DotheBartman
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #40 on: 11-06-2003 19:28 »
« Last Edit on: 11-06-2003 19:28 »
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Originally posted by Telly:
Isnt Mister G. tired of all that simpsons stuff ?
He probably is to a certain degree, but his opinion means nothing (perhaps sadly). He's had little to do with the show since around season four or so, and he also doesn't have the power to kill it. Only Fox does, barring nearly everyone on the staff or a key cast member deciding to quit the show. Anyways, when discussing the cost of making each Futurama episode, it is a lot but consider that not only are some of the salariles probably pretty good, but also that they have to pay a LOT of people. The price tag is spread around to all the producers, writers, animators, voice actors', etc that work on each episode. So in actuality I would doubt that anyone other then David Cohen got particularly wealthy off the show (aside from Groening, who doesn't need to worry about money anymore for obvious reasons).
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Zoop
Crustacean
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Originally posted by Jesse X Barboza: Their personal taste is drastically different from that of their audience. thanx Jesse sorry if my question sound stupid but I really don't understand the deep reason of their hatred of the show... not beeing an American, I don't know anything about this channel, their reputation etc. what is different in their personal taste (whose taste ? Executives' ?): political, religious, social, moral or esthetic matters ?
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poke_me_and_die
Crustacean
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well what if FOX is just doing this cancelling thing while Matt G. and his group create new episodes, then they will release Futurama again with the new episodes. this also happened to the simpsons, no new episodes, then voom! a totally new season! also they did that with family guy. maybe FOX is doing this.
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save futurama
Poppler
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someone needs to start a petion that futurama was an excellent show it just got ripped off the network beacuse of poor placement of time. If you look at other futuama r.i.p websites they all pretty much say it was a great, funny show i just never knew when it was on. we cant just sit here while fox takes away a great show and puts ANOTHER reality tv show.
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Shadowed
Crustacean
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What went wrong with futurama! Even in Australia, on channel 10, they used to put it on at 10:30.. i dont think they even got passed the second season
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by winna: Hey maybe we can get sci-fi to ressurect Futurama.... They bring back everybody else's shows.... Damnit, where is Seven of Nine, when we need her? PCC Fred: "She's in astrometrics lab, with me." "Oh, okay. Carry on, mr Williams." PCC Fred: "With pleasure, Sir!" @ Shadowed: Another reason Futurama died, was that FOX never understood the show. They simple didn't get what the magic thing was. For further explanation, see my post in this thread (particular this one) and this post.
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poke_me_and_die
Crustacean
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i've got an idea to put Futurama back on the air. For those of you who use MSN hotmail, do you know what chain letters are? The are e-mails that say "forward this e-mail to all your friends and you will get...". There are also signature e-mails e.g.: a month ago I got an e-mail which said "there is a movie out which offends the christian religion. Take this page, copy and paste on a new e-mail, except at the bottom write your signature. If we can get 500 signatures and show them to the movie studio they won't show the movie in theatres, or make a DVD". I plan on doing that, except planning on getting more than 1,000 signatures, to really show that stupid FOX.
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mattmag
Crustacean
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hey couldn't they make futurama under a new name on another network? I can see it now... FUTAROMA - in smell-o-vision! Starring: Fri, Bendir, Leila, Farmsworth, Aimy, Hermese, and Zoidburg in New New New York!
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Pretty difficult to do, seeing as the characters are copyrighted as well.
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mattmag
Crustacean
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Originally posted by Teral: Pretty difficult to do, seeing as the characters are copyrighted as well. doesnt changing the spelling work? and they dont even look the same all the time anyway. invert their clothes colors or something...
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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No, that wont work.
As for why: same reason a mouse in blue pants called Rickey would land you a lawsuit from Disney.
And if you change the characters just enough to avoid being sued, then it really isn't Futurama after all, is it?
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Aristobulus
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I never understood the rivalry between Simpsons fans and Futurama fans. I'm a fan of both shows, though not so much Simpsons anymore.
Never had much respect for Fox, though. Like Nickelodeon, they seem to have a knack for cancelling good shows that would make them alot of money. Who knows why?
But hey, 4 Futurama movies coming out, so I'm happy, and if those do well there's a chance it might be brought back. Even if it isn't, though, I can still be satisfied in some ways.
I mean, 5 seasons. That's more than alot of other deserving shows got. I'd have only one regret; that it never had good closure. But perhaps the movies will fix that - I've heard Futurama was purposely left open for the movies or it being brought back.
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