$75,000 is what the cast members were making per episode BEFORE it was cancelled. If you take inflation into account, I believe it works out to be roughly $64,000 in 2003 dollars (Thanks Bachelor's in Economics). That's about a 15% pay cut. And this is what the actors were ASKING for. 20th Century Fox decided they weren't even worth 85% of what they were making before. Tenfold is a word that got thrown around a lot with no reason behind it.
I'm optimistic and hoping, as I'm sure you all are, that this will be old news by June 2010 and we can laugh about it while we watch the new episodes. Because that's the only way I'll end up watching them.
I'm optimistic and hoping, as I'm sure you all are, that this will be old news by June 2010 and we can laugh about it while we watch the new episodes. Because that's the only way I'll end up watching them.
Telltale Futurama actually makes a ton of sense. That's exactly the sort of thing they go for. Might be a little too mainstream of a license for them to secure, but who knows.
The biggest, I think, would be getting the voice actors to do it for a rate within Telltale's meager means. But if they could make it work, I know I'd be there.
The Simpsons did get released in the cinema, but I don't think it performed overly well. And The Simpsons is much more popular than Futurama over here. Mostly because the Simpsons was always shown on BBC (free - well, sort of) and now C4 (free) while Futurama has always been shown primarily on SKY (not free!!)
And The Simpsons is much more popular than Futurama over here. Mostly because the Simpsons was always shown on BBC (free - well, sort of) and now C4 (free) while Futurama has always been shown primarily on SKY (not free!!)
Actually, The Simpsons was originally broadcast on Sky One. Later it got picked up by the BBC, who showed episodes four years older than Sky. Then it moved to Channel Four.
Futurama, like The Simpsons, aired initially on Sky One. Channel Four later picked up the rights to air the syndicated version of the show (which was edited for "mature" content). I believe Futurama still occasionally pops up on Channel Four's Sunday morning line-up, although I moved from the UK two years ago so I can't be sure about that.
Futurama is, like a lot of science fiction, a very diverse beast. For someone to say "Oh, it'd only work as an action game" is rather like saying, "Indiana Jones only works as a 3D action game" when both Fate of Atlantis and The Last Crusade proved that Indy works equally well in either setting. A more cogent example would be Star Trek, which has had numerous games across a multitude of genres released over the last twenty-five years including, haha, action games like Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force as well as graphic adventures like Star Trek: 25th Anniversary.
Lest we forget that previous Wallace & Gromit games such as Frontier Developments' Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo have been action games, but that didn't stop Telltale from developing the Grand Adventures series.
Telltale + Futurama = the equivalent to Mr. T and Chuck Norris giving everyone in the world guns that shoot ninja stars and lightning and the guns are on fire... oh wait if that happened the universe would explode of too much awesomeness
Futurama would be a GREAT acquisition. The entire show is about story and character dialogue in a weird setting. That fits Telltale to a T. There are endless possibilities, settings, and situations that you could easily get away with in a futuristic sci-fi setting. Oh, and to those who think it can only be an action game; the ONLY thing that was good about the XBox game were the cutscenes (the only thing that kept me from turning it off). The gameplay was atrocious. I heard the cutscenes were actually released on one of the straight to dvd movies so people would never have to play that abomination EVER again.
Oh come now, Futurama: The Game wasn't terrible. It was on a par with other licensed Fox Interactive titles of the time, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds. I enjoyed it, and it's a curious entry in Futurama canon (if indeed it can be considered canon at all considering how it ends...). It's not the greatest game in the world but it's still a lot of fun.
It does seem like a perfect title - the voiceovers would cost a fortune though. Remember one episode of a TTG probably has a lot more voice that one episode of Futurama.
I read an interview and I think it was with Cohen who co-created Futurama. He was talking about the Futurama video game and how there are a lot more lines of dialogue to record because you have to record different responses for different actions.
You people are overlooking a major fact here... If FOX couldn't afford to pay the voice actors what they were asking for, how in the hell do you expect Telltale too? I mean, half of the thread has been whining about them being replaced in the show... I'm just sayin'.
It does seem like a perfect title - the voiceovers would cost a fortune though. Remember one episode of a TTG probably has a lot more voice that one episode of Futurama.
yes, but for a game, the actors are not there the entire time. only for his/her lines. so you dont have to pay them as much as if they were there for the whole thing. in a tv show, im pretty sure everyone is there til its done so its about the same really.
yes, but for a game, the actors are not there the entire time. only for his/her lines. so you dont have to pay them as much as if they were there for the whole thing. in a tv show, im pretty sure everyone is there til its done so its about the same really.
True (Dominic was saying something along those lines I think)
You people are overlooking a major fact here... If FOX couldn't afford to pay the voice actors what they were asking for, how in the hell do you expect Telltale too? I mean, half of the thread has been whining about them being replaced in the show... I'm just sayin'.
Except the negotiations have finished and the original cast is returning to the show for Season Six. If you know anything about Fox you'll know that the whole "Let's get new voice actors to audition for the roles" thing was a negotiation tactic - they pulled the same stunt when the cast of The Simpsons were asking for mo' money.
I wouldn't have a problem with Sound-Alikes in the game. Nobody seems to have a problem with Ben doing the voice of Wallace in Grand Adventures, do they?
This would combine two of my favorite things: Telltale Games and Futurama. I say wholeheartedly YES! The humor is right up Telltale's alley and the show could fit fine with the adventure game's gameplay.
And those saying that Futurama's audience isn't large, they have no idea what they are talking about. For instance, IGN said that the single page news item that the voice actors might not be coming back was the single most "hit" news item since IGN started covering TV. So it's complete BS that Futurama's audience is small. At this point, they probably have more people behind them than Simpsons. And given Family Guy's current sorry state, Futurama will be a HUGE success on Comedy Central.
Videos of the gameplay (Quadsux's videos being a perfect example) where somebody always says something about how bad he sucks (personally, I couldn't give a damn... except on muzzled... he really did suck on that one).
It's not like I would be upset if it didn't happen, I feel like there's some other great idea floating out there in the cosmos that TT could pursue, but it would be cool.
Also the audience is probably larger than MI, S&M, and W&G combined... Not sayin that makes it better, just sayin' it definitely has a very solid fan base.
I think Telltale and Futurama would make a perfect marriage.
The Futurama universe would translate perfectly into a point-and-click adventure interface and Telltale have already shown a very smiler style of humor in Sam & Max.
This is the sort of thing that would almost be as epic as the revival of Monkey Island :eek:
Well, it would be very interesting to see who is crazier. Futurama fans or Monkey Island fans. With Futurama I'd say it's just that there are more of them. I just hope Futurama, if it was getting made, wouldn't have to go up against Monkey Island or Sam and Max during its run. It would be interesting to see the results, but I'm afraid work on Futurama would suffer.
Well, it would be very interesting to see who is crazier. Futurama fans or Monkey Island fans. With Futurama I'd say it's just that there are more of them. I just hope Futurama, if it was getting made, wouldn't have to go up against Monkey Island or Sam and Max during its run. It would be interesting to see the results, but I'm afraid work on Futurama would suffer.
Not necessarily.... I believe that each game has its own group of people working on it with possibly a few crossover workers.
Thinking about it now, though, if telltale does do a futurama game and it's a success (which it, of course, will be), FOX will have them do a family guy game, a simpsons game, and a game for everything else on the channel. Which would normally be awesome, but I just don't think that style of humor fits as well as Futurama
I could see a Simpsons adventure series. That wouldn't be too much of a stretch. The Family Guy one would be problematic, but that's mostly because of the random style of the series and the cutaways. I still think it could work though, if someone really put their mind to it.
Besides, if a Futurama adventure series does well, wouldn't that just mean we'd get another Futurama adventure series? I wholly support this proposal.
Back to Futurama:
The previous game actually had some (very simple) adventure game elements. And I loved it for it. There was a bunch of other great stuff in there (the cutscenes, the voices, the alternating characters, each with his/her own gameplay), but sadly there were some issues with the difficulty which ranged from way too easy to frustratingly hard, sometimes within the same room. The imprecise controls didn't make it any easier either. I had high hopes for the game since it came from the makers of Ignition, one of my favourite games of all times, but apparently that project was a little too much for them.
However, you can really look at the first few scenes, which are mostly adventure game-like and you can see how perfect a medium it is for Futurama.
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Maybe they were thinking of Wiggum, PI
Now there's an idea for an adventure game...
$75,000 is what the cast members were making per episode BEFORE it was cancelled. If you take inflation into account, I believe it works out to be roughly $64,000 in 2003 dollars (Thanks Bachelor's in Economics). That's about a 15% pay cut. And this is what the actors were ASKING for. 20th Century Fox decided they weren't even worth 85% of what they were making before. Tenfold is a word that got thrown around a lot with no reason behind it.
I'm optimistic and hoping, as I'm sure you all are, that this will be old news by June 2010 and we can laugh about it while we watch the new episodes. Because that's the only way I'll end up watching them.
Fingers crossed, eh?
You can uncross those fingers for now.
Oh, thank goodness. I was pretty worried about this.
The biggest, I think, would be getting the voice actors to do it for a rate within Telltale's meager means. But if they could make it work, I know I'd be there.
It says there's also an upcoming feature film? Are we seriously getting ANOTHER movie?
My God... I was the one who posted the link, but I didn't even notice that part since I was too excited about the first news!!
A FIFTH Futurama movie?! Here's hoping for a theatrical release!!!
Did the Simpsons movie get a theatrical release in the UK? If it did, then there's a pretty good chance that the Futurama movie will have one too.
But I dunno, I'm just glad we're getting it :-D
Er, actually...
Actually, The Simpsons was originally broadcast on Sky One. Later it got picked up by the BBC, who showed episodes four years older than Sky. Then it moved to Channel Four.
Futurama, like The Simpsons, aired initially on Sky One. Channel Four later picked up the rights to air the syndicated version of the show (which was edited for "mature" content). I believe Futurama still occasionally pops up on Channel Four's Sunday morning line-up, although I moved from the UK two years ago so I can't be sure about that.
Futurama is, like a lot of science fiction, a very diverse beast. For someone to say "Oh, it'd only work as an action game" is rather like saying, "Indiana Jones only works as a 3D action game" when both Fate of Atlantis and The Last Crusade proved that Indy works equally well in either setting. A more cogent example would be Star Trek, which has had numerous games across a multitude of genres released over the last twenty-five years including, haha, action games like Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force as well as graphic adventures like Star Trek: 25th Anniversary.
Lest we forget that previous Wallace & Gromit games such as Frontier Developments' Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo have been action games, but that didn't stop Telltale from developing the Grand Adventures series.
yes, but for a game, the actors are not there the entire time. only for his/her lines. so you dont have to pay them as much as if they were there for the whole thing. in a tv show, im pretty sure everyone is there til its done so its about the same really.
True (Dominic was saying something along those lines I think)
Even so, they wont be cheap!
thats exactly my source...haha
I wouldn't have a problem with Sound-Alikes in the game. Nobody seems to have a problem with Ben doing the voice of Wallace in Grand Adventures, do they?
And those saying that Futurama's audience isn't large, they have no idea what they are talking about. For instance, IGN said that the single page news item that the voice actors might not be coming back was the single most "hit" news item since IGN started covering TV. So it's complete BS that Futurama's audience is small. At this point, they probably have more people behind them than Simpsons. And given Family Guy's current sorry state, Futurama will be a HUGE success on Comedy Central.
Apparently you haven't watched the videos on youtube.
What are these videos you speak of, pray tell?
Videos of the gameplay (Quadsux's videos being a perfect example) where somebody always says something about how bad he sucks (personally, I couldn't give a damn... except on muzzled... he really did suck on that one).
It's not like I would be upset if it didn't happen, I feel like there's some other great idea floating out there in the cosmos that TT could pursue, but it would be cool.
Also the audience is probably larger than MI, S&M, and W&G combined... Not sayin that makes it better, just sayin' it definitely has a very solid fan base.
The Futurama universe would translate perfectly into a point-and-click adventure interface and Telltale have already shown a very smiler style of humor in Sam & Max.
This is the sort of thing that would almost be as epic as the revival of Monkey Island :eek:
Wow, I only own 4. (Including the new special edition that just came out.) My collection is bad and I should feel bad
Not necessarily.... I believe that each game has its own group of people working on it with possibly a few crossover workers.
Besides, if a Futurama adventure series does well, wouldn't that just mean we'd get another Futurama adventure series? I wholly support this proposal.
That could actually be a good thing for an FG adventure game. Imagine the puzzles!
"This is like that time I got a job as Jon Voight's pencil!"
*Jon Voight chews on Peter's head*
-Use MUZZLE on JON VOIGHT-
The previous game actually had some (very simple) adventure game elements. And I loved it for it. There was a bunch of other great stuff in there (the cutscenes, the voices, the alternating characters, each with his/her own gameplay), but sadly there were some issues with the difficulty which ranged from way too easy to frustratingly hard, sometimes within the same room. The imprecise controls didn't make it any easier either. I had high hopes for the game since it came from the makers of Ignition, one of my favourite games of all times, but apparently that project was a little too much for them.
However, you can really look at the first few scenes, which are mostly adventure game-like and you can see how perfect a medium it is for Futurama.