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Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by mhaymo »

aquadrop wrote: post #13

I hope some company will pick up the whole producing team and will continue series. Even though someone can say quality of "after movies" episodes wasn't as high as "before movies" but it's still the best western world animation there is (considering South Park decline). Also, Futurama's main theme has been my only cellphone ringtone for many years :)

> the best western world animation there is

Even restricting ourselves purely to mature comedy shows, I would argue that Archer and Venture Bros are better than the latest season. I highly recommend checking them out.

Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by emehrkay »

Svip wrote: post #4

To be technically correct - the best kind of correct - the show has only been cancelled twice. In fact, to be even _more_ technically correct, it hasn't actually been cancelled, just not renewed. People tend to confuse the times after the films where there were no new episodes to show and none in production with a cancellation, because the films themselves did not bring the show back to television. That's like saying…

Yeah I've been reading the wikipedia section to see how many times it was cancelled because the title makes it seem like it was three times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama#Cancellation_and_revi...

Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by DaNmarner »

emehrkay wrote: post #24
Svip wrote: post #4

To be technically correct - the best kind of correct - the show has only been cancelled twice. In fact, to be even _more_ technically correct, it hasn't actually been cancelled, just not renewed. People tend to confuse the times after the films where there were no new episodes to show and none in production with a cancellation, because the films themselves did not bring the show back to television. That's like saying…

Yeah I've been reading the wikipedia section to see how many times it was cancelled because the title makes it seem like it was three times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama#Cancellation_and_revi...

I did the same. Whoever submitted this need to learn what "again" means.

Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by erre »

DaNmarner wrote: post #25
emehrkay wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I've been reading the wikipedia section to see how many times it was cancelled because the title makes it seem like it was three times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama#Cancellation_and_revi...

I did the same. Whoever submitted this need to learn what "again" means.

I submitted this, and as far as I can tell I have a pretty reasonable idea of what "again" means. If you actually click the link, you'll see that it's the title of the original article, by Phil Plait.

Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by gilgoomesh »

Svip wrote: post #4

To be technically correct - the best kind of correct - the show has only been cancelled twice. In fact, to be even _more_ technically correct, it hasn't actually been cancelled, just not renewed. People tend to confuse the times after the films where there were no new episodes to show and none in production with a cancellation, because the films themselves did not bring the show back to television. That's like saying…

At the start of the commentary to Bender's Big Score, Matt Groening is asked if Futurama was ever cancelled or if Fox just "stopped calling". He replies: "Yeah, we got cancelled."

Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by erre »

nandemo wrote: post #23
_glass wrote: post #20

I don't want to do this, but I am really asking myself, how could this be on the front page of Hacker News?

Because enough people upvoted it? I wish it was possible to downvote stories.

Well, I won't try to guess why people upvoted it, I can only tell of why I submitted it: the article (which I haven't written, only come across) is not just moaning about a cancelled series. It discusses the science that permeates it, and its geek appeal. Which I thought fitting for hacker news.

Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by marknutter »

steven2012 wrote: post #14

I'm as big a fan as anyone, having watched Futurama since day 1. I was lucky enough to randomly bump into Billy West at Comicon 2010 and nervously muttered how much I loved Futurama, and he was especially gracious, saying fans like me were the ones who brought it back. That being said, I felt that the new episodes never captured the quality of the original run. They tried too hard at tugging at our heart strings and…

I'm a huge fan myself (I've watched seasons 1-4 maybe 30 times each), and I agree with you. It did lose its magic after being cancelled the first time. The movies were ok, but it felt like a different show when it landed on Comedy Central; too topical and edgy and a bit scattered.

Re: Futurama Canceled Again

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Post by eddieroger »

steven2012 wrote: post #14

I'm as big a fan as anyone, having watched Futurama since day 1. I was lucky enough to randomly bump into Billy West at Comicon 2010 and nervously muttered how much I loved Futurama, and he was especially gracious, saying fans like me were the ones who brought it back. That being said, I felt that the new episodes never captured the quality of the original run. They tried too hard at tugging at our heart strings and…

I thought the new series was much less timeless than the old ones. Sure, the older episodes had some things that were specific to the late 90s - early 00s, but many of the episodes held up extremely well, keeping their emotional impact long after initial airing (looking at you, Jurassic Bark). The revival, though, was way too topical, immediately taking on pop phenomenons like Susan Boyle and the iPhone.

Comedy Central is also to blame, in my opinion. The initial run was short and inconsistent. I had my DVR set to record any first-run episode, but I feel like i never caught any. A show can't succeed if it's never on the air.

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