Futurama Quote Thread: It's like letting air out of a balloon!

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haveblue: Aug 15, 2005

superjew posted:

A wise man once said that nothing really dies, it just comes back in a new form. Then he died.

How long can a thread title be?

You can try it yourself in the thread preview window (then don't click post). It gets cut off in the middle of "back".

# ? Sep 11, 2011 16:42

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# ? May 26, 2013 05:59

IUG: Jul 14, 2007; Without me, there is no mission.
I am the mission!

mobby_6kl posted:

This was kind of a bitch to loop since the background changes too much and the screen wipe happens near the beginning.

I'm still trying to upload a gif of the ship somewhere, but every host just shits itself, even my S3 account

This is the best gif in the history of Futurama gifs. It loops so well, that if you weren't really paying attention to the background you wouldn't notice the mountains moving back.

# ? Sep 11, 2011 16:44

SeXReX: Jan 9, 2009; Freeze Mamma Jamma!!

Heres a few I whipped up, nothing as cool as the 3d crystal pan shot.

# ? Sep 11, 2011 17:36

qntm: Jun 17, 2009

SeXReX posted:

I love the stillness at this time in the evening.

# ? Sep 11, 2011 19:44

Zarkov Cortez: Aug 18, 2007; Alas, our kitten class attack ships were no match for their mighty chairs

qntm posted:

I love the stillness at this time in the evening.

Is my eye playing trick on me?

# ? Sep 11, 2011 20:24

whiteshark12: Oct 21, 2010; How that gun even works underwater I don't know, but I bet the answer is magic.

How come nobody has commented on the way that Farnsworth adjusted the telescope to Leela's eye level by continuously moving it up and down? I thought that gag was great.

E: also Hermes cutting employee benefits at the start of the amine section

whiteshark12 fucked around with this message at Sep 11, 2011 around 21:34

# ? Sep 11, 2011 21:16

Action Jacktion: Jun 3, 2003

mobo85 posted:

Congratulations to Futurama on its two Creative Arts Emmy wins:

Outstanding Animated Program
"The Late Philip J. Fry"
Written by Lewis Morton
Directed by Peter Avanzino

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Maurice LaMarche
as "Lrrr" and "Orson Welles"
"Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences"

I wonder if they gave LaMarche an Emmy basically as a lifetime achievement award for his Orson Welles impression.

The new episode was really good, definitely the best of the season. Unfortunately, even with the new episode, the season as a whole was pretty mediocre. Unless the next season shows some dramatic improvement, I wouldn't mind if it turns out to be the last one.

# ? Sep 11, 2011 21:34

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008; TFR 2011: All Brony, all the time.

BigRed0427 posted:

Why can't actual anime today be this insane?

It's not?

mobby_6kl posted:

This was kind of a bitch to loop since the background changes too much and the screen wipe happens near the beginning.

I'm still trying to upload a gif of the ship somewhere, but every host just shits itself, even my S3 account

Wow very nice work looping.

# ? Sep 11, 2011 22:37

Zack_Gochuck: Jan 3, 2007; Stupid Wrestling People

You Are A Elf posted:

The awesome thing about that is that style of old-timey animation combined with the 3D background/foreground is a Fleischer Studios invention. From Wikipedia:

Fry walking on the diamond was just a cool nod to the Fleischer Studios style that segment was animated in. Here's an example of the technique used From Somewhere in Dreamland (best from 5:18 to 5:34 when the kids prance through the ice cream fields).

I love that effect. There's another example with a 3d foreground and background at about 12:41 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U32RbiCuNY0

They were actually dioramas that were built on a spinning tabletop, and the cells were painstakingly photographed frame by frame in front of the backgrounds.

Zack_Gochuck fucked around with this message at Sep 12, 2011 around 01:30

# ? Sep 12, 2011 01:23

Coleman: May 5, 2011; This just in: Beverly Hills 90210, Cleveland Browns 3.

You Are A Elf posted:

The awesome thing about that is that style of old-timey animation combined with the 3D background/foreground is a Fleischer Studios invention. From Wikipedia:

Fry walking on the diamond was just a cool nod to the Fleischer Studios style that segment was animated in. Here's an example of the technique used From Somewhere in Dreamland (best from 5:18 to 5:34 when the kids prance through the ice cream fields).

Oh my god I haven't seen that in loving AGES. I used to adore that Cartoon. I believe the Simpsons did a spoof of it once too.

Edit: I actually can't thank you enough for bringing that up. I knew that I knew the name Fleischer (as a lover of all things 30s-60s cartoons), and I hadn't thought about that cartoon in AGES. Never would've thought about it again had you not brought it up. The memories it brings back, just listening to that music gives me chills. I used to watch it over and over again for HOURS.

Coleman fucked around with this message at Sep 12, 2011 around 01:41

# ? Sep 12, 2011 01:33

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way or another.

qntm posted:

I love the stillness at this time in the evening.

The joke about the new color they created was fantastic, it reminded me a little of the,"Your old televisions probably couldn't even pick up my filthy tattoo."

# ? Sep 12, 2011 01:45

EasyEW: Mar 8, 2006; I have saws for hands and am given to whimsy.

Evil Badman posted:

NOMS:

Outstanding Animated Program
1999�"A Big Piece of Garbage"
2001�"Amazon Women in the Mood"
2003�"Jurassic Bark"
2004�"The Sting"
2011�"The Late Philip J. Fry"

Okay, I'm just going to ask. What the hell beat "Jurassic Bark" in 2003?

# ? Sep 12, 2011 05:31

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005

EasyEW posted:

Okay, I'm just going to ask. What the hell beat "Jurassic Bark" in 2003?

1999: Lost to King of the Hill: "And They Call It Bobby Love"
2001: Lost to The Simpsons: "HOMR"
2003: Lost to The Simpsons: "Three Gays of the Condo"
2004: Lost to Samurai Jack: "The Birth of Evil"

# ? Sep 12, 2011 05:38

Farnk: Apr 7, 2003

mobby_6kl posted:

This was kind of a bitch to loop since the background changes too much and the screen wipe happens near the beginning.

I'm still trying to upload a gif of the ship somewhere, but every host just shits itself, even my S3 account

Hell yes. I wanted this, thanks.

# ? Sep 12, 2011 05:48

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way or another.

haveblue posted:

2001: Lost to The Simpsons: "HOMR"

A good episode

haveblue posted:

2003: Lost to The Simpsons: "Three Gays of the Condo"

A not a good episode

# ? Sep 12, 2011 05:53

RillAkBea: Oct 10, 2008

Nitpicking alert!

Zoidberg said 'haiwa no dansu' which should have been heiwa.

# ? Sep 12, 2011 10:34

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008; TFR 2011: All Brony, all the time.

RillAkBea posted:

Nitpicking alert!

Zoidberg said 'haiwa no dansu' which should have been heiwa.

But that's because of his accent it is. See also: Robit.

# ? Sep 12, 2011 10:36

Bloodnose: Jul 30, 2006; 如果犹太人能够出一个毛泽东就好了

RillAkBea posted:

Zoidberg said 'haiwa no dansu' which should have been heiwa.

It's completely different in Ja-ENGLISH

# ? Sep 12, 2011 11:34

superjew: Sep 5, 2007; No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

Am I mistaken, or were the anime character models based on some fan art that's been around for a while?

# ? Sep 12, 2011 14:34

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008; TFR 2011: All Brony, all the time.

superjew posted:

Am I mistaken, or were the anime character models based on some fan art that's been around for a while?

No but the character design was leaked a couple of months ago so you may be remembering that.

# ? Sep 12, 2011 17:06

Killer robot: Sep 6, 2010; REMEMBER ME!

superjew posted:

Am I mistaken, or were the anime character models based on some fan art that's been around for a while?

What spankmeister said. The only anime type fanart I recall offhand was this one:

# ? Sep 12, 2011 17:35

ONE YEAR LATER: Apr 13, 2004; Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!

Jerusalem posted:

The joke about the new color they created was fantastic, it reminded me a little of the,"Your old televisions probably couldn't even pick up my filthy tattoo."

The unified theory was in a resolution too small to read. And the dance at the end wasn't shown at all.

I really liked the way this episode worked, it was similar to the What-if Machine episode with the three acts but the framing device used was a lot more interesting. I can't recall an episode of anything else where they've done something similar.

# ? Sep 12, 2011 17:43

DirtyRobot: Dec 15, 2003; it was a normally happy sunny day... but Dirty Robot was dirty

ONE YEAR LATER posted:

The unified theory was in a resolution too small to read. And the dance at the end wasn't shown at all.

I really liked the way this episode worked, it was similar to the What-if Machine episode with the three acts but the framing device used was a lot more interesting. I can't recall an episode of anything else where they've done something similar.

Also, the subtitles were both necessary and in keeping with the whole translation/communication theme of that story.

They worked one or several of these types of things into each of the three stories. It was pretty great.

# ? Sep 12, 2011 18:10

superjew: Sep 5, 2007; No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

I've been as dumb as Fry.

# ? Sep 12, 2011 20:02

Martytoof: Feb 25, 2003; Awesome.

Awesome to
the MAX.

I really want the DVD commentary for that last episode

# ? Sep 12, 2011 20:16

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way or another.

ONE YEAR LATER posted:

And the dance at the end wasn't shown at all.

The dance was shown in its entirety, with stellar animation to boot!

# ? Sep 12, 2011 22:20

Chris Knight: Jun 5, 2002; Come on, Kickstarter my heart!

Yeah, that episode pretty much ruled.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 02:02

You Are A Elf: Apr 26, 2010

Coleman posted:

Oh my god I haven't seen that in loving AGES. I used to adore that Cartoon. I believe the Simpsons did a spoof of it once too.

Edit: I actually can't thank you enough for bringing that up. I knew that I knew the name Fleischer (as a lover of all things 30s-60s cartoons), and I hadn't thought about that cartoon in AGES. Never would've thought about it again had you not brought it up. The memories it brings back, just listening to that music gives me chills. I used to watch it over and over again for HOURS.

S'okay, I dug those old cartoons when I was little, too

Also, ~~金閣寺~~ ROCKEFELLER CENTER; ~~金閣寺~~ OMAHA, NEBRASKA

# ? Sep 13, 2011 03:27

superjew: Sep 5, 2007; No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

I just saw this and my first thought was "I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far!"

# ? Sep 13, 2011 04:08

Manos del Sino: Apr 12, 2004; Original Pony

superjew posted:

I just saw this and my first thought was "I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far!"

You leave me breathless.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 04:32

superjew: Sep 5, 2007; No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

Manos del Sino posted:

You leave me breathless.

Happy Valentine's day, Manos del Sino.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 04:44

Kilson: Jan 16, 2003; I EAT LITTLE CHILDREN FOR BREAKFAST !!11!!1!!!!111!

superjew posted:

I just saw this and my first thought was "I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far!"

Clearly, his three cent Titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!

# ? Sep 13, 2011 14:34

LTBS: Oct 9, 2003; Big Pimpin, Spending the G's

BustedTees has a shirt that is relevant to this thread!

http://www.bustedtees.com/varsitybl...rsityBlernsball

It says Varsity Blernsball

# ? Sep 13, 2011 16:21

Leyburn: Aug 31, 2001

I didn't get the dance of peace joke, can someone explain it thanks

# ? Sep 13, 2011 17:28

Macdeo Lurjtux: Jul 5, 2011

The dance was so subtle and pure that it's movements weren't capable of being observed by our primitive tv's.

It's also probably a joke about the old 80's budget anime's tendancy to describe the action going on rather than animating it.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 18:17

SwimNurd: Oct 28, 2007; mememememe

Leyburn posted:

I didn't get the dance of peace joke, can someone explain it thanks

I think it is more making fun of how lovely and low budget anime can be.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 18:21

ff7cid: Jun 27, 2008; Beartato! I just became aware of the vast speed at which we are hurtling through the universe! Now it's all I can think about!

That episode was great, almost perfect. And all you people hating on the 8-bit segment are fools. FOOLISH FOOLS.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 20:51

Dodgeball: Sep 24, 2003; Oh no! Dodgeball is really scary!

ff7cid posted:

That episode was great, almost perfect. And all you people hating on the 8-bit segment are fools. FOOLISH FOOLS.

The Dig-Dug part got the loudest laugh out of me. Also, Fry shutting down Leela's innuendos.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 21:31

DrBouvenstein: Feb 28, 2007; I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. This fancy avatar does.

LTBS posted:

BustedTees has a shirt that is relevant to this thread!

http://www.bustedtees.com/varsitybl...rsityBlernsball

It says Varsity Blernsball

They've also got the Planet Express shirt.

And, for some reason, this shirt.

I thought Busted Tees was a spin off of College Humor, why do they have SA stuff?

Edit: I mean, I know they have lots of shirts about various pop culture things, but I wouldn't think SA is popular enough for some other humor site to have a shirt about it.

# ? Sep 13, 2011 22:17

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# ? May 26, 2013 05:59

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way or another.

ff7cid posted:

all you people hating on the 8-bit segment

Where are these "all you people"?

# ? Sep 13, 2011 22:40

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