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Futurama (TV Series)

Futurama

1999

Matt Groening (Creator), Peter Avanzino ...

Animation, Voice: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio ...

7.8

100,350

TV Series. Animation. Comedy. Sci-Fi TV Series (1999-2003). Philip J. Fry is a 25 year old delivery boy living in New York City who is cryogenically frozen on New Year's 1999 for 1000 years, where he wakes up in New New York City on December 31, 2999. There, he meets Turanga Leela, a tough but loving, beautiful one-eyed alien with purple hair who turns out to be a mutant human; and Bender, an alcohol-powered bending robot who is addicted to liquor, cigars, stealing, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly	"A terrific blastoff. ... Groening (...) creates an airy atmosphere ripe for satirizing our love of computer technology."	POS
United States	Tom Shales The Washington Post	"Another satiric triumph from Matt Groening."	POS
United States	Ron Wertheimer The New York Times	"Visually, the world of 'Futurama' is much richer than that of 'The Simpsons' (...) But the writing, from the conception of the characters forward, lacks the bite of its predecessor."	NEU
United States	Ray Richmond Variety	"While this sci-fi spoof saunters onto the Fox midseason sked feeling a tad uninspired at first blush, the promise is clearly there."	NEU
United States	Ginia Bellafante Time	"The show lacks the vision of 'The Simpsons', the snappy rhythm and the kind of far-reaching humor that keep it dizzyingly smart even after a decade on the air."	NEG

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