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ChangesPosted by Zvi Josef on 7-12-2004 19:10

Futurama is a wacky Simpsons-style cartoon about a guy (called Fry) accidentally getting his butt frozen for a thousand years, thus awakening in the 31st century.
Always original, mostly hilarious and/or funny - this series gives "The Simpsons" a very good competition.
The video transfer is good. There are no compression signs and despite the image not being 100% crisp (the situation gets pretty bad upon zooming into the picture), the colors are nicely saturated and the wacky animation really works.
The DD 2.0 soundtrack is ok. Of course, a DD 5.1 soundtrack would've been even better, since the surrounds could've been used for the numerous effects in the series.
The menus are animated with sound.
The extras include a commentary for each episode, several deleted scenes, a behind the scenes featurette, storyboards and an episode script.
Bottom line - the very first season of a great series, that'll probably make you laugh your (alien) brains out.
And as to the 64000$ question - Futurama Or The Simpsons? Well, as far as season 1 is concerned - Futurama wins by a landslide (but still, the first season of The Simpsons was created about a decade before the first season of Futurama).