Futurama to Return!

[EricNoah]

It's official: 'Futurama' is reborn! | News | Ausiello Files | EW.com

A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox Television confirms that the cable net has ordered 26 new episodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's late, great animated series to air beginning in 2010. The studio cites Futurama's "blockbuster" performance on DVD and in reruns on Comedy Central as the reason for its rebirth.

 

[EricNoah]

Crap, now I gotta consider getting cable! Unless they end up selling episodes on Itunes or something...

 

[fba827]

yea! i likes me my futurama.

(i haven't seen the last 'movie' yet so i have no idea how the overall story direction went. but hopefully it can continue without it seeming forced)

 

[ssampier]

Good news! It's a suppository

Hopefully the movies are considered non-canonical. I would rather they continue the storyline directly after The Devil Hands Are Idle Playthings.

 

[Mark]

I felt the move to just doing movies was a good way to keep the concept fresh beyond the typical prime of such shows that otherwise overstay their welcome. I hate to see something that good degrade. I will keep my fingers crossed but watch with trepidation.

 

[Rhun]

Good to hear. I miss Futurama.

 

[babomb]

I felt the move to just doing movies was a good way to keep the concept fresh beyond the typical prime of such shows that otherwise overstay their welcome. I hate to see something that good degrade. I will keep my fingers crossed but watch with trepidation.

Except the movies weren't very good. I think they'll do a better job returning to the shorter episode format that they did a great job with previously.

 

[fba827]

Except the movies weren't very good. I think they'll do a better job returning to the shorter episode format that they did a great job with previously.

Well, keep in mind that the movies are actually written to be 4 episodes each, to be split up as episodes on comedy central.


I had actually run a little informal experiment in my house (it wasn't done on purpose, it just sort of happened) -- half the people watched a futurama movie all the way through. the other half watched it broken up (as if it were 4 episodes) once a week. Both groups had a mix of 'fans' and 'nonfans' of the series.

Results: the people watching it as seperate episodes enjoyed that movie more over all.

I'm guessing it had to do with pacing, some built anticipation every week waiting for the next episode, or waiting for the joke payoff and it becoming a running gag rather than instant gratification...

If I can get the household to participate in my evil mind experiements, I will try and do the same with the other movies and mixing up the groups some

(not a blanket universal statement, just a statement of what observation from my own household).

 

[Mark]

Well, keep in mind that the movies are actually written to be 4 episodes each, to be split up as episodes on comedy central.

I can see how that could make some people enjoy them as a movie a bit less.

 

[ssampier]

I have only seen Bender's Big Score on Sci-Fi. I didn't like it much. I felt it was too over the top with the alien scammers and Lars (spoiler:

Spoiler

Fry

).

Dumbest pet in show! They should forget the movies for some raisin.