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Futurama: Season 2 [DVD] by: Futurama

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Rating: - "Don't just lie there scratching your Axe-hole"

A programme featuring lines like the above - what more needs to be said..?

Genius.

Rating: - A stern warning of things to come...

Season four of Futurama maintains the quality of the first season, while futher exploring the universe it is set in. All the sci-fi cliques are mocked, especially the dark and dystopian elements of the genre. For example, in the episode "Mother's Day" the world's robots stage a violent rebellion and it turns out that the cluddly industrialist, Mom, keeps the robot remote control in her bra.
The mixture of dark sci-fi, weird aliens, very human robots and sharp gags make for a unusual but strangely believeable cartoon.

As a fan of Terry Gilliam, a highlight of this season was the episode "How Hermes Requistioned his Groove Back", a tale of ridiculous bureaucracy that is a reference to the flim "Brazil". Only the writers of Futurama would end a homage to such a disturbing dystopian sci-fi with the charcters braking into a catchy Jamaican tune...

Rating: - The weakest of the four seasons but still brilliant

In my opinion this second season of Futurama is not as good as the previous season or the two following seasons with a few episodes that aren't that good but the season is still better than anything produced by the Simpsons. I feel the main problem with this season is that it is still trying to find its feet and the very few bad bits are far outweighed by the animation gold that is the rest of the season. The season has everything, from robot rebellions, the rediscovery of the lost city of Atlanta, the return of Nixon, Warecars and a murderous Santa among other things. As always the animation is brilliant throughout and the scripting is just great satirizing everything from politics to M.A.S.H. to Starship Troopers. Even with its few flaws this season still disserves nothing less than five stars.

Rating: - Futurama

Just brilliant as are all of this series, can't fault it, maybe even better than the Simpsons, which is still good in its own right.

Rating: - Santa Claus is gunning you down!

Futurama is the most under-rated comedy in the world.Funnier than the simpsons, slicker than family guy and with more replay value than any other animated show. Unlike the above-mentioned comedies,it never fails to consistently hit the funny bone yet it also does sensitive moments extremely well(showcased in episodes like the cryonic woman-which makes you want to cry sometimes, yet still amuses).

If you have loved the simpsons or family guy, yet never experienced the joys of futurama- you will love this.i promise you give it a go, and you will be hooked. All in all, its a shame fox cancelled it- it had so much potential.

As the professor would say 'BRISK'(you may think we're lunatics, but watch Xmas Story- a classic episode-, and all will be explained.

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