Futurama
Posted Thu Dec 14 14:53:25 GMT 2000 by 'SFJCDY'
...I'd be interested to know what SOTCAA made of following dialogue in the Simpson-quality (and that's not faint praise!) episode 1ACV12 (season 1 production, held over for season 2 in the US and on Sky, treated as part of season 1 by C4)
...and of the episode as a whole.
[Shooting 'Single Female Lawyer']
Fry: [to Leela] Married?! Jennie _can't_ get married.
Leela: Why not? It's clever, it's unexpected...
Fry: But that's _not_ why people watch TV! Clever things make people feel stupid and unexpected things make them feel scared!
[Lrrr appears on the TV]
Lrrr: Attention, McNeal -- your unexpected marraige plan scares us. You stole our hearts as a _single_ female lawyer and so shall you remain... or else!
[back to static]
Fry: You see? TV audiences don't want anything original. They want to see the same thing they've seen 1,000 times before. Bender: [Gary Coleman-style] What you talkin' 'bout, Fry?
Fry: [to soft music] Trust me on this. While other people were out living their lives I wasted mine watching TV, because deep down I knew it might one day help me save the world. Plus I would've lost my workman's comp if I had gone outside.
Now just read these cue-cards.
Subject: Re: Futurama
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Posted By 'Stuart O' on Thu Dec 14 15:12:06 GMT 2000:
Matt Groening has a healthy disrespect for the networks - see this interview he did about censorship in the Simpsons and Futurama:
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4057306,00.html
'The censor writes: "To discourage imitation by young and foolish viewers, when Homer begins to pour the hot wax in his mouth, please have him scream in pain so kids will understand that doing this would actually burn their mouths."'
Subject: Re: Futurama
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Posted By 'Spartando' on Thu Dec 14 15:51:43 GMT 2000:
Other great bits on Futurama...
In the 'Single White Lawyer' episode; 'It took me an hour to write... I assumed it would take an hour to read.'
Another episode features a reference to 20th century television sets causing eye cancer.
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