC is back, most of the writers are back and he's personally speaking to Kristen Gore about doing some scripts and that he has approached Al Gore to be in an episode. He also said that he had already said too much and would probably be hearing from FOX that evening (he laughed when he said that). It was an interesting 5-6 minutes, only a few comments about The Simpsons and a lot about Futurama.
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Ralph Snart
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And finally from Wikipedia:
According to Attack of the Show! on G4, David X. Cohen and Matt Groening will produce 30 new episodes.
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Ralph Snart
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I have no idea about the 30 eps. The 13-16 are confirmed by CC. Groening says he wants 30 eps to completely close all the arcs that are still present. CC has the option to buy more episodes in allotments of 13 (much like Southpark).
The part that I posted from Wikipedia has been removed (about the 30 episodes).
I do know that I watched the interview with Groening when he made the statement about wanting 30 episodes. All we can do is hope the ratings are good enough for CC and FOX to order more episodes. (Even though CC has the exclusive rights for 5 years starting in 2008, FOX will still own the series and can do as they please with it in 2013)
Anyway we look at it, at least we're getting new episodes in 18 months.
I'm more interested in what the DVD's are going to be like - with Groening having complete control and no network censors to deal with, I'm hoping we'll see the true genius of DXC and Groening unleashed.
Billy West has been silent about Futurama since Katey's appearence on The Late, Late, Late Show. He did place one comment on his website that he was tired of getting his head bashed in. It's not by the fans, but by FOX and RDS. All the VA are now under gag orders and can't say anything unless authorized by FOX first. Still, if they are going to do only 16 episodes, then why are they starting 18 months ahead of time? The turn-around time is not that bad.
At least we know we have the episodes and the DVD's coming our way.
I kinda hope we have a Fry/Leela wedding for the last ep - this time without a divorce.
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KitKatBar-Fry
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whoa, whoa! steady there. remember that there are shippers all around you. i'm not saying it WILL be a bad thing. i'm just saying that we won't have as many funny quirks that Fry does to impress Leela. "Hey! Letters like "U' and 'R' can form words like 'you ' and 'are'! Here, Leela- U-R-2-Cute." "Possibly. What's your point?" that ALWAYS makes me laff. you have an argument, too, HS. maybe this excellant team of writers can keep the comedy juice flowing. But, comedy aside, it would be a little more dramatic if the last thing we see is them getting together. movie-esque, i know, but it works.
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