Futurama: Volume Five

I am still confused.I have the 'Complete Collection' in Bender's Head that carries Seasons 1-4 and the four direct-to-dvd movies, and Volumes 6 and 7.I think I'm missing the episodes on Volume 5, but can't determine if Volume 5 and Season 5 are the same.I wish they'd stick to one nomenclature to avoid confusion.I'd like to see a list of Seasons and Volumes, side by side for comparison so I don't waste money on duplicates.Review Update:I found the information I was looking for. To save the rest of you the time/effort of online research:Futurama: from Wikipedia:The American animated science fiction sitcom Futurama, created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company, aired on Fox from March 28, 1999 to August 2003; Cartoon Network's Adult Swim aired reruns of the show from 2003 through 2007. Following a commitment from 20th Century Fox Television to produce four straight-to-DVD Futurama films, Comedy Central announced in June 2006 that they were resurrecting the show and would air the films as new Futurama episodes (reconfiguring each film into four episodes) after each film's DVD release.[1][2] Comedy Central began airing Futurama reruns in January 2008 and broadcast the first film in March 2008.[3] Following the four films (considered the fifth season of the show), Comedy Central has broadcast a sixth season of twenty-six episodes, split over 2010 and 2011.[4] A seventh season was announced in March 2011 and debuted in the summer of 2012.[5]As of August 29, 2012, Futurama has broadcast 127 episodes, concluding the first half of the seventh season. The series is currently on hiatus and will return in mid-2013.[6]The original 72-episode run of Futurama was produced as four seasons; Fox broadcast the episodes out of the intended order, resulting in five aired seasons.On April 22, 2013, Comedy Central cancelled Futurama, announcing a series finale date of September 4, 2013.[7]=====================================================================================Here is a list of my collection, including Volume 5, which will complete it when I buy it in May [update: I now have every episode to date):Personal Note: The 'Volumes' are collections for home use, in the order they were produced... The 'Seasons' are the order they were first aired on TV...Futurama: "Complete Collection" - in Bender's Head [in a Jar]- Limited Edition: Number 3317 of 25500consisting of the first four seasons and four direct-to-disk DVDs:Disc 1: Futurama SSN 1 Disc 1Space Pilot 3000The Series Has LandedI, RoommateLove's Labour Lost in SpaceCommentary on all episodesAnimatics for Space Pilot 3000Deleted Scenes: Two scenes from Episode Two: The Series Has Landed, two scenes from I, Roommate, one scene from Love's Labour's Lost In SpaceScript/Storyboard for Space Pilot 3000Disc 2: Futurama SSN 1 Disc 2Fear of a Bot PlanetA Fishfull of DollarsMy Three SunsA Big Piece of GarbageHell is Other RobotsCommentary on all episodesDeleted scenes: one scene from My Three Suns, one scene from Hell is Other RobotsDisc 3: Futurama SSN 1 Disc 3A Flight to RememberMars UniversityWhen Aliens AttackFry & the Slurm FactoryCommentary on all episodesFeaturetteDeleted scenes: One scene from When Aliens AttackInteractive still gallery (stills & video)Disc 4: Futurama SSN 2 Disc 1I Second That EmotionBrannigan, Begin AgainA Head in the PollsXmas StoryWhy Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?Commentary on all episodesAnimatics for Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?5 Deleted Scenes1 Easter EggDisc 5: Futurama SSN 2 Disc 2The Lesser of Two EvilsPut Your Head on My ShouldersRaging BenderA Bicyclops Built for TwoA Clone of My OwnCommentary on all episodes5 Deleted Scenes2 Easter EggsDisc 6: Futurama SSN 2 Disc 3How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove BackThe Deep SouthBender Gets MadeMother's DayThe Problem with PopplersCommentary on all episodes3 Deleted Scenes2 Easter EggsFuturama video game trailerDisc 7: Futurama SSN 2 Disc 4Anthology of Interest IWar is the H-WordThe HonkingThe Cryonic WomanCommentary on all episodesStill Gallery/Concept Art - 59 Static ImagesAlien Alphabet - 1 Static Image2 Deleted Scenes2 Easter EggsDisc 8: Futurama SSN 3 Disc 1Amazon Women In The MoodParasites LostA Tale Of Two SantasThe Luck Of The FryfishThe Birdbot Of Ice-CatrazBendless LoveCommentary on all episodesGallery - Storyboard Images for Parasites Lost (Approx. 275 Static Images)6 Deleted Scenes3 Easter Eggs:David X. Cohen Intro For A Tale Of Two SantasTable Read For A Tale Of Two Santas (Audio Only)Alternate Show Opening Quotes (Approx. 80 Static Images)Disc 9: Futurama SSN 3 Disc 2The Day The Earth Stood StupidThat's Lobstertainment!The Cyber House RulesWhere The Buggalo RoamInsane In The MainframeThe Route Of All EvilAudio Commentary For All Episodes5 Deleted ScenesDisc 10: Futurama SSN 3 Disc 3Bendin' In The WindTime Keeps On SlippingI Dated A RobotA Leela Of Her OwnA Pharaoh To RememberAudio Commentary on All Episodes3 Deleted ScenesDisc 11: Futurama SSN 3 Disc 4Anthology Of Interest IIRoswell That Ends WellGodfellasFuture StockThe 30% Iron ChefAudio Commentary on All EpisodesStill Gallery/Character Art - 100 Static Images2 How To Draw Characters Gallaries - Fry and Leela80 Static ImagesAnimatic For Anthology Of Interest Part IIAlternate Animation Commentary for Roswell That Ends WellInternational Clip with French, Italian, Spanish and English Language9 3D Models From Rough Draft Sequences3 Deleted ScenesDisc 12: Futurama SSN 4 Disc 1Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch - Including Commentary and Deleted Scenes and Storyboard ImagesLeela's Homeworld - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesLove And Rocket - Including Commentary and Deleted Scenes and International Video clip with audio in German, Portuguese, Spanish and EnglishLess Than Hero - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesA Taste Of Freedom - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesDisc 13: Futurama SSN 4 Disc 2Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TVJurassic BarkCrimes Of The Hot - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesTeenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesThe Why Of Fry - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesDisc 14: Futurama SSN 4 Disc 3Where No Fan Has Gone Before - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesBend Her - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesObsoletely Fabulous - Including Commentary, Deleted Scenes and Animatic with Subtitles Similar to EpisodeEaster Egg: Star Trek Panel - Consists of Three Clips Tied Together as a Single Asset:Writer Goodman on Guest Voice ActorsWriter Goodman on Script ChangesActor Dimaggio on BenderDisc 15: Futurama SSN 4 Disc 4The Farnsworth Parabox - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesThree Hundred Big Boys - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesSpanish Fry - Including Commentary and Deleted ScenesThe Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings - Including commentary and Deleted ScenesEaster Egg: Table Read Audio Only Played Over a Static Card11 Segments of 3D Models From Rough Drafts With Narration2 How to Draw Characters Galleries of Fender and ProfessorStill Gallery and Nine Pencil Test SegmentsDisc 16: Futurama Bender's Big ScoreComplete commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, and cast membersAll new, full-length episode of "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad," including TV commercials of the futureMind-bending Futurama math lecture by Professor Sarah GreenwaldPromo for "An Inconvenient Truth" starring Bender and Al Gore, including commentary by the former Vice President.Disc 17: Futurama Beast With A Billion BacksCommentaryExtra Episode from XBOX GameXBOX Game Episode CommentaryAnimatic - FeatureDeleted Scenes / StoryboardsBlooper Reel / Record Sessions3D Models / 3D Turnarounds - With Audio DescriptionCelebrity Featurette - David CrossBender or Cast Reads CreditsBender sings his version of the Futurama Song - which consists solely of "Bite My ShinyMetal Ass" or "Bender is Great!"New Character / Design SketchesDisc 18: Futurama Bender's GameAudio Commentary by Matt Groening,David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz, and Dwayne Carey-HillStoryboard Animatic: Bender's Game, Part OneFuturama Genetics Lab - Cross-breed your favorite characters!D&D&F (Dungeons & Dragons & Futurama) Featurette: Futurama's band of warrior-writers discuss the influence of Dungeons & Dragons on Futurama (and everything else that matters)How to Draw Futurama in 83 Easy StepsA step-by-step-by-step guide with the Rough Draft crew3D models with animator discussionDeleted Scene: "Cup or Nozzle?Blooperama 2: Outtakes from Bender's GameBender's Anti-Piracy WarningFuturama: Into the Wild Green Yonder - A sneak peek at the next Futurama Epic!Disc 19: Futurama Into The Wild Green YonderAudio CommentaryStoryboard Animatic: Into the WIld Green Yonder, Part 1Docudramarama: How We Make Futurama So Good"Louder, Louder!": The Acting Technique of Penn JilletteGolden Stinkers: A Treasury of Deleted ScenesBlooperama 3: Electric BlooperooHow to Draw Futurama in 10 Very Difficult Steps3D Models with Animator DiscussionBender's Movie Theater EtiquetteZapp Branningan's Guide to Making Love at a WomanEaster Egg - Bender Toilet Paper Joke - Stills TBDEaster Egg - Zero-G, Matt and David in SpaceEaster Egg - Season 5 First Day - Footage of DXC, Matt Groening, and Ken Keeler hard at work on Futurama==========================================================================Volume 51 Rebirth2 In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela3 Attack of the Killer App4 Proposition Infinity5 The Duh-Vinci Code6 Lethal Inspection7 The Late Philip J. Fry8 That Darn Katz!9 A Clockwork Origin10 The Prisoner of Benda11 Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences12 The Mutants Are Revolting13 Holiday Spectacular==========================================================================Volume 61 The Silence of the Clamps2 Mobius Dick3 Law & Oracle4 Benderama5 The Tip of the Zoidberg6 Ghost in the Machines7 Neutopia8 Yo Leela Leela9 Fry am the Egg Man10 All the Presidents' Heads11 Cold Warriors12 Overclockwise13 Reincarnation==========================================================================Volume 71 Bots and the Bees, The2 Farewell to Arms, A3 Decision 30124 Thief of Baghead, The5 Zapp Dingbat6 Butterjunk Effect, The7 The Six Million Dollar Mon8 Fun On a Bun9 Free Will Hunting10 Near-Death Wish11 31st Century Fox12 Viva Mars Vegas13 NaturamaOther than that, I love the series and am disappointed that they are, again, being cancelled (by Comedy Central this time). I hope they can return to TV soon. I also hope they do what they did the last time, and release new episodes as direct-to-dvd movies.I hate it when the Networks cancel a popular show, just because 'ratings' are down.I would love to see Comedy Central FLOODED with requests to keep Futurama. Maybe with enough fan mail, they'll reconsider their folly and bring Futurama back. Also, enough complaints to the FCC will help to inform them that this show is in the public interest and should be reinstated...At the very least, I hope Matt and David chose to make direct to DVD movies in the interim...

I am a huge fan of this show; I honestly think this is the best animated comedy series ever produced, and I have watched the first 4 seasons countless times.What has always appealed to me about the series has been the excellent writing. Rarely, if ever, did Futurama fall back on weak comedic crutches- I very much appreciated that flash in the pan type pop culture references were largely avoided, unlike most other animated series. This lent a more timeless aspect to the show, and also meant that anyone with a sense of humor could enjoy things, without calling on knowledge of contemporary pop culture or esoteric background information. Not to say the series didn't have pop references, but they tended to be general and accessible, and carefully avoided dating the show. Additionally, as anyone who has watched the first 4 seasons will know, there is a consistent, overarching story line, and the episodes tie together in a far more cohesive manner than most shows of this genre.So, like any fan, I was a little disappointed when the series was unceremoniously ended- and was excited, but also a little hesitant when it came back.First, there where the movies... these were just okay... they felt a little unfocused and overcooked in some respects, but I just attributed this to the fact that they were a longer format- this kind of humor and storytelling works best in its intended format: 22 +/- minute episodes. So when I saw that a new season was coming along, I still had hope.Now, here we finally have season 5, and it is a bit of a mixed bag for me. The short format again keeps things snappy and paced. It is great to see the characters interacting with the kinds of scenarios that helped define the series. But... there is a downside here too. The 'feel' of the show is off... something about the characters often feels like they are parodies of what we have come to know, rather than the genuine article. Something that I also found immediately disappointing was that the show now is sometimes just drowning in pop culture references. Gone are the subtle stabs at silly trends, inventions, marketing etc., as were often seen in the 'old' shows. Here, we have overtly blunt humor, such as the (entire) episode that (attempts) to lampoon the apple iphone, featuring Mom's "eyephone". It's almost like you can see the writer's working things over... but then they just take the easy way out, poking shallow fun at what is just a passing trend in the way you would expect from a home-brewed YouTube video, but not from the often clever writing/scenarios you would expect from Futurama.For me, this sort of sums up the feel of this season. It's like the ideas are just kind of half incubated, and we are left with a series that feels like it is almost trying to spoof itself, rather than blazing a new trail. Not that there are no good aspects- there are a couple of gems here, and many small moments that will make you smile, if not laugh out loud. But it the end, things feel disjointed, and the show has a sense of having lost its stride a little.I'll finish by saying I am not putting down the writers at all- this was just such a great series, so it is no doubt hard to keep that legacy going; the careful balance just needs to be found again.Ultimately, if you like Futurama, I would still recommend buying this (you know you are going to anyway). It's entertaining... but it also kind of makes you just want to go back and watch the older seasons again because they are noticeably better.Hopefully, season 6 will capture the lighting again, and we can get back to the year 30XX as we remember it...Now, if you will excuse me, I need to go try out my new Thinglonger...

Sooooo good to have Futurama back. What with the tardiness of the UK DVD release of this (essentially half) season, it has been a good few years before we have had a full run of 'normal' episodes - by which I mean the usual 20 minute format. If anything the writing has got better, the jokes are funnier and the storylines are even more complex. And it can also produce a tear or 2 - I'm looking at you 'The Late Philip J Fry'! Bender just gets more and more funny and has a lot of the best lines, as does the Professor, but Fry's severe lack of the clevers sometimes steals the show with blisteringly funny one-liners as well as pathos for his simple loving nature.The one criticism would be that Zoidberg has not been used much here and is slowly turning into the wise-cracking quipper, which would be a shame as he is one of my favourite characters.Best episodes: 'Attack of the Killer Apps' for its topical hilarity, 'The Duh-Vinci Code' because of its great story and pithy asides to the Dan Brown monstrosity that it apes (sort of), 'The Late Philip J Fry' simply because it is one of the best Futurama eps ever made as well as having a coherent story (in a Futurama-ee kind of way) and great mixture of jokes and heart-string pulling, especially during the final scene: both touching and hilarious; and I also really enjoyed 'That Darn Katz' just for being so typically bonkers and strangely Lovecraftian.A brilliant comeback from a beyond-super-infinite-brilliant-to-the-power-of-10-etc show. Long may it last, all the way to the end of the universe and back round again. And again. The only problem is the wait for the DVDs to be released - as with the Simpsons, they seem to be taking an age to reach UK shores.

I absolutely love Futurama no doubt about it! I quote it often on a daily basis!So after the success of the 4 movies and continuous pressure from fans to bring it back Futurama has returned with great gusto!What I love about the new Futurama is how the writers drop references and characters from earlier episodes back into these new episodes, showing a great deal of care and genuine affection they have for the franchise. My personal highlights of this Season 5 boxset have to be 'The Prisoner of Benda', 'Lethal Inspection', 'Proposition Infinity' and 'The Late Philip J. Fry', very clever episodes for the true diehard fans such as myself. I'm not surprised 'The Prisoner of Benda' was nominated for an Emmy. And Bender dressed up as Leela at Comic Con 3010 declaring himself 'Every nerd's fantasy' is the highlight of the whole box set. Plus Matt Groening and the writers poking fun at Futurama being cancelled with their 'new' series Futurella!Futurama has definitely still got it!I must go now. I feel like I'm coming down with a case of 'Circusitis'. What's this you ask? Just buy this box set! Simple.Bring on Season 6! Hail Futurama!

I love FUTURAMA. I've watched the classic episodes a bazillion times on SKY and have yet to grow tired of them. So after viewing the rather disappointing specials, I was really worried that the FUTURAMA writers had lost their touch. Thankfully, my fears were unwarranted. FUTURAMA is back and in terms of quality, hasn't missed a beat since its foolish cancellation by FOX in 2003. And who cares if SKY won't carry it? I'm quite happy to watch it on DVD and enjoy all the extras you get with said. COMEDY CENTRAL have already renewed this great show for another two seasons so lets all hope it runs for a lot longer than it did in its first incarnation. Long live FUTURAMA!

Popping the new series of 'Futurama' into my Blu-Ray player, I powered up the projector and hit PLAY.The quality of the animation, the bright colours and the amazing surround sound were all fantastic, but none of that would matter if Futurama had failed to keep up the consistently funny and sometimes thought provoking writing from the series that was (stupidly) cancelled back in 2003.After 4 straight to disc almost feature length movies released a couple of years ago, Futurama is back on the tv as a series again, and it's awesome.If you're a fan buy it.

After three great movies (plus the lame 4th movie, "Into the Wild Green Yonder") it is great to have this excellent series back. And well worth the wait, with 13 excellent episodes. Realistically it is easier to have no dud episodes with such a short season, than some of the longer series, still an excellent return and the set promises a 6th series, so here's hoping. If you bought the first 4 series, do not hesitate to buy this excellent 5th series.  Futurama 5 [Blu-ray] [US Import ] Futurama 5 [Blu-ray] [US Import