Futurama

(written 10 minutes after previous post)

Damnit NO, i won’t just let it go with an excuse post. Futurama is back with 4 movies, and i’ll be damned if I ever get bored of that show.

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 Simpsons movie is Futurama year 2007, those same 3D graphics on 2D backgrounds. And there was more. Futurama let go like no other show, FOX was even worried when it came out that it was TOO weird. It rocked. Futurama is the type of show the world needs, and wants, it’s what LOST of Prison Break is losing track of. Many shows these days try to be ‘out there’, but they go too far in the wrong direction, Futurama got it spot on, and i’m glad they’re making more, one of FOX’s best decisions.

The first movie wasn’t the best, in fact, it could be seen as a really long Futurama episode, but in the show they add so much content that you’d just love to watch for it. The alien language, gold death stars, it makes the show better without affecting the actual content.

If only ONE of the movies is good, that is good enough for me, i love this show, it;s how funny the Simpsons should’ve been all through the years. Instead, i watch all the episodes prior to season 11 over and over, but after that, i just once over for the sake of it, going back to just a couple cos of the revived humour. If they make a Season 20, and the original writers get one final crack at it, that would be the best season ever made.