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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543069447
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Fox Film Corporation
Manufacturer: Fox Film Corporation
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Fox Film Corporation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Running Time: 299 minutes
Sales Rank: 4036
Studio: Fox Film Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1999
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Set in the year 3000, Futurama is the acme of sci-fi animated sitcom from Simpsons creator Matt Groening. While not as universally popular as The Simpsons, Futurama is equally hip and hilarious, thanks to its zippy lateral-thinking contemporary pop cultural references, celebrity appearances (Pamela Anderson and Leonard Nimoy are among a number of guest stars to appear as disembodied heads in jars), and Bender, a distinctly Homer Simpson-esque robot. Part of Futurama's charm is that with decades of sci-fi junk behind us, we've effectively been living with the distant future for years and can now have fun with it. Hence, the series stylishly jumbles motifs ranging from Lost in Space-style kitsch to the grim dystopia of Blade Runner. It also bridges the gap between the impossible dreams of your average science fiction fan and the slobbish reality of their comic reading, TV-watching existence. Groening himself distinguishes his two series thus: 'The Simpsons is fictional. Futurama is real.'
The opening season (premiered in 1999) sees nerdy pizza delivery boy Fry transferred to the 31st century in a cryogenic mishap. There, he meets the beautiful, one-eyed Leela (voiced by Married with Children's Katey Sagal) and the incorrigible alcoholic robot Bender. The three of them join Fry's great (great, great, etc.) nephew Professor Farnsworth and work in his intergalactic delivery service. Hyper-real yet strangely recognizable situations ensue--Fry discovers he's a billionaire thanks to 1,000 years' accrued interest, Leela must fend off the attentions of Captain Kirk-like Lothario Zapp Brannigan, and Fry accidentally drinks the ruler of a strange planet of liquid beings. --David Stubbs
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Rating:  - Futurama does not disappoint
The DVDs are of pretty good quality and have a reasonable amount of the standard extras, the best of which is the commentary which always feel like the folks behind the show just hanging out. It's much more interesting than most commentaries. In terms of the show's content, you can see that it was early days for the show back then and it got better over time, but it even then some of its best episodes came out of this season.
Rating:  - Best show ever!
So this is the best show ever made. What else is there to say? Buy it and love it!
Rating: - Futurama 1
This is a super funny adult cartoon spoof on the Future from the creators of the Simpsons. Do you have a sense of humor? Then get this awsome box set!
Rating: - it's futurama!
Season 1. there's not really a question. If you're an old school simpsons fan (seasons 3-8 are pure gold) then you have no reason for not enjoying futurama, which was created and written by many of the same people from that era.
Rating: - Futur-larious!
Futurama is awesome! I love the way the writers think in terms of plot. The episodes are good on humor and twisting things and the series itself is actually an EXCELLENT commentary on history and the American society. The only thing I don't like about this series is that after awhile, the constant approach to humor that goes, "I'm saying one thing, then arbitrarily doing the exact opposite just for the hell of it!" gets a little old. There are plenty of times where it's quite effective, don't get me wrong, but when it's the main source of humor I get the feeling that they're dealing with writer's block. But, that's a minor point. If you like the Simpsons, if you don't like the Simpsons, who cares--this series is NOTHING like the Simpsons (even though the creator is the same as the one of the Simpsons).
So what are you waiting for? Get out there and buy this!
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