It's easy to want to compare
The
Simpsons DVD to Futurama, and when the latter
premiered in 1999, that's exactly what we did. After all, both came from the
mind of creator Matt Groening and they share similar artistic styles as well as
a common
The
Simpsons DVD Box Set of humor. But where one
is rooted in our real world present day, the other takes us to a far off future
full of robots and aliens. Eleven years later, with The Simpsons still on the
air and
The
Simpsons DVD Season resurrected from
cancellation, it's time to see how these animated series match up today.
We'll compare varying aspects of
The
Simpsons Box Set, including the characters,
storylines and yes, the weaknesses – before asking you, the IGN reader, which
is your ultimate favorite
The
Simpsons Seasons 1-21 DVD.
One thing you cannot say about Futurama is
that it's simply
The
Simpsons 1-21 DVD in space. But there are a
great number of similarities, starting with the vast cast of characters
developed within both shows.
At the center of
The
Simpsons Complete Box Set you have the family
that shares the show's title. Parents Homer and Marge struggle to make their
way in the world raising their three kids, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. At its heart,
The
Simpsons on DVD is a family comedy.
Futurama does not have a host of blood
relatives as their main
The
Simpsons DVD Set, but the crew of Planet
Express is certainly a family. It has "parents" in the form of Leela,
Professor Farnsworth and
The
Simpsons DVDs, who do what they can to run
things. Their "kids" are Fry, Bender, Amy and Dr. Zoidberg, who have
done more than their fair share of trouble making. If Leela is the Marge of
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Fry is a hybrid of Homer and Bart. Professor Farnsworth is Grampa Simpson, with
an added knack for creating
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the heart of both series is a family unit that looks out for each other and
from which all the stories can be told.
Within their respective worlds, both series
have been able to establish a vast
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characters, and again, similarities abound. The Simpsons laid out a framework
of characters that Futurama, consciously or not, took notes from to build their
world. Some of these
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as quite obvious. Springfield has the evil billionaire Mr. Burns tormenting the
townsfolk for his own personal gains. The future Earth has billionaire Mom
tormenting the galaxy. She even has three
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sons) that could stand-in for Mr. Burns' Smithers. Both series have put their
own spin on commonly used archetypes. Both shows have recurring newscasters in
Kent Brockman and the team of
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Morbo. Both have recurring famous television stars in Krusty the Clown and
Calculon. If you need to tell a story about the mafia, you've got Fat Tony and
Donbot. On The Simpsons, you have the
Ghost
Whisperer DVD Teen who's always popping up at
some random, menial occupation somewhere in the city. On Futurama, it's Sal who
will be the guy you're bound to see on the job. The Simpsons clearly developed
a
Ghost
Whisperer DVD box set for establishing a cast
of characters that cover a broad spectrum of society, and Futurama wisely
followed
Ghost
Whisperer box set.
One big difference between the two sets of
characters is the fact that those on The Simpsons are icons. Show my mother a
picture of
Ghost
Whisperer DVD season, she'll not only be able
to name him, but she will likely quote his famous "D'oh!" Show her a
picture of Fry or Bender, and she might tell me I make pretty drawings. The
characters on
Ghost
Whisperer DVDs are globally famous and have
traits that are well established and known by the greater part of the population.
Ghost
Whisperer 1-5 DVD, while doing a fantastic
job building its cast and developing its characters, will likely never reach
that pinnacle of notoriety and remain more of a cult series.
