From nobody Mon Jan 15 15:50:27 2007 Newsgroups: alt.tv.futurama Subject: Re: Racism in background characters References: <1168773077.378125.261320@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1168860308.853900.19640@51g2000cwl.googlegroups.com> <5danq2p9une8p1dtgs4h7ufkjlc46bgl2q@4ax.com> From: Aaron Baugher Organization: Baugher Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:50:25 -0600 Message-ID: <861wlwkli6.fsf@cail.baugher.pike.il.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 22 Don Del Grande writes: > Apparently, there's a stereotype about black men that they prefer > white women (usually, the name O.J. Simpson pops up as an example). > Notice that the original poster did not say that they pair up white > men with dark women - just the other way around. That's just a reflection of reality. Couples where the man is black and the woman is white are ten times more common than the other way around. Even in couples of the same race, the man is more likely to have darker skin than lighter skin, compared to the woman. (Hence the phrase, "tall, dark, and handsome.) Considering how knowledgeable the Futurama creators were about all sorts of science, I wouldn't be surprised if they knew that fact and reflected it in their crowd scenes. -- "Take what you need and leave the rest." From nobody Wed Apr 11 18:11:58 2007 Newsgroups: alt.tv.futurama Subject: Re: Some episodes missing from the DVD's? References: <1176101961.978010.316670@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <3NmdnWaI2utGkofbRVnysQA@bt.com> <1176254987.810582.132340@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> From: Aaron Baugher Organization: Baugher Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:11:55 -0500 Message-ID: <86mz1e1p6s.fsf@bannor.baugher.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 22 "David Simmons" writes: > On Apr 9, 3:06 am, Nick Murdoch wrote: >> Katey Segal is in quite a few commentaries, albeit not as many as the >> other cast members. I hadn't noticed she wasn't in any of the fourth >> series' commentaries, though. > Really? She must show up at the end of Season 3 then, because I've > watched all of Season 1 and 2 so far (and half of Season 3) > commentaries, and she hasn't made an appearance yet. My wife keeps > asking me where she is! I honestly don't remember her being in any of the commentaries. The only woman I remember hearing was a writer/director, but I went through all the seasons pretty fast, so I could have missed something. -- "Take what you need and leave the rest." From nobody Fri Apr 13 09:16:37 2007 Newsgroups: alt.tv.futurama Subject: Re: Some episodes missing from the DVD's? References: <1176101961.978010.316670@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <3NmdnWaI2utGkofbRVnysQA@bt.com> <1176254987.810582.132340@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <86mz1e1p6s.fsf@bannor.baugher.biz> <5pkr131ok015i4lp6nuh432cr3mh1ppflb@4ax.com> <587krgF2fmgkvU1@mid.individual.net> From: Aaron Baugher Organization: Baugher Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:16:34 -0500 Message-ID: <86ps689x6l.fsf@bannor.baugher.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 26 "Default User" writes: > I tend to feel that they had too many people doing commentary, and > the same people too often. Towards the later episodes, some of them > seemed to be tired of doing commentary and would vector off into > other discussions. Those could be interesting, but I'd want to know > more about what was going on in the episode right then. Yeah, sometimes it made me realize just how short a 22-minute show really is. When a conversation goes off on a tangent for a few minutes, that's enough to miss a big part of the plot. Too many men with similar voices, too. David X. Cohen's voice is fairly different, and the guy who does Bender was often doing Bender during the commentaries, but other than that, they'd all kind of blend together so I had no idea who was who. Still, the best commentaries overall of any DVD set I've watched yet, since there was one for every episode. -- "Take what you need and leave the rest." From nobody Thu Jun 14 07:47:16 2007 Newsgroups: alt.tv.futurama Subject: Re: movie References: From: Aaron Baugher Organization: Baugher Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:47:16 -0500 Message-ID: <86lkem1z57.fsf@brinn.baugher.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 20 Bog Rat writes: > now that the simpsons have their movie. would a futurama straight > to video move be far off? My understanding is that they're already doing this. They're making four movie-length shows to be released on DVD one at a time, starting in early 2008. They'll also be divided into half-hour episodes to be shown on Comedy Central. > and would the futurama characters make a cameo? A cameo in their own movie? -- "Take what you need and leave the rest." From nobody Tue Aug 14 06:41:42 2007 Newsgroups: alt.tv.futurama Subject: Re: Futurama or Simpsons? Which One Is Your Favorite? References: <1162583339.434970.262460@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> <17idnQnyM4hKJiHbnZ2dnUVZ_tSknZ2d@giganews.com> <5i46lrF3n6sprU1@mid.individual.net> <3pidna237_kbhiDbnZ2dnUVZ_vmlnZ2d@insightbb.com> From: Aaron Baugher Organization: Baugher Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:41:40 -0500 Message-ID: <861we61gy3.fsf@brinn.baugher.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 20 "R Flowers" writes: > "Default User" wrote in message > news:5i46lrF3n6sprU1@mid.individual.net... >> I did rewatch Jurassic Bark once, to see it with commentary. That'll >> do, I think. > I think the real trick to that episode is that, close to the end, > Fry makes the "right" decision in not bringing back his dog, for the > right reasons. I don't remember what his reasons were, but I remember thinking they were dumb and only made sense as a contrivance to set up the ending. -- "Take what you need and leave the rest." From nobody Tue Aug 14 17:21:47 2007 Newsgroups: alt.tv.futurama Subject: Re: Futurama or Simpsons? Which One Is Your Favorite? References: <1162583339.434970.262460@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> <17idnQnyM4hKJiHbnZ2dnUVZ_tSknZ2d@giganews.com> <5i46lrF3n6sprU1@mid.individual.net> <3pidna237_kbhiDbnZ2dnUVZ_vmlnZ2d@insightbb.com> <861we61gy3.fsf@brinn.baugher.biz> <5ie9lgF3nvv3nU1@mid.individual.net> From: Aaron Baugher Organization: Baugher Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:21:46 -0500 Message-ID: <86y7gdycxx.fsf@brinn.baugher.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 27 "Default User" writes: > His reasons were that the dog was very old when it died. Fry > concluded that it had a long life after he left and there was no > point in trying to recapture their relationship. If someone in the future has the opportunity to bring me back to life, I hope they won't use the same silly reasoning. I'll take as many lifetimes as I can get, thanks. Besides, it's a *dog*. I love dogs. I love my dog. But dogs aren't people; they don't get bored with life and develop ennui, and they don't have philosophical objections to long life. If they aren't hungry or in pain, they're happy. Fry's dog would have been happy with him again, whether it remembered him or not, whether it had a good life without him or not. Not that I disliked the episode; I thought it was very good. I just thought that bit of reasoning was kinda dumb -- but then Fry *is* kinda dumb. -- "Take what you need and leave the rest." From nobody Tue Sep 11 15:22:49 2007 Newsgroups: alt.tv.futurama Subject: Re: First Futurama "new" DVD announced References: <13e4cgi34sedmbe@news.supernews.com> <1radnceQY4Uf63_bnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d@comcast.com> <3JednQRPR4dTInvbnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@giganews.com> From: Aaron Baugher Organization: Baugher Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:22:49 -0500 Message-ID: <86wsux0x5y.fsf@brinn.baugher.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 21 "That Guy" <7@f.com> writes: > I've got nothing against Al Gore personally, but I just don't think > he's in any way funny. In fact, he's sort of a humor-sink, sucking > all the humor out of a sphere 30 yards in radius with himself at the > center. There's plenty about Gore to make fun of, but the writers don't hammer him because they love the guy and his politics. I'll give him credit for having some sense of humor about himself, but really, they've been there and done that. From what I hear, he'll be back, though. Oh well, I don't care for Hermes or Zoidberg either except in very small doses, but I still love the show. -- "Take what you need and leave the rest."