It's coming! Finally!! US Futurama fans rejoice....

[risingson77]

Futurama Vol. 1

Hooray! At long last...and it's showing up on the same date as Wind Waker. How can so much happiness occur in such a short time?

 

[Ryan2]

Cool.

Ah, the Wind Waker. I'm a huge fan of the Zelda series, but unfortunately I've got a PS2, and don't really feel like getting a GC for just one game.

 

[risingson77]

There's always Metroid Prime....

 

[Ryan2]

Alright, then 2 games.

 

[risingson77]

It was good enough for me.

 

[vat_man]

I wonder why it took so long? The UK has had series II since November.

Like we can talk - Australia got series I at the start of December...

 

[risingson77]

Still, you got it before us.

The US may have had the smallest fanbase....who knows. No more cropped PAL VCDs for me!

 

[milefile]

Originally posted by risingson77
The US may have had the smallest fanbase....

The humor is the same as The Simpsons. I never understood why people who like The Simpsons don't like Futurama. Anything that takes an ounce of imagination I guess, i.e. "the future"... ouch that hurst my brain

 

[race2c]

i love futurama. watch every night it's on (cartoon network)

i saw the set @walmart while i was looking for jack@$$ on dvd.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by milefile
The humor is the same as The Simpsons. I never understood why people who like The Simpsons don't like Futurama. Anything that takes an ounce of imagination I guess, i.e. "the future"... ouch that hurst my brain

Oh, I think the humour is much darker than 'The Simpsons', and Futurama is much crueller to its characters and their flaws. I can definitely see why someone who likes 'The Simpsons' might not like 'Futurama' - they may be missing out on a lot of the subversive humour of 'The Simpsons' that runs much more strongly through 'Futurama'.

 

[risingson77]

Yup, and as I mentioned in another thread much of the humor is very "geeky". You can't expect the general populace to understand (much less laugh at) BASIC jokes.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by risingson77
Yup, and as I mentioned in another thread much of the humor is very "geeky". You can't expect the general populace to understand (much less laugh at) BASIC jokes.

Very true - I always remember the HAL Institute for Insane Robots.

 

[risingson77]

Or when Bender is looking at robot porno - and it's a circuit diagram?

 

[Giancarlo]

"Camera 1, *pzzt* Camera 2, *pzzt* Cammer 3, *pzzt*"

Hehe, good show, good show.

 

[Vasco]

Hey Vat, what store did you get your boxed DVD copy from? I can only seem to find the VHS boxed sets...:|

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by DODGE the VIPER
Hey Vat, what store did you get your boxed DVD copy from? I can only seem to find the VHS boxed sets...:|

HMV - try JB Hi FI as well (Paramatta).

 

[askia47]

i never really liked futurama, to werid

 

[Vasco]

I tried HMV at Miranda but it was VHS, thanks for the advice, i'll have a look in Electronics Boutique next time as well...

 

[vat_man]

Oh well, there's always www.chaosmusic.com