Futurama Back In Production
 

Have you grown tired of bad TV news? And by bad TV news, I mean bad news about television shows. Bad "TV news" is redundant.

Well, get ready for some good news. No wait, get ready for some great news. No, great doesn't really describe it. Here is some grantasticularly wondergasmiclicious news! (And my 12th grade English teacher said I'd never amount to anything as a writer.)

Comedy Central has ordered all brand new episodes of Futurama, and the show has officially gone back into production.

An insider told Collider.com that the network has given the series an order for 13 additional episodes to air now that the network has run through all of the series' original episodes and the four full-length DVD movies. This news has sparked rumors that production has officially started again on the series and casting is underway.

It's not just good news for Futurama fans, even though the fans are slipping into grinning comas and twitching with joy over the news. And who can blame them? It's one of the few comedy series that just seems to get better and better the longer its run gets. It's the bizarro According to Jim.

It's also good news to every show that has been cancelled before its time. Matt Groening, David X. Cohen and company have proved that no show can truly die just because a single-minded network doesn't have the patience to let it develop and expand. Their dedication to the show and its fans is truly astounding, and if new episodes do make it to Comedy Central's doorstep, disappointed fanboys across the universe will have one less thing in life to be disappointed about.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/08/be...in-our-future/

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SO HAPPY

ugh. horrible show.

gertner, if you are serious then you are pretty much my least favorite person in the entire world right now

This is great news.

Horray!

I love Futurama!

:D

Futurama was friggen awful.

Futurama fans are "bros".

You break my heart Gertner. My feelings can only be truely expressed in gif form

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Then you are pretty much my least favorite person in the entire world right now. Futurama is one of the best animated shows ever created.

Do you play Game Cube, wear Abercombie golf shirts and listen to Dave Matthews Band too?

yeah hilarious. can't imagine how Futurama got cancelled.

Cause the same fags who like Futurama are the same fags who do all those things.

CSI, Intervention, King of the Hill(WAAAAAY better than Futurama), Without a Trace, Cold Case. Lots of sports shows.

I do none of those things. What do any of those things have to do with the show Futurama? I get what you're trying to imply, but you could at least make better generalizations about people who watch the show.

I actually kind of feel bad for you, knowing how much your sense of humor must suck if you can't find Futurama to be an enjoyable experience.

The only people who I've noticed who find Futurama funny are the better fucking losers on the planet.


btw, I'm going through horrible nicotine withdrawls right now, so i'll probably apologize later for this.

until then FUTURAMA IS THE BIGGEST OVER_RATED PIECE OF SHIT SHOW ON TV!

lol, yeah I know. I mean, who would think that a silent gif of one of those new fangled "talkie" cartoons that fans may find funny is an entire representation of the show.

It pretty much is. I've watched Futurama numerous times.

That is the stupidest generalization I have ever heard. Shows like Futurama, Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy.. etc.. they all target the SAME demographic. The fact that you're insulting people who watch Futurama is laughable, because those same people probably watch King of the Hill too. What does that say about you if you and a bunch of douchebags find the same thing to be funny? :roll:

Futurama is nerd comedy. It's a niche audience. King of the Hill, Simpsons and Family Guy, totally different.

What? Not at all. How is it a nerd comedy? Because it's sci-fi instead of present day? Since when do you have to be a nerd to enjoy sci-fi?

Edit: No.. just no, I mean come on you are reaching here. The style of comedy used in Futurama is no different than the other shows.

Pretty happy to hear this but...

NO. The movies weren't that great.

AND.. that still doesn't change the fact that the people who watch Futurama also watch those other shows.. so making a generalization about the type of people who watch it is still stupid.

I enjoyed 3 of the films, only really hated The Beast With A Billion Backs but even that had it's moments.

Oh, and the ending to Into The Wild Green Yonder, they just felt they had to do that in case it was the last episode and it kinda felt forced.

It's a really horrible show. and i know lots of people who watch simpsons, family guy and don't watch futurama, cause well it's awful.

Gertner, you like techno music and glow sticks. Your taste is awful.

and i know plenty of people who watch all of these shows and still don't fit the stereotype you created from thin air

this kind of logic works on both sides

And you watch the Hills and American Idol, too. You have no taste. Shut the fuck up.

I do not watch American Idol, and The Hills.......well guilty pleasure.

glow sticks are the cheese. Techno though:heart:

All of those things are horribly douchey.

Family Guy has recurring bits about musicals and barbershop quartets. You don't consider that nerdy?

It's at least funny.

Futurama is the GREATEST.

Family guy is not better than Futurama, nor is it funnier.

QFT :y:

I like Family Guy, but I'm gonna have to agree with BC here

Venture Brothers is better than all of them, so there.

Venture Brothers is pretty hilarious, but I would have to put Futurama above it still. Venture Brothers is definitely funnier than Family Guy or King of the Hill though.

King of the Hill is funny because of its subtlety, which is something non-existent in the McFarland universe.

Family Guy is in your face, shock humor. That and played out references to pop culture absurdity, like David Hasseloff and Gary Oldman beating up Hitler, or something ridiculous.

If some people want to laugh at that, fine. I don't really think it's skillfull or entertaining humor.
I prefer the wit and subtleties of The Simpsons (seasons 3-9)

Family Guy can't hold a candle to that. Also, King of the Hill isn't a favorite show of mine, but I respect it's humor.
It's subtle and smart.

I feel like the majority of Family Guy's jokes are geared to the meathead americans who prefer their humor to be direct and mindless, as a result of IQs that match their shoe size.
Even The Simpsons have been guilty of pandering to this in recent years with Homer Simpson.
It's a sad state of affairs when the average viewer would rather see a character make a fat joke, or fall on their face, than laugh at the hilarious musings of the Van Houten family.

Also I can think of at least two episodes of Futurama that were so touching I almost cried. When was the last time anyone anywhere emotionally connected with a Family Guy episode?

yup, futurama fans aren't losers

Hey, you watch the episode with Fry's Dog and tell me you don't well up.

losers who wear Abercrombie golf shirts and listen to Dave Matthews

If you're going to make asinine comments that make you sound like a complete retard, at least try to keep your insults consistant.

The great thing is it will be HD like the movies.

I pretty much agree with everything Supreme said.

And to a lesser extent Fignuts.

Fantastic news. :heart:

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:heart:

Can't wait. Only seen the first movie though. Need to check the rest out.

First one was the best. Second was terrible. Third was "meh". Fourth was ok.

Gertner, what? How can Futurama be nerd comedy but it's main demographic is somehow preppy, Abercrombie wearing, Dave Matthews loving "bros"? You're combining two conflicting stereotypes here. IT JUST DOESN'T MATCH UP!

I don't know the order but the one with David Cross as the monster from another universe was retarded.

This is AWESOME!

:(

http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009...ew-voices.html

Horrible.

Wow, unless its the most hilarious show of all time, this new version of the show will fail abysmally.

Oh good, my boxset that says complete collection still is, as this will be horrible.

THANKS PENNY-PINCHING FOX

suddenly I'm very sad

I'm not watching it :/ It'd be like watching The Simpsons with a new voice cast. The voices make the show.

Talk about a sting in the tail.

I can't imagine the cast were after a lot of money, I suspect it's more to do with Fox being cheap.

because it's not just Fry, Bender and Leela. It's everyone! Zoidberg, Zapp Brannagin, Profffessor, Nixon etc. it'd be just wrong.

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Wow, another FOX fuck-up. What a surprise...:roll:

No way this is real. No way. I deny this.

THIS IS WORSE THEN WHEN THEY REPLACED ALL THE VOICES ON POKEMON! :mad::mad:

Holy shit that is Retarded

They might as well scrap this shit because I absolutely will not tolerate ANY new voice actors for the regulars. It's unacceptable and we deserve better as fans for our loyalty to the series.:mad:

So to whoever made this decision: I hope he can see me from up here. I'm doing this as hard as I possibly can...:|[/Ignignokt]:foc:

or, to be more relevant: BITE MY SHINY, RED-HOT, FLAMING, METAL ASS...wait a minute...red-hot, flaming metal ass?! I'll be right back (puts his ass in the ocean) AHH:o...THAT'S BETTER.

The cast were not at the Comic Con panel, which removes any chance of this being some kind of weird promotional swerve. :(

David X Cohen did seem hopeful that they would get them back on board though.

's all good. Cast is back.

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/07/31...deal-with-fox/

You have officially become my favourite poster ever! :D

YESSSSSSSSSS

I'm going to buy them so many lizards.

Good news everyone...

To be expected.

What the fuck was Fox thinking?

ugh. I know i'm in the minority, but Futurama was horrible

Thank you for voicing your opinion, Gertner.

HORRIBLE!

:shifty:

Holy crap lol. I've gone through so much turmoil reading this thread through in the past 10 minutes. Happy, angry, sad, but now... I AM HAPPY.

I knew the actors would come back, it would be so stupid if they didn't get them.

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