Futurama: Season 5 - Blu-ray in December/2011

[KingSimba]

Release date for all: 26th/December/2011
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

[The Apocalypse]

Is Season 5 the movies in episodes or what? I've watched 2 movies, that's it, although the US has got the latest seasons.

[KingSimba]

Originally Posted by EclipseSSD

Is Season 5 the movies in episodes or what? I've watched 2 movies, that's it, although the US has got the latest seasons.

According to Wikipedia Season 5 is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...2.80.932009.29

[The Apocalypse]

It is the movies. Still, haven't got any Futurama on Blu, so might pick this up. Wish we'd get a The Simpsons season over here, too.

[chip75]

So these are the the movies? The last two Benders Game and Into the Wild Green Yonder have all ready been released on Blu and the Collected Epics on DVD, which includes Bender's Big Score and The Beast With A Billion Backs.

I'm slightly confused, I haven't been paying attention to Sky's piss-poor advertising of the new episodes (and they charge for their cach-up service after they get over a certain date). I think I caught episodes 12 and 13 of season 6. Which I think is Volume 5 in the US and region locked.

It was nice to see Futurama in widescreen though.

Edit: Volume 5 in the US is the first half of Season 6's 26 episodes.

[Refused]

Will it not be the same as the Futurama: Volume 5 set in the US (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Futur.../16742/#Review)? Seems silly having the movies when they're already available on blu.

[The Apocalypse]

Originally Posted by Refused

Will it not be the same as the Futurama: Volume 5 set in the US (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Futur.../16742/#Review)? Seems silly having the movies when they're already available on blu.

If it's a season 5 release, then no, it won't be the same as the US release. Season 5 is the 4 movies split into 16 episodes.

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by EclipseSSD

If it's a season 5 release, then no, it won't be the same as the US release. Season 5 is the 4 movies split into 16 episodes.

I think it's just because we had the first four US "volumes" as "seasons" over here (even though they were different from the broadcast seasons). The US labelled them as volumes as it was easier than trying to explain any confusion.

I'm 99% certain that this release is just carrying on the "season" labelling we had from previous boxsets and will be the new batch of episodes, not the movies. We had a boxset of the movies on DVD and Fox didn't label them as a season, just "The Collected Epics".

And it's about time!! I was so close to ordering the DVD boxset of this from the US (the blu-rays are region locked). I'm so glad I held out

EDIT: This very website lists the years as 2008-2009 which would suggest the movies. However I am positive this is just a mistake, maybe going off the Wikipedia page as well. I've just had a look at Amazon and their using the US Volume 5 cover, so yes - almost absolutely certainly 99% the same as that release.

[chip75]

Fox really needed a kick in the teeth when they started screwing around with this 'volume' crap, first was American Dad then they gave a random chunks of Family Guy episodes and tried to pass them off as seasons.

I know Futurama has gone to another distributor know (I think it's Comedy Central) so maybe we can start again but Futurama releases have been pretty consistent so far with the correct content. Generally unless they offer great value for money they can stick their volumes.

On DVD we had the correct amount of episodes in the right order (13), season 2 was right as well with 19, so was season three with 22 and seaon four was right with 18 episodes as well.

As Buddy Ackerman said the television order was all over the place but that isn't unusual Fox skipped the opening episode of Firefly!

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by chip75

I know Futurama has gone to another distributor know (I think it's Comedy Central) so maybe we can start again but Futurama releases have been pretty consistent so far with the correct content. Generally unless they offer great value for money they can stick their volumes.

Fox still produce the episodes and the video releases so this is them as well. It's a shame this release (assuming it's the same as the US one) is season 6 split into two (as it was broadcast) as the other boxsets went through the production order rather than transmission order but I'm just pleased we're finally getting these episodes over here.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

Fox still produce the episodes and the video releases so this is them as well. It's a shame this release (assuming it's the same as the US one) is season 6 split into two (as it was broadcast) as the other boxsets went through the production order rather than transmission order but I'm just pleased we're finally getting these episodes over here.

They're on volume 8 with Amazon/iTunes thingy so we're miles behind. I've waited ages with everyone else for new episodes on Sky1 but missed the lot!

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by chip75

They're on volume 8 with Amazon/iTunes thingy so we're miles behind. I've waited ages with everyone else for new episodes on Sky1 but missed the lot!

I've no idea how iTunes are on Volume 8(!) but this is how the episodes are broken down on their home releases, broadcast and production. (Chip, I realise you probably know all of this, it's more for those who aren't big Futurama nerds)

The production and home video releases for seasons 1 - 4 were the same. The broadcasts in the US split the production seasons across 5 broadcast runs - which is why the US DVD sets are labelled as 'volumes' so as not to confuse people who remember their being 5 seasons broadcast.

The movies were made and released on DVD (and blu-ray for the last two) as just individual movies (and collected up for a boxset). Broadcast-wise these were also split up into 4 parts each and shown as 16 episodes. Thus the movies are the broadcast and production 5th season, but not the home releases as they were never split into episodes.

The broadcast and production's sixth season is the new batch of 26 episodes that was split over two years. So the 5th volume home release - and our 5th season home release - was the first year's 13 episodes. The 6th volume is out at the end of the year in the US and will be the rest of the season 6 episodes - which, presumably, will be our season 6 set when that's released.

So after this release we will be one set - or 13 episodes - behind the US! And, ironically, will have a season 6 boxset with season 6 episodes in. Until season 7 is released as volumes/seasons 7 and 8...

[geraint1990]

Don't think that this is the movies that are being released as season 5. On Play they've got the artwork which is the same as US Volume 5 release and in the item description it says '13 new episodes.' So hopefully it will the same set that was released in the US last year.

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/2...bBlu-ray%7d%2b

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by EclipseSSD

If it's a season 5 release, then no, it won't be the same as the US release. Season 5 is the 4 movies split into 16 episodes.

WTF? I didn't realise that. I bought the two Movie releases on DVD, as well as the set (plus 1-4 on DVD)

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

WTF? I didn't realise that. I bought the two Movie releases on DVD, as well as the set (plus 1-4 on DVD)

You're up to date then, you've got the first four seasons and the Collected Epics (or two movies short if you only bought the BD releases), in the US volume five is next, which is 13 episodes. Technically the movies are the fifth season but aren't labelled that on home releases. So we'd (the US and UK) would get volume five or season five respectively next (the US did). So if we do only get 13 episodes for season five it will be the first time we haven't had a complete production season in a release.

I needed the Harlem Globetrotters to work that out....

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by chip75

You're up to date then, you've got the first four seasons and the Collected Epics (or two movies short if you only bought the BD releases), in the US volume five is next, which is 13 episodes. Technically the movies are the fifth season but aren't labelled that on home releases. So we'd (the US and UK) would get volume five or season five respectively next (the US did). So if we do only get 13 episodes for season five it will be the first time we haven't had a complete production season in a release.

I needed the Harlem Globetrotters to work that out....

I got this vol 5: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Futur.../16742/#Review

The review here seems to indicate it picks up after the last movie. I only have the two movies that are on blu. I haven't got the two on DVD only.

So is that US vol 5 actually season 6? Jeez this is confusing.

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

I got this vol 5: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Futur.../16742/#Review

The review here seems to indicate it picks up after the last movie. I only have the two movies that are on blu. I haven't got the two on DVD only.

So is that US vol 5 actually season 6? Jeez this is confusing.

Yes. Sort-of.

Seasons/Volumes 1 - 4 Season 1 -4 (by production order)

The four individual movies Season 5 when broken up into individual episodes (broadcast only, never broken up for DVD/blu-ray)

Season/Volume 5 Season 6 part one (the 13 2010-broadcast episodes)

Season/Volume 6 Season 6 part two (the 13 2011-broadcast episodes)

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

Yes. Sort-of.

Just to mess with us the volume 5 set has a sneak peak of Season Seven!

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by chip75

just to mess with us the volume 5 set has a sneak peak of season seven!

Brilliant!

[DaveSimonH]

Would seasons 1-4 not work on blu, ie. just be upscales like Family Guy Blue Harvest?