futurama may have a future

tpir90036 · #1 12-20-2005, 06:09 PM

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better then the Simpsons, in my opinion...a lot more room for creativity.

I have every DVD - you will not be disappointed.

RB

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I guess I have to tear up my nerd card. I mean I liked the show and all, don't get me wrong, but I never understood the huge fuss people made about it. Is it a common opinion amongst fans that it's better than the Simpsons? I mean c'mon now. Or do people say that because of the wide appeal the Simpsons have and they want to like something different?

diebitter · #2 12-20-2005, 06:14 PM

Nope, it's said cos Futurama is consistently funnier.

Paluka · #3 12-20-2005, 06:15 PM

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better then the Simpsons, in my opinion...a lot more room for creativity.

I have every DVD - you will not be disappointed.

RB

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I guess I have to tear up my nerd card. I mean I liked the show and all, don't get me wrong, but I never understood the huge fuss people made about it. Is it a common opinion amongst fans that it's better than the Simpsons? I mean c'mon now. Or do people say that because of the wide appeal the Simpsons have and they want to like something different?

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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.

lastchance · #4 12-20-2005, 06:20 PM

What Paluka said.

henrikrh · #5 12-20-2005, 06:29 PM

Oh god yes! Zoidberg must return.

As for the simpsons, the best of the simpsons is about the same maybe a tiny bit better than the best of futurama, but the simpsons is better because they had a larger amount of those great episodes. Furturama was consistently funny and got funnier, simpsons has been getting duller for 5 seasons or so running.

tpir90036 · #6 12-20-2005, 08:42 PM

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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.

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OK, I can get behind that. I guess I can scotch tape my nerd card back together for now.

Blarg · #7 12-20-2005, 09:53 PM

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.