Futurama S2

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Heres a link to some of the extras for S2. There mainly deleted scenes, but there should me some more. I hope they're better quality than the ones on S1
 http://www2.r2-dvd.org/article.jsp?sectionId=3&articleId=4185

[#1 :]

Thanks for the heads up.  There should be audio commentaries as well as other stuff.  David Cohen mentioned that they were almost done with the season 2 commentaries when the first dvd set came out.

[#2 :]

Yes, thanx for the info, looks pretty cool  Plenty of deleted scenes, and I suspect a lot more will be announced soon 

[#3 :]

I'm guessing it's not coming out in America, if so...        cos i live in good 'ole rainy England

[#4 :]

Cool, koolj (No pun intended, whatsoever), thanks for the info. By definition, wouldn't cut scenes be of lower quality, than the finished product? I think these CS would be just as fuzzy and sound-deprived as the others.

Soylent chow, a cheap privatebrand version of Bachelor Chow tm?   

I'm really looking forward to the audio commentaries of "Xmas Story" and "AOI I".

:: Does a little happy region-2-dweller dance::   

[#5 :]

 

Originally posted by TheVoices:
I'm guessing it's not coming out in America, if so...          cos i live in good 'ole rainy England

***kidding alert***

Cor blimey, laugh it up then, you bleeding mangey git. 

***kidding alert***

[#6 :]

 

Originally posted by BrainSluggo:
 ***kidding alert***

Cor blimey, laugh it up then, you bleeding mangey git.   

***kidding alert***

apart from the fact that i live near sheffield, it was pretty good

[#7 :]

Great news!  There's something to go on the Christmas list this year.

[#8 :]

At the same website it says Fox have confirmed it for the 30th September

[#9 :]

 

Originally posted The R2 Project":
The second piece of news is the date for "Futurama" season 2 appears to have been set at 30th September. Expect an asking price of around £40.

There, saved ya' some searching.

Ofcourse Payndz told us this some weeks ago. But good to have it official.

[#10 :]

 

Originally posted by Teral:
:: Does a little happy region-2-dweller dance::   

LoL
My DVD player is "fixed" for all regions. In your face!
Only problem is getting the DVD's out here that's all. But I could play them all if I wanted to!

[#11 :]

Well, I've told the sister (oh, the powerful one with the money) to see if she can get it for me for Xmas, but i'll save up money and buy it myself this time!

[#12 :]

Wow! Those are a lot of deleted scenes! The Soylent Chow sounds good. I can't wait for this set. Let's just hope it's the entire 2ACV production block, apart from what's left from season 2.

However, it won't be out September. It'll be held back to October, December and February, before being released in March. What? Me, bitter about the huge wait for Simpsons season 2? Never! :P (though at least R2 gets it a month before R1  ).

[#13 :]

 

Originally posted by Ninaka:
 LoL
My DVD player is "fixed" for all regions. In your face!

You got your DVD player "fixed"? Why? Was it humping the other DVD players? 

[#14 :]

 

Originally posted by Teral:
 You got your DVD player "fixed"? Why? Was it humping the other DVD players?   

hehe
crushinator "Pa, i got something to tell you...." 

[#15 :]

So does America hate Futurama or what? Cuz I want these DVDs bad. I like those short clips and 'commercials' that they show in the beginning of the episodes. Why did they stop making them? That's A+ omake (bonus) material!

[#16 :]

The US doesn't hate Futurama any more or less than other countries, it is just that television companies will not pay as much for syndication rights if the DVDs have been released.  Either Fox hasn't gotten good enough offers to syndicate it or Fox is waiting until the show is over before syndicating it, either way the show will have to be syndicated or a period of time has passed that proves the show cannot be sold, which Fox considers five years (but it is not a law, just a rule of thumb).

From the DVD: David Cohen said they stopped doing "cold openings" because they decided people weren't noticing the show was on.  The loud funky theme music would help alert people that the show had started.

[#17 :]

::Starts 'rockin' out' ala Homer Simpson to the funky theme music::

Ohhh yeah!

::Switches to Vivaldi::

Also good.

[#18 :]

Some more deleted scenes and commentaries have been confirmed at the same site

[#19 :]

Maybe Fox is actually going to wait for all the seasons and release them all together in North America! Yeah! Thats it...
::Looks around hopefully::

[#20 :]

Can someone explain to me what the hell syndication is? I keep hearing it mentioned but have bugger all clue what it is.

[#21 :]

Syndication is when a TV station (such as FOX) sells the right to air a show (such as Futurama) to other American networks or TV stations. As I understand it, there are no rules for when a show can be sold in syndication but logically you have to have a reasonable amount of episodes and a somewhat interesting show.

A DVD set released in USA would of course lower the value of Futurama as a syndicated show.

But I'll probably be overruled by some American PEEL'er.    Just my understanding of it.

[#22 :]

Looks right to me...
Simpsons is massively syndicated, its everywhere.
5 Canadian stations that I know of routinely air episodes. I dunno if international matters, or intercontinental...

(I just like writing intercontinental)

[#23 :]

I wonder what the packaging will be like for Season 2? I hope it'll be done in a similar style to the first Season because that packing was cool, and it would be great to get a continuing theme, but I also hope it’s got some originality

[#24 :]

The outer box should prety much stay the same, but could have other drawings on the wide side. The inner box should diffinitely have some other drawings, like the inner of the PE building or the ship or something.

I hope they make some changes to the way it's made though. You can damaged the color on the outer box by sliding the DVD boxes in and out. Not good, that should change. And for gods sake use some better glue. My inner box have already started to crack, soon I'll have to resort to scotch tape.  Not goof either.

[#25 :]

I hope they improve the quality of the packaging, too.  The outside sleeve is way to fragile.

[#26 :]

Yep, way too fragile - I've put it away in a safe place.

Can't wait for season 2.

Bring it on!

M

[#27 :]

According to Futurama.ru(Russian Futurama site), you can already pre-order it from dvd.co.uk and even save £10 off the RRP of £40! £40!?! That seems a lot - well only a fiver more than S1, but what warrents a rise in price?

You probably all know this already anyway...

[#28 :]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, I just checked dat, and it's true! F2 is available for pre-order! BAM!

Actually, the second-season and first-season sets are going for the same price at the site Zed cited...which is cool, because Season Two has more more more! Me excited!

(NOTE: DVD.co.UK only ships inside England. Bloody Brits.  The rest of us will have to wait for Amazon.co.UK to offer it.)

[#29 :]

I't still more than 3 months to go. I'm not sure what the Amazon price will be, but I wouldn't jump to my (non-existant) credit card yet.

[#30 :]

 

Originally posted by Zed 85:
According to Futurama.ru(Russian Futurama site), you can already pre-order it from dvd.co.uk and even save £10 off the RRP of £40! £40!?! That seems a lot - well only a fiver more than S1, but what warrents a rise in price?

You probably all know this already anyway...

Right, S1 had 3 DVDs with 4 episodes per DVD and 13 episodes. S2 had 20 episodes requiring about 2 DVDs more.
Per Episode
£30/13=£2.31
£2.31*20=£46.15
Per DVD
£30/3=£10
£10*5=£50

[#31 :]

DAMN! I need to get a DVD Player that's both region one and two! ...if there's such a thing.

[#32 :]

ALARMING NEWS

According to BBC Ceefax, The Simpsons Season 1 DVD box set sold badly, and if Season 2 performs as badly, there WON'T be a Season 3 set.

Knowing that, I have to ask: How well did Futurama's Season 1 sell compared to The Simpsons?

[#33 :]

Sold badly where? Here in the US, that DVD sold a whole mess of copies. And I'm still waiting for Season 2. STILL WAITING! And in response, I think Futurama would do worse than the Simpsons over here because I don't think it's as popular. (Why, I dunno)

[#34 :]

Region 2, where there ARE Futurama DVDs!

[#35 :]

Supossedly, the Simpsons season 1 DVD sold like 750 thousand copies. That's the reason why this new release will have a lot of publicity and contests,etc.

[#36 :]

I always thought that Season One of The Simpsons sold well, it sold very well. I don't know what Fox are playing at. Maybe it's because they're too lazy to make any more sets, I mean Season Two was due out before Christmas last year, all the commentaries were done last year and yet it's still not released. It's all about money, and I think Fox know that they can make more money by ripping us off with overpriced themed compilations of random episodes.

Also Futurama Season One has sold very well too, not as well as The Simpsons, but it still made number one in the DVD charts, and stayed in the top 10 for ages  Luckily it seems that on DVD, Futurama is getting treated better, we'll soon see if this stays true when we find out if Season Two gets delayed or not. I must admit that the news of The Simpsons possibly stopping on DVD after Season 2 is making me worried about Futurama. Lets just hope every Futurama season gets released on DVD 

[#37 :]

I don't know about low sales numbers for the Simpsons Season One (are you talking European sales or combined?), but some people gripe about not liking the first season of the show.  I think the sales will pick up with the later seasons, but I'll be buying them all myself.  Wouldn't put it past FOX to screw something up.  The second season release taking so long isn't helping things either probably.

[#38 :]

I have season 1 on dvd of futurama.  Really nice box, dvds, and such.  Really looks great.  But I dont have a dvd player    I also want to get season 2 of futurama, and season 1,2 and 3 of the simpsons...damn...I cant afford all these lame tv shows!  bah screw it, ill save up and buy a car instead 

[#39 :]

 

Originally posted by aslate:
 Right, S1 had 3 DVDs with 4 episodes per DVD and 13 episodes. S2 had 20 episodes requiring about 2 DVDs more.
Per Episode
£30/13=£2.31
£2.31*20=£46.15
Per DVD
£30/3=£10
£10*5=£50

Nut's, I payed £35 for S1!