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Wooo! Futurama is finally back.

Two episodes tomorrow:
Rebirth
After a devastating spaceship crash, the Professor attempts to resuscitate the crew with his birth machine.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
Leela and Zapp Brannigan find themselves stranded on an Eden-like planet.

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Awesome! I didn't know that the show had been picked up for some new episodes... can't wait to see what shenanigans the crew will have in store for us

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My wife and I are bursting with excitement. Bring it on!

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FUCK YEAH!

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Any news on if the new episodes will be available for streaming from Hulu or any other legit sites? I ask because I do not have ( nor want ) cable TV and I was curious if there were legit sites for me to watch them on or if I would have to use other methods to watch them

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<------------ This is the face of confused excitement.

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I'll probably forget about it!

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It will likely end up being an excellent show with sub-par ratings and be canceled in a season or two.

You guys better watch early and watch often.

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Hylian said:

Any news on if the new episodes will be available for streaming from Hulu or any other legit sites? I ask because I do not have ( nor want ) cable TV and I was curious if there were legit sites for me to watch them on or if I would have to use other methods to watch them

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I'm bettin' on it being on Comedy Central's site, and hopefully on Comedy Network's site here in Canada (To be honest I haven't even checked to make sure its airing in Canada).

Azurephoenix said:

Awesome! I didn't know that the show had been picked up for some new episodes... can't wait to see what shenanigans the crew will have in store for us

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Where have you BEEN that you didn't know about this? I've been counting down the days and waiting impatiently for what seems like forever now.

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Amorous Eyes said:

Oh, I gotta add Futurama to my dynamic sig once it has aired.

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Stepping on my turf eh?

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I need to remember to catch this.

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Already seen the first episode and it is a good one, looking forward to the rest of the season

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Yeeeeeeeeees! I have been waiting!

This just made me over-the-top excited. I need to go set my DVR immediately.

I caught up by watching all 4 seasons and all four movies shortly after classes ended, and I am now lending out my entire Futurama collection to some friends, who I'm pleased and excited to announce are quickly becoming fans of the series. Finally.

Seriously I feel like nobody understands half of what I say, because half of what I say is directly stolen from this show.

checkeredhat said:

I caught up by watching all 4 seasons and all four movies shortly after classes ended, and I am now lending out my entire Futurama collection to some friends, who I'm pleased and excited to announce are quickly becoming fans of the series. Finally.

Seriously I feel like nobody understands half of what I say, because half of what I say is directly stolen from this show.

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Aren't there five seasons?

Gothomo;404541][QUOTE=checkeredhat said:

I caught up by watching all 4 seasons and all four movies shortly after classes ended, and I am now lending out my entire Futurama collection to some friends, who I'm pleased and excited to announce are quickly becoming fans of the series. Finally.

Seriously I feel like nobody understands half of what I say, because half of what I say is directly stolen from this show.

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Aren't there five seasons?[/QUOTE]

Yes, and also no. Its confusing. There were 4 production seasons, but the 4th was split and aired as seasons 4 and 5. But its still sold as season 4. Then there's the 4 movies, which were also split up into 16 episodes and aired as the rest of season 5.

Gothomo said:

Aren't there five seasons?

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There were four seasons produced, but due to Fox airing things weirdly, they were shown as five seasons. The four DVD movies were also split up and aired as sixteen half-hour episodes, so some people count that as a season as well. So the current season can be the 5th, 6th, or 7th season, depending on who you ask.


As for the two episodes... I thought both were great, although the first suffered a little from having to spend the whole episode dealing with the cliffhanger from the last movie.

I thought the first episode was miles funnier than the second one. The yoddling into the planet thing had me in stitches.

I loved them both, but agree that the first one was the best

*sighs* Ah, it's good to have Futurama back. I kinda dug the second one more, due to Zap freakin' Branigan. Especially the serialized pulp TV dreams he kept having. Awesome.

The final reveal for the second one was the funniest thing I've ever seen on television. Had they stopped maybe 4 reveals sooner it would have been the stupidest thing but they went with it and it turned into a whole new kind of hilarious

Overall I think they are both candidates for instant classics.

I really like the first one (even if parts seemed a bit predictable) and as far as the second one goes it was alright. It definitely had soem funny moments but I don't think it will go down as one of my favorite episodes but it was still a good episode.

Sob. DirecTV botched the guide listings, so the DVR missed the 2nd ep. Caught the first just before I had to leave for work last night.

So glad it's back.

Great start to the new season, it makes everything that Family Guy has been doing since it came back seem like a giant steaming load of cr@p.

Just caught the new episodes and laughed eartily several times. Bender cartwheeling away from the Cyclophage was goddamned hilarious.

I watched it

My favorite part of the first one was Zapp being spit out of the stem cell machine and going "Wheeeeeee" across the floor. Killed me. Bender cartwheeling onto the ship was also hilariable. "EVERYONE ON THE PARTY SHIP!"

Favorite bit of the second was the running gag at the end w/ Zapp constantly confessing stuff.

There were a lot of great lines in those episodes, I personally loved when the disco ball came down in the professors Chamber of Understanding

Then there was the guys initial enthusiastic reaction to Amy's orgy idea until they looked at each other

I could have sworn that the music playing in the Professor's Chamber of Understanding was some Daft Punk. Probably just sounded like it, though, and with the sort clip, it'd be impossible to tell.

Also I feel I should add:

It just wouldn't be Futurama if there weren't completely unnecessary nudity.

I think the move to Comedy Central deserved a different or at least modified opening sequence, no?


Loved both episodes, though. I also couldn't help but giggle at the title of the second one... "In-a-gadda-da-Leela", I know most of you probably know this already, but in case someone doesn't... In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida is a (very, very long) song by Iron Butterfly... whose name supposedly comes from when one of the band members (the vocalist, I think?) was drugged out of his brain and tried to pronounce "In the Garden of Eden", but ended up slurring something that the rest of the band thought sounded like "In-a-gadda-da-vida". They named the song after that. Fun times.

Awesome.

Philo-B., who laughed way too hard at 'poopiter'.

Amorous Eyes said:

Got it!

It's even avatar sized and a respectable file size to boot!

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Dibs.

Philosopher B. said:

Awesome.

Philo-B., who laughed way too hard at 'poopiter'.

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I was just really happy to see "Urectum" on the map. That joke's from what, second season? I love the continuity of stuff like that!

:heh: V-Gyny.

I laughed and laughed. Very good beginning episodes. Can't wait for more.

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I was just really happy to see "Urectum" on the map. That joke's from what, second season? I love the continuity of stuff like that!

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YES!!

Top 11: Familiar Faces We Want to See in the Futurama

I don't agree with the countdown, but it is pretty fun to watch (plus, the drawing of the Nostalgia Critic, Linkara, Angry Joe and the Nostalgia Chick as heads in jars is pretty cool). The Familiar Faces series on That Guy With the Glasses is starting to grow on me. The pacing isn't great, but I've got to admit that I have a fondness for minor characters.

I just calls 'em like I sees 'em. I'm a whale biologist.

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He was the best part of a bad episode.

Evidently Gusto is too rich to enjoy a free turkey dog.

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I just calls 'em like I sees 'em. I'm a whale biologist.

:laugh:

He was the best part of a bad episode.

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BAD episode? I thought that episode was really funny.

Whale Biologist was definitely the best part of it though, I agree. But I don't necessarily want that character to come back. Most of the characters in that list I think work because they were one shot deals.

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Top 11: Familiar Faces We Want to See in the Futurama

I don't agree with the countdown, but it is pretty fun to watch (plus, the drawing of the Nostalgia Critic, Linkara, Angry Joe and the Nostalgia Chick as heads in jars is pretty cool). The Familiar Faces series on That Guy With the Glasses is starting to grow on me. The pacing isn't great, but I've got to admit that I have a fondness for minor characters.

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Glab? Really? Talk about latching on to obscurity.

I just read somewhere that no Canadian broadcaster is actually airing it. So, if anyone asks, I HAVEN'T seen it.

eh-heh. eh-heh. aranoid:

Frank;406151][QUOTE=figmentPez said:

Top 11: Familiar Faces We Want to See in the Futurama

I don't agree with the countdown, but it is pretty fun to watch (plus, the drawing of the Nostalgia Critic, Linkara, Angry Joe and the Nostalgia Chick as heads in jars is pretty cool). The Familiar Faces series on That Guy With the Glasses is starting to grow on me. The pacing isn't great, but I've got to admit that I have a fondness for minor characters.

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Glab? Really? Talk about latching on to obscurity.[/QUOTE]

I think that was a lazy addition to the list (along with the big brains). Of course Glab will be back, so long as doop still exists.

But I disagree with reaching into obscurity. "I'm going to allow this" is a favourite catchphrase among me and my Futurama loving friends.

Found both episodes to be hilarious. So glad this show is back.

Watched them both last night and I'm very glad to see it's back and returned as pretty much the same show it was. Can't wait to see more episodes!

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/06/futurama-returns-with-strong-ratings-.htm

"Futurama" averaged 2.9 million viewers and a 1.9 rating in adults 18-49 when it aired Thursday night on Comedy Central, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. It was tied for the highest-rated show in adults 18-49 in all TV on Thursday's primetime, and was the highest-rated show among men 18-24 and men 18-34. Comedy Central said it helped the network to its highest-rated night in 2010 and its highest-rated Thursday primetime in the history of the network.

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Great to see that the show is getting good numbers, hopefully this will mean that we will get more then just the 26 episodes ordered so far

Holy shit, that's awesome news, let's hope they maintain at least similar numbers and it wasn't all just cause of the return buzz.

I plan to continue watching. I'm a little interested in how the dynamic between Fry & Leela will affect everything. The tension between them was a big plot point and now that has changed. But character growth is a good thing and I trust the writers to keep things going.

Also, I personally want to see a return of Al Gore. He's always been a good source of funny when he guests.

so I finally caught up and I have to say the last one was really good, it was just Fry at his best

hihi nailing

This week's episode wasn't as good. The killbot running gag was funny, but the sappy ending just felt forced.

Also, on the rerun of a previous episode, I had to make this:

I've enjoyed the season so far, though I feel tonight's episode was definitely the worst of the new season. Best for me was still the Garden of Eden episode. The scene were Zap explains his whole scheme at the end was just so good.

I actually liked this episode better than the Duh-Vinci code episode. So far this new season is turning out great though only time will tell if these episodes have the same repeat value that the original ones have.

I liked this episode even if just for all the running gags at the Central Bureaucracy.

I finally got around to watching the episode yesterday and I thought it was pretty decent. Not the best episode ever but still a decent episode.

Tonight's episode was moments of absolute brilliance: Humanity enslaved by the giraffes, the series of statues of liberty, Old Leela blasting the message and shooting Hitler broken up by moments of obscene idiocy: The deus ex machina of time restarting mostly.

The episode definately had some laughs the Hitler one was especially well done but overall Comedy central plays a repeat I'll switch the channel to something else.

Loved the last scene

This season is making me laugh so hard, I got grape juice on my Number 9 shirt.

Except the DaVinci episode. That one was kind of flat.

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From a comment on Hulu, I found out that every episode ever (including the new ones) is here: Good News Everyone... Futurama!

that song was brilliant!

Futurama is great for putting song parodies in so subtly that you can barely tell you're not just hearing a soundtrack.

Tonight's episode (which I am calling the Cat episode) was better than I was expecting from the commercials.

If I could get a gif of the cats doing the can-can, it would probably make part of my day.

Eh, the latest ep was okay. I much preferred the cyclical time episode. That might be my favorite so far.

Bah. If you fail your defense, you shouldn't have been defending in the first place. You'd have already been tested for general knowledge at your comps. Your committee would've been familiar with your project already, too, from your thesis proposal presentation. Plus, they probably would've read at least a rough draft of your thesis before you defend. But I guess that doesn't make for dramatic TV.

KITTIES!!! Lookit all the wittle kitties and their wittle adorable faces!! And their wittle doomsday device!

Fortunately, Diomedes (my cat) was asleep while I watched this episode, so he didn't get any bright ideas. He's already planning to take over the world, I swear.

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Bah. If you fail your defense, you shouldn't have been defending in the first place. You'd have already been tested for general knowledge at your comps. Your committee would've been familiar with your project already, too, from your thesis proposal presentation. Plus, they probably would've read at least a rough draft of your thesis before you defend. But I guess that doesn't make for dramatic TV.

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Well, it IS 1000 years in the future. Maybe the process changed. The writers are familiar with the process I'm sure. There's like 4 PhDs in the Futurama writers' room.

In my opinion, the last three episodes have all been quite solid, with the last two being particularly great.

Anyway, Amy was MADE to fail by the cat. So, it was never really fair to her.

I don't think the latest one was that great. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. I loved "Lethal Inspection", The Late Philip J. Fry", and "A Clockwork Origin", and then this one came along, and I think it's really only on par with "That Darn Katz!" (Which I actually liked, just not as much)

Still not the worst of the season though, by any stretch of the imagination. That was irrefutably the Eye-phone one, which is actually the worst episode from ANY season, including the movies, that I can think of off the top of my head. I think it was worse than "That's Lobstertainment", it was so bad.

Overall, I think this season has been very good though so far. The great episodes outnumber the below average ones, and what's left over is still really good Futurama.

I am pleased.

I thought this was one of the best episodes of the season, it may even be the best one though I'll hold off making that decision until I watch it again in a few weeks.

I, too, loved the last episode. Had me loling at many of the jokes. The whole mop-bucket & Scruffy thing was hilarious.

General Specific said:

The whole mop-bucket & Scruffy thing was hilarious.

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I did love that. The episode was not without its pure gem moments. It delivered a good number of laughs, actually, I just didn't really like the story. Didn't do anything for me.

I'm really enjoying this new season. The Comedy Central freedom is shining through in good ways.

Amorous Eyes;430104][QUOTE=General Specific said:

I, too, loved the last episode. Had me loling at many of the jokes. The whole mop-bucket & Scruffy thing was hilarious.

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Booo, Fox!

Favourite part of the episode:

Reboneer said:

Favourite part of the episode:

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Wait... is that the mathematical formula used to show how they got everyone's brain back? That actually looks... right. Major props to Futurama for the nerdiest joke of the year!

Amorous Eyes;430964][QUOTE=General Specific said:

Booo, Fox!

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Thanks for the attempt at least, Ame.

If there's math in the background on Futurama, it's typically right. From what I understand, the show is staffed by nerds.

Amorous Eyes;429816][QUOTE=checkeredhat said:

"That's Lobstertainment"

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I think this one showed that Zoidberg, while funny, cannot carry a full episode as a central character.[/QUOTE]

I disagree. It's a terrible episode, but I think Zoidberg can carry an episode from time to time.
"Why Must I be a Crustacean in Love?" is a great episode that centres around Zoidberg, so it can be done!
Also, I recently rewatched season 3,4 and the movies because my new roommate had only seen seasons one and two. And upon rewatching, "That's Lobstertainment!" actually has relatively little Zoidberg in it. Its much more focused on Harold Zoid and Calculon. I think if anything it proves that as hilarious as Calculon is, he can't carry an episode. (See also, "BendHER")

In other news, I just watched the latest episode. Not a season defining episode of "Roswell that Ends Well" or "The Why of Fry" proportions, but a solid, funny episode. I definitely enjoyed it. And yet another great shot taken at Fox, and at themselves.

Marathon of the new episodes on Comedy Central right now

According to TV.com there have been a varying number of episodes per season. 9, 20, 15, 12, 16, 16 and this latest was the 12th episode of season 7, the 100th episode overall.

I think 13 episodes is the standard season length for animated series, though.

figmentPez said:

According to TV.com there have been a varying number of episodes per season. 9, 20, 15, 12, 16, 16 and this latest was the 12th episode of season 7, the 100th episode overall.

I think 13 episodes is the standard season length for animated series, though.

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That is going by the broadcast season, which Fox messed up by splitting and airing the production seasons however they wanted. The production seasons have been a little bit more consistent with 13, 19, 22, 18, 16 (The four movies), and now 12 on Comedy Central.

Amorous Eyes said:

Of course, Futurama is one of those confusing shows where everyone holds a different rule as to what season they're in. So did you (calling it 7) and apparently Cohen calls it season 6 but calls the four movies season 5.

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Cohen is counting the production seasons rather than the braodacast seasons. It makes sense, as it is how the team originally intended for them to air. What many people call season 5 was actually done for nearly a year before it actually aired. So yeah, the Futurama staff went even longer without jobs than some people realize. Fox really screwed it all up.

I think that the confusion regarding the 100th episode and Christmas episode is that the Christmas episode is not being considered part of either broadcast season, as it is months inbetween the two. It may nto be part of the same production season either.

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If I could get a gif of the cats doing the can-can, it would probably make part of my day.

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a month or so late and a little small, but I found it:

Consider part of my day made.

I actually thought that scene was too much of a non-sequitur to enjoy it.