Futurama' given a new future on Comedy Central (1 Viewer)

[jamny]

As you might imagine, this is huge news within the world of voiceovers with many people urging other VO's not to audition so the original cast can be paid what they're worth. Similar to what happened to The Simpsons when they held firm as a group. I don't watch the show but couldn't imagine a whole recast if I was a fan.

So are you gonna audition?

It's in L.A. and you have to be a member of SAG. I also don't know the show and I'm not sure which ones I could try to match, if any. The people who created the roles should get the money that's coming to them. I really don't think I would want anything to do with it. There's always another gig somewhere down the road, karma can be a #####.

 

[Sheriff Bart]

new voices? ef that.

REALLY FUNNY ROBOT SATAN!

 

[crewmember]

just saw this, was happy at beginning thread and now worried at bottom. How many voices does Billy West do?

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

just saw this, was happy at beginning thread and now worried at bottom. How many voices does Billy West do?

All the good ones. Frye, Professor, Zapp Brannigan.

 

[The Noid]

just saw this, was happy at beginning thread and now worried at bottom. How many voices does Billy West do?

All the good ones. Frye, Professor, Zapp Brannigan.

And all these animated shows use their voice talent for multiple characters because you pay someone the same whether they do 1, 2 or 3 voices on the same show. I think after 3, you have to pay them more.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

They should get Phil Hartman to do the voice of Zapp Brannigan.

If he's not available they should get Mel Blanc.

 

[FUBAR]

Call me crazy, but I always thought this show was better than The Simpsons.

Futurama >>>>> Simpsons.

I still like the Simpsons, but the only time I make sure I either watch or tape the show is Halloween. I'll put Futurama over Family Guy and the Simpsons.

 

[Kree]

If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

Though, they better be better than the horrible movies...

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

In the game of chess you can never let your opponent see your pieces.

 

[Sheriff Bart]

C'mon Kif! Most teenagers smoke and they seem pretty on the ball!

 

[jdoggydogg]

Futurama gets its voices back, according to Canadians

by Noel Murray July 31, 2009

The Toronto Star is reporting that a deal has been struck between Fox and the original voice-cast of Futurama, after a tense negotiation that saw the company threaten to re-cast all the roles. At this moment there's been no official statement from Fox (and many of the showbiz trades have been silent on the news so far), but the Star has a joint statement from Futurama masterminds David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, who say, "We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters." So this news appears to be, if not "official," then at least official enough to celebrate.

 

[jamny]

Yep, looks like they're all back. Good for them!

 

[perry147]

Futurama gets its voices back, according to Canadians

by Noel Murray July 31, 2009

The Toronto Star is reporting that a deal has been struck between Fox and the original voice-cast of Futurama, after a tense negotiation that saw the company threaten to re-cast all the roles. At this moment there's been no official statement from Fox (and many of the showbiz trades have been silent on the news so far), but the Star has a joint statement from Futurama masterminds David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, who say, "We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters." So this news appears to be, if not "official," then at least official enough to celebrate.

 

[Super King]

 

[Postradamus]

Futurama gets its voices back, according to Canadians

by Noel Murray July 31, 2009

The Toronto Star is reporting that a deal has been struck between Fox and the original voice-cast of Futurama, after a tense negotiation that saw the company threaten to re-cast all the roles. At this moment there's been no official statement from Fox (and many of the showbiz trades have been silent on the news so far), but the Star has a joint statement from Futurama masterminds David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, who say, "We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters." So this news appears to be, if not "official," then at least official enough to celebrate.

They probably just unleashed the Hypnotoad on them. They're all working for free.

 

[bakes]

Futurama gets its voices back, according to Canadians

by Noel Murray July 31, 2009

The Toronto Star is reporting that a deal has been struck between Fox and the original voice-cast of Futurama, after a tense negotiation that saw the company threaten to re-cast all the roles. At this moment there's been no official statement from Fox (and many of the showbiz trades have been silent on the news so far), but the Star has a joint statement from Futurama masterminds David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, who say, "We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters." So this news appears to be, if not "official," then at least official enough to celebrate.

 

[bosoxs45]

commecrial for new episodes

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

I haven't watched one rerun of Futurama since it moved to Comedy Central.

 

[badmojo1006]

Screen shot from the first new episode

 

[badmojo1006]

Zapp Brannigan hosts recap of the first five years

 

[jdoggydogg]

Zapp Brannigan hosts recap of the first five years

I think Brannigan deserves a spin-off show.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Say, uh, Lemon, do you like to read? I just got a great book on tape. It's about life in Ancient Greece.....

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

Say, uh, Lemon, do you like to read? I just got a great book on tape. It's about life in Ancient Greece.....

Zapp was always ####### money.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Say, uh, Lemon, do you like to read? I just got a great book on tape. It's about life in Ancient Greece.....

Zapp was always ####### money.

I almost broke my spleen last night.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just received a bit of inheritance money yesterday, so my Bender tattoo is now easily afforable.

 

[Al_Czervik]

already set the DVR to snatch all first run episodes at any time on comedy central. thank you technology!

 

[perry147]

OK I know this is going to cause a firestorm but the new episodes are not that good.

I still like them somewhat but they are not the same.

 

[Neo]

OK I know this is going to cause a firestorm but the new episodes are not that good.

I still like them somewhat but they are not the same.

Wow, I thought they were great....it felt exactly the same to me...like I was watching an old episode, that's all I was really hoping for.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Futurama X-Men fan art mashup

 

[EYLive]

OK I know this is going to cause a firestorm but the new episodes are not that good.

I still like them somewhat but they are not the same.

Wow, I thought they were great....it felt exactly the same to me...like I was watching an old episode, that's all I was really hoping for.

They haven't missed a beat.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

OK I know this is going to cause a firestorm but the new episodes are not that good.

I still like them somewhat but they are not the same.

Wow, I thought they were great....it felt exactly the same to me...like I was watching an old episode, that's all I was really hoping for.

They haven't missed a beat.

I've gotten several genuine laughs from the new episodes.

 

[perry147]

OK I know this is going to cause a firestorm but the new episodes are not that good.

I still like them somewhat but they are not the same.

Wow, I thought they were great....it felt exactly the same to me...like I was watching an old episode, that's all I was really hoping for.

They haven't missed a beat.

I've gotten several genuine laughs from the new episodes.

I got to get my laugh meter adjusted.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

OK I know this is going to cause a firestorm but the new episodes are not that good.

I still like them somewhat but they are not the same.

Wow, I thought they were great....it felt exactly the same to me...like I was watching an old episode, that's all I was really hoping for.

They haven't missed a beat.

I've gotten several genuine laughs from the new episodes.

I got to get my laugh meter adjusted.

Bender (to Amy): You know that floor safe where you keep $10,000? There's $5,000 in there.

 

[TobiasFunke]

So I've been mostly disappointed in the new episodes, but I just caught last week's new one (the Bender/Inspector #5 one) on DVR over the weekend and I thought it was up there with the old classics. The usual good one-liners and pop culture references, plus some clever new insight into the characters and a little bit of sentimentality, just like they had in the best episodes of old and the more recent movies. Two thumbs up.

 

[badmojo1006]

The Professor and Zoidberg in bed...

 

[GroveDiesel]

You can count me in the group that thinks it's still funny, but not as good as it was. It feels like they're trying too hard now. A lot of stuff that used to be more subtle seems way more forced and less funny.

 

[jdoggydogg]

You can count me in the group that thinks it's still funny, but not as good as it was. It feels like they're trying too hard now. A lot of stuff that used to be more subtle seems way more forced and less funny.

This is correct.

 

[snorlax]

The new episodes vary in quality, but they're pretty awesome in general. I'm so happy this show is back.

 

[Al_Czervik]

"It's an albino humping worm!"

"Why do they call it that?"

"Because it has no pigment."

 

[Jobber]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but here's Bender breaking up a fight in Russia.

In Russia, Robot Have You

 

[jdoggydogg]

Sexy Leela Tattoo

 

[Wingnut]

Bump for the new 1-hour premier Wednesday June 20th on Comedy Central at 10pm EST

 

[Wingnut]

New episode about to start

 

[Socrates11]

"Good news everyone!"

 

[heckmanm]

Nice use of the "Futurama Fry" meme - "Not sure if new episode...or rerun of old episode"

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Cancelled again.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/22/futurama-not-renewed-comedy-central/

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Cancelled again.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/22/futurama-not-renewed-comedy-central/

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Wingnut]

It had good runs. I love the show but it was never gonna recapture the audience it once had.

 

[Amused to Death]

It's had a nice run. Most of the newer episodes were weaker than the original run, imo. Two stand out from the recent episodes; "Attack of the Killer App" (the EyePhone ep) and "Reincarnation" where there were 3 different stories, all done in different styles of animation - the best being the 'anime' style. Great stuff.

 

[Insein]

To the Book Depository!!