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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TCFHE
EAN: 0024543069447
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 82
Label: Fox Film Corporation
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Fox Film Corporation
MPN: FOXD2006944D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Fox Film Corporation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Running Time: 299 minutes
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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Very few shows have made me laugh like Futurama has. I like The Simpsons, to a point, but this is different. It's an all-out spoof of science fiction, without trying to be serious, or provide a message. I think I saw that they're going to bring it back for 2010, probably on Comedy Central. I hope they do!
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With this vol. #1 I completed my collection of the complete series. Futurama is the best.
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This series gave a fantastic shot in the arm for fans of the Simpsons series but sadly was canceled before its time, but with the release of these fantastic season sets as well as with the new movies coming out this series has found a new following of fans. The characters were out of this world with their zanny attitudes and sarcastic humor that made you love them now as when the show first aired. I also found the CGI effects they used for some of the scenes great as well bringing the sci-fi futuristic atmosphere to our homes. Sadly for the season sets you'll only get four of this great series, but don't despair since they are saying that not only are they releasing these Futurama sets and the Futurama movies but the series might get new life on t.v. because of the high dvd sales of this great show. So for fans of the Simpsons looking for something new try out this series from the Main Man and be surprised at how entertaining this series truly is...
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This set of cartoons are mostly sarcastic, sometimes base and vulgar, revealing, for what cartoons can reveal, and yet even funny, that is if one can get past the afronting style of the writers. I would not recommend this for children.
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I remember when Futurama first came on TV. I was about 10 years old, and I didn't really think it looked good. Seemed unappealing compared to The Simpsons, don't quite know why, but I hardly bothered to try watching it at all. I dismissed it as "bland-looking Simpsons spin-off" without even watching it and went on my merry way.
Fast forward to about 6 years farther down my merry way, I rediscovered Futurama on Cartoon Network's [adult swim] programming block. I figured I'd give it a try, seeing it on again so much later. It was then I realized that Futurama's an absolutely classic show. Futurama is one of those shows that don't quite attract mainstream appeal like The Simpsons does, but rather find a strong niche audience instead from people who appreciate the beauty in being different.
Futurama is a nail that got hammered because it stuck out. It was different, and FOX didn't like that. Thankfully for us all, [adult swim]'s revitalization of the series was a true rebirth for Futurama, giving it unprecedented fandom; like the legendary phoenix, Futurama shined brightest only until after it was silenced. Futurama is a show that that grows on you if you only give it a chance, much like King of the Hill, which coincidentally is also a cancelled FOX show and is now on [adult swim]'s timeslot that used to belong to Futurama.
Perhaps like a case of beneficial worms that improves your quality of life that you picked up from eating a moldy gas station sandwich, Futurama indeed grows on you, and by the time it's done growing, you'll notice its pillar now towers over those of most, if not all, other shows. Among all entertainment tributes, Futurama is a brilliant flower, and all it needed was a little extra sunlight to bloom into its brilliance.
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