Tag: Futurama

  • Why Futurama Never Feels Pressure To Compete With The Simpsons

    Why Futurama Never Feels Pressure To Compete With The Simpsons

    “Futurama” is a fantastic series, but it’s destined to rank second place in creator Matt Groening’s legacy. How could it not when the man has “The Simpsons” on his resume?”The Simpsons” is a genuine American cultural institution — everyone knows who the titular family is — and while plenty complain “The Simpsons” has declined over…

  • Early Drafts Of Futurama Had A Very Different Purpose For Bender

    Early Drafts Of Futurama Had A Very Different Purpose For Bender

    In the seventh episode of “Futurama,” called “My Three Suns”, Hermes Conrad (Phil Lamarr) finally notices that Bender (John Dimaggio) the alcoholic robot, doesn’t really seem to fulfill any specific function at Planet Express. Rather than face a cut in his salary, Bender proposes to be the company chef. This is an issue for two…

  • Futurama’s Three Greatest Guest Stars, According To The Series’ Co-Creator

    Futurama’s Three Greatest Guest Stars, According To The Series’ Co-Creator

    Because “Futurama” is set 1,000 years in the future, show creators David X. Cohen and Matt Groening had to invent a sci-fi conceit that would provide an organic reason to include celebrity cameos. Thanks to a special fluid, human heads can be kept alive in jars more or less indefinitely. In the very first episode,…

  • Futurama Season 11 ‘Space Italy’ Continues The Show’s Greatest And Laziest Joke

    Futurama Season 11 ‘Space Italy’ Continues The Show’s Greatest And Laziest Joke

    The latest episode of “Futurama,” the season 11 finale entitled “All The Way Down,” covers a lot of territory. Professor Farnsworth (Billy West) devises a new machine called the Simputron, which is able to render a full-scale simulation of the known world. Only, because he hasn’t tapped a reliable power source for the process, the…

  • Futurama Season 11 Asks The Toughest Question In Science

    Futurama Season 11 Asks The Toughest Question In Science

    Spoilers for “Futurama” season 11, episode 10 follow.When it comes to any sort of episodic or anthology-based science fiction series, there will almost always come a point where the characters start to wonder: Is their world even real? Although “The Matrix” is still probably the most famous story about a guy realizing he lives in a…

  • Futurama’s Pilot Put Dick Clark In A Confusing Situation

    Futurama’s Pilot Put Dick Clark In A Confusing Situation

    The first episode of David X. Cohen’s and Matt Groening’s animated sci-fi sitcom “Futurama,” called “Space Pilot 3000,” saw the directionless twentysomething Fry (Billy West) wandering into a cryogenics lab, delivering a pizza just minutes before midnight. No one is there. He checks the order slip and sees that the pizza was ordered by “I.C.…

  • Futurama Season 11 Lands The Punchline On A Decade-Old Joke About The King Of Space

    Futurama Season 11 Lands The Punchline On A Decade-Old Joke About The King Of Space

    Spoilers for “Futurama” season 11 episode 9 follow.Back in season 8 of “Futurama“, Leela leaves the Planet Express crew to get a fresh start in life. She’s back by the end of the episode, of course, but she at least gets to enjoy a nice career as a deep-space real estate agent. In fact, she’s so…

  • Futurama Season 11 Parodies The Ring And Five Nights At Freddy’s

    Futurama Season 11 Parodies The Ring And Five Nights At Freddy’s

    The latest episode of “Futurama,” titled “The Prince and the Product,” is the show’s seventh anthology episode, and it’s the weirdest one to date.The “Futurama” anthology episodes began back in the series’ second season with “Anthology of Interest I”, and featured stories that were too outlandish, even for the already-bizarre show. The conceit behind the…

  • A Futurama Movie Could Be In The Cards At Hulu

    A Futurama Movie Could Be In The Cards At Hulu

    The constant cancelations and resurrections of “Futurama” have taught its makers to be nimble. The initial run of “Futurama” lasted four seasons from March 1999 until August 2003. At the time, it seemed like that was the end of things, but it would prove to be a mere five-year hiatus. “Futurama” returned in 2008 in the…

  • How Firefly And Futurama Changed The Fate Of Star Trek: Enterprise

    How Firefly And Futurama Changed The Fate Of Star Trek: Enterprise

    “Star Trek” was the undisputed king of sci-fi television in the 1990s, but it lost that crown in the 2000s; prequel series “Star Trek: Enterprise” ended the franchise’s reign with an abbreviated four season run (2001 to 2005). Different shows won the hearts of online fandom, including two contemporaries of “Enterprise” — “Futurama” and “Firefly.”The…