A collection of twenty-three essays examining the philosophical themes of the animated cartoon show about life in the year 3000, Futurama.

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Futurama And Philosophy (popular Culture And Philosophy)

Cricket Books

Popular culture and philosophy, Chicago, Ill, 2013

United States, United States of America

FR, 2013

Futurama is a quirky, animated sitcom created by Simpson's mastermind, Matt Groening. It follows the adventures of a pizza delivery man transported far, far into a cosmic future of witty, sarcastic robots and one-eyed femme fatales. Since first airing on the Fox network from 1999 to 2003, Futurama's many dedicated fans created websites and newsletters and organized Comic-Con meetups and letter-writing campaigns in hopes of learning the further adventures of Bender, Leela, Dr. Farnsworth, and the deliveryman Philip J. Fry. In the meantime, fans survived on syndicated re-runs, books, wall calendars, and four feature-length movies released on DVD and online streaming.In 2009, Fox announced that Futurama would have a future and new episodes returned to Comedy Central channel. Futurama and Philosophy will meet this new surge of interest and popularity in its Popular Culture and Philosophy series. Twenty-first-century philosophers and Futurama fans can compare notes about time travel, alternate universes, the evolution of life, artificial intelligence, and the ethical dilemmas of suicide booths, “mad” scientists like Farnsworth and robots like Bender who aspire to bad taste and “kiss-my-metal-ass” rudeness. Would “interplanetary golf” really be possible? Why is it that a fossilized dog is really “man's best friend”? What is going on inside Dr. Zoidberg's Freedom Lesson? Why is Bender, in fact, a responsible moral being? Is Death Intrinsically Bad? And what's with the “Seriously Freaked Up Nature of Morality” exhibited in the show?Fans who appreciate the wit and wisdom Futurama's characters, and especially the cosmic, existential framework in which their adventures unfold, will find Futurama and Philosophy to be a unique and lasting contribution to the Futurama reviva—at least until Philip J. Fry is unfrozen.

Contents
Onwards and Upwards. . . to the Futurama! | Courtland Lewis and Shau P. Young
This Week on All My Circuits. . .
1. Zoidberg's Freedom Lesson | Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale
2. Slurm, Worms, and Jacking On | Shaun P. Young
3. Futurama and the Economy of Trash | Jason Buchanan
4. Zapp Brannigan's Big Book of War | Daniel P. Malloy
The Scary Door of Self and Existence
5. Sexlexia and Other Sexy Learning Disabilities | Jerry Piven
6. Good Old Bender! | Ryan Jenkins
7. We're Gathered to Remember | Courtland Lewis
8. Can There Be a Fate Worse than Death? | Heather Salazar
9. Fry's Brain Thing | Charlene Elsby
Aliens Robots, and Mutants. . . Oh My!
10. Moral and Immoral Robots | Curtis D. Von Gunten
11. Pop a Poppler? | Greg Ahrenhoerster and Joseph J. Foy
12. Kiss My Shiny Metal Autonomy | Deborah Pless
Good News Everyone, It's Time
13. On Becoming Your Own Grandfather | Dan Burkett
14. Room for God in Futurama? | John M. DePoe
15. On Bendered Knees | Nicholas A. Oschman
16. Go Upgrade Yourself | Damien Patrick Williams
17. A Billion Years Late for Dinner | Karl Laderoute
Morbo Demands More Futurama
18. The Evil that Brains Do | Joshua Mills-Knutsen
19. Queer Eye for the Robot Kind | Brian Onishi
20. Mutate! Mutate! Mutate!
21. Fry, Windmills Don't Work That Way!!| Travis Taft
22. Hegel and the Phenomology of Futurama | James J. Micic
23. It's Only Sane to Hide the Body in Your Mattress | Russelll Hamer
Futurama Episodes, Writers, and Voice Actors
The Twenty-First-Century Planet Express Crew
Index

Futurama is a quirky, animated sitcom created by Simpsons mastermind Matt Groening. Since it first aired on the FOX network from 1999 to 2003, its many dedicated fans have created websites and newsletters and organized Comic-Con meetups and letter-writing campaigns in hopes of learning the further adventures of its stars. In 2009 Futurama announced new episodes and returned to Comedy Central. Futurama and Philosophy meets this new surge of interest, letting philosophers and Futurama fans compare notes about time travel, alternate universes, evolution, artificial intelligence, and the ethical dilemmas of suicide booths, mad scientists like Farnsworth, and robots like Bender who aspire to bad taste. Would interplanetary golf really be possible? Why is it that a fossilized dog is really mans best friend? What is going on inside Dr. Zoidbergs Freedom Lesson? Fans of the show and those who appreciate the cosmic, existential framework in which it exists gain much from this intriguing book.

2024-05-28