Futurama (1999– ) User Reviews

S08 is just mechanical content creation

[yesiwantpineappleonthat · 7/10 · 3 October 2023]

The original seasons are quite good watching. The humor is classic and oh so good.

However the later and newest season is just, meh!

Theyre kind of desperate with the writing and story.

And have simply gone into the trend of being COMPLETELY RANDOM!

Just as other animated series, rick & morty is a perfect example, have run out of ideas, and simply go COMPLETELY RANDOM for each episode. They literally just throw whatever drugged induced craziness together, with some dialogue into 20mins of animation, and bam, an episode is pumped out.

Theres no story, theres no flow, theres no passion, its just mechanical content creation. More jokes miss than hit, jokes are now single digit IQ quality and its exhausting to see what crazy nonsensical silliness will transpire in each episode, ridiculous for the sake of ridiculousness.

Please stop, you are runining it

[dzunja-604-566615 · 9/10 · 14 August 2023]

I was so excited when I heard about new season, then I watched it, then I watched the next episode, then next and the fourth is the last one I will watch. I do not know who is writing it now but it is bad, you should stop before you ruin the whole show. This new material is like a bad rip-off of the original show that I still have on DVDs and occasionally watch.

I was so excited when I heard about new season, then I watched it, then I watched the next episode, then next and the fourth is the last one I will watch. I do not know who is writing it now but it is bad, you should stop before you ruin the whole show. This new material is like a bad rip-off of the original show that I still have on DVDs and occasionally watch.

I was so excited when I heard about new season, then I watched it, then I watched the next episode, then next and the fourth is the last one I will watch. I do not know who is writing it now but it is bad, you should stop before you ruin the whole show. This new material is like a bad rip-off of the original show that I still have on DVDs and occasionally watch.

Absolutely Brilliant- the best TV series ever!

[BigBirdtheBum · 8/10 · 26 February 2008]

The television series Futurama is nothing short of brilliant and in my opinion is the best television series ever. I personally do not actually like science fiction movies or series aside from this one show which i give an exception too.

Futurama is easily leaps and bounds above the rest as it focuses substantially on character development and does avoid the common stereotype of "a family" as the focus. Instead the focuses of Futurama is simply several unique and hilarious work colleagues and there many adventures across the universe. What also is very unique is the characters are all different and each have there own opinions which provide an excellent contrast in the series. Another aspect of Futurama which surpasses other animation shows is the quality of the visuals. Futurama is notorious for having excellent visuals and has won several Emmy's for its animation achievement. The positives do not stop there; Futurama is amazing at portraying an amazing amount of emotion into the episodes that at some times had my holding back tears. This level of emotion is not even present in the Simpson's.

One final positive thing worth saying is that the show is able to appeal to all audiences, not just sci-fi lovers. For example by 50-year old mother can't stand sci-fi and she absolutely loves the show. The series itself does however contain some sexual humor that is structured rather uniquely to simply pass over young children's heads. Essentially all the sex jokes made will not be understood by the younger viewers.

Of course the show is not perfect as at it does of course have flaws. But thankfully these flaws are out shined by the brilliance of the series.

All I have to say is the biggest mistake in television history was to cancel this show, and put Family Guy back on instead of this. Conversely I am glad there are several more movies coming out which will provide the shows many fans with much more laughs. Overall I give the series a 10. One of the two television series I have ever given this too. The other being the Simpson's.

A Misunderstood Series

[justinprime · 29 September 2004]

Futurama is the whipping boy of modern prime time cartoons. Since it was made by the creator of the Simpsons it was expected to be exactly like it. Futurama had its own brand of comedic flair, which is absolutely hilarious. Bender, Fry, Leela, Hermes, Zoidberg, all of these characters are well thought out and work incredibly well together, on top of the fact that situations and anecdotes from previous episodes are brought up all the time, adding continuity to an already excellent series. I'll admit that I too was among the people crying foul when Futurama first came out, I didn't grow to truly appreciate it until it was put in syndication on adult swim, and more so later as I bought all the episodes on DVD. I don't think the world was ready for what futurama had to offer when it first came out, and everyone should give it another shot through adult swim or by DVD rental. It has solid entertainment value, and a unique comedic style.

4.5 out of 5 stars

Can I be honest? I think Futurama is better than the Simpsons!

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 27 April 2010]

Now that is not to say the Simpsons is bad or anything, I really like it, but it has jumped the shark for a few years now. Futurama is everything I love an animated series to be, funny, original and witty. I seriously don't know where to begin praising the show. Well for one thing the animation is amazing. The characters are really well drawn, the backgrounds are audacious and the visual effects are eye-popping. And the music is brilliant, it is cleverly composed with some funky songs featuring such as "Conga" and "Sunshine of Your Love" and the theme tune is definitely memorable. The writing is outstanding, the comedy works brilliantly and the more touching and subtle parts work just as well. The episode ideas springing from a brilliant concept are really original and fun, and the pacing is great. And the characters with the help of a truly talented voice cast are really unique and endearing, especially Fry, Bender and Zoidberg, and Leela is a feisty and headstrong character that I related to immediately. Overall, a truly wonderful show, with all the fun and originality that are lacking in the later episodes of the Simpsons. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Genius

[ajkbiotech · 10/10 · 20 March 2021]

This show is so brilliant you don't deserve to watch it.

One of the best animated series EVER

[FistOfNoRemorse · 10/10 · 13 February 2014]

Futurama is an absolutely hilarious show. The jokes are great and the characters are unique. Fry's stupidity is hilarious. Bender is great. The professor says some really funny stuff, especially the insults he comes up with. The whole show is an entertaining, comic masterpiece. I was actually pretty surprised at how good the last season was. My girlfriend and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm deeply saddened that this show is canceled.. Again!! It's better than a couple of the adult animated series that are still running on Sunday nights. The last season was so funny that it made us even more confused that it's being canceled. How is this happening when some other terrible junk is still on the air?? It's a brilliant show. The creators did an excellent job and I'd love to thank them for this. It's worth watching again and again! I will miss seeing new episodes.

Much Better Than the Simpsons. Smart and Hilarious.

[eragonshades · 10/10 · 15 October 2013]

This show has always been ignored, or passed over by some old Simpson's fans, simply because it isn't the Simpsons.

Futurama and the Simpsons share little in common, aside from one thing...they are both extremely funny. Futurama however, continues to push the envelope of what is entertaining. With an extremely amusing cast of characters, plot lines, laugh out loud jokes and even some emotional moments, this show has everything. Adventure, Comedy and Romance can all be found within the cornucopia of episodes this show has to offer.

In the Simpson, the quality has gone downhill and has kept going further and further down. In Futurama it is the exact opposite. It just gets better and better and better.

Anyone can enjoy Futurama as it is full of smart laughs, slapstick humour, and great characters. I give this show ten out of ten. If you enjoy The Simpson's, Star Wars, or anything else, this show is perfect for you.

Why did they ever cancel Futurama?

[librabrat78 · 10/10 · 6 January 2008]

Futurama is one of my all time favorite cartoon series. Never gets old. This show is so smart and funny. Why FOX ever canceled this show is beyond me.

Instead they have crappy programs like that lie detector game show and other lame junk.

Adult Swim was dumb for no longer having Futurama in its nightly line up. It is the only reason I watched it. As far as it being on Comedy Central, at least it is still on the air. As much as I love The Simpsons I can actually say I like Futurama more. Looking at all the nominations and wins the series received while on the air with FOX just proves how dumb FOX was to cancel the show.

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

They brought back Family Guy. Why doesn't FOX and Matt Groening bring back Futurama?

How you won't give it 10/10!

[pavlomir · 10/10 · 9 January 2022]

One of kind anime show. I don't feel ashamed to say I have watched it about 5 times already and I will keep watching it, because there is no modern day match for the enjoyment and the quality of the fun stories of the world of tomorrow- Futurama! Shows like Rick &Morty are mere shadows of the popular culture, while Futurama is popular culture of itself, is original in it's majority.

Somethings off

[ratache · 6/10 · 4 December 2023]

I still laugh watching old episodes but the newest season is real cringe. The characters are watered down or something. Its especially noticeable observing Bender being really boring now. I dont know why they made this to Futurama but its really sad this being a cult classic until now. Its like the bloating and money grabbing has affected every show available. Dont get me wrong its ok but when you dont laugh or feel excited to watch more episodes there is something definitley wrong. Id rather see this series end before these new additional episodes ending in a high note. Unfortunately this is another show that isnt excellent anymore, just average.

Thanks, Mr. Groening!

[atomius · 10/10 · 19 May 2007]

This marvelous animation, from the creator of my all time favourite motion picture, The Simpsons, uses a subtle integration of cgi graphics with a more flashy version of Groenings style of animation to produce half hours of non stop gags (quite intelligent in some cases) and fun adventure. The pop culture references so great in The Simpsons only go farther and wider here in this story of Fry, a pizza delivery boy sent through suspended animation to the year 3000 from the year 1999.

Phillip J. Fry, better known simply as 'Fry', was a pizza delivery boy in the late nineties. The first episode deals with his being frozen in a cryogenic capsule for a thousand years, in the background through the window we see the changing of New York, which has become New New York, and remains the central setting for the series after this episode. Fry soon meets Turanga Leela, a one eyed girl who believes she is an alien, who was raised at an orphanage. (we later find out she is in fact a mutant and her parents live underground) Fry runs from Leela after being assigned work as a delivery boy (for he wished for a fresh start) and meets Bender the robot, who is programmed to bend, and has a selfish and indulgent persona, enjoying cigars and alcohol (incidentally the fuel of all robots). Leela then turns to Fry's side and the three find Fry's only living relative, Professor Farnsworth, who employs them in his delivery company, Planet Express. Other members of the crew are Zoidberg, a alien lobster like creature, and Amy Wong, a wealthy martian, as well as Scruffy the janitor (often ignored despite caring for the company deeply) and a Jamaican businessman who is good at financial operations. The series generally follows adventures on different planets, or Earth, involving a variety of recurring characters like Zapp Brannigan, who admires Leela, and many 'heads', famous personalities in the form of heads inside glass containers filled with fluid, such as Richard Nixon. The series' style shares much with The Simpsons, but is cleaner animated and uses cgi for spacecraft and other objects to some degree. Also of note is the colour of skin, pink rather than Simpsons yellow.

The characters are great, and the humour and dialogue are very worthy of the corner box's schedule. If you only allowed programs of this quality on the TV guide would be almost empty. This series is very amusing and enjoyable, and is almost as good as The Simpsons for entertainment. The characters have interesting personalities and the plots are, considering it's setting, quite extraordinary. Quite an enjoyable show.

So, all in all, thanks Matt Groening for another brilliant series, and may there be more episodes!

Simpsons in Space

[pettitmichael-64079 · 7/10 · 6 February 2020]

Futurama is a show that pretty good. The characters on the show are very reminiscent of the Simpsons witch is not a bad thing. Considering is made by the same guy you can suspect that. All of the characters are all pretty good and funny. It follows a nice plot. But considering that it is not as funny as classic Simpsons it does get a lower rating.

Season 11 is painful

[DraconicBovine · 4/10 · 14 August 2023]

I don't remember Futurama being this bad.

All the episodes so far have been painful to watch.

For example a whole episode about bitcoin, which is just dated by now. Even when bitcoin was fresh it would still have been a subpar episode.

It's just too on the nose.

The characters don't really have any adventure of their own going on as far as episode 4.

It's essentially just been parodies of movies (of pretty old movies) and events.

Episode 1 of the season was just a never ending "joke" about how the show was cancelled for a decade and did not introduce anything meaningful at all.

It seems obvious that the writers don't actually have anything unique to say in the world of Futurama anymore, which saddens me.

The next time the show gets put out to pasture, I hope it's the last time.

"Now Zoidberg is the popular one!"

[lakenstein · 8 November 2004]

man, this show was freaking awesome, so of course it got canned. it was funny, had great characters, wonderful dialouge and was way too good for TV. In fact, at times I find myself enjoying this show more then the simpsons. I find myself enjoying the antics of the characters more. so if i had to choose i would say this is more entertaining then the simpsons. although the simpsons had more better side characters (although zapp brannagin and his alien sidekick are friggin hilarious) in the end, i would advise anyone looking for a laugh to catch reruns whenever you can or buy the dvds. I don't think you'll be disappointed. a wonderful show canned way too soon.

One of the best cartoons around!

[TorontoLiver · 10/10 · 25 June 2010]

As most of us know, Futurama is a really, really funny show, and every character has something special about them. There is nothing wrong with this show at all! I don't see any flaws, and I don't care if there are any. This is a show with a truly touching and hilarious story line.

The show is about Phillip J. Fry, a 25 year old pizza man who gets frozen in a test tube in a New York City lab on December 31, 1999. Poor Fry accidentally falls into the tube and can't get out. He is finally unthawed on December 31, 2999, exactly 1000 years later. He gets out of the tube and is mortified with what he sees, and at the same time, ecstatic. He hated his job as a pizza boy, which is what he did that for a living. When he came out of the tube, he meets Turanga Leela, another major character. Leela is quite obnoxious and has a quick temper, but some good comes out of her. Then Fry meets Bender, the slam-bang funniest character on the show! His trademark quote used in almost all episodes is 'Bite my shiny metal ass.', and no one says anything. Fry then becomes enrolled in Planet Express, a delivery crew in the year 3000 with Leela and Bender. The head of the Planet Express is Hubert J. Farnsworth, a 160 year old man. Well, it is a cartoon. At times, he's unbearable. Hubert is Fry's great x30 (the word great is used 30 times) nephew, making Fry actually older than his 160 year old nephew. The other three people who work at the Planet Express are Hermes Conrad, Amy Wong, a woman actually from the planet Mars, and then John Zoidberg, a hilarious human sized lobster. He has two giant claws that are sharp and used a lot to open food. Fry, Leela, and Bender are the crew who go on hilarious missions in outer space with the company spaceship. This show is anything but bad!

Futurama has a truly touching and hilarious storyline. I cried tears of joy in one episode, I remember. If you don't like the show, that's sort of okay with me, but here's what bender will have to say: "People who hate this show can bite my shiny metal ass." And the show kicks ass! Be sure to look for it on DVD and Blu-ray today.

The best science fiction show

[briancham1994 · 10/10 · 5 August 2020]

This is the best science fiction show I have seen. It combines all sorts of science fiction settings, technologies and tropes with a cast of lovable characters. The stories are all memorable and often get quite emotional. Futurama combines comedic satire with heartfelt plots and is overall a great series.

You will laugh. You will cry. No, seriously you will Cry

[Dust_in_it_off · 10/10 · 1 October 2021]

A cartoon shouldn't give you this many feels. The ending was perfect and if you want a really good cry fest, go watch the episode about Fry's dog. I'm literally tearing up just thinking about it. Jurassic Bark should have won the Emmy that year (the episode was actually nominated and lost to the Simpsons, go look it up). There may be cartoons that are more funny, but none that are more complete.

Perhaps The Greatest Animated Show Ever On Television

[jdjudge · 10/10 · 24 January 2007]

The title may be blunt and probably wrong, but that's how I feel about this show! It may have only lasted only four seasons, but realize this: That proves it's excellent. Some of the greatest shows in TV history have lasted incredibly short times. Freeks and Geeks, My So-Called Life, Arrested Development, hell, even Family Guy (when it wasn't popular!) And there are countless more causalities of the flawed system they rely on. I hate you, Nielsen Ratings!!!!

Some of the greatest things I've ever seen are somewhere on this show. One of my favorite episodes would have to be "Godfellas". What happens is that the ship is being attacked by Space Pirates (you know - Pirates, but in space!) Long story short, Bender is shot out of a cannon into space, and is unreachable since he was shot at full speed plus the speed of being shot out of a cannon. He floats through space endlessly, until he goes through an asteroid field and a small meteor lodges into him. The meteor contains a group of near-microscopic organisms whom begin to worship Bender as their god. Bender is flattered, and he does anything he can to exploit this. And then, every time he does something to try and help them, he only makes thing worse (ex. The crops are not getting enough light, so Bender uses a magnifying attachment to give more light. The fields, and the people, burn to death.) Well, the people grow disbelieving of him, and the 'radicals' find his nuclear stockpile and everyone dies. He floats on more, until he finds a galaxy that is speaking in binary...

In the B-Plot, Fry goes crazy with the loss of Bender, goes to a Tibetan monastery, and locks monks up in a closet. But that's not important.

The binary-speaking galaxy is actually God. Or a space probe that collided with God. Either way, it's God. Bender can't believe it. As God says:

BENDER: You know, I was God once.

GOD: I saw. You did good until everyone died.

From here in, it becomes the most theological and brilliantly crafted thing about God in modern TV, or even film, history.

GOD: Bender, being God isn't easy. If you do too much, people get dependent on you. And if you do nothing, they lose hope. You have to use a light touch, like a safe cracker or a pickpocket.

BENDER: Or a guy who burns down a bar for the insurance money.

GOD: Yes, if he makes it look like an electrical thing. If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

Bravo.

It ends up that monastery Fry and Leela go to is a group that uses a telescope to search for God in space. Fry realizes that it is futile, so he, without thinking (LOL), spins the telescope ball, and it lands exactly on God. It is a high-frequency microphone, and God hears Fry's prayer to get Bender home. God then sends, now knowing where Earth in, Bender speeding faster than the speed of light (with a parachute) to Earth. And, as Leela states:

"This is, by far, the most unlikely thing that has ever happened."

I'd say. This episode outlines the general brilliance of an underrated series.

I maybe a HUGE fan of The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy, but I'll take Futurama over them any day.

ALL HAIL HYPNO-TOAD!!!!!

Futurama is life

[loveaprilbv · 10/10 · 17 September 2023]

I have watched this show every single night for the past 8 years and I do mean every single night. It is like nothing else I've ever watched. There is something quite unique about it that makes me feel comforted. Like finally finding your people that you can be yourself. When I moved from the U. S. to Japan it provided me with something familiar that I could always go back to when life got rough. I've just watched the 1st episode of the new season and I'm so happy that they brought back most of the original production team to give that Futurama feel. You can hear how the voice actors have aged, and for me it was very special to hear. Like I have been there with them the entire time just waiting for their return. I always imagined what new episodes would be like but now I don't have to. Thank you for bringing this treasured show back!

This was a fantastic show !

[Rectangular_businessman · 10/10 · 22 April 2007]

"Futurama " was a excellent show from the same creator of "The Simpsons" .Like that show "Futurama " had a brilliant and satirical sense of humor ,and also many references to sci-fi shows that work very well . The characters are very funny and original , And while the story advances we learn more about them .The animation is very much like "The Simpsons " ,but it doesn't matter ,because the stories are hilarious and unpredictable . Many of the stories work very much fro the parallels between modern events ,so the sci-fi is just a element used to make satire of contemporary events . And even if you aren't a sci -fi fan , the show still have many interesting elements that make recommend it to anybody . This was a excellent show .I can't believe that it was canceled .

Still Supreme

[Tweetienator · 6/10 · 1 January 2023]

If you got a bad taste in your mouth it's always good to take some adequate counter-measures: after watching Transformers: Earthspark (I endured two whole episodes and somehow survived that "experience"), that new but most disappointing new show, I put on Futurama to get something good before my eyes to clean my mind and sooth my aching heart 'n' soul. Futurama, like always, delivers: it's still a most fantastic and funny show that provides tons of fun for both the young and old. What's left to say - well, we can still hope that someone someday will be able to conjure up something new and good like Futurama, till then we just have to survive.

Ages like a fine wine

[kevinmiller-55959 · 10/10 · 16 July 2022]

I grew up with the Simpson's, and here Matt proved he's no one hit wonder with a long standing show that is somehow better than his first creation.

Every episode is brilliant, some more so than others, but it's entirely watchable from start to finish in practically any order. Such a rarity in tv shows.

When I have kids one day, they will have this to grow up with and that's just fantastic.

Resolved on the flatness

[SilverOrlov · 7/10 · 2 November 2019]

The first three seasons were really interesting and funny. For a long time I did not laugh at so many episodes. However, from the fourth to the sixth, everything changed and the jokes became somehow... flat, with banal toilet humor and overly stupid. No, not "futurama-style absurdly funny in it's style", but simply stupid, like in an episode when a robot took a gun, stupidly shoots all bullets in air for half a minute of the episode, and then complains that the gun is now empty and useless. This is not a "joke that just happened", but "a joke for the sake of a joke, just rudely thrown into the episode, in the hope that the viewer will take it for the style of the series." As a result, these few seasons were completely raw and not funny. And since this was the main highlight of the series, the mottled stories no longer aroused much interest, losing their charm. Last season was better. Not good enough like the first three, but still better than the fourth - sixth ones. However, the overall impression of the series still remained ... disappointment.

The best cartoon series on TV ever

[Baldrick44 · 13 October 2004]

I loved Futurama when it was TV and I always find myself watching it on my DVD player ( I have all 4 series ). I think the thing that carries it above other cartoons ( and it's not like I don't like the Simpsons or Family Guy ) is the wonderful mix of characters. Dimwitted Phillip J. Fry, who has trouble constructing a coherent sentence and whenever he attempts to say something profound it invariably ends up flying back in his face. Turanga Leela, a outcast amongst outcasts, who when not brushing off Fry is captaining the ship between planets while wondering about her own origins. Bender, a wisecracking, gambling chain-smoking robot that is on the crew of the ship for no apparent reason apart from bumming around. Dr Zoidberg, a penniless joke of a medical practionioner that has no friends and seems to ignite hostility for just being him. Hermes Conrad, a Rastafarian bureaucrat who when not limboing for his nation is filing and shredding with an obsessive fever. Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, whose wonderous inventions are perhaps only eclipsed by his seemingly growing amorality towards almost all living things. Amy Wong, the daughter of the rich Wong family and as such finds herself slightly naive about things that are deeper than hair gel and nail polish. Add to this the military hijinks of Zapp Brannigan and his long-suffering lieutenant Kif Croker as well as thespian robot Calculon, Warlord alien Lur and President Nixon as well as others and I think you have a group of characters that all have their own quirks and flaws to add to a very funny show.

I only hope that they have enough sense to put it back on again.