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Cigars2
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THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!! PLEASE LETS HAPPEN O' LORD.
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M Jackson
Professor
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How's this for a good sign. This morning was the first time i'd watched Futurama for quite a while (look i've had things to do ok!)
Then just over an hour ago my father gets home and informs me that he was listening to the Steve Wright show on BBC Radio 2 and out of the blue he heard... Futurama is coming back! He told me that the announcment was along the lines of "Fox are so impressed with the DVD sales they have decided to bring it back".
Now im sure the BBC just got their story from the original Variety article, but this is still very promising right? BBC Radio 2 wouldnt normally mention this sort of thing if it was just a baseless rumour!
The fact that i watched Futurama this morning because i happened to catch it on Channel 4 as i had my breakfast adds a certain "coincidence? i think not!" element to the whole thing, dont ya agree?
I have a good feeling about this. What else could 2006 have in store for us!? The death of reality TV? The return of Michael Jackson? Indiana Jones 4 finally starts filming?! I sure hope so.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Funny, I was just wondering lately about the lack of new info regarding a possible return. Good to hear some promising news..
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Homer J. Simpso
Crustacean
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if futurama does get on the air itll probably get 10-13 eps and get american dads time slot
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M Jackson
Professor
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« Reply #50 on: 01-05-2006 21:37 »
« Last Edit on: 01-05-2006 21:37 »
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testing 123. sorry, the page wasnt loading, so i typed this...........now it works yay!
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Well, if we bore you so much why don't you find another board?
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Idlesaint
Bending Unit
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I like a lot of FOX's shows because they seem to be a bit riskier.. but have horrible people in charge. They keep crap on (War at Home) and can't mark Emmy winners (Futurama, Arrested Development).
With that mini-rant that's probably been said verbatim many times:
I think I'll be greedy and hope for both more episodes and a movie. Unless they do a movie the same way as the Stewie Griffin movie. It was funny, but was wasted money to purchase. Three episodes strung together? It held up, but I heard that those 3 ep's will air seperately, and probably end up on another DVD. I could live without the little intro/outros.
If there were a Futurama movie, I'd like it to be one whole, long story, and not be broken into episodes. Well, maybe if it were like "to be continued" episodes.
All in all, I think the best thing to do would be: Put out a movie at about 90 minutes that isn't a 3 part montage (sp); possibly something that expands on Devils Hands. Not a "Fry/Leela" love story, but something that seems natural to follow that episode. Then, an episode that follows the movie slightly, and branches out to its own story. The rest of the episodes can go into completely new terrirotry.
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Eyedol7513
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #58 on: 01-07-2006 05:34 »
« Last Edit on: 01-07-2006 05:34 »
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If "Futurama" does come back as a series, it should get the current timeslot of "The War At Home". I myself think that is a good show, but it could be moved somewhere else.
Anyway, any show after "The Simpsons" should do well, since a lot of people still watch that show, even if it is not as good as it used to be. I don't know about anyone else, but for me the Sunday shows are ending pretty close to the end of their timeslot. (ex. "The Simpsons" ends exactly at 8:30, "The War At Home" ends at exactly 9:00.) Sometimes, these shows even go over. This actually wouldn't be bad for "Futurama".
In any case, here's hoping that there will be an official announcement soon, and that we will be watching fresh "Futurama" (whether it be a movie or TV series) about one year from now. (That is how long it takes to make a 13 episode season, right? I say 13, because that's what some new/returning series get.)
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Bombajio
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« Reply #59 on: 01-07-2006 12:09 »
« Last Edit on: 01-07-2006 12:09 »
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Ok. I live in Estonia and we... Well.. We get these news very late and whatnot. Lots of news(And Dvds and other things) don't even reach us. But today I read from the newspaper (Granted, a little paragraph in the corner of the page) (Translated by me from Estonian): "20th Century Fox is thinking of giving "Futurama", which's(?) DVDs have turned out to be very popular, another try. Magazine "Variety" says, that the show's creator(Maker of the worldfamous "Simpsons", Matt Groening) and producer(I think is the word..) David X. Cohen are having meetings and they're speaking of creating a couple new episodes. "Futurama" ran from march, 1999 'til august 2003 and got through five seasons five Emmys, including best animated serial Emmy." Terribly sorry for spelling-errors and bad translation, but I'm in slight hurry and not on my own computer. I think that if the news have reached even us, then there might be something to it
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M Jackson
Professor
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« Reply #60 on: 01-07-2006 22:35 »
« Last Edit on: 01-07-2006 22:35 »
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Originally posted by i_c_weiner: Nice to see you back M Jackson. I guess the news stirred you to think to yourself "Futurama...aren't I a member of a bored(or board...) for that show?" Ha, yeah something like that. I was like..."Fu-tu-ra-ma?...hmmm...................... ............HOLY SHIT WOW!" I hope the excitement caused by this initial "credible rumour" generates some momentum regarding an official word from FOX.
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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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This is very good news indeed, but it's still an "if". Until that "if" turns into a "when" I won't get too excited...
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GreyThinkyWhale
Professor
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Terribly sorry for spelling-errors and bad translation, but I'm in slight hurry and not on my own computer.[/QUOTE] Aside from the serial Emmy that will haunt me for the rest of my days, that was fine, thanks for pointing that out. It's nice to see the news is spreading. It's just a matter of time now, before we find out the details of what's going on...
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Tonrey
Crustacean
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Hope Fox doesn't screw it up.
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Homer J. Simpso
Crustacean
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if futurama does come back they will probably get war at homes time slot and war at home going into arrested development time slot
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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You *know* they're going to give it the 7 pm Sunday slot again.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Cap'n Skusting: Must be the Angry Norweigian campaign is paying off! Anchovies for Fry will always be around in spirit!
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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That just brings the question: should we send anchovies in like crazy to show we still like the show or shouldn't we because they'd think we're crazy?
Well, unlike Sky, Fox hasn't done any kind of promotion for Futurama at all. Adult Swim does more, but not much more. They've been slacking off on backing Futurama lately. It is odd that Sky and Fox are owned by the same man, yet one is Futurama crazy and the other ended it in 2003.
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