 "Pleasantly surprised" | 2008-10-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A37OCJ972OQIM3 |
| I had never seen more than 10 seconds of "Futurama" beyond a casual walk-by the TV, but my friend remarked how much he missed the series, so I bought him every episode for his birthday. Enjoying it with him, I've discovered that the cartoon is inspired hilarity. While "The Simpsons" seems to be stretching the envelope for ever-novel storylines, "Futurama" was created as a stretch, and is more sophisticated for an adult audience, without being tasteless. I'm eager to see every episode in the series. |
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| "Why 5 Seasons? - lemme tell ya" | 2008-09-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A37WKHGWO4JLR1 |
Futurama Rocks - nuff 'said.
The reason why some sights list Futurama is this:
Futurama ended as a series a few years back (completing 4 seasons). A couple years ago, they decided to release a few movies straight to DVD. As of now, 2 have been released and a third is set to come out soon.
There are plans to break these movies up into 'episodes,' and air them as Season 5. They will most likely go to Comedy Central, and there is talk that extra material will be added in order to make it seem more like a TV show than watching a quarter of a movie.
However, I wouldn't count on seeing the re-release as episodes (especially if they add new material) anytime soon, as not all of the movies are even released yet. So, all in all, this represents all of Futurama except for the movies - so just buy this and add the movies to your collection as they are released. |
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 "Too pricey for a full set with no worthy bonus features..." | 2008-07-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1HRTTFH5V6DTV |
This is an outstanding series, but at an incomprehensible price. It comes with no bonus items like the Family Guy party pack (which was $60 on a Gold Box Deal, BTW...for those that missed it...and has 18 DVDS...five seasons plus the Stewie Griffin Story, Ping Pong gear, a Stewie DVD case, cards, poker chips, and a frickin' sweet box).
Go to your friendly neighborhood Walmart (among other retail outlets), and you can find each volume of Futurama priced at approximately $20. This series is not a rarity (in fact, I've got a good third of it on my DVR). Amazon was selling each volume for $18 a while back, which I'm assuming was to celebrate the release of Beast with a Billion Backs. That's about what each volume is worth. I wouldn't pay more than $24 for it. Trust me...it'll be around for a long, long time.
I'd say not to purchase this now. Wait until it's a Gold Box Deal with both movies included for the not so low, but acceptable price of $80. |
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| "Brilliant But Cancelled" | 2008-05-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A17J91PKRJR8TU |
So for those that have never seen Futurama, or only an episode or two, you are missing out on one of the most amazingly brilliant television shows ever made. It is too bad that Fox screwed them over like they have done to almost any good show they have produced.
Check out the show, especially the third and fourth volume. Some of the best television ever written are in those volumes, like the last episode of the series as well as emmy-award winning episodes. "Luck of the Fryish" is quite possibly the single best half-hour you will ever spend watching a tv.
Although, I recommend buying each separately because it is actually cheaper that way. Most stores carry these editions for about 20 bucks each, which in the end is 20 bucks cheaper than this set. |
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| "wonderful collection" | 2008-04-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: ANEUPVXP9GKJQ |
| Wondeful collection. But season 1 and 2 do NOT have a play all funtion. I also wish there was more special features. |
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| "From the creators of The Simpsons" | 2008-03-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1Y9M9FG3MNKV3 |
| Futurama pokes fun at office relationships. Enjoyable for adults. With new episodes coming this spring, what better time to catch up? |
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 "Quite entertaining!" | 2008-01-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A290D1KJM0GVG3 |
| I'm a big Simpsons and Family Guy fan and I was never really interested in Futurama until my bf told me he loves it. After watching a few episodes with him, I decided to get this for him and we're watching it all together. I think we're still stuck on season 1 since we don't have that much time to watch it as it is but anyway! I like how it's not like how Family Guy is - where sometimes the joke is carried on too long .. like when Peter laughs that horrid laugh for a good minute. So far I haven't found anything that I don't like about Futurama - which is good. Keep it up! =) |
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| "Hopefully I can clear up a little confusion on what you get..." | 2008-01-23 |
| - Reviewed By bulgier |
I saw on the discussion boards, people were wondering whether the volume 1-4 set was different from buying the seasons 1 through 4 packages separately. I just received my 1-4 set and I can say for sure it is exactly the same as buying separately. This is not one boxed set, it is the 4 individual volumes shrinkwrapped together. This is not a bad thing! This is a whole lot of goodness! But if it's cheaper to buy them separately (and it is right now, as I write this), due to the weird fluctuations in the prices caused by sunspots, astrological alignments and black helicopters no doubt, the feel free to buy separately, you won't miss out on anything.
Another question plaguing the minds of today's young people: How come IMDB.com, epguides.com and GotFuturama.com (among others) say there are 5 seasons, but this set is four "volumes"? I dunno, but I can now say for sure, the 4 volumes contain ALL the episodes including "season 5", all 72 of 'em, plus a lot of extra goodies like commentary tracks. If you were holding back, I say go ahead and dive in, you have nothing to fear but cramps in your smile muscles and ribs from prolonged laughing.
I thought it was illegal to be that funny on TV. |
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 "Nearly perfect series, unplayable DVDs" | 2008-01-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3LQZRWLDD7RGN |
I pretty much worship Futurama. I don't usually like to post a negative review of a series I love just because of an unplayable disc, but so far I have found two duds, disc 2 of Vol. 3 and discs 1 & 2 of Vol. 4. Amazon's return period is well over (I savored Vol. 1 & 2 a little too slowly, it seems), and even if I could return them, I would have to return all four volumes just for problems with two (because I bought the complete series, which counts as one product). The few dollars I saved buying all four at once does not make up for the hassle I have to deal with now.
Again, I love Futurama and I'm thrilled to have the series on DVD. I just recommend not buying all four volumes at one time, lest you get stuck with unplayable discs and the hassle of trying to finagle a return somewhere other than Amazon.
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| "The first two years are the best!!" | 2008-01-22 |
| - Reviewed By hunter400 |
I love adult cartoons, The Simpsons, South Park, American Dad, ect. I saw a few episodes on cable and decided to buy the box set of all four seasons.
Make no mistake the first two years of the show were great. They were laugh out loud funny. Something went horribly, horribly wrong in the third season. It was like they didn't know what to with the show. It bacame less and less funny. The story lines weren't as good, the humour fell flat. It was very sad. No wonder they got cxled.
I got an excellent price on a used set so there are no regrets, however if you want to see the best of the show you onlu need 1 and 2. |
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