Futurama critiques modern gadget and social media obsession using 1950s technology (video)

Like gadgets? Ever stand in line for one or over-consume just to slake your obsession? Yeah, us too. Then prepare for a humorous yet brutal look at yourselves, and the impact of your lifestyle, in the newest Futurama episode that aired tonight on Comedy Central television. We suggest curling up into a protective fetal position before clicking through for the video scraps.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[loocas Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:15AM]

@Papytendo Yeah... reminds me of something: "Oh boy... an iPhone, I should buy it!".

[loocas Posted Jul 2nd 2010 6:55AM]

@loocas

WTF? Why did my reply end up a post above?! o_O

[IAmAlive Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:00AM]

I watched it and laughed my ass off when Mom was the Jobs comparison.

I'm so glad Futarama is back.

[ssguy Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:23AM]

@IAmAlive

omg is the third world planet supposed to be a take on India. lmao

[ravissimo Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:32AM]

@IAmAlive

eyePhone salesman:
"ok, it's $500, you have no choice of carrier, the battery can't hold a charge, and the reception isn't very..."

Fry:
"Shut up and take my money!"

LOL. priceless. So happy Futurama is back!

[smallj Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:32AM]

@IAmAlive lol at least they warned them about the problems instead of offering bumpers a week later (for a price) ;)

[ColinMcGraw Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:50AM]

@OmbreDesigns Actually, I'm going to download it off of iTunes so I can watch it on my shiny new iPhone 4!

[Mike Vick Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:56AM]

I am so happy this show is back. Let us be honest, family guy has become stale and we needed a shake up! I loved this skit too :D Family guy is back!!

[sonicyoof Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:57AM]

@ColinMcGraw

Witness the depths of iPhone owner insanity...

"This is critical of iPhone users! ... ... (point flies toward head, bounces off and falls to the ground without penetrating the skull) ... ... Must go home and pay Apple money to watch it on my iPhone!"

Unless, of course, you were being sarcastic.

[NeatOman Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:15AM]

@ssguy I think more china IMO, but who cares!! Futurama RULES!!!

[phearme Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:38AM]

@ColinMcGraw if you had Android, you could watch it instantly through your browser... without downloading anything from iTunes...

[scnarf Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:52AM]

@NeatOman No it's Africa. They have the biggest e-waste problem because the rest of the world sends its waste as development-aid down there.

[ssguy Posted Jul 2nd 2010 4:02AM]

@NeatOman

I guessed it was India coz of the music they play when arriving on the planet. Sounds like Indian instruments to me.

but your right who cares...Futurama is back.

[KetsuSan Posted Jul 2nd 2010 4:04AM]

@ColinMcGraw You are such a tool....

-Sent from my Iphone 4

[beefiron Posted Jul 2nd 2010 5:44AM]

@Mike Vick
I...but this isn't....you...never mind.

[Wokis Posted Jul 2nd 2010 6:18AM]

@IAmAlive

Agree with that some jokes were funny. But... It felt very unnatural.

I like futurama, but this episode wasn't classic futurama. The topic simply was gadgets in 2010, with viral videos, iphones and twitter etc. This was more like a sucky modern Simpsons-episode.

I'd rather have they doing episodes that aren't big references to what's happening in our time right now. This goes for both simpsons and futurama. Leave this kind of thing to south park.

[DBG Posted Jul 2nd 2010 7:32AM]

@Wokis I COMPLETELY agree with you, I was hoping this would be like the return of Family Guy, but as soon as I heard it wasn't going to be on network TV, specifically picked back up by Fox I had my doubts. Then the 4 movies came out (still pisses me off that 2 are DVD only and the 2 are DVD and Blu-ray, but whatever), and were classic Futurama (so I had my hopes renewed, even though this was still a Fox production, it wasn't the network it was Fox Home Movies, which is almost like a different company)....

... I just realized I've gotten totally off-track with a geekrant. I would like to see less of this from Futurama and the Simpsons and bring us more South Park episodes like when the internet was down because of the giant Linksys router... heh that was one of my hardest TV lol moments of that year.

[Beatnik Posted Jul 2nd 2010 7:43AM]

@ravissimo
Brilliant, I love it.
Take that Steve Jobs, you blew it.
Sent from my Nexus One (Froyo 2.2 FRF91)

[spielnicht Posted Jul 2nd 2010 7:50AM]

@ColinMcGraw

So cute, he's happy and bragging about being a sheep. "Who's Steve's little troll? Yes you are, yes you are."

[Jetblac Posted Jul 2nd 2010 8:20AM]

@ssguy
How the hell is that funny?

[blacksilva Posted Jul 2nd 2010 8:28AM]

@ColinMcGraw Im going to watch it from my plasma, i mean HTC EVO 4G. Or maybe ill plug it into my plasma via the HDMI output jack on my phone. Got something to say now?

[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth Posted Jul 2nd 2010 10:41AM]

@IAmAlive
Wha?!

[Worm in the Apple Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:01AM]

@Wokis It looks like Steve went too far. Apple and it's iPhone have become so main stream and popular that its started to become popular to revolt against it.

[BigPhi84 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:53PM]

@IAmAlive

LOL. The song on the second video reminded me of Marilyn Manson's "Personal Jesus".

*points finger at Steve Jobs*

HOW FITTING!

[phinn Posted Jul 2nd 2010 4:54PM]

@ravissimo was really funny, except the iphone 4 is the best battery life of any smartphone from what i've seen. other than that really funny.

[Ignoramus Posted Jul 2nd 2010 8:26PM]

@NeatOman EXCEPT THAT THE ACCENT WAS CLEARLY INDIAN

[Jacinth Posted Jul 3rd 2010 3:01AM]

@blacksilva

I just watched it on my computer.

[Leegh229 Posted Jul 3rd 2010 9:58AM]

@blacksilva You do know the iPhone 4's retina display is clearer than the evo 4g ( check it out on YouTube if you have to) and there's also mobile me ( but I bet you don't know what that is do you?)

[ajlowndes Posted Jul 3rd 2010 9:58AM]

@Worm in the Apple
yeah they're slowly slipping down the Lets Hate M$ path, and the bigger and more popular they get the faster they will get there. I think Android will be the next thing to get big, but hopefully by staying more "open" they can avoid the fall on the other side.

[musicssound Posted Jul 3rd 2010 1:33PM]

@Leegh229
Most differences in quality aren't visible on youtube, and since when has mobileme helped anyone but business?

[Yankiwi Karin Posted Jul 3rd 2010 4:45PM]

@BigPhi84 FYI, Manson did a cover of Personal Jesus, as did Rammstein. It's a depeche mode song originally.

[JayQ330 Posted Jul 3rd 2010 6:27PM]

@ssguy no its china, the place where iphones are made. duh

[kad2105 Posted Jul 4th 2010 8:25AM]

@Ignoramus It was confusing. The material evidence--the Indian accent, the sitar music--points to the planet representing India. But the referential evidence would point to either China or Africa--the countries which make and dispose of our e-waste, respectively. Let's just call it Chindrica.

[Raiki Posted Jul 5th 2010 12:50AM]

@phinn It also has the worst problem with making phone calls, pick your poison I guess.

[Measlesopolis Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:02AM]

Futurama rocks

[Abe Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:27AM]

@Measlesopolis

100% agree. I was so happy they came back on the air!

[Kedar Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:26AM]

@Measlesopolis I was really happy to see this episode.

First, it's great to see them back.
Second, they come back with a bang.

Such a clever and witty show. It's very underrated.

[Kevin B Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:03AM]

@Kedar "It's very underrated"

Yeah, I can't figure out why nobody seems to like it.

[SmoothMarx Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:11AM]

@Measlesopolis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KahtSmVppPk

[joquarky Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:10PM]

@Measlesopolis

It's great to have Futurama back. I just hope I'm not the only one who is making an active effort to note who their sponsors are and support them.

Hell, I might even write letters to their sponsors telling them thanks.

[SNP Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:02AM]

So glad the show is back!!!

[audi2009 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:02AM]

hopefully you can actually hold the eyephone

[goseki Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:18AM]

@audi2009 "I don't care!! here take my money!!!" .. lolz

[ColinMcGraw Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:51AM]

@goseki No, it's "Shutup and take my money!" Wording is everything.

[ravissimo Posted Jul 2nd 2010 3:06AM]

@audi2009

nope. it's inserted directly into your eyeHole.

[rlopin Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:44PM]

@ColinMcGraw But the clerk should have replied, "Sorry, we don't take cash"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/18/apple-store-rejects-cash_n_580357.html

[thescreensavers Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:06AM]

Oh man Best Epi yet.

[KeegdnaB Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:08AM]

and I was beginning to wonder how Mom kept her fortune after dark matter became inert and the anchovy was un-extinct-ified....emulate the only company in history that can charge a 60% markup over their competition and have no one bat an...ahem...eye. Maybe she's actually a distant granddaughter of Steve

Also, for what it's worth (alot)......Good news everyone, the original seasons and all 4 movies are on netflix streaming now (he said at 1 in the morning already 2/3 through season 1)

[KeegdnaB Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:16AM]

@KeegdnaB Also, this makes the Droid X live wallpaper downright disturbing in context

[tavisjohn Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:49AM]

@KeegdnaB OMG YES!!!! I was hoping it would start streaming!!!

That is very good news!