Futurama: Series 1 (US)
Every episode from the first season
Certificate: none
Running Time: 299 mins
Retail Price: $39.98
Release Date:
Content Type: TV Series
Synopsis:
Features every episode from the first season of Matt Groening`s hit animated comedy.
Episodes:
`Space Pilot 3000`, `The Series Has Landed`, `I, Roomate`, `Love`s Labour`s Lost In Space`, `Fear Of A Bot Planet`, `A Fistful Of Dollars`, `My Three Suns`, `A Big Piece Of Garbage`, `Hell Is Other Robots`, `A Flight To Remember`, `Mars University`, `When Aliens Attack` and `Fry And The Slurm Factory`.
Special Features:
Full-Length Audio Commentary On All 13 Episodes
Animatics, Script and Storyboards For the Pilot Episode
Deleted Scenes From Selected Episodes
Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
Concept Art Gallery (Videos and Stills)
Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 French
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Spanish
Directed By:
Peter Avanzino
Susie Dietter
Mark Ervin
Ron Hughart
Jeff Lynch
Brian Sheesley
Starring:
Billy West
John Di Maggio
Katey Sagal
Lauren Tom
Phil LaMarr
Casting By:
Jill Anthony
Julie Mossberg
Soundtrack By:
Christopher Tyng
Editor:
Paul D. Calder
Production Designer:
Serban Cristescu
Producer:
Matt Groening
David X. Cohen
Kristin Gore
Darin Henry
Ken Keeler
Bill Odenkirk
J. Stewart Burns
Brian J. Cowan
Claudia De La Roca
Tom Gammill
Jason Grode
Alex Johns
Weinstein Josh
Eric Kaplan
Claudia Katz
Lewis Morton
Bill Oakley
Max Pross
Richard Raynis
Mili Smythe
Patric Verrone
Executive Producer:
David X. Cohen
Matt Groening
Eric Horsted
Ken Keeler
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox
Your Opinions and Comments
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).