David X. Cohen of Futurama Talks About the Movie 141
Joel Keller writes "I conducted a brief interview with David X. Cohen, EP and show-runner for Futurama, about the release of the new DVD, "Futurama: Bender's Big Score," as well as the return of his show to TV. The interview was posted to TV Squad this morning. In it, Cohen talks about how the movies will be split up into episodes, some of the inside references that they inserted for the die-hards, and a quick preview of what the second Futurama movie is going to be about."
His show? (Score:5, Interesting)
Didn't some guy named Matt Groening [wikipedia.org] have something to do with it?
My favorite part (Score:4, Interesting)
My favorite part was during the opening graphics - the "old" cartoon showing before the Planet Express ship crashes into the billboard. I had to stop the movie and jerk back a few tears, it was the most intense feeling of nostalgia I've felt in a very long time.
Mars University Challenge (Score:5, Interesting)
Speaking of Futurama, a week or two back, the BBC's intellectual quiz show "University Challenge [wikipedia.org]" had a whole round (3 questions) on "Science References in Futurama"!
If I remember the questions were along the lines of:
(I.e. the contestants could conceivably have got the answers without knowing the show - more detail was given for q1 than I can remember - although they didn't do too well and Paxo looked a bit bemused).
I think that this confirms the sad truth that "Futurama" must be the most intellectual TV show of recent years (excluding University Challenge).
Seen it. (Score:3, Interesting)
The only parts I didn't like were the song and dance routines. They were really poor when compared to the opera piece they did.
They really went nuts with the time travel. Which I liked. Sure it got confusing, but it was cheap and easy TIME TRAVEL. Chaos just comes with it.
I plan on buying the DVD when it comes out to show my support.
Re:His show? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Mars University Challenge (Score:2, Interesting)
Something should not have to be boring to be intellectual.
- RG>