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| To infinity and beyond! The memorable trio of FUTURAMA. Image: copyright Matt Groening/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX. |
It may not have scaled the same kind of peak success, or have had the long term durability, that Matt Groening's earlier animated sensation, THE SIMPSONS, would become (and still is today), but the 2003 transmitted FUTURAMA remains a great follow-up concept for a comedy series-a rich spoof of all the best things in the sci-fi genre (from BUCK ROGERS to STAR TREK) with some fun characters including the three leads: the pizza delivery boy from the twentieth century, Philip J. Fry (voiced by Billy West), awakening from an unexpected cryogenic life suspension and getting a new life in the "retro-future" of the 31st century, the often outrageous, foul-mouthed, egotistical, know-all, boozing, wise-cracking robot who has big love/hate relationship issues with his Pizza delivery ship crew-mates, Bender (John DiMaggio), and the one eyed, fiery kick-ass mutant babe/love interest to Fry, Leela (voiced by MARRIED WITH CHILDREN's "Big Red", Katey Sagal). Despite several cancellations, the critically acclaimed, award-winning series has seemingly risen up from the grave more times than Lazarus, and, as well as a brand new seventh season upcoming in June 2011, has been a consistently strong DVD seller for FOX worldwide. In the UK, SKY ONE, the shows home since the beginning, is repeating the entire run of FUTURAMA from the start tonight, and it will no doubt look terrific in HD.
So, strap in and prepare to make the lightspeed jump into comedy- a strange but fun new universe awaits!
Numerous seasons and special films of FUTURAMA are available on DVD from FOX
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