Futurama News (including but not limited to Countdown to Season 7)

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Today's promo.

P.S.
A previous News thread. Closed by TheMadCapper.

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They look like they're about to make out.

Also, wtf is up with Leela's armpit?  C'mon animators, you can do better than that. 

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Those outfits look at bit too "pinky-tame" for a supposedly agressive sports.

I do assume the "I don’t know the rules of Butterfly Derby, but judging by this new still from the episode, I’m guessing it’s sort of a cross between curling and chess." is meant in an ironic way for a sports that seems to resemble "Roller Derby".

Or did anyone find another still that shows a chess-board-like playfield, or curling like activities?

Also, wtf is up with Leela's armpit?  C'mon animators, you can do better than that.  

Well...for a Leela-centred episode, that's more than good enough

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Those are strange Amy/Leela face expressions indeed. Stop narcotics! Now!

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Yeah, it's probably just a joke because I don't see how one could come to that literal conclusion from this image and I haven't seen any others to suggest otherwise.

Well...for a Leela-centred episode, that's more than good enough

Ha! Yes, I remember that snafu about the positioning of the Slurm Queen in Yo Leela Leela last year.

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Damend...I cannot even remember the Slurm Queen in  YLL...

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Yeah, it's probably just a joke because I don't see how one could come to that literal conclusion from this image and I haven't seen any others to suggest otherwise.

Well, yesterday we've got the plot description:

"Word around the campfire is, the episode finds Amy and Leela becoming addicted to "Nectar", a nutritional supplement that boosts their performance in the future sport of Butterfly Derby."

There may be some lesbian nasty side effects, you know .

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Here is a nice interview with Matt Groening.

"I guess what's different this summer is Fry and Leela's relationship is progressing, and people who care about that will be delighted"...

At last!

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Don't want to sound negative, but just cannot resist that one:

"I guess what's different this summer is Fry and Leela's relationship is progressing, and people who care about that will be delighted,"

Translation:
"We used to put them 95% together before undoing it. But this summer, it will be different. We will put them together 97% before undoing it...isn't that great"

(Na, to get serious: Do not wish to sound negative, but Groening calls himself a satirist, so he just has to be ridiculed himself from time to time )

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"We have a disturbing episode in which Zapp Brannigan starts dating Leela's mother. It inspired the animators to do a scene with Leela trying to seduce Zapp that will get a certain demographic hot under the collar."

Yep, it already made some people (including me) hot under the collar .

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Neat article.  They certainly like to toy with that certain demographic, that's for sure!  However, I am sure they are smart enough to know that alienating a very vocal group like that is not a smart business move.

@ Inquisitor Hein:  You said you don't want to sound negative twice...  are you sure? 

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This bit caught my eye...

But there's some good stuff -- Bender as a crime-solving dog with a bunch of teenage kids played by our characters

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I am sure they are smart enough to know that alienating a very vocal group like that is not a smart business move.

That's why that seduction will be disturbed by someone or something.

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That article really contained some juicy bits!

"We have a disturbing episode in which Zapp Brannigan starts dating Leela's mother. It inspired the animators to do a scene with Leela trying to seduce Zapp that will get a certain demographic hot under the collar."

"I guess what's different this summer is Fry and Leela's relationship is progressing, and people who care about that will be delighted,"

"We chop more body parts off in this season -- maybe as much as ever," he says. "So yeah, we haven't lost that."

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"We chop more body parts off in this season -- maybe as much as ever," he says. "So yeah, we haven't lost that."

I think Matt was talking about "The Six Million Dollar Mon" episode, which is written by Ken Keeler. The best Futurama writer in my opinion.

In "The Six Million Dollar Mon" Hermes chops his body parts off to replace them with cyber components.

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@ Inquisitor Hein:  You said you don't want to sound negative twice...  are you sure? 

Yep, I am sure.
Wait until they manage to write a Leela-centred plot I consider worse then "Möbius  Dick"....THEN you will know what "being negative" REALLY MEANS

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THEN you will know what "being negative" REALLY MEANS

Please! Don't ever tell us about your The Next Inquisition-esque ideas!

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Yep, I am sure.
Wait until they manage to write a Leela-centred plot I consider worse then "Möbius  Dick"....THEN you will know what "being negative" REALLY MEANS

Hmm, It might be almost worth it to have another crappy Leela ep just to see that.

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Aw man....I was hoping to make the new thread. I was going to call it "This week in Futurama".

"I guess what's different this summer is Fry and Leela's relationship is progressing, and people who care about that will be delighted,"

Snoopy happy dance! 

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I'm guessing Butterfly Derby is some sort of erotic wrestling organised by lesbian performing arts students who watch too much My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

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I... don't like what I'm seeing here. I'm sensing another Neutopia in the works.

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I'm trying to get over Leela's armpit, but it's proving difficult. Leela is 30, not 50. And with the beauty procedures available in the future there is no excuse for such grotesque armpits.

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I think it's just a small animation error. She's probably flapping her arms, too, so there's movement there.

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Today's promo.

P.S.
A previous News thread. Closed by TheMadCapper.

Yeah, wasn't going to allow a dead thread to stagger around for 3 weeks past its expiration date for the sake of sentimentality. That way lies madness. And zombies. And PEEL crashes. And old potato salad.

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In that case, they're both probably in mid-blink, so nobody get their hopes up for Martian-on-mutant action.

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That way lies madness

Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!!!

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In that case, they're both probably in mid-blink, so nobody get their hopes up for Martian-on-mutant action.

I'm still gonna hold out for some. 

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They have played up the homoeroticism in that picture for all it's worth.  They're probably just blinking, but the way the image is, makes it appear as if they are gazing at each other with barely disguised lesbian lust.

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Here is some sugar for local shippers .

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Leela looks very muscular, must be the affects of Nectar.

Anyone else predicting a bedroom/sex scene where Leela accidently hurts Fry due to her strength?

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New Ad!

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Fry looks so frigging adorable with his hair down.

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Leela seems to have some bigger biceps than usual.

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New Ad!

Nice one, SGB. Thanks!

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This one was pretty funny too....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGdPrZS22U&feature=related

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Ooh, that's a juicy storyboard.  Looks like whatever happens in "Zapp Dingbat" isn't going to affect their sex life at all.

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I love the shippiness, but Leela's biceps are freaky 

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I love the shippiness, but leela's biceps are freaky

Hm...for some reason, I think some "Strong arms of the Ma" remake (or at least incorporated/recycled elements) might be possible...

(Which is not really something I would look forward to...)

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I love the shippiness, but leela's biceps are freaky

Hm...for some reason, I think some "Strong arms of the Ma" remake (or at least incorporated/recycled elements) might be possible...

Let's just hope it's like the first two acts of that episode and not the third...

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Let's just hope it's like the first two acts of that episode and not the third...

...I hope it will be in NO act like said Simpsons episode. Otherwise, it will be the first Futurama episode I will not watch until the end