Commentary:Love's Labours Lost in Space

Production Number: 1ACV04 DVD: Season 1, Disc 1

Topics of Discussion

 * It took five weeks to animate the Opening Sequence
 * Holograms are always done in 3D
 * David X. Cohen invented the name for Darkmatter fuel
 * The voices have changed
 * The characters of Zapp Brannigan and Kif Kroker
 * About the size and detail of the Nimbus
 * Zapp voice is based on a disk jockey that loves his own voice and so he says things slowly
 * How complex Zapp's room is
 * Zapp's gut was meant to grow in each scene
 * In his room there is always a statue or painting of Zapp in every shot of it
 * The fact that Vergon 6 was the first planet they went to
 * The character of Nibbler
 * They hint that Nibbler has a bigger part later in the series which he does
 * The phones seem to always change in variety as do characters phone numbers
 * They discuss the fact that Phil Hartman was to play Zapp Brannigan

Highlights / Quotes

 * Scott Vanzo: Well the Opening Sequence is the hardest of them all
 * Brian Keeley: My dream was to write for the Simpsons which I do now
 * Matt Groeing: I thought it would be funny to have an alien assistant that was always frustrated and passive aggresive, like what if Mr. Spock was always complaining

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Creator
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Brian Keeley
 * Writer
 * Brian Sheesley
 * Director
 * Scott Vanzo
 * Director of Computer Graphics
 * John DiMaggio
 * Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)