I just saw the latest Star Wars movie and one of the priviews before it showed a new movie coming out in the summer of 2000 that takes place in the year 3023. It talks about earth blowing up and humans moving to a new planet I guess. So it will be the first movie ever to take place in a time after Futurama, even if it is only 23 years later. By the way, it is a FOX movie.
Later than Futurama
May 22, 199936 posts by 25 postersalt.tv.futurama
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[email] (Lance Dooly) wrote:
And don't forget Orson Welles' "The Time Machine" wherein the principal character went WAAAAAAAAAAAY into the future... Then there's a B-movie called "Yor" that I think was set quite some time ahead. And the Transformers movie, I think. was set in the distant future. Woody Allen's "Sleeper". (not exactly sure of the time period, but I think it was far off, too) You might be surprised at how many movies were set in a time long past Futurama....
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to the year 10231 I believe. (anyone want to verify this?)
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2006, IIRC. I know the series shown afterward was set in the year 2015.
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And how many animated series. Thundarr the Barbarian, for example, was set in the year 3984, 2000 years after a comet had (or was supposed to) pass between the earth and the moon causing worldwide destruction.
(Kept me watching the skies after it was shown) :)
It'd probably be corny now, but back then, it was a beautiful show, with future humans and sorcerers/witches finding new uses for our 'old' technology.
Anyone want to venture a theory as to how those humans managed to survive and repopulate the planet? :) I think it was the kids cereals personally, all those preservatives... ;)
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If no one has responded by the time I feel like getting off my butt to find the book, I will verify...
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That's close enough to live with..
Yet somehow, a giant King Kong robot survived.. There are also some other series that I feel obliged to mention:
The Jetsons(I'm sure this has been said before..right?) The Adventures of Bravestarr Silverhawks Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers And possibly Voltron, though how much, I'm not sure..
Orson Who? Wasn't he that fat guy Ernest & Julio Gallo had in their ads in the '80s?
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H. G. Wells' "The Time Machine" sent it's protagonist into the far, Far, FAR future of something like 80x,xxx a.D. I don't recall if George Pal's movie of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" used the same numbers or not...
Steve
[email] (NightShadow) wrote:
H.G. Wells.
Not Orson Welles.
CountV
"CountV" wrote:
Natch! Good call, my bad. I stand corrected. <=P BTW, I have the book lying around here somewhere... perchance I could find it and say for certain what year the principal character ends up in.... if only I could find that damned book!
Did it show the *title* of the movie?
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Yes, but it was not memorable enough for me to remember it. It was Something, A.E. (A.E. Standing for "After Earth", I believe.)
Are we all forgeting the clasic Dune which took place in the year 10,000 and something?
By the way it was Titan A.E. It said from Fox Animation, but It just looked like computer animation to me. I like straight computer animation (ex. Bugs Life), and I love cell animation but I can't stand those Tarzan, Mulan, King of Egypt OOHH-AHHH!-fests that pawn themselves off as beautiful anmation when they actually took less creativity and artistry to do than the beautiful cell animation of the past. I have nothing against computer animation, but please don't try to disguise it as true animation. The only times that has worked was in The Maxx (on MTV) and now in Futurama, but I can mainly tolerate it because these are TV Shows with limited time and budget. My pissing and moaning is now done.
The title of the movie was Titan AE I think...something like that....frankly it looks something like the Lost in Space remake....cheesy graphic effects, stupid apocalyptic storyline for the crew...monsters and whatnot else....formula space flick....but that is judging the book by it's cover.
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Was the year 802701?
Yep, I saw that. It wasn't much a preview though, so there's not too much I can add to that.
BTW, I hope no one is forgetting Red Dwarf which takes place 3 million years from the 22nd century(or somewhere along there).
I believe that Fox Animation movie (Titan A.E.) is going to be a blend of computer and "traditional" animation techniques. There seems to be a glut of movies in this vein coming out--I believe Disney has Treasure Planet (rough title) coming out, and there was a movie called Planet Ice (although I don't know what studio was producing this). Oh well, hope I'm not spreading totally inaccurate info. [email] "We are a steel, gleaming, death machine." Don Delillo "White Noise" Remove NOSPAM...
On 30 May 1999 19:28:42 GMT, [email] (Rantor11) wrote:
"Planet Ice" is now "Titan AE".
The novel The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle is set in the year 3017. Of interest, the Coal Sack figures prominently in that story, just like it did in the season finale of Futurama. I'd love to see a movie or ( preferably ) a mini series based on that book. It's quite good.
Rick
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I can't believe I forgot about that book....and it's sequel, The Gripping Hand which IIRC, takes place some 25 years later.. I agree, I'd love to see it made into a movie/mini-series. Wonder if Pournelle and Niven would agree..
Oh, and there are also some other stories by Niven, one of which I think takes place in the year 3000 as well. Think it had something to do with a guy being stuck in a car that got swallowed by a giant bird..
Arghhh... I can't figure out what IIRC means!!!
If I recall correctly.
If I Recall Correctly. I used to loose track of it too. IRC as in 'Internet Relay Chat' always threw me off.
BTW, IIRC FWIW WUSIWUG on IRC is misleading, that is IMHO. =) Hmmm...
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In article , "Utensil" wrote:
PMJI: AFAIK, YMMV. IOW, GIGO, BOTOH, INAGYFITT. YGWYD. TANSTAAFL. IMCGOA.
and what are these for vxpmrz3 a �crit dans le message ...
In article , "Philippe" wrote:
Pardon my jumping in: As far as I know, Your mileage may vary. IOW, Garbage In Garbage Out, But on the other hand, It's not always garbage you find in the trash. You get what you deserve. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. In my carefully guarded opinion anyway.
In article , "Philippe" wrote:
Pardon my jumping in: As far as I know, Your mileage may vary. IOW, Garbage In Garbage Out, But on the other hand, It's not always garbage you find in the trash. You get what you deserve. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. In my carefully guarded opinion anyway.
Damn thats killer What do the PMJI, GIGO, INAGYFITT, TANSTAAFL mean? thanks!
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In article <jp_hayes-0107992229190001@adsl-209-233-20- 24.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>, [email] (John P. Hayes) wrote:
Pardon my jumping in ;Garbage in, Garbage out; it's not always garbage you fin in the trash; and there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
But you're all wrong. There is such thing as a free lunch, just listen to C100 weekday afternoons and you'll see what I mean.
None of you probably know what that was supposed to mean but someday, someday you'll find out.
In article , "Chris Jean-Louis" wrote:
Go tell it to Heinlein. I'm sure he'll give you all the consideration you deserve. ;P
Heinlein is dead.
I think that was a not-so-subtle hint.
In article , "Rick Carlson" wrote:
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May have been too subtle..
In article , "futuramaboy" wrote:
He is? You don't say. What a startling revelation. Should make it easy to argue with him though, he won't be able to counter your arguements, but you can tear his to shreads. Just start reading his books, and when you're done, send us a report.
I thought "Planet Ice" was the joke working title of "Titanic"
Alan Hamilton wrote:
That's what I read in some James Cameron article at one point. I also noticed that during the before the movie trivia slides in the theater, they list the original title of Titanic as Planet Ice (as if Cameron seriously thought about calling it Planet Ice.)