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So I’m gonna try and do a few more of these happy stuff posts (and finish June something) even though June is long gone and July is almost over (wtf??)

Todays is about Futurama, which came back (yay!) Monday!

So what is Futurama? Well for those that don’t know it’s an animated series created by Matt Groening (of The Simpsons fame) it follows the adventures of Philip J Fry and the crew of the planet Express, a delivery service in the 3000’s. Fry was a pizza delivery boy, who got cryogenically frozen in 1999 only to get awoken in the future. He’s united with his nearest ancestor who runs planet express (while also a scientist) and from there he and the crew go on adventures as they make deliveries.

It’s so funny and fun and I think it’s a shame that it’s been cancelled twice already and bought back, because the world is just so… I love it. And yeah part of that love comes from me loving sci-fi stuff in general, but it’s also one of those shows that always manages to be funny. (While it can also be serious surprisingly.)

When it was last cancelled I thought it was never gonna return, which was such a shame but then on Monday it came back! It’s on Hulu in America and Disney+ in the uk.

They’re streaming it in the style of The Mandalorian, which is to say there’s one episode up a week. The first ep did resume where the last one finished, but only lingered for a moment on it (which is good because my memory of it was hazy) and soon zipped away into its own story. Once I heard the professor say ‘good news everyone!’ I admit I internally squeed. It was fun and felt very timely with its references to streaming and overworked writers (especially so due to the strike)

I’m so looking forward to seeing where the series goes and who comes backL

It’s also making me wanna go back and watch some older eps too (I have ‘whalers on the moon’ in my head and there’s also one more ep I wanna see at least…

There was also another announcement for Futurama too!

Fry, Bender and Leela are in Fortnite! I had enough vbucks to get them so now I’m wondering around on there as Leela (hopefully the packs stay long enough for me to get the planet express ship).

One thing that surprised me though is that they all came with an alt skin of their Universe 1 selves which was so unexpected! Those outfits are from one of my fav eps, The Farnsworth Parabox (which is where much icon comes from!) where the professor ends up creating an alternate universe in a box which is so ridiculous but such an awesome ep. The outfits make me wanna rewatch it and I know I will one of the nights.

Now though I’m im gonna have noms, listen to the new James Marriott song and then who knows?