Well, Lets Bring Her Around Again - General Futurama Discussion

[Reply #720 on:]

You know that there's a very famous book called Sense and Sensibility, right?

Futurama didn't quite get to that pun, first.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600438/reference

Though I could believe that American Dad! are the first to use the "sensei" pun.

[Reply #721 on:]

You know that there's a very famous book called Sense and Sensibility, right?

Obviously.

Futurama didn't quite get to that pun, first.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600438/reference

That I did not know about.

[Reply #722 on:]

A Superman one would be called "Kents and Kents' Ability"

[Reply #723 on:]

A Superman one would be called "Kents and Kents' Ability"

Ha!

[Reply #724 on:]

I'd like to take part in this but I remember a mod getting angry back when some of us listed several pages of Die Hard puns in the upcoming films thread.

Blackadder the Third had an episode called "Sense and Senility", though (as well as "Dish and Dishonesty", "Ink and Incapability", "Nob and Nobility", "Amy and Amiability" and "Duel and Duality").

[Reply #725 on:]

Futurama nominated for two Emmy awards, "Meanwhile" has been submitted for Outstanding Animated Program and Maurice LaMarche is up for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for "Calculon 2.0".

Source.

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Great t-shirt design:

[Reply #726 on:]

As someone who is generally annoyed by everything Doctor Who, I concur. Awesome shirt.

Oh, and Murder on the Planet Express deserves that nom before Meanwhile.

[Reply #727 on:]

No it doesn't. "Meanwhile" was the clear nomination for the Emmys this year and if it doesn't win, then it'll be a travesty. The only other contender that comes close, this year, is South Park.

[Reply #728 on:]

Lee Supercinski just tweeted this:

"#Futurama Planet Express -- Don't Leave Home Without It! Thx Stephen Sandoval!!!"



Neat.

[Reply #729 on:]

The guy who made them has a thread in the Fan Art/Fan Fiction sub-forum (I refuse to call it by its new name seeing as it's fucking retarded).

[Reply #730 on:]

Nominations:

Best Animated Program

Archer ("Archer Vice: The Rules of Extraction")
 Bob's Burgers ("Mazel-Tina")
 Futurama ("Meanwhile")
 South Park ("Black Friday")
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ("The Manhattan Project")

Best Character Voice Over

Chris Diamantapolous (Mickey Mouse in Disney Mickey Mouse)
 Stephen Fill (Stan in Dog With a Blog)
 Seth MacFarlane (Peter / Stewie / Quagmire (and presumably others) in Family Guy ("In Harmony's Way"))
 Maurice LaMarche (Calculon / Morbo in Futurama ("Calculon 2.0"))
 Seth Green (various characters in Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise)
 Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns / Kent Brockman / Smithers (and presumably others) in The Simpsons ("Four Regrettings and a Funeral"))

Weird not seeing the Simpsons nominated for best Animated program for the first time in years. Anyway, Futurama deserves the win, no contest. It was a fantastic, emotional finale and one of the best episodes of the show's run. Black Friday was one of the better episodes from Season 17, but not an especially great episode of the show, especially on its own. Mazel Tina was funny, but not really Emmy worthy (should've been Christmas In a Car). And the other 2 show's I have no opinion on whatsoever.

As for the voice Emmy, I'd either give it to Shearer (finally he gets a nomination for his work on the show) or Seth Macfarlane (FG may suck, but he still gives one hell of a performance when singing). Maurice I'd be fine with winning, since he did do well on Calculon 2.0, but wouldn't be too disappointed if he didn't win since he has already won 2 beforehand (really wish Billy West was given the nomination this time, he seriously deserves one for the show).

The guy who made them has a thread in the Fan Art/Fan Fiction sub-forum (I refuse to call it by its new name seeing as it's fucking retarded).

[Reply #731 on:]

Weird not seeing the Simpsons nominated for best Animated program for the first time in years. Anyway, Futurama deserves the win, no contest. It was a fantastic, emotional finale and one of the best episodes of the show's run. Black Friday was one of the better episodes from Season 17, but not an especially great episode of the show, especially on its own. Mazel Tina was funny, but not really Emmy worthy (should've been Christmas In a Car). And the other 2 show's I have no opinion on whatsoever.

I didn't like Christmas in a Car. Why the fuck would Bob and Linda forgive a man who tries to MURDER THEIR CHILDREN just because it's fucking Christmas? Just... Ugh. I did really enjoy Mazel Tina though, but agree that there were better episodes this season. Still, I'd be happy with the show getting the recognition it deserves. South Park and Archer's entries are really solid, too, and while Meanwhile is probably the best episode of the bunch listed, I'm honestly fine with any of them winning, really (save from TMNT, which I haven't seen).

As for the voice Emmy, I'd either give it to Shearer (finally he gets a nomination for his work on the show) or Seth Macfarlane (FG may suck, but he still gives one hell of a performance when singing). Maurice I'd be fine with winning, since he did do well on Calculon 2.0, but wouldn't be too disappointed if he didn't win since he has already won 2 beforehand (really wish Billy West was given the nomination this time, he seriously deserves one for the show).

While Harry Shearer DOES deserve an Emmy for his work on The Simpsons, let's face it, the cast has been phoning it in for ages now. The bland, lifeless voice work is almost as painful as the bland, lifeless writing on that show these days. Sure, Lamarche has already won, but Calculon 2.0 was some of his best work to date.

[Reply #732 on:]

I agree that Shearer deserves to be recognised for his performances over the years on the show, but Beamer's right. He's the worst offender for phoning it in these days. Sadly, they missed the chance to give him some credit when he actually deserved it. I think it's partly down to old age rather than him hating what the show has become, but Mr. Burns in particular is just utterly, utterly lifeless nowadays.
Seth MacFarlane does do an excellent job at voicing Family Guy and American Dad!, though. He's a worthy adversary for LaMarche.


As for the nominees for best animated show:
I liked "Black Friday". That trilogy was the highlight of a lackluster season of South Park and I'd say they were pretty great episodes, if far from the show's best work.

Season 5 of Archer was all pretty meh. It was a cool concept but none of the episodes were stand-outs. They all just sort of merged into one and made for an entertaining show but certainly nothing worthy of an Emmy.

Bob's Burgers has never particularly impressed me and whilst I haven't watched it since season 1, I really can't imagine that it's improved drastically since then.

I also don't watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and I think you'd have a very difficult time convincing me that it's produced something on par with Futurama, this year.

"Meanwhile" on the other hand was seminal. It was an utterly beautiful piece of work that works as a farewell for die-hard fans of the series as well as just a truly wonderful piece of work with an emotional punch for casual viewers. It's exactly the sort of thing that the Emmys usually go for and it would be awesome if Futurama could snag one last Emmy from its final run.

[Reply #733 on:]

I guess Meanwhile deserves it, but I would've chosen "Game of Tones" or "Murder on the Planet Express" over it.

Maurice is my favourite voice actor on the show, so I'm glad he got a nom; "Calculon 2.0" was probably his best performance to date. But since he's already won twice, it's no biggie if he misses out.

[Reply #734 on:]

Bob's Burgers has never particularly impressed me and whilst I haven't watched it since season 1, I really can't imagine that it's improved drastically since then.

It has. I almost gave up on it a few episodes into the first season, but by the time I'd reached season 3, it became one of my favourite shows on tv.

[Reply #735 on:]

I feel like both Meanwhile and Maurice LaMarche are strong nominees. Even though I prefer Murder on the PE, Meanwhile is better representation of Futurama and has grander storyline. And I think voice acting of Calculon was remarkable.

[Reply #736 on:]

I guess Meanwhile deserves it, but I would've chosen "Game of Tones"

That episode is so overrated.

[Reply #737 on:]

Yeah; "Game of Tones" has loads of nice ideas but the whole thing is really messy and I feel like, if anything, it undermines the epic scope that previous Nibblonian-based episodes had achieved.

[Reply #738 on:]

I guess Meanwhile deserves it, but I would've chosen "Game of Tones"

That episode is so overrated.

Eh, I know it's not perfect but it's still one of more unique Futurama stories in my opinion. Either way, Meanwhile is a solid choice.

[Reply #739 on:]

Bob's Burgers has never particularly impressed me and whilst I haven't watched it since season 1, I really can't imagine that it's improved drastically since then.

You couldn't be more wrong...

[Reply #740 on:]

3D Futurama.

I'm impressed.

More here.

[Reply #741 on:]

Holy crap. This show would be SO expensive if done in live action.

[Reply #742 on:]

Absolutely incredible.

[Reply #743 on:]

That's amazing!!

[Reply #744 on:]

That PE ship looks so cool while, I think, little more futuristic and simpler style would fit better.

[Reply #745 on:]

Holy shit does that look awesome. God would that be an awesome screensaver.

[Reply #746 on:]

Holy crap. This show would be SO expensive if done in live action.

That was my first thought as well. There's such a ridiculous amount of detail there that it'd likely put anything official to shame.

[Reply #747 on:]

There's such a ridiculous amount of detail there that it'd likely put anything official to shame.

I believe you want this thread, UrL.

[Reply #748 on:]

Someone made a Bender-shaped doobie.



Source.

[Reply #749 on:]

I believe you want this thread, Danny.

[Reply #750 on:]

Hey guys, I know we've spent years here talking about Futurama and we're unfortunately gonna have to move on at some point. But let's delay that shall we? I'm re-watching the series and writing reviews on my Medium blog. It's a bit of a writing exercise for me, because sometimes I just need to write even if it's not one of my intended projects.

Here's a review of "Space Pilot 3000" and "The Series Has Landed".

Let me know what you guys think.

[Reply #751 on:]

I'm just glad that site didn't turn out to be a blog about the tv show Medium.

[Reply #752 on:]

I just got several seasons of Futurama on Bluray but haven't had time to watch them, yet!

Looking forward to watching with the commentary on.

Hey guys, I know we've spent years here talking about Futurama and we're unfortunately gonna have to move on at some point.

Never!

Let me know what you guys think.

Will look over lunch.  Assuming that I even *get* lunch today...

[Reply #753 on:]

I'm calling it now:

A Farewell to Arms is about NNY/Earth signing a petition/document/or something to ban all weapons (guns only), then an alien invasion or something along those lines happens and they have to defeat the aliens using some kind of science-y method or something.

I'm hoping it's literally about losing limbs.

You predicted well, tnuk.

[Reply #754 on:]

*bump*

"Meanwhile" aired a year ago to this date. I still miss you, Futurama.

[Reply #755 on:]

Man, it still feels quite recent. It's funny to think that if Futurama hadn't been canceled, we'd be halfway through season 8 by now.

[Reply #756 on:]

This showed up on Facebook: Professor Farnsworth Halloween Costume...



This is the first time in my life I've actually wished to be old and bald at the same time.

[Reply #757 on:]

Ah, yes. The old'n'bald combo.

[Reply #758 on:]

I was just thinking of something:

When Bender was overclocked, he could see all of time and stuff, right? We know this because he has the meaning of life and Fry & Leela's fate written down. So, wouldn't he know that they'll end up in a time loop at the end of Meanwhile? Surely he, Fry and Leela would know this is going to happen after reading about their fate, so why didn't they try and stop it?

[Reply #759 on:]

We don't know how specific any of it all was.

Fry and Leela ready about their future, but it may have been told in very broad strokes or it may have gone into lots of detail whilst only focusing on a handful of events and ignoring others.

Bender says that he had a chance to figure some stuff out before he was brought back to normal, meaning that he would have had to need to figure the future out in detail and, again, he might not have been able to see that clearly, that far into the future or he may have just forgotten much of what he realised after being de-clocked, as it was a hell of a lot of information to process.