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But will Al Gore reprise his role as Al Gore? e: have this ancient gif I made 
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OldSenileGuy posted:CC episode ranking I'd generally agree with this. Though I'd add Reincarnation to the list of good episodes, just for the anime segment alone. I'm cautiously optimistic for this, by which I mean I'm cautiously optimistic we'll get a few good episodes. I am dreading their inevitable Trump parody. I'm sure there's going to be an episode parodying the Star Wars Disney revival also.
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Feb 13, 2022 16:53
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I don't remember what it was called, but the episode with the EYE phones (get it?) was pretty dire when they came back from cancellation
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Feb 13, 2022 17:27
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Chairman Capone posted:I'd generally agree with this. Though I'd add Reincarnation to the list of good episodes, just for the anime segment alone. Somehow, Futurama returned
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Feb 13, 2022 17:36
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FlamingLiberal posted:I don't remember what it was called, but the episode with the EYE phones (get it?) was pretty dire when they came back from cancellation I like it. Probably because i don't have any Apple products. Don't know who Susan Boile is. And like Craig Ferguson.
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Feb 13, 2022 17:51
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100% we are getting an episode where Amy has to deal with the untimely death of her father
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Feb 13, 2022 22:27
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Island Nation posted:Not sure why Disney decided to revive this when no one asked for it this time but okay. The man's also a higher profile voice actor than West or Sagal comparatively at this point. Look at his IMDB and you can see he is drowning in work so it's not impossible they came in at a price that undercuts his current rate/earning potential relative to the work he may have to turn down to record for the series
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Feb 13, 2022 23:57
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:The man's also a higher profile voice actor than West or Sagal comparatively at this point. Look at his IMDB and you can see he is drowning in work so it's not impossible they came in at a price that undercuts his current rate/earning potential relative to the work he may have to turn down to record for the series Of course. If you can't get him, don't make the show. Nobody was demanding a revival and would accept a change in VA unless death occured.
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Feb 14, 2022 02:52
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Wasn't the table read today?
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Feb 14, 2022 22:38
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it's me, I'm Bender now
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Feb 14, 2022 23:40
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Bonder, is that really you!?
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Feb 14, 2022 23:42
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Hey guys, it's me, check out my shiny new voice what oh? My old voice synthesizer melted from all the robot drugs and floozies or whatever
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Feb 15, 2022 00:00
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Hopefully DiMaggio couldn't do it because he's busy voicing Wakka in a Final Fantasy X remake/sequel.
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Feb 15, 2022 00:03
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Chairman Capone posted:Bonder, is that really you!? Blender, you're the only one who's sober...
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Feb 15, 2022 00:30
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They should get Judd Nelson to voice Bender.
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Feb 15, 2022 00:32
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I started a rewatch and they could always hire the weird guy who voices Bender in season 1.
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Feb 15, 2022 01:21
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Billy West could probably voice Bender without anyone realising. (There's a bit in one of the DVD commentaries where he and DiMaggio start doing duelling Professors back and forth, like Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon arguing as Michael Caines.)
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Feb 15, 2022 09:17
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Payndz posted:Billy West could probably voice Bender without anyone realising. (There's a bit in one of the DVD commentaries where he and DiMaggio start doing duelling Professors back and forth, like Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon arguing as Michael Caines.) He, LaMarche and DiMaggio also do duelling Zoidbergs although those are much less close tbh
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Feb 15, 2022 13:22
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https://twitter.com/TheJohnDiMaggio/status/1493769815353225217
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Feb 16, 2022 03:45
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Yup, we're getting a new Bender. At least he seems to be keeping the most busy of the whole ensemble.
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Feb 16, 2022 04:41
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TIL they're making a TV version of Interview With The Vampire.
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Feb 16, 2022 04:46
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I didn't have high hopes but not watching without real bender
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Feb 16, 2022 05:02
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MikusR posted:I like it. Probably because i don't have any Apple products. Don't know who Susan Boile is. And like Craig Ferguson. I liked the eye phone episode too, and I do actually have a bunch of Apple products.
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Feb 16, 2022 08:20
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Uncle Wemus posted:I didn't have high hopes but not watching without real bender They can replace him with Flexo
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Feb 16, 2022 10:44
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Uncle Wemus posted:I didn't have high hopes but not watching without real bender Yea, this is one of my favorite shows ever and Futurama with some fake Bender just isnt right. Good for DiMaggio for sticking to his guns though. He's easily the most in demand of everyone on that cast these days so he should be getting a higher payday than they're most likely offering.
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Feb 16, 2022 13:26
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Futurama was one of my favorite shows of all time. When they announced it was getting revived the first time, I was so excited. But the revival was underwhelming as hell and felt like a different show, not a continuation of what made the old show great. It wasn't until near the end of the second season that the show actually started to be entertaining to watch again Now after hearing they are reviving it AGAIN, I couldn't be less interested. I'm sure it will feel like a different and worse show, like before. Pretty funny to hear someone with a net worth of $10 million tweeting that he's turned down the offer that everyone else accepted, not because he's greedy, but because voice actors don't get paid enough. And saying he's doing it not for himself, but so that the rest of the cast will get paid more too. As if he's being noble by demanding more money than anyone else Also as if he thinks Hulu is going to rip up the contracts that the other actors already signed and just hand them new contracts with more money, if he signs for more money
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Feb 16, 2022 14:42
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Just Chamber posted:Yea, this is one of my favorite shows ever and Futurama with some fake Bender just isnt right. Good for DiMaggio for sticking to his guns though. He's easily the most in demand of everyone on that cast these days so he should be getting a higher payday than they're most likely offering. If he doesn't want to do it because he can make more doing something else, that's fine. But he sounds like a real douchebag tweeting that his self-respect wouldn't let him take the offer that the other main characters already accepted. And that he was asking for more money, not for himself, but to help his costars (who obviously wouldn't benefit from this in any way). It's like he's channeling the real Bender, but not in a funny way
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Feb 16, 2022 14:46
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Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings was a good ending to the show and everything since has been downhill.
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Feb 16, 2022 15:03
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It does sound like he Prisoner's Dilemma-ed assuming Sagal and West would also hold out for more and got stung
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DrunkPanda posted:If he doesn't want to do it because he can make more doing something else, that's fine. But he sounds like a real douchebag tweeting that his self-respect wouldn't let him take the offer that the other main characters already accepted. And that he was asking for more money, not for himself, but to help his costars (who obviously wouldn't benefit from this in any way). It's like he's channeling the real Bender, but not in a funny way How does that make him a douchebag? He looked at the pay they were offering them and said "gently caress no, you're not paying us enough for as important as we are to this project." DrunkPanda posted:Pretty funny to hear someone with a net worth of $10 million tweeting that he's turned down the offer that everyone else accepted, not because he's greedy, but because voice actors don't get paid enough. And saying he's doing it not for himself, but so that the rest of the cast will get paid more too. As if he's being noble by demanding more money than anyone else Okay so I'm gonna let you in on a little secret here: Just about anytime a large corporation fights with workers over compensation, the corporation is the one in the wrong. It doesn't matter whether it's Scarlett Johansson suing Disney or the Kellogg's workers striking for better conditions. I don't care how much DiMaggio is worth, I'm still going to take his side when he says a Disney subsidiary isn't paying them enough.
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Gaz-L posted:It does sound like he Prisoner's Dilemma-ed assuming Sagal and West would also hold out for more and got stung Well of course the stinger went right through West
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Also if DiMaggio demands and gets a higher offer from one of the richest corporations in the world it sets a precedent for future voice actors so I'm all for him demanding more money. It's quite possible that the offer the cast was given was pretty average and while the rest took it DiMaggio wasnt having it considering he's not exactly hard up for roles.
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What I get from all this is that West and Sagal were asked if they wanted to do another Futurama and their responses were "eh, why not" seeing as they are both pushing 70 and probably don't care about the money. That's not to say I don't disagree with what DiMaggio is doing, in fact good on him for trying to wring more money out of Disney, but there is a different precedent and I highly doubt it has to do with how busy each of the three are
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Feb 16, 2022 17:09
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Oh yeah I forgot Disney beat my boycott when they bought all media, goddamnit. Disney is bad. Rich people are bad. Artists thriving is good. Thriving requires money. Money is bad. Futurama is good mostly. Unasked for Futurama cash grab is bad. In conclusion the new Futurama should be released for free and all the workers unpaid but a universal basic income is established so that everyone is doing alright whether they work or not.
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Phenotype posted:How does that make him a douchebag? He looked at the pay they were offering them and said "gently caress no, you're not paying us enough for as important as we are to this project." It just rubs me the wrong way when a millionaire publically plays the victim and whines over how much they get paid. I don't care what Disney offered him, if he doesn't think it's worth it then he's free to ask for more or not take it. But don't go whining to the public about it, when 99% of the public make much less than he does. There's a douchey way to do things and a non-douchey way to do things. Publically stating "my self respect won't allow me to accept a sum of money that is several times more than most people will make in a year/what my costars have accepted" is a douchey thing to do, imo. And saying "I'm doing this so my coworkers make more money" is very disingenuous. They already signed their contracts, they aren't going to make more money if he holds out. If he really cared about other voice actors making more money, he would make a contract that stipulates they ALL make more money, which obviously can't happen since they already signed. So what he's saying is just posturing to try to make himself look better. You seem to think I'm taking the side of Disney here, but I'm not on either of their "sides". I just don't like millionaires appealing to the public as victims and how we should feel sorry for them for not getting paid more. I mean, I assume you work for a company... How would you feel if some upper manager of your company that makes several times your salary came over to your cube and started whining to you about how hard they work and how they don't get the respect they deserve and should get paid more money? I'm sure you would be thinking "oh shut up, I don't care", right? Why is it different if a famous person essentially does the same thing? DrunkPanda fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Feb 16, 2022 |
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Feb 16, 2022 19:01
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Exploitation is exploitation and is wrong regardless of your net worth. unless you're an exploiter in which case anything is fair turnabout. Disney knew what they were doing when they announced this without signed contracts, too. It's a dick move to put fan pressure on DiMaggio exactly like people in the thread/comments are doing and he's absolutely right to not heed them. It's not art or a passion project for anyone involved at this point. Disney wants a safe ROI and fresh content, everyone else wants to get paid.
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DrunkPanda posted:I mean, I assume you work for a company... How would you feel if some upper manager of your company that makes several times your salary came over to your cube and started whining to you about how hard they work and how they don't get the respect they deserve and should get paid more money? I'm sure you would be thinking "oh shut up, I don't care", right? No, I'd say 'me too'.
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This is definitely Disney testing the waters to see how many Simpsons cast members they can fire. They're showing with Mandalorian/Boba Fett how easily they can replace live action actors with body and voice doubles and they want to do the same with animation.
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Poor, plucky little Disney has fallen on financial hard times.
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