FOX to Recast Futurama

[Ezzay]

*Grabs pitchfork*
I CALL SHENANIGANS!!!

Put that thing down.

*Hands you a shotgun*

There we go.

Lets roll...

 

[NeoAC]

I can only think of one time when a voice actor was replaced. It was the second/first season of family guy when meg was voiced by someone who wasn't mila kunis. Now i think she made that charactor her own and i bear no grudge against her for doing so. Family guy is quality, but my argument here is that u cud fucking tell that they had made the change. Surely in a show with no human acting the voice is the main bit yes???? A message to Fox, fucking pay these talented individuals their salaries because u do not want to lose the futurama audience which u will do if u fuck up their show. There. I said it.

The actress you're looking for is ex-Party of Five cast member Lacey Chabert, and Mila Kunis is infinitely better than her. A rare case where change was good, since Kunis is much better at playing Meg's type of character (the whiny *****) than Chabert was (sounded much too sweet for the role). However, since West, DiMaggio and LaMarche have perfected their characters, changing them would be like replacing Heath Ledger in Dark Knight with Pauly Shore.

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Ok first off, DAMN YOU FOOOXXXXX!!! *shakes fist*

Second what the hell // The reason they are giving for replacing the voice actors is bull // Fox has more money that God has souls and if the actors on the Simpsons asked so more momey(which they are prob gettin anyway) they would get it in a heart beat

It just wont be the same with our them, it will be like watchin a whole me show even if the writing staff is the same

-M

 

[D-C-P]

Bender: Everybody, I've got bad news. We've been cancelled.
Zoidberg: Oh, no! Pete..Bender, how could they do that?
Bender: Well, unfortunately, Zoid, there's just no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonderfalls, Fastlane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, FreakyLinks, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, Normal, Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The $treet, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer, The Tick, Luis and Greg the Bunny.
Zoidberg: Is there no hope?
Bender: Well, I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.

Don't copy family guy.

 

[Abedeus]

Bender: Everybody, I've got bad news. We've been cancelled.
Zoidberg: Oh, no! Pete..Bender, how could they do that?
Bender: Well, unfortunately, Zoid, there's just no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonderfalls, Fastlane, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, FreakyLinks, Wanda at Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, Normal, Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The $treet, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer, The Tick, Luis and Greg the Bunny.
Zoidberg: Is there no hope?
Bender: Well, I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.

Don't copy family guy.

OH, THE IRONY! FAMILY GUY COPIED! I mean, he was copied... hehehe.

Also, of all those shows mentioned, I don't give a rat's ass about ANY of them. Okay, Tick (we're talking about the cartoon, right?) is good.

 

[Knight of Cydonia]

HOW COULD THEY

 

[KinichAhau]

You know, I know it's not the network directly but it still makes me angry. Come on? Replacing Billy West is absolutely ridiculous, if only for the fact that he plays so many voices.

And there's an interview somewhere, if someone has the link, that states he specifically uses the voice he does for Fry so it's extremely difficult to replace him, if they ever wanted to. (Have to protect your job somehow)

Without going into the money part of this, I just think it's crap that they'd do that to not one voice actor but basically the entire main cast of the damn show. I mean, honestly. What the hell is left after that? It's absolutely insane. Good luck watching the show bomb, Fox!

 

[Dr. Gorgenflex]

It's not confirmed that the voices will be replaced, but Billy West is one of my favorite voice actors of all time. I hope he stays.

 

[salbarragan]

The cast was perfect! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

 

[DC_Josh]

Here is a thought... Without the voices we all know and love on board, should they bother to make any at all from a directors standpoint?

Dragonball Z managed enough times to deal with it.. then again half the dialogue in that was just screaming and doing constipated man impressions.

 

[DasAShinyGolash]

no! not zoidberg! and fry was the guy who voiced ren in ren and stimpy!

 

[Osalot_TH]

My faith in humanity has dropped a little more. They might as well just rename the show. God damn you FOX, just pony up the dough.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Don't copy family guy.

Ironic (adj) : Both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or poignant and extremely improbable way.

You did see the "Pete...Bender" bit in there?

 

[Gamer137]

Can't meet salery demands? Unless each of them is demanding a planet and every other expense is the cost of a galaxy, FOX can pay them.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Could FOX just cut that stupid "news" segment they have and give all the cash to futurama.

It'd make me happy. Hell, it would make a futurama hater happy

 

[D-C-P]

Don't copy family guy.

Ironic (adj) : Both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or poignant and extremely improbable way.

You did see the "Pete...Bender" bit in there?

Ahh my mistake, didn't read it properly.

 

[300lb. Samoan]

They cant replace Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, and Phil Lamarr. These are three ridiculously talented voice actors who do most of the VO work not done by celebrities for a reason. I think that Fox wants to give the middle finger to its fans for not allowing Family Guy to die after the cancelled it for the 2nd time.

Fox executives have killed other popular shows by bouncing them around the schedule and not promoting them until they just go away. They tried to do that with King of the Hill (when was the last time you saw a commercial regarding their next episode?) and did it successfully with The Critic. BTW, its worth remembering that when they started making Futurama, executives wanted Groenig to make a new 'Simpsons' instead of what they got.

But Johnny Carson described television as the only media that eats its own young.

Don't forget Arrested Development, although they claim it died due to low viewership. But this move with Futurama is just plain stupid, can't they see that the whole appeal of that show is in the immensely talented cast and crew?? None of the changes they are making to it are going to be positive. Besides those three talented VOs, I just can't see watching Futurama without John DiMaggio's bender. Fuck, it's gonna suck hard.

 

[300lb. Samoan]

no! not zoidberg! and fry was the guy who voiced ren in ren and stimpy!

Surprise, Fry and Zoidberg were voiced by the same guy. Billy West does them, as well as the Professor and Zap Brannigan. Also the red M&M, and he did Bugs Bunny in Space Jam and every major Looney Tunes production since. I guarantee he's the one making improbable money demands, I bet he's tired of doing the show.

 

[Infiniteloop]

Just found this topic. Yuck, the show will be awful w/o the same cast.