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The Cube: small footprint, big features
Original at Welland Tribune
• Thu, Oct 9
Canada - With a face like Bender, the boozing robot on Futurama, Cube is as cute as a cupcake. And it has some character lines. The dark-tint rear glass wraps around ...
Futurama The Beast With A Billion Backs (2008)
Original at Gros
• Wed, Oct 8
By Bobster Well, when the Futurama project went off-line, like many others i mourned the death of one of my closest friends, pure great comedy. Hope was rekindled when "Bender's Big Score" came out and promised us the same kind of program we were ...
DVD Releases
Original at Mutant News Annex
• Wed, Oct 8
By noreply@blogger.com (Eunice) Futurama: Bender's Game - November 4 Primeval: The Complete Series 1 and 2 - November 4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - November 11 Night Gallery: Season 2 - November 11 Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald (Vol. 4 - 1951-1961) - November 11 The Third Man (Blu-ray) - November 18
Futurama:The Beast With A Billion Backs-Reviewed by Barry
Original at bestofhdfest (WordPress)
• Wed, Oct 8
By bestofhdfest Like many of the Futurama episodes, this film is full of playful irreverent nonsense. As always, it’s fun to tune-in and turn off the rational part of the brain that would reject most of the absurd ideas of what the future will be like. But unlike the previous episodes that are bizarre and hila...
I Have Seen Every Episode of "The Simpsons". Go Ahead, Quiz Me!
Original at utterlyemily2008 (WordPress)
• Wed, Oct 8
By emilyb33 It's weird, I think I'm the only one I know who, at one time or another, has seen every single episode of "The Simpsons" I watched them every night when I was little, and FOX has had this two-episode-a-night thing going on for a year or two now, and I've taped every single one, and watched them. A...
Futurama Action Figure Series 4 - Captain Yesterday
Original at New Releases from TFAW.com
• Wed, Oct 8
By TFAW.com Fry is Captain Yesterday: a 30-something Slurm-addicted 31st century package-delivering boy turned superhero. As the story goes, Fry and Leela are mugged within an inch of their lives. Through synchronicity and dumb luck, ...
Top 25 Futurama Episodes
Original at akumagoro (WordPress)
• Tue, Oct 7
By akumagoro 20: The Why of Fry Episode Number: 508 Writer: David X. Cohen 17: The Farnsworth Parabox Episode Number: 510 Episode Number: 101 Airdate: March 28, 1999 Writers: David X. Cohen & Matt Groening 6: Roswell That Ends Well Episode Number: 401 Writer: J. Stewart Burns
Matt Groening is wicked
Original at Alpes Ryte
• Tue, Oct 7
By Alpės ryte Matt Groening, the creator and executive producer of the Emmy® Award-winning series The Simpsons, as well as creator of the cartoon strip "Life in Hell" and the animated FOX television series Futurama, is the man responsible for ...
Actress, singer-songwriter Katey Sagal to perform in Henderson
Original at Las Vegas Sun
• Mon, Oct 6
NV - Maybe it's her venture into the animated world as a one-eyed alien named Leela on Futurama, or her new series, Sons of Anarchy. But when Katey Sagal comes ...
Bender's Game Coming to UK
Original at Blu-ray.com
• Mon, Oct 6
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Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'Futurama: Bender's Game' to Blu-ray in the UK on November 3rd, day-and-date with the DVD release. No technical specs have been announced for this release at this time, ...
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The Geekification of TV
Original at popsci.com
• Fri, Oct 3
NY - A: Early on, [Futurama’s co-creator] Matt Groening and I wrote down in marker: Science shall not overrule comedy. That said, we write a lot of jokes about ...
The Sky Keeps Falling!
Original at Wall Street Journal
• Thu, Oct 2
- But the havoc by then was perpetrated with an often humorous twist, as in Matt Groening's "Futurama" animated TV series. The closer "The City's End" draws ...
John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Futurama
Original at Comics Should Be Good!
• Tue, Sep 30
Check out more of them at his blog, Fraggmented. Storytelling Engines: The Simpsons (or "Packing Up The Shop") Futurama, Matt Groening's second television series, suffered from a single great problem that afflicts ...
TV Media: Futurama, The Merv Show, My Own Worst Enemy, Veronica Mars, Martin Scorsese & ATT, 30 Rock, Farscape, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Star Trek, Emmy Moments and Pre-Telecast Faves
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Sep 26
By Chris Beaumont Welcome to the ongoing mission of the TV media experiment; its goal of delivering fine television-themed entertainment in one convenient place continues. Still having fun? Are you there? There is no end in sight, the media does not know when to say when, it is relentless in its constant pr...
There's Something About Leela
Original at Futurama Madhouse
• Wed, Sep 24
Wouldn't that make a great name for a website? Oh, wait, it is - it's one of our buddies. But it's also the name of this bit of Fan Art that David Bishop sent in. Wheee! Some pictures at last. Thanks for answering the call David! So both the pics Dave sent in are parodies, as is the next item, so that se...
Futurama: “Bender’s Game” in DVD and Blu-ray
Original at 37prime.com
• Mon, Sep 22
By very The third installment of Futurama Movie is scheduled for release on November 04th, 2008. “Bender’s Game” will be released in DVD and Blu-ray format. For more fun, visit ILoveBender.com or send Bender an email (bender@ilovebender.com).
Futurama: “Bender’s Game” in DVD and Blu-ray
Original at 37prime (WordPress)
• Mon, Sep 22
The third installment of Futurama Movie is scheduled for release on November 04th, 2008. “Bender’s Game” will be released in DVD and Blu-ray format. For more fun, visit ILoveBender.com or send Bender an email (bender@ilovebender.com).
Film Review: Futurama - The Beast With A Billion Backs
Original at Swan Fungus
• Sat, Aug 30
By Evan(noreply@blogger.com) Relative to what's available on television these days, The Beast With A Billion Backs isn't that bad. Compared to how good Futurama was during its tenure on FOX (1999-2003), it's very bad. Here's hoping the final two full-length movies are better than the first two.
NIXON'S BACK!--make that CezainValsol.
Original at cezainvalsol (WordPress)
• Wed, Aug 27
By cezainvalsol Nothing really new has happened lately events wise and all that for me, except that I went to the Anime Revolution or whatever it was called with JP on Friday...really...out...of...place. lol. Well, at least there was a handful of cute anime girls out of the many non-hygenic and overweight and/or pale pe...
Beast With A Billion Backs - Review
Original at joewalker16 (WordPress)
• Tue, Aug 19
By joewalker16 I thought Bender's Big Score was WAY overdone. It was as if every writer had all these pent-up ideas for the show when it was canceled and they attempted to get them all in to this first movie. As much of a Futurama fan as I am, even I started looking at the clock in the hopes it would end.
New DVDs on the horizon and Futurama Trivia NightOriginal at Scarecrow Video
• Wed, Aug 13
By madamecrow Also scheduled to come out on Election Day is the latest straight to video Futurama feature, Bender’s Game. A special note to Futurama fans: Neptune Coffee up at 85th and Greenwood is hosting FUTURAMA TRIVIA NIGHT this Friday the 15th at 8pm. Noted Futurama expert Vanessa will test your kno...
Why Richard Nixon Should Be Your Dystopian President
Original at io9
• Sun, Jul 6
By Lauren Davis The latest Futurama movie, The Beast with a Billion Backs, found Richard Nixon’s head still president of an increasingly crappy Earth, and Nixon will again take the highest office in next year’s Watchmen. In fact, if there’s a vaguely dystopian alternate history or future, chances are t...
Opinion: FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS (Futurama Movie 2) (2008) « Zippyfish
Original at zippyfish (WordPress)
• Sat, Jun 28
By Zippyfish Futurama Movie: The Beast with a Billion Backs Review Good news everyone! Futurama, the animated sci-fi comedy show created by Matt Groening, continues its afterlife with the release of the second of four post-television movies: The Beast with a Billion Backs. The Futurama fan base is l...
Opinion: FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS (Futurama Movie 2) (2008)
Original at zippyfish (WordPress)
• Sat, Jun 28
By zippyfish I lamented in my last review that the Futurama movies could do better than Bender's Big Score. Effort number two, The Beast with a Billion Backs, is a decent step up. It's at least made sure it's delivered on its core promise: there are plenty of moments to make you laugh! Futurama Movie: The B...
Fox Sends Shows, Stars to Comic-Con
Original at Television Week
• Fri, Jun 27
Twentieth Century Fox Television is getting its geek on. The studio has decided to dramatically expand its presence at Comic-Con, bringing a whopping nine properties to next month’s annual fan festival in San Diego. In addition, for the first time, the TV powerhouse will have its own boot...
REVIEW - Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Original at akumagoro (WordPress)
• Thu, Jun 26
By akumagoro There is a host of cameos in “The Beast with a Billion Backs”: Richard Nixon, Hedonism-Bot, and Professor Ogden Wernstom. Unfortunately, Dan Castellaneta reprising his role as the Robot Devil is particularly out of place and his one scene feels very much like it was shunted in. On the other...
DVD Review: Futurama -- The Beast With a Billion Backs
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Jun 26
By Scott Weinberg With two of four Futurama movies now behind me, I think I have the formula figured out. If the first flick -- the very amusing Bender's Big Score! -- was a patchwork and episodic affair, then at least it was a choppy good time. It was great seeing the old Planet Express crew in their resurrected f...
Review: Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs DVD
Original at Great White Snark
• Tue, Jun 24
In theory, it seemed like a good idea: release four, all-new, direct-to-DVD Futurama movies, which would subsequently be broken up into sixteen episodes that would be aired on Comedy Central. Convinced yet? Enjoy these episodes on Comedy Central; no need to get the DVD unless you’re in a...
Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs Ramps Up the Raunch
Original at Wired News
• Mon, Jun 23
By Jenna Wortham While Bender's Big Score was a convoluted continuum of space travel riddled with hard-to-decipher inside jokes and oddly placed musical numbers, Billion Backs delivers the kind of futuristic fun that made the Futurama TV show popular. It packs plenty of sharp, punchy one-liners and a p...
Futurama DVD Review and Heliotrope Issue 5 Contributors Released - June 22, 2008
Original at Fantasy Book Reviews Interviews Science Fiction Book Reviews Interviews
• Sun, Jun 22
To me, Futurama is one of the funniest shows - not just in the realm of "cartoons" - out on the market today. That is why I was glad to hear that Damon was doing a review of one of 20th Century Fox Television's newest DVD releases, Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs. Matt Groening, who also br...
Movie Review: Futurama - Bender's Big Score
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Apr 27
By Michael Clayton Like so many other members of the ever-growing geek culture, I was stricken with sadness when Matt Groening's animated sci-fi satire Futurama was pulled from the airwaves. If there was one show that succeeded in mocking the absurdity of the genre while still honoring it, this was surely i...
Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Futurama: “Future Stock”
Original at 37prime.com
• Wed, Feb 13
By 37prime Known Fact: Bender is Great! So send email to Bender - bender@ilovebender.com As I have previously stated before that the Microsoft bidding for Yahoo! reminds me of an episode of Futurama titled “Future Stock“. I am such a Futurama geek. The (evil) Momcorp was going to buy out Planet Express...
DVD Review: 'Bender's Big Score'
Original at owlpellets (WordPress)
• Sun, Jan 27
By robfunk On top of a good story and funny jokes (Bender had me in stitches), the DVD has some great special features. The is a lecture given by a prominent mathematician - with the help for the Futurama writers, creators, and developers (including Matt Groening) - about the use of math references in F...
Good News, Everyone! A Futurama FST
Original at futurama (Livejournal)
• Fri, Jan 25
“Bite my shiny metal ass!” Oh, Fry and Bender. Isn’t it magical when a human being and a robot get along, become friends, and start stealing shit? Born to be a Bureaucrat - How Hermes Requisitioned His Beat Back Robot Hell - Hell is Other Robots
Futurama
Original at Blayde's
• Wed, Jan 23
By blayde This show meant a lot to me, it got me through the dry spell of the Simpsons (Seasons 13 onwards) and it was more important than you think. I read the article in WIRED of January, and it got me to thinking; if Futurama never happened, what would’ve happened to the Simpsons Movie? I mean, the Simp...
Futurama meets The Simpsons
Original at TV Squad
• Sun, Jan 20
By Brad Trechak However, since they're now on two separate channels (The Simpsons is on Fox and Futurama will be on Comedy Central), it seems less likely that the two universes would come together on television. Maybe if both were still on Fox, but not now. Permalink | Email this | | Comments
Futurama: Bender's Big Score! (DVD Review)
Original at EDGE Boston
• Fri, Dec 28
Futurama was never afraid to bite the hand that fed it, and now it's back and hungry!
Futurama: Bender’s Big Score DVD Review
Original at About Heroes
• Thu, Nov 29
Written by: Ken Keeler Story by: Ken Keeler and David X. Cohen Director: Dwayne Carey Hill Voices: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Dimaggio, Lauren Tom, Phil Lamarr, Maurice LaMarche, Frank Welker, Al Gore, Coolio, Tom Kenney, Mark Hamill, etc.
DVD Review: 'Futurama: Bender's Big Score'
Original at Zap2it.com
• Tue, Nov 27
To quote Professor Farnsworth: "Good news, everyone!" "Futurama" is back. The beloved sci fi cartoon brought to viewers by "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and David X. Cohen then summarily canceled by the FOX network celebrates its ...
Futurama and the Gadgets of Tomorrow We Love and Fear
Original at Gizmodo
• Mon, Nov 26
By Jason Chen • Torgo's Executive Powder (Want): Made of the ground-up remains of Fox Network Executives, Torgo's Executive Powder is great for whatever ails you. We probably wouldn't use the powder—either on our crotches or elsewhere—but it's good to see the execs who cancelled Futurama get what's...
Futurama: Bender's Big Score - DVD review
Original at TV Squad
• Fri, Nov 16
By Brad Trechak The plan for Futurama is to release four direct-to-DVD movies which would make up a complete season of 16 half-hour episodes. "Bender's Big Score" is the first release and consists of the first four episodes (although I hear the individual episodes will contain extra footage not in the DV...
Watch Southpark, Family Guy, and Futurama Online
Original at TV on the Web
• Mon, Oct 1
By C. Crowe Also, watch Family Guy episodes at Family Guy Tube. Looking for Futurama episodes? The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening's short-lived tv show that was destined for syndication purgatory, then watch Futurama episodes at Futurama Tube.
Futurama footage from Comic-Con - VIDEO
Original at TV Squad
• Mon, Aug 6
By Varun Lella Filed under: Programming, Video, Family Guy, FuturamaUsually, we don't get/need to post stuff we hear via movie blogs, but when the wonderful world of TV and film collide, strange things can happen. Over at Ain't it Cool News, Hercules posted some new Futurama footage that was shown as an...
Good News Everyone! An Update on Those 'Futurama' Movies!
Original at Cinematical
• Mon, Jul 23
By Scott Weinberg According to the IMDb, the Futurama movies are called Bender's Big Score!, Bender's Game, Into the Wild Green Yonder and The Beast with a Billion Backs. Aside from those titles, that's about all the info that the IMDb has to impart. But being a longtime and unquestioning supporter of The Hyp...
Jack Zulkey: Al Gore, The Futurama President
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Jun 7
By Jack Zulkey As I neared towards the front, I fully expected that at any moment a no-nonsense government agent would cull me from the herd and put my on a list somewhere. To my surprise, I was allowed to approach without interruption. "I really liked your voice-over on Futurama," I told a person who had onc...
How to make a Zoidberg Mii. Hooray!
Original at Joystiq
• Thu, May 31
By Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, VideoWho doesn't want Dr. Zoidberg (of Futurama fame, of course!) in their Mii Channel? For one beautiful night he knew what it was to be a Mii. Subjugated, yet honored. Continue reading How to make a Zoidberg Mii. Hooray!Read | Permalink | Email this ...
Opinion: Futurama::How the Local Newsroom of the Future Might Operate
Original at PBS
• Mon, Apr 30
How would such a newsroom work without the weight of a legacy media outlet, without the history of management and circulation and broadcast towers and every other piece of infrastructure that is ingrained in the institutional memory of so many old media operations? And perhaps most imp...
Groening Talks Futurama and Simpsons with iF Magazine
Original at 4 color rebellion
• Mon, Mar 12
By Drew Kora The only thing worse than waiting until April 23rd for another episode of Heroes, is waiting until 2008 for new episodes of Futurama. It’s almost unbearable. (I guess this pretty much confirms that I have no life.) iF magazine recently scored an exclusive interview with Matt Groening. It’s s...
DVD Review: Futurama Season One
Original at jwz
• Wed, Jan 26
the spectacular TV show itself to draw masses of new people into the...opening sequence. Futurama does not even have problems with consistent character models that so plague the early...humor in all of its forms, Futurama is for you. If you haven...that comes near the quality of Futurama’s. Creator...
"Futurama: Volume 2" - Review
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Jan 16
By Mark Anderson I'm a huge Simpsons fan, so it's only natural that I'm drawn to Groening's Futurama as well, and the second set of DVDs is as good, if not better, than the first.I think the writers, having gotten the first season under their collective belt, feel a little more comfortable in the show's skin a...