Futurama Movie Set For November 27

kevin_conaway writes "TV Squad informs us that the new Futurama movie will be available on November 27. The show will return as a full-length, high-def film sold on DVD. It will be followed by three additional films, and each film will be divided into four episodes, each to be aired on Comedy Central. So, that's 4 DVD movies or 16 new episodes."

I never really..

[daydr3am3r]

..understood as to why Futurama never really took off to the mainstream as Simpsons did. Especially with the declining quality of the latter and the pretty much consistent high quality of the former. Must be the sci-fi tag that works like a repellant: "Oooh I want gonna laugh you know, but can't, it's sci-fi fer christ's sakes!..."

Networks

[Enderandrew]

Will the networks ever learn? They never marketed the show properly, and that is why it failed, just like why Family Guy failed the first time around.

Often they bail very early on a show that could be successful (like Drive this year, or Firefly) before they ever give the show a chance to succeed. If you don't market a show, people don't know it exists, and they aren't going to watch it. The weird thing is that there is quite a bit of start-up cost in getting an animated show running with an animation shop. 16 episodes is more than a half-season slate. I don't know why they don't just bring it back as a mid-season replacement on Fox, see how it goes, and hopefully just bring the show back for good?

Re:I never really..

[Anonymous Coward]

Your link in English: http://usuarios.lycos.es/bbrp/mathematics.html [lycos.es]

Re:misnomer

[snicho99]

I don't know what the situation is in NTSC land. But here in Australian PAL land, (mu hah hah that's 576i or p for us), SD or standard definition is used pretty much interchangeably between EITHER 4:3 or 16:9 anamorphic.
Our SD digital transmission is anamorphic and our analogue broadcast is good old fashioned 4:3.
The parent poster is quite correct in that there is no standard resolution that defines HD content. It's a mess.
Seriously. You should try post producing a show that has been shot at 720p 29.97fps, but tagged as 50fps (over cranked), offlined at 576i / 50 (DV), and then conformed and onlined at 1080i / 50. It's enough to make you're head explode.
To be honest, it's just one of the reasons why us post production guys still have so much "love" in the "love/hate" relationship we have with film.

And yes you are correct. I'm completely off topic. But hey it's been a long day.

Re:I never really..

[hal2814]

I don't buy the you're-not-smart-enough-to-get-it argument. I can check off all of your points and never really cared for Futurama. I don't think the general dislike really has to do with the brainy jokes as much as it has to do with episode pacing and the main characters. It also had a weak first few episodes. Family Guy tosses in a lot of pop culture references that go straight over people's heads, but there are still plenty of people who enjoy the show. I know pop culture references aren't the same thing as scientific and political jokes but at the same time, there are probably more people who have taken college Physics than know who Gil Gerrard is. American Dad does the same thing with pop culture references but has a lot fewer fans. The problems isn't the jokes. The problem is the stories that hold the jokes together.

I did like a few Futurama episodes here and there but I would much rather be watching the Simpsons. And I did get it. Just like I got the Matrix sequels and I got the Doctor Who story Ghost Light. I'm not a fan of any though.