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Nasty Pasty

DOOP Secretary

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« #2 : 05-04-2005 13:36 »
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I think that Futurama has a chance currently to come back more then it ever has. I hope that if FOX sees the success that Family Guy produces, they will reconsider renewing Futurama. Or we could just wait until American Dad gets cancelled and Futurama can take it's place.  (No seriously, it sucks ass).
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DotheBartman

Liquid Emperor
 
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« #17 : 05-05-2005 17:36 »
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Originally posted by futz: I know the Simpsons voice actors were holding out for much bigger bucks a while ago. I know Billy West grumbled in one of his interviews about name guest stars getting big bucks for a small parts in shows that he did (not sure if he was talking about Futurama, though). So that's probably going to cost about the same what ever your making and the regular crew might not be the problem. Simpsons (and, presumably, Futurama) guests are paid next to nothing. I'm not even sure if they get paid at all, though I think they get just a little, along with a special jacket and a tape of the completed episode later. I think the idea is that they're being done a favor anyway (publicity), plus a lot of them request to be on just because they're fans or whatever, and only have to do minimal work, so they don't get paid the way the voice actors do (the Simpsons regulars are paid a lot because the show actually needs them to continue. Lose any of the main six, and the show would have to end. And they can make the demands, because the show is so valuable to Fox). I think what Billy was actually ranting about was more about movies and shows where they cast the main characters with big stars, many of who can't voice act particularly well. The voice acting field itself is very competitive due to somewhat limited roles, and then these big stars come in and take all these movie roles (think of something like Shark Tale, where they had Will Smith, Renee Zellwegger, etc, but essentially no professional voice actors) and sometimes tv roles as well. Incidentally I'd have to agree with Billy.
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