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Futurama Volumes 1-4 | 
| Actors: Billy West, John Di Maggio, Katey Sagal
Studio: Fox Film Corporation
Category: DVD
List Price: $189.92
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 45227
Format: Animated, Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 15
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 6.9 x 5.7
UPC: 024543168294
EAN: 0024543168294
ASIN: B0006IO78M
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1999
Release Date: April 12, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
72 episodes, not 61!!!! April 10, 2005
Ibex (USA)
29 out of 32 found this review helpful
This is not a review, per se, though I highly recommend the set. Rather, I just wanted to point out that you get 72 episodes (with a total of 74 commentaries!), not just 61, as amazon incorrectly states above. [Note: amazon has subsequently corrected their listing.]
The reason why fox sucks June 2, 2005
Matt (USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is truly an amazing show. The writing is perfect full of laughs, pop culture references, and even references to little known science fiction show and books. The characters are perfect, bender being the best. The romance between fry and Leela is heartbreaking. The show also looks amazing seemlessly blending in 3d animation with 2d for spectacular effects. But enough about the show.
Aside from the show the special features on these sets are great. The deleted seens are great, the 3 and 4 sets have how to draw segments, but the commentaries are reason alone to buy this set. Even if you have seen every single episode i would recommend this set for the commentaries alone. David Cohen is a lovable geek, Billy West (voice of Fry, Zoidberg and the Proffesor) and John Dimaggio (voice of Bender) are hilarious and so is the rest of the cast.
So in short BUY THESE DVDS
worth every cent July 4, 2006
D. Siegel
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you're at all a fan of futurama, the 4 box sex is a must own.
I was skeptical at first, since it is a kind of expensive set, as of now i've only made it through the first two seasons (been watching an episode or two most nights before goin to bed), and i gotta say, this is one of the most clever cartoons ever made.
forget the price, it's well worth it. buy the set. give the guys who made it some money, because they deserve it.
A victim of its own originality January 3, 2006
Dawn M. Martin (Eastern Shore, MD USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Futurama was a superbly written show that suffered GREATLY at the hands of Fox's executives placing them in a terrible time slot - 7pm Sunday, I believe. I can remember one season in particular where Futurama was constantly pre-empted for football on the East Coast, meaning viewers in this time zone got to see a grand total of about four episodes that year. I believe this this cartoon would have thrived in a later slot, but I guess execs don't see things the way that a fan would.
Bafflingly enough, other Fox cartoons such as "Family Guy", which has been resurrected after multiple cancellations and "King of the Hill" which got relentless promotion, the dark horse "Futurama" received neither of those blessings. Can you say 'sabotage?' That's okay, pronounciation doesn't count.
I'm off my soapbox...for now.
Fortunately, for fans, this show managed to hang on for four laugh-packed seasons and surprisingly enough it has also managed to have all episodes released on DVD. Futurama maintained consistently funny writing, original characters and plotlines and may actually portray a fairly realistic vision of the future - where crack is sold in vending machines and advertisements are broadcast within your dreams.
Your main characters are all pitiful in their own way, but very likable. There is Fry, who was cryogenically frozen for 1000 years and reawakened in a whole new civilization rife with aliens, robots and heads kept alive in jars. Leela is an "orphaned" cyclops who in early episodes is basically on a quest to find her family and later on seems to be on a quest to find a man (other than Fry, who adores her). And of course, you have Bender - an alcoholic, cigar-smoking, foul-mouthed robot, who probably spouts some of the funniest lines in the show.
If you enjoy originality and haven't already purchased any of the seasons of Futurama on DVD, then this box set is for you. Or perhaps, like myself, you've lost some of your DVD collection, including your favorite animated shows, due to a messy divorce - plunk down the money and buy this set now. And while you're at it, shoot off an e-mail to Fox and tell them to BRING BACK FUTURAMA - NOW!
On par with Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. September 12, 2006
Matthew Tundermann (Jacksonville, FL USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Right off the bat, I want to mention that Futurama often runs on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, so you can catch a lot of episodes there. But if you want to watch the entire series from start to finish and get some of the commentary, I highly recommend picking up all four sets, especially since prices have started to come down on each of the 4 seasons.
I personally think Futurama is funnier than the Simpsons or at least as funny as the Simpsons were in their prime. The problem for Futurama is that many of its jokes are random and are infused with a basic layer of science/math humor, which is not altogether surprising given its science fiction setting. Like the initial run of Family Guy, I think viewers did not buy into the randomness and certain inside-joke feel of Futurama. But the more you watch and pay attention to the episodes, the better you'll pick up on the nuances.
In any case, the characters are flat out ridiculous and hilarious, Bender and Professor Farnsworth being my personal favorites. I suspect that each character represents a portion of Matt Groening's own personality as they are all wildly different from each other. Fry's basically your Homer-type for Futurama but I think Bender steals every episode with his wise-cracking.
Again, if you don't pay attention, you might miss the nuances behind each joke. A lot of things might not even make sense, so I definitely think this series is not for everyone. But if you like a little sci-fi humor born out of the same mold as the Simpsons, with some of the same randomness inherent to Family Guy, then check this out. Whenever I'm having one of those bad or boring days, popping in Futurama and watching a few episodes quickly fixes the problem.
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