Made by the same people who make The Simpsons, Futurama is set in the year 3000, where Fry has accidently been woken up after been frozen for 1000 years when on New Years eve in 1999, at midnight, he accidently fell into a freeze machine which would keep him frozen for 1000 years, waking up ... Read review
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Tony Dow - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: John Challis, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tessa Peake-Jones, Gwyneth Strong
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Advantages: Funny, good characters!!! :) Disadvantages: Not as good as the Simpsons.
...people who make The Simpsons, Futurama is set in the year 3000, where Fry has accidently been woken up after been frozen for 1000 years when on New Years eve in 1999, at midnight, he accidently fell into a freeze machine which would keep him frozen for 1000 years, waking up in the year 3000, Fry doesn't know what to do, he has nobody, all his family are dead, the world has changed so much, with flying cars, and Robots. But luckily, Fry makes friends ... ...great nephew...who is actually around 100 years old...Professor.
He becomes part of the Proffessors delivery company and falls in love with leila...sadly she doesn't feel the same way!!! He makes best friends with Bender the Robot, and his life completely changes, upon realising he cannot go back in time to his old...dull...life, he stays in New New York with his new friends.
Made by the same people who make The Simpsons, Futurama is set in the year 3000, where Fry has accidently been woken up after been frozen for 1000 years when on New Years eve in 1999, at midnight, he accidently fell into a freeze machine which would keep him frozen for 1000 years, waking up in the year 3000, Fry doesn't know what to do, he has nobody, all his family are dead, the world has changed so much, with flying cars, and Robots. But luckily, Fry makes friends with Leila a cyclopse, Bender a Robot, and his great great nephew...who is actually around 100 years old...Professor.
He becomes part of the Proffessors delivery company and falls in love with leila...sadly she doesn't feel the same way!!! He makes best friends with Bender the Robot, and his life completely changes, upon realising he cannot go back in time to his old...dull...life, he stays in New New York with his new friends.
Some fo the antics the group get upto is mad, Bender is an alcohol drinking, cigar smoking, money making theif, who is forever getting into trouble, and is always taking Fru down with him, Fry isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and Leila is forever trying to get them all out of trouble!!!
I must admit I like the Simpsons much more than Futurama, but it is a good watch and the storylines are normally pretty funny! ;-)
Advantages: Funny/Collectable Set Disadvantages: PG & 12 ratings/ availability
In 1997, Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, had an idea in his head for a new animated seriesset in a futuristic Year 3000. It wasn't until a couple of years later that he got together with Fox Entertainment to thrash out a deal. The deal was sucessful and in March 1999, 19 million US viewers watched the pilot show of Futurama.
The Emmy award winning series was and is loved by millions and Season 4 of Futurama has been completed. Each season has been released in BoxSet format but in October 2004, Fox released a Special Edition Set of all 4 seasons in one set.
My 12 year old son, being the lover of Futurama that he is, received this set for Christmas. Having now watched all of these, I decided to try my first ever DVD review so please bear with me!
I will state now that this set contains 15 DVD's and therefore I ...
Advantages: Very funny, very well-made, really good voices Disadvantages: Shame it got cancelled, shame there arent more deleted scenes
the Harlem Globetrotters the Porfesser engeineers mutant basketball player aged with temperal somethings- but this causes time to move forward, Fry and Leela end up getting married without realising why
Where no fan has gone before- Futurama meets Star Trek, with the original cast (GEORGE TAKEI!!)
All of series4- the best series but dont get confused, when they aired it they split into two. Its the most emotional series, fry and leela get closer, also the funniest and the last episode has the robot devil and yet more singing
The set comes in a smart box with all 15 dvds in individual boxes but divided by series. Its well presented and put together. On the back of each dvd it tells you which episodes are on it and a brief synopsis. Their are cast and crew commentaries and interviews (Ive only listened to series4 but they are very funny ...
In 1999 Philip Fry accidentally got himself cryogenically frozen while working a dead-end job as a pizza delivery boy. Waking up in the year 3000, he's given another chance, and goes to work at the Planet Express Corporation, again as a delivery boy, but this time to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. He also befriends Leela, a beautiful one-eyed mutant alien, and Bender, a robot with a substance abuse problem. Includes series one to four.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
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20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Cast and crew commentaries and interviews, Animatics and storyboards, Deleted scenes, Still galleries and interactive stills, Character profiles, How to draw the characters, Easter eggs,
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
The story centers around Philip Fry, who in 1999 accidentally got himself cryogenically frozen while working a dead-end job as a pizza delivery boy. Waking up in the year 3000, he's given another chance, and goes to work at the Planet Express Corporation, again as a delivery boy, but this time to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. He also befriends Leela, a beautiful one-eyed mutant alien, and Bender, a robot with a substance abuse problem. FUTURAMA is an animated sci-fi comedy from the genius of Matt Groenig, the mastermind responsible for THE SIMPSONS. The show was equally hilarious as its predecessor, and sported a cast of guest characters to rival Homer and pals. Includes series one to four.
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