TV: Futurama revived again, this time by Hulu

[John Price]

no dimaggio as bender no watch

he is willing but the producers, less so...hopefully they settle this and make it happen.

 

[John Price]

Never understood the appeal of this show or found it funny.

Good for the fans though I guess.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

sometimes, dead is better. I love Futurama but even the previous reboot was a big step down, no way this won't be too.

 

[alko]

Love the show but... I don't think we needed this.

We need EXACTLY THIS! Finally.

 

[SUX2BU]

 

[No Fun Shogun]

If Bender is recast, the opening scene will just be something along the lines of….

Bender: ‘sup meatbags.
Fry: Bender?! What happened to your voice?
Bender: The professor installed a firmware update.
*flashback to a second of Bender being hit in the face by a crowbar by the professor*
Bender: Version 3.14159, baby.
*cue opening credits*

Replacing DiMaggio will be a strike against the show, but I’m not going to stop watching because DiMaggio had a higher asking price than the other VAs when I love a few dozen other things about the show still as well.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Super excited for this. Seasons 2-5 are the peak of the show, but I rather enjoyed the 4 movies and the later seasons 7-10 were up and down but still had plenty of really good episodes. I would be very unsure to really watch if they recast DiMaggio though. Hopefully they work it out.

 

[mundyc3]

I actually really liked the Comedy Central seasons. I also like Disenchantment after trying for the second time. As long as they get DiMaggio back, it should be good. I wonder if they will have a strict air time like they did on cable/network.

 

[Beau Knows]

Hmm, I don't know about this one. I'd love to be wrong though and see it live up to the earlier seasons.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

About f***ing time, never should have been canceled, either time.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I don't fault him for wanting more, and I don't fault Hulu for moving on in a new direction. Sometimes things just don't work out, it'll just be an adjustment to a new Bender voice.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I don't fault him for wanting more, and I don't fault Hulu for moving on in a new direction. Sometimes things just don't work out, it'll just be an adjustment to a new Bender voice.

The replies to that tweet are a disaster. I feel like it's impossible to really have an opinion on the situation without knowing the details of how much he's actually asking for vs how much he was actually offered. Maybe they will still work it out.

I'm just happy the show is back and a Futurama with a new Bender is better than no new Futurama at all to me.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

That's the thing about Futurama to me.... it never jumped the shark and yet it had multiple satisfying endings that left the door open each time. I have a good amount of faith that they've got at least one more season in them.

The comedic timing was garbage. Its like they sat all the voice actors down at a board meeting and told them they all need to get their lines out faster.


As for the Comedy Central revival, imo it had only one good episode but it was one of the best of the entire series

 

[Hierso]

I like Futurama but i feel like the show lost something with the reboot (a lot of the past writers didn't come back) so the quality was kinda iffy. I loved the episode where Hermes and Bender goes out to find the inspecter that o.k'd Bender despite his flaw and then you have really bad episodes (i'm talking modern simpsons levels of bad) like when Leela has a boyle that is Boyle (how clever).

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

To quote Professor Farnsworth, “Good news, everyone!”

 

[John Price]

good

 

[Seedtype]

Ah okay, forget the blackjack and hookers then.

 

[Elvis P]

Better than the Simpsons.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

 

[zombie kopitar]

i mean not having him as Bender would have guaranteed a disaster for hulu, i would have 100% not checked it out, maybe now i will at some point

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Greedy man gets money.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Good news, everyone!

 

[zombie kopitar]

Greedy man gets money.

yeah well, welcome to modern streaming. talent has been getting paid better than networks ever did

 

[The Crypto Guy]

yeah well, welcome to modern streaming. talent has been getting paid better than networks ever did

Haha I don't blame him. I'd do the exact same as him, as would most.