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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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It did have a good run, and I wouldn't want it turning out like The Simpsons either. Things started appearing in Season 4 which scared me, so maybe it was for the better. But part of me always wonders if they could have made one more great season...
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Idan_Aharoni
Professor
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Personally, I always prefare for a show to run forever until I'm sick of watching it, than have a taste for more without the ability to get it. Futurama had a good run, 4 seasons is alot more than most shows get on TV, and yet it didn't get fed up. There might have been a few weird episodes, and it didn't feel as fresh as in the first airing season, but there was alot more ground to cover and basically, I was left with a taste for more. A shame.
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boognish
Delivery Boy
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It seems like a movie would work best because it would be relatively cheap to make. 2 million per episode (and I'm not even sure how accurate that figure is, it just gets thrown around a lot) is a lot for TV, but add up four of those (I imagine that it would be about 2 hrs. making it 4x the length of a normal episode)and that's only 8 million, which is relatively cheap for a movie. Then again, I'm still not sure how much it actually costs for them to make an episode. I mean, it can't be THAT much more expensive than Family Guy. The only difference (animation-wise) is the 3D stuff, and that can't be THAT expensive. Not 2 million per episode expensive. Both shows are sent to Korea for animation, both shows use big names in voice talent, etc. Anyway, I've meandered a good deal from my original statement, so I'll just end it here.
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JDB
Professor
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I think that if Futurama went for as long as the Simpsons have they would have ran out of GOOD ideas and the show would have dragged on a bit but I think a movie would be great!
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Zmithy
Professor
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No, I don't agree, Futurama has unlimited scope thanks to its futuristic setting. There's only so much to do with the simpsons, whereas futurama can do anything. Would they ever have bart simpson ride a dinosaur, get his hands bitten off, then blow up a planet? OK, maybe in a halloween special, but the standard template for many simpsons episodes seems to be: 'homer does something dumb, the end'.
I am content with 72 episodes, but think the show should have lasted for at least one more season. Fox should make another 18- episode run, to make 100 episodes, how good would that be for marketing?
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