DVD Special Features:
Disc 1:
Episodes--Space Pilot 3000; The Series Has Landed; I, Roommate;
Love's Labour's Lost in Space
Special Features--Commentary for each episode; Animatics for
"Space Pilot 3000"; Deleted scenes from "The Series Has Landed"
(2) and "Love's Labour's Lost in Space" (1); Script and
storyboard for "Space Pilot 3000"
Disc 2:
Episodes--Fear of a Bot Planet; A Fishful of Dollars; My Three
Suns; A Big Piece of Garbage; Hell is Other Robots.
Special Features--Commentary for each episode; Trailer for
Futurama Season One; Deleted scenes from "My Three Suns" (1) and
"Hell is Other Robots" (1)
Disc 3:
Episodes--A Flight to Remember; Mars University; When Aliens
Attack; Fry & The Slurm Factory.
Special Features--Commentary for each episode; Special
featurette; Deleted scene from "When Aliens Attack"; Interactive
gallery of stills/concept art--this gallery consists of 44 still
images, four of which have buttons to select video segments
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Dutch
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Sound: 2.0 Surround
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Set in the year 3000, Futurama is the acme of sci-fi animated
sitcom from Simpsons creator Matt Groening. While not as
universally popular as The Simpsons, Futurama is equally hip and
hilarious, thanks to its zippy lateral-thinking contemporary pop
cultural references, celebrity appearances (Pamela Anderson and
Leonard Nimoy are among a number of guest stars to appear as
disembodied heads in jars) and Bender, a distinctly Homer
Simpson-esque robot. Part of Futurama's charm is that with
decades of sci-fi junk behind us we've effectively been living
with the distant future for years and can now have fun with it.
Hence, the series stylishly jumbles motifs ranging from Lost in
Space-style kitsch to the grim dystopia of Blade Runner. It also
bridges the gap between the impossible dreams of your average
science fiction fan and the slobbish reality of their comic
reading, TV-gawping existence. Groening himself distinguishes his
two series thus: "The Simpsons is fictional. Futurama is real."
The opening series (premiered in 1999) sees nerdy pizza delivery
boy Fry transferred to the 31st century in a cryogenic mishap.
There, he meets the beautiful, one-eyed Leela (voiced by Married
with Children's Katey Sagal) and the incorrigible alcoholic robot
Bender. The three of them join Fry's great (x30) nephew Professor
Farmsworth and work in his intergalactic delivery service.
Hyper-real yet strangely recognisable situations ensue--Fry
discovers he is a billionaire thanks to 1,000 years accrued
interest, Leela must fend off the attentions of Captain Kirk-like
Lothario Zapp Brannigan, and Fry accidentally drinks the ruler of
a strange planet of liquid beings. --David Stubbs
On the DVD: As with the earlier Fox release of The Simpsons,
Season 1 this otherwise excellent three-disc set is let down by
clunky menu navigation. There are way too many copyright
warnings, no "Play All" facility, and you have to click back and
forth to begin each new episode or find the additional features.
By way of compensation, the menus look great and there's a goodly
selection of extras on each disc. The entertaining commentaries
are by Matt Groening and various members of his creative team,
including producer David X Cohen and John DiMaggio (the voice of
Bender) and Billy West (Fry). There are a handful of deleted
scenes for certain episodes, plus the script and storyboard for
the very first episode and an interactive stills gallery. The 4:3
picture is pin-sharp as is the Dolby 2.0Surround.--Mark Walker