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More FUTURAMA Coming To Fox Network?? It's Possible, Says Zapp Brannigan!!

WHERE'S THE LOST TALKBACK? by HoboCode	Feb 18th, 2009 09:33:16 AM

WHERE'S THE LOST TALKBACK? by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 09:35:56 AM
Eko
Comedy Central Mistreats Futurama by nyj_et	Feb 18th, 2009 09:36:44 AM
I'd like to see new episodes, but I'd like to keep seeing the reruns on Adult_Swim. They never ran the credits in a tiny corner of the screen during the intro to South Park.
WHERE'S THE FOUND TALKBACK? by chrth	Feb 18th, 2009 09:37:20 AM
Wait, what?
More Futurama is Good! by Losteroo	Feb 18th, 2009 09:43:07 AM
And Billy West kicks ass!
Somehow with Futurama I end up seeing the same reruns by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 09:43:41 AM
Over and Over. I'm pretty sure I've never seen the ones from the final season(s) of the show, I keep seeing the same fucking episodes though!!! I'm cursed!
Filling in the Kill of the Hill Slot by _Maltheus_	Feb 18th, 2009 09:43:43 AM
It makes sense, they need something to complete the animation block. Why risk something new?
Billy jumps the gun by Geekgasm	Feb 18th, 2009 09:45:18 AM
He always talks about stuff too early, before things are nailed down, months in advance of anything actually happening. He did the same thing with the DVD movies and the Comedy Central thing. Which is not to say the show won't be back on Fox, but the fact that its coming out of Billy West's mouth is not sure indication that its actually going to happen.
Yes, yes, yes! Oh God yes! by cupp555	Feb 18th, 2009 09:45:39 AM
Any way we can get more Futurama is a good thing. I'm all for it, even though FOX is run by a bunch of idiots.
oh and FUCK LOST by Geekgasm	Feb 18th, 2009 09:46:07 AM
FUCK it lubelessly, up the ass, and in the backseat of a Volkswagon.
Fuck Lost? Fuck You! by Crow3711	Feb 18th, 2009 09:47:01 AM
Where's our talkback!? I said, we will hi-jack it all. It's clear you aren't getting advanced screenings anymore, so you might as well just post the ABC blurb and a TB and get it over with first thing. Avoid all this nonsense. LOST TALK BACK!!
Seeing the same reruns by Geekgasm	Feb 18th, 2009 09:47:50 AM
I used to say the same thing about Jon Lovitz's "The Critic" when Comedy Central aired it endlessly - and then I realized they only did like 30 episodes in the entire series, so that's why I kept seeing the same episodes over and over again. That's all they had.
Yes, FUCK LOST by Geekgasm	Feb 18th, 2009 09:48:36 AM
It blows and not in a sensual, cum-inducing way.
You little piss-head Lost haters make me laugh by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 09:51:12 AM
If Ben were here, he'd laugh too!
yeah Geekgasm, re: reruns by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 09:52:11 AM
I just looked at the episode list of Futurama on wikipedia... there's just not enough eps and I have seen most of them...
After watching LOST all these years... my balls are drained by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 09:53:51 AM
I'm out of cum.
Sorry to say... by Frank Black	Feb 18th, 2009 09:53:57 AM
The Futurama movies aren't as good as the episodes. The show works as a show but as a movie is too long (even my wife who is a die-hard fan agrees...) Bring the show back... Fox screws up everything but at least when they brought back Family Guy it stayed on the air this time.
Geekgasm by HoboCode	Feb 18th, 2009 09:54:17 AM
Don't make us relive your conception.
Stop the hate, Chuck is great! by fishpillow	Feb 18th, 2009 09:54:46 AM
Fuck Lost I'm still waiting on a Chuck talkback.
Where's the AMERICAN IDOL talkback!? by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 09:55:53 AM
No love for the RATINGS GIANT? The best damn show on television?
If FOX can bring back FAMILY GUY, they can bring back FUTURAMA by SpyGuy	Feb 18th, 2009 09:56:06 AM
The half-hour televised format seems to suit FUTURAMA better than the Direct-To-DVD format. Oh, and LOST bitches (of which I consider myself one) need to calm the fuck down and wait for their own Talkback which everyone knows will be here eventually. Show a little decency and restraint, people.
and it delivered 2... TWO... TO... TOO... TEW awesome hours by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 09:58:01 AM
Last night! Holy shit! I pounded my drained balls into mush just so I could ejaculate SOMETHING to the awesomeness of AI... FUCK!
Fuck that, SpyGuy! WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME by turketron	Feb 18th, 2009 10:00:13 AM
Ben is using Jack Bauer one-liners to express the desperate situation we're in! We have to go back bro! But seriously, I don't really go near the Lost talkbacks until after the show airs anyway. Fuck a spoiler...
I by p5mmr9	Feb 18th, 2009 10:04:11 AM
FYI
Yes please by toshiro-solo	Feb 18th, 2009 10:05:29 AM
Yes please
Yeah Bring it back!!! by Sephiroid	Feb 18th, 2009 10:12:53 AM
And FOX... DO A MARRIED WITH CHILDREN MOVIE FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!! AL BUNDY RULES!
fishpillow by HoboCode	Feb 18th, 2009 10:15:36 AM
I enjoy Chuck despite myself, but a TB? What is there to discuss? Every episode pretty much follows the same formula and tells the same story.
I thought the new episodes were airing on Comedy Central... by DanielKurland	Feb 18th, 2009 10:24:23 AM
Or maybe it was Adult Swim. Why would they decide to switch from this deal and go back on FOX, who consistently mistreated them? I really don't understand why countless people who have been spurned by FOX keep going back. It won't teach them anything...
Bring back Beverley Hills 90210! by Kubla_Khan	Feb 18th, 2009 10:28:39 AM
No, wait...wait...I wasn't serious...shit!
DanielKurland by Gearfree	Feb 18th, 2009 10:32:42 AM
Ratings mainly, that and lead-ins. Fox, simply saying, is a bigger network then the cartoon network and has a larger reach.
The DVDs have received mixed reactions. by V'Shael	Feb 18th, 2009 10:38:49 AM
The only positive opinions I'm aware of, I've seen on this site in fact. By die-hard-Any-Futurama-Is-Bette r-Than-None type fans. Personally, I thought they were awful. I'd rather the show got smarter again, and I doubt Fox is a network that encourages or rewards intelligent programming.
Lost is great. Futurama is better. by therobcat	Feb 18th, 2009 10:39:55 AM
Let's focus on the positive. Futurama is one of the best written and most consistently funny television series of all time. It was like a hate crime to bring back Family Guy and only trust Futurama to direct-to-dvd status. The dvds have been ok, but a show like this needs room to run, so series form is where it will be at it's best.
The problem with the Futurama DVDs by rsanta74	Feb 18th, 2009 10:43:06 AM
isn't that they're bad. It's that they're trying to tell a much bigger story, but probably shouldn't be. In spite of their eccentricities, Futurama and the Simpsons are very much old school sitcoms. If it's not Homer's latest mishap and resulting scheme then it's Mom's conquest plan of the moment. Futurama and the Simpsons are shows that rely heavily on compressed storytelling and situational humor. In many ways, they're no different than Three's Company. Expanding the story to 90 minutes and decompressing the humor is counter-genre. By the same token, a show like the X-Files, which relied on slow and simmering conspiracy plots fails on the big screen because it now has to compress everything to fit within 2 hours. Compressing the 17 hours of a full season into 120 minutes ruins the anticipation and eliminates slow burn. Futurama actually stands a much better chance on Fox if they go back to self-contained episodes instead of big arcs that last 4. Unfortunately, like the comic industry and the trade format, Fox is probably going to realize that these decompressed arcs allow them to sell more DVDs at retail. If they do that, the show will probably be canceled again. All of the humor will be there, but it'll be spread out instead of being rapid fire.
wild green yonder was really good by hauntedhoneymoon	Feb 18th, 2009 10:46:54 AM
can't wait!
huge futurama fan but get with the lost by Eats_sandwich_gets_laid.	Feb 18th, 2009 10:50:28 AM

Amen, Merrick by dastickboy	Feb 18th, 2009 10:50:43 AM
Totally agree, the feature-length DVD's lost something of the show's charm. Maybe they should have brought on some writers with more big screen experience.
The TV Movies are laboured by rivvorz	Feb 18th, 2009 11:03:35 AM
I find it really difficult to sit through them. Futurama just doesn't suit that format; the 25 minute TV slots were on the money.
Sure hope this is true by harrys_site_sucks	Feb 18th, 2009 11:08:20 AM
because "into the wild green yonder" is quite lame and dull. It would be a shame if that's how the series ended.
As long as it's a series by supertoyslast	Feb 18th, 2009 11:37:52 AM
I still think that Futurama has life left in it - as long as it's in the form of an episodic series. Feature-length stories (even if they're split into episodes) don't suit the razor-sharp nature of Futurama's humour at its best. Too much padding dilutes the quickfire jokes.
geekgasm by raw_bean	Feb 18th, 2009 12:05:18 PM
I had to laugh that the only examples you gave of Billy West speaking about things too early were the DVDs and Comedy Central episodes made out of them, given that those actually happened. :D
Merrick, this is GOOD NEWS all around by YackBacker	Feb 18th, 2009 12:13:45 PM
Even if FOX messed with the shaw back in the day, we're getting new content and in this age of hulu.com and home videos whichever way the network treats it is irrelevant. Join in the celebration of MORE FUTURAMA!!!!!
LOST... by Titus05	Feb 18th, 2009 12:34:21 PM
hope they bring back Scooby Doo while they're at it
I hope they at least look at the illegal downloads by Knugen	Feb 18th, 2009 12:38:50 PM
if only for market research. I know no one who bought the movies but everyone have seen them. They were of varying quality to say the least but recut to a series they could work a lot better and please bring on more episodes.
Same episodes on CC all the time by haggardatbest	Feb 18th, 2009 12:57:36 PM
I swear, how many times am I going to turn on the anchovies episode? Or the Beck one?
Futurama will return... by Dan the Geek	Feb 18th, 2009 12:58:29 PM
...if FOX has any business sense left. Like someone said earlier, it's a sure thing versus that new school show that Will Arnett, Cheri Oteri, and company are doing. I mean, I like Will Arnett but that show looks atrocious. Futurama has a built-in fanbase, and I seem to be in the minority of people who thought the first two movies were up to par with the series, while Bender's Game sort of fell flat more than not. Let Ken Keeler take most of the writing reigns, keep the "blue" humor of the DVDs (insofar as a primetime Network slot will allow), and you've got the makings of a first rate 5th production season (technically 6th if you count the movies) for the funniest show FOX has had since cancelling Andy Richter Controls The Universe. ::drops two pennies::
Losteroo by haggardatbest	Feb 18th, 2009 01:00:22 PM
Billy West is a god among men. The only thing Howard Stern is truly missing on Sirius is for Billy to return.
Love the shirt! by pax256	Feb 18th, 2009 01:11:34 PM
Billy is sheer talent and gods what range. Many more happy years in animation we hope!
I need more Futurama by rhcp2sweet	Feb 18th, 2009 01:20:14 PM
in episode form please. The movies were disappointing b/c since they were in movie form the plots had to be extended to the point that it was distracting. Nearly all four movies could've been either 1 episode or a 2 parter; not 90 minutes.
JUST GET IT BACK ON THE AIR!! by Toulon	Feb 18th, 2009 01:30:01 PM
I'm definitely in the bank of fans who want Futurama any way we can get it... I'd actually PREFER it be on AdultSwim, but I'll absolutely take it on Fox if that's where I have to go for it... and if it bumps King of the Hill out of the Sunday lineup? ALL THE BETTER!! Now I don't have to figure out what to watch for a half hour after The Simpsons. As for the DVDs, yeah, they were a bit overblown, but there are moments of the show's typical pure gold in there, and just one or two. Hell, you can jump ahead and watch the last half of "Bender's Game" (once they're into fantasy) and it is GREAT. It's rare we get a full team of people (writers, actors, artists, etc) who CARE about a show like the people do who make Futurama . . . FOR GOD'S SAKE, LET THEM WORK!!
Where's the Love for Herman's Head? by Aquatarkusman	Feb 18th, 2009 01:51:30 PM
HUH?!?
Ron Moore should get Billy West for Caprica by InActionMan	Feb 18th, 2009 01:53:33 PM
He could have a Lucifer robot as an homage to the original BSG. Billy West could do the voice. He does a killer Jonathan Harris/Dr. Smith from "Lost in Space".
I thought Robot Devil... by Aquatarkusman	Feb 18th, 2009 01:57:39 PM
... was Dan Castellaneta in the show (checking). Yes, and thereafter it was Maurice LaMarche. I think it's a variation of the Frank Nelson character in the old Jack Benny show... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =JA_r1Ynl4Ls
This is great news by daggor	Feb 18th, 2009 03:33:17 PM
There are so many great movies Futurama can base their episodes on. I mean, mindlessly duplicate. I mean, uhh... parody.
Once you get used to the ninety minute format... by rbatty024	Feb 18th, 2009 03:40:22 PM
the movies are great. Sure, BwaBB was disappointing but Bender's Big Score is on par with some of the greats. I can't wait for the final movie.
Tell me what time and hand be a Nielsen box by Damitol	Feb 18th, 2009 03:43:48 PM
Billy is batting 1000 so far so I take this as "very close to a done deal". Yeah - he reveals things that no one else will verify for several months, but it eventually happens. I've enjoyed the DVDs, but I truly loved the series and it's still the only show that can consistently make me laugh out loud even after multiple viewings. Futurama is best served in 22 minute chunks, so I’m crossing everything I can that this will become “official” soon.
Kif, I have the Captain by Nasty In The Pasty	Feb 18th, 2009 04:23:41 PM

[take two] Kif, I have the Captain by Nasty In The Pasty	Feb 18th, 2009 04:23:58 PM

's itch by Nasty In The Pasty	Feb 18th, 2009 04:24:26 PM
I'll get the powder, sir.
I thought Comedy Central.... by Mr Spork	Feb 18th, 2009 04:41:30 PM
...was going to air new episodes when it picked up Futurama from Cartoon Network. I could've sworn I read that. But only the DVD movies were made.
Mr Spork by Bouncy X	Feb 18th, 2009 05:19:24 PM
comedy central are just gonna aire the 4 movies edited down into 16 episodes. apparently there will be new footage to make them work more as individuals or something.
Yes, we all love LOST by SecretNerd	Feb 18th, 2009 06:09:25 PM
But this is a FUTURAMA TB. Futurama is great, the movies were ok but at least we have something. And like everyone has said, if the can bring family guy back (which i think has nothing on futurama, but i still watch it) then they can bring futurama back!
What people misunderstood... by SecretNerd	Feb 18th, 2009 06:21:09 PM
is that the movies were meant to be the new episodes. That's repeated many times here in the TB's but people still dont get it.
raw_bean by Geekgasm	Feb 18th, 2009 07:37:43 PM
If you had been reading his posts at the time, confirming, then backpedaling, then saying nothing was set in stone, then unconfirming, then re-confirming, you'd know what I was talking about. It was a mess that led to much confusion and consternation for a long period of time. But, whatever. Fuck Lost.
The best one was... by GeorgieBoy	Feb 18th, 2009 09:09:45 PM
Bender's Big Score. It really felt like a coherent movie with a PLOT. After that, I liked Bender's Game, then Billion Backs and finally Wild Green Yonder (only seen it once though.) Let's just HOPE and PRAY that we get another season of 22 minute episodes!
please please please renew it by sharpie	Feb 18th, 2009 09:27:38 PM
so billy west can afford to buy a new shirt. for the love of god, man
Brannigan's law is like Brannigan's love by Nasty In The Pasty	Feb 18th, 2009 09:59:37 PM
Hard and fast!
FOX needs to burn in hell.. by grklevendis	Feb 18th, 2009 10:13:08 PM
..that said bring back Futurama!!!! FREEDOM!
The Neutral Planet by Stunt Vocalist 709	Feb 18th, 2009 11:58:29 PM
Is now on Beige Alert.
Nasty by Stunt Vocalist 709	Feb 19th, 2009 12:02:35 AM
And moist. Don't forget moist. And sometimes sticky. A restraining order is usually in effect. And one last thing about Brannigan's Law that's exactly the same as Brannigan's Love: no phone call the next day.
FOX! You know it makes sense.... by Kefrif	Feb 19th, 2009 09:26:54 AM
I don't care who does Futurama, as long as it keeps getting made!! Fox need to think of Futurama like Zoidberg thinks of his shell. Spend ages looking for something new, then find that the old one in the dumpster still fits perfectly. Whoop Whup whup...
I think the real question is... by Alkeoholic77	Feb 19th, 2009 10:10:07 AM
When is Billy West going to go back on the Howard Stern Show!!!???
INTO THE WILD GREEN YONDER by JKrow21	Feb 19th, 2009 11:19:15 AM
...was really good. It was probably the best out of the DVD movies. It ends the show with a pretty satisfying conclusion too.
Hmmmm Futurama coming back to Fox... by emeraldboy	Feb 19th, 2009 01:34:11 PM
Fox hated Futurama. Kicked it around the schedules in the United states. before each new season, fox wouldnt say if it was coming back or not. it ended up selling it Comedy Central. Groening must be really uneasy about returning to fox. after all they hated futurama from day one.
Where's the Desperate Housewives talkback! by cookylamoo	Feb 19th, 2009 02:41:03 PM
You homophobe bitches.
Love by fivezero	Feb 19th, 2009 02:51:08 PM
that guy. and love futurama. love it.
Haroooooooooooooooooooooo... by Lenny Nero	Feb 19th, 2009 04:29:47 PM
Nixon's baaaaaack!
Other Theory About Futurama coming back... by LeftFoot	Feb 19th, 2009 05:10:39 PM
Maybe this is something of a case of Fox eventually, slowly noticing what works. Simpsons is in it's 20th year just went HD. Fox is thinking, for a cartoon movie it made a lot of money. They brought Family Guy back it succeeded. Then came American Dad. The Cleveland show is apparently in the works. Fox has to be looking at the idea of bringing back Futurama and seeing good things.... Or they're just greedy fucks incapable of original ideas. If the suits are going to recycle more stuff better this than another a Dukes of Hazard Movie.
Sweet Zombie Jesus by Jodet	Feb 19th, 2009 07:39:27 PM
I want me some Futurama.
This would be good by Toonol	Feb 19th, 2009 07:52:36 PM
The movies are ok, but seem very forced; the whole 'edit four episodes together' paradigm they've been working under doesn't work that well. Make straight half-hour episodes will probably result in a better product.
What was up with the Professor clone? by Heckles	Feb 19th, 2009 07:55:05 PM
And Heremes' kid? They weren't in the DVD movies. Not that I care, they sucked.
thats not a hobbit by quintana007	Feb 19th, 2009 11:27:55 PM
I's a hobo and a rabbit. But they're making a hobbit. God i love this show. But i would give FOX the shaft this time
The beauty of Futurama by Hamtaro Hentai	Feb 20th, 2009 01:30:56 PM
Is that they had unbelievably funny, goofy things, mixed in with stories of almost Shakespearian tragedy (Jurassic Bark. Tell me you didn't cry a little at the end) and it just worked. And it still does. Whatever form Futurama takes, I will still watch, and buy it. But yeah, another vote for 22 minute episodes. And Zoidberg rocks.
ALL HAIL THE HYPNO-TOAD! by Hamtaro Hentai	Feb 20th, 2009 01:32:33 PM

Whoops I know I screwed up the line. by Hamtaro Hentai	Feb 20th, 2009 01:43:08 PM
Damn you Harry Knowles and your lack of a talkback edit feature! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO TOAD!

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