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12-20-2005, 08:42 PM
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Re: futurama may have a future
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I'd say that Futurama was better than the Simpsons that were on TV at the same time as Futurama, but not better than the peak season Simpsons. There are probably 20 Simpsons episodes better than the best Futurama. [/ QUOTE ] OK, I can get behind that. I guess I can scotch tape my nerd card back together for now. 
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12-20-2005, 09:53 PM
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Re: futurama may have a future
I don't agree that the best of Futurama wasn't the equal of the best Simpsons.
One thing I liked about it was that it was much like the early Simpsons, anarchic and very busy. If you didn't pay really close attention, you'd miss that someone's expression in response to what someone else was saying was the opposite of what you might expect, and very sly and funny for that reason. It was an easy show to miss subtleties in, and gained a lot on second viewings. The characters were constantly dismissive of or ridiculing what each other said. The Simpsons after a few years made friends of everybody, turning the evil Smithers and Burns friendly and fluffy and into family friends, putting Barney the drunk on the wagon(ugh), and basically Cosbying the show up but good. The Simpsons became a show that nobody would write letters of protest too anymore. Futurama inherited the old Simpsons spirit that the Simpsons put aside as it became basically a middle of the road money machine, though the best one out there. Futurama kept the Milhaus and Nelson Muntz, kept the multi-level behavior and jokes, and nobody on that show was going to stop being an alcoholic or screwing each other over anytime soon.
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12-20-2005, 05:12 PM
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Re: futurama may have a future
I would have rather seen this show come back than Family Guy.
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12-20-2005, 09:16 PM
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I would have rather seen this show come back than Family Guy. [/ QUOTE ] agreed, wholeheartedly. this is my favorite of the whole mess of fox cartoon shows. i have all the episodes and i would love to see some new ones. rj
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#7
12-20-2005, 06:04 PM
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w00t. [/ QUOTE ]
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#8
12-20-2005, 07:31 PM
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Re: futurama may have a future
I thought the end of the original series, when Fry was trying to woo Leela, sucked.
If they can bring the series back and not involve that retarded love story, I'm all for it.
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#9
12-20-2005, 07:47 PM
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Re: futurama may have a future
I was a huge Futurama fan when it was on and still catch it on Adult Swim from time to time. I was always upset that it didn't catch on more, and thought it was because it had such a terrible time slot. Didn't it used to be on at 7pm eastern, before King of the Hill (which no one watches)? It also used to get pre-empted for football games all the time.
I think it would have caught on a lot more if Fox gave it a decent chance. The Doc
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