", "Video: Katey Sagal talks about 'Sons of Anarchy,', 'Futurama,' Bob Dylan", "This is happening. Sagal also mentioned during the same interview that Groening told her at Comic-Con that "we'll find a place" and "don't worry, it's not going to end". As the show begins, blue lights fill the screen and the Planet Express Ship flies across the screen with the title of the show being spelled out in its wake. In addition to the main cast, Frank Welker voiced Nibbler and Kath Soucie voiced Cubert and several supporting and minor characters. The Futurama Madhouse Russian Infosphere All My Futurama - Something About Leela This page was last edited on 10 November 2014, at 17:32. The first 13 episodes (known as Season 6-A) aired during 2010, and the remaining 13 episodes (known as Season 6-B) aired during 2011. Earth still suffers the effects of greenhouse gases, although in one episode Leela states that its effects have been counteracted by nuclear winter. [14][16] Fox strongly disliked the episode, but after negotiations, Groening received the same independence with Futurama. [31] DiMaggio described Bender's voice as a combination of a sloppy drunk, Slim Pickens and a character his college friend created named "Charlie the sausage-lover".[29]. The title caption says: "The flames on your television are not part of the show. Tales of Interest: The Simpsons and Futurama in high-definition, "Futurama's third direct-to-disc movie "Bender's Game" on Blu-ray", "Into the Wild Green Yonder at Blu-ray.com", "Sierra to bring Futurama game to the US", "The 'Futurama' crew returns today in a new mobile game", Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special, The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation. [17], The name Futurama comes from a pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Planet Express ship flies through the logo into New New York. And I said, 'Oh, well, that's the only way I do business. The ship flies through the 'R' of the title into New New York, and the camera shows different parts of the city, with a lot of hovercars, buildings, people in the Tube Transport System, and advertisements, until it comes to a large screen on top of a building, which shows a real-life cartoon that also differs in each episode. These are most often to Star Trek — many soundbites are used in homage[35] — but also include the reference to the origin of the word robot made in the name of the robot-dominated planet Chapek 9,[61] and the black rectangular monolith labeled "Out of Order" in orbit around Jupiter (a reference to Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series). [70] Even by the fourth season Futurama was still being aired erratically. ", "UPDATED Thursday Cable Ratings: Futurama Returns Strong; Plus Burn Notice, Royal Pains, NBA Draft & More", "27th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1999)", "29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2001)", "30th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2002)", "31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003)", "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Nebula Awards", "35th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients", "36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients", "37th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients", "Annie Awards: 'Frozen' Wins Big Including Best Feature; Miyazaki Gets Best Writing; Spielberg Honored; 'Futurama' & 'Sofia' Top TV; 'Get A Horse!' [21][22] The long production time results in several episodes being worked on simultaneously.[23]. Futurama: Bender's Big Score was the first DVD release for which 20th Century Fox implemented measures intended to reduce the total carbon footprint of the production, manufacturing, and distribution processes. [27] In an interview in June 2010, Sagal remarked that she did not know that another person was to originally voice Leela until many years after the show first began. Syndicated broadcast of the series in the US began in Fall 2011. In the episode, Fry leaves his job as a delivery boy at Planet Express and applies for a new job as a police officer. 5. There, the camera goes past Transport Tubes, billboards and other parts of the city showing Hover Cars and buildings. [142] Sierra Entertainment later became the game's publisher, and it was released on August 14, 2003. ", "The Problem with Popplers", as "Future-roma" in "The Duh-Vinci Code" and as "Futurella" in "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences". Rough Draft's sister studio in South Korea would render the 30,000-frame finished episode. Various devices and architecture are similar to the Populuxe style. I have given NSTAT toons the highest ratings possible in the past, but this new obsession with CF completely ruins it. IsItBullshit: One time the intro of Futurama said "All time travel to the year 2020 is strictly prohibited" Bullshit. [115] This was the series' premiere on the network, with original episodes—the fifth season had previously aired on the network, but it had originally been released in the form of the four direct-to-video films. For example: "Made In The USA! [106], Futurama's 7:00 p.m. Sunday timeslot caused the show to often be pre-empted by sports and usually have a later than average season premiere. Futurama was brought back in 2010 for an additional four seasons on Comedy Central. Manchester based, PFI Group are delighted to announce the acquisition of Futurama Group, Leeds, England. In Into the Wild Green Yonder, a completely different opening sequence involves a trip through a futuristic version of Las Vegas located on Mars. "That Darn Katz! The run on Adult Swim revived interest in both series, and when Family Guy found success in direct-to-DVD productions, Futurama's producers decided to try the same. ", The opening sequence for Into the Wild Green Yonder is largely different from the others. These have included clips from Quasi at the Quackadero, Looney Tunes shorts, cartoons produced by Max Fleischer, a short of The Simpsons from a Tracey Ullman episode,[45] the show's own opening sequence in "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" or a scene from the episode. Season 6 has an approval rating of 100%, based on 16 reviews, and the average rating is 8.31/10. The series follows the adventures of slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and is revived in the 31st century. The series follows the adventures of slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and is revived in the 31st century. [22], When Futurama debuted in the Fox Sunday night lineup at 8:30 p.m. between The Simpsons and The X-Files on March 28, 1999, it managed 19 million viewers, tying for 11th overall in that week's Nielsen ratings. CGI characters looked slightly different due to spatially "cheating" hand-drawn characters by drawing slightly out of proportion or off-perspective features to emphasize traits of the face or body, improving legibility of an expression. And they said, 'Well, we don't do business that way anymore.' [27] Doctor Zoidberg's voice was based on Lou Jacobi and George Jessel. [52] The codes often provide additional jokes for fans dedicated enough to decode the messages. [3][4] The show was renewed for a final, seventh season, with the first half airing in 2012 and the second in 2013. 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In another episode, the effects of global warming have been somewhat mitigated by the dropping of a giant ice cube into the ocean, and later by pushing Earth farther away from the sun, which also extended the year by one week. [91] Futurama has since doubled its viewership in syndication.[92]. Some episodes (especially in Season 1, Season 2, and Season 6) have short chapters called the cold opening before the opening sequence. It would then produce a pencil-drawn animatic with 1,000 frames. In October 2005, Comedy Central picked up the cable syndication rights to air Futurama's 72-episode run at the start of 2008, following the expiration of Cartoon Network's contract. [27][28] Hartman insisted on auditioning for the role, and "just nailed it" according to Groening. "Neutopia" is the twentieth episode of the sixth season of the animated sitcom Futurama. Episodes usually feature the central trio of Fry, Leela, and Bender, though occasional storylines center on the other main characters. [42], Futurama's setting is a backdrop, and the writers are not above committing continuity errors if they serve to further the gags. For fans of Matt Groening's animated sci-fi farce Futurama, it may seem like a millennia has come and gone since we last saw the Planet Express crew in action.It's hard to believe that a … [35], The series developed a cult following partially due to the large number of in-jokes it contains, most of which are aimed at "nerds". [27] Due to a casting change, West was called back to audition again and was given the role. 1. The Futurama theme was created by Christopher Tyng. For now. 'Rick and Morty's "The Vat of Acid Episode" Has a Special 'Futurama' Connection By Kayla Cobb • Nov 5, 2020 Morty's video game reset button should look familiar to Emmy voters. It took four to five weeks to fully animate the sequence, and it consists of over 80 levels of 3D animation composited together. No pictures of things that remind you of Roberto. 6. [143] Versions are available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, both of which use cel-shading technology. The planning for each episode began with a table meeting of writers, who discussed the plot ideas as a group. The role of Leela was originally assigned to Nicole Sullivan. [80][81][82] The returning writing crew was smaller than the original crew. Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow was released for Android and iOS in 2017. On September 15, 2000, Unique Development Studios acquired the license to develop a Futurama video game for consoles and handheld systems. For the episodes made from these films, the first of each four features the film's opening, while parts 2, 3 and 4 have the classic introductions' title caption and billboard crash with a recap in between. [137] It was animated in widescreen and was released on standard DVD on November 27, 2007, with a possible Blu-ray Disc release to follow. PowerAnimator was used to draw the comic-like CGI.[33]. opening sequence starts with the Planet Express ship flying, as it passes the letters of Futurama appearing in the middle of the screen and a caption Posted by 4 months ago. Due to the uncertain future of the series, there have been four designated series finales. Aside from these alphabets, most of the displayed wording on the show uses the Latin alphabet. [8], Futurama received critical acclaim throughout its run and was nominated for 17 Annie Awards, winning seven, and 12 Emmy Awards, winning six. Content is available under Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported . With Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille. Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999. [133] While originally published only in the US, a UK, German and Australian version of the series is also available. The opening sequence has been lampooned several times within the show, in episodes including "That's Lobstertainment! Fox Interactive signed on to publish the game. The opening sequence starts with the Planet Express ship flying, as it passes the letters of Futurama appearing in the middle of the screen and a caption that differs in each episode. '"[15] The episode "I, Roommate" was produced to address Fox's concerns, with the script written to their specifications. Season 5 holds a rating of 100%, based on seven reviews, and an average score of 8.67/10. Immediately after, however, Fox feared the themes of the show were not suitable for the network and Groening and Fox executives argued over whether the network would have any creative input into the show. For the final episode of season 6, Futurama was completely reanimated in three different styles: the first segment of the episode features black-and-white Fleischer- and Walter Lantz-style animation, the second was drawn in the style of a low-resolution video game, and the final segment was in the style of Japanese anime.[34]. The opening sequence was re-rendered and scaled to adapt to the show's transition to 16:9 widescreen format. 7. Like the TV series, each comic (except US comic #20) has a caption at the top of the cover. I can't guarantee it will be 26. Several of the preserved heads shown are those of people who were already dead well before the advent of this technology; one of the most prominent examples of this anomaly is Earth president Richard Nixon, who died in 1994 and appears in numerous episodes. Order is arriving next couple hours and also have the QM model ship coming. When Fry opens the box, the cat jumps out and attacks him. On Ice! [35] Groening notes that, from the show's conception, his goal was to make what was, on the surface, a goofy comedy that would have underlying "legitimate literary science fiction concepts". Several major holidays have robots associated with them, including the murderous Robot Santa and Kwanzaa-bot. In 2008 Comedy Central began airing episodes. [50] Despite this, beatbox renditions of the theme performed by Billy West and John DiMaggio are used for the episodes "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" and "Spanish Fry". Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television, https://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Opening_sequence&oldid=157114, None of the characters seen in the tube system appear in the pilot episode, except for, The guy that comes before Amy used to have a hook for a hand until, during the opening of. You changed the outcome by measuring it", a reference to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.