Futurama

The comics are of a larger size in the UK, and although the stories are exactly the same as the US comics, they are published in a different order. .. The UK series was first published in 2002 and so far consists of 28 issues, incorporating the Simpsons crossovers. Other stories pushed Pentagon assertions so aggressively you could almost sense epaulets sprouting on the shoulders of editors. The comics are A5-size and now published 4 times a year. .. The US series was first published in 2000 and so far consists of 22 issues plus 2 2-part crossovers with The Simpsons. Times reporters broke many stories before and after the war - but when the stories themselves later broke apart, in many instances Times readers never found out.

There are two sets of comics available, the US series and UK series. But in the Times's WMD coverage, readers encountered some rather breathless stories built on unsubstantiated 'revelations' that, in many instances, were the anonymity-cloaked assertions of people with vested interests. These are currently the only new stories featuring the Futurama characters. "War requires an extra standard of care, not a lesser one. Matt Groening's Bongo Comics group is still producing a spin-off series of Futurama comic books. "The failure was not individual, but institutional," he wrote. Due to an extremely small production run, the video game is quite scarce and generally sells for more than most games that are just being released. A second self-criticism by Okrent went further.

Critical reviews raised the issue of poor play control and graphic quality, but noted that the game possessed an excellent storyline and voice acting. [11] While this "From the Editors" piece didn't mention names, a large part of the incriminated articles had been written by Times reporter Judith Miller. Unique Development Studios released a video game titled Futurama for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles in August 2003. On May 26, 2004, the Times published another significant admission of journalistic failings, admitting that its flawed reporting during the buildup to the Iraq campaign of the War on Terror helped promote the misleading belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Despite the different release dates, the content of the DVDs are identical for both Regions. Incidentally, Times columnist and former reporter Nicolas Kristof, a Pulitzer prize winner, has mentioned being of Armenian descent and has criticized the ongoing denial of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government, in his Times column. The DVDs were released in Europe first as a test to see if they would sell, and sales were very good on both sides of the Atlantic. The Turkish Government still actively denies a genocide occurred.

In Europe (DVD Region 2), the first and second seasons were both released in 2002; the third season was released on June 2, 2003; and the fourth on November 24th, 2003. Despite publishing dozens of articles about the Armenian Genocide as it progressed, the Times for a period shied away from using the term in its articles as part of its editorial policy. In the USA (DVD Region 1), the first season of Futurama was released on DVD on March 25, 2003; the second season on August 12, 2003; the third season on March 9, 2004; and the fourth (and final) on August 24, 2004. In April, 2004 the Times reversed its policy of not using the term Armenian Genocide. Comedy Central in the US will begin airing Futurama when its contract with Cartoon Network expires in 2008. This has been aggressively criticized, such as by frequent Times contributor Christopher Hitchens, as carrying a connotation of justification; Times columnist Thomas Friedman refers to them as "terrorists" or "Islamo-fascists". Futurama now appears in syndication on the Cartoon Network and the TBS Superstation in the US, Sky One, Sky Two and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, Teletoon/Télétoon in Canada, Fox 8 and Channel 10 in Australia, Fox España and Antena 3 in Spain, Pro7 in Germany, Italia 1 in Italy, Canal Fox in Latin America, One TV in the Middle East, MTV3 in Finland, TV400 (formerly aired on TV4) in Sweden, SF2 in Switzerland, Telemundo in Puerto Rico and Azteca 7 in Mexico. invasion of Iraq, the Times has persistently referred to "insurgents" rather than "terrorists" being responsible for the bombing and other acts of violence.

Everybody is excited to get back together--as I am! Into the Future, Billy. Since the 2003 U.S. Full feature length FUTURAMA movies. The paper's top two editors – Howell Raines, the executive editor, and Gerald Boyd, managing editor – resigned their posts following the incident. phoned me about an hour ago and said that this Futurama project is a done deal! Here's the word from DX--- There are 4 DVD movies that we'll start recording at the end of July or August. Questions of affirmative action in journalism were also raised, since Blair was African American. HERE'S GREAT NEWS! Here's the official word on Futurama!! David X. In 2003, the Times admitted to journalism fraud committed over a span of several years by one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, and the general professionalism of the paper was questioned, though Blair immediately resigned following the incident.

On January 19, 2006, Billy West confirmed on his message board that four Futurama direct-to-DVD movies will begin production in July or August 2006:. In response, thousands of Jews canceled their Times subscriptions.[10]. In January 2006, Variety reported that there have been negotiations to bring back Futurama as a television show, though only a 'limited' amount of episodes may be produced [2]. The photo, however, focused on the comparatively minuscule number of Palestinian protestors at the parade and made the event appear to be confrontational. The summary has since been deleted [1]. The day after the Israel Day Parade in 2002, the Times featured a picture of the event on the front page. The IMDb once had a plot summary, but Can't Get Enough Futurama reported that the plot summary was submitted by a user who wished to show that the IMDb would report "unconfirmed rumours". (In May 2005 Okrent was succeeded by Byron Calame.).

The Internet Movie Database has a Futurama movie page, which claims that the movie will be released in 2007. Bush administration (see below). He stated that the Fox Network did not understand the show, and he discussed the possiblity of the show's return and a straight-to-DVD movie. However, he noted that the paper's coverage of the Iraq war was, among other things, insufficiently critical of the George W. Several months later, Matt Groening told The Sydney Morning Herald that he "has faith in the relaunch of Futurama". Okrent did not comment at length on the issue of bias in coverage of "hard news", such as fiscal policy, foreign policy, or civil liberties. In July 2005, Billy West seemed to have confirmed a "straight to DVD" Futurama movie on a video blog. He claimed that this bias reflected the paper's cosmopolitanism, which arose naturally from its roots as a hometown paper of New York City.

The idea was to make a Futurama movie right to DVD and then a 2nd and a 3rd [...]. He concluded that the Times did have a liberal bias in coverage of certain social issues, gay marriage being the example he used. Cohen [...] and he said that they did have talks with the top guys at FOX and they were extremely impressed with the sales of the Futurama DVDs. In summer 2004, the Times' public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, wrote a piece on the Times' alleged liberal bias. Well, I spoke to David X. Some studies have shown that the Times selection of op-ed pieces and letters to the editor seem to "bracket" their editorial position, making the editorials appear to be moderate — although again this practice is hardly unique to the Times. On May 22, 2005, the Can't Get Enough Futurama website carried the following unofficial post, attributed to Billy West's discussion board:. newspapers.

Even though there were no official words on the revival of the show, there have been rumors of it since the news broke that Family Guy was being revived. The Times has also been criticized for allowing Exxon-Mobil Corporation to run a regular paid "advertorial" commentary piece on its editorial page, although the practice is common in other U.S. It should be noted that Entertainment Weekly disparaged Family Guy early in production, leading to the show's animosity towards the magazine. Mickey Kaus wrote that the executive editor, Howell Raines, was "on the verge of a breakthrough reconceptualization of 'news' here, in which 'news' comes to mean the failure of any powerful individual or institution to do what Howell Raines wants them to do.". The last reporter asks "Stewie, do you know if Fox has any plans to bring back Futurama?" Stewie then asks "What magazine are you from?" and the reporter replies Entertainment Weekly, Stewie then angrily snaps the reporter's neck, killing him. Critics complained that this was an editorial usurping news space. Stewie, when walking down the red carpet to the premiere, is stopped by various reporters asking questions. On November 25, 2002, the Times ran a front-page story with the headline, "CBS Staying Silent in Debate on Women Joining Augusta" — part of a string of stories focusing on the Augusta National Golf Club, the host of the Masters Tournament, effectively demanding a boycott.

There is also a reference to Futurama in the Family Guy movie. A frequent critic of the Times in this vein has been leftist Noam Chomsky. Groening revealed in the DVD audio commentary for this episode that he intended The Simpsons to be a television show in the Futurama universe, and conversely Futurama was a television show in The Simpsons universe, which is somewhat confirmed in the Simpsons episode in which he guest stars. Such critics note the significance of the many important stories that the Times does not print, which can be found in alternative media. shorts" imitating the popular mannerism used by Homer. political parties on many issues, the often-harmful activities of multinational corporations, etc. Bender eats the shorts, then says "mmmm.. Some liberals view the New York Times as a conservative establishment newspaper due to its failure to use its formidable journalistic resources to critique and expose structural economic inequality, the comparative ideological similarity of the major U.S.

Bender finds a Bart Simpson doll which says "Eat my shorts" when its string is pulled. Eisenhower in 1956. Similarly, Futurama references The Simpsons. In an early episode of Futurama, the crew are sent to destroy a huge ball of garbage in space by placing a bomb on it. The editorial page of the Times has not endorsed a Republican Party candidate for president since Dwight D. Since Futurama's cancellation, Matt Groening's The Simpsons series has made several references to Futurama:. Bush administration; and libertarian-conservative former columnist William Safire criticized the Patriot Act. In Britain, the series was picked up by Sky One shortly after its US premiere, and Channel 4 later acquired terrestrial broadcast rights. For example, Dowd strongly criticized President Clinton; Krugman (a professional economist) spoke as an economic centrist before he began criticizing the George W.

On October 28, 2005, Comedy Central announced that it had signed a multi-year deal to broadcast the series, paying a reported $400,000 each for all 72 episodes, presumably beginning when Cartoon Network's broadcast rights end in 2007. However, attempts to place these columnists' positions on a one-dimensional American political spectrum do not completely characterize their actions or views. In the United States, Futurama can be seen on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, usually playing adjacent to another (once) cancelled series, Family Guy. The 2005 roster of regular columnists ranges in political position from Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman, and Bob Herbert on the left, to Nicholas Kristof and Thomas Friedman on the center-left, and David Brooks, formerly of The Weekly Standard magazine, and John Tierney on the moderate right. Several television stations are currently airing the series in syndication. However, some critics believe the mix is more liberal than conservative. I want to see how it ends". The op-ed section, the Times's regular columnists — who operate largely independently of the rest of the paper, and are subject to relatively little editorial oversight — have varying political orientations.

The last line of dialogue (recorded months after the episode was taped, after the show's cancellation), aptly enough, was "Don't stop playing, Fry.. Scott's film reviews sometimes contain barbs directed at social conservatives, and Frank Rich's Arts columns regularly attacked conservatives. The episode was not a true series finale however, and though many plot issues were resolved in the last season, the final episode was in no way a clear "conclusion" to the series. O. With this episode, the fifth television season (fourth production season) and the whole series ended. For example, A. (Note: the production season forms the basis for the DVD and video sets.) The 72nd and final episode, called "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", aired in the USA on August 10, 2003. Among other things, the intermix of political commentary with art criticism in the Arts section of the paper is pointed to as evidence of bias.

These delays account for the difference in Fox's broadcast season number and production season number. For example, during presidential campaigns, the paper systematically gives more coverage to Democratic topics, but only so when the incumbent president is a Republican. Due to numerous preemptions and other schedule shuffles, Fox had enough new episodes backlogged for another full year of shows. He finds that the Times displays Democratic partisanship, with some watchdog aspects. While Futurama ended after its fifth broadcast season, there were actually only four production seasons. [9]. This way, camera movements provided a perfect geometry of the environment and characters (for example, at the beginning of the series when the camera flies around the Planet Express building). Riccardo Puglisi from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has written a paper about the editorial choices of the New York Times from 1946 to 1994, entitled, "Being the New York Times: The Political Behaviour of a Newspaper" (December 6, 2004).

The scenes were first painted by hand and then implemented in 3D. A 2005 study by Tim Gloseclose and Jeffrey Milyo of media coverage over the past ten years ranked the New York Times as the third most liberal of twenty major media outlets ranked by Americans for Democratic Action's guidelines for lawmakers' votes on selected issues of importance to liberals. Many of the spacecraft and backgrounds appearing in Futurama were made using 3D computer graphics. Some conservatives believe that the Times' hard news and soft news reportage have a consistent and pronounced liberal slant, particularly on social issues. This show is also one of the few animated series to use fully orchestrated original music in almost every episode. One of the most serious of these charges is that before and during World War II, the New York Times downplayed evidence that the Third Reich had targeted Jews for genocide, at least in part because the publisher feared the taint of taking on any 'Jewish cause'. Three remixes of the theme song were produced and used as the main theme in three different episodes. The Times, like many major news organizations, has often been accused of giving too little or too much play to various events for reasons not related to objective journalism.

The original theme song for the show was to be the 1960s electronic music recording "Psyche Rock" by Pierre Henry, but the inability to license the track for the show led Tyng to compose a theme strongly reminiscent of it. On several occasions the Times has erroneously published premature obituaries, including:. The theme and incidental music for the show were composed by Christopher Tyng. This was later proven to be a hoax created by Megan Jasper, a sales representative for Sub Pop Records. McCoy, DeForest Kelley, by that time deceased, or James Doohan, who refused to appear; his character was replaced by 'Welshy'.). On November 15, 1992, the Times published a list of slang terms (known as "grunge speak") that were supposedly used in the Seattle grunge scene. (This episode did not include a speaking role for the character of Dr. In 1969, days before Apollo 11's landing on the moon, the newspaper published a tongue-in-cheek correction:.

Celebrities who have lent their voices to the show include Dick Clark, Beck, Donovan, Al Gore, Stephen Hawking, The Beastie Boys, Sigourney Weaver, Lucy Liu, Pamela Anderson, John Goodman (as Robot Santa), and the Star Trek cast, in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before". In 1920, a New York Times editorial ridiculed Robert Goddard and his claim that a rocket would work in space:. It was changed to Philip as a way to remember Hartman. This seems to be a result of vigorous action by the Times' legal wing. Fry's first name was originally going to be Curtis. As of late January 2006 online reproduction of Select content is extremely difficult to find. The character Philip J. [8] Most for-pay NYT editorials are available online shortly after their publication through blog searches.

Some believe Billy West performs the character of Zapp Brannigan in a Hartman-ish voice as a tribute to him (hence why Zapp looks so much like Hartman's Simpsons character, Troy McClure), but the DVD commentary reveals that West's version of Zapp's voice is actually unchanged from the way he did it originally in auditions. This led to attempts to work around it, such as Never Pay Retail [7] and the posting of TimesSelect material by bloggers. Phil Hartman was cast as a voice actor on the series, but he died before production began. This is unusual, in that it included previously free editorial columns. Actors lending their voices to the series include Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, and Tress MacNeille. The website had 555 million pageviews in March 2005.[6] In September 2005, the paper decided to experiment with charging subscription for daily columns in a program known as TimesSelect. Also demonstrated at that World's Fair was Philo Farnsworth's vacuum tube television; Professor Farnsworth is named after him. It has a general policy of keeping articles freely available for a week and charges subscription for older articles.

Futurama takes its name from a General Motors exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair which depicted future technologies. The Times has had a strong presence on the web since 1995, and has been ranked one of the top web sites. Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation does, however, get an Oscar nomination for best soft-drink product placement. In the absence of a major headline, the day's most important story generally appears in the top-righthand column. (It is mentioned with no penalties, however, once by Hermes Conrad while describing the Democratic Order Of Planets, and again in the episode where the Planet Express crew uses the Internet, and once more in the first episode when Fry says the doors are just like the ones from Star Trek.) There is little mention of what happened to The Next Generation and the other spinoffs, but the head of Jonathan Frakes lives on in a glass jar (normally on a shelf directly behind the jar housing the head of Leonard Nimoy). It stayed with an 8-column format years after other papers had switched to 6, and it was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography. The destruction because of the "Wars" ultimately led to its banning by the Earth government and the execution of its followers "in the manner most befitting virgins", i.e., by being thrown into a volcano to the phrase "He's dead, Jim." By the year 3000, even discussing the show is a serious legal offense. Its headlines tend to be verbose, and, for major stories, come with subheadings giving further details, although it is moving away from this style.

This caused the "Star Trek Wars" (not to be confused with the "Star Wars Trek", the mass migration of Star Wars fans). When referring to people, it uses titles, rather than unadorned last names (except among the sports pages, in which last names stand alone). Over the years, as life began to imitate Star Trek more and more, the sci-fi series evolved into an enormous mainstream religious cult that swept the world. Stylistically, the newspaper is quite conservative (see also: The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage). They believe that Robot Jesus was a very well built robot, but he was not their messiah, and they do not permit decapodians to attend their functions (presumably because shellfish aren't kosher, although ironic since the Decapodians are a parody of Jewish stereotypes). The newspaper is organized in three sections:. Robot Jews exist as well, although all we know about them is that they hold functions to celebrate a robot becoming a "Bot Mitzvah". [5].

Robot religions exist as well, with the most popular being the quasi-Christian religion of Robotology, which has its Hell located in an abandoned New Jersey amusement park, presided over by the crafty Robot Devil. Ann Arbor, Michigan; Austin, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Billerica, Massachusetts; Canton, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; College Point, New York; Concord, California; Dayton, Ohio (Sunday only); Denver, Colorado; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Gastonia, North Carolina; Edison, New Jersey; Lakeland, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Springfield, Virginia; Kent, Washington and Torrance, California. Hanukkah is now represented by the Hanukkah Zombie and Kwanzaa by Kwanzaabot. The New York Times is printed at the following sites:. Zoidberg), and attempts to punish them on Christmas Eve if they are caught outdoors after sun-down. By the beginning of the 21st century, The Times had begun leasing WQEW to ABC Radio for its Radio Disney format, which continues on 1560 AM to this day. to judge people, whether naughty or nice, and distribute presents accordingly, but his standards were set so high that he invariably deems everybody naughty (except for Dr. The AM station changed its call letters from WQXR to WQEW.

He was originally created and programmed by Mom's Friendly Robot Co. The classical format was simulcast on both frequencies until the early 1990s, when the big-band and standards format of WNEW-AM (now WBBR) moved from 1130 AM to 1560. Christmas, now Xmas, is celebrated with the fear of a giant robotic Santa Claus, who is located on Neptune. The newspaper continues to own classical WQXR (96.3 FM) and WQEW (1560 AM). Some of today's holidays still exist, but with slightly different mascots. 26, 2004, the reported circulation data for The New York Times were: 1,124,700 Weekday[3] and 1,669,700 Sunday[4]. (Waltermercadismo is also mentioned in the Latin American version.). It has 16 news bureaus in the New York region, 11 national news bureaus and 26 foreign news bureaus.[2] For the year ending Dec.

Oprahism and Voodoo are now mainstream religions. The Times is based in New York City. There is some form of Space Catholicism, led by the reptilian Space Pope (Crocodylus pontifex) and based upon a platform of discouraging love between robots and humans (featured in I Dated a Robot, an episode wherein Fry breaks the robot-human love taboo by dating a robot version of Lucy Liu). At the end of 2005 it had over 350 full time reporters and about 40 photographers, in addition to hundreds of free-lance contributors who work for the paper more occasionally. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism have all merged into one Amalgamated Church. The Times has been going through a downsizing, for several years, laying off workers and cutting expenses [1], in common with a general trend among print newsmedia. Religion has changed quite a bit since the year 2000. More recently, in 2004 the Times won a Pulitzer award for a series written by David Barstow and Lowell Bergman on employers and workplace safety issues.

The universe ends after Dog Doo 7. government had been painting an unrealistically rosy picture of the progress of the Vietnam War. A planet named Arrakis exists, a tip-of-the-hat to Frank Herbert's Dune novels. In 1971 it broke the Pentagon Papers story, publishing leaked documents revealing that the U.S. There is also at least one rogue colony of robots that kills humans on sight (this being Chapek 9, a reference to Karel Čapek who coined the term robot). The Times has won 90 Pulitzer Prizes – the most prestigious award for journalism in the US, presented each year by Columbia University – including a record 7 in 2002. A victorious war with the Arachnid homeworld of Tarantulon VI resulted in a silk surplus, which in turn led to a $300 tax refund from the head of Richard Nixon, the ruling President of Earth. The newspaper is currently owned by The New York Times Company, in which descendants of Ochs, principally the Sulzberger family, maintain a dominant role.

The Democratic Order Of Planets (DOOP) was founded in 2945 after the Second Galactic War (a parallel to the United Nations' founding in 1945 after World War II). The Times also started an international edition in 1946, but stopped publishing it in 1967 and joined with the owners of the New York Herald Tribune and The Washington Post to publish the International Herald Tribune in Paris. Bang! Zoom! Straight to the moon!". The fashion section started in 1946. Citizens of the 31st century have lost all knowledge of the lunar landing, mistaking Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooners for a typical 20th century astronaut due to his common phrase, "One of these days, Alice. The crossword began to appear in 1942 as a feature, and the paper bought the classical station WQXR in the same year. Earth's moon is still mostly unsettled with the exception of some farms, but houses an amusement park (heavily parodying Disney theme parks even to the motto: "The Happiest Place Orbiting Earth"), and is the sole tourist attraction. In 1919 it made its first trans-atlantic delivery to London.

The Western Hemisphere of the planet is currently owned by the Wongs, parents of Planet Express intern Amy Wong. It won its first Pulitzer Prize for news reports and articles about World War I in 1918. Mars has been terraformed to a great degree (it is now the home of many wealthy socialites), and is home to Mars University. The Times was originally intended to publish every morning except on Sundays; however, during the Civil War the Times started publishing Sunday issues along with other major dailies. Earth's national holiday appears to be "Freedom Day", which is traditionally celebrated by doing whatever one wants without regard to the consequences, as well as nude hot tubbing parties, and by dancing and chanting, "Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy!". Nine years later, the Times opened an annex at 229 43rd Street, their current headquarters, later selling Times Tower in 1961. At the end of Futurama's last episode, however, the Robot Devil drags Nixon's head back to Hell, so the status of his presidency is now in question. After relocating the paper's headquarters to a new tower on 42nd Street, the area was named Times Square in 1904.

At times, Nixon's head is carried by the Secretary of Transportation or the headless body of Spiro Agnew. In 1897 he coined the paper's slogan "All The News That's Fit To Print," widely interpreted as a jab at competing papers in New York City (the New York World and the New York Journal American) that were known for yellow journalism. After the Planet Express crew manages to retrieve it, Nixon's head is mounted on a gargantuan, weaponized cyborg body, helping to sway the robot vote. Adolph Ochs acquired the Times in 1896, and under his guidance the newspaper achieved an international scope, circulation, and reputation. Nixon buys Bender's robotic body from a pawn shop to serve as his new body. Raymond was also a founding director of the Associated Press in 1856. Despite having been elected President of the United States twice, the head of Richard Nixon is elected President of Earth by exploiting the fact that his old body is not being elected, and Earthican law only stipulates that no body can be elected more than twice. The New York Times was founded on September 18, 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones.

The two main parties are the Tastycrats and the Fingerlicans, whose names sound similar to the current American parties, the Democrats and Republicans. . The organization of political parties in Futurama is similar to the American two-party system with a number of third parties. The newspaper is nicknamed the "Gray Lady" and is often referred to as the newspaper of record in the United States. Citizens of Earth are called Earthicans. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes some 40 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and the Boston Globe. visible) where the stars are today. Sulzberger Jr., and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide.

and the flag of Earth looks like the Flag of the United States, but with an image of the Earth (with the U.S. The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. This world government seems to be quite US-centric as Earth's capital is Washington, D.C. William Safire (retired as an Op-Ed columnist as of late January 2005, but continues as Language columnist). It seems that various sub-states may have prime ministers and similar leaders, much like the current American system of governors. John Tierney. Earth has a unified government called the United States of Earth headed by a single President of Earth. Frank Rich.

This campaign is spearheaded by 25-star General Major Webelo Zapp Brannigan, a conceited, self-absorbed, trouserless individual who makes regular appearances throughout the series. Gretchen Morgenson. Apparently, Earth is in the process of embarking on a long-term campaign to conquer and/or eliminate all other worlds/races not allied with it. Paul Krugman. Much of the Milky Way galaxy now operates under the Earth government's sphere of influence, similar to America's influence on world politics today. Kristof. Numerous other galaxies have been colonized or have made contact by the year 3000. Nicholas D.

They often provide additional jokes for fans dedicated enough to decode the messages. Bob Herbert. The first is a simple one-to-one substitution cipher from the Latin alphabet, while the second uses a more complex modular addition code (officially an ancient alien language predating the universe). Friedman. The show also often makes use of a pair of alien alphabets in background signage. Thomas L. Ironically, "aks" represents an earlier pronunciation of the word, with the modern "ask" an innovation, so the 31st century sees the word coming full circle. Maureen Dowd.

These changes include the disuse of the word Christmas in favor of Xmas (with the X pronounced, as in "ex-mas") and the pronunciation of ask metathesizing as "aks". David Brooks. English itself has also evolved from today, but still remains comprehensible. Bill Keller (2003- ). In "A Clone of My Own" (and "Space Pilot 3000"), it is implied that French is now a dead language, and that the official language spoken by the French will then be English (in the French version of Futurama, German is substituted for French as the dead language). Howell Raines (2001-2003). Futurama's universe also makes several bold predictions about the future of linguistics. Joseph Lelyveld (1994-2001).

See also: Timeline of Futurama. Max Frankel (1986-1994). This sort of indifference to death and pain may be partly a mockery of the reactionary trend of citing rising crime statistics as a symptom of human life losing its value, partly on account of the failure to take proper precautions or care of themselves because of the availability of medicines and operations, and partly callousness (such as Fry's happy declaration that his organ transplant came from a guy who liked to ride motorcycles). Abe Rosenthal (1977-1986). What does piano wire count as?") Grievous bodily injuries are shrugged off or treated with a sort of mild uncaring, perhaps in reference to the highly advanced medical technology as well as the general disregard for the lives of others or oneself. position vacant (1969-1976). Bare hands or weapons?" "Hm. James Reston (1968-1969).

("Could you pick me up a license to kill?" "Sure. Turner Catledge (1964-1968). Murder is discussed casually, as if there were little or no penalty for it. (1992- ). The suicide booths are not the only sign of a devaluing of human life, despite their popularity. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. In another episode, Pamela Anderson mentions that she won an Academy Award for Baywatch: The Movie, the first ever to be filmed entirely in slow-motion. Punch Sulzberger (1963-1992).

Atlanta, after being moved to sea, sinks due to overdevelopment and becomes a "lost city" (a parody of the story of Atlantis); its residents evolve (with the help of Coca-Cola's caffeine) into mermaids. Orvil Dryfoos (1961-1963). Los Angeles has become a wasteland, Fry mistaking it for New New York in the year 4000 after believing he had been cryogenically frozen for a further 1000 years. Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1935-1961). For example, in the time that has passed formerly-endangered owls and marmosets have emerged as the primary urban pests, at the expense of rats and pigeons. Adolph Ochs (1896-1935). Some of the show's humor comes from passing references to historical events of the past thousand years. Katharine Sergava (ballet dancer) in 2003, based on an earlier incorrect obituary in the Daily Telegraph.

Less inspiring 31st century innovations include coin-operated Suicide Booths (said in the show to have been in business since 2008) and Soylent Cola (the taste "varies from person to person"). Alan Abel in 1980, who had faked his own death as an elaborate hoax. Among the robots, spaceships, and floating buildings, Professor Farnsworth introduced many memorable new inventions such as the Smell-o-scope, the What-if Machine, and the Parabox. William Baer (a New York University professor) in 1942, as a result of a hoax by his students. Wheels used in transportation have been made obsolete by hover technology, to the point that 31st century characters do not know what a wheel is. Despite this, Futurama's world also showcases numerous technological advantages that have been developed by the year 3000.

Robots are treated as independent beings - indeed only twice in the series are robots referred to as property (in The Route of All Evil Qubert refers to Bender as "company property", and in The 30% Iron Chef the Professor shouts "That's my robot! I own him!"). A specific issue on Earth is the large population of super-intelligent/super-incompetent robots (homeless robots and orphan children robots, like Tinny Tim); they are generally lazy, greedy and surly (with the exception of the sycophantic super-efficient Robot 1-X), and often unwilling to assist their human creators. A common clash between the former two is alien immigration plaguing Earth. Race issues in 3000 are now centered around relations among humans, aliens, and robots.

The show's vision of the future is very similar to the present in many ways: the same political figures and celebrities that we know today survive as heads in jars, a method invented by Ron Popeil; television remains the primary means of entertainment; the Internet is still slow and filled with pornography, and problems such as global warming, inflexible bureaucracy, and substance abuse are still pressing issues. Unlike past cartoons like The Jetsons, which showed an efficient, clean, happy future, Futurama portrays a less idealistic view, with humans still dealing with many of the same basic problems of the 20th century. The visually retro-futuristic world of Futurama is not a utopia but neither is it a dystopia. The capabilities of many things vary according to what is most appropriate for the situation at hand.

The setting is first and foremost a backdrop for humor, and the show is not above committing continuity errors if they serve to further the gags. Nearly every mission that the Professor assigns his crew is unusually dangerous. The ship is equipped with autopilot and a shipboard artificial intelligence. Zoidberg accompany the crew as needed.

Amy and Dr. The Planet Express ship is helmed by Leela, with Bender serving as cook and Fry as delivery boy. The Professor often makes passing references to the brutal deaths of previous employees; the crew prior to Fry's arrival was said to have been devoured by a space wasp, while another was stung to death by a swarm of gigantic bees. Planet Express is a delivery company held by Professor Farnsworth to fund his "research" and "inventions".

See also: Futurama's recurring characters. Futurama centers around seven main characters who work for Planet Express, as well as several secondary characters. . The futuristic time frame allowed the show's writers to be creative with their humor by introducing ideas and events from pulp science fiction of the mid 20th century into the series.

The series covers the adventures of Fry and his colleagues as they travel around the universe making deliveries on behalf of Planet Express. Fry's attempt to escape from his now-mandatory job assignment as a delivery boy ends when he is hired on at Planet Express, a small intergalactic package delivery company run by his distantly descended nephew, as a delivery boy. He is defrosted one thousand years later on December 31, 2999 and finds himself in New New York City. Fry, a New York City slacker and pizza delivery man, who is cryogenically frozen by accident on New Year's Eve, 1999.

The series begins with Philip J. Zoidberg, and various other characters) announced in a post to the message board of his official website that the Futurama team would be producing four new, direct-to-DVD movies beginning in the July or August 2006. On January 19th, 2006, Billy West (the voice actor who plays Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. It is currently rerun on the Adult Swim scheduling segment of Cartoon Network in the United States, on Teletoon in Canada, on Channel 4, Sky One and Sky Two in the UK, and on Fox8 and Network Ten in Australia.

Set in "New New York City" in the 31st century, it was introduced on the Fox Network and received airplay between March 28, 1999 and August 10, 2003. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). Futurama is an American animated television series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Futurama season 5 details.

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When they exit, Bender is in the car with them and says, "All right! You guys are my new best friends!" Homer then says, "You wish, loser!" and throws him out of the back of the hovercar, breaking him. During this sequence, Homer and Bart drive through a "tunnel" where they shift dimensions temporarily. "Future-Drama": Bart and Lisa Simpson explore their teenage years with the help of Professor Frink. He then signs Bender dolls and draws a sketch of Fry for Bart's friend Milhouse.

"My Big Fat Geek Wedding": Matt Groening appears as himself (animated) and was introduced at a convention as the creator of the hit show Futurama. The Third Grade": Bender appears in one of Bart Simpson's dreams. Lisa vs. "Bart vs.

"Fraudcast News": a person jumps off a cliff, screaming "Why did they cancel Futurama?". "Missionary: Impossible": Bender can be seen answering calls on FOX during a fundraising telethon. She is shallow, ditzy, and prone to overusing 31st century slang. Amy Wong (Lauren Tom) - Amy is an intern at Planet Express and heir to half of Mars, constantly pestered by her parents about their lack of grandchildren.

Although a self-proclaimed expert on humans, he constantly provides incompetent medical care and mistakes Fry for a woman when they first meet. Zoidberg (Billy West) - Zoidberg is a lobster-like alien from Decapod 10 and the staff doctor of Planet Express. John Zoidberg a.k.a. Dr.

Much of the show revolves around Fry's attempts to adapt to the 31st century and his interaction with his friends, the rest of the staff of Planet Express. He seeks out his closest living relative, Professor Farnsworth, who employs Fry as a delivery boy at Planet Express. Fry (voiced by Billy West) - Fry is a pizza delivery boy, cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the New Year, 2000 and revived just in time to usher in the year 3000. Fry a.k.a.

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