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Nixorbo
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Richard Dean Sanderson. (<font color=white>Rough Draft Studios</font>)
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Ralph Snart
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Oh Nix, don't be a tease.
RDS = Rough Draft Studios
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futz
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Keeps sounding like Leela's gonna croak or find a true love other than Fry or something. Bit surprised that they thought Bender would be the popular one (like Bart?). Perhaps people have trouble relating to a robot. Or like me, would probably take a baseball bat to him after a while, I mean really.
It's not that the shippiness is that interesting it's just that it's a human story. There's also something about the Leela character that seems to add something that the other characters can't. Like AOI I & II the 2 best segments are the ones about Leela. I just wish they could find a phrase other than the screechy "hi ya" when she does the kick thing. Miss Piggy did it first and better - and wore it out.
Would like to see more of the quirky future than just a slightly veiled story about present times. Sci-fi used to be about exploring and discovery and it's fun to see Fry discover things as we would. At least before people soured on technolgy and Sci-Fi went phsyco.
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SpaceCase
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Originally posted by futz: ... It's not that the shippiness is that interesting it's just that it's a human story. ... I recall from somewhere that the show is about fitting it, that is a group of people who don't "fit in" to society (c'mon, a reject from the 'stupid ages', a Cyclops, an antisocial robot, an anal-retentive Jamacan, a senile amoral genius, a Martian klutz, and a destitute lobster-thing Doctor?), forming something akin to a family: Making their own place to fit in. It's the human stories that make the show. ... Would like to see more of the quirky future than just a slightly veiled story about present times... How are the writers to accomplish the social commentary' they desire unless the stories are comparable to our times? That'a a rhetorical question... ... Sci-fi used to be about exploring and discovery and it's fun to see Fry discover things as we would... I have no problem at all, 'exploring the future' so long as it's not at the expense of the other storylines we've come to love. I... uh... I'll just ooze back out under the door now...
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futz
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Well, the social commentary thing has been done to death in sci-fi. From the Twilight Zone thru Star Trek and on and on. Meh. One problem is it can "date" a show so that it was only relevant 3 months either way from it's airing. Sort of like a cameo or name drop of a quasi-celebrity. When you watch it 5 years later you struggle to remember what that was all about. Then there's Hollywood's unique ability to lecture people about things they don't have to deal with day-to-day.
Yeah, but it's a fine line between story lines and cliches and type casting. Some fans would be happy if the Fry/Leela thing stayed status quo until they're the Prof's. age. At some point Fry would realize it Leela is just being a day tripper.
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SpaceCase
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Originally posted by futz: Well, the social commentary thing has been done to death in sci-fi. From the Twilight Zone thru Star Trek and on and on. And it will continue. One problem is it can "date" a show so that it was only relevant 3 months either way from it's airing. Sort of like a cameo or name drop of a quasi-celebrity. When you watch it 5 years later you struggle to remember what that was all about. Then there's Hollywood's unique ability to lecture people about things they don't have to deal with day-to-day. So your gripe is that the social commentary be well-done, and not about the issue d’ jour? Yeah, but it's a fine line between story lines and cliches and type casting. Some fans would be happy if the Fry/Leela thing stayed status quo until they're the Prof's. age. At some point Fry would realize it Leela is just being a day tripper. Realistically, we all know it has to be resolved sooner or later.
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Ralph Snart
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Well, it seems that security at RDS is getting really strict.
The RDS board hasn't been updated about the DVD's or anything Futurama related since June 17, 2006.
I e-mailed my source (who I haven't heard from in over three weeks) this morning. It bounced back - account closed.
I guess that things are getting tough at RDS.
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futz
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Ralph: Oh now, tough security is when they can toss your carcas into Levenworth for 20 years without a trial or shoot you if you're too close to something you were told to stay a certain distance from.
SpaceCase: But what if what you want is the stuff Fox was making them do?
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Ralph Snart
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Originally posted by futz:
Ralph: Oh now, tough security is when they can toss your carcas into Levenworth for 20 years without a trial or shoot you if you're too close to something you were told to stay a certain distance from.
That's military security. Or Area-51 security. Since RDS is based in South Korea, God knows what kind of security they have there.
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futz
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Reminds me of a story I heard a while back. A group of U.S. troops made a bet with some S. Korean troops that the S.K. guys couldn't sneek up on their position at night. When the sun came up the appointed morning all the U.S troops discovered chalk marks on their boots but didn't know how they got them. Anyhoo - on with the show.
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Nasty Pasty
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Damn, was the security for the renewal of Family Guy this tight?
Seriously though, I hope your contact is okay, Ralph...
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Xanfor
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Originally posted by futz: Yeah, but it's a fine line between story lines and cliches and type casting. Some fans would be happy if the Fry/Leela thing stayed status quo until they're the Prof's. age. At some point Fry would realize it Leela is just being a day tripper. Eh-hem... Originally posted by HopelessShipper: For God's sake, I've been on for a couple of months and have lost count of the "Leela is a tease" stupid comments. That's like saying that all new members are flamers, true in some cases, but not in all of them. Originally posted by Shiny: I'm not sure we need to refute... I think the point futz is making is that IF Fry&Leela were to remain "status quo" till they're the Prof's age, THEN Leela would qualify as a "day tripper" (and in that case, even Fry would catch on, invalidating the whole thing).
Of course, I could be wrong. In which case I'll have to crush futz's head most egregiously...
[Head Crushing Guy] They will have to call him FLATZ! 'Cause that's what his head will be! cshhhhh, cshhhhh! [/HCG]
Shiny "Crushing Fingers of Death" J. Fangirl Originally posted by HopelessShipper: Don't forget that damn HopelessShipper. I hate shippers, especially hopeless ones. They're all so in touch with their "feelings" and "emotions." All they ever do is flame and troll about how Fry and Leela should be together! Fry is too stupid and Leela is using Fry just to get pampered. Oh wait... I love shippers, especially hopeless ones. Fry and Leela should be together!
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Ralph Snart
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Seriously though, I hope your contact is okay, Ralph... Me too. Hope he/she didn't lose their job.. or worse. I bet they broke his knees. Or worse... Ah, shoot. I hope your source didn't get into trouble, Ralph. If you hear from him again, please tell him thanks (again). I will. Now, I never released anything without permission. I think it stands that security is very tight because there is a lot at stake here: RDS/FOX is expecting to make a lot of money off the DVD releases - they want to keep speculation at a certain level making sure that the bits of info that they relase will cause maximum market penetration. Groening and RDS wants this project to be a success: RDS for the money that it will bring in and for Groening it's more than money and success - this is his baby. He's seen the Simpsons get old and stale, but he feels that Futurama was killed way before its time. If the DVD's are a big success and rating for CC are large, then he may get his 30 extra episodes that he wants. All the voice actors have signed gag clauses - Billy West won't even acknowledge any Futurama related questions on his forum (which has to be killing him.) RDS has pretty well killed any outflow of info on it's site - even the forums haven't been updated in months. Most telling - Sarge Morton hasn't dropped by to say anything... anything to any of us. I'm sure the head honchos of RDS have him on a very short leash (along with everybody else involved with the project.) I will let the one last bit of info out - for each of the DVD's there will be a 'cliffhanger' at the end that will cause people to want the next one. That is to be expected I suppose. Anyway, all we can do is wait - I know all of use will be buying the DVD's the day they're released, but it's going to take more than a handful of hardcore fans to make this project the success that is needed. Exppect CC to start it's advertising campaign the first of 2007 and slowly escalate it over the year. The last thing - CN/AS played a blurb last night showing that Futurama was the #1 show for AS the previous week - 450,000 viewers for the 10:30 PM showing. Not bad for a show that's now running 7 nights/week with double eps 5 of those nights. Especially considering that there have been no new eps in over 3 years.
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Xanfor
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Quotes concerning 'The Simpsons Movie', that may also apply to 'Futurama':
- We've taken script security to the point of lunacy, though it helped that we wrote it in Aramaic - Mike Scully
- We're going to put some fake plots out there just to make it interesting. - James L. Brooks
- It’s been rough. We worked at it for a long time and then found out that 'Snakes on a Plane' was doing the same story. - James L. Brooks
Originally posted by Ralph Snart: The last thing - CN/AS played a blurb last night showing that Futurama was the #1 show for AS the previous week - 450,000 viewers for the 10:30 PM showing. Not bad for a show that's now running 7 nights/week with double eps 5 of those nights. Especially considering that there have been no new eps in over 3 years. This reminds us a bit of 'Star Trek', don' it?
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Ralph Snart
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Short story about The Simpsons with a short blurb about Futurama from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/08/tv.simpsonsat18.ap/index.html?eref=yahoo Groening's schedule is especially full these days. Besides his work on "The Simpsons," he and partner David Cohen are bringing one-time Fox series "Futurama" back to TV with new episodes on Comedy Central beginning in 2008.That's the extent of the Futurama note, but still - it's something that's in the mainstream news. At least it's good news, everyone.
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futz
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Hmmm, do you fantasize about Dick a lot?
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Otis P Jivefunk
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Originally posted by Nasty Pasty: Damn, was the security for the renewal of Family Guy this tight? Everyone knows that the tighter it is the better it always turns out...
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Nixorbo
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« Reply #351 on: 09-15-2006 12:47 »
« Last Edit on: 09-15-2006 12:47 »
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Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk: Everyone knows that the tighter it is the better it always turns out... Yes, but the looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
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coldangel
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I would happily slaughter every person on this forum in a chaotic orgy of violence and destruction for a chance to see some new Futurama.
Apparenyly that won't be necessary.
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RavenStar
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http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=12598 St. Louis radio personality Paul Harris has posted an audio file of his recent interview with voice actor Billy West, who spoke about the state of Futurama on Comedy Central and some of the unpleasant experiences he's had as a voice actor.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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Maybe it's a fake plot to throw a spanner in the works. I really can't see how they would be able to tastefully bring back Seymour unless they used more flashbacks...
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