Futurama over?

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I didn`t know about the troubles the series had until i read about it in the forums.
I almost cried.
I also instantly signed the petition.

(btw this is my first post. Hello everyone)
 

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... and this is my first welcome! Welcome to PEEL! BTW, does anyone know if there's any word from Fox about the petition? I assume that we're all signing it and Fox are just ignoring it.

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Well, it is an online petition. It has to be pretty darn miraculous for anyone important not to ignore it.

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Beleive it or not, snail mail STILL is the most effective way to get our message to Fox that we want to save this great show!
Online petions may be good, but they need to see the paper!   

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Online petitions are too easily manipulated (one person using dozens of bogus email accounts to sign the petition), as to have any real impact. Written letters count for so much more, simply because they're physical. It shows people care enough about the show to actually sit down and write a letter themself. So sign the petition, but more importantly write letters to FOX.

BTW, welcome to PEEL, Azazel. Enjoy it here.   

BTW 2: We already have several threads about this:

  Season 5 Renewal??
War Were Declared: Todays mission

 

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Hey Gilgamesh! Darmak on the ocean. His arms wide. 

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Originally posted by Sarge:
Hey Gilgamesh! Darmak on the ocean. His arms wide.   

Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

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Darmok, at rest. 

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I dont think we can do anything  No matter what we do, Fox will still ignore us.

Ha! Fox has no Idea what it or its fans want and besides, They can't cancel everything. My take is this. Unless the ratings contradict me That 80's Show, Sucks. That 70's show is a strong show and they will keep showing that. We know the Greg the Bunny and ARCTU and Pasadena Are comming. Bernie Mac isn't a very strong show and because Tidus is on at 9:30 that's pretty late. Futurama was Canceled because It didn't get the kind of ratings that King of the Hill got at a later time slot and the Simpsons does better than King of the Hill and the Simpsons are pretty much Fox's cash cow and we all know that the Simpsons aren't going anywere. Fox also Cancled The X-Files. So here is the

Cancled list:
1)The X-Files(9:00-10:00) Sunday
2)Futurama(7:00-7:30) Sunday
3)Family Guy[I think we all know this] (8:00-9:00)
4)The Tick(8:30-9:00)

On the Brink:
1)Tidus(9:30-10:00)Wednesday
2)Bernie Mac(8:30-9:00)Wednesday
3)That 80's show(8:00-8:30)Wednesday
4)Ally McBeal(9:00-10:00)Monday

Comming Soon:
1)Pasadena
2)ARCTU
3)Greg the Bunny

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Shaka, when the walls fell.

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Originally posted by Citizen77:
Online petions may be good, but they need to see the paper!   

guess whose printer is runnign hot right now ...

I need to print it in microprint though, else i'd end up at 1,500 pages... Can't ship that many that easily...

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well, i signed the petition, and im convincing a lot of friends to sign to.
and i guess i'll write a letter too (if my mom lets me send one)
btw im 12 years old
btw 2 the petition is up to 75,276 signatures.

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and that petition is still running (75,278 now    )
oh yeah, i forgot to tell somethin' in my last post , here it is.
welcome to peel azazel

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It's slowing down though. I was hoping it would get to 100,000.

Whoa, mArc! You're actually sending that stuff to Fox? Way to go mArc!  You'll be the hero no one knew before!

And it's good to hear the 80's show on the brink of getting cancelled. I can sleep easy now. 

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I always hoped that by now Futurama would be replacing The Simpsons.

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Same here its a lot better.
Simpsons is cool but im so tired of it. Way to little diversity!
I really hope they save futurama.

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Good job, Marc. It's a good thing we have a rich german around here to do stuff like this. I had to stop eating for weeks just to buy a damn book of stamps.

Haha, Ally and 80's Show are sucking. I'm surprised about Bernie Mac though. I thought that show was doing well(not that I care one way or another).

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I leave for a few months and I come back to see that blood red banner...  I'm crushed and enraged. 

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Yep, so am I, everytime I see it. I never expected the show to go forever, but it would have done better with better advetising and timeslots

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Originally posted by Mark:
Fox also Cancled The X-Files.

The X-Files is only cancelled because the show won't go anywhere next year. This is Gillian Anderson's last year as well as the series creator Chris Carter. Without Mulder and/or Scully or Chris Carter The X-Files just isn't The X-Files. You try and watch it without them, I woun't be able to.

I wouldn't watch The X-Files with only Agent Doggett and Reyes, it would totally suck, so if the FOX execs have made ONE good desicion in their careers this is most likely it.

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Originally posted by Teral:
Shaka, when the walls fell.

The FOX network, its head in its ass. Murdoch, his skull empty. The fans, their eyes red, their teeth clenched.

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  Good one Kryten. I had one with Murdoch as "the Beast of Tanagra", but your's better.

Temarc, the river Temarc. In winter.
Mirab, with sails unfurled.

 

Originally posted by [-mArc-]:
guess whose printer is runnign hot right now ...

I need to print it in microprint though, else i'd end up at 1,500 pages... Can't ship that many that easily...

Maybe it was just me misreading something, but I thought Rough Draft had volunteered to do the printing and shipping of the petition.

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Originally posted by Mark:
Comming Soon:
1)Pasadena

Call me crazy, but didn't Pasadena already air and get cancelled at the beginning of the fall season?

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Marc, you are such a champ.

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Originally posted by Kryten:
 Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

oooookay .... what did all that mean?

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It's from the Star Trek:TNG episode "Darmok". In this episode Picard tells the story of the mythic Mesopotamian king Gilgamesh to an alien captain named Dathon. Dathon's people, the Tamarians, speaks entirely in metaphors, hence the weird sentences.

"Temba, at rest"
"Mirab, with sails unfurled"

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Christ on a bike, I'm sorry I asked.

Actually I vaguely remember watching five minutes of that episode and laughing heartily before putting my boot through the television screen.

"Gilgamesh, with arse out"

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I don't remember much about Star Trek, I just know it keeps going and going and going. :Sees Energizer Bunny: O..kay :takes the battery out: And so ends the bunny 

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Originally posted by Mark:
Unless the ratings contradict me That 80's Show, Sucks.

Unless you're really young, you'll realize the 80's sucked.

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Hey I was born in the 80's. So at least something good came of it

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Originally posted by Unit42:
 Unless you're really young, you'll realize the 80's sucked.

And those who lived through the 90's realize how much the 80's REALLY sucked!!!

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Originally posted by Allen:
O..kay :takes the battery out: And so ends the bunny

I can think of much more deviant ways to make the bunny stop. 

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Originally posted by Torquemada:
I can think of much more deviant ways to make the bunny stop.   

Ever seen Hot Shots Part Deux?

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Sarge, his pants wet

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I never heard that phrase before. It struck me as very funny.  Having the name 'Gilgamesh' & never knowing of that ST:TNG episode seemed a bit strange.

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The only Gilgamesh I am aware of is the evil wizard on the Smurfs.

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Originally posted by Sarge:
I never heard that phrase before

Conjurs up a wonderful mental image doesn't it?

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Originally posted by Sarge:
I never heard that phrase before. It struck me as very funny.    Having the name 'Gilgamesh' & never knowing of that ST:TNG episode seemed a bit strange.

not everything started and ended with ST.  Isn't Gilgamesh some guy in mythology?  Norse perhaps? 

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Originally posted by VelourFog:
not everything started and ended with ST.  Isn't Gilgamesh some guy in mythology?  Norse perhaps? 

yup. it's some mythological guy. but he's from the babylonian or assyrian mythology. that legend is pretty old i think. like 3000 -2500 years (first written version of it).