New Futurama speculations (Spoilers ahoy)

[Reply #160 on:]

what about the 01... thing from bs

Yes the time code. I mentioned that.

[Reply #161 on:]

Well he could use the whatchamacallit to go back to 2000 couldn't he? Edit: not the time code, nibbler ate it.

[Reply #162 on:]

Didn't Farnsworth make a comment about failing to invent a time machine in "A Clone of My Own"?

[Reply #163 on:]

Yep. It took him 15 years before he gave up on it. Too bad. If it had worked he could have gone back and told himself not to waste his time on it.

Oh. They showed it too.(looked a lot like the movie version except solid Gold (The Professor seems to have a thing for Gold).

[Reply #164 on:]

And I know Frida was joking[...]

Show spoiler

I was actually being "kind-of" serious. All three of them were parents to Leelan Von Fry-Bot (I think that's his name) in the poorly Mike Kazaleh penciled Futurama Comic #32. If a child produced by all three of them could exist in official "Futurama" material, it makes it seem like all three of them have a very strong relationship.

Oh!  Sorry for assuming wrong.  I haven't read that comic so the idea never occurred to me as a serious thought.

[Reply #165 on:]

No Leela and Amy. We all know how well the shipping community took to Erik Heifner's "blimp" comic <snip> I can't pin-point it, but it was just... ick.

Which is precisely the reason to go ahead and do it! I mean, did they take any notice of shipper's annoyance at the constant use of the reset button? Nope! In anycase wasn't that storyline mooted by the writers to test fan's reactions? Maybe they got the reaction they wanted.

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

Interesting.. source please? Kif has forgiven Amy's indiscretions quickly before (Zapp), maybe Fry will take a little longer with Leela. Perhaps Leela will have to deal with unrequited love for a change, heh.

[Reply #166 on:]

I say break Amy and Kif up, forget the whole Fry and Leela thing and let them have fun...

[Reply #167 on:]

Which is precisely the reason to go ahead and do it! I mean, did they take any notice of shipper's annoyance at the constant use of the reset button? Nope! In anycase wasn't that storyline mooted by the writers to test fan's reactions? Maybe they got the reaction they wanted.

What?!?

You really want to see Amy grinding Leela, don't you?
Wasn't that comic not by the Futurama staff?

Interesting.. source please? Kif has forgiven Amy's indiscretions quickly before (Zapp), maybe Fry will take a little longer with Leela. Perhaps Leela will have to deal with unrequited love for a change, heh.

I said "seems". That should be taken as an assumption.

Sure, there will be bumps and potholes in both of their relationships, but I think we can expect those relationships after "Into the Wild Green Yonder".

The writers would have to be absolutely mindless to use the reset button and not address what happened after the crew traveled through the wormhole.

[Reply #168 on:]

A year is so long to wait looking for new information but no luck also what do you think will happen when the 26 episodes have aired do you think it will continue on or be cancelled one more thing comedy central never cancel shows really, so maybe futurama will be around for a long time.

[Reply #169 on:]

Pfft. A year is nothing. I once spent an entire year replying to a long-winded text message. It'll go by in no time.

[Reply #170 on:]

... what do you think will happen when the 26 episodes have aired do you think it will continue on ...

Holy run-on sentences, Batman!

I think the show could easily continue.  Comedy Central wouldn't be ordering two seasons at once if they weren't serious about resurrecting the show.  Granted, part of the reason for the 26 episode order is to break 100 episodes, which I guess makes it easier for Fox to sell the series- I dont pretend to understand how that all works- but I dont think that's the only reason.

[Reply #171 on:]

Soylent Orange: Agreed. If they just wanted the 100 episodes they would have just ordered 12. They (FOX/CC) must see long-term profits in the franchise ('bout time!).

[Reply #172 on:]

billy west interview, with moments of futuramas new deal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaH7VPuiZ1E

[Reply #173 on:]

Nice find.

[Reply #174 on:]

Aww...I heart Billy West (so much so that I feel it necessary to use heart as a verb synonymous with love. That's a deep devotion, my friend). Let DXC and MG be annoyed by West's supposed gun-jumping all they want--but they'd be hard-pressed to find a guy so passionate about his work, and about the show. He's brilliant. And hysterical.

Thanks for the link, wbb.

[Reply #175 on:]

They're just annoyed for the cameras. It was part of their masterplan all along.

[Reply #176 on:]

I wonder if Billy ever gets tired of repeating the same things in all of his interviews. In every one of his interviews I've seen they always ask him about his voices and he has to repeat his stories about how he came up with them. This one was especially strange since it was almost all just the interviewers goading him into voices. If it annoys him he is certainly being a good sport about it.

Hugh Laurie knows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWYvl_AIIbU

[Reply #177 on:]

I wonder if Billy ever gets tired of repeating the same things in all of his interviews. In every one of his interviews I've seen they always ask him about his voices and he has to repeat his stories about how he came up with them. This one was especially strange since it was almost all just the interviewers goading him into voices. If it annoys him he is certainly being a good sport about it.

Yeah, that "interviewer" was pretty annoying, eh? I just chalked it up to the fact that he works for Fox News.

Edit (so as not to seem like a liberally-biased Fox News hater...which, in fairness, I sort of am): Generally speaking, it bothers me when the interviewer clearly knows maybe three facts about their subject, but then compensates for the gaps in their knowledge by laughing obnoxiously and asking questions whose answers are obvious to the interviewee's fanbase. And the questions are always posed with such certainty. I should just stay away from news in general; broadcast pseudo-journalists annoy the crap out of me.

[Reply #178 on:]

billy wests site.

HI TO ALL OF THE MAGNANIMOUS PEOPLE ON MY SITE!

Yes,no matter what you heard---Futurama is returning for 26 episodes.
Ist,I need to thank all you guys for your unending support and patience!
And that goes for all fans of our show,here and around the world.
I'm so proud of all the work that was done and look soooo forward to
throwing myself back into it a 1000 % trying to make this ride the best to
come......

I have been really busy though and very lucky to be busy.
I'm doing a show for Disney TV called "Jungle Junction."
The characters are part animal and part motorized vehicle.
I play a creature called "Ellyvan." this is for 39 episodes.
Also I'm on a new Looney Tunes TV show called "Bug's Laugh Riot"and I
will be doing Elmer Fudd.I've always loved the character.
I'm still doing commercials and now I'm going back for 26 episodes of
Futurama!

So we are going to Comic Con in San Diego to promote the new DVD box
collection of the 4 Futurama movies with collectable stuff included.
Oh,and talk about the return of Futurama.YAY!

Thanks again to you all for hanging in like you did and I love you all!

Billy

[Reply #179 on:]

someones been busy...

[Reply #180 on:]

The characters are part animal and part motorized vehicle.
....this is for 39 episodes.

Haha... what the fuck!? At first I thought he was making some kind of joke. Is that really a show?

[Reply #181 on:]

Disney, nuff said.

[Reply #182 on:]

Yeah, that "interviewer" was pretty annoying, eh? I just chalked it up to the fact that he works for Fox News.

Edit (so as not to seem like a liberally-biased Fox News hater...which, in fairness, I sort of am): Generally speaking, it bothers me when the interviewer clearly knows maybe three facts about their subject, but then compensates for the gaps in their knowledge by laughing obnoxiously and asking questions whose answers are obvious to the interviewee's fanbase. And the questions are always posed with such certainty. I should just stay away from news in general; broadcast pseudo-journalists annoy the crap out of me.

I'm pretty sure that we're not part of the target audience for that promotional spot.

[Reply #183 on:]

billy west interview, with moments of futuramas new deal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaH7VPuiZ1E

and

*kinda long message on Billy's site*

I have instant respect for you, Mr Baby.

[Reply #184 on:]

Apparently the new series will explore the dark side of the iPhone and Twitter.

[Reply #185 on:]

Twitter is in fact, capable of pure evil...

[Reply #186 on:]

The new iPhone 3G S is less evil because it has cut and paste, but it is still evil. Don't ask.

[Reply #187 on:]

Um, Future Shock, ever iPhone after Wednesday will have cut and paste, so every iPhone will be equally less evil.


And I'm mad that Billy West interview didn't really go into what we should expect from the new episodes, but meh it's Fox News. At least we have Comic Con to look forward to. Anybody going to it? If so, make sure to plug PEEL in your question!

[Reply #188 on:]

Twitter is in fact, capable of pure evil...

By the way DXC doesn't have a public Twitter account, does he?

[Reply #189 on:]

And I'm mad that Billy West interview didn't really go into what we should expect from the new episodes, but meh it's Fox News. At least we have Comic Con to look forward to. Anybody going to it? If so, make sure to plug PEEL in your question!

Billy probably has no idea.  If there are scripts already written, I rather doubt he would have access to them.

He'll probably find out at Comic Con just like the rest of us.

[Reply #190 on:]

Yeah probably, cant wait for comic con this year, and i think the potential for new antholigies of intrest are great  

[Reply #191 on:]

Does anyone think they'll ever reference BWABB? I know that the other movies will have to be referenced (BBS for Fry's family, BG for Igner and Dark Matter, ITWGY for the start of Season 6 and F/L's relationship) but what about the Beast could they reference? It would certainly be an awkward moment for F/L and K/A if they did.

[Reply #192 on:]

I could see them referencing Amy's pseudo-infidelity, as that was the only thing of true consequence, continuity-wise, that happened in TBWaBB. I don't think it would be awkward, necessarily, but I could see Zapp bringing it up whenever the opportunity might arise (much like he does now with his "ex-lover Turanga Leela, whom [he] once made love at"). But Yivo, Colleen, and the debacle that was made of the characterization of Fry and Leela...eh, I don't see any need for the writers to mention that.

[Reply #193 on:]

I'm Back Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reply #194 on:]

For now, Cohen’s more interested in getting down to business and cranking out “fast, good episodes.” The show will “explore the society of the future” rather than staging epic battles like the ones in the feature-length Futurama flicks, Cohen said.

“The DVD movies, due to their long nature, had to put the universe on the line,” he said. “It’s something you have to have in 90 minutes of sci-fi animation, along with slower pacing and more music. But now we can get back to Bender saying mean, funny things.”
-from wired's interview with David X after the story broke.

oh chief, you've made me the girl in the world!

I loved the movies, and their epic nature, but they didnt feel quite the same as the past episodes. Of course, as david X explained and most of us knew, there was good reason for that. However, i am very excited for futurama to return to its "fast, good" roots, taking a look at little social nuances of today, and applying them to the year 3000 where anything is possible, and of course, bender being bender.

EDIT- since we can spoil a bit here, my guess is that the "sexual relationship" described in the interview somehow involved the professor, nothing funnier (and more vomit inducing) than old people sex.

[Reply #195 on:]

EDIT- since we can spoil a bit here, my guess is that the "sexual relationship" described in the interview somehow involved the professor, nothing funnier (and more vomit inducing) than old people sex.

It's already been done with The Prof and Mom.

Unless it's a hot threeway with Wernstrom, Zoidberg and The Prof.

[Reply #196 on:]

EDIT- since we can spoil a bit here, my guess is that the "sexual relationship" described in the interview somehow involved the professor, nothing funnier (and more vomit inducing) than old people sex.

It's already been done with The Prof and Mom.

Unless it's a hot threeway with Wernstrom, Zoidberg and The Prof.

Im Whel aware of that... however, you should notice i only mentioned the professor, that indeed leaves many options open for others. my guesses are either that this relationship involved zoiberg and prof or prof and amy.

[Reply #197 on:]

I remember in some other thread (might have been on the Madhouse boards) someone mentioned that DXC might be being literal when he said "a shocking, sexual relationship". This person speculated that Bender will relapse into electricity abuse and take Leela along for the ride (a sequel episode to events in Hell is Other Robots and Bender's Game).

[Reply #198 on:]

Yeah that was here. I think it was Ralph who mentioned it.

The picture that followed.

[Reply #199 on:]

i just thought of a great plot idea! Old-timey episode chronicling the history of blernsball! there can be a part on integration,  a history of the old robot leagues("it was then that scientists from moms robot company decided to modify a howitzer, and pitch-o-mat 5000 was born") , the landmark decision that made steroid injections mandatory and more!