HERE'S GREAT NEWS! Here's the official word on Futurama!! David X. phoned me about an hour ago and said that this Futurama project is a done deal! Here's the word from DX--- There are 4 DVD movies that we'll start recording at the end of July or August.Full feature length FUTURAMA movies. Everybody is excited to get back together--as I am!
Into the Future, Billy
Hooorah! I'm going to drink a can of motor oil to celebrate, then I'm going to go kiss Bender's shiny metal ass!
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
I saw something about this in [adult swim]'s bumps last night. I'm not sure if they did this on purpose or not, but the bump was just before a Futurama episode where the subtitle under the opening title said "Coming soon to an illegal DVD". In any case, WOO HOO!
B.J. (Half suprised Billy West didn't start that saying "Good news, everyone!")
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
It's been in the planning pipe for a while now. God bless FOX's willingness to actually listen to DVD sales. It's what got us Family Guy, Serenity, and now Futurama back for AT LEAST one more hurrah.
However, note that "feature length" is an extremely flexible term. Even the recent Family Guy movie was barely longer than three episodes, since all they did was strap three regular episodes together with a loose overall plot, and some extra filler. And in Wal-Mart, half the kids DVDs these days are billed as "feature length" but are barely over an hours long... Methinks that these four movies will be along the same lines as the Family Guy DVD, with slightly tighter stories but which can also be broken down into a 13-16 episode season of regular episodes.
But still, YAY!!! Futurama is BACK, baby!
Mark
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Hooray!! Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
"God bless FOX's willingness to actually listen to DVD sales. It's what got us ... Serenity"
No, that was Univeral's willingness to listen to FOX's DVD sales Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Well, yes, this is nice and all, but in my opinion it's a downgrade from the earlier news/rumor of a few months ago that the show was going to be coming back with actual episodes. For one thing, I always worry when things like this change formats. Does a carefully crafted Futurama episode work when doubled in size?
Also, Universal apparently was interested in Serenity as part of its deal with Whedon ("OK, do this thing you want, and then make us a bunch of money.") before Firefly DVD sales had amounted to much.
Posted by Not Invented Here (Member # 1606) on :
If the new Futurama is anything like the Family Guy movie, I'll be a bit disappointed. I love the original three series of Family Guy, and what I've seen of the fourth is good, but the movie was lacking something. The jokes were still there, but it felt far too loose and the plot fell apart towards the end. Also I really dislike the self-referential humour. Bringing back the chicken in the fourth series worked, but the greased-up-deaf-guy seems to be everywhere now in some kind of wierd fourth-wall breaking role that really doesn't do much for me.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
The GUDG hasn't shown up for a while since the return of Family Guy. I'm a little more annoyed right now at the appearances of the two "play me out" Vaudeville players, who seem to show up whenever the writers can't figure out how to end a scene.
The FG movie was alright, and the lack of censorship was a neat highlight (watch it with subtitles sometime - those ARE still censored!), but on the whole I agree with you. However, that movie was not really MEANT to be a movie from the get-go; the three episodes were written for TV, and then were corralled into becoming one when they got a request from FOX, as I recall. I would hope that a Furutama movie set would feature better-scripted plots able to fit both episodic and feature-length products.
Mark
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I think Futurama lends itself more to a movie format than an episode one: there's so much more that can be done that way, and really, some of the episodes seem rushed in their final segment.
Besides, think of all the fun crap we'll have to watch for in the backgrounds now!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Futurama > Simpsons (beyond season 12)
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
I disagree, Futurama > Simpsons (around season 4)
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
What season was the monorail episode - cause that is one of the best Simpsons ever.
Posted by Not Invented Here (Member # 1606) on :
For me, the turning point for the Simpsons was the 200th episode, where Homer becomes Sanitation Commisioner. That one was great (Including the U2 cameo). After that, serious 'meh' factor.
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
I thought the most recent one was rather funny, but I think that might have something to do with the fact that some of the stuff in it was almost like "in-jokes" for my brother and I.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Yeah. Over here, the simpsons have swapped to a different network (BBC used, and now Channel 4 have em) and have started to run from the very begining again.
But to be honest that might be a good thing. The few 'new' eppisodes i've watched at my parents house sucked. And they've all signed lucrative contracts until the next decade. Bugger.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Yeah. Over here, the simpsons have swapped to a different network (BBC used, and now Channel 4 have em) and have started to run from the very begining again.
But to be honest that might be a good thing. The few 'new' eppisodes i've watched at my parents house sucked. And they've all signed lucrative contracts until the next decade. Bugger.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Ginger Beacon: And they've all signed lucrative contracts until the next decade. Bugger.
I read where they are signed up until season 20 - which is only 2 or 3 more years - and then a big-screen movie.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: What season was the monorail episode - cause that is one of the best Simpsons ever.
"Were yo sent here by the Devil? No, good sir, I'm on the level!"
Yeah good stuff- that was back when the appearance of Sideshow Bob was cool and not a obligitory yearly event.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
If Futurama is made into full length features on DVD, what guarentee do we have that they will be shown on TV. I mean I like futurama, but not enough to buy a DVD of the show.
Well in any case, my favorite episodes of the Simpsons are the "Sexual Harrassment Episode" and the "Camping Trip". I don't know their exact titles, but if your a real Simpsons fan I think you the ones I'm talking about.
Posted by Lexa Sudani (Member # 1785) on :
You know, these last few days have been great. Yet I have to say, this is the best news i've heard since ...I don't know when.
I think I'll also drink a can of motor oil to celebrate. ^_^
Posted by steve12553 (Member # 1809) on :
I love Futurama. I watch it every chance I get and I don't know why.
Posted by OnToMars (Member # 621) on :
I met Billy West (Fry, Zoidberg, Professor Farnsworth, Zap Brannigan) this weekend, who talked a little bit about the Futurama DVDs. He said there were plans for four feature length DVD movies and that he was going into the studio in a couple of weeks to start recording the first one and that they were hoping to have it released by the Christmas season.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
I love this news. It's great how digital production methods have shortened the production time of a quality animation property like Futurama to months from over a year per episode. That, and all the main pre-production work is already done...
Mark
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I do love "the Simpsons hasn't been good since season 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 etc" conversation. It's so fun.
Besides, it ignored what is plainly the best line in any television show ever.
"How ironic. Now he's blind after a lifetime of enjoying being able to see."
quote:And the other good news is that they're doing 26 new episodes of ''Futurama'' for TV and we're hammering out the deal now.The original plan was to have the DVD's first but that's no longer the case.I'm totaly jammed dude.
Woo hoo!
B.J.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
I knew it - the DVDs were just compliations of new episodes. They're gonna split them up and broadcast 'em on TV instead, and THEN release 'em on DVD. Sweetness beyond compare!
Mark
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
quote:I'm getting different bits of info that say this news may not be the case.There IS something up Futurama project wise but but it might be the DVD's still.It's hard to keep up with things--but I'll try to do better.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: What season was the monorail episode - cause that is one of the best Simpsons ever.
"Were yo sent here by the Devil? No, good sir, I'm on the level!"
Yeah good stuff- that was back when the appearance of Sideshow Bob was cool and not a obligitory yearly event.
How can you remember the words to the song, and yet invent an appearence by a character who was not only not in that episode, but wasn't in that season?
Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :
Isn't that the point? If Sideshow Bob isn't in that season, then that season is without the obligatory "Sideshow Bob returns" episode. He didn't say Sideshow Bob WAS in that episode. Sideshow Bob may be funny, but they should have stopped after the David Hyde-Pierce episode.
And yes, the U2 episode ruled! Especially when they told Adam that he couldn't join them at the pub.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Don't get too excited, from the same thread:
I'm getting different bits of info that say this news may not be the case.There IS something up Futurama project wise but but it might be the DVD's still.It's hard to keep up with things--but I'll try to do better.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
Eight day old news.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
So, by "the same thread", you mean this one, I guess?
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