Bad news everyone - Futurama travesty in the making

[MeanJoePhaser]

Christopher Daniel Barnes as Fry

Leslie Neilsen as Professor Farnsworth

Camryn Manheim as Leela

Joe Pantoliano as Bender

Elliot Gould as Doctor Zoidberg

Betty White as Mom

Ted McGinley as Zap Brannigan

Ethan Phillips as Kif Kroker

 

[Newspaper Taxi]

Is Network TV trying to go extinct?

Because the voice actors are only lending their voices to the show they can still voice their characters until they've way over the hill. If the cast is still alive and willing to do the voices I don't see any creative reason to replace a character -- only technical and financial. I'm going to go out and buy another bottle of Torgo Executive Powder in response to this.

 

[Janus VI]

I've only quickly scanned this thread, but I was wondering could casting new voice talent simply be a plot point for an episode?

 

[Hermiod]

I've only quickly scanned this thread, but I was wondering could casting new voice talent simply be a plot point for an episode?

Sadly not.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I'm still optimistic the cast will return.

 

[Reverend]

So the mindless drones at the network are at it again.
I guess they've never hear the old robot saying "DOES NOT COMPUTE."

 

[bigdaddy]

I've only quickly scanned this thread, but I was wondering could casting new voice talent simply be a plot point for an episode?

As the link said no, but I think it would be great if the writers did an episode where all the voices are done by someone completely different. There is no reason for it, and then at the end they all return to normal for no reason.

 

[Bad Atom]

Boy, I'm glad I pretended the show ended after its last season on Fox, otherwise I'd be really mad about this. (See what happens when people can't leave a good thing well enough alone? What's dead should stay dead!)

 

[Bishbot]

Boy, I'm glad I pretended the show ended after its last season on Fox, otherwise I'd be really mad about this. (See what happens when people can't leave a good thing well enough alone? What's dead should stay dead!)

Oh just get over it and like the movies. Why does everyone have to have such an extreme reaction? They're pretty good for the most part. Parts are excellent, some parts not quite so good. It's still 6 solid hours of Futurama. No single 25 minute stretch is as bad as the worse episodes of the first four seasons.

Sorry to come across as fanatical but I really think people jumped the gun on the movies and I really recommend any Futurama fan who dismissed them to give them another shot.

 

[RJDiogenes]

The movies were great. I don't get the hostility.

 

[Shazam!]

Anyone who didn't like the movies is basically an idiot.

 

[Dar70]

Well as I said in an earlier Futurama thread.http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=3060909#post3060909 Everyone needs to watch what they wish for.

Im sure the cast will be back. But I will bet that most people end up being disappointed with a new season eventually.

The movies were great. I don't get the hostility.

"Fannerds" as I like to call extreme fans, tend to become more critical with each new installment of a franchise. Especially when there have been long periods of wait. It has happened with Star Wars, Indy, Family Guy, Pirates of the Carribbean, Terminator, etc. All of these franchises have had good solid sequels, but they are nitpicked to death. POTC alone was a comedy/fantasy/adventure with a little drama and its nitpicked for logic. Once fannerds adopt a franchise as their own, as in the case of POTC, they start to expect to much.

 

[Broccoli]

I like how if one didn't like the movies, it is apparently some sort of character flaw.

 

[Dar70]

I like how if one didn't like the movies, it is apparently some sort of character flaw.

Its the nitpicking of it thats ridiculous. The movies were in the same format and silliness of the series and the quality was just as good. Which was amazing given the 6 or 7 year gap. But you had fannerds crying that they ruined the "dramatic" dog episode by having Fry go back in time and live his life. Its the reasons that these types of fans hated the movies, not the fact they hated them,THATS the character flaw IMO. It happens with every fricking franchise these fannerds adopt.
The honeymoon ends after the first installments or a long hiatus. Expectations and demands by these fans are high. They set themselves up for disappointment. The evidence is there you only have to look at every popular franchise over the last decade.

 

[Broccoli]

Sorry, but I am not a fannerd nor an idiot (as Shazam! suggested), but I didn't care much for the movies. It wasn't because of nitpicking (honestly, I haven't seen any nitpicking with Futurama done the way you suggest).

My problems with the movies came from a story telling standpoint. They had good ideas, but were executed poorly. The narrative structure of nearly all the movies was poorly put together. The writers tried too hard to make each of the movies into four episodes tied together with a really loose story connecting them.

Like in any movie, having a weak narrative sucked the enjoyment out of the movies for me, regardless if they had some really good one-liners or gags.

I hope when they do come back to TV, that I discover that it wasn't that the writing suffered, but rather it was the longer format that the show wasn't suited to.

Besides, since when has there been an overwhelming amount of hate for the movies? Two or three people here said they were disappointed and/or didn't like the movies and everyone else jumps on them for it.

 

[Dar70]

Sorry, but I am not a fannerd nor an idiot (as Shazam! suggested), but I didn't care much for the movies. It wasn't because of nitpicking (honestly, I haven't seen any nitpicking with Futurama done the way you suggest).

My problems with the movies came from a story telling standpoint. They had good ideas, but were executed poorly. The narrative structure of nearly all the movies was poorly put together. The writers tried too hard to make each of the movies into four episodes tied together with a really loose story connecting them.

Like in any movie, having a weak narrative sucked the enjoyment out of the movies for me, regardless if they had some really good one-liners or gags.

I hope when they do come back to TV, that I discover that it wasn't that the writing suffered, but rather it was the longer format that the show wasn't suited to.

Besides, since when has there been an overwhelming amount of hate for the movies? Two or three people here said they were disappointed and/or didn't like the movies and everyone else jumps on them for it.

Sorry but a big complaint really was the one I mentioned above. Im sure your not a fannerd. Not saying everyone who hates on established franchises are.

I noticed no attempt to make them four episode segments.(though I was well aware of it) In fact when watching the movies I thought they would work bad cut up into 4 episodes.

 

[Broccoli]

Sorry, but I am not a fannerd nor an idiot (as Shazam! suggested), but I didn't care much for the movies. It wasn't because of nitpicking (honestly, I haven't seen any nitpicking with Futurama done the way you suggest).

My problems with the movies came from a story telling standpoint. They had good ideas, but were executed poorly. The narrative structure of nearly all the movies was poorly put together. The writers tried too hard to make each of the movies into four episodes tied together with a really loose story connecting them.

Like in any movie, having a weak narrative sucked the enjoyment out of the movies for me, regardless if they had some really good one-liners or gags.

I hope when they do come back to TV, that I discover that it wasn't that the writing suffered, but rather it was the longer format that the show wasn't suited to.

Besides, since when has there been an overwhelming amount of hate for the movies? Two or three people here said they were disappointed and/or didn't like the movies and everyone else jumps on them for it.

Sorry but a big complaint really was the one I mentioned above. Im sure your not a fannerd. Not saying everyone who hates on established franchises are.

I noticed no attempt to make them four episode segments.(though I was well aware of it) In fact when watching the movies I thought they would work bad cut up into 4 episodes.

You didn't notice the plot lines that popped in and then completely disappeared? The biggest example being in Into the Wild Green Yonder with Bender dating DonBot's wife. It builds and builds and then is suddenly dropped with, I felt, no pay off.

 

[Dar70]

Sorry, but I am not a fannerd nor an idiot (as Shazam! suggested), but I didn't care much for the movies. It wasn't because of nitpicking (honestly, I haven't seen any nitpicking with Futurama done the way you suggest).

My problems with the movies came from a story telling standpoint. They had good ideas, but were executed poorly. The narrative structure of nearly all the movies was poorly put together. The writers tried too hard to make each of the movies into four episodes tied together with a really loose story connecting them.

Like in any movie, having a weak narrative sucked the enjoyment out of the movies for me, regardless if they had some really good one-liners or gags.

I hope when they do come back to TV, that I discover that it wasn't that the writing suffered, but rather it was the longer format that the show wasn't suited to.

Besides, since when has there been an overwhelming amount of hate for the movies? Two or three people here said they were disappointed and/or didn't like the movies and everyone else jumps on them for it.

Sorry but a big complaint really was the one I mentioned above. Im sure your not a fannerd. Not saying everyone who hates on established franchises are.

I noticed no attempt to make them four episode segments.(though I was well aware of it) In fact when watching the movies I thought they would work bad cut up into 4 episodes.

You didn't notice the plot lines that popped in and then completely disappeared? The biggest example being in Into the Wild Green Yonder with Bender dating DonBot's wife. It builds and builds and then is suddenly dropped with, I felt, no pay off.

Sure there were side stories going on, but one overall story. They are movies not half hour episode. So one should expect some side stories. I did not mind them at all.

 

[bigdaddy]

The movies are horrible, and all for the same reason, they fall apart at the end.

The first movie was just a stupid mess with a lame bad guy and a lame story to rewrite all of Futurama. The second movie is the best, the first half of the third movie is very fun, and then falls apart.

Anyone who did like the movies is basically an idiot.

 

[Dar70]

The movies are horrible, and all for the same reason, they fall apart at the end.

The first movie was just a stupid mess with a lame bad guy and a lame story to rewrite all of Futurama. The second movie is the best, the first half of the third movie is very fun, and then falls apart.

Anyone who did like the movies is basically an idiot.

Heres your evidence BROCOLLI. As you can see Bigdaddy is complaining about the fact Fry 2 lived his life in the past with his dog. It was a funny movie. The beSt of the movies.

FUTURAMA never had tight continuity. It pretty much ignores many facets of it. Your complaining demonstrates exactly what i was talking about a few posts above Bigdaddy.Re.FANNERDS.