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ZombieJesus

Lost Belgian
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The fact that Matt Groening and some of his staff have experience from the Simpsons.
Sneaking in a robot to do things that would be wrong for humans.
Original characters (Zoidberg).
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Asuka

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you suond like my englishteacher  but futurama is funny, the people live there life, like us
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BendingUnit1141

Professor

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Except its in the year 3000, and everything's different.
Futurama's so good because it just is. Its the perfect combonation of everything. The characters, the scripts, the acting. It's all good.
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Teral

Helpy McHelphelp
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Far Trek? Oh wait! That only ran 3 years.
On top of what Kryten said, I'd like to add that Futurama works best when all the main characters have a part to play. Case in point: "Xmas Story", "Parasites Lost", "A Flight To Remember" and to a leser extent "Roswll That Ends Well". Those 7 are perfect foils for eachother.
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DrThunder88

DOOP Secretary

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I think Futurama's vision of the future is what makes it so great. Where most Sci-Fi works depict the world of tomorrow as utopian or anti-utopian, Futurama describes it as a veritable 'here comes the new world, same as the old world' situation. The world has advanced 1000 years, but everything is inherently the same.
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ZombieJesus

Lost Belgian
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Originally posted by Kryten:...Reminds me of another show whose name starts with F and which was cancelled stupidly after four seasons by an idiot network. Firefly ? What also makes Futurama great is the jokes that work on so many levels and the infinite variations on jokes. You get a situation in which you think a predictable joke will follow, but instead you 're surprised by another joke. These are so much better than the simple "Man fall down. Funny."- type.
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Child of Bender

Crustacean

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I think it's because it's so well thought out. There isn't a detail spared... as Kazzahdrane said, it's the whole "What If?" factor... it makes you want to see the future!!
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MJC

Crustacean

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You get a situation in which you think a predictable joke will follow, but instead you 're surprised by another joke. [/QUOTE]
yeah. like in the episode when michelle comes to the future and fry meets her. Then she is like Only one person really missed you fry, then romantic music builds up and they smile at each other and hold hands. Then frys like "who?"
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Guy

Professor

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Interesting plots and charecters.
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MJC

Crustacean

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Charlie and The chocolate factory. That's what the slurm factory is taken from. With the umpalumpas and everything. That episode would of probably made no sense if you haven't seen the movie.
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Nurdbot

DOOP Secretary

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Funny Parady's and Leela bending over..
[Teral]No,Seriously..[/Teral]
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