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150 of 168 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lived up to it's expectations, February 13, 2003
Obviously, with 'Futurama' being made by Matt Groening, the same creator of probably the most popular animated show in the world, 'The Simpsons', expectations were high for 'Futurama'. It had to be an instant hit, and I have to say it's not as popular as 'The Simpsons', but it is definitely worth watching, and the first season is definitely worth buying.1. Space Pilot 3000
A 25-year-old pizza delivery boy named Fry spends New Year's Eve 1999 lamenting his lame existence. That night, he accidentally freezes himself in a cryogenics lab and awakens at the dawn of the year 3,000! With the past 1,000 years behind him, Fry decides to make a fresh start. He tracks down his great-great-great-great (etc.) nephew, Professor Farnsworth, and gets a job with his intergalactic delivery service. With the help of his two new friends, a beautiful one-eyed alien named Leela and a degenerate robot named Bender, Fry prepares for the ride of his life in this bizarre new millennium.
2. Episode Two: The Series Has Landed
When one of his first deliveries takes him to the moon, Fry can hardly contain his excitement. For the others, it's just a routine trip, but Fry is shocked to discover a giant lunar theme park! He convinces Leela to go exploring and search for the original moon-landing site, but their excursion soon becomes a matter of life or death! Meanwhile, Bender puts the moves on a moon-farmer's daughter and suffers the consequences!
3. I, Roommate
Everyone is sick of Fry so he has to get his own apartment. He decides to become Bender's roommate. The only catch is that Bender's apartment has a volume of 2 cubic meters. Fry convinces Bender to look for a better place, they get a new apartment, only that Bender's antenna interferes with the TV reception (a thousand years and televisions still use plain antenna? some things never change). Fry prefers to stay in his apartment instead of going back to Bender's, but Leela convinces him to. When Fry asks where to put his stuff, Bender suggests the closet, which is big enough for Fry to live.
4. Love's Labors Lost in Space
On a mission intended to save endangered animals on a collapsing planet, Leela and the crew run into legendary starship captain Zapp Brannigan. A self-proclaimed ladies man, Zapp sees Leela as a potential new conquest. When the captain refuses to aid the animal rescue, Leela and her crew try to leave Zapp's starship. But Zapp throws Fry and Bender in jail, and summons Leela to his "Lovenasium." They ultimately escape and arrive on the doomed planet, where Leela finally finds love - with a cute, and very useful, creature named Nibbler.
5. Fear of a Bot Planet
At Madison Cube Garden watching a blernsball game, Bender complains about the poor treatment of robots. They're only there to clean up, polish the balls or water the fields. They never get any respect. Later, Bender must deliver a package to a planet inhabited by murderous robots that kill humans on sight. He discovers a robotopia - a land where the robot is king! However, when Leela and Fry are captured, Bender must choose between protecting his celebrity status or saving his friends. 6. A Fishful of Dollars
A thousand years is a long time to save up money, and Fry's savings account has been racking up interest. When Fry discovers just how much - over 4 billion dollars - Fry goes a little overboard. After completely redecorating the apartment, splurging on expensive spa days and treating his friends to innumerable luxuries, Fry discovers the ultimate expense. Anchovies. This rare delicacy as been extinct for years, and Fry must battle the evil conglomerate known as Mom, plus Pamela Anderson Lee's head in a jar, to get them!
7. My Three Suns
The crew visits an arid planet in the Galaxy of Terror distinctive for it's three suns and liquid alien inhabitants. Fry, after delivering a package under the scorching heat, quenches his thirst with a bottle of cool blue liquid. Fry soon finds out he drank the planet's royal leader and is named the new emporer. Fry abuses his newfound power, even appointing Bender second in command, until the aliens retaliate and the real battle for power begins.
8. A Big Piece of Garbage
A big piece of garbage that was released a thousand years ago is now on the way to Earth to destroy it. After Fry, Leela and Bender fail on placing a bomb on it, the city has to build another big piece of garbage, yet that may be a problem since trash doesn't exist in year 3000. 9. Hell is Other Robots
Bender becomes addicted to electricity, so his sins make him go to robot hell. Since he is condemned to live there for eternity, it's up to Fry and Leela to save him from Beelzebot, the robot devil.
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funniest Show Currently on TV - with a great first season, March 25, 2003
Futurama has surpassed the Simpsons as the funniest show currently on television (even though it probably won't be on much longer thanks to FOX). What makes this show even more incredible is the fact that unlike other great shows (Seinfeld, Simpsons, MST 3K), this series had an absolutely hilarious first season. The Simpsons and MST3K didn't get good until their 3rd seasons, Seinfeld until its 2nd, but Futurama was a laugh riot right off the bat.
This 3-DVD set includes the first 13 episodes of the series (not just the first 9, as some other reviewers have mentioned). These thirteen were originally intended to be the complete first season, but because FOX is run by a bunch or evil jerks, they only ran 9 episodes in season one, ran the final 4 at the beginning of the second season, and have been shoving episodes forward ever since.
Here are the episodes in the this set:
1. Space Pilot 3000 - Philip Fry is cryogenically frozen and wakes up in the year 3000, where he joins the crew of a space traveling delivery service.
2. The Series has Landed - The crew takes a package to the Moon, where Fry, Leela and Bender have a run-in with Moon rancher and his three robot daughters.
3. I, Roommate - Fry gets booted out of the Planet Express HQ because he is a sloppy pig, so he moves in with Bender. Hilarity ensues a la "The Odd Couple."
4. Love's Labours Lost in Space - The crew has an encounter with famous space pilot Zapp Brannigan and his second-in-command Kif, and Leela finds a new friend in the pint-sized alien Nibbler.
5. Fear of a Bot Planet - THe crew fly to a planet run by militant, human-hating robots. Bender fits right in, but Fry and Leela are captures and Bender has to rescue them.
6. A Fishful of Dollars - Fry finds out that he is a billionaire because of the interest accrued in his bank account over 1000 years, and spends his money or old 20th century memorabilia and a tin of now extinct anchovies. But the ruthless head of a robot oil corporation, Mom, will go to great lengths to have those anchovies.
7. My Three Suns - Fry accidentally drinks the emperor of a planet whose inhabitants are composed entirely of water. He becomes their new king, but finds the constant assassination attempts too much to bear, and the rest of the crew try to help him "cry out" the emporer.
8. A Big Piece of Garbage - A huge piece of garbage sent away from earth hundreds of years ago is on its way back and headed right for New New York. THe Professor and the crew have to come up with a way to stop it.
9. Hell is Other Robots - Bender joins a robot religion and gives up drinking and hookers, but after he has a relapse, he is sent to Robot Hell, where Fry and Leela must rescue him.
10. A Flight to Remember - The Planet Express crew go on a vacation on the Titanic - a gigantic but doomed luxury space liner.
11. Mars University - Fry returns to college and his roommate ends up being a super intelligent monkey.
12. When Aliens Attack - Aliens who are obsessed with the ancient Earth program "Single Female Lawyer" threaten to destroy the planet unless they can see the last unaired episode. The crew have to act out the episode to save the planet
13. Fry & the Slurm Factory - Fry wins a tour of the Slurm factory after winning a contest. Fry wanders off from the group and discovers the horrible secret of what makes Slurm so addictive.Each episode has a commentary track, and all three discs contain a least one deleted scene, a featurette, animatics and still photos. That makes this one of the greatest DVD collections of a Tv show that you can get, and at only $... (about $... an episode) this is an absolute steal. I recommend this highly.
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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bite My Shiny Metal AxSS, September 17, 2004
Campy and hilarious cartoon by Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons. Futurama makes fun of politics, other movies, people, TV, advertising, social concerns, environmental issues, religion, se$x, and everything both touchable and untouchable.
The combination of in-your-face one-liners and tongue-in-cheek humor is as good as it gets for an evening of enjoyable escapism. The entire premise of the show is that Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, was accidentally frozen back in 1999 and reawakened in the year 3000. He goes to work for his great nephew, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, who's 150 years old and senile.
Katey Sagal was the perfect choice for the voice of Leela, a feisty spaceship captain with one eye and a purple ponytail. Wherever she goes, Leela really kicks hinder. Bender is a foul-mouthed girder-bending robot who becomes Fry's friend, and who must drink alcohol to charge his batteries. There Hermes the Jamaican accountant, Amy the intern, and Dr. Zoidberg, the giant lobster physician. (he also eats everything in sight)
Because it's a space cartoon, the creators are not bound to any kind of realism, which is good. Some of the creatures and situations in the series really showcase the sick and twisted minds behind the show, freeing Groening from the restrictions of The Simpsons and allowing his darker side to soar. Nothing is too sacred to take advantage of in this comical and entertaining series. Also, watch for the quips at the bottom of the screen during the opening credits, very similar to Bart writing on the chalkboard during the opening theme of The Simpsons.
Volume One is the first season of this show, and although still hilarious, you can see the growing pains as episode by episode the characters develop more fleshy personalities and the show settles into its campy niche. What I didn't like about the DVD set (other than being only three discs) was the fact that there was no "Play All" option available. You have to start each episode individually. On the plus side, each episode has an audio commentary available, subtitles, and a few other extras like deleted scenes and gallery options.
Here is a quick rundown of what's in Volume One:
Disc One:
Space Pilot 3000: Pilot for the show. Notice the first thing Bender ever says is "Bite my shiny metal a$$", a line that became a constant in his vocabulary. Special guest, Leonard Nimoy. Introduces Leela and Prof. Farnsworth.
The Series Has Landed: Introduces Hermes, Amy, and Dr. Zoidberg. The crew visits an amusement park on the moon.
I, Roommate: Fry needs to find a place to stay other than the lab, so he and Bender decide to be roommates. They need to find a place that they can both be comfortable. Bender refers to his antenna as "little Bender".
Love's Labors Lost In Space: Introduces Captain Zap Brannigan and his sidekick Kif. Absolutely hilarious character whose Captain's tunic is way, way, waaaaaay too short and who is a pompous idiot. After accidentally sleeping with Zap, Leela goes down to a disintegrating planet and finds her new pet Nibbler.
Disc Two:
Fear Of A Bot Planet: Don't even ask about Bender's butter dispenser at the ballgame. Fry and Leela have to go down to a Robot Planet to bring Bender back, but the robots kill humans.
A Fishful of Dollars: Fry discovers he's rich on 1000 years of interest from his 93 cent bank balance, and buys the last can of anchovies. This episode introduces Mom, the world's most huggable industrialist. When Mom steps out of her "fat suit", she's a bony old woman in a tight purple bodysuit who chainsmokes.
My Three Suns: Bender becomes a chef, the crew visits a planet where you can buy anything (note the Crack Dispenser Machine), and Fry delivers a package to a desert planet and then drinks their water-being emperor.
A Big Piece Of Garbage: Prof Farnsworth invents the smell-o-scope and detects a pile of garbage heading for earth. This episode takes huge potshots at the movies Armageddon and Deep Impact.
Hell Is Other Robots: Hysterical episode, Bender calls Fry and Leela "organ sacks" and goes out to "Drink until he reboots". He then starts "jacking on" by plugging into electricity, turns to religion to cure him, and winds out in Robot Hell where he and the crew perform a lively musical. Beastie Boys do a guest spot.
Disc Three:
A Flight To Remember: Makes fun of Titanic, and brings back Zap Brannigan as the Captain of the luxury ship. Zap decides to "take a route with chest air" and wrecks the ship.
Mars University: Takes a heavy dig at Animal House. Fry goes back to college and Bender shows his old frat house how to party.
When Aliens Attack: Zap Brannigan again! This time he has everyone dressing up in his short-short uniform. Aliens come to Earth in order to view the last episode of a long lost sitcom. At the beginning, when they are relaxing at the beach, Dr. Zoidberg "goes for a scuttle". I don't know why, but that just cracks me up.
Fry And The Slurm Factory: Digs at Willy Wonka and Spuds MacKenzie. Fry wins a trip to the factory that makes his favorite soft drink, Slurm, where the crew discover the disgusting source of Slurm. Fry still can't stop drinking it though.
Futurama is a warped cartoon for people with a warped sense of humor. It's silly comedy with a naughty edge to it, so if that is your cup of tea you will probably like it as much as I do. Enjoy!
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