Futurama Has Been Cancelled (Again)

[walrusaurus]

I never watched any of the new ones but enjoyed all the original seasons and the movies. Are the new seasons actually any good?

The first season of the CC eps was a bit hit or miss; took them a while to get back in the swing of it. But for the most part they've been great, particularly in playing around with some of the other charecters on the show. The old fox episodes did very much become "The Bender Show featuring Fry and Leela!" towards the end. If you only watch one episode of the comedy central run it should be "A Clockwork Origin" easily one of the top 5 episodes they've ever made, right up there with the one where Bender meets God (or rather, a satellite that collided with God).


I think at this point i'd be ok with it being gone for good, Its had a good long run now. The fox cancelation did feel premature, but at this point its gone on for about as long as you expect high quality series to go before they start running out of ideas. Futurama has the advantage of having parody of real world issues to draw from but even so it won't break my heart this time like it did before. That said if a certain internet video company which has started producing its own content lately was looking to add a top tier animated show to its lineup... that certainly wouldn't break my heart either

 

[LiMaSaRe]

The creators themselves would like to see the show have a graceful conclusion. No Kickstarter please

 

[Trucken]

I think it's a shame it's ending again, but I feel that the decision to air it in the summer has been a huge mistake. People do other stuff in the summer instead of just watching TV, of course the ratings would take a hit from that.

 

[The Funslinger]

Better to let it end now, instead of it ending up like the Simpsons.

I heard from someone that the latest episodes are actually quite funny, not sure myself, I don't want to wade through 24 seasons...

There have been a couple of jokes I've liked. I say a couple, I've only coincidentally watched the new Simpsons when it's happened to have been on.

One that stuck in my mind was:

Marge: Oh, you don't want to come. It'll be full of Hipsters.

Homer: Actually, I've come around on Hipsters. It takes a lot of guts to all wear the same hat.

 

[The Funslinger]

You DO know that each episode is a stand alone story right? You can jump in whenever you like. There are a few good origin stories and one or two continuity points they seem to stick to, but it's painful going back and watching the animation of the first few seasons.

Yeah, I just would rather be told which episodes are best, looking through season upon season of duds doesn't sound fun to me.

Well I always liked the Sideshow Bob episodes. Recently it's been getting better, but personally I found most of the episodes since the Movie to be the weakest, but the ones leading up to it from 2000 on ward were pretty good. There are a several classics from the 90s that are worth watching, And the premiere episode shows how one of the characters joined the family.

Yeah, the 90's and early 2000 episodes are brilliant and can be watched (more or less) completely without running into a patch of stinkers. The movie itself is also great.

I think after that, with their ramped up animation budget (which is admittedly pretty) I think they suffered from major pop culture reference overdose in a misguided attempt to stay relevant.

 

[Randomeaninglessword]

The show's still going strong, and it still has the same fanbase as the last times it was "cancelled". I'm going to chalk this up to executives doing stupid executive shit and say it'll be back before too long. It's been cancelled many times before, and until the cast and/or crew say they want to stop I won't actually believe it'll be permanently cancelled.

 

[RJ 17]

Meh, gotta say this really doesn't surprise me. The new episodes just weren't as good as the older seasons...mainly because - at least in my opinion - they got way too political with some kind of message behind each episode. There were a couple agenda-based episodes in the old episodes, but for the most part they were just silly stories filled with reference humor. The "movies" they put out between the old series and the newer seasons were decent enough, but I just couldn't get back into the new episodes the way I loved the old ones.

By contrast, Family Guy was great in the original seasons and continued to be great after it was brought back. Though more and more Seth seems to be letting his personal politics seep into the show, but at least the jokes are better than Futurama's.

It's sad, really, as I had such high-hopes for the ressurected Futurama. But really I just think it was a big disappointment when it came back.

 

[The White Hunter]

Yes yes I know, better to go out while it's still on top. But I'd still rather it end when the producers MENT it to, and not because the network didn't renew it.

Better to let it end now, instead of it ending up like the Simpsons.

I heard from someone that the latest episodes are actually quite funny, not sure myself, I don't want to wade through 24 seasons...

I watched a bit of the last few seasons on TV and it's definately better than it has been, BUt the reasons why we perceive a decline in quality of the simpsons are more complex than it just not being funny. It's more that it originally parodied a world that doesn't really exist anymore. It's still clever, but it's no longer as strong a social satire as it once was.

Also: God damn it, this gets cancelled twice yet the cleveland show still goes on...

What are you talking about? They announced the cancelation of The Cleveland Show last week.

Better to let it end now, instead of it ending up like the Simpsons.

I heard from someone that the latest episodes are actually quite funny, not sure myself, I don't want to wade through 24 seasons...

You DO know that each episode is a stand alone story right? You can jump in whenever you like. There are a few good origin stories and one or two continuity points they seem to stick to, but it's painful going back and watching the animation of the first few seasons.

They did? Well thank the spaghetti monster for that, that show is frigging terrible. No idea how it even got past a pilot. I'm a bit behind on anything TV given that I don't really watch it much.

I've gone off seth macfarlane in a big way in recent years, even American Dad has gotten pretty shitty.

 

[Scarim Coral]

It probably for the best much to my dismay. In saying so they did produce a fair amount of episodes after the first cancellation so it did accomplise that.

 

[chiefohara]

Seein the bell toll, is a good thing, it allows them to write a conclusion and wrap the whole thing up rather than leave it hanging. This is a good thing for futurama fans, the series gets a send off instead of dead threads left hanging cancelation

 

[soren7550]

Eh, can't say that I'm sad to see it go. Th new seasons just never hit it off with me like the original four did (hell, I can't even recall laughing at any of the new episodes), and from what I can remember of the mini movies that I did see, they were ok at best.

 

[Rad Party God]

Better to let it end now, instead of it ending up like the Simpsons.

I heard from someone that the latest episodes are actually quite funny, not sure myself, I don't want to wade through 24 seasons...

Well, pretty much anything pre-2000 is golden material from The Simpsons, I still get a good laugh at those, although some of the more recent episodes are quite decent indeed, but it's like swimming in a pool of shit for 13 years and suddendly reaching a pool of piss, it's different, but it still sucks.

 

[Risingblade]

I didn't even know this was still on

 

[CriticalMiss]

Noooooo! One more season please. Just one more!

At least it isn't going to turn into The Simpsons. Plus we can watch endless reruns that are funny, post all those memes on the interwebs and remember the good times.

 

[LoLife]

These are the chimps who canned Firefly & Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles! Fox should really sort out there network executives RIP Futurama =(

 

[Seagoon]

Better to let it end now, instead of it ending up like the Simpsons.

Call me crazy but I quite like the new Simpsons episodes.. I'm not saying they're the best so far but I'd still be sad to see them go.

 

[Lightknight]

These are the chimps who canned Firefly & Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles! Fox should really sort out there network executives RIP Futurama =(

... Did we just go back in time? Fox did it in 2003. This is comedy central this time.

FYI, I know Fox sometimes cans some pretty darn good shows, but please remember that's only because they were also willing to give them a shot in the first place.

e.g. without Fox there may never have been a first season of Firefly at all.

 

[Souplex]

Futurama is further proof of what I like to call "The Family Guy Principle":
If you make a show cancellation proof in any way (Bringing it back like Family Guy or Futurama, or running it for over 20 years like the Simpsons) it no longer has to try, and stops being good.
Post-revival Futurama was not very good, and I'm glad to see it go.

 

[LoLife]

These are the chimps who canned Firefly & Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles! Fox should really sort out there network executives RIP Futurama =(

... Did we just go back in time? Fox did it in 2003. This is comedy central this time.

lol I still thought it was Fox NVM thanks for pointing out my mistake, but Fox is still run by chimps though =D

 

[Smolderin]

Hey....I love Futurama, but I am of the firm mind that a show should only go for so long. Granted I thought the post revival episodes were pretty damn funny, but I am fine with Futurama ending now. It's not that I don't want to see more Futurama, it's just I don't want Futurama to be one of those shows that go on for so long that it becomes hated in the eyes of it's fans, like Family Guy and Simpsons. I know thee well Futurama, good night sweet prince...you have filled many a day with laughter and merriment.