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Posted on: 2011-03-24 12:57 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Why? A season can by any number of episodes. Doctor Who has 13 episode seasons, some shows have just 6.
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Originally Posted by Dark One
Though I must say, I detest Comedy Central's method of calling 13 episodes a "season".
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I hear you saying this in the Professor's voice. Just add "idiots!"
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Originally Posted by Zikar
Why? A season can be any number of episodes. Doctor Who has 13 episode seasons, some shows have just 6.
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Just a FYI but back in the day (60's, 70's and 80's) a season WAS 13 episodes. It wasn't till about the late 80's, they started extending the number of episodes per season. Have noticed many shows going back to this concept, could be a cost cutting measure. But why complain your getting new episodes aren't you?|
Originally Posted by Dark One
Futurama to get more episodes!
Though I must say, I detest Comedy Central's method of calling 13 episodes a "season". |
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Because 13 episodes for a year of production equals about 4.5 hours of actual episode. A wait of that long for that little and calling it a "season" is rather lame. My Gilligan's Island first season box set would disagree with you as it has 36 episodes for its first season.|
Originally Posted by myskatz
Just a FYI but back in the day (60's, 70's and 80's) a season WAS 13 episodes. It wasn't till about the late 80's, they started extending the number of episodes per season. Have noticed many shows going back to this concept, could be a cost cutting measure. But why complain your getting new episodes aren't you?
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Other shows from that era have similar season lengths, including The Monkees (32 eps for first season), I Love Lucy (35 eps first season), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (29 eps first season), I Dream of Jeannie (30 eps first season), Star Trek TOS (29 eps first season). They may have had a different measure of what a "season" was back then, I don't know, but what we recognize as a season disagrees with you.
I can accept 13 eps for an hour long show like Spartacus (which was AWESOME btw), since that comes out to 26 half-hour shows. But 13 for a half-hour show? With a year wait between new ones? That dog won't hunt monseuir.
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Most tv shows only get 13 episodes a season (or just the ones I watch, anyways). Not many get the coveted 22 episode seasons. Hell, over the pond it's worse, where shows only get 6 episodes a season. Like original Office, which was so popular that it spawned many regional offshoots only had 12 episodes, which is technically 2 seasons.
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The cable/satellite networks seem to prefer a season of less than twenty episodes. Dexter's Lab, for example, only had 13 episodes in each of its four seasons. I guess it's a cost cutting measure or something.
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Originally Posted by That_Ninja
Most tv shows only get 13 episodes a season (or just the ones I watch, anyways). Not many get the coveted 22 episode seasons.
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I think he means animated series only had 13 episodes. Computer assisted paint and compositing has made animation a bit less tedious and that allows more than a 13 episode season run for the same budget.
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Here's a question: we all know that Fry isn't brightest crayon in the box due to having no delta brave due to being his own grandpa. Professor Farnsworth has the delta brainwave but is senile due to being around 160 yrs old.
So what is Zap Brannigan's excuse for being such an idiot? Brain injury? Just born stupid and getting worse ever since? Or perhaps they should run a DNA comparison of Fry, Professor Farnsworth and Zap Brannigan to see if they are all related? 
Better yet, if technology to keep heads alive in jars forever wasn't developed until after Fry was put on ice.....just HOW did they get all the heads of every US president ever into jars for the head museum?
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When it comes to questions like these I think you have to rely more on the "fiction" side of the Science Fiction setting. |
Originally Posted by Nericus
Here's a question: we all know that Fry isn't brightest crayon in the box due to having no delta brave due to being his own grandpa. Professor Farnsworth has the delta brainwave but is senile due to being around 160 yrs old.
So what is Zap Brannigan's excuse for being such an idiot? Brain injury? Just born stupid and getting worse ever since? Or perhaps they should run a DNA comparison of Fry, Professor Farnsworth and Zap Brannigan to see if they are all related? Better yet, if technology to keep heads alive in jars forever wasn't developed until after Fry was put on ice.....just HOW did they get all the heads of every US president ever into jars for the head museum? |
But since we know that Fry's nephew Philip J. Fry II (son of Yancy Fry) became a famous astronaut it would be funny to learn that Zapp Brannigan somehow descended from that side of the family and was actually related to Fry as well.
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I think they are related albeit as very distant cousins. In the pilot episode, it was stated that Farnsworth is apparently only Fry's direct descendant but that was before Zap was introduced and genetic/ancestry records are not always complete. |
Originally Posted by Lothic
When it comes to questions like these I think you have to rely more on the "fiction" side of the Science Fiction setting.
But since we know that Fry's nephew Philip J. Fry II (son of Yancy Fry) became a famous astronaut it would be funny to learn that Zapp Brannigan somehow descended from that side of the family and was actually related to Fry as well. |
Still I wouldn't mind an episode where they ask about things like the all the President's heads being in jars.
Or it might be how when Fry asked about stem cells being controversial. Professor's response was "In your time yes, but now...>SHUT UP!"
Futurama to get more episodes!
Though I must say, I detest Comedy Central's method of calling 13 episodes a "season".
I find this a bit funny:
I mean heck, I could make a kid in that timeframe!
Provided the cloning vat actually works this time... >.<