Comments on: "Good News, Everyone..."

"Good News, Everyone..."

AlonzoMosleyFBI — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:13:37 -0800

Futurama 3D Test Shot (plus photos and making-of video).

By: 2bucksplus

2bucksplus — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:20:50 -0800

Without a 3D rendered Zoidberg it's impossible to judge.

By: valkane

valkane — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:23:33 -0800

Just me, or did that have a Firefly/Serenity feel to it?

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:24:16 -0800

A 3D Zoidberg you say?

By: Mr. Six

Mr. Six — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:25:04 -0800

I would play that version of Sim City.

By: TheWhiteSkull

TheWhiteSkull — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:25:36 -0800

Without a 3D rendered Zoidberg it's impossible to judge. "My name isn't Slick. It's Zoidberg. John Fucking Zoidberg."

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:25:37 -0800

It feels like I'm looking into some kind of weird mirror.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:26:57 -0800

I have to say after years and years of uniform SF grime OR Apple Store bloom fill I'd be down with a candy-colored, jaunty Tomorrowland setting.

By: AlonzoMosleyFBI

AlonzoMosleyFBI — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:28:57 -0800

The animation is blissful on its own, but paired with Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots (In the "making of" video) nudges it right into euphoria for me.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:37:37 -0800

paired with Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots Phantom Fallout Pangs

By: achrise

achrise — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:51:19 -0800

Awesome (everything, but especially the) hovercars! And the making-of video is really worth the time.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:06:41 -0800

I don't want to be Captain Buzzkill about this, because it's neat, but let me be Captain Buzzkill: Lots of Futurama was already 3-d rendered CGI. It was just toon-shaded instead of shaded photorealistically. They talk about this in the commentary tracks.

By: TheWhiteSkull

TheWhiteSkull — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:17:08 -0800

Captain Buzzkill? Does he serve with doop? I think people are excited about this, because it suggests even the slightest possibility of a live-action Futurama. That is, assuming they can come up with a way to make Leela's eyeball look realistic, but not also horrify and disgust the audience. Also assuming that you-know-who doesn't keep inking up craft services every 2 or 3 days of shooting.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:17:53 -0800

> "Good News, Everyone..." Work had a few terrible days last week, and I had to give my boss some minor bad news on Thursday. When I went into his office, he said, "OK, gimme good news." I paused and replied, "Well, I have good news for bad news lovers." I've never seen a man deflate like that before.

By: ckape

ckape — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:01:51 -0800

Making a realistic version of Planet Express Ship kinda goes against the whole point doesn't it? Planet Express Ship should look like it would be at home hanging from a string in a cheap 50 year old movie.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:10:38 -0800

I'm gonna be Kif to ROU_Xenophobe's Captain Buzzkill. This test shot doesn't look anything like Futurama. Half of the charm of Futurama's animation is their weird semi-3d rendering of exterior shots. It's a whole unique visual style. This dressed up fancy animation is neat too, and has its own style. I like the carnival complexity of it. But other than the spaceship model shape it's a totally different thing, it could just as easily be The Jetsons or Speed Racer in the Future or a friendlyfied Transformers movie.

By: oneswellfoop

oneswellfoop — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:41:55 -0800

Sunday, November 9th: the cast of Futurama invade Springfield in "Simpsonrama", an episode that will force those of us who gave up on The Simpsons years ago to tune in to FOX on a Sunday night. Pleasedon'tsuckpleasedon'tsuckpleasedon'tsuck.

By: Pre-Taped Call In Show

Pre-Taped Call In Show — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:42:27 -0800

Just me, or did that have a Firefly/Serenity feel to it? I think it's the fast zoom followed by deliberately obvious refocus (00:10), Firefly used that a lot

By: mikelieman

mikelieman — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:58:16 -0800

"Man, this place looks expensive."

By: hellphish

hellphish — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:30:49 -0800

This is just "FUTURE." If it were FUTURAMA, the ship would have crashed into something, and there likely would be some goop on something somewhere.

By: DoctorFedora

DoctorFedora — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:00:17 -0800

Objectively pretty good Subjectively wrong, wrong, wrong

By: valkane

valkane — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:09:33 -0800

I think it's the fast zoom followed by deliberately obvious refocus (00:10), Firefly used that a lot. Yup. I love that effect.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:31:29 -0800

Just me, or did that have a Firefly/Serenity feel to it? Zoidberg: Reavers. Again? Quick! Hide the sewing machine.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:42:16 -0800

I'm gonna be Kif to ROU_Xenophobe's Captain Buzzkill. Thank you for your extremely sensuous support!

By: ovvl

ovvl — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:42:32 -0800

Just me, or did that have a Firefly/Serenity feel to it? Is it just me, or has everyone watched thru every episode of Futurama on Netflix, and then gone onto the Firefly universe? (maybe with a brief David Attenborough detour?) ... Uh... Don't tell me. Are they the same show? Can't be. Futurama has better one-liners. Firefly has better theme music.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:50:14 -0800

Zoidberg: Reavers. Again? Quick! Hide the sewing machine. *slaps hand away from "Add New Work" button on Ao3*

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:57:06 -0800

Firefly has better theme music. notsureifserious_fry.jpg

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:13:45 -0800

If it were FUTURAMA, the ship would have crashed into something, and there likely would be some ~~goop~~ Slurm on something somewhere. FTFY.

By: The Legit Republic of Blanketsburg

The Legit Republic of Blanketsburg — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:16:03 -0800

Enjoyed the making of more the he actual video, me thinks. Its like looking at a weird wax musemum rendition of Futurama. Needs more delicious popplers. And maybe some Zoidberg why not?

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:32:54 -0800

Firefly has better theme music. As someone who played in a band that covered both songs, you are very, very wrong.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:26:43 -0800

I'm just in another universe where Meryl Streep played Mom. I mean she was Jessica Lovejoy on the Simpsons soooooo

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:27:40 -0800

I'm sure Meryl Streep is a lovely person, but... to displace Tress Macneille? That's some bad fuckin' karma, man.

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:31:37 -0800

but... to displace Tress Macneille? That's some bad fuckin' karma, man. Yeah, ain't that a real kick in the kajigger?

By: Elementary Penguin

Elementary Penguin — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 02:10:00 -0800

Yeah, that makes me want to puke my face off.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:37:33 -0800

Sunday, November 9th: the cast of Futurama invade Springfield in "Simpsonrama", an episode that will force those of us who gave up on The Simpsons years ago to tune in to FOX on a Sunday night. They should bring Jay Sherman in on it, for reasons.

By: ovvl

ovvl — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 08:48:18 -0800

As someone who played in a band that covered both songs, you are very, very wrong. Nay, SB, it is you who are wrong. The Futurama theme has those clanging tritonal tubular bells and gronking synths, which might be fun for a musician to perform live, but which really start grating on my ears if I watch more than one episode in a sitting. Sure, The Firefly theme has that easy-to-hate neu-county cowboy vibe, which admittedly sounds like the beginning of a pick-up truck advert, but it also has this subtle open-ended quality that I quite like. It sounds like it's going to launch into a rousing chorus, but gently winds down instead. This might not be for everyone's taste.

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:09:03 -0800

I think this is exactly the kind of nerd fight that would go down well on Judge John Hodgman.

By: ovvl

ovvl — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 18:46:16 -0800

I think we should get Judge Reinhold to decide.