Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)

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Hearing many good things about the livestream, so the first ever 2-parter was confirmed to be the 7B canon-finale?

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Here's hoping they will post a recording of the livestream.  Two-parter?  My wishes have been granted!

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Hearing many good things about the livestream, so the first ever 2-parter was confirmed to be the 7B canon-finale?

Wait... really? That's pretty cool. I hope they'll be different enough to view them both separately though.

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Wait, does that mean that episode 25 & 26 are the two-parter, or does it mean that 25 is the first part, 26 is the non-canon finale and that Season 8 is confirmed with episode 1 being part two of the two parter?

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If they want everyone to hate them, then I'm sure they'll do that.

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I'll hate them so hard it'll give me cancer if it buys us Season 8.

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Here's hoping they will post a recording of the livestream.  Two-parter?  My wishes have been granted!

I'm watching a recording of the livestream on the CC website right now. http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/live

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MuchAdo posted lots of info about the livestream for people that missed it/can't see it too.

Wait, does that mean that episode 25 & 26 are the two-parter, or does it mean that 25 is the first part, 26 is the non-canon finale and that Season 8 is confirmed with episode 1 being part two of the two parter?

I think they mean 7ACV24 and 7ACV25, 7ACV26 is the "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" thing...

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For those who can't/don't want to watch the livestream but want framegrabs of the promo clip they showed at the end here they are in episode order (I am just guessing - if something's been put wrong, tell me!) with captions/commentary. Sorry that some are a bit pixelated

The Butterjunk Effect (4 images)

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Leela and Amy ascending into the arena

Leela and Amy do a hand shake/fist pump routine before chugging the nectar

Leela and Amy are flung by another competitor into a giant bug zapper

Bender gasps as he sees Amy and Fry. He gasps again when he sees Leela, and then his towel drops. (lolwut xD)

The Six Million Dollar Mon (2 images)

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Roberto swings out at Hermes and LaBabara ((again, nothing confirming to say this is from TSMDM, but following the hunch again))


Fry is trying to eavesdrop on Hermes and Bender and refuses Leela and then Amys request to come rub her [Leela] with a "new scented body oil". (I believe Amy says "Please Fry, Leela punishes me when I don't use enough")

There was also full-robot Hermes, but we've seen that already

Fun on a Bun (3 images)

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Ship comes swooping in and meets with the mammoth and pushes it back along the ground for a good 20 meters. (I'm assuming that's Fry on the mammoth)

This is a little snippet of an awesome fight scene - Fry leaps onto the ship where Leela is standing and starts attacking her with his spear...

...Leela fights back but no blows find their mark (Leelas missed punch pictured)

Free Will Hunting (1 image)

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The bots are dressed as Monks turning the wooden machine... idk

Near-Death Wish (3 images)

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This is an amazing shot as the PE crew materialize a few feet above the chairs and the camera does a matrix swing around them before they fall into the seats. Wasn't able to get the grab in time as Bender ends up popping out the footrest and pops his hands behind his head. #swagg. During the sweep you work out it's an old persons home.

I believe this is inside the Death Star - there are old people in those blue tub things and they're being chased and there's some shooting going on

Car chase gone from the sky to along the ground - making sure to do a grand sweeping shot of the PE building.

31st Century Fox (2 images)

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Bender was on the horse before the fence and then there was a strange jump that happened

Again, going on hunches - But Bender is lost and uses the "Universal language of dance" to call for help and consequently this.

Viva Mars Vegas (2 images)

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Zoidberg has won some money - and obviously so happy he's giving it away, first to (the previously) held out hands of the martians and then to a plant  

... and to dolphins apparently, why not? xD

Naturama (2 images)

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Amy, Scruffy, Bender, Fry, Leela and apparently Zapp off on a fishy adventure?

Erm... I... tried to find a second in this snippet they showed that wasn't suggestive... fail.

"Welcome to the abiss" *gets consumed*

"I haven't the foggiest" (4 images that don't seem to specifically fit anywhere)

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Fry is hit in the head with a laser and falls over - the laser then dissolves Zoidberg

The other bot in the foreground yells 'Hit the deck!' and he and Bender run off screen as the bots pepper the shop with lasers

A montage of Leela getting dressed in her outfit just before this shot... this could honestly be at the start of any of the episodes x] My question is where the hell is Bender?

Bender shoots the professor out of his slippers xD

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Live Chat Highlights/ Random Thoughts:

Guenter and Banjo return in 2013, Cohen confirmed!!!

What's that crushinator toy?? CRUSHINATOR TOY ALERT!!
Can someone with facebook ask about the Crushinator toy on the live stream????

Next week's episode preview... looks good.

1027 seasons of the Simpsons.. is a lock, lol.

Lrrr's teenage son is getting an ep.

An origin of Scruffy ep, yes please.

A double new episode season finale this year - meaning two new episodes on one night just like the season openers.

Anthropomorphic animal thee parter this year.

80's cartoon three parter next year.

Mars is totally fine in "Viva Mars Vegas"... without explanation... kinda lame.

Mobius strip clubs.. may be coming.

They showed clips from lots of the upcoming episodes - screen grabbed above.


Live Feed with cast, crew, creators, writers, and directors... was at the following:

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/live

I took a picture of the Crushinator toy... i dunno if it was it homemade... but all the other toys they had on the live stream I am aware of.


Your pictures turned out better than mine.. oh, and the scene of Fry not putting lotion on Leela is from "the six million dollar mon".

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Guenter?

Guenter?

Of all the fucking characters to bring back, why him?  I need something to throw, and someone to throw at right now.   I hate that little rodent.

I want a Crushinator toy.  I have wanted one for years and I will not rest until I get one.  Can you post a pic, MuchAdo?

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Behold... CRUSHINATOR!!!

Every other toy feautured I am already aware of... this toy however... I have never heard of>

Custom or future Toynami release??






Spoilers; Here's a few more shots:

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Your pictures turned out better than mine.. oh, and the scene of Fry not putting lotion on Leela is from "the six million dollar mon".

Thank you! <3 That one confused me.
Hurr, what is the discussion about then, I'm all curious now

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Perhaps about procuring robot appendages or some such, since in the clip Hermes appears to still be more man than machine.

But yes, that clip was pretty funny; it reminded me of Leela trying to entice Fry during the oh-so-intriguing physics lecture in the video game segment of "Reincarnation." I like when he obtusely turns her advances down like that, since it kind of momentarily upturns the usual Fry chases/Leela runs dynamic of their relationship.

On an unrelated note: Since I was worried about "Zapp Dingbat" mucking with preexisting characters and their relationships, but was pleasantly surprised by how the episode ultimately turned out, I am now much less worried about "The Butterjunk Effect"--which seems to have a similar mucking-up potential, but will hopefully prove me wrong and turn out all right.

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Thankyou.

And jeebus, I want the Crushinator toy soooo freaking much.  

Ugh, they managed to make Mother's Day even more horrifying.  Doesn't help that Mom has a scrotum for a head in tortoise form.

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Not that excited about most of these, but I'm extremely excited for "Near-Death Wish", that looks and sounds right up my street! Could be amazingly epic, time shall tell if it's the standout...

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Man even Otis is losing his Futurama-coolness.

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Behold... CRUSHINATOR!!!

Every other toy feautured I am already aware of... this toy however... I have never heard of>

Custom or future Toynami release??

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Spoilers; Here's a few more shots:

Nice grabs... although you might want to look into a print screen button if you want to improve the quality of the images ;D

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Behold... CRUSHINATOR!!!

Every other toy feautured I am already aware of... this toy however... I have never heard of>

Custom or future Toynami release??

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Spoilers; Here's a few more shots:

Nice grabs... although you might want to look into a print screen button if you want to improve the quality of the images ;D

I know... I wasn't thinking... my camera was just sitting right next to me... so I just flashed some quick snap shots.

I was going to set it to continuos shooting.. but I f'd that up too.

Anyway true Screen Caps are always better, yes, you are correct.

You WIN.

Anyway... Squidberg is probably from "Naturama" as well.

You did a great job putting the right screen caps to the right ep. titles, at least.. I thought so.

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Haha, 'Trop Vieux Manor'. ('Too Old Manor'.)

Also, the image of all the robots turning cogs is from 'Free Will Hunting'.

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Anyone know where I can watch their podcast? I was working so obviously missed it.

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Jezzem and MuchAdo posted the relevant links up-thread; you can watch the whole thing on CC's website.

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Oh, my.



Available exclusively at the San Diego Comic Con for $5.

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When will it be available outside of SDCC?

Also, the sign says:

Danger! Swim at your own risk!

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Wow, this looks like a great season so far. I'm really excited now

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Jezzem and MuchAdo posted the relevant links up-thread; you can watch the whole thing on CC's website.

It's not there when I clicked. Possibly not iPhone friendly.

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Jezzem and MuchAdo posted the relevant links up-thread; you can watch the whole thing on CC's website.

It's not there when I clicked. Possibly not iPhone friendly.

It's there, you just need to wait... and wait.  For me, the actual webcast started about 15 minutes into the stream, until then there was 15 minutes of the title image.

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Oh, my.



Available exclusively at the San Diego Comic Con for $5.

Not gonna lie... that's fucking hot!

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Nice grabs... although you might want to look into a print screen button if you want to improve the quality of the images ;D

I know... I wasn't thinking... my camera was just sitting right next to me... so I just flashed some quick snap shots.

I was going to set it to continuos shooting.. but I f'd that up too.

Anyway true Screen Caps are always better, yes, you are correct.

You WIN.

Anyway... Squidberg is probably from "Naturama" as well.

You did a great job putting the right screen caps to the right ep. titles, at least.. I thought so.

It wasn't a contest just trying to be helpful in case you didn't know.

And thank you <3

Haha, 'Trop Vieux Manor'. ('Too Old Manor'.)

Also, the image of all the robots turning cogs is from 'Free Will Hunting'.

I thought they were skewing English words, but that's funnier and makes more sense x]

Thanks! <3

Jezzem and MuchAdo posted the relevant links up-thread; you can watch the whole thing on CC's website.

It's not there when I clicked. Possibly not iPhone friendly.

It's there, you just need to wait... and wait.  For me, the actual webcast started about 15 minutes into the stream, until then there was 15 minutes of the title image.

Yeah that happened for me as well. Why did they do that?

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This content is currently offline. That's all ustream says.

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So who's the one tweeting on facebook from CGEF about the Con? I was just curious.

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So the Futurama SDCC panel is happening right now. Or has happened within the last 2 hours.

*edit*

Some guy has listed the events of the panel in order here.

Interesting points:

The Don Bot introduces a ep where he's going after Zoidberg for stealing his hard stolen money!

A true Comic-Con question is asked next. A 'nerd' wonders about a time-travel inconsistency in the third episode of the season and Cohen says Verrone must explain his mistake. Verrone tries to explain the time travel paradox. Then adds 'deal with it.'

Zoidberg cosplayer asks if Zoid is ever going to get some action. DiMaggio turns it on the fan and asked if he's going to get any action with that outfit. In a episode coming next year (the second half of the season) Zoidberg will meet a woman who cannot smell anything which is the perfect mate for our smelly crustacean.

Lot of info in this article too, healthy chunk about 'Fun on a Bun'.

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Isn't 'deal with it' pretty much the standard response to futurama continuity issues?

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We worked out that there are no continuity errors in 'Decision 3012' anyway.

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Checked the infosphere for updates and was nicely surprised someone used my screenshots xD Although for some of them I was just guessing, it's going to be funny if I'm really wrong unless of course the updater knows that I'm right.

The first piece of footage we saw was from the upcoming episode “Fun on the Bun,” which sees the crew headed to Oktoberfest! However, the famed German holiday isn’t what it used to be, and has become a festival of extreme elegance rather than the rowdy rager Fry remembers. Bored, and looking for a drink, Fry swills of the beer spittoon, and causes enough of a drunk scene for Leela to break up with him! Wait, they were dating?

Firstly I'd like to see this footage, and secondly, is this one of those quick breakups but back together at the very end? Cause the clip of the fight going down between Fry and Leela for some reason made me recall of Bender and Bev's fight:

Although in the clip they dodge every punch, and I'm surprised at Frys agility

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The 5 seconds of fight clip:

Want to guess what's next? xD I reckon Leela has the next move and is going to fling Fry (with the use of the spear)
EDIT: Or is it going to lead to balcony roof sex

Also Frys Neanderthal appearance, could have more or less of something to do with the sausage accident, perhaps the large forehead could have something to do with excess swelling.

Just also saying I love the chicken hats and that they are something the locals wear and not just a random chicken Fry was wearing when drunk. Was an honest mistake most people made when that wooly mammoth clip came out as Fry's had strange things on his head in the past.

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Ha, maybe their fight will turn out like Bender and Bev's 

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Ha, maybe their fight will turn out like Bender and Bev's 

Here's hoping!

Found a comicon report thing: Comic Con 2012: Matt Groening Wins The 2012 Icon Award At 'Futurama' Panel

Trying to find the "...extended clip of an as-yet un-aired episode in which Fry discovers the horrors of “future Oktoberfest” before becoming an ingredient in Bender’s illbegotten Wooly Mammoth brautwursts" without much luck. >< Sucks being overseas and being able to go to these things - they should come to Australia for a convention!

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WHAT DO WE WANT?
COMIC-CON AUSTRALIA!
WHEN DO WE WANT IT?
COMIC-CON AUSTRALIA! 

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A true Comic-Con question is asked next. A 'nerd' wonders about a time-travel inconsistency in the third episode of the season and Cohen says Verrone must explain his mistake. Verrone tries to explain the time travel paradox. Then adds 'deal with it.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrHFaUa97M

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Woo, thanks for the link.

He didn't really give a solid answer though. But we know that it makes sense anyway.