Sirusblk

I've heard of this in the works for quite a while. Didn't quite expect the direct to DVD, but hey I'll enjoy even more

Lets face it, Fox is a crap network. Their show turnover has been a pretty bad record until of late. Hell their "cash cow" aka The Simpsons is interrupted for car chases! I don't care what you think of Family Guy, the shows that replaced it (I'm looking at you ALLY MCBEAL!) are total crap by comparison (and seemingly non-ironically, on their own).

Trivia Time: Why is David X. Cohen's middle initial X?!
(Duhn Duhn Duhhhhhn!)

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ScratchMonkey

I loved Ally McBeal. (But then, it did have lots of eye candy and I liked the music.)

Futurama is a nerd's cartoon. The best humor requires some science and math to grasp, and flies right over the heads of most of the audience. It's a great show to TiVo so you can catch all the freeze-frame gags.

Begbie

ok.. i did not look this up, this was in the commentary. Someone else in the ... i think writers/actors guild already used David S Cohen

and I think he said it sounded better.

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Zoopy_T

Family Guy was funny, it used to have so many good layered jokes that when you watched it a second time you'd see something new. Post return it has just been a bunch of forced jokes and badly written, just like the Simpsons now.

Is it even physically possible to laugh without smiling?

RedForman

Maybe he smiles while laughing, but immediately stops smiling post laugh.

Whereas with Futurama the smile continues even after the laughter has stopped. That's my theory, anyway.

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MagnaCentipede

"Is it even physically possible to laugh without smiling?"

Yes. But it does require being at least 19% mad-scientist or evil-mastermind.

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Sirusblk

Begbie is correct

I find the commentary, of which I found the trivia question, to be almost as rewarding as the show itself, sometimes even more so. I'll never forget when they had the top 3 voice talents beat box the whole intro.

If it wasn't for Futrurama I probably wouldn't have ever figured out binary for myself and decoded Bender's Apartment number

Futurama got a lot of hate mail for some things they did in their show. It's an effin cartoon for christ's sake. They also were accurate most of the time. They had more than a couple of people with PHDs in Math and Physics.

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Begbie

I agree, John Di Maggio, and Billy West make the commentary worth watching.. Also there are so many things that you don't notice untill they talk about it in the commentary.

And Parasites lost is my favorite futurama episode.. if you have not seen it.. check it out!

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Sirusblk

I have all the seasons, but with this new one I'll have to get it...

Question: It's being marketed as a full length movie ("feature"). I was under the impression it was a bunch of episodes... Am I wrong?

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JamesTerror

Ditto!

Im glad they make Futurama again, i loved that show...

Hehehe...Zoidberg.....

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Damonte

The DVD is actually four episodes linked together into one feature length release.

The four episodes are sequential, all part of the same story. However, they're written in such a way that they can be segmented into individual episodes for broadcast.

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RedForman

I'm just so glad there will finally be NEW Futurama, I was always a big fan but Adult Swim seems to repeat the same 5 episodes over and over again even though it had multiple seasons. Finally saw the ad for the DVD last night.

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MagnaCentipede

When did they start doing that? (Admittedly years ago) When I had cable, they ran them in sequential order.

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RedForman

I dunno, within the last 6 months or so. The "same 5 episodes" is admittedly a bit of an exaggeration but they most certainly do not have the degree of variation that it should. Not even close.

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BaneII

I don't believe young people get the reference to the majority of the jokes on Family Guy since they pertain to things older than they are. You gotta remember, the writers are in the middle age generation and write jokes about what they know which includes what they grew up on. I've seen jokes about Soap, Land of the Lost, Electric Company, etcetera that is some old school stuff. That is what I think makes it different from Fox's other prime time cartoons. You gotta have some age to get the full nuance of Family Guy.

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