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Beer and Loading in Mars Vegas
Posted on December 3, 2009 by Tim Hey everyone, let's put the top down and hit the road for Mars Vegas where we'll say hello to D.Falcon, newish Fan Artist for these parts. He's made bunch of movie parody pictures featuring our favorite characters, and by bunch I mean that I've got the first half of them uploaded, so check 'em out. 
 So what would have happened in Leela's Homeworld if Fry hadn't arrived in time? Would Leela really have blasted the two hooded mutants into radioactive dust?  Maybe, maybe not. That's the question that Trevin Bernhard explores in his first ever Fan Fiction called Leela's Homeworld Alternate Ending.  |
And now for the opposing viewpoint ...
Posted on December 2, 2009 by Tim As the last news items dealt with fangirls, it's only fair that this one should spotlight a fanboy. In this case, three new bits of Fan Art from DSS. In this one, Leela is holding his head in a jar. What happened to the rest of him he doesn't say, but I'll just bet if involved getting a bit too obsessed with Leela.  Although, one of his other pics features a (dead) Turangaraptor from his Jurassic Planet Fan Fiction - maybe that 'raptor died of acute inDSSgestion. 
 Like Professor Farnsworth Leela+Fry tends to doodle at the least likely of times so here's two more of her doodles.
And today's random quote, courtesy of Futurama_Freak1: “I knew I'd never know how much I'd miss him until he was gone. Not that much as it turns out.” |
Oh no! Fangirls!
Posted on November 30, 2009 by Tim And they're having a tug of war with Fry in the middle. Poor Fry, what a predicament. That's Jodes on the left and PhantomGirl on the right, and me thinks Leela is doing the smart thing by staying out of it. Only trouble is, for once Fry didn't do anything stupid to get himself into this mess, other than just be Fry that is. 
 Ok, so, suppose that you had the telephone number of a fangirl and you wanted to make them think Fry was calling (not that I'm suggesting that anyone actually do such a thing - oh my no). What you need is a handy collection of sound clips ready to play at the push of a button. Now the Madhouse has a nice Sound Clips section, but those aren't really set up for immediate play. No, what you need is a Futurama Soundboard. Well, this is your lucky day 'cause Frosty found one with clips of Bender, Fry, Leela, Zapp and the Professor. Oh, and not that we're suggesting you do this, but if, hypothetically speaking, you were to call a fangirl, for added fun use Zapp Brannigan instead of Fry and play as many of them as you can as fast as you can. Don't stop for any reason.  |
And Other Things
Posted on November 27, 2009 by Tim Anyone want to give a poor kid from the stupid ages a lift? Actually, although it looks like Fry's is thumbing for a ride, he's really just pointing at something random. I think that because along with the submission of this pic, Leela+Fry said “Look ma, more stuff! Yeah. Apparently my hand decided that the world needed more Fry without my brain knowing because I drew this: Fry. Pointing at something random.”. What a great technique, I use it myself. After all, my hands frequently type stuff and my brain has absolutely no idea what's going on. 
 And if you're up for a little light reading with just a mild amount of schmoop, then you'll want to check out this latest Fan Fiction by Missy. It's called The Ash Storm, The Blernsball Game, And Other Things and it's the story of Fry and Leela's first date.  |
I'm just gonna keep talking, even if you can't hear me. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Posted on November 25, 2009 by Tim So tonight we have a couple of things that are a bit different, and they both involve lots of talking. Blah blah blah, blah blah, blah blah blah. They're both made by DSS. The first is a Video Clip called Fry's Alien. What makes it unusual is that instead of being set to music, it's set to a comedy routine - a stand up bit called “Alien” by renowned comedian Dane Cook.
And the second thing - and this is just really different - most of us have heard the episode commentaries on the DVDs; well over in the Sounds Clips section you'll find a new mp3 of DSS doing a similar kind of commentary on his first Fan Fiction, Jurassic Planet.  |
Tribbles and Scribbles
Posted on November 24, 2009 by Tim Leela+Fry broke out the 'ol drawing pencils a while back (Thursday, shleethinks) and this is the result. L+F says “Maybe a sequel to my pic with Fry and the Tribbles? I really don't know.” That seems more plausible than my first thought - that it was Leela and her favorite pet loofa, and it was getting near bath time. Did ya ever think that loofa was one of those really cool words that just had to have a better use than the name of a tropical gourd.
 It time for more answers to Cubert's Rants.  Jodes conjured up some snappy answers to the doubting little clone in 1ACV03 and 1ACV10.
 Just a reminder to all of the aspiring authors out there, here is your chance at the big time, the cream de la cream for the fan fiction authors as it were. Our good friends over at The Simpsons and Futurama Fanworks Central are running their annual writing competition. The rules are really simple and it's a lot of fun. And you could win fame, fortune, or a reasonable quality certificate. And since there's only two people entered so far, your odds are really good right now. The stories are due by the 14th of December, so sharpen your pencils and start scribbling. |
Scew It
Posted on November 23, 2009 by Tim This is a picture of a shirt. It's one that Jodes had made. Here's the story that goes with it: “I went to see New Moon today and while everyone was obsessing with a shop that sold personalized team Edward and Jacob shirts, I decided to get a Fry shirt, cause I'm special. They messed up though and spelt 'screw' wrong, but oh well.... BEST SHIRT EVER.” You go, girl. 
Now here's something we haven't had in a while - a nice spot of Fan Fiction. So in part 3 of MC's fan fic Ten Year Gone we follow the continuing adventures of Kyrie Fry who, with both of her parents (guess who) dead, struggles to keep going. But, with the Mighty One gone, Nibbler calls on her to save the Universe. Her mission: kill her only relative, her cousin Cubert.
And finally, based on no actual data, we have a countdown of the number of days until June 10, 2010, which as we all know is the rumored date that the first new episode of the new series will premier and we'll find out just how hard they pushed the rest button (or not).  199 days may seem like a long time to wait, but remember, it only approximately 54.483231 percent of a year. Or, put another way, we only have to wait about 17,193,600 seconds. |
Even though it's the middle of November it's still Halloween somewhere
Posted on November 21, 2009 by Tim Ok, so it's a bit late. I'm guessing that since it involved an ice cream scoop, a sharpie permanent marker, and a switchblade, that it was one heck of a Halloween party.  Actually, those are the items that James Prospect used to carve this pumpkin. Apparently he didn't have one thousand archers of truest aim so he had to make due, and make due he did. You'll find three pics of it in the Fan's Photos section.
 And speaking of one thousand archers of truest aim, which as we all know is a line out of the latest Simpson's episode. Nah it isn't, I'm just yankin' your chain. Anyone here knows it's from Bender's Game, which is a perfectly wordy segue into the announcement that we now have the fourth and final set of Framegrabs from BG.
 I have been privileged to see a couple of sneak peeks at the Fan Comic that Futurama_Freak1 is working on, and although he doesn't (yet) know it, I'm sharing this sneak peek at one frame of it. Yes, that's what a comic looks like in it's formative stages. It's hard to believe, but it will go from that to a totally finished comic, indistinguishable from the reals ones. He's got about 5 pages completely done with color and everything and it's looking good. The race is on - will he finish before the new season starts - that is the question. |
There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom!
Posted on November 19, 2009 by Tim Hey everybody, Imilianikus is back! Everyone say “Hi” to Imilianikus. Now, just to be polite, go look at his Fan Art. He's got this one, of Bender out at night with a gun and booze. He's in heaven. Which is actually the title of the pic. There's also another one of the Gender Bender, looking to rumble.
 You know what time it is. That's right, more Cubert's Rants. DSS has an answer for one of the more troubling questions in 1ACV10 while Bosda answers the question that DSS posed just a couple of days ago in 1ACV12 (which is where tonight's headline comes from - the circle is now complete). By the way, does anyone else find the dichotomy between production seasons and broadcast seasons as annoying as I do? It sure gets confusing, and I bet it's gonna get a lot more confusing (right after I use the bathroom). So I took the liberty of rearranging Cubert's Rants into the former.  |
Where's the zombie spray?
Posted on November 17, 2009 by TimI have commented before that Zombies appear in fan stuff all out of proportion to their appearance in canon. Futurama_Freak1 finally cleared that up for me. He observed that Futurama IS a zombie - it keeps rising from the dead and you can't kill it. And I think Graham's appearance yesterday proves that. So, run away everyone! Before they get you next!
 But, before you go, stop for a moment and check out these two new Fan Arts from Vytas_Wolf. Don't worry about that noise behind you, just check out this one of Fry and Leela back in the Himalays again, only this time, things aren't going going so well. I hope there's a little of that “When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all” divine intervention left.
 Time for another Cubert's Rant. Singular. As in just one. And it's a question this time - DSS put his Cubert sock puppet on and in 1ACV12 he posits why when the alien ship blew up the White House, it wasn't the huge debris cloud and fireball like in Independence Day. Anyone got any ideas? He also sent two other new questions, but for episodes that Cubert hasn't ranted on yet. I went to see Cabert's agent to see if he had any comments, but he just drooled and said something about delicious brains.  |
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