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Futurama cancelled?!

PostPosted:Tue Feb 12, 2002 8:25 pm
by Darx
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/displa ... d=11499</a>

Futurama cancelled?!</div>

PostPosted:Tue Feb 12, 2002 9:34 pm
by Blotus
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>I didn't feel like reading the article, but if the show does get cancelled, I will slay each and every one of you.</div>

Unfortunate, but not surprising. Futurama has been dicked over by Fox for ages now.

PostPosted:Tue Feb 12, 2002 9:55 pm
by WolfSamurai
<div style='font: 14pt Agatha; text-align: left; '>I mean, during football season which is the first show to get preempted for the game? Futurama. They'd rather show a rerun of the Simpsons or that waste of money Malcom in the Middle than a brand new Futurama. How often after that first season did Fox advertise or heavily promote the show? Not a whole lot. A show can't pick up ratings if it's constantly being preempted or shown in reruns when it's not.</div>

It's true. I never even know when it's on anymore because it's usually got something else in it's timeslot or is being shown on "a special night"...

PostPosted:Tue Feb 12, 2002 10:14 pm
by Blotus
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>I'll forgive you for that little comment about Malcolm in the Middle. Just know I've got knives handy, Wofl.</div>

PostPosted:Tue Feb 12, 2002 11:07 pm
by Gentz
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Eh. It was an awesome show...but as long as we still have the Simpsons I don't find it to be too much of a problem.</div>

PostPosted:Tue Feb 12, 2002 11:54 pm
by New and Improved Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Up here I see promos for the show all the time. Must be a Global thing</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 12:21 am
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Exactly. It was never given a chance because half the freakin' shows were "aired" during the middle of football games. Talk about a screwjob...</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 12:24 am
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Over my dead body, you will..</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 12:47 am
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>TWO DOZEN unaired episodes? Geeze. That's fucking ridiculous. Sounds like Growning was on the wrong end of a pissing match with Fox execs too....</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 1:34 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I only saw a few episodes of Futurama, but from what I saw, it was better than recent episodes of The Simpsons.</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 2:28 am
by Gentz
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>I've noticed that Simpsons episodes take a couple watches to be truly appreciated. I found myself in stitches recently over episodes that I denounced as low-grade last year.</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 2:40 am
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah those bastards did with Legend of Zelda as well! They put it at the 2:00 slot before kids could get off from school! Bastards!</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 3:24 pm
by Blotus
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>"That's exactly the bloody point! Oh, Simpson... can't you go five seconds without embarrasing yourself?"</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 5:54 pm
by Mr.Person
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Check the article again, it's not canned. However, if I were Groening I'd go to UPN/WB or NBC/ABC and work out a deal, the show would succeed if given a chance.</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 11:18 pm
by Darx
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I don't think he can. One of the guys on the page, supposedly an animator for the show, says they aren't able to....</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 11:21 pm
by Darx
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I totally agree. Simpsons is great but Futurama has a lot more potential left.</div>

PostPosted:Wed Feb 13, 2002 11:24 pm
by Darx
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, I guess it's because Matt Groening owns the show, not Fox itself.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Feb 14, 2002 2:05 pm
by Chockboard
<div style='font: 10pt arial; text-align: left; '>It'd be a mercy killing, really. Dammit, where have all the good cartoons gone?!</div>

PostPosted:Thu Feb 14, 2002 6:28 pm
by Ishamael
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>*starts giggling at a squirrel outside window*</div>