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==Topics of Discussion== | ==Topics of Discussion== | ||
*The return of ''[[Futurama]]'', how they finally got the movie deaL. | |||
*The return of ''[[Futurama]]''. | **They thought they were lying all those times that they said it was coming back. | ||
*The jokes aimed at executives are towards the Fox Network, not the studio or home video departments. | |||
*Changes required to make the films in wide screen. | |||
**Discussions about using a HD format started during development of season one. | |||
**Clips from old episodes had to be re-done to get the high-def quality and the extra edges, this also applies to some of the other movies. | |||
*The character [[Lars Fillmore]]. | *The character [[Lars Fillmore]]. | ||
*The [[Nude Beach Planet]] | **The various clues put in about his history, and the method of disguising him. | ||
**The pens in the pocket are apparently a sign of maturity. | |||
*The [[Nude Beach Planet]], which was an idea that had been hanging around for years. | |||
*The [[Scammer Aliens|nudists]]' voices. | *The [[Scammer Aliens|nudists]]' voices. | ||
{{ | *The [http://ilovebender.com ilovebender.com] website. | ||
**At the time of recording it had been registered but was not yet set up. The site now exists. | |||
*Trying to make it more obvious that Bender was being controlled. | |||
*This is the most complicated of the four stories. | |||
*They had previously avoided time travel, with [[Roswell that Ends Well|one]] exception, due to the big mess it can create. | |||
**David and Ken originally wrote the "paradox-free" time travel as joke and a way to avoid the need to make perfect sense, but the errors started to annoy them so they went back and fixed them. | |||
*Bender can life for hundreds ''or'' thousands of years, not hundreds ''of'' thousands of years. because steel is actually a liquid that over time will eventually go to its full liquid state. | |||
**This apparently relates to {{e|x4}} | |||
*The nudists' folds of fat we intended to cover the parts you don't want to see, but the folds are still very disturbing | |||
*This commentary is done earlier than usual, using an incomplete black-and-white version of the movie. | |||
*Some of the actors did have a little difficulty remembering the right voices. | |||
*The code used to have a meaning until script changes required it to be altered. | |||
**It reads the same in a mirror, but it used to be the six wining numbers on a lotto ticket from 2000-something. | |||
*Whether some numbers are funnier or more interesting than others. | |||
*Deciding the most valuable treasures to steal was left to the designers after Ken kept putting it off. | |||
*The equation of time is a real equation, used for correcting the time given by a sundial. There is an extra piece added here for the doom field. | |||
*There's going to be more, elaborate, mini golf in {{e|x4}} | |||
*Gleisner is actually Ken's mother's maiden name. | |||
*They made rub-on tattoos of the Bender tattoo, which were given out at Comic-Con. | |||
*The "19 seconds earlier" had said 10 seconds until they realised there were no cuts so they could go back and count it up. | |||
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===Highlights / Quotes=== | ===Highlights / Quotes=== | ||
*'''Billy West''': I don't know why you're sayin' you're back, I've been in this room for four and a half years. | |||
*'''David X. Cohen''': Whenever you watch a sci-fi movie or TV show with time travel generally as a sci-fi fan, you get mad. Something happens that makes you mad. | |||
*'''David X. Cohen''': | *'''David X. Cohen''': This is a reference to another episode Ken Keeler wrote also.<br/>'''Ken''': I did? | ||
*'''Matt Groening''':This whole series has many amputations and decapitations.<br/>'''Claudia Katz''': Not enough as far as I'm concerned. | |||
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===Related DVD Features=== | ===Related DVD Features=== | ||
*They mention Professor Greenwald who lectures about math in ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'' and is in one of the special features of the film's DVD. | |||
==Commentators== | ==Commentators== | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- The return of Futurama, how they finally got the movie deaL.
- They thought they were lying all those times that they said it was coming back.
- The jokes aimed at executives are towards the Fox Network, not the studio or home video departments.
- Changes required to make the films in wide screen.
- Discussions about using a HD format started during development of season one.
- Clips from old episodes had to be re-done to get the high-def quality and the extra edges, this also applies to some of the other movies.
- The character Lars Fillmore.
- The various clues put in about his history, and the method of disguising him.
- The pens in the pocket are apparently a sign of maturity.
- The Nude Beach Planet, which was an idea that had been hanging around for years.
- The nudists' voices.
- The ilovebender.com website.
- At the time of recording it had been registered but was not yet set up. The site now exists.
- Trying to make it more obvious that Bender was being controlled.
- This is the most complicated of the four stories.
- They had previously avoided time travel, with one exception, due to the big mess it can create.
- David and Ken originally wrote the "paradox-free" time travel as joke and a way to avoid the need to make perfect sense, but the errors started to annoy them so they went back and fixed them.
- Bender can life for hundreds or thousands of years, not hundreds of thousands of years. because steel is actually a liquid that over time will eventually go to its full liquid state.
- This apparently relates to "Into the Wild Green Yonder" (ItWGY)
- This apparently relates to "Into the Wild Green Yonder" (ItWGY)
- The nudists' folds of fat we intended to cover the parts you don't want to see, but the folds are still very disturbing
- This commentary is done earlier than usual, using an incomplete black-and-white version of the movie.
- Some of the actors did have a little difficulty remembering the right voices.
- The code used to have a meaning until script changes required it to be altered.
- It reads the same in a mirror, but it used to be the six wining numbers on a lotto ticket from 2000-something.
- Whether some numbers are funnier or more interesting than others.
- Deciding the most valuable treasures to steal was left to the designers after Ken kept putting it off.
- The equation of time is a real equation, used for correcting the time given by a sundial. There is an extra piece added here for the doom field.
- There's going to be more, elaborate, mini golf in "Into the Wild Green Yonder" (ItWGY)
- Gleisner is actually Ken's mother's maiden name.
- They made rub-on tattoos of the Bender tattoo, which were given out at Comic-Con.
- The "19 seconds earlier" had said 10 seconds until they realised there were no cuts so they could go back and count it up.
Highlights / Quotes
- Billy West: I don't know why you're sayin' you're back, I've been in this room for four and a half years.
- David X. Cohen: Whenever you watch a sci-fi movie or TV show with time travel generally as a sci-fi fan, you get mad. Something happens that makes you mad.
- David X. Cohen: This is a reference to another episode Ken Keeler wrote also.
Ken: I did? - Matt Groening:This whole series has many amputations and decapitations.
Claudia Katz: Not enough as far as I'm concerned.
Related DVD Features
- They mention Professor Greenwald who lectures about math in The Simpsons and Futurama and is in one of the special features of the film's DVD.
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Executive Producer
- Writer
- Billy West
- Actor (Fry, The Professor, miscellaneous)
- John DiMaggio
- Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
- Phil LaMarr
- Actor (Hermes, miscellaneous)
- Claudia Katz
- Animation Direcor
- Dwayne Carey-Hill
- Director
- Ken Keeler
- Writer
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