New Futurama speculations (Spoilers ahoy)

[Reply #120 on:]

Yeah, why not, or maybe a little action for old Zoidberg!!?     Granted it wouldnt be as hot as Amy/Leela, but Zoidy doing a little mating season dance maybe too much for Amy to resist? Would be quite funny. Wait, i've disgusted myself 

But he'd die!

[Reply #121 on:]

Only if he managed to release his jelly! 

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Hmmm...I know it's been explored before, but maybe DXC was referring to Mom and Farnsworth? Those two old fogeys doin' it is pretty shocking. And, y'know, disturbing.

Amy/Leela would just be...way too self-indulgent. As a one episode throw-away, it'd be okay, I guess; but, from the perspective of continuity, Amy is newly re-committed to Kif, and Leela has just told Fry she loves him. I agree that it's a reset-without-actually-resetting.

[Reply #123 on:]

I hope that there is more Zoidberg.

[Reply #124 on:]

You want a disturbing pairing? Here you go:

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Zoidberg/Zapp

[Reply #125 on:]

Haha, now that is disgusting! Or how about Hedonism Bot and another robot, Calculon comes to mind, he may go both ways, you know what these acting types are like ! 

[Reply #126 on:]

Judging from the posts in this thread, the threshold for "shocking" is a lot lower than I thought it would be.

[Reply #127 on:]

I hope that there is more Zoidberg.

Yay--Books is back!

speedracer: We're apparently a bunch of prudes here at PEEL.

[Reply #128 on:]

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We’re already working on one involving a shocking sexual relationship. We like to both shock and inform our viewers in equal measure.

"Shock and inform?" Hmm...

Since it was to be informing, I was thinking along the lines of a homosexual/robosexual relationship, but no offense, it's too overdone. "The Simpsons" did gay marriage, "Family Guy" did gay marriage, and even "American Dad" covers the gay lifestyle every season or so with the Smiths' neighbors. It's not that I'm against gay marriage in any way (actually, I tend to use Lois Griffin's quote in the one gay marriage episode in "Family Guy" in support of it), it's just that you'd think that for a show as out-of-orbit as Futurama, you'd think they'd find something even more shocking. But I digress... it seems like nothing is as shocking as it used to be nowadays.

An organism/robot relationship isn't that shocking either. It's too similar to an interracial marriage- it's already been widely accepted by the public. Besides, "Star Trek" seemed to cover that and Futurama already did an episode on that nature of a relationship.

A relationship between beings of two different species is nothing in the Futurama universe compared to organism/robot relationships. Not only have we've seen Zoidberg dating the jellyfish woman, front and center we already have Amy and Kif.

I'd like to see more television shows acknowledge polyamorous relationships more, but it seems to have a bad vibe with the American public (something about cults, they say). And again, Futurama covered that in the movie "The Beast with a Billion Backs", and that was hardly any kind of shocker (I don't think they did a very good job on it though, but then again multiple-person relationshps aren't that popular).

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Leaving all joking aside for my money it's

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Amy/Leela. AFAIK they've never had a gay/lesbian relationship on the show, well only as jokes in passing never central to the main characters. If the reaction to Erik Heifner's "L.A. Confidential" fan comic is anything to go it's likely to be be very controversial. A multiple partner relationship? Done it in BWaBB. Human/Robot - done it in IDaR. Gay/Lesbian - never been done.

No Leela and Amy. We all know how well the shipping community took to Erik Heifner's "blimp" comic.

Before the mock comic, I used to think that an Leela/Amy relationship would be okay as a one-episode deal. But after that comic (which I have to admit I do believe that Heifner handled the relationship pretty well, but not as good as it could've been, at least from the last time I read it), I couldn't take it as canon. I can't pin-point it, but it was just... ick.

I actually thought that the lesbian moment between Leela and Amy couldn't have been handled better in "Bender's Game". First off, it was only a brief, one-time moment, it was extra-hot for all those nerds (not only was it between two females, they were in "magical creature" form), and it's not entirely canon because it took place in a fantasy world. If it was placed at any other moment in the series, it would've caused too much commotion.

Besides, seems like Fry and Leela's and Amy and Kif's relationship will be stable in the new season.

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Why is everybody hiding their responses? It says right in the topic title, "Spoilers ahoy". Anybody who goes into this thread knows what they are getting into.

Anyway, for all expecting a robosexual relationship: They already did that with Bender (as Coillette) and Calculon. Sure, Calculon didn't know that Bender is a dude, but it's still two man-bots in a romantic relationship.

Also, has anyone considered that the other person in the shocking sexual relationship will not be an established character? It could be a one-episode deal.

[Reply #130 on:]

Leela + Nibbler.

FWIW, I will light myself on fire if that comes to pass.

[Reply #131 on:]

It's DXC stirring the pot to get us nerds and geeks excited.

It seems to be working.

During the original run, DXC lurked and posted on the old (still there but dying every day) Futurama Newgroup on Usenet.  

Now he's going to Twitter and other ways to communicate with the fans.  That's good - that way he can keep a finger on the pulse of the fans.

So DXC, if you're lurking - the new episodes seem to already be flying.

Now if we could get Sarge to come back...

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Also, has anyone considered that the other person in the shocking sexual relationship will not be an established character? It could be a one-episode deal.

I was either thinking of Smitty/Url or Randy/his boyfriend.

[Reply #133 on:]

Leela + Nibbler.

FWIW, I will light myself on fire if that comes to pass.

Uh, there's artwork of that combo out there.  Some of it pretty good from a technical standpoint.

So to be "shocking" to some of us, he's really got his work cut out for him.

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David Cohen was quoted in this article as saying something that gives me a bit of hope for the new episodes:

But after four epic feature-length films, "what we will try to do is go a little bit back to pure comedy, characters and sci-fi," Cohen said.

That, to me, is as close to an admission of the movies' faults as we'll ever get. I think DXC recognizes that, though at least one movie (ItWGY, in my opinion) evoked a sense of the original series, the DVDs were largely disappointing. This return to, specifically, the characters, makes me feel like this new season could be on-par with seasons 1-4.

Well I really hope they're successful in doing that, because I didn't enjoy the movies anywhere near as much as I enjoyed the episodes.

And I really did not like Bender's Big Game messing with the two saddest episodes of the show. (Luck of the Fryish and Jurassic Bark)

[Reply #135 on:]

Oh no wai. 

Just joined up after being gone for 4 years.  Did not know this was in the works.  Makes me a happy man. 

[Reply #136 on:]

Speaking of smth. not so global, I seriously hope there will be some development of Bender's... family story. I just found the way he treated his first-born son (Crushinator's offspring maybe?) very un-Bender-y... (BWABB), there should be some explanation, don't you think?

[Reply #137 on:]

sexual paring fry and mom or maybe leela and calculon or zoidberg and zapp who knows can't wait.

[Reply #138 on:]

I don't like that people pair the movies together, or the series for that matter. Each episode (that's movie or series) is normally pretty different to any other episode so it seems unfair to me to tie any of them together. They should be judged separately (and they have been: http://www.peelified.com/Futurama-Forum-1/Topic-17266-0-What_is_your_favorite_Fut.html).

P.S. I do believe what I wrote but I'll admit that I'm also trying to stop people from saying that ITWGY is in any way like the previous three outside of format (it's honestly one of my favorites).

[Reply #139 on:]

"Shocking" sexual relationship, coming from those guys, could mean that it has something to do with high-voltage.

[Reply #140 on:]

My bet is Zoidberg becomes a gay rapper! :P

[Reply #141 on:]

As.....interesting as the Amy/Leela scenario would be I don't think it's likely. It would be completely out of nowhere and just doesn't seem to fit right. The fact that they did it in BG as essentially fanservice makes me even more skeptical.

[Reply #142 on:]

Each episode (that's movie or series) is normally pretty different to any other episode so it seems unfair to me to tie any of them together. They should be judged separately.

FOA, I don't get it. Hope you didn't mean that I shouldn't mention BWABB (or TSHL) here?

Don't you agree there were some ideas sort of "hidden" in the movies for possible further development, even if these guys (DXC etc.) were not sure about the future? I am just pretty damn sure, the story of Bender's first born son is to be continued...

[Reply #143 on:]

"Shocking" sexual relationship, coming from those guys, could mean that it has something to do with high-voltage.

That seems likely, Bender enjoys an electric shock, and so does Leela...

I just had the best fan art idea!

I CALLED IT FIRST.

[Reply #144 on:]

Filthy, filthy man.
I love it!

[Reply #145 on:]

and if it turns out terrible it was all coldangel's idea, yes all credit to my college, ogden wernst- I mean coldangel_1!

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found this on wikipedia:

6ACX01 Break On Through To The Other Sky
6ACX02 Benders Hat Trick
Little is known of the 6th season but more information due to be revealed at comic con 09.

[Reply #147 on:]

Hopefully somebody there will ask them about the reset button.

[Reply #148 on:]

found this on wikipedia:

6ACX01 Break On Through To The Other Sky
6ACX02 Benders Hat Trick
Little is known of the 6th season but more information due to be revealed at comic con 09.

And I just reverted it.

Svip - Wikipedia editor, yo

[Reply #149 on:]

haha fake then, although I did like the name of the first one

[Reply #150 on:]

When I read the first one I had in my mind David Cohen saying it as if he were introducing it in an audio commentary.

[Reply #151 on:]

When I read the first one I had in my mind David Cohen saying it as if he were introducing it in an audio commentary.

yeah exactly although did not have the same impact with bender hat trick.

[Reply #152 on:]

found this on wikipedia:

6ACX01 Break On Through To The Other Sky
6ACX02 Benders Hat Trick
Little is known of the 6th season but more information due to be revealed at comic con 09.

The bozo couldn't even get the production codes right.

For anyone who absolutely must know the titles of the new episodes as soon as they are registered, click here and take note of any new entries containing the string 6ACV.

[Reply #153 on:]

Link doesn't work. I can get testy when I'm impatient.

[Reply #154 on:]

Fine, just go to

http://cocatalog.loc.gov

and search for "Futurama".

Nothing new there yet, but there might be in a few months.

[Reply #155 on:]

All avaliable connections are currently in use.

* Future Shock drums fingers.

[Reply #156 on:]

All avaliable connections are currently in use.

* Future Shock drums fingers.

Don't bother, the last registered thing was 'Into the Wild Green Yonder' (episode title, though), so no episode name yet.

Problem with getting the information this way will be exactly which episode they are going to belong to, but hey, I think the names should arrive sooner or later.

[Reply #157 on:]

I just realized something! There are time machines in the future, right?

[Reply #158 on:]

No, time travel is impossible unless you know the time code or combine microwaves with gravitrons and graviolies from a super nova.

[Reply #159 on:]

what about the 01... thing from bs, also the professor makes alot of inventions.