Futurama News during the 2011 Futurama run

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On http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/tag/futurama-countdown-to-reincarnation/ you can see some images from Reincarnation!

A new (8-Bit) clip. Bender is awesome!

[Reply #721 on:]

Any alternate links for the video?

[Reply #722 on:]

On http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/tag/futurama-countdown-to-reincarnation/ you can see some images from Reincarnation!

A new (8-Bit) clip. Bender is awesome!

BYTE my 8-bit metal ass!!!  

[Reply #723 on:]

That clip from the video game segment was awesome. So that makes two segments I'm really pumped for (this'n and the Fleischer one), and one that I don't have strong feelings about either way (the anime one). Methinks this will rival AOIs I and II in the non-canon quality department (the Craptacular doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence).

[Reply #724 on:]

Oh man, another really great clip.. This is gonna be good.

[Reply #725 on:]

I am getting really excited for tomorrow's episode, the different parts looks so much more promising than ever!

And the end of the video made me laugh out loud. It's gonna be good!

[Reply #726 on:]

Any links for UK?

[Reply #727 on:]

Any links for UK?

Second. Hate the stupid region lock thing.

[Reply #728 on:]

Didn't I publish a post on how you make UK URLs at one point?

[Reply #729 on:]

Not that I recall, otherwise I would've seen the clip by now. Unless I missed that post...

[Reply #730 on:]

Some more details on Reincarnation. Please be warned that this article contains major, major spoilers.

Also, we now have names for all three segments.

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• Colorama
• Future Challenge 3000
• Action Delivery Force

And as previously discussed here:

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All three segments indeed revolve around a central plot element: the Diamondium comet. Although the article above suggests this will be some kind of story arc, and not the same story in each segment

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Some more details on Reincarnation. Please be warned that this article contains major, major spoilers.

Don't you love it's not "My friends... and Zoidberg" for once, but Amy is referred to as "the other characters"?  It's literally "The entire planet express crew, and Amy".

Also, we now have names for all three segments.

Show spoiler

• Colorama
• Future Challenge 3000
• Action Delivery Force

And as previously discussed here:

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All three segments indeed revolve around a central plot element: the Diamondium comet. Although the article above suggests this will be some kind of story arc, and not the same story in each segment

[Reply #732 on:]

http://www.emmys.com/shows/futurama

Yippee! Futurama won both of the Emmys they were nominated for! I had a good feeling that "The Late Philip J. Fry" would win for outstanding animated program, but I was pleasantly shocked to see Moe win as well for his voice acting. Congrats all around, even when Futurama only airs 13 episodes in a year, it still manages to further the creative arts! Next time, Billy West for the best voice-over performance!

[Reply #733 on:]

Wow, that's awesome! Congrats!

[Reply #734 on:]

Hooray!! Both emmys! Congratulations!

[Reply #735 on:]

Woo! We knew they could do it! Nice one @ Futurama Staff!

[Reply #736 on:]

So, should this thread be replaced by a "news between the runs" thread? The 2011 run has ended.

[Reply #737 on:]

Which 6B episode would you say is their next Emmy shot?

I'd say either Overclockwise or Reincarnation stand the best chance, but I'm not sure which.

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I think "Reincarnation" was easily the most brilliantly innovative episode of 6B, but I don't know if that's what Emmy voters are looking for, exactly. (I refer you to what happened to the Simpsons writers in season seven, when they submitted that year's Treehouse of Horror episode--which had an impressive-for-the-time CG segment--instead of one of the more emotionally-resonant episodes in a season that was full of 'em, and wound up losing to, like, a Pinky and the Brain episode.) That said, an episode of an animated show that is itself a parody of three different animation styles may be too great for the Emmy folks to pass up.

If not "Reincarnation," though, I'd say that "Cold Warriors" or "Overclockwise" would have the best shot, in terms of their emotional content.

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Congrats to Futurama, one of the best eps of the series won, also congrats on the other emmy too. Bodes well for Futurama...

[Reply #740 on:]

Good news! Truly one of the best episodes, and the best animated show episode (that I've seen anyway) during that year.

I think Reincarnation could potentially win next time. The thing is, that Treehouse of Horror was more or less just nominated because of the 3D animation, which they thought would be enough, but despite that animation it really wasn't one of the better episodes that season (or even one of the better THOH Simpsons episodes). I mean, it was fine, but there were so many better episodes, emotional resonance or not. The following year they won for the "Homer's Phobia" episode, which wasn't really emotionally resonant but had a good satirical thrust, as well as just being a vastly superior episode. And season 7 could have rightly won for at least like half of its episodes.

Basically, Reincarnation could win because it's really, really good; not just well-animated in the different styles (though it is), but also ridiculously clever and funny, and very ambitious. I'm not sure if it would be my go-to choice, but I don't think it would be a bad one.

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I think they will admit Cold Warriors, Overclockwise or Reincarnation, and like Gorky says, Reincarnation is probably the one with the biggest chance of winning.

[Reply #742 on:]

Holy crap!! I'm so happy!!! =D

[Reply #743 on:]

I think Overclockwise is the best episode of 6B but it's also one that plays to established fans of the show rather than newcomers so I agree that Reincarnation probably has the best chances.

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Mazel Tov, everyone!

Just remember when I start writing on the show, we will be able to build houses with the emmies we shall win.   We'll be using them to splat cockroaches and as missiles for girl scouts and jehovah's witnesses. 

[Reply #745 on:]

awesome news.

[Reply #746 on:]

Not really news, but Eric Rogers tweeted:

Oh, forgot to mention the best part of the Emmys -- when I discovered my fly had been down for about 2 hours. Sweet. #Emmyfail

Also, Twitter fucking loves Futurama:

Last #Futurama episode is mindblowing! Groening, i love you!

"after this bowl movement he'll be lucky if he still has bones" #futurama best. Ever.

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Suck it, everyone who didn't win an Emmy that night!

[Reply #748 on:]

And that includes you, Amy!

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I expressed a fair amount of enthusiasm in another thread, but I'll add here that I, like everyone, am totally stoked about the Emmy wins. Awesome. Awesome to the max.

I bet Reincarnation could get an Emmy. It's a really brilliant example of animation. Overclockwise possibly could as well, but it wasn't quite as strong as TLPJF.

[Reply #750 on:]

The Late Philip J. Fry, won an emmy for Outstanding Animated Program

[Reply #751 on:]

Yeah, that's pretty much all anybody's been discussing on this page of the news thread...

[Reply #752 on:]

Hooray, again! Haha, I will not stop celebrating this for a very long time.

[Reply #753 on:]

CGEF posted this on Twitter.

I doubt it's a follow up, as the Professor and Zoidberg are purposely feeding them, but meh.

[Reply #754 on:]

Still, quite an interesting comparison and rather cloolsome ...

[Reply #755 on:]

Not sure if someone mentioned this already. It will be airing on weekends on some major networks, in my and leia's area that would be the CW.

[Reply #756 on:]

Link's not working right for me, Randi, just takes me to the News Corp homepage.

[Reply #757 on:]

futurefreak is clearly working for Murduch.

[Reply #758 on:]

Terra Nova...?

[Reply #759 on:]

Perhaps ...