FUTURAMA IS BACK (THIS JUNE! 7 Weeks!)
 

Good news, everyone!

If you're like us, you watch every rerun of Futurama on Comedy Central no matter how many times you've seen it before, though we have to say we're getting a little tired of the one on Mars with the Buggalos.

So that's why it's so nice to hear that new episodes of the sci-fi animated show will arrive on Comedy Central in June, HitFix reports:

Comedy Central sources confirm to HitFix that Thursday, June 24, at 10:00 p.m. is currently set to be the premiere of the first new half-hour episode of "Futurama" since 2003.

We're also pleased to report that the entire voice cast will be back, though there was some concern a while back that Fox was going to replace them with cheaper knockoffs or possibly robots. If they had done that, they could kiss our shiny metal asses. :)

So ... will you be tuning in??



http://scifiwire.com/2010/03/kill-al...-new-futur.php



HELL YEAH!

GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!

That Buggalo episode is on all the fucking time.

Old news? WRONG! This is an UPDATE.


The old news was that Futurama is coming back. That was reported on October 15th, 2009.

http://www.newsarama.com/tv/091015-Futurama-Cohen.html


This is an UPDATE because it'll be on in about 7 weeks.

Awesome. Can't wait.

How many episodes do you guys think it'll have? About 2 hours worth? I'm guessing around 7-9 episodes, unless they do a whole season and not half like SP does.

On June 10, 2009, Fox announced that up to twenty-six new episodes will be produced for Comedy Central.[11] However, only twelve of these episodes will air as part of the sixth season[12], with the season finale being Futurama's 100th episode.

Sweet.

One of the best movies ever.

Good news, indeeed

Great news! Can't wait to see what new adventures the crew embarks on in the (presumably still) 31st Century.

STOKED!!!

They just showed my favorite episode ever on Comedy Central: Jurassic Bark. Such a sad, yet great episode.

The commercial said it will be an hour long.

STONED!!!

7 days away :drool:

My DVR is set

It has already hit the net. Downloading it now because I am impatient.

I'll wait.

I cant get mine to record only the new ones, it wants to record every episode. UGH

First two episodes have just been leaked already.

Be less Amish.

It's tonight! :love:

The new episodes were alright. Not as fantastic as I hoped they'd be.

I've been revisiting Futurama. I watched the first volume this week. I haven't watched the show in years

someone is going to come in here and say they forgot

i loved it. need more though...nowish.

Not great episodes, and something felt off. They felt like slightly below average Futurama episodes, which isn't a horrible thing.

I enjoyed them and am looking forward to more.

^Yeah that. They were 'off' for sure. I will continue to watch it of course, but I do hope they get back to their old spectacular selves.

The voices all sounded like they were in a garbage can. 2nd ep didnt record. Was pissed off.

think they did well considering the spot wild green yonder left them in. enjoyed the second episode more. "mr president. what the hell?" made me giggle profusely.

There needs to be more of The Transcredible Exploits Of Zapp Brannigan.

Can't wait for more.

The intro to Rebirth with the Professor making little puns about the show being on Comedy Central put a smile on my face.

i dunno what you guys are bitching about.....I really and totally enjoyed both episodes.

Don't know if it was just me, but it seemed slightly more "risque" as well.

EG, Amy outright suggesting an orgy.

And getting into a dominatrix outfit.

Seems like something Amy would do.

well comedy central is not a network broadcast channel like fox...its a cable channel and it's known for being risque. Saturday night UNEDITED movies and South Park's SHIT episode. So I went in to it expecting it to be a little more adult oriented.

Truth in advertising.

I didn't find it too much more adult oriented. Everything they aired would have aired on Fox, honestly.

but writing wise, the creators would never have said "hey lets have an orgy" and have amy wong enter in a dom outfit....they just wouldn't. would they?

Yeah didn't find it to be more risque at all.

I just think it felt different. Not a bad different at all, but it was not as 'familiar' feeling as the show was in the past. Even the movies had more of a 'typical' Futurama feel to them, IMO.

Might just take them a couple episodes to get it back hopefully. :heart: this show.

Yeah I was just thinking this yesterday.

I almost feel it comes down to them focusing more on the gags and jokes than the story in the first two episodes. The story was there, no doubt, but most Futurama episodes I watch for the story. These I'd watch more for the gags. Maybe it was weak writing or something.

They felt more akin to later Simpsons episodes than Futurama.

well i am ready for a bender/fry adventure ep

It's worth noting Amazon lists the episode as TV PG, and that's in keeping with the old Futurama's ratings.

Feels weird with less music, too. Then again, I'm pretty sure that's the same thing they've come to do with the Simpsons.

I second that opinion.... I enjoyed them both, especially the seciond one..... anytime Zapp Brannigan is on my TV, it cannot disappoint

Last nights episode was funnier than the first two, kinda dumb that they didn't air it last week though.

"Why do they call it an eyePhone"

*jams the thing in his eye*

As an iPhone owner with 4,000 tweets to his name, I found this especially hilarious.

Guy at work in the same situation was too far stuck up his own arse and was offended though... Which made it even funnier :D

I didn't think it was as funny, mostly because specificly commenting on individual trends like that seemed more like something recent Simpsons eps would do.

Though I loved the beginning, especially "Good news, nobodies."

Though I'm pretty sure Apple is more evil than Mom.

it was a good story

Show is fucking horrible.

I loved ALL (3) episodes

The Important thing is we're a family!

Mom: NO ITS NOT!

Proposition Infinity was the best episode of the Season yet...... absolutely classic.....

Too derivative. I mean, it's not like they've never parodied social issues before, but this one almost literally just paralleled one specific instance and never turned back.

rather liked the episode tonight

"Jesus Christ, and his twelve apostles"

I feel like you're taking this position just for the sake of being different from everybody else. I remember you trying to say that it was something that dumb jocks watched or something because it was "in the mainstream". You're trying to make it into something that it isn't to somehow try to convince others to hate it.

Stop that.

Futuroma was a great episode.

They're definitely getting progressively better as the season goes on. Not quite on par with old Futrama yet, but I really enjoyed last night's episode and can't wait to see if they continue this trend.

I didn't like how fry was THAT dumb in that episode honestly.

Way to stick it to the Da Vinci Code. I wonder what other sufficiently dated material they can base a whole episode around.

I never laughed once but I consider that one of my favorite episodes of the series. Great story and flow.

yeah, last thing you'd earmark a comedy show known for witty dialogue and well-crafted satire as is funny.

i found the episode humorous but no I did not actually LAUGH OUT LOUD (lol if you will) ----doesn't mean the story wasn't tight and the jokes weren't there.

The story wasn't tight in any meaningful sense. It was paint by numbers. I mean, they didn't paint outside the lines like the paste eating kid, but it was just just...Weak.

Maybe this show is not for you, KK.

Yeah, I only enjoy Futurama when it's not pants-on-head retarded. Totally nto for me. Especially since I praised the first couple of new episodes.

How does that paste taste?

Shut up

Don't get that though.. first couple episodes seemed way less structured and seemed to rely more on cheap laughs. Last couple have actually seemed to progress into stories.

Pretty shocked that KK doesn't like something.

D'awwwwwwwwwwwwww. I would have approved baby Bender too.

Loved last nights episode.

You call that an ink defense?

Loved that ending.

I loved the ending to the last episode SO much.

Just watched it again. Might be my favorite ending.

Almost my favorite.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JA8OgnBWT2...00/Seymour.gif

That one was close, but I dunno. Seeing Baby Bender and how Hermes saved him just got me.

the song was incredible :'(

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In case anybody wants it. :)

yeah the ending of that episode was beautiful. they have not lost their ability to strike at your heartstrings at all.

i had a feeling that was where the episode was heading (ie hermes being inspector 5) but the reasoning for his lax quality control came out of nowhere and honestly knocked me a bit because it was so beautifully done.

hands down. i die a little more inside every time i watch the end of this episode. not in a bad way, in a "oh my god i can't believe how sad this cartoon is making me" kind of way. then i go and hug everyone who'll let me hug them for like twenty minutes after the fact.

Not my fault you're too stupid to grasp it.

The last couple of seasons of the Simpsons have progressed more into stories, too. I bet you think those are the best seasons ever, right?

Last week's was funny. And it still had "structure."

The first couple Episodes are very much like the old Futurama. The "cheap laughs" are the same style, the plots are not less cohesive. The next couple are like post-shark-jumping Simpsons, as in "the wacky adventures of Homer Simpson." They sacrificed both the lowbrow humour and the more intellectual level for mediocre parallels to popular culture. The jokes were at least as cheap, they just all came from "take that, pop culture subject A!"

I guess those episodes are excellent if you're looking for a linear, uninspired plot with obvious parallels so you never have to actually think about tricky things like "satire," since it's almost all about one topic and beats you over the head with it.

But BDC, as a fan of the original series, I'm pretty sure you'll be told this show isn't for you. ;)

You got me good.

lol "oops I hit Elenore Roosevelt"

:heart: u both so much right now. Jurassic Bark is and I think always will be, my favorite of all the episodes.

Last night's episode was pretty hilarious though, especially when Bender got all pissed off with Prof. Farnsworth and Fry because they wanted to get out and explore the point in time with all the girls and whatnot but he wasn't allowed to make everyone get out at the point in time just before that so he sends the time machine in motion again. :lol::rofl:

That's almost as dumb as Requiem.

Meh. I'm not really disappointed with you. PapaGeorgio is normally intelligent and can grasp nuanced thought.

I get it, I'm stupid.

I'm surprised you're even self aware.